With nine types of rare metals assembled, Su Ming also needed some time to deduce.
Ye Yulin's Martial Soul was Starry Sky, but he didn't plan to follow such a broad path, having decided long ago to focus on the sun and moon.
His Sun Moon Divine Needle also borrowed the power of the starry sky, but because the starry sky was too broad, he changed it to the sun and moon, borrowing the corresponding powers.
But even named after the sun and moon, his Sun Moon Divine Needle still lacked much refinement.
The previous Sun Divine Needle could absorb solar power during the day, amplify a Spirit Master's spiritual detection and lock-on range, and simultaneously compress solar power and the Spirit Master's spirit power into extremely thin rays, with a strike range of up to thirty kilometers.
The Sun Moon Divine Needle improved its usage environment, allowing release both day and night.
However, it still couldn't harmonize the sun and moon powers and didn't perfectly utilize both forces.
Therefore, Su Ming prepared Cold Yin Iron and Blazing Sun Iron for him. Ice-Fire, Yin-Yang corresponded to Sun-Moon, and were paired with Titanium Crystal, Blue Pregnancy Copper, and other rare metals to enhance their fusion effect.
But this was also his first time forging something akin to a Spirit Alloy, so he still needed to deduce.
On the arena, Su Ming sat cross-legged before the forging table, eyes closed.
The audience held their breath, not daring to disturb Su Ming at this moment.
All was silent.
The members of the Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Imperial Teams, having experienced battle, were silently receiving treatment.
After dealing with those foolish troublemakers in person, the audience also focused their attention on Su Ming.
At first, the audience was still expectant. But as Su Ming's deduction time grew longer, they had to shift their gaze to the nine types of rare metals Su Ming placed on the forging table.
"I feel like I can see the forging idea at a glance. He wants to fuse the two opposing attributes of ice and fire rare metals together, then harmonize and strengthen them."
"Hey, why don't you go give it a few hammer strikes then?"
"That won't do. A single piece of Blazing Sun Iron costs dozens of Gold Spirit Coins. Can't afford to compensate."
Blazing Sun Iron was still relatively cheap among these.
Except for Heavy Silver, the others cost at least a hundred Gold Spirit Coins per piece.
Like Star Soul Iron, some Level Five Spirit Engineers had never even heard of it.
"Speaking of which, how long do we have to wait? It won't be a day or two, will it?"
"That shouldn't happen."
A rather authoritative-looking man adjusted his glasses, revealing a profound expression.
"Based on my many years of experience, Chairman Su Ming is planning to pull off something big this time, so he definitely won't drag it out that long."
Even if he continued deducing during the forging process, he had to start early.
He couldn't wait too long.
"Look, Chairman Su Ming is really getting up."
Su Ming opened his eyes, stood up, and stretched his limbs.
He took out a pair of forging hammers. The characteristic of these hammers was a delay, a full three seconds.
As long as he struck each type of rare metal once within three seconds on average, it was equivalent to him forging all nine types of rare metal simultaneously at all times.
Fire up!
Melt!
Forge!
Su Ming was fast as a blur; his hammer-swinging movements were even hard to capture.
Each of his hammer strikes seemed to require no wind-up, just bang as it hit the corresponding rare metal.
Different metals required different forging strength and rhythm, yet it had a unique cadence.
While swinging the hammer, he also had to infuse spirit power and spiritual power into the corresponding rare metal, stirring the metal's spirituality both internally and externally.
Bang!
Nine consecutive booms erupted almost simultaneously. Nine columns of light, three chi high, rose at the same time. Rich spiritual light filled the entire Grand Spirit Fighting Arena.
"Hiss~"
Only blacksmiths understood the significance of this moment.
One chi of light signified Thousand Refined First Grade.
Three chi was the extreme of Thousand Refinement.
Forging nine pieces of rare metal simultaneously, yet still producing three-chi spiritual light columns simultaneously, fully demonstrated the solid foundational skills of this founder of the forging system.
Too solid.
In the spectator stands, Huo Yuhao looked anxious.
"Brother Tianmeng, can you do it or not?"
"Ah, Yuhao, wait, I'm trying."
Tianmeng's face was covered in sweat.
He manipulated his spiritual origin, releasing a wisp of spiritual power to probe Su Ming's current forging process.
However, everything was shielded.
Despite his million-year cultivation spiritual power, he couldn't break through.
"Not working. He's not letting us peek this time."
"He must have discovered we peeked last time. He's prepared countermeasures this time."
"Such a huge loss. If I'd known, I wouldn't have peeked when he was inscribing the core formation last time."
Huo Yuhao's anxious face flashed with a hint of frustration.
Why can't I observe comprehensively at such a moment?
Has my Spiritual Detection also become useless?
On the other side, Xiao Hongchen, preparing to devote himself to forging to replenish his Battle Armor, looked excited.
"Haha, that's it! I could do that too if I were up there. I remember those hammers aren't heavy."
He observed the rhythm of Su Ming's hammer swings and even had time to observe the changes in the metal.
"Hmm, these sounds are all different, and the sensations vary too. Metal really has life, truly coming alive in the hands of a blacksmith."
He danced with joy. Even without spiritual contact, just passively receiving the sounds and images from the arena made him feel as if he were there.
Meng Hongchen, beside him, looked skeptical.
You're not pretending, are you?
Su Ming devoted twelve points of attention to this forging.
Then, he still had eighteen points of mental energy he could use for observation and error correction.
He noticed Huo Yuhao's actions and inwardly sneered.
Even Tang San can't get in. How could a tiny Tianmeng like you break through Elder Yi's defenses?
Simultaneously, he also observed Xiao Hongchen's change.
"Tsk, the Three-Legged Golden Toad is this sensitive to metal? I actually didn't have him start learning forging earlier."
After a slight surprise, he also used his remaining mental energy for deduction.
Forging and deducing simultaneously.
After all, this was about imbuing a Spirit Alloy with a completely new legacy, weaving together the spiritual characteristics of nine types of rare metals. Even an eighth-rank Sacred Blacksmith from the Douluo 3 era would need to deduce for a year or two and still couldn't guarantee success.
The reason Su Ming dared to do this was his extensive experience.
Experience isn't about age.
With the help of the Douluo 3 body's spiritual domain, he could be said to have rolled in the river of time for at least ten lifetimes.
After reaching Thousand Refined Sacred Grade, he began Fusion Forging.
After Fusion Forging came Spirit Refinement.
He further deepened the connection between the nine spiritualities, especially between the Cold Yin Iron and Blazing Sun Iron, further harmonizing their opposing attributes.
After Spirit Refinement came Soul Refinement.
A familiar reverberation appeared in the Grand Spirit Fighting Arena.
The buzzing metallic reverberation seemed to foretell something.
"This sound makes my soul feel like it's about to fly out~"
Only one piece of metal remained before Su Ming.
A large piece of Spirit Alloy now began to overflow with spiritual light.
This light outlined a magnificent starry sky map.
In the dark night sky, the sun and moon hung, scorching and icy auras clashing yet attracting each other.
Sun and moon rotated, Yin and Yang transformed.
The phenomena outlined merely by the overflowing spirituality stirred the Laws of Heaven and Earth.
The sky turned gloomy, thunder rumbled. The previously jubilant Spirit Alloy now slowly fell silent, rapidly retracting its spirituality, not daring to show off excessively.
Su Ming looked up, taking a moment to throw a punch.
"Disperse!"
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