Chapter 172: [Weapon Lion] Complete — Forging a Calamity-Tier Flying Sword!

Of course, everything that happened in the snow domain had nothing to do with Chen Mo anymore.

After shaking off the Corrupted Dragon Mother, he did not pause for a moment, raced all the way to the small valley, and then returned to the Ice Phoenix Divine Palace through the teleportation array.

Looking at the backpack packed full of treasures, Chen Mo could not help but smile.

This time could truly be called a bountiful harvest!

"It's a pity we didn't find the statue of the Centipede Evil God in the treasury."

the Sky Canopy Ice Spider said with a slight hint of regret.

Earlier, when Chen Mo was looting treasures from the Green Dragon's Nest treasury, it had been searching for the Evil God statue all along.

However, that Evil God statue did not seem to be in the Green Dragon's Nest, or perhaps that Venomfang Dinosaur Leader had simply been deceiving them back then.

"No rush. Once I've consumed all these resources and advanced to the peak of the Calamity realm, I'll fight my way back. After seizing the Misty Forest, searching for it will be much easier."

Chen Mo did not take this to heart.

He took out the River of the Underworld Refined Iron, and the Fire of the Undead surged up, transforming into a Necrolion in the blink of an eye.

Today's self-discipline challenge wasn't finished yet! It was also time to try forging a King-tier River of the Underworld Sword! As the soul fire refined it, the River of the Underworld Refined Iron gradually began to change shape.

The impurities within were continuously expelled; then Chen Mo split his attention and began removing impurities from another piece of River of the Underworld Refined Iron.

About 4 hours later.

Accompanied by a dazzling golden light, the silver underworld fire dissipated, and a longsword approximately 1.5 meters in length, exuding a rich aura of death, appeared before Chen Mo.

Its blade was a grayish color, with silver soul fire burning on its surface.

A King-tier River of the Underworld Sword!

Success!

Looking at the River of the Underworld Sword before him, Chen Mo was quite satisfied.

This River of the Underworld Sword had no flaws whatsoever; it was virtually perfect.

The second self-discipline challenge of 【Weapon Lion】 was completed ahead of schedule. From here on, he only needed to persist in forging weapons every day to accumulate hours.

"When did you learn how to forge weapons?"

Seeing Chen Mo successfully forge a King-tier River of the Underworld Sword, the Sky Canopy Ice Spider asked in some surprise.

In the former Ice Phoenix Divine Domain, many beasts had mastered the ability to forge.

But starting from an apprentice to independently forging a King-tier weapon required at least several decades of practice! And that was with decent talent! Yet this Suanni had risen from an ordinary creature, and no more than half a year had passed! His rapid improvement in strength was one thing, but now he had also mastered the art of forging.

This kind of talent was simply terrifying! Even the Sky Canopy Ice Spider felt a bit envious.

"I only learned it recently. My talent is decent enough."

Chen Mo made a humblebrag, then tossed the River of the Underworld Sword to the Snow God Raven.

"Raven, this River of the Underworld Sword is yours."

A King-tier weapon was of virtually no use to the current Chen Mo.

However, this time in the Green Dragon's Nest treasury, Chen Mo had obtained several pieces of high-quality Calamity-tier ore.

Once he completed 【Weapon Lion】 and his forging technique made a breakthrough, he could set about crafting Calamity-tier weapons!

Thinking that he would soon be able to wield flying swords, Chen Mo still felt a bit excited inside.

When the time came, he would softly call out for his sword, and then tens of thousands of flying swords would soar into the sky.

Who said a lion can't be a sword cultivator!

"Raven!?"

The Snow God Raven was overjoyed.

This River of the Underworld Sword was virtually a supreme treasure among King-tier weapons; once she mastered controlling it, her combat power would rise by a whole tier! More importantly—

This was a River of the Underworld Sword forged by His Majesty!

It was a symbol of status!

Seeing Chen Mo bestow the River of the Underworld Sword upon the Snow God Raven, the Frost Lion was so envious he was practically drooling.

However, he did not feel that His Majesty the Lion King was showing favoritism.

After all, the Snow God Raven had ventured into the snow domain alongside His Majesty, braving life-threatening danger; receiving His Majesty's reward was only natural.

"Roar~"

The Frost Lion sighed.

He wondered when such overwhelming fortune would finally come his way.

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Over the following period.

Besides completing his daily self-discipline challenges, Chen Mo used the resources obtained from the Green Dragon's Nest to cultivate.

Another 7 days passed.

Day 45 of 【Weapon Lion】.

After completing today's forging self-discipline challenge.

【You have completed the self-discipline challenge 【Weapon Lion】 (Blue). Equip?】 "Equip!"

With a thought from Chen Mo, he instantly felt that a great deal of forging-related knowledge had appeared in his mind.

He had a premonition that he could forge a Calamity-tier weapon right now!

【Weapon Lion】 had a total of 3 effects.

Besides the improvement in his weapon-forging skill, weapons forged from now on would have a chance to carry special effects.

Furthermore, Chen Mo could proficiently wield any weapon, and all weapon effects would receive a 50% boost.

Chen Mo could hardly wait to forge a Calamity-tier flying sword.

But before that, what was more important was the newly refreshed self-discipline challenge!

He saw that a new purple-quality Self-Discipline Challenge had appeared on the self-discipline panel.

【Great Chef Lion】(Purple)

Self-Discipline Challenge:

1. Prepare 100 servings of food with a Deliciousness Value of 60 or above every day.

2. Prepare one serving of food of Calamity-grade quality.

Title Effects:

1. Food prepared will randomly gain special effects.

2. Obtain the Kitchen God Cookbook.

3. Digestive ability improved; after tasting delicious food, spiritual power will continuously recover.

Seeing the newly refreshed Self-Discipline Challenge, Chen Mo's eyes lit up.

Although the name of this Self-Discipline Challenge was plain and unremarkable, its effects were extremely broad.

Clearly, this was a very powerful logistics-type title.

If he could obtain this self-discipline title, the efficiency of using divine medicines could be greatly improved! Many divine medicines, spiritual plants, and the flesh and blood of powerful creatures could all be prepared into various kinds of delicacies, thereby enhancing the original effects of the ingredients!

However, completing this Self-Discipline Challenge would be no small feat! Preparing Calamity-grade food was easier said than done.

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Mo ultimately chose the 【Great Chef Lion】 Self-Discipline Challenge.

The effect of 【Hypnotic Lion】 was too useless.

Moreover, a blue-quality self-discipline title was of little help to Chen Mo now.

Barring any surprises, that Self-Discipline Challenge was essentially a waste.

Although 【Great Chef Lion】's difficulty was high, he had now enjoyed a rare wave of prosperity.

Having looted quite a few divine medicines from the couple of Corrupt Green Dragons, he could still attempt to prepare a Calamity-quality poison-type dish. Anyway, he would first complete the Self-Discipline Challenge of making 100 servings of food every day, then talk.

Preparing Calamity-grade food would be left to fate.

If he could obtain Legendary-grade or even higher quality ingredients, preparing Calamity-grade food would be relatively easy.

If culinary skill wasn't enough, ingredients would make up for it!

After confirming the Self-Discipline Challenge, Chen Mo took out Calamity-grade gems such as the 【Venomous Gem】, 【Fluorescent Stone】, and 【Poison Dragon Ore】.

He prepared to attempt forging a Calamity-grade flying sword! Having obtained the 【Weapon Great Lion】 title, Chen Mo had this confidence! Silver Soul Fire surged upward; Chen Mo's control over the Soul Fire had become increasingly proficient.

4 hours later.

Looking at the flying sword within the Soul Fire before him, as green as jadeite, Chen Mo's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

Pfft!

The Soul Fire dissipated, revealing the true form of the flying sword.

This flying sword was about 2 meters long, entirely like the most perfect jadeite, and golden spirit runes flowed across the sword body.

Compared to forging King-grade weapons, forging Calamity-grade weapons required engraving spirit talismans.

These spirit talismans could greatly increase the flying sword's speed, hardness, and power!

Chen Mo had never encountered this before, but after equipping 【Weapon Great Lion】, the ability to engrave runes felt as natural as instinct! Of course, the process of engraving spirit talismans was not much different from casting spells! This flying sword seemed to possess life, constantly circling around Chen Mo.

It already possessed a preliminary spirituality! Chen Mo simply tested the flying sword's power.

The effect of 【Weapon Great Lion】 endowed these venomous flying swords with two special effects.

Namely 【Sharpness】 and 【Solid as a Rock】.

【Sharpness: Incomparably sharp; can cause an armor-piercing effect on creatures below Legendary realm.】

【Solid as a Rock: Incomparably hard; extremely difficult to destroy.】

These two traits could be said to perfectly complement the characteristics of the venomous flying sword.

The venomous flying sword originally possessed the 【Venom】 trait.

Once it inflicted damage on an enemy, it would rapidly inject venom into the enemy's body.

This venom, once it hit a creature below Legendary realm, if not promptly cleansed, would spread throughout the entire body in less than 5 seconds, followed by death by poisoning! Combined with the armor-piercing effect of 【Sharpness】, it was simply a devastating weapon! This time, the Canopy Ice Spider was thoroughly shocked.

Not long ago, it had thought that no matter what happened to this Suanni, it would be able to accept it calmly.

But the scene before it still made it gasp.

Half a day ago, the Suanni had only barely managed to forge a King-grade Sword of the Styx.

And now it had already forged a Calamity-grade venomous flying sword!!??

Could this Suanni be the reincarnation of some mythical creature? The Canopy Ice Spider thought to itself.

But soon, it rejected this guess.

"Impossible. He doesn't even know common knowledge like advancing to King and Calamity realms."

"Forget it, no point thinking about it."

The Canopy Ice Spider did not ask Chen Mo any questions.

Asking would be a waste of breath anyway. It quickly adjusted its mindset.

Such a terrifying growth rate from the Suanni was also a good thing for it! After forging the Calamity-grade venomous flying sword, Chen Mo did not stop forging weapons but ignited the Soul Fire once more.

This venomous flying sword had not consumed too many materials; the remaining spiritual materials could probably make another 7 or 8 venomous flying swords!

If possible, Chen Mo planned to forge 9 venomous flying swords to form a complete set.

His mental power was now incredibly strong; simultaneously controlling 9 flying swords was not difficult.

Moreover, the venomous flying swords already possessed preliminary spirituality and had a simple auto-targeting function.

Spending 4 days, Chen Mo used up all the remaining materials and finally succeeded in forging 8 more venomous flying swords, forming a complete set.

【Law of Heaven and Earth】【Myriad Swords Return to Origin】

These abilities from Eastern mythology, it had already mastered them all.

The revival of spiritual energy had set all life on Earth rapidly evolving, but other creatures were merely mutating, awakening abilities.

Yet Chen Mo now seemed more like he had set foot on the path of "immortal cultivation."

With these nine highly toxic flying swords, Chen Mo now dared to take on even a creature at the peak of the Calamity Realm!

But to be safe, Chen Mo still decided to consume all the resources he had plundered and raise his Transcendent level to the peak of the Calamity Realm before heading to the Snow Domain.

He was very much looking forward to the expression on the Emerald King Snake's face when it discovered it could not defeat him, and then was ruthlessly tormented by him.

He, Suanni, was an extremely vindictive one!

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Time raced by.

The pace of the spiritual energy revival was gradually accelerating.

On a global scale, two new secret realms had appeared.

But compared to the chaos of the early days, almost all regions were now very stable.

The vast majority of countries had not withstood the wave brought by the spiritual energy revival.

Apart from the Ice Lion Kingdom, only three national powers remained in the world.

Dongxia Nation, White Bear Nation, and the North American Alliance.

All other countries had already become territories of transcendent creatures.

However, besides Dongxia Nation having birthed several King Realm awakeners, White Bear Nation and the North American Alliance had each produced only a single King Realm awakener, and had still lost a great deal of territory.

The Ice Lion Kingdom, on the other hand, had entered a stage of rapid development; from all surrounding regions, humans and transcendent creatures alike continuously came to pledge allegiance, and its territory kept expanding.

Now the creatures of the Ice Lion Kingdom, whether human or beastfolk, all felt a tremendous sense of identification with the Ice Lion Kingdom.

They all felt fortunate and proud to be members of the Ice Lion Kingdom.

【Deadly Poison Lion】 Challenge, Day 16.

Indian Ocean, Guixu Sea Region.

In the dark, murky depths of the sea, a black dragon nearly a hundred meters long, covered in pitch-black scales, slowly emerged.

It had a pair of horns on its head, and its crimson dragon eyes were like two blood-red lanterns, radiating a terrifying aura.

It was none other than the avatar of the Black Abyss Dragon.

An avatar forged by nourishing it with his own essence blood and dragon soul! His strength had already reached the Calamity Realm, already the limit this world could attain! "I never expected these Sea Folk to have cultivated a spiritual plant capable of purifying Black Abyss energy!"

Gazing at the green seaweed floating in the sea above, the Heiyuanmolong's eyes revealed a trace of surprise.

The location where he was now had previously been within the range of the Black Sea, yet at this moment it had been completely purified by the Guixu Sea Folk, becoming a stretch of normal ocean.

The Heiyuanmolong avatar swallowed a stalk of purifying seaweed in one gulp and could clearly feel its effect.

Of course, what resided within his body were Black Abyss laws; these purifying seaweeds could not purify him at all! "What a pity—if only our world had discovered and cultivated this kind of seaweed back then."

The Heiyuanmolong was not originally a Black Abyss creature, but a divine dragon bearing the bloodline of the Yinglong.

It was just that one day, the Canglan Realm where he resided was struck by the Black Abyss Calamity.

A gigantic black hole appeared in the sky of the world, and countless Black Abyss creatures and Black Abyss energy poured forth from it.

In less than a month, the Canglan Realm had completely become a paradise for Black Abyss creatures.

The "indigenous inhabitants" of the Canglan Realm were almost all infected into mindless Black Abyss creatures; only a few powerful beings had fled to other worlds.

The Heiyuanmolong was one of them.

But during his escape, he was attacked by a Totem Realm Black Abyss creature.

Though he ultimately escaped with his life, he was still struck by its attack and suffered Black Abyss infection (End of this chapter)