There's a skeleton dungeon connected to my basement.

Chapter 262, Bloody Forging

Sure enough, as soon as you get close to the Faith series, the God series buildings will suffer.

A howling wanderer with its mouth sewn shut, clutching its head and emitting sharp, piercing screams.

The mutated slaves who hide in dark corners and are as ubiquitous as cockroaches.

The Silver Cult Guardians, wielding massive shields, possess a formidable defensive barrier that is sure to give anyone a headache.

The Thorns spell ignores defense and inflicts intense pain on the Corrupted Silver Priest.

These chaotic monsters almost filled the entire Silver Church, densely packed together, presenting an exaggerated density.

This situation is quite distressing.

However, Xiao Yang did not back down at all; he was determined to succeed.

Faced with the uncertain future, the simplest and safest way to deal with it is to upgrade.

The grueling work mode has begun.

While one should be more cautious when faced with a complex and dangerous situation involving two deities, plans can't always keep up with changes.

"Faster, even faster."

We must get our hands on that holy sword as soon as possible.

If it weren't for the fact that the darkness of the Rotten Lands made it impossible to stay, Xiao Yang would definitely have lived and eaten in this Silver Church day and night.

His daily routine has now become like this.

As soon as it was light, they returned to the rotten land and began a frenzied battle.

As darkness fell, he returned to his starting point to recuperate, silently licking the wounds left behind by the heavy-duty figures in the Silver Church.

Every day I return to a state of being battered and bruised.

These silver priests all possess a special thorn spell that can suppress the regeneration of crimson flesh, causing Xiao Yang considerable suffering during his conquest of the Silver Church.

Some people questioned the meaning of life, but most of the time they gritted their teeth and persevered.

"Forward! Forward!"

He gritted his teeth, making that grating, screeching sound, and then continued to throw himself into the killing.

There's been no sign of a way to upgrade equipment for so long.

The Holy Light Boss didn't bring any further news.

That's right, such methods are not only unconventional but also very valuable.

Players of the Gods game are also looking for a way to stably pass on the extraordinary.

The powerful cultivators from the Eastern world lineage offered Xiao Yang assistance.

He has a clue about the method of refining the Five Elements.

"It is said to be the method for crafting magical artifacts."

I was definitely tempted; magical treasures are quite famous even in all the worlds.

From epic to mythology, it may not be the limit. It can give birth to a spirit that can protect the body, increase cultivation speed, safeguard the soul, and even take human form.

It can be said to be the highest quality type of equipment.

Moreover, the cultivator who provided this method is a rare technique for crafting Five Elements magical treasures, even within the Eastern pantheon.

Unfortunately, it was just a clue.

Xiao Yang didn't have much time; these past few days, he'd been killing the moment he opened his eyes, and he simply couldn't spare any time.

Moreover, these kinds of magical artifacts are often extremely time-consuming to forge.

I had no choice but to give up.

Fortunately, there are ways to improve equipment.

During his journey through the Hellforge, Redbeard offered another solution to the problem, which, while also vague, was indeed more appropriate.

Redbeard's solution was to do nothing, that is, to do nothing and just continue doing what he was doing.

Inside the Hell Forge, Xiao Yang wanted to ask Redbeard to repair his equipment and, if possible, upgrade its quality.

After carefully examining the Dragon Hunter Armor, Redbeard gave up on Xiao Yang's request.

"Your equipment has already developed a bit of spirit; it's no longer suitable to subject it to heavy-handed attacks."

"Spirituality?"

"Yes, it's spirituality, which is very difficult and precious."

"Do you know about the Killing Machine, buddy?"

"do not know."

"Many worlds in the universe describe a situation where weapons that kill too many people become possessed by demons and develop spirituality, turning every subsequent user into a killing madman."

“We dwarves have studied this situation.”

"Rather than calling them weapons of slaughter, it would be more accurate to say that the weapons have been awakened in the process of slaughter."

"This will indeed make the weapons more powerful, and it's a great way to improve quality, but there's one problem."

“The spirit of a weapon born from slaughter is not easy to control and can easily turn around and control its master.”

"This situation has both advantages and disadvantages, but it's really strange. Why do your armor and the axe of the Annihilation Epic in your hand both tend to transform into weapons of slaughter? Usually, this is something that can happen with a lot of killing."

"Brother, what exactly did you do?"

Faced with Redbeard's somewhat surprised expression, Xiao Yang immediately revealed a somewhat innocent and shy smile.

"I didn't do anything, I was just going down into the dungeon." To some extent, Xiao Yang was right; he was indeed just going down into the dungeon.

He chose to let the changes to the rusted axe and the dragon hunter's armor go unchecked.

Redbeard didn't say anything about Xiao Yang's choice, but taught Xiao Yang a method for forging equipment and gave him a forging hammer.

[Furnace forging method]

This is a method with only three movements, and its function is very simple.

Since you've chosen to let the equipment undergo its transformation through slaughter, it's best to handle any subsequent damage yourself.

By fully intervening in the formation of the equipment, the possibility of being negatively impacted later will be greatly reduced.

Moreover, this method can not only be used to forge and repair equipment and enhance relationships, but it can also interrupt the formation of killing equipment.

Although Redbeard's forging skills weren't great, what he said made a lot of sense.

"That's what equipment is all about. As long as you raise your hammer high, its future is in your hands!"

These words have an inexplicable artistic conception.

Xiao Yang thought so too, so these past few days, besides fighting those monsters during the day, he spent his nights back at the starting point training, repairing, forging, and getting closer to his equipment.

The update to the game "Gods" has been in progress for a long time, and there is still no accurate result.

"What a lazy fellow, Kamishiki Yugi."

Otherwise, Xiao Yang felt that his side job should have been completed.

If you successfully become a blacksmith, and then go to the Hellforge to become a rune blacksmith, if all goes well, you might even become a master blacksmith before Redbeard.

He'll change his name in the Justice Squad group chat later.

[A complete newbie with a basic understanding of forging!]

I'm afraid even Redbeard's red beard would stand up.

As he forged the metal, Xiao Yang thought to himself with a hint of irony.

Compared to the bloody battles during the day, the equipment tempering session at night was rather boring.

The powerful mental attributes did indeed give Xiao Yang a lot of convenience.

The greatest help is the desire to completely overcome fatigue and laziness, as well as absolute control over the body.

In many ways, it is becoming less and less like a person, or rather, it is surpassing a person.

With the physical attributes increasing, the changes brought about by the spirit are even more exaggerated. Overcoming desires, overcoming confusion, overcoming turbulent thoughts, this is truly terrifying. It's like a cold machine, the kind of machine that can operate as long as the input is right or wrong, do or not do.

Fortunately, Xiao Yang hasn't reached that point yet.

His greed in certain aspects far exceeded the intensity of his various emotions, while the bottom lines and basic principles he established gave him the most basic positioning.

Of course, there's one more thing.

He could still smile, feel pain, depression, and annoyance. He could overcome these messy emotions with an increasingly exaggerated spirit and will, but he couldn't.

The most authentic anchor rests on a belief that is upheld.

He felt that he was still Xiao Yang, the ordinary college student who had just graduated.

The path to extraordinary success is not always smooth, especially for Xiao Yang, an unlucky fellow who has received too many gifts from fate.

Power or ego, reason or madness—these two questions have always accompanied and tormented him.

Swinging the old forging hammer in his hand, he swung it again and again, and the rusty heavy axe underwent a bloody transformation. This was quite unexpected, but also good news.

"After all, I'm already quite comfortable using it."

This axe, rusted by time, gradually revived amidst the brutal killings.

The forging hammer in his hand fell one strike after another.

Xiao Yang chose the small elemental pool placed in the starting area as the location to forge the weapon.

Redbeard advised Xiao Yang that it would be more effective to train in places where extraordinary power was active and surging.

Redbeard truly lived up to his reputation as the chosen one of the God of Blast Furnaces. The method he pointed out to Xiao Yang was very effective. Every time the hammer struck, some unusual movements would appear in the dull sound.

As the hammer fell, a murky, crimson aura emanated from the rusted great axe and the Dragon Hunter's armor. As the hammer rose, the murky, crimson aura was drawn back in.

With each swing of the hammer, the rusty giant axe and the Dragon Hunter's armor in his hands took on a strange, almost breathing quality.

Each breath made the overflowing, murky red aura clearer.

Not only that, but even in this state, Xiao Yang could still feel a slight stinging sensation.

His spirit began to decline during this kind of ordeal.

Towards the end, every few hammer blows would cause him to lose a little bit of his energy.

Instead of feeling fear, Xiao Yang was overjoyed.

"As expected of a bloodthirsty weapon, it's powerful!"

While teaching Xiao Yang this method of tempering, Redbeard also warned him to be careful and to keep the equipment under his control. He advised him not to be reluctant to discard it if it became too ferocious.

Wield the hammer and destroy this transformation.

Redbeard was quite at ease when he gave this warning. In his impression, Xiao Yang was a very reliable person who wouldn't act recklessly; otherwise, he wouldn't have entrusted the guardianship of his little niece to Xiao Yang.

I just wonder if he would still have such confidence if he saw the kind of setup Xiao Yang is putting up now.

Before the small elemental pool, a terrifying, murky crimson aura emanated from a set of crimson equipment and a set of crimson heavy axes. In the midst of the exciting forging, before even taking a breath, a silent wail echoed in the crimson mist.

(End of this chapter)