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--- Chapter 271 ---
"Are you shocked?" Han Yuan finally noticed Queen Medusa standing with a stunned expression and smiled at her.
Queen Medusa closed her mouth before opening it again. "Yes, I was, but I think I might get used to it soon."
"If you keep this up, I might get desensitized."
Han Yuan laughed at her reply. "Well, that's good, I guess."
"Honestly, I can't really explain many things I can do. It's complicated in a way that would make you question reality."
"But this one, I didn't really need to hide," he said, lifting the Heavenly Iron of Lightning. "This is a refined metal I personally forged and blessed into becoming a Quasi-Divine Metal."
"A main, or should I say the body frame of an artifact."
"So, in short, I was experimenting with Artifact Refining."
"Artifact Refining, I see. What a niche, but…" Queen Medusa smiled in understanding. "If it's you, then maybe it could shine in the world again."
Han Yuan rolled his eyes. "Of course. Although treading an unknown path is difficult, I am confident in my ability."
Queen Medusa heard the arrogance in his tone but somehow believed he could achieve it. 'Yeah, he will do it.'
"Anyway, do you want to watch more closely? Maybe you can learn how to refine one if you have an affinity for it," Han Yuan suggested while grabbing more ingredients to refine his artifact.
"Can I?" Queen Medusa curiously leaned closer to him.
"It doesn't hurt to try, no promise, though." Han Yuan replied, placing an odd-looking Magical Beast's bone and Magic Core on the anvil.
Queen Medusa couldn't help but laugh because if Han Yuan truly didn't hide anything, he didn't mean sharing things with others. It touched her heart as she sat beside him.
"What are these? My Heaven Swallowing Python's bloodline feels strange around them," Queen Medusa asked.
Han Yuan traced the Magical Beast's bone and Magic Core with his finger before answering, "Believe it or not, the bone came from a Rank 9 Magical Beast, and the Magic Core is the same—just from a different Magical Beast."
"What? You had such wonderful things all this time?" Queen Medusa was baffled by this revelation. "No wonder you looked down on the Devil-Eyed Purple Tiger's inheritances when Hu Ying explained it to us."
"Just what kind of magical beasts they were to make my bloodline feel this way."
Han Yuan lifted his finger and replied, "The bone is coming from the Sky Reaping Dragon-Condor, and the magic core is coming from the Earth Devourer."
Queen Medusa's mouth became 'O for a moment, 'Ah, no wonder my bloodline feels like this.'
The Sky Reaping Dragon-Condors were the bane of Heaven Swallowing Python because they like to prey on the young of Nine-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
As for Earth Devourer, it's a powerful being in ancient times, resembling a tapir and a bear, that likes to hunt for the eggs of Magical Beast deep in the underground, for example, Heaven Swallowing Python's eggs.
Of course, the fate of these two Magical Beasts is clear now, when Queen Medusa saw the state of their remains.
Han Yuan shook his head helplessly. "In fact, this bone and Magic Core aren't that priceless. They are incomplete, and their values aren't that great compared to the Devil-Eyed Purple Tiger's remains."
"At the very least, the Devil-Eyed Purple Tiger's remains still hold their essences, while this bone is literally bone dry."
"The Magic Core is also cracked and has long been buried by history."
Queen Medusa gazed at the bone and Magic Core thoughtfully. "Even so, you wouldn't have used them if you didn't find them suitable, right? I doubt someone like you would do something wasteful."
Han Yuan nodded. "Indeed. That's because what I needed from these two objects isn't their essence, but the lingering Spatial Force that they once had."
"Even after being buried and forgotten, you can't forget these were once part of a Rank 9 Magical Beast that tempered their bodies with Spatial Force."
"The Spatial Force has long strengthened them, making them stronger and more durable than any bone under Rank 9 or Half Saint Realm…"
Queen Medusa's eyes widened in realization. "You didn't plan to use them for their essences in the first place. The Spatial Force on the bone and Magic Core alone is enough to create an artifact that could threaten a Half Saint."
"Threatening a Half Saint is too high a claim, but injuring a Dou Venerate shouldn't be a problem," Han Yuan modestly replied.
"You say that as if injuring a Dou Venerate is easy…" Queen Medusa's mouth twitched.
Han Yuan chuckled inwardly. 'Once I use the Heavenly Demon's powers, the laws of this world will be under my control; even a mighty Dou Saint would find it difficult to fight me. Killing them, a Dou Saint, is impossible, naturally, nor is it feasible to kill a Half Saint despite their incomplete status, but injuring them to the point of no return.'
'It is not difficult.'
'Of course, this was only my deduction,' he reminded himself.
Even though Han Yuan was confident in his survival and felt he could fight the strongest in this world, he understood the foundations of Dou Fighters comprised three elements: their physique, Dou Qi cyclone, and finally, their soul.
Destroying all three at once renders them useless.
However, he knew he shouldn't underestimate the experts in this world for his own good. He was unsure what kind of trump cards they had after living in this world for so many years.
That's why, to kill above, he must do them all at once, instantly.
After all, splitting one's soul isn't hard. Han Yuan had done it before, and he doubted a desperate Dou Saint wouldn't do it.
At the end of the day, it is just a matter of price.
'As long as one is alive, there is a way.' Han Yuan focused his attention on the Sky Reaping Dragon-Condor's incomplete bone, which came from its talon, and the magic core of Earth Devourer. One for the blade, and the other is to synergize with Heavenly Iron of Lightning.
"Heh, people call it Earth Devourer, but its main attribute is surprisingly metal."
After saying that, Han Yuan summoned Leviathan and ordered it to heat the bone and magic core with its super-pressured ocean fire until they softened.
Han Yuan knew his blacksmith hammer couldn't handle this ingredient, so the Heavenly Flames finally came into play.
'Master, I need others to help, my current strength isn't enough to melt it as quickly as you desire...' Ocean Heart Flame helplessly said. The little whale has been blowing hot water, but the result is undesirable.
Han Yuan chuckled, "Alright, everyone, help Leviathan."
'Damn, useless!' Enma, Typhon, and Terra gave Leviathan a scornful look, making the whale feel ashamed.
Leviathan felt like crying, 'They are too tough, okay!'
Ultimately, under the cooperation of the four Heavenly Flames, the bone and magic core soften. Han Yuan controlled each material carefully and slowly fused them with the Heavenly Iron of Lightning.
Queen Medusa watched Han Yuan shape the melting bone into an arc and temper its edge into a sharp blade before reaching for the magic core that had fused with the Heavenly Iron of Lightning, granting the living metal the ability to devour 'metal' essence.
Han Yuan traced the Quasi-Divine Metal and infused his metal Dou Qi into the Heavenly Iron of Lightning, causing it to grow longer and become a handle for this artifact, allowing his other hand to run across it.
Then, Han Yuan swung the 'artifact' he just made.
Swing!
An invisible energy flew to the sky, severing the clouds in half.
"..." Queen Medusa watched this and didn't know what to say.
Then, she shook her head in incredulity, "Who would have thought you're going to make this kind of weapon?"
"A scythe?"
A 2.3-meter-long dark silver-handled scythe with a matching silver-crimson moon blade floated in the air, with faint purple electricity coming from it, making it appear mysterious yet dangerous.
Han Yuan shrugged helplessly, "I don't have a choice, the material doesn't allow me to create much."
"If not for the limitation, I would have turned Heavenly Iron of Lightning into a flying blade. But one flying blade is just tasteless."
"I have to be smart about it, too, you know? Using the magic core of Earth Devourer, not only can I maximize Heavenly Iron of Lightning's main attribute so it can also grow by continuously devouring other precious metals, but I also have think of the synergy between materials."
'Above all else, I made it into Scythe because the Heavenly Judgement also recorded the art of scythe-wielding. It's a good time to spend some effort to train it now.' Han Yuan added in his heart.
Queen Medusa gave up, "Whatever, as long as you're happy."
"But does this scythe have a name?"
Han Yuan waved his newly made weapon, "Hmm..."
"Let's call it."
"Lightning's Omen!"