Forging? Of all things?
The Abyssal Sage King was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"I truly have no interest in forging," he thought. "How could the Abyss have such a strong resonance with it? Could my inability to advance further all this time be due to lacking a secondary professional system like forging?"
It never crossed the Abyssal Sage King's mind that what attracted him wasn't forging itself, but Su Ming's authority over forging—the Abyss's own authority over forging.
The Abyss's development didn't lack forging.
However, the forging laws it would give birth to in the future were a part of him. Returning to the present, that was equivalent to flesh cut from his own body, just without leaving a visible wound.
Carefully sensing the movements of the Douluo God Realm, the Abyssal Sage King gritted his teeth and made a decision.
He could see it now—the Douluo God Realm had plans for him. They wouldn't do anything to the Abyss until their goals were accomplished.
If that was the case, then he could do as he pleased.
This Douluo Planet... wasn't looking so bad after all!
"God Realm, God Realm, you're inviting a wolf into your house. With the Douluo Planet's capacity, once I devour it, I'll make sure you regret this."
The Abyssal Heavenly Tribulation was immense, directly shattering the original structures of Slaughter City to dust. The bloody magma within the Hellish Road also turned to nothingness under the tribulation.
The entire Slaughter City was completely erased at this moment.
All that remained was a battlefield now occupied by the Abyss.
The Abyssal Sage King was increasing his power.
He was building a stronger passage, one through which an Abyssal Monarch could descend onto the Douluo Continent.
Throughout this process, the deities of the God Realm offered no interference, and the Abyssal Sage King worked with even greater vigor.
Su Ming noticed this but didn't care, only hoping the other side would pour in more Abyssal energy.
He first finished the forging on his end, handing the nine-in-one, Heaven Refined Abyssal alloy to Little Gold.
"Use Devour Heaven and Earth to absorb the Abyssal energy. I'll assist you. This time, you should be able to completely awaken that Bimong bloodline of yours."
He planned to accept everything, devouring all the energy the Abyss poured into this side.
He also had no intention of concealing his status as the Lord of the Plane at all.
Unlike in Douluo 3, the Abyss in this Douluo 1 era simply couldn't escape.
The passage here wasn't just reinforced by the Shura God; the God of Destruction and the God of Life from the God Realm had also taken action to stabilize it.
The Abyssal Sage King was the type that couldn't get away.
Given this, Su Ming naturally didn't need to guard against it and could fully display his entire strength to clash head-on with the Abyss.
Su Ming manipulated the power of the plane, suppressing the Abyssal energy with a wave of his hand, preventing it from spreading outward and instead forcing it all to surge into Little Gold's body.
Little Gold activated Devour Heaven and Earth, his entire bear face tense. Unconsciously, he enlarged his body. Despite his already imposing twenty-meter-tall frame, he now felt like he was about to burst from the influx of Abyssal energy.
Su Ming frowned. Circles of Spirit Rings rose from his feet, all a bloody red.
Among them, the third Spirit Ring shone.
Devour Heaven and Earth!
Using his own comprehension, Su Ming invoked the plane's power to augment Devour Heaven and Earth and directed it into Little Gold's body.
Little Gold let out an "Awoo!" and roared at the sky once more. His claws raked wildly around him, grabbing large swathes of Abyssal energy as if it were a solid substance, forcibly pulling it into his grasp and then shoving it into his mouth.
Seeing this, Su Ming showed a satisfied expression.
Little Gold was the only Spirit Soul of his main body and one of the Spirits Souls who had been with him the longest. Naturally, their bond was the deepest.
Although he always bullied Little Gold for his slow bear-brain and subjected him to some gentle manipulation, it was only because deep affection leads to earnest guidance!
The dark golden fur on Little Gold's body began to glow, shifting from dark gold to a brilliant gold.
His body also continued to enlarge.
His powerful twenty-meter frame doubled in size in just moments.
Through the Spirit Soul Contract, Su Ming sensed Little Gold's changes and understood that Little Gold had truly awakened his Bimong bloodline.
Although it was only the Golden Bimong bloodline, it was enough to bring significant improvement to Little Gold.
A latent bloodline enhancement could never match the strength of an awakened one.
The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was undoubtedly a top-tier Spirit Beast, ranking among the very peak of super Spirit Beasts. However, they weren't all-rounders. Their destructive power was first-rate, followed by their defense.
The so-called destructive power naturally referred to the Dark Gold Terrorclaws, while defense meant their thick skin and tough hide.
In terms of pure strength, compared to other super Spirit Beasts, they didn't hold a significant advantage.
Destruction was not synonymous with raw power.
Of course, even if their strength wasn't outstanding, that was only relative to other super Spirit Beasts. It didn't mean the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's strength was weak.
The awakening of the Bimong bloodline enhanced Little Gold's strength and defense.
In ancient times, Bimongs were a race capable of tearing apart giant dragons with their bare hands. Their physical strength and defense were imagine that.
Now, having awakened the Golden Bimong bloodline, Little Gold's strength and defense advanced another step, enough to match his Dark Gold Terrorclaws as his most outstanding attributes.
Furthermore, these three aspects influenced and promoted each other. Therefore, Little Gold's awakening this time wasn't simply about patching up a weakness.
"Roar!"
Little Gold roared furiously at the sky. His eyes turned crimson, his entire body covered in brilliant golden fur, and even his pair of Terrorclaws gleamed with a golden hue.
Within the passage, an Abyssal Monarch was rapidly approaching and happened to run headlong into Little Gold, who had just awakened his bloodline.
Without a word, Little Gold unleashed an Extinction Claw.
The claw beam connects heaven and earth, its aura of annihilation and tearing force spreading out, chilling the opposing Monarch to the bone.
He was only the weakest of the Monarchs, after all.
Squelch.
Little Gold roared excitedly, sensing this Monarch was different from other Abyssal creatures. He directly restrained the corpse with his claws, grabbed the energy core, and shoved it into his mouth.
His Devour Heaven and Earth operated, completely devouring the energy core belonging to the Abyssal Monarch.
Of course, this power remained within Little Gold, stimulating him further.
Su Ming used his authority as Lord of the Plane to suppress the tendency of the Abyssal energy to return to the Abyss, but this power was still under the Abyssal Sage King's control.
Su Ming looked up at the Abyssal passage, as if trying to see through it to the Abyssal Sage King on the other side.
On the other side.
The Abyssal Sage King's gaze was profound, seemingly unaware that a certain Abyssal layer, likely in the one-hundred-something range, had just collapsed.
"You dare devour even my Abyss's possessions."
He continued to reinforce the passage. He also compressed his own power unit as much as possible, suppressing it to a ninth-rank level before directly sending it to the other end of the passage.
A beam of pitch-black energy shot by the Abyssal Sage King passed straight through the passage and struck Little Gold.
It didn't cause any damage. Instead, it directly merged into Little Gold's body.
Little Gold clutched his stomach, feeling the power inside him begin to run wild.
The Abyssal energy within him churned violently, starting to wreak havoc and destroy everything inside him.
Fortunately, he was in Spirit Soul form; he only needed energy to reshape his body. He constantly drew on Su Ming's Spirit Power to repair himself.
At this moment, Su Ming's voice reminded him.
"Use the Abyssal energy to reconstruct your body."
Hearing this, Little Gold immediately understood Su Ming's meaning.
About ninety percent of the rampaging Abyssal energy within him was out of control, but he had complete mastery over the remaining ten percent.
He mobilized this portion of energy to reconstruct his body.
His brilliant golden fur turned dark gold after this restructuring.
Seeing this, Su Ming's eyes lit up.
Sure enough, Abyssal energy had a certain enhancing effect on any bloodline. Combining with it could give birth to a stronger bloodline.
Little Gold's body, which had just changed from dark gold to brilliant gold, dimmed again, becoming even deeper than before. The jet-black hue resembled metal, with faint threads of gold swirling within.
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