335: Chapter 335 Shocking! The power of this spear is equivalent to a full-force attack from a Nascent Soul cultivator.

"Done."

Xu Ruyu wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the curious Taihao Clan, saying, "Next up is assembly and debugging."

With that, Xu Ruyu picked up the processed components—the barrel, compression chamber, trigger mechanism, grip, and shoulder stock—and began assembling them one by one.

For each part installed, he used Spirit-Melt Glue to fix the joints and reinforced them with small metal pins.

Finally, he embedded three pre-prepared crystals, which stored compressed source energy, into the energy slots behind the compression chamber.

A brand-new poqi type i rifle, more refined and sturdier than the one from Fire Cloud Cave, appeared on the workbench.

Its appearance was still vastly different from traditional Magical Artifacts, but this time, it exuded a steady and dangerous Aura from every inch.

The Array Pattern engraved on its surface shimmered with a faint light, like a sleeping Vicious Beast that could wake at any moment.

"It's finished." Xu Ruyu looked at his work with satisfaction, then turned to the Taihao Clan. "Senior, would you like to give it a try?"

The Taihao Clan stared at the strangely shaped object, her eyes flickering with a complex light.

She had witnessed the entire Artifact Refining process.

From the initial material selection and smelting, to those unheard-of forging methods, welding techniques, and boring processes, then to those exquisite formation rune designs that completely overturned traditional knowledge, and finally to this oddly shaped finished product that exuded a dangerous Aura.

All of this exceeded her understanding and surpassed all the experience she had accumulated over her ten-thousand-year career in Artifact Refining.

This youth, a mere Qi Refinement Stage Cultivator whom she had regarded as an enemy, had actually created an object she had never seen before—one she faintly felt might actually be effective—in such an inconceivable way.

"Test it," she uttered a single word.

Xu Ruyu nodded, picked up the rifle, and walked to a massive testing wall on the other side of the Artifact Refining Room.

The wall was covered in various marks, clearly the place where she usually tested the power of Magical Artifacts.

He raised the rifle, aimed at the testing wall, took a deep breath, and pulled the trigger.

"Hummm—"

A low, steady hum vibrated from within the gun's body.

The Array Pattern lit up in sequence, their light flowing and converging at the muzzle.

In the next moment—

"Bang!"

A loud crack like a thunderclap!

A visible pale-golden light erupted from the muzzle and slammed into the testing wall with lightning speed!

"Boom!"

On the testing wall, a deep crater the size of a bowl appeared instantly!

At the edge of the crater, the hard stone had been melted by high temperatures, forming glass-like crystals!

Xu Ruyu was jolted back a step by the recoil, but he stood his ground firmly.

He looked at the deep crater on the wall, a bright smile spreading across his face.

"Success! It didn't explode this time!"

The Taihao Clan stood where she was, motionless, as if turned to stone.

Her gaze was fixed intently on the crater on the testing wall, her pupils contracting sharply.

That... that... what kind of power was that?

That testing wall was cast from the hardest Vajra Rock mixed with Black Iron Sand, enough to withstand a full-strength strike from an Early Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator!

And that crater... half a foot deep with melted edges... this was... this was power comparable to a strike from a Mid-Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator!

And this was just an "object" forged by a Qi Refinement Stage youth using "scrap Materials" in a bizarre way she had never seen before?

She slowly turned her head to look at Xu Ruyu and the rifle in his hand, which was still slightly steaming, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"This... how is this possible?" she murmured.

Xu Ruyu grinned. "Senior, this is the 'power of technology'."

The Taihao Clan didn't respond, only walking to the testing wall and reaching out to gently stroke the crater.

Her hand trembled slightly, as if she were touching an incredible miracle.

"Power... comparable to a Mid-Nascent Soul Stage strike..." she muttered to herself. "And what powers it are just three... ordinary crystals storing that 'source energy'..."

She suddenly spun around and stared at Xu Ruyu, her gaze so burning it seemed as if it would sear through him.

"Show me those Array Pattern! Now! Immediately!"

Xu Ruyu was startled by her Aura and hurriedly handed over the stack of beast-hide papers.

The Taihao Clan took them and looked through them carefully, sheet by sheet.

Her gaze was like the most precise scanner, not missing a single detail.

"spiral acceleration patterns... angle 23 degrees, spacing 0.3 millimeters, depth 0.1 millimeters... where did you get these numbers from?"

"They were calculated," Xu Ruyu explained. "Based on... uh, energy equations, fluid mechanics, material strength... anyway, just some formulas."

"What formulas? Write them down for me to see!"

Xu Ruyu scratched his head, picked up a charcoal pen, and began writing and drawing on the back of the beast-hide paper.

"Assuming the initial velocity of the source energy mass is V0, after passing through a spiral acceleration segment of length L, the exit velocity V1 satisfies... V1² = V0² + 2aL, where 'a' is the acceleration determined by the helix angle and spacing of the spiral patterns, the formula is a = k·(tanθ)·(ω²r), where 'k' is the material coefficient..."

He explained as he wrote, but those formulas, symbols, and concepts were complete gibberish to the Taihao Clan.

But she didn't interrupt, only staring intently at the symbols she couldn't understand, as if trying to find some divine secret within them.

Once Xu Ruyu finished writing, the Taihao Clan fell silent for a long time before suddenly asking:

"Where did you learn all of this?"

Xu Ruyu was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I... thought of it myself."

"Thought of it yourself?" The Taihao Clan's voice rose a few octaves. "A brat at the Qi Refinement Stage like you could think of these yourself? Do you take me for a fool?"

Xu Ruyu gave a bitter smile. "Senior, I really did figure this out myself.

I... I'm not like others."