Chapter 625: Flying Sword Completed, Three Major Functions

However, Xia Duo actually did not care about the color of the flying shuttle, because he originally intended to make these two flying shuttles invisible; as for whether the body of the flying shuttle was a "colorful black" or a "multicolored white," it did not affect its actual use.

After observing for a moment and confirming that all dimensions and specifications met his requirements, Xia Duo immediately activated the Alchemy Array and placed one flying shuttle onto it, letting it hover stably within the alchemy field.

The so-called "alchemy field" was actually not mysterious at all; it was just a zero-gravity environment that could precisely alter the state of matter. Of course, this flying shuttle did not need anything altered, otherwise, Xia Duo would have directly shaped the Adamantine material long ago.

There is still a big difference between a hand-crafted weapon-grade flying shuttle and one directly shaped from materials. There is a similar situation on Earth; forged parts of the same material always perform better than cast parts, and important components in machinery are usually produced by forging.

There might be differences in stress, toughness, or hardness, but Xia Duo did not have much research into metals. For him, as long as it worked, that was fine; he would not overthink these things, as Magic was the mainstream in this world after all.

After suspending the flying shuttle, Xia Duo took out more than ten Mithril Flower ornaments. These were all High-Grade Mithril obtained from the Mythallar Ruins. In order to create the best dragon-slaying weapon, he could be considered to have spent a fortune.

Soon, under the influence of the Alchemy Array, these Mithril Flowers turned into a small, silvery-white ball quietly hovering in the alchemy field. Immediately after, Xia Duo cast 【Mage Hand】 on it.

However, this Transmutation spell had long been thoroughly studied by Xia Duo, and at this moment, it might be more appropriate to call it 【Alchemy Hand】.

Although no physical "hand" appeared, this Mithril ball, which looked solid but was actually liquid, seemed to be moved by an invisible, delicate hand, and thin Mithril threads continuously extended from the ball.

Following the simplest route, they wound toward the flying shuttle and embedded themselves into the fine grooves pre-set on the surface of the shuttle. While continuously embedding, these thin Mithril threads also slightly pushed the flying shuttle to rotate slowly, allowing Xia Duo to see the full appearance of the shuttle and arrange the wiring with ease.

Until the Mithril ball was completely consumed, the entire flying shuttle had almost changed its appearance. The fine grooves on the surface were almost entirely filled with silvery-white Mithril, and the intricate patterns made one feel it was very mysterious at first glance, as if it possessed some unknown power.

After checking the distribution of the Mithril Component one last time and confirming there were no problems, Xia Duo controlled the Alchemy Array to transform it into a solid state, while simultaneously canceling the 【Mage Hand】 control over it.

At this step, it could be said that the 【Magic Flying Sword】 was eighty percent complete; the rest was the installation of the Energy Core and the final overall encapsulation.

Controlling the formation of the Mithril Component was not an easy job. Xia Duo rested for a while before continuing to complete the production of the Magic Flying Sword.

For the Energy Core, Xia Duo did not choose a Five-Colored Gem. Compared to an Arcane Crystal, a Five-Colored Gem was more likely to trigger Elemental Transmutation, and its actual lifespan was shorter than using an Arcane Crystal as an Energy Core.

Of course, there was an even more important reason—

That was that the 【Space-Piercing Array】 on the Magic Flying Sword required the participation of Negative Energy, but Xia Duo did not have any Negative Energy gemstones.

He had only seen the existence of 【Ink Crystal】 in books; this was a gemstone commonly used by necromancers.

Five-Colored Gems were not just five or six types, but a collective term referring to gemstones with relatively singular energy tendencies, such as rubies and sapphires, which were gemstones highly enriched with fire and wind elements.

And because of mainstream concepts, Negative Energy was excluded; in fact, it should be called six-colored gems.

Generally, as an Energy Core, one only needed to use gemstones with four-element tendencies. Gemstones with Positive Energy tendencies were not commonly used, and gemstones with Negative Energy tendencies were used even less.

If it had to be used, one could look for Negative Energy gemstones like 【Ink Crystal】, or according to the energy conversion principles described in "Arcane Principles," leave the Negative Energy vacant and replace it with an equivalent conversion of other Five-Colored Gems. Although there would be slight differences in performance, the differences were not large.

Of course, the best approach was still to use an Arcane Crystal. This pure energy crystal, which possessed all energy tendencies, was the best Energy Core for making Magic Items.

And this was Xia Duo's choice.

……

Installing the Energy Core was basically something anyone could do; this could be considered the simplest step in the process of making the Magic Flying Sword. As for the subsequent Link Magic Web, Xia Duo was also familiar with the process.

There were no accidents until the encapsulation. For the encapsulation material, Xia Duo chose Adamantine; it was actually just filling all the grooves on the surface of the flying shuttle.

No matter how exquisite Buloutuo's craftsmanship was, it was ultimately manual processing, and it was impossible to leave grooves that perfectly fit the Mithril Component. Furthermore, Xia Duo also considered the hardness of the Mithril itself, so he reserved some extra gaps during the design to serve as filling space for the encapsulation material.

Xia Duo had already done the encapsulation of Magic Items many times. Even for Adamantine materials, he had experience. The Fireball Ring he made not long ago used a combination of silver and Adamantine for encapsulation.

After the encapsulation was completed, the Magic Flying Sword had changed its appearance again. The original silvery-white patterns were replaced by blue patterns. Beneath the countless fine blue lines were thin Mithril threads, and beneath some larger blue dots was the Arcane Crystal serving as the Energy Core.

"Perfect!"

Xia Duo looked at the Magic Flying Sword hovering on the Alchemy Bench with slight obsession and couldn't help but mutter to himself. After admiring it for a while, Xia Duo grabbed the finished Magic Flying Sword, ordered the Tower Spirit to send him to the Portal leading to Savile Town, and then stepped in.

As soon as he arrived at Savile Town, Xia Duo immediately cast Flight and headed north all the way to the place where he had previously tested the Communication Magic Tool. Looking at the few large trees he still had an impression of, Xia Duo couldn't help but smile knowingly:

"You might suffer later! Hehe!"

……

The Magic Flying Sword only had three functions on the magic level—Invisibility, Space-Piercing, and Flight.

Among them, the Flight function needed to be synchronized with the user before it could be flexibly controlled. Xia Duo had already completed this during the process of flying here just now.

Of course, it was also possible not to perform the synchronization link. 【Sword Control】 was a spell specifically used to control flying swords. In fact, the Flight function was realized through the spell 【Sword Control】.

Moreover, using the Flight function that came with the Magic Flying Sword lasted much longer than directly using 【Sword Control】. If Xia Duo didn't use this, wouldn't he be a fool!