Chapter 172 The Power of Silver <TOC> Chapter 174 Ascension of Strength
Translator: SumTLMan
Li Mu did not know how much time had passed, but he had managed to stay conscious through sheer willpower. The 【Divine Ability: Might】 originating from the Exile Realm finally completely integrated and consumed the Power of Silver.
【Divine Might: Your power has exceeded this level】
Li Mu stood up from the spring, feeling the surging and overwhelming power within his body. The pure silver runes, like chains, were intricately wrapped around every tendon in his body.
He threw a punch with all his strength, and the terrifying speed made the air as viscous as water, causing an explosive sound like a muffled thunderclap.
If it were not for Li Mu’s body being far more resilient than awakened individuals of the same level, this punch would have twisted his bones, tearing his skin and tendons.
Li Mu could feel the heat emanating from his arm, the result of friction between his skin and the air.
“Such an astonishing increase in power, the Power of Silver and the Divine Ability ‘Might’ from the Exile Realm must be closely related. Perhaps the divine abilities within the Exile Realm were modified based on the holy relic.”
A speculation arose in his mind.
The holy relic originated from the Olden Day Rulers, and the deeper one delved into its mastery, the closer one would be to them. Transforming the holy relic into a divine ability might avoid this hidden danger.
Unfortunately, this grand plan was interrupted.
Li Mu fell silent for a moment and returned to the wasteland. He planned to smelt the metal he had plundered from Raginbeard into a large Dan. Lacking the means to smelt metal, he could only rely on the help of Shen Luoyan.
The melting points of molybdenum and tungsten are extremely high, and there are no means of melting them in the Exile Realm. If the melting is incomplete, the metal distribution within the large Dan will be uneven, leading to significant errors when converting it into psychic metal.
The holy relic Sun God’s Divine Light from Shen Luoyan is the most suitable for smelting large Dans. No matter how high the melting point of the metal, it can easily be melted into liquid.
Riding Fei Lian, they traveled at extreme speeds and soon returned to the jurisdiction of Orissa.
The corner of Shen Luoyan’s eye twitched slightly, looking at the stacks of metal ingots. Among the Shen family, there were also enhancer-type awakened individuals who needed to refine the large Dan, but the required amount was only a fifth of what was in front of her.
“Are you sure the amount is not wrong? Even during the nurturing process, most of the metal will be discarded due to the inability to complete the transformation, and the final refined Dan will be the size of a lead ball.”
Ordinary enhancer-type awakened individuals used large Dans the size of baseballs, and some that only sculpted one or two psychic energy pathways had Dans the size of ping pong balls.
Even so, if they were the slightest bit careless, they would be poisoned to death by the toxicity of heavy metal ions.
She didn’t know how strong a physique was needed to withstand the side effects of a lead ball-sized Dan.
“Don’t worry, I can handle it,” Li Mu said.
Shen Luoyan was somewhat worried, but still decided to refine the large Dan.
Melting tungsten requires a high temperature of about 3500 degrees, which is a high heat resistance for a smelting furnace. As an agricultural province, Avonigeda could not produce such a furnace and had to import it from other provinces.
But Shen Luoyan did not need a smelting furnace. She activated her holy relic, and with a cyan gust, swept all the metals into mid-air.
Highly compressed psychic energy flow was an excellent insulating material.
A dazzling beam of light shone on the metal ingots, releasing a temperature of tens of thousands of degrees. In just a few minutes, various metals melted rapidly like butter in a hot pan, turning into a shiny liquid.
Even the extremely difficult-to-melt tungsten ingots did not last long.
Shen Luoyan drove the gust to quickly stir the liquid metal in mid-air, mixing it evenly. Then, she used the gust to shape it into an almost perfect sphere and gradually extracted the heat from the metal ball.
A massive amount of heat was released, and the rolling heatwaves made it feel suffocating. The withered grass on the ground was ignited directly, crackling as it burned.
Moments later, the red-hot sphere completed its cooling process, and due to its high gold content, it displayed a dark gold hue.
Even the most advanced metal smelting factories cannot forge a shape with such high efficiency.
The entire metal sphere was nearly half a person’s height, and because of its extreme density, it weighed approximately seven to eight tons.
Li Mu, with one arm, lifted the completed large Dan and hoisted it onto his shoulder. After his physical enhancement, this weight was nothing to him.
“Do not push yourself too hard. If you feel you’ve reached your limit, stop holding the Dan immediately.”
Shen Luoyan rubbed her fingers, softly instructing him with concern.
“Don’t worry, I’ll be fine.”
Li Mu entered the Exile Realm, a secluded area. The amount of time and psychic energy required to transform such a massive metal sphere into psychic metal was astonishing, taking at least seven to eight years.
This is one of the reasons why psychic metal is so precious.
The Exile Realm’s flow of time was faster than the outside world, and the Sun Spring could replenish the consumed psychic energy.
However, the large Dan was not yet fully completed, and it was missing one final step.
Li Mu submerged the entire Dan into mercury.
Mercury can dissolve most metals, and the entire Dan slowly absorbed all of the mercury like a sponge.
Only after completing this step could the Dragon Roar Golden Bell Shield be refined using the large Dan. Since this is one of the most precious secrets of Eastern Xia, he deliberately carried out this step in the Exile Realm.
Li Mu placed the refined Dan on the top of the Tower of Spectral Energy. The Tower of Spectral Energy amplifies the soul, which is also effective for transforming psychic metal.
Next, apart from eating, drinking, defecating, and sleeping, Li Mu planned to spend all his remaining time transforming the large Dan.
He placed both hands on the Dan, continuously channeling psychic energy from his palms.
Under his manipulation, the psychic energy acted like a membrane, enveloping the entire large Dan and gradually permeating its interior.
Maintaining this state required tremendous psychic energy consumption, causing ordinary enhancer-type awakened individuals to deplete their psychic energy within half an hour, necessitating considerable time and the use of energy Dans to expedite the recovery of psychic energy.
This is why most enhancer-type awakened individuals only construct one or two psychic energy pathways when building them, as their financial resources cannot support such astounding resource consumption.
Li Mu was much more fortunate than them, as the Sun Spring allowed him to easily recover his psychic energy, effectively eliminating the need for time-consuming recovery.
This was also why he had the confidence to forge so many psychic energy channels.
After an indeterminate amount of time, Li Mu ceased the output of psychic energy and gently tapped the large Dan with his knuckles. The outer shell of the Dan immediately cracked like the surface of ice, creating fine fissures and crumbling apart.
These were the waste materials that had not been transformed into psychic metal under the erosion of psychic energy.
As these were formed by the conversion of his own psychic energy, Li Mu could clearly perceive the specks of psychic metal dust. He then used his psychic energy to push them deeper into the large Dan, leaving the unconverted waste materials on the outer layer.
By repeatedly performing this step, the entire large Dan could be thoroughly refined into a Golden Dan.
Chapter 172 The Power of Silver <TOC> Chapter 174 Ascension of Strength