Douluo Dragon King: I am the Lord of the Abyss, the King of Eternal Night.

Chapter 27: Terrifying Power, Thousand Forgings First Grade? No!
"Teacher, it really is you."

"What a coincidence! I thought you were back at the Blacksmith Guild."

Looking at the figure behind her staring at her intently, Naer forced a smile, but no matter how she looked at it, she felt that his life was very miserable.

"Huh? Just because the teacher's not here, you can slack off? Na'er, look at others taking a break, and then look at you. You're simply the worst class I've ever taught."

The figure glared and scolded, but more of it was a hint of hatred for the other party's lack of fighting spirit.

This person was wearing a plain white robe with luxurious golden lines on it. There were also nine strange symbols on his shoulders. He was quite thin, with no flesh on his cheeks, but his eyes sparkled with brilliance, giving him an immortal-like air.

He is none other than Zhenhua, the only remaining ninth-level master craftsman on the continent, a good friend of Master Jiang Xiu, and the president of the entire continent's Blacksmiths Association!
Three years ago, he was coerced and lured to Shrek City by Muye, and he would take time out every month to teach Jiang Xiu and Naer forging.

"Teacher, although Na'er's learning progress is a little slow, it's still okay. I will help her privately."

Jiang Xiu smiled slightly, took a step forward and saluted as a disciple, his tall figure slightly protecting Na'er behind him.

"Lao Da, you are still the best."

Na'er shrank her head and hid behind Jiang Xiu like a quail.

"Just pamper her."

Seeing this, Zhenhua smiled helplessly, but did not mean to blame. Although Naer's forging progress was a bit slow, her talent was still far beyond the peers he had seen before.

"Xiao Xiu, are you ready? Today is the day for me to test whether you can break the continent's number one record."

Zhenhua looked at Jiang Xiu, a hint of relief flashed imperceptibly in his eyes, and then he said in a deep voice.

"Teacher, I'm ready."

Jiang Xiu straightened his expression and nodded slightly.

"Well, come with me, Master."

Zhenhua's eyes moved, and he took the lead to walk towards a large room. On the top of the room, there were three big words: Forging Room.

After four years, the entire yard has been fully utilized by Makino and has been renovated from the inside out.

As soon as you enter the forging room, you will be hit by a strong metallic smell. In the spacious room, in the center there is a heavy metal forging table with some iron filings still remaining on it.

"Come here, this is a piece of deep sea silver. Once you have completed the first level of forging, I will award you the fourth-level master blacksmith badge."

Zhenhua walked to the forging table, and a blue light flashed in his hand. A piece of dark blue rare metal half the size of a basketball was placed on the forging table. There were ripples on it, like sea water, emitting blue light.

When Jiang Xiu saw this piece of deep-sea silver, his purple eyes narrowed slightly, and his slender palm stroked the storage soul guide in his left hand. The next moment, two heavy and textured dark gold hammers appeared in his hand.

These two giant hammers are the Kanjin Hammers, which were made by Jiang Xiu himself two and a half years ago and named by himself. Each hammer weighs nearly 400 kilograms, but at this moment in Jiang Xiu's hands, they seem to have no weight at all and are easily grasped.

"Come on, Jiang Xiu, I believe in you!"

Na'er stood at one side, clenched her fists, and cheered for Jiang Xiu.

"Let's get started when you're ready!"

Zhenhua looked at Jiang Xiu, seeing that he had composed himself, and then spoke, a hint of anticipation in his eyes. He possessed top-tier forging skills, but no one could inherit his mantle. However, in Jiang Xiu, he saw hope for breaking through to the level of a Divine Craftsman, or even surpassing the legendary Divine Craftsman…

As Zhenhua's voice fell, Jiang Xiu took a deep breath, and the huge golden hammer danced up and down in Jiang Xiu's hand, like two ferocious golden dragons, biting straight towards the deep sea silver.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A series of crisp metallic clanging sounds rang out, and dazzling sparks flew as golden hammer shadows overlapped, forming a sealed wall of wind that continuously bombarded the deep-sea silver.

Under the blow of the Kanjin Hammer, the wave-like patterns on the deep-sea silver instantly undulated, constantly changing back and forth, forming unique metal lines.

Zhenhua looked at the scene in front of him, stroking his long beard with his hand, staring closely at the forging table.

Deep-sea silver, a rare metal, is difficult to forge. The main reason is its unique internal and external structure. Before it is compressed by thousands of forgings, it is constantly changing. If it is not struck properly, the entire metal will be scrapped.

To reach the second grade after a thousand forgings is almost as difficult as forging an ordinary rare metal into the first grade after a thousand forgings. However, the standard that Zhenhua gave to Jiang Xiu at this moment was to forge this piece of metal into the first grade after a thousand forgings.

Thousand Forging does not mean simply hammering a thousand times, but rather removing all impurities from the metal through continuous forging and increasing its density. The greatest effect of Thousand Forging is to sublime the metal.

"Are you still speeding up? How arrogant! But I like it."

As Jiang Xiu hammered violently, the deep-sea silver continued to shrink, and the impurities inside the metal were constantly removed, but the metal patterns on it also changed more quickly.

But Jiang Xiu's hammering speed did not slow down at all, but became even faster. Each hammer hit the changing patterns of the metal just right, as if this piece of deep-sea silver had already been seen through by Jiang Xiu and was constantly changing into his shape.

"Clang clang clang!"

At this moment, Jiang Xiu's eyes darkened, and the Kanjin Hammer in his hand suddenly seemed to ignite a raging fire. As Jiang Xiu hammered down, three golden afterimages appeared, and each blow was stronger than the last.

This is precisely why Jiang Xiu triggered the stacking hammer strike effect of the Kanjin Hammer.

Time passed bit by bit, and with Jiang Xiu's continuous hammering, the volume of the deep-sea silver had become one-fourth of its original size, and the surface gradually became brighter, with gorgeous cloud patterns appearing.

Jiang Xiu's breathing was also consistent with the metal. With every hammer strike, a halo of light would burst out from the deep-sea silver, and then retract into the metal body again.

"clang!"

As a buzzing sound was heard, a six-foot golden light suddenly gushed out from the deep-sea silver.

"Qianduan has spirit! Xiaoxiu did it!"

Zhenhua looked at this scene and felt a little excited. In the entire Douluo Continent, the record holder for the Thousand Forgings of the First Rank was exactly eleven years, three months and two days old.

This year, Jiang Xiu just turned ten years old, and he has once again broken the record of the entire continent!
"No, why hasn't Xiaoxiu stopped yet?"

Just when Zhenhua was excited, he saw that the Kanjin Hammer in Jiang Xiu's hand was still being raised and dropped, rhythmically hitting the Deep Sea Silver.

And with Jiang Xiu's attack, the sound emitted by the entire piece of deep-sea silver was no longer dull, but instead had a faint sense of excitement, as if it was welcoming a new life.

"This...is this a step towards Grandmaster level?!"

(End of this chapter)