Chapter 954

The Ten Thousand Attraction Divine Hammer let out an angry roar: "Too much talk, die! Die! Die! Die..."

This roar was not a sound, but a soul scream, vibrating outward like a shockwave.

In Arcane Arts, there is a type of sound magic that can release special frequency sound waves to attack enemies. The scream of this hammer was just like this magic, impacting everyone's soul.

Ang was indifferent, but the others had a hard time, especially Naigelis, who subconsciously covered its ears. However, this thing was not a sound; covering ears was useless. If you wanted to cover it, you had to cover your soul.

Du Luo Ken suddenly appeared in front of Naigelis, rolled up his cloak, and wrapped both himself and Naigelis inside it.

Anthony stood forward and slammed his scepter onto the ground, Boom—then slammed it again, Boom—

Rings of holy light diffused outward, canceling out the soul scream. By the time it impacted everyone, it could no longer cause much damage.

However, it was still very uncomfortable, like having amplification magic playing right next to one's ear. Anthony's face was so wrinkled it could pinch a mosquito to death.

This continued for four seconds, and the soul scream stopped abruptly. The hammer, the size of a human head, shrank to the size of a finger in a flash and was pinched in Ang's hand.

"What happened? What did you do to it? How... how did it get so thin?" Naigelis poked its head out from behind the cloak, saw that the fight seemed to be over, and asked hesitantly.

Ang said: "Lock... seal."

"Seal? Did you seal it to be this small, or did you seal it, causing it to shrink?" Naigelis asked.

There is a difference between the two. If it were the former, it would mean Ang had mastered a type of seal that could shrink matter. If it were the latter, it would mean this hammer was only this small.

Ang tilted his head and said distressingly: "I use, its power, to seal it, to shrink."

Anthony and Du Luo Ken looked at each other, obviously not understanding, but Naigelis understood: "It can do that? You used its own power of devouring to seal it to be this small? In other words, the seal is your power, but the shrinking is its power?"

Ang let out a sigh of relief and nodded vigorously.

"That is too clever. Doesn't that mean that if you don't release the seal, it will always maintain this small volume?" Naigelis asked.

Ang nodded.

"Then can it still answer questions now?" Naigelis asked.

Ang pinched the small hammer and handed it over.

Naigelis asked the small hammer: "Who are you? Why are you here?"

The small hammer let out an angry roar: "Too much talk... die."

Naigelis asked repeatedly several times, but the small hammer only let out the same roar, not at all like it had a normal consciousness.

"It's over, it's a fool. Why does it keep muttering that phrase? Did some talkative guy pee on it?" Du Luo Ken said, somewhat confused.

"So it smashed me just now because I was talking? Am I talkative? Is it sick?" Naigelis said angrily.

Anthony nodded: "Even its consciousness isn't complete; it must be sick, mentally ill."

The questioning could not continue; the small hammer simply did not have a complete consciousness and would only roar that one phrase repeatedly.

Everyone looked at this space in distress. A hammer that could change to such a size, possessed powerful devouring force, and had also smashed a Mourning Body—what was the origin of this hammer? To whom did the Black Crystal Body belong? Why was there such a powerful creation here? Were there other things nearby?

One question after another filled the hearts of Anthony and the others. Carrying these questions, they began to search the entire space.

Ang did not wander around aimlessly, but instead immediately planted a World Tree sapling, laid down culture medium around it, sprinkled seeds of the Dead Fruit Tree, and then stepped down his footprints.

The Dead Fruit Tree did not need light to grow and was one of the few crops that could grow in a lightless state. Ang discovered that the aura of death here was very rich, making it a perfect place to plant dead fruit.

With the activation of the Fast-Death Halo, the Dead Fruit Tree seeds quickly sprouted and grew, generating surging life force, which stimulated the World Tree sapling to also begin growing rapidly.

The World Tree is a very magical plant. It can not only transform the environment but also adapt to it; it is the greatest protector of life.

In this place where black crystals were everywhere and soil was pitifully scarce, the World Tree completely abandoned its original growth pattern of deep roots and giant trees, beginning to spread along the ground, extending along the gaps between the black crystals, expanding like a net.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, I haven't finished looking yet. These patterns seem to have a pattern; they are very likely a type of writing. I am summarizing the rules, don't cover them up." Naigelis had been observing intently, but just as it had a small discovery, it turned its head to see Ang already planting trees.

Ang ran over and handed the Ten Thousand Attraction Divine Hammer to it.

"Makes sense, I'll just look at it directly with the hammer. Stretching my head out like a fool, Du Luo Ken, give me a magnifying glass." Naigelis shouted in annoyance.

Of course, things like magnifying glasses were just words Naigelis used to cover its embarrassment. Its intent was more useful than a magnifying glass; no matter how small the patterns were, it could "see" them clearly. Finding patterns on the hammer was much more convenient than wandering the whole space; at least it didn't have to move its feet.

Soon, Naigelis summarized the rules of the patterns. It shouted: "I have already summarized the rules. Now there is a problem; I need a few references, otherwise I cannot deduce what these patterns represent."

For a completely unfamiliar pattern mark, if there is no reference, it would be very difficult to decipher, because you simply don't know if it is writing, a tone, or some abstract thing. If it is three horizontal lines, you think it is three, but it is actually a river; how do you translate it?

At this time, you need some references, for example, one horizontal line is one, two horizontal lines is two, three horizontal lines is three. Understood, then four horizontal lines must be four.

After knowing what four horizontal lines represent, you can connect the context, look for the rules of its appearance, and then compare them to speculate on the meaning of the next pattern mark. Once you speculate on the next character, you can connect the context, summarize the rules of the second character, and then speculate on the third character.

As more and more characters are speculated, you can come back and cross-verify to see if the previous speculations were correct, repeating this until everything is deciphered.

However, this method has a prerequisite: it requires references. The more references, the faster the deciphering.

"When people who use different languages meet, one points to the sun and says 'Sun,' and the other points to the sun and says 'Fire Basin,' then you can know that in the other person's language, 'Fire Basin' represents the sun. This is a reference." Naigelis explained what a reference is.

Ang thought for a while, condensed a ball of water, and put the small hammer inside to soak. The hammer had no reaction.

Ang then condensed a ball of fire and put the small hammer inside to burn. A mark on the hammer actually reacted.

"It reacted, it reacted. Then this mark might represent fire, heat, or fire elements." Naigelis recorded it quickly.

Ang soaked the hammer with all natural elements. Fire, lightning, and dark elements all had reactions, but it was the same mark that reacted.

"Uh, fire, earth, and dark elements all reacted, so it probably doesn't represent fire elements, but represents energy? Source? Transformation?" Naigelis hurriedly changed it.

Ang then swung the small hammer, threw it out, knocked on things, or used soul impact, soaked it in death aura, shouted loudly at it—anyway, he tried everything he could think of to act upon it, and obtained nine marks that reacted.

"Very good, with nine references, let me see if I can decipher them. This is fire, this is magnetism, fire magnetism? No, it should be energy, magnetism, electricity, weak, strong. Using the power of magnetism, electricity, weak, strong? Core, how about core? Shrink or fuse? Ang, you try fusing, good, it is fusing. Using the power of strong/weak electricity and magnetism, fuse what what, Four Forces Unifying Ten Thousand Attraction Divine Hammer..."

As Naigelis deciphered and muttered, when it muttered to this point, the Ten Thousand Attraction Divine Hammer, which had shrunk to the size of a finger, suddenly trembled violently, as if it were about to break free from Ang's seal.