Douluo Continent: Xiao Xiao, I'm going to control you fiercely!

However, you can't say that the planners are forcing players to spend money.

After all, the blacksmith profession doesn't necessarily need to be improved in the early stages.

You can always wait until later when you enter Shrek Academy, join the Soul Guidance Department, and enter the Inner Court to slowly improve yourself.

Moreover, as long as one chooses the right role like Xu Shu has now, one can fully utilize family influence to collect rare metals.

I just don't know if the reputation points gained without the first ring of the millennium will be enough for the family to collect so many rare metals for the character.

Overall, only a handful of characters in Douluo Continent II, such as Xiao Xiao, Vina, Xu Jiujiu, and Dai Huabin, can perfectly replicate Xu Shu's current experience of controlling Xiao Xiao.

Furthermore, considering that Xu Jiujiu and Dai Huabin's martial souls are not related to the soul or mental strength, Vina's martial soul cannot provide sufficient physical attribute bonuses.

In the early stages, without hindering development speed, the easiest way to increase the blacksmith level is through Xiao Xiao.

This was a completely accidental stroke of luck.

Closer to home.

After starting to forge rare metals, the time for one forging session was extended from 2 hours to 3 hours, and the physical strength, mental strength, and soul power consumed during forging were greatly increased.

This also meant that Xiao Xiao had to spend more time recovering after each forging session.

The number of times to forge each day was also forced to be reduced from 4 to 2.

However, there was some good news. After so many training sessions, Xiao Xiao's mental strength and physical fitness had improved somewhat.

His soul power also reached level 14.3 through natural cultivation.

About 120 days later.

After forging the metal and repeatedly buying and selling it, the 130 forgings of rare metals were finally completed.

During this period, everyone in the Soul Suppressing Sect knew that the sect's young master, Xiao Xiao, had become obsessed with forging soul-guided metals, and that his forging skills were improving with each attempt.

To satisfy the young master's hobbies, the family even sent special people to Shrek Academy and opened up a special trading channel.

During these four months, the young master forged a total of 130 pieces of high-quality rare metal, totaling 19500 kg, or about 2 tons.

It should be noted that a typical level 1-3 soul tool uses only a few hundred grams of rare metal as its core.

Soul tools of level 4-6 require only a dozen to several dozen kilograms of rare metals.

Two tons of metal are enough to manufacture 1000 mid-level soul tools.

It can be said that during this period, their sect almost monopolized half of Shrek Academy's low-level soul tool metal processing requirements.

Disciples from various sects were even speculating whether their sects had a deeper meaning.

Whether the sect should transform into a specialized processor and forger of rare metals in order to protect itself in the upcoming increasingly tense situation, etc.

Xiao Xiao had no idea what was happening outside.

But what she knew was that during the 120 days of forging, she had gradually fallen in love with forging under God's guidance.

With each hammer blow during forging, she could sense the resonance and rhythm between her spirit and the metal.

The clanging of forging in the background was like the most beautiful symphony in the world.

The warm flow of blood and energy within her body made her truly feel her own existence.

Everything about it was utterly captivating.

"ha--"

Off-screen, Xu Shu, who had been AFK for a long time, yawned.

Four hours later, the hammering sound was as powerful as the booming of a mortar, reminiscent of the powerful ultimate attack of the Frog in Arknights.

Xu Shu was also getting a little tired of listening.

Now, it's finally time for him to reap the rewards.

"For the material, let's choose meteorite iron from outer space. This stuff won't be available after Douluo Continent III, so I wonder what kind of special effects it will produce after being forged a thousand times."

On the forging platform in the Soul Guidance Room.

Xiao Xiao's heart tightened as she looked at the large, dark metal weighing about 300 pounds that had suddenly appeared in front of her.

According to the gods, meteorite iron from outer space is an exceptionally rare metal.

For nearly 50 days, God had left her to forge the metal herself, fearing that if God also left her to it this time, she would destroy the precious metal.

Fortunately, the feeling of being out of control returned in the next moment.

She could rest assured. Whenever her forging skills needed to break through to a new stage, the god would always control her body to demonstrate it to her 30 times.

It seems this time will be no exception.

when--

The intense roar of the forging hammer striking the metal brought Xiao Xiao back to her senses.

Clang clang—

Immediately following was a fierce and relentless barrage of blows.

Ding ding ding ding—

With each hammer blow, Xiao Xiao got into the zone.

That familiar feeling of dancing with the rhythm of life filled her heart once again.

One hour,

two hours,

In the interplay of force and recoil, the extraterrestrial meteorite shrank by 20%, its purity exceeding 90%.

The remaining task is to unravel its internal patterns and initially awaken its spirituality using mental and spiritual power.

Three hours

Four hours!

At this moment, Xiao Xiao no longer cared about controlling herself; she was completely immersed in a special state.

The body is like an arm or fingers.

The metal revealed all its secrets to her.

it's time.

A sudden inspiration struck Xiao Xiao, and at that moment she abandoned her Hundred-Refined Tungsten Steel Hammer and summoned her Martial Soul.

It is a martial spirit, and it must be a martial spirit!

After obtaining the first ring, Xiao Xiao's martial soul, the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, was greatly improved in quality, and its weight increased to 250kg, making it no less than the top-tier Clear Sky Hammer martial soul.

Using a martial soul that resonates with her own will to forge metal is perfect for her to experience the subtle changes each forging process brings to the metal.

【Ding--】

[Preliminary purification detected; proceeding to game phase two.]

[The character has been found to possess a suitable artifact soul that can assist in forging; the difficulty of the second phase of the game has been reduced.]

On the screen.

The mental and soul power bars on both sides, which had been kept within a fixed range, instantly reached their peak.

The remaining 1/3 of the mental and soul power in the injection button below, as well as the stamina bar at the bottom, began to burn rapidly.

The central game has become one where Xu Shu needs to change the maze-like textures within a specified time limit, so that while the textures contain the specified patterns, the soul power on the left can flow smoothly to the soul power outlet on the right.

It's the old-fashioned Pro Max Ultra version with its maze-like water pipe connections.

As someone who has played Where's My Water?, Xu Shu said that this trivial little game is no challenge for him.

4.5 hour

5 hours!

Xu Shu narrowly escaped defeat and completed the game before exhausting all his resources.

Inside the forging room, as Xiao Xiao placed the last cauldron down, a dark golden light suddenly burst forth from the extraterrestrial meteorite iron, which had been forged to a blackish-red color.

The entire forging room was bathed in a dark gold hue.

Taking this opportunity, Xu Shu controlled Xiao Xiao to launch his dark gold claws, slashing her wrist, and then punched the extraterrestrial meteorite.

laugh--

Amidst the swirling blue smoke, a dark golden light suddenly burst forth and then receded.

When the forging furnace was shut down, the originally black meteorite iron was clearly visible to have turned into a magnificent dark gold color.

At the same time, perhaps because it was forged with martial spirit, this piece of metal also has an additional layer of patterns resembling mountains and lakes from the Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.

A deep, wondrous texture, visible to the naked eye.

After countless trials, success is achieved.