Douluo: What the hell is the academic master development system?

Chapter 481 Spirit Forging and Melting

"Add a bet?"

Long Xiaoyao stared at Chen Ping with wide eyes: "You don't think I'm afraid to bet, do you? What, are you planning to scare me with a bet that I can't handle?"

"How could that be, Senior Long? You yourself said that our previous bet was that I would be able to stand up and talk to you after taking one of your moves, and I would be able to make you move half a step after taking one of my moves."

"If I can do it, you'll turn around and leave without saying a word. If I can't, I'll hand over the forging method for the Thousand Refined Metal, but you'll give me all the rare metals that Jing Hongchen promised, right?"

Seeing Long Xiaoyao nod unhurriedly, Chen Ping waved his hand, and a complex, recoilless hammer appeared in his palm.

The moment this small hammer appeared, it caught Long Xiaoyao's eye.

It is by no means as rugged and robust as an ordinary forging hammer; on the contrary, its structure presents a dazzling precision and complexity.

The hammer body is not a single piece, but is made up of countless fine, scale-like or gear-like components nested and stacked one on top of another.

The hammerhead section vaguely reveals an ingenious internal hydraulic buffer device, and upon closer inspection, multiple sleeve structures reciprocate within it.

The end of the hammer handle is even more complex, with a miniature, interlocking gyroscope stabilization system operating silently to ensure absolutely precise pointing.

Inside the hammerhead are countless tiny rare metal spheres, encased in a highly resilient special alloy shell, clearly designed to counteract, decompose, and transfer the terrifying impact that could backfire on the user.

This forging hammer, so confidential that even the slightest damage to a part would drastically reduce the user experience, absolutely, absolutely cannot be a martial spirit; it's more like a soul tool.

But if he wasn't so old and blind, when Chen Ping took out the forging hammer just now, he didn't use the storage soul tool on his ring at all, but rather, just like summoning a martial soul, the martial soul simply appeared in his palm.

Long Xiaoyao was dumbfounded. So, does this thing count as a soul tool?
Before Long Xiaoyao could say anything, the hammer trembled slightly in Chen Ping's palm.

As if it had a life of its own, the originally hard end of the hammer handle seemed to melt into a liquid, silvery-black fluid, which spread out quickly and precisely like living tentacles, instantly enveloping half of Chen Ping's palm and spreading a short distance upward along his wrist.

In just a few breaths, the forging hammer, which was originally incredibly complex in design, had transformed into a liquid metal arm armor, as if tailor-made for him, tightly encasing Chen Ping's hands and forearms.

At this moment, the arm guard on Chen Ping's right arm was not dazzlingly bright, but rather exuded a restrained, profound, and almost living luster, with the surface texture showing natural cloud patterns that contained the rhythm of life.

As Chen Ping unconsciously clenched his fists, the arm armor seemed to undergo a subtle adjustment and contraction at that moment, becoming more in line with Chen Ping's body shape and soul power fluctuations.

"What is this thing???"

Long Xiaoyao was truly shocked. He was a level 99 Limit Douluo, yet there were things in this world that he had never seen before?

The key point is that Chen Ping had never actually seen this little hammer that could transform into a right-hand mechanical arm armor before.

"This is a mechanically forged recoilless hammer made of spirit-forged metal. It can become one with the user and can be summoned at will when in use."

“If we can take the spirit forging process a step further and add shape memory alloys for melting and forging, we can even give the forged equipment the ability to transform. The forging hammer I’m using now that can transform into arm armor is made using this technology.” “So Elder Long, I plan to use the spirit forging and melting and forging technology above the thousand-forging metal as a wager. If I lose the next bet, I will give you these two technologies along with the thousand-forging technology.”

Upon hearing this, Long Xiaoyao revealed an expression of great interest: "Hmph, so if you win, what do you want from me?"

Chen Ping extended his index finger, which was covered by arm armor, turning his entire right hand into a metal claw-like shape, and pointed at the oversized starlight sapphire ring on Long Xiaoyao's left thumb, which resembled a thumb ring.

"I want this."

Chen Ping knew very well that since Long Xiaoyao's previous bet involved a forced sale after he won, exchanging rare metals that were estimated to weigh over ten tons, a top-tier storage ring was necessary to hold all the materials.

The starlight sapphire storage ring on Long Xiaoyao's left thumb must have been given to him by Jing Hongchen to contain those rare metals.

"Good lad, as expected of Mu En's disciple, you are truly audacious. No matter how strong the opponent you encounter, you think they are nothing special. Well then, today I will show you how to write the words 'respect for elders'."

Long Xiaoyao snorted coldly, shook his head, and cracked his neck.

"So, Mr. Long, you've agreed to my raise?"

Chen Ping smiled slightly, gently clenched his fist, and the arm armor formed by the spirit-forged mechanical hammer completely merged into Chen Ping's body, leaving no trace.

"Hmph, kid, remember this: the most important truth in this world is that there are always people better than you, and there is always something beyond your understanding."

"Since you're offering two forging methods that are no less important than refining metal, do you think I wouldn't dare accept them?"

“It seems that Mu En’s health has really deteriorated over the years. I haven’t let you witness the true power of a Limit Douluo. Otherwise, I would never have dared to make this bet with me, kid.”

Long Xiaoyao seemed amused by Chen Ping's arrogance, took a few steps back, and the fluctuations of his soul power slowly dissipated.

Although he knew that since Chen Ping dared to raise the stakes, he probably had some strange methods that might actually make a Limit Douluo take a step back.

However, a person either needs to have an invincible golden body, a shameless skill, or have a special ability to make a Limit Douluo take a step back. In any case, it is impossible to do both, right?
Therefore, Long Xiaoyao decided to get serious. If Chen Ping didn't have the Invincible Golden Body, a soul skill that could withstand a Limit Douluo for three seconds, Long Xiaoyao would slap him so hard that Chen Ping wouldn't be able to stand up no matter what.

Even though he could feel the terrifyingly abundant life force within Chen Ping's body, which could even help a level 98 Super Douluo like Xuan Zi heal his injuries, Chen Ping couldn't withstand his next move.

Soon, Long Xiaoyao's aura changed, and the soul rings that hadn't appeared when he dealt with Elder Xuan suddenly fell down one by one.

Two yellow, one purple, four black, and two red!
The exaggerated soul ring configuration, which was only one less red soul ring than that of Elder Mu, slowly descended from Long Xiaoyao's body, making Chen Ping's eyes widen.

Even so, the four spirit rings under Chen Ping's feet were still more powerful than Long Xiaoyao's first four spirit rings, and their strength was not completely diminished.

(End of this chapter)