Outer Gods invade, stuff them all into your equipment inventory.

"Besides, isn't this a natural disguise?"

When he mimics the Son of the Forge, Sean can appear in front of others in that form.

The Federation is not only composed of the human race, but also includes many other intelligent races.

Giants are one of them.

The eastern region of the Gaia Federation is predominantly inhabited by humans, with very few other intelligent races present.

Humans make up 99% of the total population, while all other races combined make up only 1%.

However, it's not that he can't use this identity to do many things.

No one would associate that three-meter-tall giant with a human hero who is less than 1.8 meters tall.

This is not just a combat skill, but also a perfect disguise.

The other active skill, Furnace Strike, requires 15% of current health as a cost, but the damage it deals is physical damage based on 300% of the health consumed.

Moreover, it's a fan-shaped area attack.

When facing a group of enemies, this strike is enough to turn the tide of battle.

If the target is still burning, additional true damage will be dealt.

Combined with the passive counterattack of the Furnace Body, it's easy to stack the Burn stacks on the enemy and then deliver a decisive blow.

It should be noted that with Sean's strength attributes, his total health points far exceed those of an ordinary hero.

Even compared to those legendary monster bosses, it's not far off.

Fifteen percent of his health points is more than the total health points of many heroes.

Moreover, this number needs to be multiplied by 300%.

Even without considering the true damage, it's enough to make it a god-tier skill for clearing out enemies.

His passive skill, Furnace Body, gives him a chance to trigger a fire counterattack when he is attacked by physical attacks, inflicting a burning effect.

This not only enhances his sustained damage output in melee combat, but also provides him with a passive way to stack damage.

When fighting the Son of the Forge before, Sean suffered quite a bit from this passive skill.

If it weren't for his exceptionally high physical attributes, which resulted in a much greater amount of health recovery than the damage effect of this passive skill, the outcome of this battle might have been completely different.

As for the skill of furnace forging, it really caught his eye.

"Forging wondrous items using monster corpses as materials—what a lucrative skill!"

Sean knew all too well how precious the artifact was.

Even the most ordinary oddity, if placed in the trading market of any gathering place, is enough to cause quite a stir.

Those wondrous objects with special functions are treasures that countless brave warriors flock to.

Sean himself has personally experienced the power of the artifact—the Mirror of the Tireless Sentinel, which allows him to remotely monitor and gain experience, and remains an indispensable core component of his monster-hunting system.

Without it, his upgrade efficiency would be at least halved.

Having the skill of furnace forging means that he can now create his own artifacts.

As long as he has a suitable monster corpse, he can forge his own artifact.

"This is truly a treasure."

Sean said in a low voice, his gaze toward the body of the Son of the Forge becoming even more intense.

With this monster's remains in his possession, he will never be poor again.

As for his core trait, Ember Will, it is his last trump card for survival.

It triggers automatically when health drops below 30%, reducing damage taken and quickly restoring health. The hourly cooldown is also not too long.

This significantly increased his margin for error.

"Monster corpse..."

Sean suddenly looked at the mutated steel slime body that he had previously discarded.

"Isn't this a ready-made monster corpse?"

"I wonder if forging in a furnace can be used on monster remains?"

A bold idea popped into Sean's mind.

According to the skill description of the furnace forging, any monster corpse should be usable as forging material.

Since that's the case, why not give it a try?

Just do it.

Sean took a deep breath, placed his right hand on the surface of the Iron Slime corpse, and activated the Forge skill.

A force surged from his palm, flowing down his arm into the corpse of the steel slime.

The corpse, which had already lost its vitality, began to tremble slightly the moment it came into contact with this power.

Then, a strange thing happened. The three-meter-tall steel slime corpse began to slowly soften and deform.

Like a heated block of wax, it gradually changes from a solid state to a semi-fluid state.

The dark silver metallic liquid flowed and gathered slowly on the ground, gradually contracting and condensing under Sean's will.

The whole process lasted about one or two minutes, and the dark silver metallic liquid finally solidified completely, turning into a palm-sized metal sphere.

On the surface of the metal sphere, faint ripple-like patterns are visible.

【The Bite of the Steel Slime】

Type: Curiosities

Quality: Normal

Effect: Once activated, your arm transforms into liquid metal tentacles, which devour single metal targets in front of you.

• If the target is inanimate metal or ore: Immediately absorb its metallic components, restore a small amount of health, and grant you the [Steel Hardening] effect for 15 seconds, increasing physical defense by 15%.

• If the target is a metal-type monster: Deal physical damage to the target based on a percentage of your constitution value, and restore health equal to 60% of the damage dealt.

Cooldown: 50 seconds.

Side effects: After use, your arm may experience a certain degree of metallic stiffness that lasts for 10 minutes.

During this period, the arm's flexibility and attack speed are reduced by 15%.

When the user is Sean, they are immune to this negative effect.

"It's a success!"

Sean was slightly out of breath; creating this strange object had taken a lot of his energy.

The feeling was like having fought dozens of high-intensity battles in a row, having all the energy in one's body drained, and feeling mentally exhausted as well.

He looked down at the Iron Slime Devourer in his hand, then at the mutated Iron Slime corpse on the ground that had completely disappeared.

"It seems that forging in the furnace is not a skill that can be used without limit."

He adjusted his breathing while summarizing the situation in his mind.

"It's best not to make a second artifact, at least not within a day."

The quality and cost of forging rare items depend not only on the grade and integrity of the materials, but also on the user's physical condition and other factors.

To forge a high-grade artifact, he would probably need to be in peak condition and be prepared to expend a large amount of physical and mental energy at once.

"Forging in a furnace can indeed be used on the remains of monsters."

This means that the remains he replaced and no longer used could all be turned into useful artifacts in his hands.

"This can be considered a secondary use of the monster's remains..."

As he pondered this, Sean picked up the fallen items from the ground and then left the monster's lair through the portal.