Chapter 401: The Divine Hammer in Hand

"Um…"

The electric current instantly touched the hammer's handle and Lei En's hand, delivering a numbing sensation.

But it was only numbness, no pain like last time; the lightning form gave him extremely high resistance, so ordinary lightning could no longer harm him.

After pausing for a few seconds, Lei En waited until he adapted to the current, then began to push upward with both hands.

Buzz—, the war hammer left the groove and he lifted it easily.

"This is much easier than I expected."

A thought flashed through Lei En's mind, and the next second a massive rune formation, a hundred meters in diameter, buzzed, its etched lines glowing, energy flowing as the formation ran at full power, the entire treasure vault trembling, dust falling from above as if an earthquake struck the fortress.

The Thunder God's Hammer in his hand resonated, erupting with dazzling golden lightning.

Each bolt was as thick as an arm, containing terrifying power, numbering in the hundreds, so dense they almost formed a substance, instantly engulfing Lei En's body.

"Sss—…"

Lei En inhaled a cold breath, finally feeling pain.

His light armor melted into molten iron after only a few seconds under the current, leaving only half of his dragon‑scale trousers. The blood‑red cloak behind him took effect, offsetting half the electric damage; this epic‑quality cloak was tough, withstood the test, fluttered in the lightning with a rustling sound, showing no damage.

Lightning struck his skin, forming a layer of iridescent scales, ultimately reducing the damage to a tolerable level.

"It's… okay."

Lei En felt very satisfied; compared to his self at third‑rank Wizard, his resistance was now far higher.

Even without the lightning form, the lightning emitted by the war hammer could hardly harm him; it just couldn't pull the hammer away.

He thought, and the lightning form was activated.

A current surged from within, flowing along the handle into it. Though its power was far weaker than the golden lightning and seemed insignificant, its effect was immediate; the golden lightning dimmed instantly, the two currents tangled together and held steady.

Lei En controlled the current, pushing it step by step inside the handle toward the hammer head.

The octagonal handle bore diamond‑shaped anti‑slip patterns; each groove was filled with fine runes, lighting up when the current passed, forming a conspicuous halo.

Lei En focused, using spiritual energy to push the electric halo forward.

The halo, empowered by the handle's runes, gradually formed his unique soul imprint, countless rune phantoms swirling around him, a spectacular sight.

Minutes and seconds passed.

The halo drew nearer to the hammer head, the runes grew denser, yet its advance slowed.

Lei En spread his feet, standing steady like an iron tower, holding the war hammer aloft without moving; he opened his phone screen, glanced, and saw that in these few minutes he had drained nearly ten units of energy, down to about 27%, and it wasn't over yet.

"So it takes this much spiritual energy."

He muttered, grateful that he only reached this after ascending to Legend Grade, otherwise he couldn't afford the cost. It seems not using shortcuts was right; otherwise the effort would be wasted.

A few more minutes passed, the energy fell below 20%, but the halo was also very close to the hammer head.

Thousands of rune phantoms, like a sky full of stars, fluttered in the treasure vault, dispelling darkness; each rune burst with electric light, a magnificent sight.

Lei En's body was almost covered by the runes.

The war hammer in his hand grew brighter, his hands seeming to cradle a small golden sun.

Finally, the halo reached its limit, touching the hammer head; all the floating runes suddenly recoiled, like birds returning to their nest, the light converging to a point, forming a mysterious cross‑lightning rune that instantly merged into the hammer head, penetrating deep into the war hammer.

The lightning rune bore Lei En's soul imprint, allowing him to sense changes inside the war hammer.

In fact, the metal's feel also let him gauge the hammer's condition.

That rune, bearing his soul imprint, entered from the eyes of the dwarf statues on both sides of the hammer head; within the war hammer forged from void‑falling star steel lay a cavity housing a pigeon‑egg‑sized strange gem.

The soul imprint merged into the gem, vanishing.

But Lei En's perception remained; in an instant, countless pieces of information about the Thunder God's Hammer streamed back into his mind.

He instantly attained insight and released his hands.

All the lightning subsided, and the treasure vault and ground rune formation ceased trembling.

The Thunder God's Hammer, however, did not fall.

It hovered mid‑air, its surface showing no trace of lightning or magical flux, yet it stayed steady, quiet, as if held aloft by an invisible hand.

"Success!"

Lei En felt boundless joy, unsure how to express it.

This Legend Grade war hammer, touted as the strongest weapon beneath the divine artifacts, was finally obtained by him.

He thought, and the Thunder God's Hammer instantly accelerated, soaring through the treasure vault, spiraling around him in ever‑faster circles, a blur a few meters long. The hammer head sliced the air, creating a visible gust, lightning flashing, Boom—, the vault shaking again as if a twelve‑grade hurricane erupted.

The high‑speed war hammer suddenly veered, shooting toward Lei En like lightning.

Whoosh!

A sharp screech, the Thunder God's Hammer slammed on an abrupt brake, stopping before Lei En, just a few centimeters shy of hitting his nose.

Lei En's expression remained unchanged, for all of this was under his control.

After the soul imprint fused with the Thunder God's Hammer, the war hammer became his third hand, moving like an arm, each action his own command.

Of course, all this consumes spiritual energy.

The war hammer whirled dozens of times at high speed in the vault, Lei En's energy continuously draining; the faster it flew, the quicker the energy dropped, making him a huge power consumer.

But it was all worth it.

Lei En reached out and grasped the hovering Thunder God's Hammer; a strange sensation returned, but this time it was different, no longer unfamiliar, more like an extension of his own body.

He now understood the enchantments, powers, and usage of the Thunder God's Hammer.

First are the auxiliary spells, unlimited in casts: Summon Thunder Technique, Chain Lightning, Lightning Wave, and Thundercloud Storm; activating them requires only spiritual energy to guide, then release, with the spell's strength determined by the hammer's owner.

Among them, Thundercloud Storm has the greatest power and range, already a seven‑tier spell.

And the Thunder God's Hammer can boost it to eight‑tier!

Summon Thunder Technique ranges from two‑tier to five‑tier, Chain Lightning from three‑tier to six‑tier, Lightning Wave from four‑tier to seven‑tier, all at the user's discretion.

All spell energy derives from the gem inside the war hammer, called the Storm Stone.

This is one of the rarest gems in the world, its value incalculable, and it comes from the former dwarf god Mo La Ding's collection.

The Thunder God's Hammer releases lightning from this gem with each strike.

The stronger the war hammer swings, the more astonishing the lightning's power, which is the same as the Thunderbolt Hammer's thunderous heavy strike, only stronger and called "Ten Thousand Tons of Thunder". In fact, the Thunderbolt Hammer is a knock‑off of the Thunder God's Hammer; its several enchantments are copied, but in a fully weakened and incomplete version.

The Thunder God's Hammer's most powerful enchantment is "Thunder God's Fury", which is also the source of its name.

The war hammer's full name is "Thunder God's Fury, the Skull‑breaker's Cursed Hammer", but people habitually shorten it to Thunder God's Hammer.

Thunder God's Fury is the war hammer's only ability with a usage limit, once per day.

It can unleash a massive burst of the thunder power stored in the divine stone onto the war hammer's bearer, forming a Thunder Armor with extremely high strength amplification and defense, granting affinity equal to the legendary element "Lord of Thunder", tripling the potency of thunder spells, and during its duration the user has virtually inexhaustible soul power!

When Lei En saw the effect of Thunder God's Fury, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

This is another legendary element!

Moreover, the war hammer is forged from Voidfall Steel and weighs 10,800 pounds.

This is an astonishing weight; even with Lei En's tenth‑level strength, swinging it is a bit taxing. He hasn't tested his strength limit, but estimates he could lift several hundred thousand pounds without issue.

However, being able to lift ten thousand pounds is a completely different concept from swinging a ten‑thousand‑pound weapon.

Voidfall Steel possesses a highly unusual property: when combined with rune enchantments, injecting energy or any form of soul power, mana, or element can alter its weight, making it lighter or heavier. In fact, its mass does not change; the weight is merely redistributed into the surrounding Void or gathered from Void's power, creating a unique effect.

The Thunder God's Hammer exploits this trait to the utmost.

Through the war hammer's internal rune sigils, adjusting the magnitude of energy controls its weight change, making it as light as a feather or heavier than a mountain!

In its lightest state, the Thunder God's Hammer is like a needle.

Lei En draws back the thunder power within the war hammer, and instantly the weight in his hand lightens rapidly, until it feels as if it were nothing.

He lets go, puffs his cheeks and blows, and astonishingly sends the war hammer flying in a single breath.

The war hammer flies back, lands in his hand, infused with thunder power, this time becoming heavy; gradually it feels like supporting a mountain, and finally it can no longer hold, dropping with a thud that dents the solid forge platform, causing the entire treasure vault to tremble.

Lei En watches, clicking his tongue in amazement.

Although the war hammer becomes too heavy for him to lift or fly with, he can suddenly make it heavy when striking an enemy to crush, and even if he throws it outright, few could withstand it.

Moreover, he can remotely make the war hammer light again, sending it back flying.

Lei En picks up the war hammer, and a surge of excitement rises in his chest.

With this Thunder God's Hammer, below the Holy Soul level, he can hardly have any opponent.

Perhaps a Legendary High-rank could still be challenged, and Legendary Low-rank and Mid-stage—one hammer could kill a child, that's no problem at all.

And with a Holy Soul Wizard backing him, as long as he doesn't provoke demi‑gods or Abyssal Lords of that caliber, he can stride across Ai Lun E Si with ease.

Having been transmigrated into this world for almost three years, Lei En finally feels safe.

At this moment, he wants to raise the war hammer and shout, "With the divine hammer in hand, the world is mine!"

But that's too cheesy, and with no one around he feels embarrassed to shout it.

After finally calming his excitement, Lei En looks down at the forge platform, crouches and feels around, finding a hidden small piece of Voidfall Steel within the platform; it is precisely because of this that the Thunder God's Hammer, after losing its bearer, can traverse the Void and return to the vault where it was forged.

If this piece of metal is destroyed, the Thunder God's Hammer will lose its home forever, forever wandering outside.

Lei En feels a selfish greed arise, turns to scan the vault walls, where reliefs depict the dwarves' past glory, and finally abandons the thought.

If he were to meet an accident and his fate were sealed, then let the Thunder God's Hammer return to await its new master.

The previous bearers of the Thunder God's Hammer likely shared the same mindset.

Lei En stands up and casts one last glance at the vault.

He lifts the Thunder God's Hammer, and the war hammer rockets upward at breakneck speed; as it nears the vault's dome, a boom— the hammerhead tears the Void ahead, slipping through and vanishing.

The war hammer flies at high speed within the Ethereal Plane.

This is another ability: it can break the Void at will, slipping between the Ethereal Plane that overlaps the Prime Material Plane and the Shadow Plane, even hiding in the cracks between planes, concealing its trail, moving freely, almost impossible to be discovered.

While flying, Lei En's soul power continuously drains.

One minute later, the outline of a city appears before his eyes, having broken through the underground fortress, so he exits the Ethereal Plane and appears above Longshande.

This hammer debuted in chapter 109 and was obtained in chapter 383; that was no easy feat... but the novel's title comes from it, so it serves as a fitting hint.

(End of Chapter)