"Why is this happening?"
Tang Hao roared in fury.
However, in Su Ming's eyes, this was nothing but impotent rage.
The Sea God's Will was temporarily under Su Ming's control.
At this moment, he was the Sea God incarnate.
Previously, it was one-tenth against nine-tenths. Now, Su Ming had seized the Sea God's seven-tenths. He now had eight-tenths, while Tang Hao possessed a mere two-tenths of the Plane's Will!
The advantage was indeed mine.
Su Ming revealed a smile.
He didn't manifest a physical form.
There was no need.
He was merely a spiritual entity. Forcibly condensing a physical form would waste power.
The time he could steal the Sea God's power was also limited.
At this moment, completely ignoring Tang Hao's impotent rage, he directly cast his gaze towards the Blacksmith Association headquarters in Heaven Dou City.
Majestic heavenly might descended.
Because Tang Hao had manifested his power on this timeline before, many high-level individuals knew the news that the Plane had a master.
So, when this clear sense of being watched descended, everyone felt as if needles were pricking their backs, sensing immense pressure.
This was the Lord of the Plane.
A single gaze felt like the entire world pressing down on them.
Zhen Hua also felt the pressure, but he soon relaxed because he sensed a familiar fluctuation.
It was that senior!
He actually did it.
While excited, Zhen Hua also became more cautious, not daring to make the slightest mistake.
He knew this opportunity must have come at a great cost paid by that senior.
He absolutely must not miss it!
However, as his forging continued, he felt the sensation of being watched around him grow stronger and stronger, as if it were now right beside him, observing closely.
What did this mean?
Was he even observing the forging details?
Zhen Hua felt uneasy.
Had he made a mistake somewhere?
No.
This senior was probably checking if he had made any mistakes, ready to give guidance!
Since he wasn't speaking, that meant there were no mistakes.
Zhen Hua became excited.
That meant his forging had been perfect so far!
He had long completed the Fusion Forging of the Spirit Alloy, and the spiritual essence of his three Spirit Souls had perfectly fused with it.
Now, the attempt at Heaven Refinement was entering its final stage.
Su Ming also stopped being engrossed in watching the forging. He split off a portion of his focus to gather the Heaven and Earth Vital Energy, causing the laws to fluctuate, making it easier for Zhen Hua to invoke them.
The next moment, the elemental heavenly tribulation erupted.
In the sky, elemental energy of four colors frantically converged.
Four-colored tribulation.
When the tribulation clouds of the elemental heavenly tribulation gathered, this attempt was essentially complete.
Because once this step was reached, even if nothing else was done afterward, one could simply gamble on probability.
If the metal survived the tribulation, it became Heaven Refined metal. If it failed, it would be completely ruined, reduced to scrap iron.
To increase its chances of success, one could further optimize it during the previous forging process to enhance the metal's foundation, or the blacksmith could enter the tribulation themselves, helping the metal withstand part of the tribulation's damage.
The elemental heavenly tribulation was different from Spirit Beast tribulations. Blacksmiths could join in to help withstand the tribulation without worrying about its intensity increasing. Whether it left a thread of hope or aimed for complete annihilation could be distinguished from this point.
Zhen Hua, of course, was incapable of shielding the metal from disaster.
He was too weak.
Before this attempt, Su Ming had warned him not to rashly step forward.
Zhen Hua was a typical blacksmith. His strength as a Spirit Master wasn't high, and even with spiritual power at the Spirit Domain Realm, he couldn't withstand the elemental tribulation.
When his spiritual domain truly condensed, helping him resist the tribulation, then he could intervene. But not now.
The goal of this Heaven Refinement attempt was to trigger the elemental heavenly tribulation.
As long as it was triggered once, in the future, even without Su Ming's help, even if Tang Hao suppressed the fluctuation of laws with his status as Lord of the Plane, Zhen Hua could still trigger this tribulation.
Because he had truly touched it before.
Even if everything turned dark before him, he could still search for that feeling based on memory.
Zhen Hua couldn't act, but Su Ming could.
He discovered that the authority of the Lord of the Plane was truly high. Even with the elemental heavenly tribulation, he could silently integrate into it, studying it without affecting its normal operation.
If willing, Su Ming could even directly weaken the elemental tribulation at a certain cost.
This was perhaps the so-called favor of heaven and earth.
"The intensity of the elemental heavenly tribulation isn't something ordinary metal can withstand. Even the nine-in-one Spirit Alloy forged by Zhen Hua only has a one-tenth chance of success."
After some thought, Su Ming consumed a portion of Sea God faith, dispersing part of the elemental tribulation.
Now the success rate reached three-tenths.
Su Ming then analyzed the elemental tribulation, dispersing another part himself.
At this point, the success rate reached six-tenths.
Su Ming stopped interfering.
He wholeheartedly observed the changes in the Spirit Alloy.
The elemental heavenly tribulation lasted a full hour.
In the end, the metal withstood it.
It succeeded.
Heaven Refined metal.
Zhen Hua was so excited he became speechless. Stepping forward, he cradled the Heaven Refined metal that had successfully weathered the elemental tribulation, tears welling in his eyes.
The Sacred Blacksmiths of the Blacksmith Association were also stunned.
He really succeeded!
A certain shackle in their hearts also shattered.
So, it was possible to achieve Heaven Refinement without Tang Hao's recognition!
"Who was it?!"
In the Will Space, Tang Hao was enraged beyond measure.
He stared fixedly at the Spirit Soul region, trying to find the instigator.
However, Su Ming's position was too high; he simply couldn't see him.
This Will Space seemed to have a higher dimension than Douluo Star, but it was far inferior to Su Ming's dimension. Su Ming could even look down upon the River of Time. When observing the Will Space, he naturally did so from a similar state.
He hadn't deeply entered the Will Space.
He was looking at the Will Space.
Tang Hao raged impotently, brandishing the Clear Sky Hammer and venting his fury wildly within the Will Space.
However, Su Ming had long since departed.
The Sea God faith, finally escaping Su Ming's clutches, prepared to return to Tang Hao's embrace, only to be met with a head-on attack, causing it to flee and hide far away.
"Do it again."
Su Ming switched to another timeline and repeated the process.
And so, time and again nurturing Zhen Hua, time and again observing the elemental heavenly tribulation and the Heaven Refinement process from the perspective of the Plane's Will, he gradually gained confidence.
[Douluo 2]
Two months had passed since Su Ming annihilated the Holy Spirit Cult.
The Spirit Master Grand Competition welcomed its opening ceremony.
Outside Sun Moon Imperial Capital.
This was an area slated for the future expansion of the capital. For the Spirit Master Grand Competition, a massive Soul Fighting Arena had been constructed ahead of schedule.
The entire arena could accommodate over a million spectators, utilizing the Sun Moon Empire's most advanced Spirit Tool technology in civilian entertainment at the time.
Unlike the Star Luo Empire, which only stingily displayed Spirit Tool screens within the Star Light Auction House, Sun Moon Imperial Capital directly installed the largest Spirit Tool screens throughout the entire Soul Fighting Arena this time.
Even spectators in the back rows could watch the clearest battles through the Spirit Tool screens in front of them.
Moreover, at Su Ming's suggestion, specialists in the control room would be responsible for adjusting the feed, processing key moments with slow-motion, replays, etc., allowing the audience to clearly see the details of the battles.
Every spectator had a seat. The entrance fee was benchmarked against the Soul Fighting Tournament in Star Luo City. The most ordinary seats cost two Gold Spirit Coins. If one didn't want to watch through the screen but experience it up close, they could purchase the innermost seats at one hundred Gold Spirit Coins each.
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