Close to the godly domain, although not breaking that limit, it was almost infinite.
If the target doesn't die, the heavenly tribulation knows no end.
Su Ming also knew this because he had already endured the elemental thunder tribulation, and the heavenly tribulation had continued for a while longer without any sign of weakening.
He looked at the spear in his hand.
The spear trembled slightly, also realizing the problem.
Su Ming had initially fused the heavenly tribulation and thunder tribulation power with its body into this form, then absorbed the elemental thunder tribulation power. A considerable part of that elemental thunder tribulation power had also flowed through him.
These two points had stabilized its Heaven Refinement level.
Now, it was complete Heaven Refined metal.
Calling it a divine tool was not yet accurate; it could only be considered a divine tool embryo. Having undergone the baptism of laws, it had the chance to transform into a divine tool with proper use.
Moreover, this transformation required time because Su Ming wasn't a god after all. The legacy he wove had limits, and the Heaven Refined metal also needed time to progress, further perfecting this legacy under proper guidance.
Su Ming glanced down at the spear and continued wielding it against the heavenly tribulation.
During this process, he constantly tore at the heavenly tribulation's power, infusing it into the spear.
Darkness, Wind, Fire—the fusion of these three elements meant the foundation of this Heaven Refined metal was undoubtedly poor. However, during forging, Su Ming had invoked the five-colored thunder tribulation of Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, and Light, essentially gathering all seven elements.
Even so, this metal wasn't Su Ming's ideal Heaven Refinement material.
Therefore, he didn't consider it for his own Battle Armor.
He looked at the spirit rings beneath his feet.
Three black, one red, one orange, two red.
"Become my Spirit Soul."
Considering this Heaven Refined metal overcame its instincts to support him, Su Ming made a contract with it and pressed it into his sixth spirit ring.
His sixth spirit ring was a pure spirit ring, from... the Azure Bull Python.
He had activated this spirit ring many times, using serpent-type spirit beasts.
"A thunder snake is still a snake. I've fed you so much thunder power; if I say you can fuse with this spirit ring, you can!"
Su Ming stuffed it into his sixth spirit ring.
Then, it did fuse, but there was still some barrier.
"No matter, a few more strikes from the heavenly tribulation will fix it."
Su Ming stretched out his hand and summoned it again.
Admittedly, having a weapon felt good; it made fighting smoother.
After continuing the stalemate with the heavenly tribulation for a while, Su Ming revealed a look of lingering satisfaction.
This kind of battle was thrilling.
But his Gold-level Second Awakening couldn't be maintained indefinitely; it would truly affect his foundation.
He stopped, reabsorbed the spear into his sixth spirit ring, then made his final desperate move.
He roared, and his entire body exploded, turning into blazing flames covering the entire sky.
The sky was covered in Nirvana Flame.
At this moment, it seemed as if doomsday had arrived.
With the target gone, the heavenly tribulation was about to disperse, but Su Ming wouldn't waste this power. He directly urged the Nirvana Flame to forcibly swallow this last portion of the heavenly tribulation.
Fortunately, this portion of power wasn't strong. Su Ming only needed a few days to digest it and achieve nirvana.
The Nirvana Flame covering the sky contracted, forming a lotus platform. Su Ming's figure gradually took shape within it.
Around his body, a cluster of electric currents circled—his new Spirit Soul. After circling Su Ming once, it returned inside him.
"The heavenly tribulation was set by the Dragon God. Can even it not kill him completely?"
The Shura God, watching Su Ming revive on the giant ship after death, completely abandoned the idea of killing Su Ming.
"Delay. From the looks of it now, all I can do is delay, delay until he's about to become a god, then deliver a heavy blow."
If I can't kill you, it's fine. Just wait for your natural lifespan to end.
Or trap you forever below the godly level.
As long as I block your path forward, even if I can't kill you, it's almost the same as killing you.
[Douluo 2]
"Once the heavenly tribulation takes form, it can no longer be dispersed unless its target disappears. So, I should use the Lord of the Plane authority to disperse it while it's gathering, safeguarding the Heaven Refined metal, continuing to forge to the Heaven Refinement level, and attracting the elemental thunder tribulation."
With the Douluo 1 body paving the way, Su Ming also breathed a sigh of relief.
Being able to perform Heaven Refinement was good.
The planned demonstration after the finals could proceed normally.
If there was something different from his expectations, it was that only he could become a Divine Blacksmith in this era.
Unless the Lord of the Plane, in a conscious state, helped disperse the heavenly tribulation every time, other blacksmiths simply couldn't perform Heaven Refinement.
"It's fine. As long as I can perform Heaven Refinement, it's enough."
Given the current strength of the continent's forging world, who knows when a second Divine Blacksmith could be cultivated.
This wasn't just a test of forging talent but also cultivation talent.
One could give up Spirit Master cultivation talent to specialize in forging, but what about spiritual talent?
Heaven Refinement, Heaven Refinement—without Spirit Domain Realm spiritual power, it's impossible.
Of course, Su Ming was an exception.
His Douluo 3 body had the substance of the Spirit Domain Realm; it's just that the Douluo 1 and Douluo 2 bodies hadn't caught up yet.
Moreover, the characteristics of the so-called Spirit Domain Realm, Su Ming in Douluo 1 and Douluo 2 had already possessed them long ago.
"The finals were so boring. The Body Sect completely crushed the Sun Moon Imperial Team."
"I was looking forward to a Martial Soul Fusion Skill battle against the lone Spirit Sage. And this is it?"
"Didn't you watch a couple of days ago? During the match against Shrek Academy, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen's Battle Armor was burned."
"Ah, that's truly a pity."
"Not entirely a pity. At least they got second place."
"And honestly, Long Aotian's Battle Armor is too overpowered. It directly boosted him from Spirit Sage to Titled Douluo—that's two major stages. And he achieved this amplification without burning his Battle Armor."
"Not just him. The Battle Armor of other Body Sect members also boosted them by two tiers."
"So, the Body Sect's Battle Armor is the genuine article. The Sun Moon Imperial Team's Battle Armor is, at best, semi-finished."
"Su Ming was right. He didn't favor the Mingde Hall; he didn't pass the Battle Armor technology to them."
The audience, still craving more, chatted for a long time, reluctant to leave the Spirit Fighting Arena.
When they finally came to their senses and prepared to leave, they noticed a large number of Spirit Masters appearing around the arena, setting up spirit tools.
"What? Is the Sun Moon Empire really going to detain us?"
Princess Jiu Jiu, looking at the rapidly being constructed spirit tool array outside, glanced at the Star Cloud Douluo and was about to forcibly break through the crowd to escape the array's range.
"Princess, don't be impulsive. These are all Body Sect Spirit Masters."
Body Sect?
Not the Sun Moon Empire's?
Princess Jiu Jiu sighed in relief.
At that moment, Du Busi also appeared in the air above the arena.
"Everyone, do not panic. This is my Body Sect making preparations for the upcoming forging."
Forging?
There's still forging?
There really is a ninth-rank blacksmith's forging performance?
The audience immediately perked up, indicating that treating the finals as an advertisement was just barely acceptable.
"Wait for me, I'm going to buy some food."
"Are you stupid? With the Body Sect's setup, I reckon we'll be lucky if we aren't scared to death during the forging later. And you want to eat?"
An audience member, recalling the almost apocalyptic scene when Su Ming forged the Sun Moon Spirit Gold for Ye Yulin a couple of days ago, shuddered.
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