Published: February 8, 2025
Material upgrades and the addition of Ghost Gold made Ye Zhongming approach this forging session with utmost seriousness. From the very beginning, the process was far more intense than before.
If the previous forging process was akin to a mature assembly line product, this time it resembled a laboratory's elemental synthesis reaction, showing signs of barely surpassing Ye Zhongming's control.
Before his eyes, the liquid formed from the gold in the flesh was rolling and shaping. Apart from the slightly different radiance it emitted, nothing else seemed unusual.
However, Ye Zhongming could tell that the forming process was quite violent.
He thought about the success rate, realizing that it must be related to this; the higher the success rate, the smoother the manufacturing process, and conversely, the harder it was to control.
Indeed, it turned out to be that way. When Ye Zhongming added the last piece of material, Ghost Gold, the entire forging program suddenly fell into chaos. The material that had already transformed into a viscous liquid and was forming the Thousand Leaf Scale Armor abruptly exploded.
Ye Zhongming quickly retreated, avoiding the center of the explosion.
The core members stationed outside rushed in, witnessing the chaos in the room and observing Ye Zhongming's expression, they guessed that their boss seemed to have failed.
Pretending nothing had happened, they began to leave. Only Little Tiger, who was a bit off, spotted the silver half-armor sitting to the side, darted over to grab it, and said as he walked, “Boss, this is for me. This way, I can compensate for my wounded fragile heart from not receiving a Merit Medal.”
“Get lost!”
Ye Zhongming couldn’t help but curse with a smile. Once everyone had left, he didn't bother to clean up the room but sat there, reflecting on the two forging processes, comparing the insights from success and failure.
After an hour, Ye Zhongming didn’t lose heart and began refining again, processing the materials and equipping a piece of Ghost Gold while making subtle changes to his habits.
When a green-level Thousand Leaf Scale Armor was manufactured, Ye Zhongming excitedly clenched his fist.
He succeeded!
He had truly created a piece of green-level equipment!
Even in his previous life, such a level of weaponry could fetch a high price, let alone in the current apocalypse.
“Thousand Leaf Phosphorescent Armor (Green), Ability 1, Defense 148, Toughness 163.”
The basic abilities had seen a notable improvement. Since it was green-level, Ye Zhongming directly took out a white-level Edge of the Moon to test it, and surprisingly, it left not a single mark. The small silver scales emitted a faint green glow and were incredibly smooth.
Ye Zhongming then took out the silver Edge of the Moon, swinging it with five points of strength, but still left no trace. When he increased it to eight points, a white line finally appeared on the surface.
After hesitating for a moment, Ye Zhongming changed his position and unleashed all his strength.
In the month since returning from the secret realm, Ye Zhongming and Cloud Summit Villa had made quite a profit. After acquiring a bottle of five-star Evolution Potion, he had already injected it; now, Ye Zhongming appeared as a five-star evolver, but his actual strength had surpassed level six. This situation was quite similar to those Afo Tribe warriors in the secret realm, as even if taking the Evolution Potion didn’t grant them a rank-up, it could still slightly increase their strength.
The effects of lower-tier Evolution Potions were nearly negligible, but now Ye Zhongming could feel an increase in physical fitness after consuming a four-star Evolution Potion.
This was yet another pleasant surprise aside from cultivating the two secret methods in the secret realm.
Currently, Ye Zhongming's strength lay between levels six and seven. Even without using skills or the blazing flame combat technique, his strike held tremendous power. When it struck the Thousand Leaf Scale Armor, some of the leaves on that area showed cracks but did not break.