The tenacity of the Nine Netherworld Iron exceeded Yuan Ming's expectations, and the refining process was extremely long. Fortunately, Yuan Ming had made sufficient preparations, and even prepared a lot of middle-grade spiritual stones, which were used to fill the gap in releasing the pill fire.
consumption of spiritual energy.
Ten days later, the Stygian Iron Gourd was finally completely melted, and Yuan Ming dispersed all the impurities in it, leaving only a ball of pitch-black iron slurry the size of a fist.
In addition to the Stygian iron slurry water, the jade fragment in the gourd is still floating. After such a long period of burning by the elixir fire, even the Stygian iron has melted into water. However, the jade fragment has not changed at all, and its surface luster has not changed at all.
It even became a little brighter.
Yuan Ming opened the smelting furnace from a distance, took out the jade fragments, and temporarily put them aside. Then he raised his hand a little more and sent the soul-killing sword that was aside into the smelting furnace.
The number of runes that a magic weapon can bear is determined by the main material of the magic weapon, but it is also closely related to its quantity.
Although the Soul-Destroying Sword is made of Nine Netherworld Iron as its main material, there is not much Nine Netherworld Iron in the sword body, and it may not be able to withstand seven runes. It should be enough to melt the Netherworld Iron Gourd into it.
He secretly learned many refining techniques through Heixiang, among which was a unique secret technique called "Same Material Compression Method".
This method is to mix the same spiritual materials into the refined objects and compress and condense them with special techniques, thereby increasing the power of the magic weapon in disguise.
This secret technique is very easy to use. It can enhance the power of the magic weapon without destroying the original runes.
Time flies and it is ten days later.
Yuan Ming melted the form of the Soul-Destroying Sword, then merged it with the previous Hades Iron Slurry Water, and began to compress and condense it.
This step took far longer than Yuan Ming imagined, and it took him nearly half a year to complete it.
After the condensation was completed, the Soul-Destroying Sword was slightly larger than before, its color became darker, and it felt much heavier in the hand than before.
Yuan Ming was re-forging the Soul-Destroying Sword into shape, but he did not immediately start the next step of refining. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the lotus platform and rested silently.
In the past six months, he has only used his spiritual consciousness to assist in refining weapons, without feeling much fatigue.
It's just that after stimulating the elixir fire for a long time, the accumulated physical fatigue is difficult to eliminate, so no matter how energetic he is, he has to stop and rest temporarily.
Yuan Ming felt more and more frail in his body. While resting, he couldn't help but envy King Kong.
If he could temper his physical body to the strength of his innate body, his strength would be greatly enhanced.
Yuan Ming was daydreaming, and suddenly remembered that when he was in southern Xinjiang, he had sold a favor to a physical cultivator named Long Hao. He had been unable to possess this person with black incense before, so he gradually forgot about it. Now that he remembered, he also
I wonder if I can possess this person after entering the pill formation, so I can take the opportunity to learn a body-refining method.
Of course, now that he is a dual cultivator of Dharma and Soul, he has invested many times more energy and time than others. If it were not for the continuous supply of elixirs and will power, and the addition of top skills such as Jiuyuan Jue in the cultivation of
With all the success, he would never be able to reach where he is now.
In terms of physical training, I don't have a very obvious advantage now. If I don't have a special opportunity and just practice hard, I'm afraid I won't be able to get good results by investing a lot of energy, and it will take up my time for other aspects of training in vain.
The gain outweighs the loss.
Half a month later, Yuan Ming's body completely recovered, and after adjusting his condition, he started refining again.
The next step is to carve the runes.
Even though he had entered the stage of forming pills, due to the extremely hard Pluto Iron, not to mention that it had just been compressed and tempered, Yuan Ming still had to take out the high-quality carving knife he had purchased, and stroke by stroke.
Runes are engraved on the soul-killing sword.
The first thing he carved was the rune with the "curse" effect.
The complexity of this rune far exceeded all the runes Yuan Ming had ever mastered. Even though he was confident that he had practiced it fully and the strength of his soul was far higher than before, he still did not dare to be careless when actually carving it.
But when his carving knife had just made the first stroke, an accident happened.
As the carving knife passed by, a shallow dark mark immediately appeared on the Soul-Destroying Sword. At the same time, Yuan Ming saw that the Soul-Destroying Sword suddenly shone brightly, and an inexplicable suction force appeared on the dark mark.
With the carving knife, it spread into Yuan Ming's body.
Yuan Ming only felt that all his mana was being pulled into the dark mark, and the strands of mana filled the lines he had just carved little by little. However, the dark mark seemed not to be satisfied, and the suction on it continued.
It's a rush.
Inexplicable power rushed towards Yuan Ming's sea of consciousness, causing the soul power in it to flow out towards the dark mark that had just been carved.
Seeing this, Yuan Ming was immediately shocked. However, when carving runes, he must start from the beginning. Now that he has made the first stroke, he must finish carving the subsequent lines in one go, otherwise all the previous efforts will be wasted.
He did not hesitate. After taking a deep breath, he forcibly stabilized his mind and continued to draw.
With each stroke, the suction force on the Soul-Destroying Sword will increase a little, which makes Yuan Ming's carving more and more difficult. He has just carved less than one-fifth of the way, and he feels as if there are thousands of mountains in front of the carving knife. A simple stroke
Vertical lines take a lot of time to carve out.
At the same time, on the lines that had been carved on the Soul-Destroying Sword, a faint spiritual light lit up bit by bit, always at a slightly slower speed than Yuan Ming's carving knife.
Until now, Yuan Ming has realized that the runes he wants to carve are extraordinary, and their aura is enough to break through the convention, blending the two processes of carving runes and filling spirits together that should be separated.
However, whether it is a magic weapon or a magic weapon, the step of imbuing it with spirit requires filling in unimaginable spiritual power. Ordinary weapon refiners choose to put spiritual stones into the refining furnace during refining to provide
Required spiritual power.
However, Yuan Ming could only use his own magic power, and even his soul power, to complete this very costly step of instilling spirits.
Although he was sitting on the lotus platform, his soul power was greatly increased, and he also had the willpower to continuously replenish his soul power, but in terms of mana, he gradually felt a sense of depletion emerging from his body.
Yuan Ming did not dare to stop and could only temporarily draw out a trace of mana, summon the spiritual stones he had prepared before, and continue to absorb the spiritual power in them to fill the need for spiritual infusion.
Gradually, the situation calmed down.
Yuan Ming's carving knife carved the runes slowly but steadily, while his mana and soul power filled the gaps in the runes unhurriedly like a trickle. Everything was developing smoothly.
Until seven days later.
On the soul-destroying sword, only a few lines of the "curse" rune were left to take shape, but the sword body suddenly started to shake at this moment. The amplitude was small at first, but as the carving of the runes progressed, the shaking amplitude became more and more intense.
It got bigger and bigger, reaching the point where Yuan Ming had to hold it down with his hands.
Faced with this situation, Yuan Ming seemed expressionless, but deep down he felt a little more anxious.
With his current level of weapon refining, he could naturally see at a glance that this was a sign that the Soul-Destroying Sword could not withstand the imprinting of runes, but he had clearly refined and compressed the Soul-Destroying Sword before, and it was only the fifth rune.
, it’s impossible that I can’t bear it no matter what.
The problem can only lie with that rune.
Yuan Ming expected that the Soul-Destroying Sword might not be able to fully withstand the three magical runes, but he never thought that the refined and compressed Soul-Destroying Sword would not be able to withstand even one of them.
However, things had already progressed to this point, and Yuan Ming had no room for regrets. He could only grit his teeth, hold the carving knife tightly while carving, and pour the mana and soul power in his body into the sword, trying to speed up the carving and imbuing.
The speed of spirit.
Time passed bit by bit, and soon another day passed.
Under Yuan Ming's forcible suppression, the shaking of the Soul-Destroying Sword was always restrained within the range that did not affect the engraved talisman. However, the sword was already covered with cracks, and it seemed that it might fall apart at any time.
Yuan Ming's carving knife is only a hair away from completing the carving. Although it is so small that it is almost invisible, it is like a natural chasm, separating success and failure on both sides.
At this time, Yuan Ming's eyes were red, and veins were popping up on his forehead. The hand holding the carving knife had white fingers. It was obvious that he had exhausted all his strength and was preparing to make a desperate move.
Suddenly, Yuan Ming felt that the carving knife in his hand was loosened, and the tremendous force that had stopped him just now turned into a breeze and dissipated. Yuan Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly raised the carving knife to prevent unnecessary scratches.
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But at this moment, the suction force that had been flattening on the cracked sword surged again. Yuan Ming's left hand holding the Soul-Destroying Sword seemed to be glued to the sword. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull it away.
Come down.
But this time, the Soul-Destroying Sword no longer absorbed his magic power, but instead swallowed his soul power like a giant whale. The soul power in Yuan Ming's sea of consciousness quickly withered away, but in the next moment, it was engulfed by the crazy influx of spirit.
Filled with pure willpower.
With such inhalation and release, Yuan Ming's soul was even affected, and he felt waves of dizziness and tingling sensations that came and went.
He felt like he was a pipeline transporting soul power, sandwiched between the Soul-Destroying Sword and the Lotus Platform.
After an unknown amount of time, the Soul-Destroying Sword seemed to have swallowed up enough soul power and gradually slowed down its suction force. Only then was Yuan Ming able to finally pull his hand away from the sword.
While he was slightly relieved, he looked down and saw that all the cracks on the Soul-Destroying Sword that had appeared during the previous refining had been eliminated, and were replaced by smooth lines of dark purple, interlaced with each other, as if they were attached to the Soul-Destroying Sword.
The dragon on the sword is magical and extraordinary.
The fifth rune was successful!
The five runes on the sword were all shining brightly at this time, but the light of the last rune representing "curse" was passing quickly, as if it would completely dissipate in the next moment.
Yuan Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly took out the Soul-Destroying Sword, bit the tip of his tongue immediately, and spat out a mouthful of blood essence on the sword. Then he wrapped the Soul-Destroying Sword with elixir fire again, integrating his own essence and blood with it.
Gradually, Yuan Ming felt that he had a vague connection with the Soul-Destroying Sword, and then he used the magic technique without hesitation, sucked the Soul-Destroying Sword into his body, and used the elixir fire in his body to wrap and warm it.