Light Fortress
Chapter 371 - 57: Blacksmithing_2

Chapter 371: Chapter 57: Blacksmithing_2

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On the barren wilderness.

Grass and leaves were blown across.

Tie Wu was swinging a shovel, moving the mire, when he saw a blur of radiance appear in the distant wasteland... He couldn’t make out the specific scene, but he could vaguely see that it was Lord Divine who had brought a young man here.

No, no, no... Tie Wu immediately realized there was a problem with his thoughts.

He should not address him as Lord Divine.

He should refer to him as Mr. Gu.

"Did Mr. Gu bring a new person?"

Tie Wu was somewhat nervous, and a sense of crisis welled up in him. He cautiously crept towards the light screen of the wilderness, but the scene there was too blurry for him to see anything.

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"This is..."

When Shen Li woke up, he looked down at his chest to find the folding stool had vanished.

He had become a wisp of a wandering soul.

And Gu Shen sat on a huge throne, with cool winds blowing from all directions, stirring the damp air and slapping against Shen Li’s face, forcing him to lift his head and look up to Gu Shen.

Arriving at this massive "Spiritual World" was actually a very shocking thing.

In Shen Li’s view, for a Spiritual Extraordinary to condense their domain, they had to wait until after the Deep Sea Seventh Level, and to condense a domain earlier... they would have to understand both the Jingzhe and Guyu volumes of the "Spring Breathing" technique, which was even more difficult than advancing to the Deep Sea Seventh Level!

But Gu Shen... had done it.

Is this wasteland the product of mastering "Spring Breathing" as rumored?

At this moment, Shen Li felt utterly astounded.

Because it had indeed been only one night since Gu Shen had comprehended Spring Breathing.

So it turned out that in this world, there really were those who could achieve "unmatched speed" right from the start of their Cultivation.

"The victor is decided."

Gu Shen smiled as he spoke, "Iron Eater is a very strong ability, if you don’t eat things indiscriminately, you will become stronger."

Shen Li clenched his teeth tightly, with veins popping on his forehead.

The biggest note when dueling with a Spiritual Extraordinary was not to be "hypnotized" and not to be pulled into the opponent’s Spiritual Domain.

From the moment that wisp of Divine Fire invaded his spirit, he had lost.

It’s just that he hadn’t expected.

For Gu Shen to be so "sly"... hiding a wisp of spiritual flame in the iron folding stool, no wonder he had been so picky at first.

"I don’t accept this."

Shen Li gnashed his teeth. Though saying so was humiliating, he still spoke up, "It’s unfair... I demand a rematch!"

Gu Shen looked at Shen Li calmly.

This time, under the gaze in the Spiritual Wilderness, Shen Li felt a soul-shaking impact.

He felt as if he was gazing directly at a God of a new world.

But that soul-shaking impact did not last long.

The wilderness breeze gently dispersed.

Shen Li opened his eyes, and he was back in the courtyard, with all the surroundings returning to normal.

Gu Shen lifted his hand.

A wisp of flame whooshed out from the iron arrow in Shen Li’s chest.

"You have lost, yet you refuse to accept defeat?" Gu Shen spoke slowly.

Shen Li, red-faced and embarrassed, struggled to say, "Using such tactics to launch a sneak attack... how can that be considered a win."

Gu Shen frowned slightly.

Since the beginning of his Extraordinary Cultivation... he never had the concept of a "sneak attack" or not, because every battle he had experienced was a matter of life and death. If he didn’t give it his all during the rooftop fire, he would have been one of the corpses in the fire. Facing Qu Shui on the river bank, facing Shi Li on Yuan Dan Street... he had to seize every opportunity.

Changye is the largest city in Jiangbei, prone to war and conflict.

At this age, Transcendents who believe in life-and-death combat have already left Snow Forbidden City to fight on the front lines, like Gu Nanfeng eight years ago... And those like Shen Li who remain with their mentors and occasionally undertake missions are more like "children" being protected in swaddles.

The struggles within Snow Forbidden City have many rules, meant to protect geniuses from dying young.

In fact, these rules are reasonable.

The Three Institutes and the Five Major Families have invested a great deal of resources; from the very beginning, what they wanted was not to cultivate a "teenage prodigy" but to cultivate a young leader who can stand on his own at thirty. Because the path of Extraordinary Cultivation is long, the "geniuses" within the Changye system almost always choose to stay within the inner city until the end of the newcomer fight, to accumulate strength.

Gu Shen was beginning to understand.

Perhaps this was why he didn’t want to spar with those Challengers.

He had already tasted the thrill of "extreme calmness" in life-and-death struggles.

How could he be satisfied with such battles?

"Alright..."

Having realized this, Gu Shen let out a long sigh and said earnestly, "Next, I will go all out to resolve this battle."

He chanted in his heart,

"Truth Ruler, activate."

"Iron Throne, activate."

"Chi Huo, ignite."

Shen Li was stunned.

He suddenly felt an incredible flow.

Inside his body... something was resonating.

"Thump!"

"Thump!"

He felt as if he could hear his own heart beating.

The next moment, the iron arrow merged into his body seemed to be grasped by an invisible giant hand and began to be slowly pulled out on its own.

The ability of the "Iron Eater" was like Taotie, only consuming without spitting out, hence the "Gluttony" state of losing control.

But now... what was happening?

The "iron elements" in the entire yard were boiling, and Shen Li suddenly caught sight of the iron gate he had passed, the lump of iron that had melted and merged was actually overflowing with visible "iron water."

What’s going on?

What in the world was happening?

The next moment.

All the boiling iron elements in the small yard roared together!

Gu Shen disappeared on the spot in an instant, and the moment he activated under the enhancement of the Truth Ruler, he even created a sonic boom.

A punch!

Just one punch!

Shen Li’s reaction was extremely fast. In the nick of time, he managed to raise his arms in defense; his arms turned into solid iron blocks, crossed in front of his face. But the next moment his arms uncontrollably melted into iron water, splashing in all directions!

That punch landed on Shen Li’s face.

As his consciousness scattered, Shen Li heard Gu Shen’s whisper.

"Sorry... this is the fastest way."

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Tie Wu stood with both hands on his shovel, gazing into the distance in front of the hole where he had planted the seeds.

Lord Divine brought a stranger here.

Lord Divine took someone away.

Although he was left with only a wisp of a remnant soul, he still had a sliver of his own perceptive ability. In fact, Gu Shen had given Tie Wu quite extensive permissions, but the wilderness was too rough right now and Tie Wu’s perception was quite limited.

Tie Wu vaguely sensed... this guest who came to the "New World" seemed to carry a familiar Extraordinary Aura.

Another ironworker?

After much thought, Tie Wu held back some words in his heart, preparing to speak when Lord Divine returned... he really wanted to say that if the "New World" initially needed a shovel to start clearing and planting, then he alone was enough.

There wasn’t much work to begin with.

Now another person came, how could he continue to stay in the "New World"?

Before Tie Wu could finish crafting these thoughts, beams of light descended once again from the sky above the wilderness.

"Mr. Gu has returned?"

Tie Wu was shocked.

This time, he still brought that guy with him.

However, the light screen was dimmer this time. He saw the scene on the other side of the wilderness clearly; the guy was very young, his face covered in blood, and when they arrived, Lord Divine’s fist was still resting on the other’s face.

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"I... damn..."

Shen Li covered his nose and fell backward.

He landed with a plop in the mud, stunned for a moment.

Shen Li first realized that the punch didn’t seem too painful, then it dawned on him that he seemed to have returned to this Spiritual World again.

"Don’t misunderstand, I pulled you in here because I was afraid it would hurt too much,"

Gu Shen slowly retracted his fist.

He said seriously, "In the real world, your face would probably hurt for an entire day... even if you were made of iron."

Shen Li’s face turned pale as he incredulously looked down and asked in disbelief, "My Spirit Seal... why didn’t it work?"

"It did work. Just a bit slow." Gu Shen spoke calmly. "This hypnosis works on the same principle as the last time."

When Gu Shen’s fist landed on Shen Li’s face.

It meant the merging of iron elements.

A wisp of Divine Fire could then be ignited directly in the Spirit Ocean.

For Shen Li, it was an almost unsolvable punch.

In other words... the Iron Throne plus the Truth Ruler plus the Divine Fire, specialized against the Iron Eater.

Gu Shen slowly squatted down, extended his hand to Shen Li on top of the wilderness, and asked, "Now, do you concede?"

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(This Chapter is 4K words. I’m asking for monthly tickets, and there will be another Chapter tonight.)