348: Chapter 348 [Donghualijin], Yandi Legion, Seventh Layer of the Forest Fire Illusion Sea

Over the subsequent distance, even with evasion it would be difficult to escape, arguably being a notch faster than escape light.

Right now, another divine weapon Law was being nurtured; once it stepped into the Sixth Revolution Perfection, there would naturally come a time for it to emerge into the world.

Seeing that the Flying Sword had already absorbed the newly added fifth kind, [Donghuali Gold], Wang An manipulated the Flying Sword to enter the clear, cold well water nearby.

This patch of clear, cold well water was a rare spiritual object condensed from the collection and convergence of the pure Qi of the Nine Heavens, prepared specifically for quenching and forging shapes.

"Hiss—"

As the high-temperature Flying Sword came into contact with the cold water of the Nine Heavens, the original gaseous state of the Gold Qi and Sword Qi transformed into a solid metal entity.

And that was not all; another Law manifested on the dark-gray Flying Sword.

Aside from the Nine Heavens Clear Cloud Sword Qi, a profound Sword Qi divine weapon Law, as if it could crush mountains and shatter rivers of stars, was hidden within.

Wang An used his Divine Power to lift the Flying Sword and placed it back onto the forging stove. His right hand condensed the forging Law of Sword Edge Gold, gathering his entire body's essence, Qi, and spirit to smash down.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

Short and swift sounds of forging resounded.

Understandings concerning the Dao of Metal-attribute weapons and swords were hammered into the Flying Sword over and over again.

Before long, the Thunder Girl returned, standing in the distance to observe while asking a question.

"Grand Master, should we make preparations early? If the major divine courts do not allow us to exist, there might be a fierce battle to fight."

The Thunder Girl's inquiry could not interfere with Wang An's weapon-refining process in the slightest. He merely transmitted information with a single thought.

"Select suitable ones from the newly joined living beings, and many primary-stage living beings can also be bestowed with the Opportunity for advancement, training the war legion step by step."

"I shall pass on to you a method of battle arrays to be handed over to several divine generals to command."

After receiving a massive amount of information, the Thunder Girl froze slightly before departing with joy.

Following the departure of True God Rongyan, he headed directly toward the inner seventh concentric circle of the Bohai Campaign, where the Innate Divine Heaven possessed a small fortress.

Relying on this fortress, it could contact even stronger figures wandering within the divine heavens of the Only True Realm. Such a change that altered the situation of a regional area was something the divine heavens also had to participate in.

Meanwhile, the Exploration Team from the three major divine courts, which had long heard that a divine city was being forged here, had remained to observe.

They discovered that Qiudi Divine City was now heavily recruiting exotic beasts under its command, and using that transformation method to slowly assimilate them, shaping a unique factional attribute.

To the major divine courts, this was no different from the precursor to the rise of a new faction.

Having confirmed the inclination of Qiudi Divine City, the Exploration Team dispatched members at the very first moment to return to the divine courts and report the news.

Time ticked away. After Qiudi Divine City issued its conscription order, its generous benefits immediately attracted many exotic beast True Gods who lacked a Legacy and possessed weaker factions to sign up.

"Once you become a divine soldier of the divine city, you will be outfitted with a set of divine soldier battle halberds and armor, as well as a stipend, pure flame crystals, Spirit Medicine, and cultivation guidance."

To the disaster domain exotic beasts who were still drinking blood and devouring raw meat, every single one of these things was like a free handout.

As for having to go to war and potentially dying in battle—

could one steadily cultivate to the highest level out in the outside world?

These past few days, the number of middle-stage living beings in Qiudi Divine City had already broken through the count of three hundred, and those who fully defected to the divine city had even reached fifty.

A large portion of these exotic beasts had been personally subdued by Wang An, while another portion had heard of the divine city lord's boundless Divine Abilities and took the initiative to pledge allegiance and serve.

Now that the divine city was recruiting combat soldiers once again, the requirements were no longer as indiscriminate as before; instead, there were demands regarding the exotic beasts' strength, Heart-Nature, and degree of recognition toward the divine city.

For Wang An, with the divine city newly established, at the very beginning of its development, the rules of this heaven had to be thoroughly implemented. It was better to have fewer of high quality than many of low quality, so that the divine city could have a future later on.

In the early stages, with a super powerhouse like him who had reached the absolute peak of the Second Tier holding down the fort, true combat soldiers valued quality over quantity.

A year passed, and one could see the divine city surrounding a vast expanse of land, among which there were still a great number of areas urgently awaiting development.

At the foot of a certain mountain, a campsite was stationed there.

Forty-nine combat soldiers clad in divine soldier armor radiating a cold light were practicing battle arrays here.

A Thunder Bird divine general with a resolute expression held a Tier-2 Level-3 battle halberd as he commanded the forty-nine combat soldiers to form and shift arrays.

"Condense the Flame Emperor Dharma Form."

All members of the war legion simultaneously operated the battle array method of the combat soldiers, gathering countless exotic beast flame powers and Divine Power.

A ten-thousand-zhang flame emperor, cloaked in a divine fire dharma robe and condensed from countless embryonic fire-attribute Laws, enveloped them.

A powerful Tier-2 Level-3 aura burst forth sternly.

In the distant Qiudi Divine City, many city residents had long grown accustomed to seeing this scene.

The numerous exotic beasts that had gradually taken root in the divine city transformed into humanoids, yet they still sincerely felt the might of the Flame Emperor Legion.

Clang!

Higher up, accompanied by a soft sword cry,

the Flying Sword forged by Wang An was nearing its completion.

Looking at the Flying Sword cruising around him, he sighed with a hint of regret.

"If another kind of spiritual gold and divine iron came along, you would be able to transform into a Sixth Revolution Flying Sword."

"By then, with two divine weapon Laws in your possession, under the condition that the divine court masters do not step out, merely using the Flying Sword to fight enemies would already place you in an invincible position."

Over the past few years, Qiudi Divine City had not failed to search for more spiritual gold and divine iron.

Among the five kinds of spiritual gold and divine iron used to craft the Flying Sword, [Wanqiao Cliff Gold] was found by the Exploration Team, [Xuanzhong Abyss Gold] was respectfully presented by the Volcanic Alligator Turtle, and [Hankong Cloud Gold], [Jiuxiao Clear Gold], and [Donghuali Gold] were rare metals of heaven and earth discovered by the [Taiyin Bright Lamp] as its light illuminated the world and penetrated the nine netherworlds.

The entire southeast corner of the Wanshan Fire Domain had been illuminated by the Taiyin Bright Lamp driven by Wang An, and basically all mature spiritual objects and mineable extraordinary metal veins had been thoroughly explored.

Overall, the quantity of these things was extremely large. Given Qiudi Divine City's current consumption capacity, even after being used for over a million years, there would still be a surplus.

However, rare metals of heaven and earth like spiritual crystal divine iron did not give birth to ore veins; instead, they condensed and were born out of certain special regions.

Now, if one wanted to find more rare metals of heaven and earth, there were only two paths to take.

One was to explore toward the eighth concentric circle's Thousand Flames Fire River and the seventh concentric circle's Phantasm Sea of Forest Fire;

the second was to continue exploring toward the southwest direction.

However, these two directions also had quite a few problems.

The Phantasm Sea of Forest Fire possessed the largest scale of fire-path and illusion-path spiritual woods; living beings below Tier-2 Level-3 could extremely easily fall into them and be unable to extricate themselves.

Most of the southwest direction was a desolate desert, and the region that had already been explored was the blazing gold ore vein previously discovered by the Thunder Elemental Spirits.

This fire- and metal-attribute Tier-2 Level-3 metal was precisely the primary material used by the entire Qiudi Divine City to craft divine weapons right now, and the importance of that ore vein went without saying.

Currently, Wang An had already dispatched the Tier-2 Level-3 Volcanic Alligator Turtle to guard it. With its strength coupled with the trump card specially handed to it, safety was guaranteed without a doubt.

Just as he was pondering which direction to choose for further exploration, a proclamation resounded across the skies of Qiudi Divine City.

"Lord of Qiudi Divine City, Tianhe, receive the imperial decree."