Chapter 856: The Law in the Hilt (2/2)

Krune stopped using his Calamity Laws, allowing his divine sense to peer into the hilt, only to find that it was blocked. He then used his Mental Energy, noticing that it was also blocked to a certain extent. All he was able to perceive from both cases was a Law in the purest form, contained within the hilt.

It seemed to have been chained to the material, preventing it from being awakened. But before Krune could probe deeper, his Mental Energy was expelled from it. After a few more attempts, despite his efforts, even his Mental Energy failed to penetrate its defenses.

”Why would it even do something like this?” Krune was unable to determine the cause. He wondered why the hilt destroyed the spirit that formed on the blade and why any condition was suitable to awaken the blade's spirit.

”Just what were they expecting when they sent this to me?” Krune frowned, having a strange feeling that he was getting himself involved in the murky waters of the God Realm. He then recalled the shenanigan Little Cally had pulled before, sighing as he massaged his forehead.

”This is definitely going to go south very quickly.” Krune decisively set the sword aside and took out the brooch he had obtained from Yulian. Instead of wasting his time butting heads with the sword, it was better to safeguard himself first.

The Calamity Laws manifested as the dark cloud once more, immediately throwing numerous conditions at the brooch. The brooch occasionally came across the right conditions to awaken its spirit, instinctively absorbing them.

After spending 10 hours, a spirit showed signs of awakening inside the equipment. Krune inspected it, determining that it would die soon after, prompting him to retract his Calamity Laws. He planned to wait until the brooch returned to its original state before trying it once more.

The materials making it up were of supreme quality, probably the ones used to forge equipment at the peak of God Core Realm and beyond. But for this brooch, they had been haphazardly used just to make sure that the result was something Krune would be able to use without danger.

Nevertheless, the materials forming it was of the highest quality Krune had ever come across in the God Realm, excluding those forming the hilt—that he couldn't determine the materials of. With that, Krune realized that he would need a lot of time before he could awaken its spirit.

”Forging could actually be done in this manner, despite its waste of materials,” Krune nodded as he committed this realization to memory. His perspective was widened once more, realizing just how vast and complex things in the God Realm truly were.

Usually, when a blacksmith forged a piece of equipment, they tried their best to bring out the properties of the materials used to great prominence. They always delved into techniques that allowed the materials to interact with one another, forming a synergy between them. The resulting harmony would then elevate the equipment's power to a staggering level that the base materials couldn't ever hope to achieve.

This was how it usually went.

But here, it was the reverse. They used superior materials to craft a piece of inferior equipment while keeping in mind that it had to be used by someone at the First Stage of the God Foundation Realm. That was why it would shatter once the damage it received had reached the equivalent of a Semi-God Realm cultivator's full-powered attack.

If it was properly forged using the usual smithing techniques, the brooch would have become a shield capable of defending against a Semi-God Realm cultivator's attacks without worries. One could undoubtedly say that it was a waste of materials, but it did have its uses.

If it was adequately produced, only a Semi-God Realm cultivator would have been able to use it, rendering it useless to everyone below. If they tried to use it despite that, their cultivation would be crippled as a result.

In retrospect, the defensive strength of any shields in the First Stage God Foundation Realm couldn't ever hope to defend against a cultivator in the God Core Realm, not to mention someone in the Semi-God Realm.

This was probably why such a smithing technique was invented in the first place. Krune felt his comprehension of blacksmithing improve once again thanks to his probing of the brooch.

”I guess I better start cultivating and comprehend my laws.” Krune sighed, taking out a few Rank Two God Stones. Payment for his work on the sword would only arrive when they reached the next city. So, he had to wait until then without expending his reserve of God Stones.

He had to save some for emergencies.

Krune soon started to cultivate after that, taking breaks every once in a while where he used his Calamity Laws on the sword and the brooch. While doing so, his comprehension of the law increased at a slow but steady pace. He was also gaining more insight into the world of blacksmithing thanks to the ingenious crafting process of the two pieces of equipment.

After all, the hilt contained the essence of a law. That was undoubtedly the peak of blacksmithing. After all, laws existed in the God Realm, a massive piece of land that extended without end. Containing a law within an item was a first.

Moreover, if he didn't have his Mental Energy, he wouldn't have ever come to know of such an item. ”Maybe even the Sunkan City Lord is unaware of this.”