I'm not just human!

"Since we're already here..."

Xia Fa glanced at the heart and blood vessels. They had long since dried out, leaving only the outer shell. Although they wouldn't break at the slightest touch, since they were the heart and blood vessels of an Outer God, they were no longer of any use.

In other words, even if it is destroyed on the spot, it will not affect the ecosystem that has already formed in this primeval desert.

As for the weapons on the heart, they have lost all their spirituality. Otherwise, given the power of the weapons growing from the heart of an Outer God, Xia Fa suspected that he would have difficulty even getting close to this place, and would have been shattered by the terrifying killing aura emanating from the weapons if he was not careful.

In other words, the only useful thing is this mysterious and unknown jet-black round gemstone.

"call……"

Xia Fa took a deep breath, brought his palms together into a ball shape, and gathered them slightly in front of him.

Half of his extraordinary power was immediately drained from his body, and a flexible iron claw appeared in his palm. Several control lines formed by the condensation of extraordinary power extended from the iron claw.

Xia Fa first retreated to the outside of the monster's abdominal cavity and returned to the underground cave. Then, he trembled his five fingers and used the thin thread to control the iron claw, which reached for the black round gem.

Click.

With a soft click, he removed the jet-black round gem. The heart, covered in weapons, remained intact, and the surrounding bone-like blood vessels were unchanged.

No dangerous situation occurred.

"call--"

Xia Fa let out a long breath. This jet-black round gem was at least from the heart of that Outer God, and it might even have been placed here by the [Rhine Calamity] before his death. Since he was going to take it, he could not be too careful.

Seeing that he had it in his hands, Xia Fa immediately pulled the iron claw back into his arms and then took off the jet-black round gem.

This jet-black, round gemstone was about the size of a lychee. It felt warm and cool to the touch and was quite heavy. However, when held in my hand, it neither absorbed the extraordinary power within Xia Fa's body nor underwent any unusual changes.

Xia Fa observed it carefully for a while, and even tried to inject extraordinary power into it. Apart from feeling that the extraordinary power injected into it was like a mud ox entering the sea without any ripples, he could not sense anything else.

"That's interesting..."

With his current extensive knowledge and understanding of occultism, Xia Fa couldn't figure out what this thing was at first glance, and an interest gleamed in his eyes.

However, now was not the time to delve deeper into the dark, round gem. After playing with it for a while, he prepared to put it into a separate pouch.

Suddenly, a strong resistance came from the black bag, like the repulsive force of like magnets.

Xia Fa was startled. This jet-black round gem... couldn't be put into or out of the black bag?

He immediately had a guess in his mind.

Alternatively, this jet-black round gem is some kind of sealed artifact. Since it comes from the heart of an Outer God, it goes without saying that the status of this sealed artifact must be incredibly high.

Either this jet-black round gemstone is so special that it can't be put into or taken out of the black bag.

Seeing that he couldn't put it into the black bag, Xia Fa had no choice but to wipe his left waist with one hand and use the secret ability of "Imagination" to conjure up a fleshy bag on his left waist and stuff the black round gem into it.

After adjusting to the coldness in his left waist for a while, Xia Fa regained his composure, looked up again, and gazed at the supernatural creatures crawling along the arms extending from the giant monster's corpse.

It's time for a hunt.

……

Two hours later.

An old blacksmith shop.

From the circular pillar of light representing the primeval desert, Xia Fa's tall and agile figure flew out with a "whoosh".

After flying out, he pretended to be calm as he walked toward his treasure-forging platform, but inwardly he suddenly felt uneasy.

After all, he first went to the primordial ocean to dig out the treasure chest of the Outer God whose body was covered in weapons, and then went to the underground cave in the primordial desert to take away the black round gem from the Outer God's heart. Perhaps the soul of the [Rhine Calamity] would come to cause him trouble.

After taking a few steps and seeing that the soul of [Rhine Calamity] had not appeared, Xia Fa finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, it seems that the soul of [Rhine Calamity] either doesn't care or is unaware of this matter.

"Shafa, you're back."

Seeing Xia Fa's figure emerge from the pillar of light in the primeval desert, Chestnut excitedly moved closer and said:

"How was the harvest?"

Xia Fa smiled slightly:

"good."

Chestnut said gently:

"Come, sit down here. Let me massage your shoulders. Thank you for your help."

Upon hearing this, Rusconzo and the others, who had been bored as spectators, immediately looked at Xia Fa with envy.

Coming to the old blacksmith to fight for the incomplete ancient treasure, the Rhine Blade, and yet he brings along such a well-behaved and gentle girlfriend—where can anyone find a reason to believe this?

Xia Fa didn't refuse, after all, Ban Li was already his girlfriend, and if he rashly rejected her, it would be easy to hurt Ban Li's feelings.

He immediately sat back down at his treasure-crafting platform, while Chestnut stood behind him, her gentle, nimble hands massaging his shoulders.

Xia Fa was a little uncomfortable at first, but he quickly closed his eyes and started to enjoy it. To be honest, the pressure his girlfriend used to massage his shoulders was just right, which relaxed his stiff and tense shoulder muscles caused by excessive pressure.

After massaging Chestnut for a while, Xia Fa felt it was about time, so he reached out and pressed Chestnut's soft, white hand on his shoulder, and said gently:

"Okay, thank you, darling."

Hearing such an intimate address, Chestnut's bright and beautiful face flushed red instantly. She turned her head away, her gaze shyly drifting to the floor.

"Hmm... It's what I should do. You, you continue crafting the treasure, I won't bother you anymore."

After saying that, she shyly ran towards her own treasure crafting platform. Although her treasure crafting platform disappeared because of her failure to advance, it still had seats, probably reserved for the competitors who would become spectators.

Seeing this, Xia Fa smiled and shook his head, never expecting his girlfriend to be so innocent and shy.

Seeing Chestnut sitting in his seat with his fluffy round ears blushing, he knew that if he went over now, Chestnut would probably be even more embarrassed. So he calmed himself down and prepared to start crafting the treasure.

Just then, a clanging sound rang out from a few treasure-crafting platforms away.

Xia Fa turned his head and saw that it was Norton Dragon.

The young master of the Starry Sky Dragon Clan was taking out a red-hot metal ingot from the furnace. Ignoring the heat, he held it in one hand and began to hammer it with an iron hammer in the other.

This time, He was clearly not giving the Crystal Flame Starry Sky Dragon inside His body a "snack," but was actually starting to create a secret treasure for the second round of the finals.

Moreover, it is obvious that Norton Dragon is determined to enter the finals. Even though there are still more than 20 hours left, he has already started building it now, and his expression is extremely focused.

Xia Fa couldn't help but peek, and saw Norton Dragon using only an iron hammer to hammer various metal ingots of different sizes and types into small parts.

Those small parts were extremely precise and had rather strange shapes. Some looked like beads, some like spearheads, and some were hollow spheres. They all had rather obscure and ancient secret inscriptions or magical circuits, and it was clear at a glance that they were extraordinary.

Norton quickly hammered out a dozen small parts, then reached into his pouch at his waist and took out a large pile of crafting materials for the secret treasures. After sorting them, he put them into the furnace one by one.

He used his extraordinary power to ignite the furnace, and it quickly melted into many completely different metal ingots. Norton Dragon took these metal ingots again and began to strike them once more.

"He absolutely has to get into the finals..."

Thor Loki was also looking at the artifact crafting table next to Shafa, and couldn't help but mutter something, his tone quite displeased:

"It seems that their Starry Sky Dragon family is preparing to take both spots in the finals."

Xia Fa silently withdrew his gaze, feeling an unprecedented pressure in his heart.

Nidhogg is one of the top 100 treasure masters in the entire universe, and he's almost guaranteed to make it to the finals, no doubt about it.

However, it now seems that the craftsmanship of Norton Dragon's secret treasure is probably also extremely high.

In this situation, with only two spots available for the finals in the second round, wouldn't it mean I'd never get a chance?

Let alone himself, even Thor Loki and Jack Falco probably wouldn't stand a chance; they're nowhere near as good as Nidhogg and Norton Dragon.

"Never mind, I'll just finish crafting the treasure I want to create first. Even if I don't make it to the finals, I can't give up..."

Xia Fa gave himself a pep talk, but now, he was afraid he could only focus on participating.

With a flick of his wrist, he produced a book of mysticism titled "A Record of Journeys in the Mysterious World," and turned to page 652.

With a "rip," he tore the page out.

On this page is a blueprint for a secret treasure called "Phantom Iron Crystal".

The market price of such treasures is very unstable, depending entirely on their quality. Good quality Illusionary Iron Crystal can sell for millions of gold pounds, while inferior quality Illusionary Iron Crystal may not even fetch tens of gold pounds.

Xia Fa decided to build this and take a gamble.

Some blueprints for crafting secret treasures are secrets that craftsmen and masters would never reveal, while others are common knowledge and can be found by anyone who wants to.

For example, the blueprints for crafting the most commonly used secret treasure, "Out of the Black Bag," can be bought in any extraordinary shop for as low as a few gold pounds, since they can be mass-produced using a printer.

As for the Illusionary Iron Crystal, it's similar, which is why it's recorded in this book of mysticism.

Xia Fa stumbled upon this while flipping through a book yesterday after he finished crafting that half-finished treasure.

It is said that a Dominator-quality Illusionary Iron Crystal, simply by holding it in one's hand, can cast illusions on enemies of the Dominator rank, can create group illusions directly within the area of ​​a giant city, and can even create illusions that are invisible to beings of the Dominator rank.

Although he knew he was unlikely to be able to create a Phantom Iron Crystal of this caliber, Xia Fa still wanted to give it a try.

Of course, if you were to create a fungal-grade phantom iron crystal, that would be terrible. Its only effect would be to cast illusions on insects when held in your hand, and the insects could not exceed one centimeter in size...

Without much thought, Xia Fa immediately activated the circular light shield of his treasure-forging platform to prevent others from obtaining information about his treasure-forging activities.

Then, he took out the secret crafting materials needed to forge the Illusionary Iron Crystal and began to forge it step by step according to the steps on the blueprint.

Smelting...carving secret runes with extraordinary power...hammering out the approximate shape...

Return to the furnace... inscribe the second layer of secret text again... continue hammering to shape it...

Reforging... Inscribing the magic circuit... Performing the third strike...

As Xia Fa continued building, he gradually entered a state of complete absorption in the world around him, and time flew by unnoticed.

"Everyone, there are only five minutes left! You can now place your crafted treasures onto your respective miniature teleportation arrays."

The lively and excited voice of the soul of [Rhine Calamity] suddenly rang out, instantly waking Shafa from his immersive state.

Only five minutes left...

He felt inexplicably nervous, but fortunately, the forging of the Illusionary Iron Crystal was almost complete.

Only the final step remains: to completely set the shape by tapping.

Xia Fa took a deep breath to calm his tense mind. For this final blow, he chose to imagine Nidhogg's hammer blow in his mind again, using the two secret abilities of "miracle" and "fantasy" to imitate and reproduce it.

This time, however, he abandoned even the technique of striking with a hammer, taking only a bit of its essence, the essence of the moment when the treasure was shaped.

when--!