103: Chapter 103 The Chaos Cube

The value of a divine artifact embryo is extremely high.

This is because it not only requires a rare metal called "soul gold," but also demands extremely high forging skills.

In the entire Federation, there are no more than ten factions with the technology and capability to produce divine artifact embryos.

"soul gold" is a precious resource strictly controlled by the Federation. Every plane or mineral planet capable of mining soul gold is guarded by at least a Main God-level powerhouse.

"With the Chen family's scale, they might not be able to trade for a single complete piece of soul gold even in three hundred years."

Returning home, Chen Mo placed the fist-sized lump of silver metal in his hand.

Just as he had felt before, this lump of metal was alive.

Chen Mo didn't even need to move his hands; he only had to project his will onto the metal, and it would change into different shapes according to his needs.

Before the discovery of the miraculous metal "soul gold..."

The deities of the Main World could only slowly refine various heavenly treasures after achieving true godhood.

This took as little as a few hundred years or as long as several thousand years.

Not only was it time-consuming, but the quality of the divine artifacts was also inconsistent.

But the appearance of soul gold directly changed this situation.

"I've been curious ever since I transmigrated—having changed bodies, will the form of my life-bound divine artifact change?"

Staring at the soul gold in his hand, Chen Mo's eyes were full of expectation.

The reason soul gold is so precious is that it can create the most suitable divine artifact prototype based on the user's own characteristics.

In his past life, Chen Mo's life-bound divine artifact was a longsword, which was very common among players.

"I'll know once I try."

A sharp light flashed in Chen Mo's eyes as a steady stream of divine soul power began to pour into the soul gold in his hand.

It squirmed and deformed.

Before long, the soul gold before him had completed its basic shaping, but Chen Mo's expression became incredibly strange at that moment.

"Wait, where's my sword? Where's my 'God-Slaying Buddha-Slaughtering Demon-Suppressing Sword'?"

Looking at the square "brick" in his hand, the corner of Chen Mo's mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Actually, calling this thing a brick was indeed a bit insulting.

Compared to a brick, it looked more like a metal Rubik's Cube engraved with countless fine lines.

Nineteen horizontal and nineteen vertical lines; each face was divided into 361 small squares.

"Refine!"

Although the shape of the divine artifact prototype was very strange, it had already taken form, so Chen Mo could only bite the bullet and continue refining it.

In an instant, a continuous flow of divine power surged toward the metal Rubik's Cube.

The originally silver-white soul gold was dyed a brilliant gold by the divine power at this moment.

"Merge."

Chen Mo took out another item—it was exactly the plane core fragment that Chen Xueli had given him.

In terms of quality, this fragment was inferior to the one the Blue Cave had given him, but the Plane Power contained within was also not to be underestimated.

"Crackle, crackle..."

The extremely hard core fragment rapidly cracked under the pressure of the soul gold.

A steady stream of Plane Power poured out, being swallowed by the metal Rubik's Cube along with the divine power.

This process repeated, and in the blink of an eye, nearly three hours had passed.

"One hundred thousand divine power already."

Chen Mo gritted his teeth, looking at the increasingly dazzling golden Rubik's Cube before him with some alarm.

In his past life, when he refined his life-bound divine artifact prototype, he had only spent a little over twenty thousand divine power; most players were the same.

Undoubtedly, the more divine power consumed during the initial refinement, the higher the potential of the divine artifact—this was an iron rule verified by countless deities.

But Chen Mo had never heard of anyone consuming over one hundred thousand divine power during the initial refinement, and it looked like this was far from its limit.

"I want to see just how much you can eat."

Chen Mo increased the output of divine power again. Although he was grumbling, he was actually overjoyed in his heart.

He wished the golden Rubik's Cube would eat more, preferably draining his entire divine power reserve.

But as time passed minute by minute, Chen Mo's smile began to fade.

"No way, two hundred thousand divine power... is it going to suck me dry?"

Chen Mo looked at the golden Rubik's Cube, which still hadn't been "satisfied," in disbelief.

Just as he was starting to feel that things were going wrong, a mysterious and profound sensation suddenly hit him.

Chen Mo frowned secretly, but he still manifested his godhead crystal.

Without him needing to do anything, the godhead crystal actively crashed into the Rubik's Cube.

And the notification sound from the interface rang in Chen Mo's ears.

"Ding! Refinement complete. You have obtained the life-bound divine artifact: chaos cube (Incomplete 1/4)."

"chaos cube?"

Chen Mo's heart jolted, and he quickly opened the "Life-bound Divine Artifact" section in his character panel.

Name: chaos cube (Incomplete 1/4)

Level: Divine Artifact Prototype (Rank 1)

[Blessing of Nurgle]

Effect 1: Spreading plagues and calamities can produce a small amount of Chaos Essence.

Effect 2: Imitation · Hand of Chaos, one of the four artifacts of chaos.

[Blessing of Tzeentch] (Missing status, locked)

[Blessing of Khorne] (Missing status, locked)

[Blessing of Slaanesh] (Missing status, locked)

"This..."

After reading the description, Chen Mo fell into a long silence.

Was the chaos cube not strong?

No, Chen Mo had never seen a stronger divine artifact prototype, but...

After a long while, Chen Mo let out a long breath and reached out to grasp the pitch-black Rubik's Cube, which had lost its golden glow.

A dark light flashed.

The Rubik's Cube had transformed into a pair of pitch-black gloves imprinted with complex magic runes. Even Chen Mo, the owner, felt slightly uncomfortable with the ominous aura constantly emanating from the gloves.

Name: Imitation · Hand of Chaos (Rank 1)

Description: One of the four artifacts of chaos. The wearer ignores any tracking, divination, or curses.

[Note: All who gaze into the Chaos shall be corrupted by the Chaos.]

Basic Effect (Rank 1): All attributes +10, Divine Spell power +10%

"four artifacts of chaos?"

Chen Mo's eyebrows twitched slightly. Countless red threads instantly gathered in his hand, transforming into a crimson spear covered in dragon scales.

Rank 3 Fusion Divine Spell: Blood Dragon God-Slaying Spear. Yes, as Chen Mo's understanding of the Law of Blood and the Law of Death deepened, this Rank 2 fusion divine spell he created had already risen to Rank 3 level. But even so...

"Clang!"

A crisp sound rang out, and Chen Mo's pupils constricted slightly.

At this moment, only a faint dent appeared on the Hand of Chaos, and it was rapidly repairing itself.

After a moment of hesitation, Chen Mo did not continue. The gloves disappeared from his hands, turning back into the Rubik's Cube form.

Inside the Rubik's Cube, a pale purple crystal was shining brightly—it was his godhead crystal.

Seeing this, the last bit of luck in Chen Mo's heart vanished completely.

At this point, he was almost certain that the godhead he brought to this world must hide a portion of the authority that originally belonged to Nurgle, or rather, Chaos.

Although he couldn't determine if the Nurgle of this world was missing that part of authority, one thing was certain.

That is, once discovered by the other party...

He, Chen Mo!

Would 100% be treated as the most delicious snack or the perfect vessel for descending into the Main World.

No... not just Nurgle.

The other three would likely choose to do the same.

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