Chapter 140

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Chapter 140: A Dramatic Increase in Hardness

"Oh my goodness, does it really take this long?"

"Yi Chen forging a long sword seems too time-consuming and labor-intensive!"

"And that flame, the temperature feels similar, but it has three different colors? Could it be that different colors have different purposes?"

"I have a feeling that the long sword Yi Chen creates will definitely challenge our understanding!"

"Isn’t that obvious? Yi Chen’s flame can easily melt these five materials and mix them together in just a few minutes."

"Yet, this process has dragged on for over ten hours, clearly indicating that Yi Chen is doing something we can’t comprehend."

"With Yi Chen’s character and style, wanting to spend more than two months creating this new skill and then spending over ten hours forging a long sword, doesn’t require any intuitive guesswork; it’s clear that the long sword he creates will absolutely challenge our understanding!"

"If you truly had the ability, you would be able to predict exactly how Yi Chen’s long sword would challenge our perceptions and the impressive aspects of it!"

The viewers in the live room grew anxious as they waited, yet felt completely helpless.

They simply couldn’t guess.

Because the spiritual artifacts Yi Chen refines are fundamentally different from alloy materials.

The former integrates characteristics, while the latter combines materials.

While the latter can also produce different characteristics or enhance certain characteristics, these would be mainly significant changes that cannot compare to the former at all.

…

After spending a full fifteen hours, Yi Chen finally managed to completely melt the five spirit mines together.

Moreover, this was in a fortunate circumstance, as none of the impurities in these spirit mines exceeded the boiling point of the primary material.

Otherwise, Yi Chen would have to use another function of the weapon refining technique: creating localized high temperatures to gradually vaporize those impurities with boiling points higher than the main material or to extract them.

This is meticulous work and would take an even more astounding amount of time.

With the five spirit mines fused into one, Yi Chen was very pleased with the result.

Most of the important characteristics like sturdiness, resilience, and sharpness could be stacked and enhanced, at least increasing several dozen times compared to the original important qualities of the Ice Cold Iron.

The last step was much simpler.

The flame’s color changed back to bright red.

Then, the temperature gradually decreased.

The liquefied material began to solidify.

Yi Chen then used his divine consciousness to shape it into the form of a long sword.

In just over ten minutes, the long sword was fully formed.

The originally silver-white Ice Cold Iron had turned blue-white after being refined with a small amount of the other four spirit mines.

Yi Chen cut his finger, allowing a drop of blood infused with his divine consciousness and spirit power to fall onto the sword’s body.

The blood immediately absorbed into the sword.

A connection gradually formed between the divine consciousness.

However, due to the insufficient strength of the divine consciousness, this connection was limited to just the interaction between the consciousnesses, rather than forming a link between the divine consciousness and the spiritual sword.

According to Yi Chen’s deduction, even a first-grade spiritual artifact can develop a weak form of spirituality to some extent.

The current spiritual sword is a second-grade spiritual artifact and definitely contains spirituality.

If the divine consciousness were strong enough, it could connect with the spirituality within the spiritual sword, allowing the sword to be summoned with a single thought and significantly increasing its power.

Only the spirituality within the sword can fully unleash its greatest characteristics.

As the owner uses it more, the spirituality can be enhanced and even absorb the owner’s sword intent and personality traits.

…

"Wow, after such a long time, he finally forged the long sword."

"This isn’t forging; this is shaping it with divine consciousness. It can still be considered handmade…"

"To be honest, Yi Chen’s artistic talent is a bit lacking; the sword’s appearance is really ordinary. The craftsmanship is not very detailed; he finished shaping it in just over ten minutes, leaving many details untouched."

"Nonsense, I think this long sword looks ordinary, but it exudes a profound and restrained aura."

"Exactly, at first glance, the long sword seems plain."

"But if you observe closely, you’ll find its lines and form are simply… Alright! I can’t keep saying that; Yi Chen definitely didn’t consider or design the sword’s appearance."

As Yi Chen finally completed the long sword, the viewers in the live room became excited.

"I hope Yi Chen quickly goes out to test the sword’s power and effects. I can’t wait to know what makes this long sword stand out!"

"Oh no, from Yi Chen’s expression, it seems he doesn’t plan to test it! He’s actually going to the material rack to look for other materials."

"What’s going on? Didn’t he already make the long sword? Why is he looking for other materials? Could it be he plans to make a sheath?"

"Hey, look at the scanner’s data. This long sword is going to be incredible!"

Suddenly, someone exclaimed in the live room.

The scanner on the Large Space Battleship couldn’t detect the characteristics of the spiritual sword but could scan various data about the sword itself to analyze some of its traits.

People were amazed to discover that according to the data and analysis from the scanner, this spiritual sword’s hardness reached an unbelievable level.

"That’s too exaggerated, isn’t it? Could the scanner’s data be wrong? The density of the long sword hasn’t changed much compared to Ice Cold Iron, but its hardness has increased over thirty times?"

"Not to mention its fire resistance, corrosion resistance, and stability in a vacuum; this value already exceeds three times that of the main material of a Large Space Battleship."

"Is that possible? Based on Yi Chen’s grading, the main material of the Large Space Battleship is a fourth-grade spirit mine."

"If other materials are added, couldn’t the alloy of Ice Cold Iron and the other four spirit mines replace the fourth-grade spirit mine as the main material of the Large Space Battleship?"

"The reserves of Ice Cold Iron, a second-grade spirit mine, far exceed those of a fourth-grade spirit mine."

"If this is truly feasible, not only would the cost be greatly reduced, but the ship’s defensive capabilities could also increase several times."

"How did he achieve this? He didn’t even forge it! There are no special additives; it’s purely the melting of the five spirit mines, and different flames were used throughout the long process."

"We can only say we were right. Just the hardness alone proves that Yi Chen’s long sword is extraordinarily strong. Not to mention, this is only regarding the sword’s hardness."

"Sadly! Making this material is too complicated; even with Yi Chen’s strength, it took more than half a day."

"Only the research institute and major forging factories can develop methods for large-scale production, which could truly replace the existing main materials for large battleships."

"But it’s easy to guess; unless Yi Chen teaches it, even those top geniuses won’t be able to replicate it. Let alone, the research institutes and manufacturing plants taking it a step further to realize large-scale production."

"Actually, even if large-scale production isn’t possible, handmade production could still be used for some important parts. Those critical components and materials are crafted from rarer fifth-grade and sixth-grade spirit mines, which aren’t as hard."

In the live room, all the viewers were in awe.

Just the hardness of this long sword was extraordinary.

If additional additives could be used to raise other qualities to the standards of space materials, then it would be incredibly valuable.

Countless researchers and materials experts rushed into the live room, hoping Yi Chen could showcase the sword’s other traits.

Unfortunately, no amount of anticipation or wishes could change Yi Chen’s determination.

After selecting the appropriate materials according to his calculations, he began to refine the second spiritual artifact.