Chapter 227: Plan to Build a Dwarf Forging Base

"Huh, this is heavy?"

After Su Hao grabbed it and set it beside the table, the handle of that iron hammer, he was astonished to find that with his current physique, he actually couldn't lift it.

One must know that his current physique, even among Third-Tier Supernatural beings, counts as top-notch; even some Fourth-Tier Supernatural beings with weak physiques likely have strength comparable to his.

Yet even so, he still couldn't lift that iron hammer, showing just how astonishing its weight is.

"Could it be that these dwarf ancestors were directly transmitted to the Divine Realm by the Dwarf Divine Artisan, and even their personal equipment wasn't brought along?"

Su Hao stroked his chin, revealing a thoughtful expression.

It's obvious that even Su Hao can't lift this iron hammer; it's definitely not a mundane object, and its Supernatural Grade is certainly not low.

Being able to be placed in this room by Tie Shan Yang, even if this iron hammer isn't his main weapon, it's probably one he frequently uses.

A weapon frequently used by a Fifth- or even Sixth-Tier Supernatural being, and moreover this is the personal weapon of the master craftsman Tie Shan Yang; it's likely this iron hammer has something special about it.

Immediately, Su Hao's mind stirred, and he used the Item Appraisal Technique on this iron hammer.

【Blastflame Heavy Hammer】

Supernatural Grade: Fifth Tier

Effect 1—Heavy Critical Strike: The Blastflame Heavy Hammer possesses an extremely terrifying weight; only those with strength at Supernatural Fourth Rank or above can lift it.

All enemies struck by the Blastflame Heavy Hammer will receive extra physical damage; the stronger the user's physique, the greater the added damage.

Effect 2—Blastflame Spray: After the Blastflame Heavy Hammer strikes an enemy, it then absorbs the user's physique's blood energy and, at close range, sprays scorching flames, dealing fire-attribute physical damage to the enemy.

The stronger the user's physique, the higher the temperature of the Blastflame Spray, the greater the impact force, and the stronger the destructive power caused.

Introduction: This was once Tie Shan Yang's weapon; after many years, the mark he left on it has vanished, turning it into an ownerless object.

As long as one ignites their own essence blood and leaves that pattern on the Blastflame Heavy Hammer, they can obtain the right to use it.

"Interesting, this is actually a physical Supernatural weapon entirely driven by physique."

Looking at the content displayed on the appraisal result, Su Hao slightly raised his eyebrows, showing a look of surprise.

Su Hao owns many Supernatural items, but this kind of Supernatural weapon entirely driven by physique is still the first he has encountered.

Before, he had always wondered: all Supernatural weapons are driven by mental power, so isn't the role of physique comparatively small?

Now, upon seeing the Blastflame Heavy Hammer, it turns out that among Supernatural items there is also this kind that can only be driven by physique.

Although Su Hao's physique has not yet truly reached Supernatural Fourth Rank, he cannot use this Blastflame Heavy Hammer.

However, from the content described in the appraisal result, Su Hao has a vague guess.

If nothing unexpected happens, this Blastflame Heavy Hammer that can only be driven by physique may not have as many functions as the Divine Light Heavy Axe, but its burst capability is absolutely more terrifying.

Exactly how it will be, we'll have to wait until Su Hao's physique reaches Supernatural Fourth Rank and he personally tests it to know.

However, that day is not too far off.

It doesn't require Su Hao's Supernatural Grade to rise; just wait for the Synthesis Heart's proficiency to reach perfection, then wait for the Black Dragon Heart, Bulging Muscles, and other Supernatural items to finish replication.

After Su Hao synthesizes and consumes them, not to mention reaching Supernatural Fifth Rank, achieving Supernatural Fourth Rank is absolutely no problem.

Moreover, he can also obtain a Dragon Race talent and the ability of Bulging Muscles to freely expand and shrink.

If that ability to expand and shrink could be applied to the Blastflame Heavy Hammer, the scene…

Just thinking about it is exhilarating!

Of course, after the Synthesis Heart's proficiency reaches perfection, one can also choose to synthesize the Blastflame Heavy Hammer to make its power even greater.

However, these are matters for later; for now, the first thing to do is to quickly raise the proficiency of the Synthesis Heart.

"Good thing I have a Lightweight Storage Bag; otherwise, I probably couldn't carry this Blastflame Heavy Hammer away."

Su Hao hefted the heavy Lightweight Storage Bag in his hand, involuntarily uttering a sigh.

One must know that the Lightweight Storage Bag can greatly reduce the weight of items stored within it.

But even so, after storing the Blastflame Heavy Hammer, the Lightweight Storage Bag becomes extremely heavy; if replaced with an ordinary storage bag, even if Su Hao could lift it, his movements would become extremely difficult.

He didn't tell Tie Guda and the others the Supernatural Grade and effects of this iron hammer.

He has no intention of trading away such a good thing.

Moreover, even if he wanted to trade it away, the dwarves' physiques couldn't use it at all, let alone spending a huge cost to trade it back.

Tie Guda and the others were also quite perceptive, had the intention to inquire, and remained immersed in the forging techniques recorded in those books.

Afterward, Su Hao continued to examine the other items in the room.

Unfortunately, the wooden rack and desk have little value; their only function is being sturdy and wear-resistant, so even after thousands of years they would suffer no damage.

On the contrary, that iron plate inscribed with the dwarven ancient language surprised Su Hao greatly.

【Fifth Tier Eternal Alloy】

Supernatural Grade: Fifth Tier

Effect: Eternal Alloy is a special alloy personally designed by the Dwarf Divine Artisan and forged by a master craftsman of the dwarf race.

Attacks below Supernatural Grade Fifth Tier cannot leave any scratches on it; equipment forged from Eternal Alloy can have greater stability and hardness.

However, note that only with a specific method can it be melted and forged.

Introduction: This material was developed by the Dwarf Divine Artisan for forging a certain divine artifact; although this piece of Eternal Alloy is just a scrap, its toughness is still top-notch among all Fifth-Tier materials.

"Eternal Alloy? Could it be that the divine artifact the Dwarf Divine Artisan uses to connect with other worlds is forged from high-grade Eternal Alloy?" Su Hao stroked his chin; if the fact is indeed so, then this divine artifact might still exist somewhere in this world, and perhaps it records the truth of how this world formed.

Merely what this divine artifact looks like and its specific functions, Su Hao completely does not know.

Trying to infer the location of this divine artifact solely from the information of Eternal Alloy is obviously impossible.

To find this divine artifact and learn the truth of the world's formation, one must still undergo continual exploration.

However, as for how to process and use this piece of Eternal Alloy, Su Hao does have a method: using the Synthesis Heart to synthesize it.

However, this piece of Eternal Alloy is a Supernatural Grade Fifth-Tier item; wanting to synthesize it likewise requires waiting until the Synthesis Heart's proficiency reaches perfection.

As Su Hao put this piece of eternal alloy, as well as the tables, chairs, and bookshelves, all into his Storage Bag, there was nothing else of value left in the room.

He then took Iron Lump's people and left the room, returning to the Giant Gongdian on the ground.

Since the crystal giant's corpse had not yet been fully refined, and with the time now approaching midnight, the usage count of the Synthesis Heart was about to refresh.

Thus, Su Hao had Iron Lump and the others go back first, making them copy the contents of those books and return the originals to him.

Although Su Hao currently lacks skilled smiths, the techniques recorded in these books remain a tremendous wealth.

Perhaps they might prove useful in the future, so it's better to keep these books in his own hands.

Moreover, this is certainly not a peaceful world now.

If he were to leave these books in Iron Lump's hands, then after he departed, should they encounter fallen creatures or undead attacks, those books would likely be lost.

「No good, no good, in the future I will still need to rely on these dwarves to help mine and forge supernatural equipment; if they really die, that would be a huge loss. 」

Thinking this through, Su Hao immediately made his decision: he would stay in the Airen Buluo for another half day, summon a squad of pale undead troops for them, and then leave.

It doesn't take much; having a few hundred or a thousand pale undead creatures would be enough to ensure the dwarves' safety.

Anyway, summoning pale undead creatures essentially costs Su Hao nothing.

Moreover, undead creatures have no numerical limit, so sending a squad to garrison this dwarven tribe poses no difficulty at all.

Furthermore, one must guard against people's hearts; with a pair of pale undead armies stationed there, there's no need to worry about the dwarves harboring rebellious thoughts.

Having made up his mind, Su Hao no longer hesitated; he immediately summoned four pale bone claws, refined them into pale bone beads, and used them to summon pale skeleton warriors and pale skeleton mages.

As for pale skeleton warhorses, Su Hao had no intention of summoning them anyway, since pale skeleton warriors and mages can also summon skeleton warhorses; all that's needed is for Iron Lump and the others to prepare some corpses in advance.

Su Hao planned to summon about ten pale bone dragons for suppressing formations and aerial combat.

However, Su Hao did not intend to assign such an army to every dwarven tribe.

First, doing so would be too troublesome; although summoning a great army of pale undead beings basically costs nothing, the summoning process still consumes mental energy, making it an exhausting task.

If he were to assign such an army to every dwarven tribe, he would have to summon several million, even tens of millions of pale undead beings, which would be utterly exhausting.

Second, the reason for assigning these dwarves a great army of pale beings is to protect their lives and property.

That is to conduct trade with the dwarves, having them help mine and forge supernatural equipment for him.

If the dwarven tribe is far from his territory, even if they can equally help forge equipment, transportation would become a major problem.

Even if the communication bracelet has a trading module enabling remote trade, it still consumes a large amount of energy.

The mechanism of the trading module is that the higher the value of the traded items and the greater the distance between the parties, the more energy is consumed.

If it's face-to-face trading of ordinary items that don't even reach Supernatural Grade, that consumption can basically be ignored.

But if conducting long-distance trade of large quantities of First Rank and Second Rank supernatural items, the required energy consumption would be enormous.

Take, for example, the black iron, copper, and silver ores involved in this trade; if the trading module were used for remote trade, the estimated consumption of energy crystals would be tens of thousands, even dozens of thousands of units.

Therefore, according to Su Hao's plan, he intends to turn Iron Lump's dwarven tribe into a base dedicated to forging supernatural equipment.

He will bring all dwarven craftsmen from around the world here, with him responsible for the security of this forging factory.

If he can obtain the blueprints for a mechanical vehicle manufacturing factory and mass-produce such vehicles, Su Hao can also send personnel to fetch and bring dwarven craftsmen from around the world.

If the dwarven tribe is willing to abandon its original capital, relocate to this forging factory, and rebuild a new dwarven kingdom, Su Hao would have no objection; in fact, he would be even more pleased to see this happen.

By placing the dwarven tribe on the border of his own territory, no matter how much their strength grows in the future, they will never escape his control.

Even if the dwarves one day clear their debts, as long as the dwarves remain on the border of his territory, Su Hao is fully confident he can maintain a cooperative relationship with them and have them continue to serve him.

The people I have painstakingly cultivated—if you let them slip from my control, wouldn't that make me look foolish? As for how to keep the dwarves always serving me, that will depend on their attitude.

Afterward, Su Hao simultaneously summoned pale undead beings and arranged for pale skeleton warriors and mages to clean the battlefield, bringing all ordinary crystal monster corpses inside to refine them one by one.

After about three hours, all those ordinary crystal monster corpses had been fully refined.

After refining the corpses of those ordinary crystal monsters, a total of two types of items were obtained.

One is a blue crystal roughly the size of an adult's fist, called a crystal core.

It can serve as a material for forging supernatural equipment, making the forged equipment much stronger and harder to break.

The crystal core can also function as a special energy crystal to power other items; its internal energy total exceeds that of ordinary energy crystals, allowing it to provide more power.

Most importantly, it is not a one-time-use supernatural item.

After the crystal core's energy is exhausted, it can slowly recover by absorbing ambient free energy from the air, though this recovery speed is not fast.

Then, after about another hour, Su Hao had summoned six hundred pale skeleton warriors, four hundred pale skeleton mages, and ten pale bone dragons at his side—these constitute the garrison for Iron Lump's tribe.

Meanwhile, the blood-red light that had been wrapped around the crystal giant began to gradually dissipate, completing this refinement.

(End of chapter)