Chapter 717 - 448: Forging a Divine Artifact 2

Chapter 717: Chapter 448: Forging a Divine Artifact 2

Skill Cooldown: 24h

—Let’s start over!]

Nice!

Zhou Chen excitedly clenched his fist. This was basically like having a second life!

No... if he used a wish to eliminate the cooldown, it would be like having infinite lives!

Most importantly, if he wasn’t mistaken, Skills learned this way could be taken out of the Restricted Area!

’No wonder so many people want to qualify to enter Gaia...’ Zhou Chen sighed internally.

Out in the real world, "Reboot" would either be an innate Extraordinary Ability, come from a powerful Forbidden Object, or be gained by comprehending a Rule later in life. But things were different in the gamified world of Gaia. Here, learning a Skill was instantaneous.

This was the Authority of the Gods, a Power capable of changing the Rules of the World.

Having gotten a taste of the benefits, Zhou Chen prepared to turn the Magma Giant Beast’s Soul Fragment into a Skill as well. But after thinking for a long time, he couldn’t come up with any special talents the Magma Giant Beast had.

In terms of Defense Power, his was already among the strongest of Tier Three Ascenders when he activated his Body of Steel Melting. As for fire, the Magma Giant Beast couldn’t possibly compare to him, who wielded Authority over it...

Suddenly, Zhou Chen’s expression turned strange. Speaking of what the Magma Giant Beast was good at, he did think of one thing—the "shared brain" that had caught him completely off guard and nearly caused his downfall!

’That Skill is dangerous. If the opponent’s Willpower is stronger than mine, my personality could be overwhelmed and devoured. Of course, if my Willpower is stronger, I could also destroy the enemy’s personality... Hmm, I could use Cyan Flame and Spiritual Death Light to burn the enemy’s mind and Soul, then use this move once they’re weakened. But by that point, physical attacks would be enough to defeat them. There’s no need to take the risk...’ Zhou Chen fell into deep thought.

After a long period of consideration, he decided he still didn’t need this Skill, so he made a wish: "Let me obtain the best Skill other than ’shared brain’!"

[Wish Value -5000]

[You have used the "Magma Giant Beast’s Soul Fragment"!]

[You have learned "Magma Heart"!]

[Magma Heart: Your heart will turn into indestructible magma. As long as your heart is not destroyed, you will not die.

Fuseable Skill: Nirvana.]

Huh? The note at the end caught Zhou Chen’s attention. ’It can be fused with "Nirvana"?’

He had learned the Derived Skill Nirvana after advancing to Tier Three. It allowed him to undergo Nirvana once when on the brink of death, restoring his condition. However, he usually just used a wish to recover, so he had barely ever used this Skill.

’It’s not like I use it anyway. Might as well try fusing them...’ Zhou Chen began the process.

[Fuse "Magma Heart" and "Nirvana"?]

Zhou Chen selected [Yes].

[You have successfully fused the two Skills.]

[You have learned "Nirvana Heart"!]

’Huh... isn’t this just a combination of the two names...’ Zhou Chen complained inwardly.

But when he saw the Skill’s details, he was stunned.

[Nirvana Heart: Even if you are reduced to withered bones and scraps of flesh, beyond all hope of recovery, as long as a single wisp of flame remains, you can be reborn from the fire of Nirvana like the legendary Phoenix, becoming even stronger.

—What doesn’t kill me only makes me stronger!]

Another absurdly powerful life-saving Skill.

"This one’s not bad at all." Zhou Chen nodded in satisfaction. The Nirvana Skill had been collecting dust for a long time and wasn’t very useful, but now, after the fusion, it had been completely transformed.

He looked into his inventory. He still had the Dark Demon Dragon Mazixidun’s Soul Fragment, the Sea Serpent Emperor Dragon’s Soul Fragment, and the Fear Pseudo-Dragon’s Soul Fragment.

In the outside world, these three bosses were at the Abyss Monarch Level. The Skills learned from them would likely all be Abyssal Type. For an Ascender to learn their Skills would be asking for trouble; one wrong move and they could easily become corrupted.

Of course, Zhou Chen could control the corruption, but he couldn’t keep his corrupted state active all the time. Besides, the Book of the Dead alone was enough for him to chew on, and he hadn’t even finished developing the Spirit of the End’s Skills. There was no need to learn other Abyssal Skills unless they were tempting enough.

So, Zhou Chen decided to forge them into equipment.

He took out the Hammer of Forging and the Dark Demon Dragon Mazixidun’s Soul Fragment. A prompt immediately appeared over the fragment.

"Forge," "Dismantle," "Destroy"...

Zhou Chen thought for a moment but didn’t choose anything yet. Instead, he took out the Soul Fragments of the Sea Serpent Emperor Dragon and the Fear Pseudo-Dragon. After a brief pause, he also took out the materials dropped by the Fear Pseudo-Dragon, the Orge’s Copper Heart, and the Magma Giant Beast’s Heart Fragment.

The Dark Demon Dragon, the Sea Serpent Emperor Dragon, and the Fear Pseudo-Dragon—these three bosses were all of the Dragon Race. Fusing their Soul Fragments together might create a higher-quality Artifact.

It was just a pity that the Sea Serpent Emperor Dragon had been killed from a distance by the Artificial Sun, making its materials impossible to retrieve. As for the Dark Demon Dragon’s materials, he hadn’t been able to pick them up at the time, and when he went back to look, he had no idea where they had dropped.

In the Christmas Sled, Zhou Chen piled everything together. A prompt popped up before him:

"Forge All," "Dismantle All," "Destroy All"...

He chose "Forge All." The next second, an unknown Power took control of his body, raised the Hammer of Forging, and smashed it down onto the materials.

CLANG!

With a crisp sound, light bloomed and Fiery Fire swept out, engulfing all the materials.

Within the flames, an Artifact gradually took shape. Judging by its form, it seemed to be a horn.

After a long while, the flames slowly dissipated, revealing a brass-colored horn shaped like a Demon Dragon’s head.

The Demon Dragon at the tip had its cavernous mouth wide open, looking utterly ferocious. It had sharp horns on its head and a pair of small, unfurled wings behind it. The design was intricate and lifelike.

[Dragon-Calling Flute: A horn that houses the Souls of Demon Dragons. When blown, it can summon a Demon Dragon Soul to aid in battle.

Subdued Demon Dragon Souls will be completely loyal.

If a Demon Dragon Soul is killed in battle, it will need time to reform within the horn.

Current Soul Slots: 3/5

Note: The Dragon-Calling Flute can only subdue Demon Dragon Souls. Other Souls are ineffective.]

Holy shit! A Divine Artifact!

Zhou Chen’s eyes widened, and he carefully reread the brief Artifact description.

The Dragon-Calling Flute currently held three Demon Dragon Souls in its Soul Slots. He didn’t even have to think to know they were the Dark Demon Dragon, the Sea Serpent Emperor Dragon, and the Fear Pseudo-Dragon!

They had died long ago, but now they had been revived by the Artifact’s effect, and he could actually summon them to fight for him!

One had to understand, in the outside world, these three dragons were Tier Five Abyss Monarchs! Even if they were weakened by the gamified Rules of Gaia, they were still King Level here!

Most importantly, these three dragons would be completely loyal to him, so he didn’t have to worry about betrayal. This was like having three unwaveringly loyal super-enforcers. With the three of them fighting together, he wouldn’t even need to lift a finger to take care of ninety percent of the enemies in Gaia. He could basically walk sideways anywhere he went.

"This Artifact..." Even Danika couldn’t help but stare blankly for a good while after seeing it. This was, without a doubt, a Divine Artifact.

She then asked in confusion, "Didn’t you kill them all? Why are they alive again?"

"It’s probably the Artifact’s effect. It restored their Soul Bodies from the Soul Fragments. I just don’t know if they remember what happened before..."

But even if they did remember, it wouldn’t matter. The Artifact’s description made it very clear: the Demon Dragon Souls would be completely loyal. There was no need to worry about them turning on him.

Having forged such a powerful Divine Artifact, Zhou Chen was ecstatic. He was dying to blow the horn right then and there and take the dragons out for a stroll. However, he restrained the impulse to summon the Dragon Souls. Now was not the time. Besides, the Fear Pseudo-Dragon was also an Abyssal Spirit; summoning it might cause trouble.

"We’re almost there," Danika said, looking down and giving him a reminder.

Zhou Chen glanced down. Below them was no longer land, but a churning ocean.

The Christmas Sled was extremely fast; they had already reached the edge of Gaia’s World.

Gazing into the distance, he could faintly see the World Barrier that had stood there since time immemorial.

It was an expanse of white mist, the remnants of countless instances of Divine Power, and also the fundamental element that made up the Restricted Area.