Chapter 306: Second Form! Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Cannon!
"The hardness has increased significantly compared to before. This is truly a Seven-tier Dou Weapon. The previous one was just something hastily forged for children," Yao Chen observed, taking in the newly forged Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler. If the previous Xuan Heavy Ruler had been an ancient, antique iron tool, the current one was more like a modern technological remake of a new era's iron tool.
The mysterious patterns and traces of age on the Xuan Heavy Ruler had vanished, replaced by orderly straight lines. The surface was smooth and matte, with a striking texture.
"If you didn't say it was the Xuan Heavy Ruler, Xiao Yan might not even recognize it," Yao Chen commented, his eyes flashing with surprise as he looked at the heavy weapon standing before Jiang Lin.
The Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler still carried Jiang Lin's unique aesthetic and weapon forging style. The line arrangement, with its beautiful and balanced straight mechanical lines, had a visual impact that stood out in this fantasy world.
Many weapon refiners liked to use "dynamic" curves to arrange lines that didn't really serve any functional purpose. But Jiang Lin's style was completely different. He could take a curved line and express it using only straight lines that continuously bend. In Jiang Lin's forging, curves and straight lines were two orderly types of lines that allowed one to immediately recognize the difference between them. The lines were always arranged in nearly balanced proportions—curves parallel to other curves and straight lines parallel to other straight lines.
"Heh, under the retro appearance, it contains my best energy application technique so far." Jiang Lin smiled faintly at Yao Chen's words, then directly lifted the Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler in front of him. He spread his legs, gripping the long handle with both hands, lowering his body slightly in a battle-ready stance, and pointed the tip of the Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler at a clear space in the room.
"Is this the special ability of the Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler?" Yao Chen immediately became intrigued and flew to Jiang Lin's side, positioning himself for the best view of Jiang Lin's next actions, unconcerned whether Jiang Lin's move might blow up the Gamma Weapon Refining Guild.
"To enhance the resistance of the heavy ruler, I simplified many of the lines, but this created a small problem." Jiang Lin bent forward slightly, holding the Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler in a stance like holding a two-handed blade, and with just the strength of his wrists, he lifted the massive weapon.
Buzz!
The brilliant Dou Qi of a Four-Star Great Dou Shi erupted from Jiang Lin's body, causing the chaotic weapon refining room to once again flicker with light!
Brilliant red-golden Dou Qi rapidly converged from Jiang Lin's arms to the long handle of the Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler. Jiang Lin's arms acted like two valve gates, continuously and overloading with Great Dou Shi Dou Qi!
As Jiang Lin injected his Great Dou Shi Dou Qi, the golden lines on the surface of the Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler began to flow, constantly gathering from the edge of the blade towards the central groove. However, no matter how much Jiang Lin injected his Great Dou Shi Dou Qi, the golden flowing patterns continued to gather, but there was no change!
Buzz!
Dou Qi Furnace activated!
With a hum, Jiang Lin's magnificent Dou Qi energy robe began to expand violently, and the chaotic energy of the heavens surged into Jiang Lin's body, which then was injected into the Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler in his hands.
At the same time, the Dou Qi Furnace seemed to activate certain patterns on the Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler. The glowing Dou Qi within the golden flowing patterns began to move faster, and the violent energy of the heavens seemed to be attracted to the brilliant golden patterns at the blade's edge, continuously pouring in!
As Jiang Lin activated the Dou Qi Furnace, his Dou Qi cultivation rapidly expanded to the Dou Wang level with the help of the crystal core. The violent Dou Qi in the surrounding air was directly funneled into him! At this stage, typically, if it were someone else, the Dou Qi from the heavens would likely only pour into the Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler. But because Jiang Lin could remain in the Dou Qi Furnace state, he could also wildly absorb the energy of the heavens.
With the continual enhancement of Jiang Lin's Dou Qi, the golden lines on the surface of the Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler began to shimmer with energetic light! Finally, the terrifying energy was compressed into the central groove of the Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler and formed a dazzling energy fiber!
"Is it that difficult to activate?" Yao Chen, observing the situation, finally understood the situation. His eyes focused on the energy fiber in the middle of the Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler, and he couldn't help but furrow his brow. Jiang Lin had prepared for so long, yet he still hadn't reached the high-energy threshold required to activate the second form!
However, remembering how Jiang Lin had nearly unleashed an energy attack that could severely injure a Dou Huang with just his fake Dou Wang Dou Qi, Yao Chen felt a sense of balance within himself.
"Because this thing doesn't belong to a level that we can casually use," Jiang Lin answered calmly, even in the midst of the extreme overload state, as the swirling energy vortex continued to spin around him.
"To properly use this weapon, a Dou Huang's cultivation is generally required. I can rely on the special properties of the Dou Qi Furnace to slowly accumulate energy, so I'm barely able to activate it. If this were designed for myself, I wouldn't make it this difficult. But since it's for Xiao Yan, overcomplicating things would be counterproductive. Theoretically, the terrifying explosive power of the strange fire fusion can instantly activate the second form."
Jiang Lin shook his head slightly in the energy vortex. If it were designed for himself, he wouldn't make the activation threshold so high. He was a weapon refiner, so if his weapon broke, he could always repair it. But Xiao Yan's Buddha Fury Fire Lotus required extreme explosive power, and such explosive power needed extreme durability. Thus, the Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler couldn't be designed to be too complicated.
Bang!
Finally, while Jiang Lin answered Yao Chen's question, the Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler, at the center of the energy storm, suddenly emitted a soft hum. Then, the heavy ruler split open, a fine crack appearing in the center, with the terrifying energy fiber at its core!
Vroom!!!
As the crack appeared, the gathered energy was split by the crack, creating two strands of energy lines that rapidly twisted around the central track in a high-speed rotation, emitting a constant humming sound!
Crack!
As the energy continued to spin more intensely, the Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Ruler emitted a disturbing sound as it was slowly torn apart by the high-energy torrent. The ruler revealed its internal golden patterns, and a dazzling, radiant energy light track began to expand!
The energy light track seemed to have a special power. The more the heavenly energy accumulated, the greater the resistance to the expansion of the light track. However, the powerful centrifugal force from the high-energy torrent inside only grew stronger as the heavenly energy poured in, constantly expanding the light track to accommodate more energy!
Thus, the light track reached a peculiar and strange balance. The more energy it accumulated, the more tightly the light track closed, until the energy reached a certain mass, and the centrifugal force from the high-energy torrent tore apart the pressure created by the external energy circulation!
The stronger the heavenly energy, the greater the pressure from the external energy circulation! The stronger the repulsive force from the high-energy torrent inside!
Until the repulsive force overcame the pressure, the light track spontaneously erupted!
And this was the second form! Strange Fire Xuan Heavy Cannon!
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