I need to forge a Shang Baoqin Pa!"
"What did you say? What 'Pa'?"
Eitri and Thor were both bewildered; they had no idea what Li Yue was talking about!
Li Yue had no choice but to tell Dwarf King Eitri all the details about the weapon he wanted to forge: its shape, style, length, and so on.
Only then did Eitri finally understand what kind of weapon Li Yue wanted to create.
"This is the first time I've heard of a weapon with this design. It's not quite a spear, not quite a saber. But for us dwarves, that's not a problem. However, we'll need to create a mold first, so it will take some time before we can start forging!"
"No problem!"
Li Yue indicated that it wasn't an issue; it was just a matter of time, and he could afford to wait!
"Let's start by forging Thor's weapon. Thor, we have a ready-made mold for a king-level artifact here. This artifact is incredibly powerful; theoretically, it can summon the Bifrost, and it can even rival your father's weapon, Gungnir."
Eitri spoke eloquently to Thor, describing the weapon's power!
"It can actually summon the Bifrost? What's this weapon called?"
When Thor heard that the weapon could summon the Bifrost, his face instantly showed an expression of eager anticipation, and his gaze flickered towards Li Yue, who was standing beside him.
He remembered Li Yue saying earlier that he didn't need his own abilities to return to Midgard to see Jane!
Could Li Yue have known all along that the weapon he was about to forge had the ability to summon the Bifrost? This made Thor somewhat alarmed, and at the same time, he began to understand why his father had agreed to Li Yue's almost harsh conditions after hearing what he said!
"Its name is... Stormbreaker!"
Eitri uttered these words almost syllable by syllable, hoping that this awesome name would shock Thor and Li Yue!
Unfortunately, Li Yue already knew, so he didn't show any surprised expression.
As for Thor, he blurted out directly,
"But I prefer using a hammer!"
...In the end, Thor still accepted the fact that Stormbreaker would be his weapon and allowed Eitri to begin forging it.
It must be said that Odin likely anticipated Thor would need Stormbreaker, otherwise he wouldn't have had the dwarves preserve the mold for it.
Eitri retrieved Stormbreaker's mold from a warehouse—a square mold, the very one that Rocket complained looked like a brick in Avengers 3!
Nidavellir had not yet suffered Thanos's massacre and destruction, so all its functions were intact.
Thus, Thor didn't have to endure the temperature of an entire neutron star.
After a few dwarves had prepared the materials, Eitri gave the order to begin forging Stormbreaker.
The dwarves all took their positions, with specialized dwarves responsible for each part and stage of the process!
"Thor, are you ready? We're about to begin!"
"Bring it on!"
...
Upon hearing Thor's voice, Eitri directly controlled the activation switch.
After a rotation of the intensely burning neutron star's outer mechanism, an orange-yellow beam of light shot out from the neutron star, directly pouring into the forge on the star-ring!
The energy beam, which gathered the power of the entire neutron star, had already exceeded hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius.
The forge instantly lit up, and the silver block of Uru metal raw material placed inside melted into a glowing red, lava-like "liquid" within seconds due to the intense heat!
Eitri came to the forge and, seeing that the Uru metal inside had completely melted, immediately opened the forge's switch.
The liquid Uru metal slowly flowed out, being poured into the mold Eitri had prepared earlier.
After cooling, Dwarf King Eitri directly used his gloved (presumably specially made gloves) right hand to smash the mold with a fist.
The mold shattered, and although the Uru metal inside had taken shape, it hadn't fully cooled yet.
A still-glowing red metal block appeared before everyone's eyes!
"Quick, bring the axe handle!"
Eitri shouted, and a dwarf ran to his side, handing him a seemingly wooden, slightly crooked axe handle.
This was no ordinary material, but a branch from the World Tree, the same material as the shaft of Odin's Gungnir!
Eitri directly took the axe handle from his companion and then, with a series of operations that Li Yue couldn't understand (mainly because the author also didn't know how to describe the operations...), perfectly fused the handle and the axe head together.
"Thor, it's your turn now! Pour all your divine power into this battle-axe!"
After completing all this, Eitri turned and shouted to Thor!
Thor didn't ask further; he immediately unleashed his strongest power, his body enveloped in lightning, like the God of Thunder descending, a celestial being come to earth.
The aura he exuded was even stronger than before, forcing all the surrounding dwarves to a considerable distance.
Boom!!!
A bolt of lightning, appearing from who knows where, struck directly onto Stormbreaker, which was on the ground, yet caused no damage to it.
Moreover, Stormbreaker was now entwined with streaks of silver lightning!
Under this lightning, Stormbreaker actually began to slowly lift off the ground.
Thor, in his lightning-wreathed state, seemed to sense something and extended his right hand towards Stormbreaker.
Buzz!!
A whooshing sound filled the air, and Stormbreaker instantly flew into Thor's hand.
With Stormbreaker in hand, Thor's already immensely powerful aura instantly surged countless times over.
He, too, slowly lifted off the ground and floated into mid-air!
Li Yue looked at Thor's figure, and a feeling of awe couldn't help but rise within him.
To this day, he still didn't understand why a mere weapon could instantly give Thor the strength to defeat Thanos, who was wearing the Infinity Gauntlet (not ruling out Thanos's underestimation as a factor).
However, looking at Thor's continuously surging aura before him, he believed it: indeed, only by 'Krypton Gold' (a term from gaming, meaning spending money to get stronger) could one become powerful.
"Why is there such a huge difference between Thor wielding Mjolnir and Thor wielding Stormbreaker?"
Li Yue couldn't help but ask Eitri, who was beside him.
"Mjolnir's primary purpose is to help its wielder control their power, while Stormbreaker amplifies the power one already possesses.
A powerful artifact can only unleash its true might in the hands of a strong individual!"
"And Thor is undoubtedly such a strong individual; only he is worthy of Stormbreaker!"
Eitri also looked at Thor's figure in shock.
He hadn't expected Thor to have become so powerful in such a short time, capable of controlling his divine power with such ease.
No wonder All-Father Odin had sent him here to forge a king-level artifact!
After hearing Eitri's answer, Li Yue understood somewhat.
To use an analogy, Mjolnir is like an artifact in a game with +9999 attack power; anyone holding it can display decent strength.
Stormbreaker, on the other hand, has an attribute of +999% attack power; the stronger the person holding it, the more powerful they become... "Eitri, it's time to forge my weapon now, isn't it! I can't wait!"
Li Yue looked at Thor's figure, imagining the scene of himself becoming even more formidable after his weapon was forged.
"Yes, the mold for the weapon you want to forge should be ready.
We'll forge it right away; to be honest, I'm also eager to see what it looks like when finished!"
"Oh, right, it's called Shang Bao... Shang Baoqin what was it again? I have to say, that name is too hard to remember!"
Eitri had a headache; he truly couldn't remember such an obscure and difficult name!
"Uh, I was just joking with you; it's not actually called that!"
Li Yue replied weakly.