Chapter 83: Multi-Mind Control, Black-Level Mecha Core and Level Six Mecha System

Tian Dou City Forgemasters Association, Workshop.

Master Mu Ye brought Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen to the exclusive workshop; after pushing the door open, a clean and tidy white space came into view.

The workshop was simply and brightly decorated; in the center stood a circular metal table covering over ten square meters, upon which various forging metals were neatly piled—thousand-forged, spirit-forged, and soul-forged, a dazzling array.

The quantity of metal stacked in a single workshop was truly staggering, enough to manufacture more than one three-character Dou Armor.

Among the pieces of forging metal of various shapes, Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen even sensed a piece of metal tempered by the power of heaven and earth; it must be the legendary thunder tribulation-surviving Heaven-Forged Metal, personally forged by the Divine Smith Master Zhenhua.

Backed by his good brother Master Zhenhua and the Forgemasters Association, Master Mu Ye's metal supply was practically inexhaustible. He stepped forward, ran his large hand over the metal surface, thought briefly, then took two silver-white pieces from the spirit-forged area, placed them before Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen, and said:

"These are two pieces of Divine Foundation Alloy remaining from when I made Little Hong in my youth, ninety-five percent fusion spirit-forged Cloud Silver, combining the ductility of Heavy Silver and the soul power conductivity of Blue-Breeding Copper.

I don't care what you make; you decide. But you must show some real skill and not waste this rare Divine Foundation Alloy. Otherwise, stay in Tian Dou City during the holidays and study mecha manufacturing with me properly."

"I have no strong feelings; just remember to say hello to my teacher, Senior Body," Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen joked.

"This Sect Leader has already discussed it with your teacher! Joint cultivation! Joint cultivation!"

The words were spoken with such toughness, yet repeating "joint cultivation" twice surprisingly lacked confidence; clearly, facing Leng Yaoju who held superiority in both strength and status, the Body Sect Leader had fallen into a weak position.

The conversation ended there. Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen carefully observed the two pieces of spirit-forged Cloud Silver, and ten gleaming dark-gold blades sprang from his fingertips.

Once the Dark-Gold Fearsome Claws dual-palm external soul bone appeared, the unique sharp aura of the Dark-Gold Fearsome Claw Bear immediately radiated out, making one's heart shiver.

Master Mu Ye crossed his arms, staring fixedly at Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen's preparatory movements for carving. To be honest, he very much liked this junior with the Body Martial Soul; gifted with extraordinary talent and an excellent character, he was truly a top-tier successor to the Body Sect.

Unfortunately, Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen hailed from a collateral branch of the Phoenix Family of the Spirit Pagoda and had been taken early on as a direct disciple by the Sky Phoenix Limit Douluo, Leng Yaoju.

Three months ago, at the Spirit Pagoda's Hongmen Banquet, Master Mu Ye saw a teacher with such intense possessiveness over a disciple for the first time in his life.

After communicating with his junior uncle, the Illusionary Brain Limit Douluo Han Han Tianyi, Master Mu Ye vaguely understood that Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen embodied Leng Yaoju's remaining emotions; thus, he completely gave up on luring Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen away, only hoping for his future help in returning the Body Sect to the ranks of the continent's first-class sects.

While Master Mu Ye's mood was complex, Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen activated his carving. The Dark-Gold Fearsome Claws trembled slightly, and a layer of dark-gold water ripples leaped upon the metal table.

A pair of Dark-Gold Fearsome Claws carved the same piece of spirit-forged Cloud Silver; ten fingertips trembled at completely different frequencies. One claw carved out a circular groove, another connected energy circuits, and a third actually moved along the metal edge, the sharp blade spinning lightly like a dragon swimming with a brush tip, cutting metal patterns and sculpting them into amplification arrays.

Metal shavings fell like fine snow, rustling down; they did not fly about chaotically in all directions but spread out regularly to the surroundings, condensing with Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen's surging soul power into two shimmering silver-white mists.

"Level Six Mecha Manufacturer..."

As a Level Nine Mecha Manufacturer and Divine Mecha Master, Master Mu Ye instantly judged Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen's mecha manufacturing level; it was absolutely a steady Level Six standard.

For the vast majority of mecha manufacturers, breaking through Level Five is a threshold; many soul masters cannot achieve it in a lifetime. After Level Five, every level gained represents a sublimation and transformation.

The two-character Dou Armor Tai Chi caused Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen's manufacturing technique to advance by leaps and bounds in just one year. The moment he completed the core chest armor, his mecha manufacturing professional level surpassed mecha design and mecha repair, reaching Level Six first.

Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen's movements at this moment were like flowing clouds and water; his free and easy demeanor was in no way inferior to those high-level mecha manufacturers, smooth and fast, even so fast it was hard to believe.

Master Mu Ye stared straight at Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen's rhythmic hands. The Dark-Gold Fearsome Claws were like ten flying carving knives; that square piece of Cloud Silver gradually turned into an irregular shape, and strange soul tool array patterns began to appear on it, then were further split and inscribed.

The next second, Master Mu Ye's eyes suddenly widened, nearly popping out of their sockets, because Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen, without finishing the manufacturing of the first piece of spirit-forged Cloud Silver, kept his right hand maintaining the carving frequency while his left hand climbed onto the second piece of Cloud Silver!

Heavy Silver is a medium-rare metal, and Blue-Breeding Copper is medium-high grade; the Cloud Silver combining the two is a spirit-forged alloy that is relatively easy to inscribe. The carving difficulty is not as huge as that of Chaos Divine Gold, yet to manufacture so rapidly and use two minds at once is still an incredible thing!

This scene somewhat shocked Master Mu Ye's worldview. He asked himself honestly that when he was a Level Six Mecha Manufacturer, he could not do this at all, yet Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen did it so casually, with ease and mastery.

"No... that's not right..."

Master Mu Ye suddenly discovered the key point and shouted loudly: "Nine-Colored Glazed Sect Secret Technique, Multi-Mind Control!

You actually know this too!?"

Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen said calmly: "A support sect with a fatal flaw split into two factions under the tide of the new era; the sect's secret techniques can no longer be called secrets."

The Nine-Colored Divine Maiden Ning Rongrong left no offspring; the Nine-Colored Glazed Sect lived up to its name no more, differing little from the Seven-Colored Glazed Sect of twenty thousand years ago. Seven-Colored Glazed Tower soul masters were stuck at Level Seventy-Nine Soul Sage for life, suffering all the black benefits of the Dou Armor era.

Thousands of years ago, the Nine-Colored Glazed Sect erupted into internal strife; the once second-greatest sect in the world embarked on a path of division. One branch stayed on the Limit Douluo Continent, while another followed the Star Luo royal family to relocate to the Star Luo Continent. The Spirit Pagoda took advantage of the chaos, plundering the Nine-Colored Glazed Sect's secret methods. To deal with weak support sects, the Pagoda Lord had means both open and hidden!

"Are you the Three-Orifice Heart Control?" Master Mu Ye asked urgently.

"Four-Orifice Eternal Heart."

Multi-Mind Control has five realms, from the Three-Orifice Heart Control of one mind with three uses, to the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart of one mind with seven uses.

Besides training spiritual power, the greatest function of Multi-Mind Control is that Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen can chat with Gu Yue, Na'er, Ye Ye Xinglan, and Yuan'en Yehui simultaneously without memory confusion causing mixed-up messages; carving two pieces of spirit-forged metal is purely an added value...

Carving two pieces of spirit-forged metal was undoubtedly a difficult project; the Dark-Gold Fearsome Claws continuously cut, drilled, and scraped to carry out the manufacturing. Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen's carving technique, in Master Mu Ye's eyes, did not look like making Dou Armor or soul tools, but more like watching a performance, an incredibly magnificent mecha manufacturing performance.

The fresh surface of the Cloud Silver gradually took shape; the metal displayed nested six-pointed star core arrays, with dark-gold carved marks dense and exquisite.

"Crack—"

Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen flipped his wrists to change the form; the dark-gold claw blades cut into the core along the edge of the Cloud Silver. The sharp edge fused the cracks into energy conduits just before the Cloud Silver collapsed. The silver-white spirit-forged alloy hummed and floated upward; the core array burst forth with dark-gold light threads, weaving into a soul power field that wrapped and covered the two pieces of metal.

The metal bloomed with gorgeous patterns amidst the energy collision, then was forcibly healed by the halo radiating from the core. The two pieces of metal finally fused into a fist-sized spherical crystal, its surface flowing with overlapping dark-gold soul tool array runes.

Dense soul power turned into a gentle stream; a beautiful light film condensed on the crystal's surface. Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen retracted his Dark-Gold Fearsome Claws and handed the spherical crystal to Master Mu Ye.

Master Mu Ye observed the artifact crafted from the two pieces of Divine Foundation Alloy, occasionally exclaiming in wonder. This was a composite soul tool core. Releasing a wisp of soul power into it, the spherical crystal shimmered, and the soul power was violently absorbed.

The soul power compression core array and the charging core array inscribed inside activated; the entire silver-white metal shone dazzlingly, releasing intense soul power fluctuations.

"Composite mecha core, containing soul power charging, soul power compression, and soul power conversion effects. It is more than enough for a standard Black-Level mecha core."

Master Mu Ye explained the characteristics one by one, put down the spherical crystal, and said with a strange expression: "What's wrong with you, kid? Not persisting in studying Dou Armor deeply, but venturing into the mecha track?"

Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen sighed lightly: "It's a long story. I've taken the soul tool train twice, and both times on the way I encountered evil soul masters.

I seem to be fated to clash with soul tool trains in this life. I don't want to be a train killer; I plan to make a means of transportation, like my teacher's Black-Level mecha, Sky Fire Phoenix.

Two pieces of Divine Foundation Alloy Cloud Silver will make a dual-frequency drive mecha core; this way, the Black-Level mecha's endurance will be stronger. Metal deformation is one of the necessary abilities; the shell will be made of spirit-forged Jade Silver, with land, sea, and air three forms to ensure the mecha is unaffected by terrain."

Hearing this, Master Mu Ye nodded slightly and said: "A fully spirit-forged Black-Level mecha is extremely luxurious for a means of transportation. Why not consider researching Red-Level mecha instead?"

The Body Sect Leader's old habit kicked in; he stirred restlessly and said: "The Body Martial Soul has an innate advantage in mecha fusion. Although scholars on the continent generally believe now that a Red-Level mecha is smaller than a four-character Dou Armor, at most equivalent to a three-character Dou Armor.

But the Red-Level mecha has no upper limit. I always believe that a Body Soul Master will certainly create a new type of mecha that transcends the limitations of the era."

Seeing that fiery, intense gaze, Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen suddenly had a strange sense of déjà vu, like a misguided senior trying to dissuade a junior from stepping into a fire pit. He shook his head like a rattle drum.

Master Mu Ye was choked with anger. Finding a perfect successor to inherit all his teachings was so difficult; he wished he could lift open Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen's skull and pour the Divine Mecha knowledge straight in!

Once entering the Divine Mecha realm, it is as deep as the sea. Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen clearly knew his main quest was cultivation; the strength of the true self is always number one, a point that supersedes awakening the Eight Deceit Gods.

The mecha manufacturing test passed smoothly. A fourteen-year-old Level Six Mecha Manufacturer was unheard of. Master Mu Ye was extremely satisfied and immediately began instructing on the tricks of manufacturing Black-Level mecha.

Mecha manufacturing difficulty is far lower than Dou Armor. Even a fully spirit-forged Black-Level mecha cannot compare to Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen's two-character Dou Armor Tai Chi; one only needs to pay attention to some small details in manufacturing.

The old man and the youth talked at length; Mu Ye was a strong contender for the title of the continent's number one mecha craftsman, and exchanging crafting insights with him benefited Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen immensely, making him ever clearer on how to perfect the Black-grade mecha.

The Shrek Academy final exam deadline is fifteen days, passing through ten cities to reach the Bright Capital; challenging one city per day is sufficient. Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen intends to stay overnight at the Smiths' Association tonight and set out again at dawn tomorrow.

The two left the workshop and happened to run into Divine Smith Master Zhenhua striding over with long, swift steps, accompanied by a burly man around thirty years old, tall and imposing, with a dark and rugged appearance—a typical smith's face.

"Mu Ye, Zhao Xuanzhen, have you two finished?" Master Zhenhua said with a smile, introducing them.

"Yuan Zhong, son of Seven-Star Holy Smith Yuan Hua, the next-generation smithing genius the Association has poured its efforts into cultivating. At thirty-one this year, he is already a Level 63 Soul Emperor; fourteen years ago, leveraging his outstanding secondary profession advantages, he briefly broke into the Young Genius Rankings."

"Zhao Xuanzhen, since your arrival was sudden, Little Yuan is the strongest challenger the Smiths' Association could find."

Yuan Zhong clasped his fist in a bow, his gaze burning as he said, "Brother Zhao Xuanzhen, I am a Level 6 Smith and also a combat-type Soul Master eager to challenge masters; I hope you will not withhold your instruction."

"Very well, Brother Yuan, please."

The four arrived at the Smiths' Association Dueling Platform. The two elders watched the battle leisurely while Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen and Yuan Zhong stood facing each other, maintaining a fifty-meter distance.

"Use your Soul Skills as little as possible; unleash all the Body Secret Arts you have learned so I can take a look," Mu Ye transmitted via sound.

Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen nodded slightly, set up the Soul Tool communicator, and skillfully opened the recording mode. Across from him, Yuan Zhong's blood boiled with passion; he rubbed his fists together, eager to try, his face suffused with intense excitement.

Ranking at the bottom of the Young Genius Rankings and being surpassed by successors after only one term, Yuan Zhong was deeply dissatisfied with the evaluation standards of the Spirit Pagoda, the organizer. Upon hearing his opponent was the current number one of the Young Genius Rankings and a core disciple of the Spirit Pagoda, he immediately agreed to Divine Smith Master Zhenhua's request to step forward and fight!

Soul Power erupted; a layer of dark, messy bristles covered Yuan Zhong's body, and a half-foot-long sharp horn sprouted from his head. His Martial Soul manifested: Black-Horned Mountain Boar!

Two yellow, three purple, and one black—six Soul Rings spiraled up from beneath his feet. Such an ordinary Soul Ring distribution was already superior within the Smiths' Association, where average talent prevails.

"The number one of the Young Genius Rankings is an opponent worthy of serious attention; I must strike first!"

Yuan Zhong took a deep breath. The Black-Horned Mountain Boar is a brute-force-type Martial Soul with thick skin and flesh, specializing in charging. At his thought, the third and sixth Soul Rings flickered with light; under the amplification of the two Soul Skills, a roaring phantom of a Black-Horned Mountain Boar appeared behind Yuan Zhong, and he charged straight at Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen with his head down.

The Black-Horned Mountain Boar approached trailing a cloud of black exhaust. Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen's entire skeleton cracked loudly; he adjusted into the War Bone Mode most suitable for combat. A pair of black-and-white wings burst forth from his back, like a streak of flowing light meeting the Black-Horned Mountain Boar, while brilliance flashed deep within his pupils!

Illusionary Brain Limit Douluo's ultimate technique: Mental Erosion!

The Sea of Spirit was instantly struck as if by lightning; Yuan Zhong's steps halted, his relentless charging momentum abruptly cut off. The Black-Horned Mountain Boar's spiritual power was inferior even to that of a Level 6 Evil Soul Emperor; his mind was a muddled mess!

By the time his vision cleared again, Yuan Zhong could only watch helplessly as Zhao Zhao Xuanzhen closed in, a knuckle-defined fist mere inches away; he didn't even have time to don a single-word Character Character Doukai!

"Boom, crack, ah, spurt, eee-yah—"

(End of this chapter)