Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Chapter 508 First-Class Blacksmith

Lei Chi's life settled down. He spent half of his time each day studying the [Return to Origin Qi Gong] stele and the other half controlling his Azure Flame avatar to forge iron in the blacksmith's shop. Of course, he also spent ten years in seclusion in the stone slab passage.

In this mechanical, monotonous yet exceptionally fulfilling life, Lei Chi's cultivation level steadily improved.

On this day, in the blacksmith's shop, Lei Chi finally forged ten rough drafts of the Sky-Breaking Sword, which meant that he had completed a round of blacksmithing tasks. The rewards for the blacksmithing tasks were quickly distributed, and Lei Chi drew three more from a pile of lucky treasure chests.

Upon opening the three treasure chests, Lei Chi obtained an unknown metal, three unknown crystals, and a [Forging Totem of the Heaven-Shattering Divine Sword].

Lei Chi studied the crafting diagram of the Heaven-Breaking Divine Sword and learned that the Heaven-Breaking Divine Sword was the exclusive weapon of the Heaven-Breaking Sword God, equivalent to the Meteor Divine Sword of the Cosmic Sword God. The crafting process was not complicated, and was even simpler than that of the Meteor Divine Sword. As for the crafting materials, Lei Chi saw the storage ring of the Azure Flame incarnation and found that he had actually collected most of them.

"Although the Heaven-Shattering Divine Sword is useless to me, I can still forge it when I'm bored!"

Lei Chi muttered something to himself. He looked at the inheritance token, which showed that the blacksmithing task had not changed, so Lei Chi continued blacksmithing.

This forging continued for more than ten days. When Lei Chi completed the three rounds of blacksmithing tasks, a golden light flashed on his inheritance token, and new characters appeared.

"Outer disciple Lei Chi has completed six rounds of blacksmithing tasks, mastering the Star River Hundred Refinements Technique. He is now certified in blacksmithing skills and awarded a Level One Blacksmith Certificate. We hope he will continue his efforts and become an even more outstanding blacksmith!"

After this text appeared, a golden scroll materialized out of thin air on the "platform" in front of them.

Lei Chi was already familiar with this kind of thing and knew that it must be a [Level 1 Blacksmith Certificate]. He thought to himself, "I didn't expect blacksmiths to have certificates. This certificate should be somewhat useful for passing the inner sect assessment. I suppose there should be similar settings in the herb garden and alchemy room. It's a pity that I'm good at physical work like blacksmithing, but I'm not good at gathering herbs and refining pills..."

Shaking his head, Lei Chi resumed his clanging and hammering of iron.

The blacksmithing task has changed recently; the current task is to process proton divine iron using the Galaxy Hundred Refinement Method.

Lei Chi's harvest these days has been quite good. In total, he has drawn more than thirty Fortune Chests, which mainly contain forging materials. He has also obtained the forging blueprints for the Divine Will Universe Edge, the Overlord Armor, the Invincible Armor, and the Second Divine Armor.

The Divine Will Universe Blade is the exclusive weapon of the Void Sword God; the Kingly Overlord Armor is the exclusive armor of the Kingly Overlord War God; the Invincible God Armor is the exclusive armor of the Invincible War God; and the Second God Armor is the exclusive armor of the Second War God.

Therefore, Lei Chi has now mastered the exclusive equipment crafting methods of the six major inheritances of the Song Sect. The materials he has accumulated are also quite good. If he goes to the Refining Pavilion, he can craft two or three more exclusive pieces of equipment.

The next day, Lei Chi completed another blacksmithing task and received the Fortune Chest, which gave him three more materials, allowing him to gather enough materials to craft a complete set of Meteor Divine Swords.

"I wonder where these materials in the blacksmith's shop came from. They shouldn't have been created by the system. Could it be that some unknown force or entity is constantly supplying materials to the Holy Palace?"

Lei Chi was quite curious, but now that he had retrieved the inheritance token, he intended to end the blacksmithing mission.

He knew that Qiukas and the others should have already completed their gate hall assessment, but he didn't know if they had passed, so he wanted to go out and find out.

Shortly after leaving the blacksmith shop, Lei Chi found Qiukasi in front of the library.

"This guy actually passed the Gate Trial. No wonder he was once a main god!"

Lei Chi was overjoyed and controlled his Azure Flame avatar to stride over.

Qiukas also noticed the danger. Wearing his real mask, he scratched his head and asked, "Are you my master, or is that little brat my master?"

"Both that little brat and I are your masters!" The Azure Flame avatar opened its palm and said, "Give me my things!"

Qiukas squinted, looking somewhat lazy, but ultimately dared not disobey Lei Chi, and slowly took out the black ball that Lei Chi had given him earlier.

Lei Chi controlled his Azure Flame avatar to collect the black ball, happily taking out all the items from it, and then began to eat pomegranates.

Pomegranates are specifically for replenishing lightning energy. After the Azure Flame incarnation ate all the pomegranates, the amount of lightning energy within its body was roughly equivalent to the total amount of lightning energy in its original thirteen lightning pools.

"The pomegranates we prepared earlier were still too few; even thirteen thunder pools are not enough."

Lei Chi regretted not having prepared enough pomegranates.

Qiukas then approached and asked, "Master, what was your score in the sect assessment?"

"How much is yours?"

"Not much, just 290, 10 points short of 300!" The ancient dragon god couldn't help but show a smug expression as he spoke, continuing, "My talent score is 190, but my luck and conduct combined only amount to 100!"

"A talent score of 190 is indeed quite good!"

Therefore, Lei Chi trained extremely hard, hoping to narrow the gap in talent through hard work and diligence.

If we're talking about envy, Lei Chi is actually envious of these geniuses. He has to go through ten years of hard training every day to be even slightly better than them. Who can he complain to?

"By the way, Master, besides me, Zhao Zilong also passed the trial of the Gate Hall. Krul's sister, the shame of the evil god, failed to pass and has probably been expelled from the Holy God Palace. Zhao Zilong was quite lucky; his total score was only 203, and he almost failed."

Qiu Kasi continued with a grin, "Didn't Master want me to take some things back? I think it would be better to let Zhao Zilong do it for me. I have a chance to become an inner disciple, and it would be a pity to go back now."

Lei Chi then asked, "Which lineage did you receive?"

Qiu Kas said, "I learned the King's Overlord Divine Fist, Zhao Zilong learned the Turtle Flow Qi Gong, and that idiot Krul can't learn anything!"

"Turtle Flow Qigong is good, Turtle Flow Qigong is good!" Lei Chi muttered, then asked, "Where is Zhao Zilong now?"

"It seems to be at the martial arts training ground. He didn't have enough points for the assessment, so they didn't dare to use them recklessly."

"Okay, then go find him and bring him to the weapon-refining pavilion to find me. I will impart some of my experience and insights to you."

"good!"

Qiukas bowed and left. In truth, he didn't want to linger in front of the Thunder Pool any longer, feeling that his master was becoming increasingly mysterious.

Lei Chi then entered the weapon-refining pavilion, took stock of the various materials he had collected, and then began refining weapons.

The materials accumulated in Leichi are sufficient to forge another [Meteor Divine Sword], two [Heaven-Shattering Divine Swords], a set of [Kingly Overlord Divine Armor], and a set of [Unparalleled Divine Armor].

Not long after Lei Chi controlled the Azure Flame Avatar and just began using the reaction pool to quench the materials, Qiu Kasi and Zhao Zilong arrived.

"I arrived earlier than you, so I know a bit more about this place. Let me give you a brief introduction..."

Lei Chi introduced Qiu Kasi and Zhao Zilong to the various buildings, such as the blacksmith shop, the Sword God Academy, and the War God Academy, as well as the settings for the level certificates.

A moment later, at Lei Chi's suggestion, Qiu Kasi went to the blacksmith shop, but Zhao Zilong did not leave. While Lei Chi was processing materials in the reaction pool, he said to him, "You have chosen a very good inheritance technique. If you had chosen another technique, I would not be able to help you, but if you are practicing the Turtle Flow Qi Gong, I can give you some assistance."

"So, my friend Lei Chi, you also practice Turtle Flow Qi Gong?"

At this moment, Qiukas was riding the Titanium Cobalt White Dragon. Although the Holy Palace was not a starry sky, it was similar to one. Ordinary flesh and blood creatures could not survive here for long. Although Zhao Zilong was already a god-level mecha pilot, his physical body was still mortal after leaving the Titanium Cobalt White Dragon mecha.

However, Zhao Zilong and the Titanium Cobalt White Dragon are now practically inseparable. The Titanium Cobalt White Dragon is essentially a part of his body, and Zhao Zilong has been able to control it without much trouble.

"I don't practice Turtle Flow Qi Gong, but rather the Free and Blissful Qi Gong! However, the Free and Blissful Qi Gong and Turtle Flow Qi Gong are quite similar. I can teach you some cultivation techniques here. Try practicing them and compare them with the inscriptions on the Turtle Flow Qi Gong stele. I'm sure you'll gain something from it!"

"Will this work? It's not against the rules, is it? If the Guardians find out, will they deduct points?"

"Why deduct points? As the senior disciple, what's wrong with me helping my junior brother? Anyway, just focus on your cultivation. Once you've achieved some success, go to the Sword God Academy for the assessment. Passing the Level 1 certificate is great, but don't be discouraged if you don't pass. Just keep cultivating! Listen carefully, I'm about to recite the incantation. Remember it and then carefully comprehend it..."

Lei Chi, controlling his Azure Flame avatar, waved his hand and began reciting part of the mantra of the [Free and Blissful Skill].

Zhao Zilong listened attentively, his mind gradually becoming excited. Although he had not yet started cultivating, he felt that the incantation of the Thunder Pool was very reliable.

Half a day later, Zhao Zilong left, and Lei Chi was left alone to seriously begin refining weapons.

At this very moment, outside the Trial Tower, Moron, Yodara, and the six-winged fallen angel named Gendis were preparing to enter the tower for their trials.

"I haven't been here for days. When did Lucifer open this Trial Tower? He didn't even tell us!"

"The Red-Armored Armor Breaker is really powerful! She became the Senior Sister so quickly!"

"Where is Senior Sister? Why isn't she here!"

"Lucifer cultivates diligently, unlike us who are so leisurely. He's probably in seclusion somewhere right now."

"Shall we go in and give it a try?"

As they were talking, Mo Lang was the first to enter the Trial Tower.

Unaware of what was happening inside the Trial Tower, Yodara and Gundys grew increasingly impatient as time passed.

It wasn't until a day later that Mo Lang emerged from the Trial Tower.

Mo Lang, though injured, was quite excited. Upon seeing Yodara and Gendis, he raised his arms and exclaimed, "I passed the third level of the test! It was so exhilarating! For each level you pass, you get at least three treasure chests. I passed the third level and got a total of 13 treasure chests!"

"With Captain Morlang's strength, he only passed three levels of trials?" Gentis asked. "Is it that difficult?"

"It's not difficult. I'm just conserving my strength, taking a break, and recharging. I estimate that if I go all out, I should have no problem reaching the fifth level in one go!"

"Really?" Yodara said. "I wonder how many levels Lucifer, the Spellbreaker, can clear!"

"It must be at least five stories!"

"In my opinion, the tenth floor shouldn't be a big problem..."

The three talked for a while, and then Yodara and Gendis entered the Trial Tower one after the other. One made it to the fourth floor and the other to the third floor. They opened the Fortune Chest and got a lot of cultivation resources, such as Qi-replenishing pills, blood-boiling pills, and celestial stones, etc., which made them quite excited.

Shortly after the three left the Trial Tower, Lucifer, the King of Fallen Angels, also arrived.

She held a golden scroll in her hand, seemingly somewhat absent-minded.

"I've passed the Level One Turtle Stream Immortal's test. If I pass the Level One Cosmic Sword God test, I can become the Senior Sister. However, this test is quite troublesome, and I estimate I won't be able to pass it in the short term..."

Lucifer's mind was in turmoil. She had just taken a Level One Universe Sword God test and failed, which left her in a bad mood.

"Huh, why is this Trial Tower open?"

Lucifer was startled to find that the doors of the Trial Tower were open.

"Someone became the senior disciple before me? Who is it?" Lucifer quickly pondered for a moment, then a figure surfaced in her mind, "Could it be that cheater? He cheated again? There's no way anyone else could be qualified to become the senior disciple..."

The fallen angel queen gave a soft snort, pondered for a moment, and then entered the Trial Tower.

Five days later, the entrance to the Trial Tower flashed with light, and a light screen appeared, on which text quickly appeared.

The light screen was clearly the Trial Ranking, which listed the inheritors who had completed more than ten levels of trials. Now, a name appeared on it: Lu Xifei, an outer disciple, whose record was level 11.

A moment later, Lucifer appeared.

She passed the trial on the 11th floor but failed on the 12th floor. Although she can use her luck points to restart the trial on the 12th floor, she has permanently missed the lucky treasure chest reward for clearing the 12th floor.

"This trial is indeed extraordinary. With my current strength, I can't even get past the twelfth level... I reckon even if other lawbreakers came, they wouldn't be much stronger than me!"

Lucifer felt a great sense of regret, and suddenly, as if sensing something, he looked into the distance.

In her field of vision, three figures clad in red armor appeared swiftly, followed by Morlang, Yodara, and Gendis.

"It's them!"

Lucifer was shocked. She immediately recognized the three red-armored figures walking in front of her. They were the three spellbreakers from the Fallen Temple. She realized something and muttered to herself, "The fact that these three guys can come here means that the spacetime blockade of the main world has been further lifted. The higher-ups of the Fallen Temple must have learned of the existence of the Holy Temple. There should be more spellbreakers coming in the future."

(End of this chapter)