"No matter what, let's try it out first." Xiang Nan untied the seal on his left arm and threw the five Nether Iron into the smelting furnace.
Xiang Nan said, "In a while, when I pour the Dipper Qi into the smelting furnace in reality, you will follow the Dipper Qi into the smelting furnace and swallow the Nether Iron."
"Let's see if it's feasible now."
As he spoke, Xiang Nan circulated his Dipper Qi and slammed his palm onto the outer wall of the smelting furnace.
The Eight-eyed Snake immediately transformed into a lightning bolt. A lightning snake that was only about three inches long hid in Xiang Nan's Dipper Qi and drilled into the smelting furnace.
It swallowed five Nether Iron in one bite and said, "Sure enough, you can succeed! However, you have to give me some time to get used to it."
Xiang Nanqi said, "Adapt to what."
The serpent said, "Although it is in a dream, my illusory consciousness gives me the illusion that I can still feel pain when the flames smelt me."
"I need enlightenment. I need to convince my body that I am in a dream, so that I can conceal the illusion and achieve the goal of not suffering."
Xiang Nan said, "These are really complicated. Thank you for coming up with them."
A few minutes later, the eight-eyed snake said, "Alright, let's begin."
Xiang Nan immediately burned the aura violently, turning it into a ball of aura flames that quickly burned the eight-eyed serpent.
The serpent swallowed the Nether Iron, and Xiang Nan burned the flames in his body. He was also swallowed by the serpent, directly melting the Nether Iron in his stomach.
This was equivalent to possessing a two-storey smelting furnace. The inner stove was the Eight-eyed Great Snake itself. It possessed the ability to remain immortal. But now, it and the Nether Iron Channel were the same. If it did not die, the Nether Iron would not explode.
Tao Tao's flames burned the Nether Iron. As soon as Xiang Nan refined it to about one-third, he made a mistake. The Nether Iron in the serpent's body immediately became restless.
"Wrong, revise it again!" The big snake said.
Although he was only simulating in a dream, Xiang Nan was still very nervous. Sweat appeared on his forehead, and he immediately changed the strength and burning point of the Dipper Qi flames.
The five pieces of Nether Iron were completely red, and Xiang Nan had attempted to fuse them together. However, once the Nether Iron collided with each other, the rejection effect would immediately occur.
"Wrong again! Change again!" The big snake gritted its teeth and said.
Xiang Nan took a deep breath and adjusted the intensity and entry point of the flames again.
This Nether Iron that could be of the same age was like a metal creature. Its body was constantly changing as it was refined.
Therefore, the constant temperature of the Dipper Qi flame was acting on the Nether Iron. If it was correct at this moment, it was very likely that it would be wrong again in the next moment. A new adjustment had to be made.
For example, if you use 100% of your strength to hit a person, he will be injured after being hit. If you use another 100% of your strength to hit him, he will die.
Therefore, you must adjust your strength. Perhaps you can only use five or six points of strength when you hit him next time, but at the same time, his injuries are also recovering. If he exerts too little strength, he will instead recover, causing the effect of the previous punch of 100% strength to be wasted.
"Damn it!" The serpent said angrily, "These Nether Metals are actually repairing themselves. Hurry up and adjust the intensity of the flames! Attack ferociously!"
Xiang Nan said, "Looks like it won't work anymore. I can only use the Nine Transformations of Thunder. Now, I will inject the highest spiritual power of the Void Divine Lightning into your body."
Xiang Nan turned the power of the Void Divine Lightning and shot a black bolt of lightning into the smelting furnace.
The black lightning entered the serpent's body and completely wrapped the Nether Iron around it. Then, it circulated the Nine Transformations of Thunder and used this powerful technique to fine-tune it.
In an instant, Xiang Nan was able to clearly discern everything about Nether Iron through the power of the Void Divine Lightning.
This was already considered the third level of the smelting furnace!
Xiang Nan had a superfluous feeling, as if the five Nether Metals were his five fingers that he could control at will.
"Spirit Channeling!" The Eight-eyed Snake said happily, "I didn't expect that you and Nether Iron would also have a resonance. Now, the two of us should work together to kill it!"
Boom! !
In the final stage, the furnace exploded.
In reality, Xiang Nan suddenly opened his eyes, his face full of frustration.
Time was almost up. There were still three minutes left before Jiang Xuelu arrived in front of the smelting furnace and was ready for everything.
Everyone turned their expectant gazes to Xiang Nan, waiting for him to come out.
"I didn't expect that I would still fail." The eight-eyed snake sighed.
"That's right," Xiang Nan said, "I miscalculated. After the five Nether Metals and us were channeled, all five of them became independent individuals. It's equivalent to the five Nether Metals possessing independent lives."
"If you want to fuse them together again, it would be equivalent to fusing five people into one person. However, this is simply impossible."
"That should be the last step," said the snake. "If we can solve this step as well, we can succeed."
Xiang Nan looked at the smelting furnace and said, "It's a pity that we don't have time. In reality, we only have one chance to smelt weapons. After the Netherworld Iron is crippled, we will fail completely."
"I hope we can find a way this last time."
Xiang Nan took a deep breath and walked towards the smelting furnace.
At this moment, Xiang Nan and General Xue Lu were standing at the left and right ends of the gigantic forging furnace. A decisive battle to refine Dao Weapons was about to begin.
All the blacksmiths' eyes shone brightly, trying to find some inspiration from this competition.
Bai Ai said, "In the process of forging, there is a risk of exploding the furnace. This Nether Iron explosion is equivalent to the power produced by the explosion of a Grade Eight Spirit Herb."
"At that time, all martial artists below Martial Saint level will be killed in an instant, so for the sake of safety."
After hearing his words, everyone started to panic.
Bai Ai jumped to the top of the smelting furnace and activated a formation.
Xiang Nan hadn't discovered that there was actually a formation hidden on the smelting furnace!
Bai Ai explained, "This formation is connected to a branch of our Bai Clan's spatial passageway. If the Nether Iron explodes, its fragments will be sucked into the void. Everyone can rest assured and watch."
Hearing this, the audience felt relieved.
They weren't afraid that Bai Ai would lie, because Bai Ai wasn't a Martial Saint expert. If the formation was fake, all the young people from the Bai Clan would die.
"Alright, Sect Master." Bai Ai looked at Sect Master Liu-Li and said, "If you don't have any other instructions, then let's begin."
The Veluriyam Sect Master's expression became serious as he nodded and said, "Let's begin."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Lu took the lead and threw five pieces of Nether Iron into the smelting furnace.
Immediately after, she transformed her divine soul power into a surging flame and poured it into the furnace.
Xiang Nan did not start immediately, but carefully observed Jiang Xuelu's behavior.
"Very slow!" The eight-eyed serpent said, "The speed at which the snow dew melts the Nether Iron is much slower than we imagined. It can't even reach a third of your speed."
"Was this done on purpose?"
Xiang Nan shook his head, "I'm afraid not. If nothing goes wrong, the flame that Xue Lu needs to use should be the flame power of the White River in the Octagonal Cauldron Furnace."
"But the power of the flames has already been consumed by the Veluriyam Sect Master in advance."
