The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

The courtyard was deathly silent.

The monsters behind didn't dare to breathe loudly, afraid that any sound they made would anger this madman who smashed such a precious treasure like trash.

Qian Hua ignored the broken sword and the monster.

He sat down cross-legged on the spot and closed his eyes.

At that moment, his brain transformed into a supercomputer with terrifying computing power.

The entire process of forging the giant sword was like a holographic movie, split into countless microsecond-level independent frames in my mind.

"The flame temperature is definitely normal."

"The melting state of black iron at 2,100 degrees Celsius is the most perfect temperature."

"The timing of the injection of stardust was also flawless."

Qian Hua's eyeballs twitched rapidly under his eyelids.

He withdrew his immense mental energy and concentrated it all on the deduction in his mind.

The force, angle, and changes in the arrangement of the internal crystal structure of the metal from the first hammer blow were all reconstructed in my mind.

He looked at the spiderweb of spiritual energy that he had created, at the carving knives that were a hundred times finer than a hair, and at how they moved across the red-hot blade.

There are no flaws.

Every turn in the rune loop strictly follows the optimal solution for energy transfer.

Until the very last moment before the final loop is closed.

Qian Hua's thinking was stuck at that point.

Failure begins here.

The energy surged back, the sword was on the verge of shattering, and the violent energy had nowhere to be released.

Why?

"Why is this happening!"

Qian Hua replayed that moment over and over again.

Ten times.

A hundred times.

A thousand times.

In his mind, the dark golden spark exploded, and the energy flow overflowed from the rune array, tearing apart the base made of black iron and star sand.

Time passed by, second by second.

The furnace gradually went out, leaving only a dark red residual heat.

The monster remained in that stiff position, its legs numb, but it dared not move.

He looked at the human sitting in the pile of scrap with his eyes closed, and a chill ran down his spine.

"What the hell is going on?" the monster thought frantically. "Even if you're going to kill me or torture me, can't you at least give me a quick death? This feeling of waiting to die is too torturous for a beast!"

It went on until the early hours of the morning.

The cold moonlight shone into the courtyard.

Qian Hua suddenly opened his tightly closed eyes.

In the darkness, a deep blue halo of extreme clarity flashed deep within his pupils.

"call."

He stood up, brushed the iron filings off his clothes, and spoke in a calm tone, yet with an absolute certainty.

"I can confirm that there were absolutely no problems with my operation throughout the entire forging process."

Qian Hua looked at the broken sword on the ground.

He conducted tens of thousands of simulations, eliminating all subjective errors.

His mental control has reached its current limit, and the configuration of the runes is also perfect.

"If there's no problem with the process, then it must be a problem with the raw materials."

Qian Hua muttered to himself.

Black iron is too hard and lacks toughness.

While stardust can improve energy conductivity, the upper limit of these two basic materials is too low when subjected to such an extremely compressed rune array.

They simply cannot contain such a massive fusion of spiritual power and source energy.

Once energy is overloaded, the material itself becomes a bottleneck, eventually leading to collapse.

Ordinary inanimate materials cannot withstand the kind of source weapon he envisioned.

"To surpass Rank B and forge a true Rank A source weapon."

"I may need a more advanced, active material that can self-regulate energy impacts."

Qian Hua's brain worked quickly, searching for a suitable alternative.

His movements suddenly stopped, as if he had suddenly thought of something.

Qian Hua slowly turned his head and looked at the monster that had been standing there like a stone statue for a long time.

The monster was enormous, with bulging muscles and a natural protective scale covering its skin, within which it contained terrifying vitality and primal energy.

This is simply top-quality material delivered right to our doorstep.

The monster was greatly shocked.

"??!!"

As the monster watched Qian Hua turn his head and look into those emotionless eyes, all the scales on its body suddenly bristled.

He could clearly sense that the way this human looked at him had changed.

Now, his eyes are like a butcher looking at a piece of the finest meat on a chopping board.

"Gulp." The monster swallowed hard.

His tall body began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Please don't look at me like that, I'm scared..."

The monster let out a fearful whimper, its enormous size contrasting sharply with its submissive appearance.

He was genuinely afraid.

Even though he usually acts arrogantly and domineeringly, he doesn't even spit out the bones when he eats people.

But in the face of this madman who wielded power, all his ferocity was crushed to dust.

Qian Hua stared at him quietly.

The gaze slowly slid from the bone spurs on his head down to his broad shoulders, and then to his thick, powerful hind legs.

In Qian Hua's eyes, every inch of flesh and blood was deconstructed into various material indicators.

Qian Hua's lips curled up little by little.

"What's your name?" Qian Hua asked with a smile.

"Reporting...Reporting to my lord!" the monster stammered, its voice trembling like a leaf. "My name is Sanshi, my lord. I just accidentally wandered into your territory. Please, spare my life, I'll leave right away!"

"I swear, in this lifetime, I will never set foot on your territory, not even an inch!"

Qian Hua smiled and said, "But you're already standing in my house, aren't you?"

San Shi felt the restraints around him suddenly disappear, but he didn't dare to run away. His legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground with a thud, frantically kowtowing.

"I will never do it again, please, sir, let me go this time."

Qian Hua did not respond to his pleas for mercy.

His smile deepened, and a chilling aura emanated from his eyes.

"Sanshi, hmm, that's definitely a good name."

As Qian Hua spoke, he slowly walked towards San Shi.

San Shi is about to break down.

"Sir, please stop laughing, I'm really scared..."

San Shi's massive body shrank back, but he dared not run away.

Although the guy in front of me is only average in strength, he is a monster with authority!

Running away would be a dead end, as the opponent's invisible mental energy net was hanging over their heads.

Qian Hua ignored San Shi and examined him as if he were a treasure.

He even reached out and tapped on San Shi's hard scales.

Two clanging sounds.

Metallic texture. Excellent tactile feedback.

"Lord-level," Qian Hua murmured, his eyes shining even brighter. "And a living Lord-level one at that. Perhaps you are the key to forging an A-rank Origin Weapon for me!"

San Shi was jolted by the knock, and tears welled up in his eyes.

Qian Hua withdrew his hand, already having a complete blueprint in his mind.

Thinking of this, Qian Hua looked at the trembling monster in front of him.

"Sanshi, right?"