After the Forging Molten Gold Stone was crafted, its hardness was such that even Dark Gold-tier weapons would struggle to destroy it. However, the moment it came into contact with the Divine Sword Slayer Lightning, the Forging Molten Gold Stone liquefied and flowed directly into the blade.
The instant it flowed into the blade, golden Divine Runes appeared across the surface of the Divine Sword Slayer Lightning.
The Divine Runes spread across the entire blade, covering the whole of Slayer Lightning in the blink of an eye. They then extended onto Shi Feng's arm, as though completely fusing his arm with the Divine Sword Slayer Lightning together.
Shi Feng felt a surge of dense energy suddenly course through his entire body, and his mental state improved noticeably as well.
"Incredible! It can even enhance my mental state." Shi Feng couldn't help but glance at the Divine Sword Slayer Lightning.
A player's mental state was extremely difficult to improve. Typically, only being in an area rich in magic power could bring about calmness. Yet what holding the Divine Sword Slayer Lightning now brought was something beyond that — a sense of mental euphoria that kept his mental state in a state of mild excitement, as if he had taken a stimulant.
Under this kind of mental state, it was incredibly easy to perform beyond one's limits.
At this moment, not only had Shi Feng's mental state improved, but the Divine Sword Slayer Lightning itself had undergone subtle changes as well. The Divine Runes flowed across the sword as the surrounding energy was continuously absorbed by Slayer Lightning. After persisting for a full three to four seconds, the Divine Runes dissipated, and the blade of the Divine Sword Slayer Lightning now bore a faint, barely visible layer of blood mist.
But compared to the visible enhancements, the stat improvements were where a true leap had occurred — a new passive skill had been added.
Blood Tempering Power: Increases all of the holder's attributes by 15%, with an additional 5% increase to the primary attribute, and a 25% increase to Constitution. After dealing damage to living creatures, it can drain a portion of energy to restore the user's mental strength.
"Just the second layer of the magic array is this powerful?" Shi Feng stared at the description of Blood Tempering Power, his heart full of shock.
The current Divine Sword Slayer Lightning, in terms of raw base stat improvements alone, was already nearing that of a Legendary-grade item fragment — it was only lacking in attack power and skills.
And the Constitution boost was downright terrifying.
A sudden 25% increase was nearly on par with the improvement from advancing from Tier Zero to Tier One.
With such a massive boost, even an ordinary expert on par equipment could probably hold their own against a Domain Realm expert — and with decent odds of winning at that. After all, the Constitution increase also enhanced a player's perception, dynamic vision, reaction speed, and more. Even if they couldn't control their power with the fine precision needed to push their combat strength to its absolute limit, it wouldn't be easy for a Domain Realm expert to wound them either, let alone the fact that Blood Tempering Power also provided a significant stat boost.
Of course, this was also because the Divine Sword Slayer Lightning itself was extraordinary.
The power brought by the Forging Molten Gold Stone wasn't solely dependent on the magic array — the weapon's own quality likely played a small part as well.
Shi Feng then crafted another Forging Molten Gold Stone and tested it on a Level 75 Dark Gold battle axe.
Sure enough, as he had guessed, the improvement wasn't as dramatic as with the Divine Sword Slayer Lightning. But all attributes still rose by 13%, the primary attribute gained an additional 4%, Constitution increased by 22%, and dealing damage to living creatures still allowed a portion of energy to be absorbed to restore mental strength.
"No wonder in my previous life, every major superpower went absolutely crazy over the advanced Blood Tempering Secret Technique, even offering sky-high prices to purchase Blood Tempering fragments. This Blood Tempering Secret Technique really is terrifying — and this is just an ordinary secret technique producing such gains. If someone mastered the advanced Blood Tempering Secret Technique, they could probably give a top-tier guild the power to rival a super guild in a very short time." Shi Feng found himself developing a craving for the advanced Blood Tempering Secret Technique.
A single Forging Molten Gold Stone already held this kind of power. If one mastered the advanced Blood Tempering Secret Technique, it could probably allow a Tier 2 Class expert to instantly contend with Tier 3 Class experts, and Tier 3 experts could contend with Tier 4.
After all, even monsters who had mastered the Domain could currently only face ordinary Tier 3 experts at best. Against Domain Realm or Flowing Water Realm experts, they could only flee — and they might not even manage to escape.
But with the advanced Blood Tempering Secret Technique mastered, producing over a hundred such items would be no difficulty at all. That meant a guild could instantly possess over a hundred combatants who surpassed Domain-level experts.
A hundred!
Even the five great super guilds wouldn't have that many monsters.
Still, Shi Feng didn't dwell on it too much. Setting aside how difficult the advanced Blood Tempering Secret Technique was to obtain, he hadn't even fully mastered the current Forging Molten Gold Stone — he had only learned the second layer of the magic array so far.
Shi Feng then began frantically crafting Forging Molten Gold Stones.
Although the current Forging Molten Gold Stones weren't perfect, the combat power they granted players was far from insignificant. Compared to the Domain Realm experts a guild continuously cultivated, the Forging Molten Gold Stones provided a much faster boost to a guild's strength, and at a far lower cost.
The cost of crafting a single Forging Molten Gold Stone was only about forty gold coins — expensive for ordinary players, but for Shi Feng, it was pocket change.
The only troublesome part was the materials. He currently had only a few hundred sets on hand.
For Zero Wing, which was a massive guild, a few hundred Forging Molten Gold Stones was far too few. He would need at least ten thousand before the guild could confidently face superpowers head-on in the open world.