Question: What is needed to successfully craft a soul tool? Answer: Skilled technique, sufficient knowledge reserves, and enough soul power support.
The first two go without saying, and as for the latter, Huo Yuhao met the requirements thanks to the existence of the soul power storage core.
Under the watchful eyes of the surrounding crowd, a solitary yellow soul ring revealed itself, followed by a flickering glow.
Huo Yuhao instantly entered the zone. A brilliant golden light flowed within his deep blue eyes as strands of perfectly controlled soul power and mental power blended together, extending from the carving knife in his hand onto the metal.
The engraving began! Chlorophyll Alloy, a Rank 4 metal.
This special metal is obtained through a secondary forging and synthesis process.
Through a special method, Chlorophyll Alloy discards the slight life energy originally present in the metal, instead pouring all its attributes into "Toughness."
This ensures that soul tools made from Chlorophyll Alloy are sturdy and durable; however, the difficulty of engraving on it is also one or two levels higher than normal metals of the same rank.
Nevertheless, the carving knife in Huo Yuhao's hand still showed no signs of obstruction. His control over power—which far exceeded his own cultivation level—showed no limit even now, remaining perfectly effortless.
Several people to the side stared unblinkingly.
Among them, the one watching most earnestly was Xiao Hongchen.
In fact, from the very first stroke of Huo Yuhao's carving knife, he knew he had lost yet again. But he was only discouraged and doubtful for a fleeting moment before he immediately began to observe and learn.
Instead of wasting time being discouraged, it was better to spend that time learning and then surpassing him!
Xiao Hongchen was instantly filled with fighting spirit, focusing intently on the movements of Huo Yuhao's hands.
Meanwhile, the three Rank 8 soul tool engineers on the side were slightly shocked. A one-ring Soul Master, aided by a soul power storage core, was currently crafting a Rank 4 soul tool! Moreover, looking at the situation, there was a high probability of success!
The three felt a slight chill in their hearts, feeling more than ever that cracking the secret of the soul power storage core was a matter of utmost urgency.
The only one who was relaxed was perhaps Meng Hongchen.
The young girl rested her cheek in her palm, staring unblinkingly at the focused Huo Yuhao as he engraved. Only one thought remained in her mind...
—My Yuhao looks so handsome when he's making soul tools!
...
Just as Huo Yuhao was implementing his plan bit by bit, outside the Douluo World, upon the barrier condensed from ten thousand years of destiny power accumulated by the Douluo World's will, a microscopic crack suddenly split open.
A blue streak of light attempted to squeeze into the Douluo World from beyond the barrier at extreme speed.
However, the reaction speed of the World Will was incredibly fast. In an instant, it mobilized the power of destiny to repair the barrier, while simultaneously splitting off several strands of destiny power into arrows of light, firing them at the blue streak.
The light of the blue streak, which had struggled to squeeze through the barrier, dimmed slightly. Facing the destiny-driven backlash of the World Will, the blue streak paused briefly, then directly split a ray of light from its body, hurtling toward the arrows of destiny.
However, whether it was underestimating the power of the destiny arrows or overestimating its own strength, that flying ray of light barely managed to block a single arrow before completely dissipating. The other destiny arrows maintained their momentum, completely locking onto him!
In a life-or-death crisis, the blue streak had no choice. In the next moment, a dazzling blue light erupted, and a phantom image was stripped from the blue streak, gradually becoming real.
It was a trident.
It was pitch black all over; the side blades were relatively thin, while the central main blade was two feet long and half a foot wide—exceptionally broad, feeling more like a sword.
The pitch-black shaft of the trident now emitted an azure blue glow. A power as vast and majestic as the Great Ocean enveloped everything in the vicinity, attempting to destroy it all.
However, what appeared to be an incredibly powerful strike was actually just a diversion used by the blue streak to cover its escape.
Under the cover of the trident, the blue streak—already extremely dim due to the stripping of the trident—did not hesitate. While the trident's residual power remained, it fled immediately!
In just a moment, the blue streak vanished without a trace.
As for the trident, with no one to control it and having endured the attack of six destiny arrows, its light faded, and it plummeted downward.
The blue streak disappeared, the trident gradually dimmed, and the destiny arrows, having lost their target, slowly dissipated. Everything returned to tranquility.
But in the next moment, faint spatial ripples abruptly appeared, and a young girl with silver hair and purple eyes stepped out from the ripples with a frown.
The girl scanned the surroundings and instantly saw the plummeting, dim trident.
She reached out, space rippled again, and the falling trident landed in her hand.
Feeling the aura contained within, the girl frowned slightly. She had felt this aura ten thousand years ago—the aura of the man who achieved godhood...
And this thing... seemed to be that person's weapon? If she remembered correctly, it was called the Sea God Trident?
The girl frowned slightly, looking at the dim trident in her hand and weighing it briefly. After a thought, she made a decision.
—I'll take it to Huo Yuhao and let him see! It just so happens I haven't seen him in ten hours.
Having found a legitimate reason to seek him out, the girl's eyes narrowed slightly, and a fleeting smile unconsciously appeared at the corner of her mouth. No longer hesitating, she grabbed the trident and stepped into a spatial ripple, vanishing.
...
On the outskirts of Star Lou City, within the slums.
A boy dressed as a beggar, about seven or eight years old, curled up in an alleyway to sleep, suddenly snapped his eyes open.
He was somewhat dazed, unable to figure out what had happened. However, in the next instant, an azure blue light flashed in his eyes. Under the infusion of a massive amount of memories, the boy's original personality was instantly overwritten.
The confusion in his eyes faded bit by bit, leaving only coldness and resentment.
"Damned Planar Will!"
The boy—no, rather, Tang San—cursed fiercely.
Two years ago, the Douluo World's will suddenly went berserk, turning all the accumulated providence of ten thousand years into a destiny barrier, completely severing his connection with the Douluo World.
To prevent any accidents in his ten-thousand-year grand plan, Tang San, after a brief reflection, thought of a method!
That was to split off a sliver of Divine Consciousness and descend to the lower realm carrying the Sea God Divine Position and the Sea God Trident used to initiate the divine trials!
Then, using this sliver of Divine Consciousness, he would choose the body of a fated person and allow that person to become the Sea God!
First, because of the existence of the Divine Consciousness, the chosen person would inevitably be under his control. This person would be equivalent to his avatar puppet. Even if this person became the Sea God, it would merely be equivalent to his own Divine Consciousness achieving godhood. He could reclaim the Sea God Divine Position at any time through the Divine Consciousness without any drawbacks.
Secondly, because it would outwardly appear as the chosen person achieving godhood, he wouldn't be breaking the rule that "Gods cannot interfere with the lower realm"! That fellow Destruction would have no reason to stop him! By then, a First-rank God under the cover of the destiny barrier would be enough to control the continent and push forward his ten-thousand-year plan!
Finally, after temporarily stripping away the Sea God Divine Position, he could have Xiao Wu cooperate with him to more quickly and completely master the Asura Divine Position, truly stabilizing his seat as the God King!
It could be said to be killing three birds with one stone! As expected of his peerless wisdom!