Crafting weapons has never been Gu Yuan's forte.
But at this point, it was the only option left!
If Gu Yuan doesn't forcibly refine this Fire Shield and replenish it with other Tier 1 materials to boost its spiritual power, then he will have no chance of winning.
Even the Black Earth Statue was a tough nut to crack for Gu Yuan at this moment.
Therefore, even if it means the destruction of the Fire Shield or the loss of one-tenth of the spiritual energy it contained, Gu Yuan is willing to gamble!
As for the art of weapon forging, Gu Yuan has never experienced the destruction of his spiritual root and its replacement with other miscellaneous spiritual roots in his life, so naturally he does not have the "fire spiritual root" that is essential for weapon forging.
That's why we need to use the body of this magma tiger, even though the magma tiger is dead and its body is almost completely destroyed.
However, it still has value.
Using the remaining fire elemental energy and the few second-tier inner cores as a catalyst.
Gu Yuan successfully drew out the spiritual energy within, using tiger skin and tiger bones as the main materials and earthen materials as the guide, to build a very simple "refining pot"!
"Shang Gongji, if you trust me, then unleash your fire blade with all your might this way!"
Ignoring everything else, Gu Yuan asked Shanggong Ji for help.
Shang Gongji, who had just escaped another round of continuous attacks from the Iron Man Evil, was still out of breath when he saw that Gu Yuan had actually built such a strange thing, and that he had to expend his remaining fire-elemental spiritual power.
I was naturally furious, but there was nothing I could do.
"Gu Yuan...you'd better really have a way!"
Shang Gongji didn't have time to question Gu Yuan's methods. A burst of firelight shot out from the fire-storing blade and directly into the "refining pot"!
Seeing that the bottom of the refining pot was warm, Gu Yuan threw the Fire Edge Shield and all the Thunder Dao materials into it. As if afraid that it wasn't enough, he also threw in a bone sword and a bone knife.
There was no trace of heartache in Gu Yuan's eyes; instead, there was a chilling focus.
The Black Earth Statue seemed to have discovered Gu Yuan's treacherous actions. Just in case, it decided to stop absorbing the students within its body and kill Gu Yuan first.
At this moment, Gu Yuan had already entered a state of focus, with spiritual energy continuously flowing from his palms and surging into the refining cauldron.
Relying on his experience from his previous life, even with severely insufficient conditions and materials, Gu Yuan was still confident that he could reforge the Fire Edge Shield!
The black earth statue did not intend to give Gu Yuan a chance to try. It condensed a black earth spear and thrust it straight at Gu Yuan!
Shanggong Ji, who was still entangled with the Iron Man in the distance, was powerless to help even if he wanted to.
"careful!"
At this critical moment, the black soil statue suddenly convulsed violently!
The black earth spear that was about to hit Gu Yuan stopped in mid-air.
The next moment, the body of the black earth statue began to twitch, twist, and change into various strange shapes, as if something wanted to burst out of the black earth statue's body.
"Who...who is it? Is it you, Li Shubo?!"
Uemiya Ji hurriedly shouted, and the entity that was causing trouble inside the black earth statue seemed to become even more energetic after hearing Uemiya Ji's voice.
Black Earth Statue had no choice but to abandon its attack on Gu Yuan for the time being and deal with the guy who had absorbed most of its contents first.
Gu Yuan and Shanggong Ji already understood.
That's Li Shubo.
Although it is unknown what methods Li Shubo used, it seems that he temporarily survived inside the Black Earth Statue.
only....
It doesn't look like it can last much longer.
Meanwhile, things weren't going smoothly for Gu Yuan either.
Although the black soil spear hadn't distracted Gu Yuan, the sudden surge of evil energy still disrupted the balance in the pot!
Just as Gu Yuan raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself that something was wrong, the entire refining pot showed signs of cracking and bursting open.
"This...it's a failure?"
Uemura Ji was almost in despair.
I was so stupid. How could I place my hopes on a student from humble beginnings?
Gu Yuan, however, was still doing his best to protect the refining pot, even though the fire inside and the materials had already melted and been destroyed.
However, no spiritual energy was poured into the Fire Shield, and some cracks and signs of melting appeared on the shield.
Gu Yuan gritted his teeth. He had no talent for fire magic and could not accurately control the temperature and timing. Otherwise, how could he have fallen into such a predicament!
Seeing that most of the ingredients in the pot had been ruined, Gu Yuan did not hesitate at all.
Discard it directly!
The essence formed from the materials of the Thunder Path and Earth Path was expelled by Gu Yuan like garbage. If other cultivators were present, they would definitely glare and slap their thighs, cursing him as a spendthrift.
Gu Yuan took a deep breath and mentally recalculated the refining process once again.
The defeat just now was already a foregone conclusion. Even without the interference of the Black Soil Statue, there was still a greater than 50% chance of failure!
The reason is simple: the flame provided by Shanggong Ji was just a first-order ordinary spiritual flame.
Moreover, it wasn't Gu Yuan's spiritual fire, so firstly, it couldn't provide a stable supply, and secondly, it couldn't sense the temperature inside the pot.
Unless Gu Yuan is given several chances, success will depend heavily on luck.
Gu Yuan has never liked leaving one's fate to luck!
Since it can't be refined...
Let's go all out!
Gu Yuan suddenly slapped the refining pot, causing numerous cracks to appear on it.
The heat and the essence of the previous materials flowed along the cracks throughout the entire refining pot!
If you're going to do something, go all the way.
Since it cannot be refined, then let's just refine it again and melt this second-tier magic weapon into a more suitable first-tier magic weapon.
If he were to reforge it into a first-tier magic weapon, Gu Yuan would have countless formulas to choose from.
As for the materials...
"Shang Gongji, you don't want to die such a miserable death, do you? Give me the materials you have!"
"you...."
"If we win, you can choose all the spoils from those two evil creatures first!"
Gu Yuan shouted, "You can definitely tell which is more important, the materials for second-tier evil artifacts or first-tier materials."
Just as Shang Gongji was about to speak, he was struck several times by the iron-man evil creature, and his once white teeth were now stained red with blood.
"Fine, fine... You'll just stay here even if you die, so you're getting off easy!"
After saying that, Shanggong Ji tossed his storage ring over. Gu Yuan didn't even look at it and dumped out everything in the storage ring.
The materials this time were more varied and chaotic than before.
Even so, Gu Yuan still had several good recipes, which he had accumulated over thousands of years in his previous life.
At this moment, the materials in Gu Yuan's hands cover the five elements and eight different attributes: wind, thunder, and darkness.
But Gu Yuan's face showed no sign of panic; instead, it displayed a calm confidence that he was determined to win!
Gu Yuan had a premonition that this furnace would surely be successful.
At this moment, Shanggong Ji took out another storage ring from his pocket. This storage ring contained the last remaining healing medicine and a few spirit stones.
With these resources, Shang Gongji can barely hold on for a little longer.
But he couldn't hold on for long. The gap between a first-tier cultivator and a second-tier evil creature was like an insurmountable chasm, making Shang Gongji feel so powerless for the first time in his life.