Douluo Dalu: This Soul Master is to Weird

"It shouldn't be like this. Why does it look like there's no change at all?"

After a long while, as Mu Yang stared at the piece of Liquid Silver on the forging platform, which remained unchanged even with his soul power continuously infused to sustain the Iceflame, he thought to himself, puzzled.

Suddenly, just as Mu Yang was about to withdraw his Iceflame-infused soul power and switch to heating with single-attribute fire soul power, the originally cubic Liquid Silver ingot suddenly melted into a large pool of silvery liquid, scattering across the forging platform.

"!!!"

Mu Yang's eyes widened in shock.

What's going on? Did the Liquid Silver ingot just melt like an ice cube under the scorching sun?

Not feeling any intense heat radiating from the Liquid Silver, Mu Yang thought for a moment before reaching out a finger to touch the liquefied silver.

With the 100000 year soul bone ability from his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, "Wildfire Burns Without End, Spring Wind Blows Again" as his safety net, he wasn't worried about any irreparable damage. Even if his finger was ruined, he could regenerate the limb.

"Huh? Room temperature?"

As soon as his fingertip touched the liquid silver, Mu Yang discovered that the melted Liquid Silver wasn't hot or cold. Apart from its high density and silvery-white appearance, it felt almost identical to touching room-temperature water.

But shortly after, through the tactile feedback from his finger, Mu Yang noticed that the liquefied silver gradually began to solidify.

Three minutes later, the Liquid Silver that had scattered across the forging platform lost its peculiar properties, reverting from its room-temperature liquid state to a solid state.

If not for the fact that the shape of the Liquid Silver ingot on the forging platform had changed from its original cubic form to its current irregularly flat shape, Mu Yang would have doubted whether the bizarre room-temperature Liquid Silver he had just seen was merely an illusion.

Clearly, the Liquid Silver had melted due to the unique properties of the Iceflame.

And the re-solidification of the Liquid Silver was because the Iceflame had been extinguished, making it impossible to maintain that special state.

"Iceflame can't heat metal, but it can soften or even liquefy it?"

Mu Yang stroked his chin, marveling inwardly.

To be honest, ever since his Fire Shadow martial soul had evolved into the Iceflame Saint Shadow martial soul, quite some time had passed. He had also been practicing the Iceflame Meditation Method for a considerable period. However, Mu Yang had never realized that the Iceflame he condensed could liquefy metal and keep it at room temperature.

This... is great news!

After all, in the forging process, heating metal is merely a means, not the end goal.

The purpose of heating metal is simply to give it better malleability, making it more suitable for forging.

Although liquefied Liquid Silver isn't suitable for forging, the metal doesn't instantly liquefy the moment it's exposed to the Iceflame. There's a gradual transition from solid to liquid.

As long as he controlled the duration of the Iceflame's effect, the difference between using Iceflame to soften the Liquid Silver at room temperature and using high-temperature flames to heat it lay merely in one being room-temperature softening and the other being high-temperature softening.

Got it—no need to look for someone to help with the fire; he was his own fire source!

A streak of ice-blue light shot out from his hand as the Iceflame reignited, once again melting the irregularly shaped Liquid Silver into a silvery liquid. Then, under the guidance of his soul power, he reshaped it into a neat, cubic ingot before moving the Liquid Silver ingot off the forging platform and replacing it with a roughly refined iron ingot.

The new heating method gave Mu Yang an idea for a new forging technique. He decided to practice with ordinary iron ingots first. Once he got the hang of it, he would apply it to the Liquid Silver.

Half an hour later, as Mu Yang looked at the pile of Hundred-Forged Iron Essence ingots stacked next to the forging platform, he nodded with satisfaction.

Honestly, thanks to the Iceflame's unique effect and the new forging method, he didn't need conventional heating, which significantly improved his efficiency in forging Hundred-Forged Iron Essence.

After all, even with ordinary iron ingots, it would normally take quite a while to heat them before they became suitable for forging.

Of course, strictly speaking, the time required to forge a single piece of metal should exclude the heating time.

But when forging multiple pieces, one could place the second, third, or even more metal pieces into the heating furnace while forging the first. Thus, the saved heating time didn't truly improve the efficiency of forging multiple pieces.

Unless forging a single piece required a long time and multiple reheating sessions during the process.

The increased efficiency in forging Hundred-Forged Iron Essence from rough iron ingots was mainly due to the infusion of Mu Yang's soul power during the forging process, which caused the most significant improvement.

After placing a cubic Liquid Silver ingot back onto the forging platform, Mu Yang took a deep breath while gripping his forging hammer.

A faint ice-blue glow emanated as he infused his soul power into the forging hammer.

Although his hammer was made of ordinary materials, crafted from Hundred-Forged Iron Essence, it could withstand the infusion of soul power. At most, there was some loss due to poor soul power conductivity.

"Clang—"

Executing the Heavenly hammer Technique, Mu Yang swung his hammer with precision, using his legs to drive his waist and his waist to drive his arms. The hammer struck the Liquid Silver ingot heavily. Utilizing the rebound force from the strike, Mu Yang spun his body and delivered another powerful blow.

At the same time, in the instant the hammer struck, the Iceflame-infused soul power within the hammer seeped into the Liquid Silver ingot, transforming into Iceflame to temper it.

"Clang, clang, clang—"

With rhythmic strikes, Mu Yang continued hammering.

Each blow infused Iceflame soul power into the Liquid Silver, tempering it with the Iceflame's unique properties while hammering.

Before long, the Liquid Silver ingot on the forging platform, initially roughly refined, shrank slightly in size as Mu Yang completed its Hundred-Forging refinement.

With the Hundred-Forging refinement complete, Mu Yang didn't stop swinging his hammer. His goal was to break through the Hundred-Forging barrier and create the first-ever Thousand-Forged metal in the continent's history!

"Clang, clang, clang—"

The sound of metal striking metal reverberated throughout the forging chamber.

Recalling the Thousand-Forging knowledge and breakthrough points detailed in the Heavenly hammer Technique, Mu Yang gradually entered a strange state.

At that moment, in Mu Yang's perception, the Liquid Silver ingot he was hammering seemed to exude a faint life force.

With every hammer strike, that faint and insignificant life force grew stronger and stronger.

No one knew how long it took, but as the hammering continued, the life force within the Liquid Silver ingot accumulated to its peak.

Suddenly, the Liquid Silver ingot trembled slightly under the hammer's strike. Then, a dazzling silver light burst forth, illuminating the entire forging chamber in a brilliant silver glow.

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