Chapter 257: Enter the Ice Cave!

"The only fly in the ointment is that this skill consumes too much mental energy."

Su Ming had only maintained this temporary blood sword for a little over a minute, and he already felt that nearly half of his mental energy had been consumed.

This consumption rate was indeed a bit too high.

However, it was, after all, a powerful skill that created objects out of thin air, extremely exquisite and complex in its mechanism.

Theoretically, it was even harder to achieve than the simple destructive effects of some combat skills.

It was normal for the consumption to be higher.

"When this skill evolves further, reaching Epic or Ancient grade, is it possible to create thousands of swords out of thin air with a wave of my hand?"

"That would be the Return of Ten Thousand Swords!"

Su Ming couldn't help but feel his heart race.

Subsequently, he flicked his wrist.

He dispelled this temporary weapon.

Splash!

The blood sword instantly shattered and dissipated, turning into a puddle of blood-colored iron stone that fell to the ground.

He felt no attachment; after all, it was a temporary weapon that would eventually be dispelled.

With the health drain per second, plus the massive mental energy consumption, Su Ming naturally couldn't maintain it forever.

Now that there were no enemies, maintaining it was too wasteful.

This skill for creating temporary weapons was best used only in combat.

Su Ming decided on his profession and then took out all of Wang Yanghui's loot.

He used 【Everything Sublimation】 on all of it, carrying out a wave of upgrades.

【Sublimation successful!】

【Sublimation successful!】

【Sublimation successful!】

The sounds rang out continuously.

The value had increased several times over.

That staff was also upgraded to mid-tier Diamond quality.

It could be sold for a good price.

Then, Su Ming came before the deep pool and took a deep breath.

"The preparations are almost done... it's time to go in."

He took out the Ancient Snake Poison Gall, tilted his head back, squeezed out a drop of juice, and poured it into his throat.

Several minutes had passed since he last swallowed this bile, and the effect was about to disappear.

The poison immunity provided by the bile could only last for a short while, so for the sake of safety, Su Ming swallowed another drop now.

Only in this way could he be absolutely sure of success.

【Obtained temporary BUFF: High-tier Poison Immunity, lasts for a short while!】

There might be intense poison underwater as well, so Su Ming was very careful and made this preparation.

Subsequently, he took out another piece of equipment.

【Qi-Returning Mask (mid-tier Silver)】

This was equipment dropped by Wang Yanghui, which could increase the recovery speed of mental energy after being worn.

"Let's try to modify it into an underwater diving mask."

Su Ming had just changed his profession to Cursed Blacksmith.

He used 【Forging Power】 to dismantle the elements and materials within the mask.

He culled the useless parts.

A basic substrate was formed.

A gray-black mask appeared in mid-air, surrounded by many white fluorescent lights; that was the power of forging.

Subsequently, Su Ming took many beast materials out of his personal space.

Including 【Mutated Wild Boar Lungs】, 【Venomous Fish Gills】, 【Cartilage Tendon Rope】, and so on.

These were all materials he had long possessed but hadn't been able to sell.

He hadn't expected them to come in handy today.

Su Ming had once leveled up in beginner dungeons and killed many different types of mutated beasts, so he had many beast materials.

He carefully used his forging power to combine these materials.

This was a job that required extreme caution.

A slight carelessness would result in all the materials being scrapped.

Other professional blacksmiths generally had hammers, furnaces, machine tools, and other tools to assist in forging.

That would allow them to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

A blacksmith's machine tools, hammers, and furnaces were just like a swordsman's sword; they were their weapons.

But Su Ming currently had no forging tools; he could only modify it purely with forging power, without using any auxiliary tools.

It was conceivable that this required a much greater consumption.

In the end, covered in sweat, he succeeded! ===== CHAPTER 259 =====