Douluo: Legend of the Dragon King - The Voice of the Purple Emperor

Chapter 46 Replacing the Soul with Qi

Soul power was continuously transferred into the ice crystal through hammering, and Gu You's spiritual power was running wildly, but the ice crystal was like a bottomless pit, constantly devouring his soul power and spiritual power, and he could not get enough.

He must succeed, and he absolutely must succeed, so that his three years of diligent study in Guyou will not have been in vain.

Three years of training and accumulation were all on full display at this moment. Under the influence of powerful willpower, Gu You unleashed his full potential.

At this moment, with his potential unleashed, every hammer strike and every communication with the ice crystal was perfectly timed, causing the ice crystal to undergo wondrous changes. These changes, as Gu You maintained communication with the ice crystal, guided him to perform even better.

During spirit forging, the biggest fear is that the connection with the rare metal will be severed, and the life structure will not continue. Once that happens, the rare metal will instantly lose all its spirituality and become ordinary metal, not even worth a thousand forgings. This is why spirit forging consumes so many resources.

Countless blacksmiths are stuck at the Spirit Forging stage, unable to complete it in their entire lives. Besides their inherent talent, the biggest obstacle is the lack of money. Large families have a higher success rate in training Spirit Forgers because they have enough resources to invest heavily in forging them.

Gu You's walking speed is getting faster and faster. If he knew the Ghostly Shadow Step, this process would be even smoother. Unfortunately, he can't learn it.

The blue flames grew stronger, and the ice crystals became smaller and smaller. The Spirit Forging Life Hammers in Gu You's hands were affected by the flames and began to emit a green light. Faint golden patterns appeared on them, which were the traces left by Gu You's blood sacrifice spirit forging.

Over the years, he has been forging with these two hammers of life, creating countless works and earning countless sums of money.

At this moment, as they struck the ice crystal, they also created a strange communication, subtly changing together with the ice crystal.

The soul power was being consumed too quickly. In just ten minutes since the start of the spirit forging, Gu You's soul power was almost depleted. Without soul power as a bridge, his spirit forging could not continue. The communication was very smooth at the beginning, but once the soul power was interrupted, the communication would be interrupted. If the spirit forging failed, the ice crystal would become a waste. At that time, it, which already possessed a certain degree of spirituality, would erupt with strong resentment, thus causing a backlash against the blacksmith.

Even a four-ring Soul Master would take a long time to recover from such a backlash, let alone Gu You, who only has a three-ring cultivation level. For him, it might be an incurable injury.

The soul power was almost exhausted, but the spirit forging was not yet complete. This piece of dark silver had begun to have a life force, like a small life that it had nurtured. It needed more life force to complete its own cycle and build its own life system.

What should I do?

This is where the baby bottle comes in handy.

A calm yet immense soul power continuously replenished Gu You, instantly restoring him to his peak soul power state.

"Wonderful!"

Zhenhua exclaimed in surprise. He had never thought of using a baby bottle to replenish his soul power before. It seemed that his mind was failing due to old age. He glanced at the special gourd-shaped soul-guided baby bottle on Gu You's waist and pondered deeply. If this were the case, the forging world would surely be in turmoil. Even if your soul power was low, you could still forge higher-level forgings.

Gu You made a bold decision. He suddenly switched the hammer to his left hand, holding a pair of ice crystal hammers with his left hand to continue hammering, while his right hand pressed directly onto the piece of sunken silver.

"Hiss!" White smoke rose, and Gu You's palm trembled violently. That was extremely high temperature! If it were an ordinary person, just touching it like that would melt their body with that temperature of over a thousand degrees.

But Gu You did not. Only white smoke rose from his palm, and at the same time, a purple-blue soul ring and purple scales appeared on his arm.

crazy!

Zhenhua was naturally very curious about the origin of this special-colored spirit ring, but stopping the supply of spirit power to the baby bottle now was a complete mistake. What was this kid doing?

Zhenhua had a very high opinion of blacksmiths, but his understanding of soul masters' martial soul bloodlines was very limited. He had only heard of the power of blood and qi, but he had never actually seen it.

"Drink!" Gu You shouted, his forehead covered in sweat. The intense pain seemed to be forcibly suppressed by this shout.

Communication continued, but instead of soul power, his own blood and qi power replaced it; Gu You no longer needed the baby bottle to supply him!

He was testing his own blood and qi power to see how powerful it truly was. After the last battle, Gu You discovered that the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear Paw Bone had completely merged with his dragon claw. Now, his right dragon claw should be renamed Purple Emperor Terror Claw. At the same time, his individual soul bone skills have become even more destructive.

With that shout, his upper clothes suddenly ripped apart, revealing his muscular body. Zhenhua could clearly see that fine purple rhomboid scales covered Gu You's right arm, extending all the way to his shoulder and right chest. All of these scales were radiating a dazzling light.

As Gu You moved around the ice crystal, purple scales rose from his right hand, creating a purple-gold mist that enveloped the ice crystal. At the same time, he continued to circle the ice crystal, while his left hand continuously struck the side of the ice crystal with two hammers.

Feeling the powerful surge of blood in the air, Zhenhua indirectly confirmed that it was indeed the blood and qi power of a dragon, something he had never seen before.

The instant the power of blood and qi replaced the power of the soul, Gu You clearly felt the life force on the ice crystal about to dissipate. In that instant, his heart jumped into his throat.

However, the moment he pressed his right hand down, before the scales even appeared, Gu You's blood flowed out as it burned. Strangely, this blood seemed to seal the life force of the ice crystal, managing to stabilize the life force that was on the verge of collapse.

Gu You's vital energy surged forth, and the ice crystal's original brilliant blue light suddenly gained a faint purple hue, along with a slight golden swirl.

Using blood and qi to replace soul power?

Zhenhua was completely stunned. Was this kid really that bold?

Gu You's eyes shone brightly. It really was true. His own blood and qi power could indeed replace soul power for spirit forging. If he hadn't been unfamiliar with it and hadn't released the scales in advance during the conversion, his right palm wouldn't have been burned.

As blood and qi surged forth, the powerful force of blood and qi caused the blood in Gu You's body to flow rapidly. With the injection of blood and qi, the ice crystal began to change even faster. Gu You's Life Essence Hammer was hammering at an astonishing speed, but strangely, when it struck the ice crystal again, the ice crystal actually decomposed. With each hammer blow, it seemed to stick to a part of the ice crystal and absorb it into the Life Essence Hammer.

(End of this chapter)