Chapter 7 (2/2)

At the next instant, he witnessed the frightening scene.

Under his broken saber, blood did not splatter everywhere.

Since it was a slash that stretched across the right side of Zhang Hanyu’s neck to his chest, it would only be normal for blood to flow out. On the contrary, not a single trace of blood was seen, because all of it had been absorbed by Ou Yangming’s broken saber.

The broken saber seemed to possess unbelievable magic power. Not only could it absorb blood, but it could also absorb flesh.

As such, Zhang Hanyu’s body slowly shriveled in front of Ou Yangming’s eyes.

Had Ou Yangming’s consciousness not been split, perhaps he would faint upon seeing the fearsome scene. On the contrary, he just watched the change with widened eyes. It was as if the deflating body did not belong to a person, but was instead a human-shaped balloon with a hole.

In just the blink of an eye, Zhang Hanyu disappeared.

Some clothing fell along with a few items, but his body vanished. Not even a single thread of his hair or a piece of nail was left behind.

On the other hand, Ou Yangming glowed with health, was in high spirits, and was full of surging energy.

Actually, he was very much exhausted from the day. Under Old Craftsman’s supervision and guidance, he had been using his Military Fire for the whole day. He did control himself, but it was inevitable for him to feel weary.

In addition, after Zhang Hanyu brought him there, he was forced to exert his potential during the life or death situation and used the fire a number of times within a short period.

The consumption rate was definitely unbearable for a person of his age, but he had no choice when his consciousness split.

It could damage his body due to the overuse, so much so that his core could be injured, and it might be hard for him to improve in the future.

For all that, n.o.body would believe that Ou Yangming’s body was hurt at all.

His body seemed to contain inexhaustible power, and his eyes sparkled. Even when his vital essence was in the best condition, this had never happened before.

Ou Yangming actually had an urge to roar at that moment, but his consciousness was still split, which made his heart as cold as ice.

After taking a look around him, he activated his Military Fire again, and the broken saber in his hands became dull in a flash.

‘Draw.’

He absorbed all of the saber’s attributes without hesitation, turning it into completely worthless sc.r.a.p metal, then he kicked the parts of Zhang Hanyu’s broken short sword into two different piles of armor.

Since there were numerous discarded weapons around, it would definitely be tough to piece anything together. Afterward, he threw his broken saber away, then quickly left the armory with the clothes and items on the floor.

Zhang Hanyu was extremely careful when he brought Ou Yangming here, and Ou Yangming did the same when he returned to Old Craftsman’s smithing workshop.

Fortunately, the sky was already dark, or Ou Yangming would not be confident about pulling it off.

Once he returned to the workshop, he tore the clothes into pieces, then threw them into the furnace.

Old Craftsman was the chief of Military Fire Blacksmiths, and although he had the Military Fire, it did not mean that he did not need a furnace.

As a matter of fact, he mostly used the furnace for the preliminary processing of certain materials.

Of course, it was also possible to process coa.r.s.e ores through the Military Fire, but it would consume a substantial amount of physical power. Besides, the refinement of coa.r.s.e ores was not done through fine control because it had to be processed for a long time.

Using the Military Fire to remove the impurities in coa.r.s.e ores…

The people who were persistent in doing that were all dead, and there were no exceptions. They did not die from old age or stupidity, instead, they died from exhaustion.

Therefore, there was an exquisite furnace in the smithing workshop.

It was worth noting that Old Craftsman usually handled fine materials, whereas heavy works like preliminary processes were done by Ou Yangming.

Since he was familiar with the process, he quickly lit the furnace, then threw the items inside, which turned into ash right away.

When he used a long iron rod to stir the remains in the furnace, he found that even a celestial being would not be able to identify what was burned.

Throughout the process, Ou Yangming did not just idle his time away. He found some coa.r.s.e ores in the workshop to refine them by throwing them into the fire until they softened, then he hammered them, and repeated the process.

Before this, he only burned the ores and left the beating part to Old Craftsman as he did not have enough strength.

However, his strength somehow increased a lot more, and sparks flew when he came down with the iron hammer.

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