Inside the belly of the mountain, purple flames surged upward.
Because the Heaven Heart Seal's primary function was to smash things, its weight was extremely terrifying. As for the required materials, although they were not especially rare, the quantities needed were enormous.
For more than ten consecutive days, Liu Bai had been continuously refining these metallic materials. During this process, he also had to use spatial restrictions to constantly compress their volume.
After all, once the Heaven Heart Seal was fully forged, it would be as large as a mountain. How could that possibly be used directly?
These spatial restrictions allowed the Heaven Heart Seal itself to freely expand and contract in size, making it convenient to hold in hand, and immensely satisfying to hurl out to smash enemies.
As for the materials, the Golden Crystal Beast King from before fed exclusively on metals. Within its tribe, who knew how many precious ores had been stockpiled. After Liu Bai wiped them out completely, he directly plundered a massive quantity of metallic ores, enough for him to squander for quite some time.
Thus, as vast amounts of materials were poured in, the Heaven Heart Seal gradually took shape, and its weight reached an extremely horrifying level.
Time passed bit by bit, and Liu Bai finally completed the first two stages of artifact forging. The Heaven Heart Seal was fully formed. At this moment, when Liu Bai supported the cyan gold great seal with his spiritual sense, he felt as if he were holding up a thousand zhang tall mountain.
"Huff… This weight is more than ten times heavier than what my teacher recorded. After it is successfully forged, its power should be even greater."
Elder Chihuo was, after all, only a mere First Grade Sovereign. Even with the backing of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, he could not possibly squander precious ores like Liu Bai did now. Naturally, the final product he forged was somewhat inferior.
Moreover, Liu Bai planned to engrave thirty six gravity restrictions onto the Heaven Heart Seal next. Once completed, although it would still be a low tier Divine Artifact, if it were struck with full force, even a Third Grade Sovereign would likely be unable to endure it.
The only drawback might be that it was somewhat cumbersome to use. If the opponent were prepared, it would be easy to dodge.
However, Liu Bai was not concerned about that for the time being. He felt that he probably would not have many chances to actually use this thing. It was purely a practice piece. As for whether it was practical or not, that was not within his considerations.
At worst, even using it as a brick to smash someone would still add a bit of extra impact.
Engraving restrictions, Profound Water tempering, and the final step, which was also extremely important, blood sacrifice. This was the final awakening of a Divine Artifact.
So called Spiritual Artifacts possess spirit, and what makes Divine Artifacts stronger than Spiritual Artifacts is that the latter already possess a trace of rudimentary intelligence. Of course, different people may have different attitudes toward the intelligence within Divine Artifacts.
Some people believe that even Divine Artifacts are nothing more than weapons, and weapons do not need their own thoughts. Thus, they restrict this intelligence and simply treat them as tools.
This approach is mostly applied to combat type Divine Artifacts.
Another group of people deliberately nurture this intelligence, then use these artifact spirits to assist themselves in better utilizing the Divine Artifact.
These are mostly non combat Divine Artifacts, such as the Spiritual Art Technique Divine Hall of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.
As for Liu Bai, he did not have such concerns for the time being. He himself was the forger of the Divine Artifact, and this intelligence was bestowed by him, so he was not worried about betrayal. Thus, even for combat Divine Artifacts, he would deliberately awaken their intelligence.
And this was what was known as blood sacrifice.
Of course, blood sacrifice did not mean the artifact forger jumping into the furnace and offering their body as a sacrifice. It only required a single drop of fresh blood, infused with a tiny bit of soul power.
This trace of soul power would slowly awaken within the Divine Artifact, eventually giving rise to its own intelligence. This process was known as the awakening of a Divine Artifact.
Once awakened, the power of a Divine Artifact would increase significantly, and many might even improve in quality. Thus, artifact forgers would awaken all Divine Artifacts they forged.
At the moment the blood sacrifice was completed, a vast aura surged out from within the mountain. The originally clear sky suddenly became turbulent with winds and clouds. Beams of spiritual light broke through the restraints of the mountain, pierced through the obstruction of the grand array, and shot straight into the heavens.
This scene appeared in the sight of everyone at the foot of the mountain, causing those who were still uncertain whether there was a treasure here to become completely convinced.
"Treasure light surging to the heavens. This is a sign that the ruins are about to emerge. The commotion here will definitely attract even more people. We do not have time to waste."
The young man who had previously gathered everyone into an alliance said in a deep voice.
As soon as his words fell, the elderly man surnamed Hong, wearing tattered clothes, stood up and said, "Little Brother Yun is right. Since everyone has already discussed it, let us not waste any more time. While the grand array is weakened, we will forcibly break it."
Forcibly breaking an array from the outside placed extremely high demands on strength. At the very least, the attack had to reach the critical threshold of the array.
An Earth Grade spiritual array, even after being depleted of much spiritual power by them earlier, was still not something that could be forcibly broken easily.
The reason everyone was willing to accept the command of such a young man was because they had learned that he could gather the battle intent of the crowd and unleash an attack comparable to that of a Third Grade Sovereign. That was why they temporarily chose to acknowledge him.
Once the array was broken, this fragile alliance would likely collapse instantly. At that time, it was very possible that they would even turn on each other for the sake of the treasure.
However, those were matters after the array was broken.
With the young man surnamed Yun taking the lead and the elderly man surnamed Hong voicing his support, the others no longer clamored. They all moved to their positions and erupted with the terrifying battle intent within their bodies.
It had to be said that this young man surnamed Yun truly had some talent in the path of battle intent. Leading such a rabble, even though their overall strength was generally higher than that of regular troops like the Nine Nether Guards, without coordination they could never fuse their battle intents together.
Yet under the control of the young man surnamed Yun, these chaotic battle intents were actually forcibly merged, eventually forming a terrifying long spear that stabbed directly toward the grand array ahead.
Boom rumble rumble.
Violent tremors erupted from the mountain peak, and the entire land seemed to wail.
The layer of spiritual light that originally enveloped the mountain began to flicker rapidly under the assault of the battle intent spear. Then a light cracking sound rang out, as if the air itself had shattered. Dense cracks appeared on the spiritual light barrier around the mountain, and it shattered explosively.
This scene immediately caused the crowd outside the mountain to cheer. The previously orderly formation instantly collapsed.
At the same time, the moment the array was broken, Liu Bai within the mountain also sensed it, and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.
"These guys actually managed to break the array?"
From the moment those people outside began constantly sending others in to test the array's power, Liu Bai had already noticed. However, he did not have the time to deal with it back then. In his eyes, they were simply a group of people voluntarily delivering experience and Spiritual Pulse awakening points.
Although with their level of cultivation, the experience they provided him was already very little, since they came knocking on the door themselves, Liu Bai naturally would not stop them.
He even directly muted the system notifications later, so that it would not keep ringing in his head while he was at a critical moment of artifact forging.
Now that the Heaven Heart Seal was complete, Liu Bai wanted to see just who these people outside were, to actually persist for so long without leaving, even while being blocked by the Skeleton Illusory Array. This was practically asking to be beaten for no reason.
His spiritual sense swept out, and what he saw were dozens of figures charging into the mountain.
A smile curved at the corner of Liu Bai's mouth. He weighed the Heaven Heart Seal in his hand, then directly raised his arm and threw it out.
Since it was already forged successfully, it was only natural to test its power. He wanted to see whether the thing he had painstakingly forged, consuming so many precious materials, was truly worth it.
Outside, just as the crowd was about to rush into the mountain, they suddenly felt the sky above them darken.
Someone could not help but look up, only to see that above their heads, it was as if a mountain was crashing down. Within a radius of a thousand meters, everything was shrouded in shadow.
"Run, run, run!"
Finally, someone let out a shrill scream. From the sound alone, one could tell how terrified he was at this moment.
Unfortunately, the Heaven Heart Seal had already locked onto this space. Including him, more than thirty people were all within its attack range. Even if they wanted to flee, it was already impossible.
"A Divine Artifact. This is definitely a Divine Artifact!"
Although an ordinary low grade Divine Artifact was only worth around two to three thousand Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, for a group of loose cultivators like them, this was already enough to make them unable to bring themselves to purchase one.
After all, cultivation realm was the most important thing. They themselves did not have a stable source of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, and they still had to account for cultivation expenses. Sometimes they even needed to purchase pills. When everything was added together, Divine Artifacts were truly not something just anyone could afford.
This was not hard to understand. After all, such people were everywhere around us, including ourselves.
Aside from those cultivators enveloped by the Heaven Heart Seal, who were desperately trying to block the mountain falling from above their heads, everyone else was staring at this scene with faces full of wild joy.
The appearance of the Heaven Heart Seal proved that their efforts had not been in vain.
Since there was one Divine Artifact, then there must be a second, a third, and more.
At this moment, every single one of them was thinking about how to take all these treasures for themselves.
Of course, if they were to know that there was no second, third, or even more Divine Artifacts inside, and that there was only a single artifact forger, what would they do then?
Unfortunately, Liu Bai had no interest in playing with this group. So after the Heaven Heart Seal smashed dozens of Sovereigns to death in one strike and even snapped the mountain peak in two, Liu Bai's figure was already standing atop the great seal, gazing down at the crowd below as if they were ants.
"Was it you who dared to break my array?"
A calm voice sounded in the ears of every single person.
The crowd, which had been rejoicing just moments ago, all froze when they saw Liu Bai. One by one, the smiles on their faces stiffened.
Especially since Liu Bai did not conceal his aura. When the pressure belonging to a Fourth Grade Sovereign descended upon this group of Second Grade Sovereigns, everyone was completely dumbfounded.
"How is this possible…"
Many people could not accept it. Could it be that the grand array they had exhausted themselves to break was not some ruin guarding array at all, but rather an array laid down by the powerful figure before them?
If that were the case, then this misunderstanding would be truly disastrous, and they might even lose their lives in the end. No, not might. For many people, their lives had already been lost.
"L Lord, this is…" As the one who had led the array breaking, the young man surnamed Yun was completely numb at this moment.
How did a person come out of the array after his strike pierced through it? A person coming out would have been one thing, but it was actually such a terrifying powerhouse.
Just now, he had personally witnessed the other party crush dozens of First and Second Grade Sovereigns to death with a single seal. Even now, the hairs on his body were still standing on end.
"It was him. Lord, it was him. This brat was the one who broke your array. It has nothing to do with us."
Before the young man surnamed Yun could explain, someone had already been unable to hold back and directly dumped the blame onto him.
Of course, taking this blame was not entirely unjust. After all, it really was him who had broken the array just now. At this point, even if he wanted to refute it, he could not.
As a result, the heart of the young man surnamed Yun sank straight to the bottom.
"Oh?" A glint of light flashed through Liu Bai's eyes.
His attention also fell upon the young man surnamed Yun.
This person looked like he was not much older than Liu Bai himself. With cultivation at the peak of Second Grade Sovereign, he was already quite impressive. Among the many commanders of the Great Heavenlaw Domain, he could rank within the top four, far stronger than Cao Feng.
Such a young talent, why would he not find a powerful backer and cultivate properly, instead mixing together with this bunch of rabble?
Of course, the most important point was that the strike that had broken his array earlier contained the aura of battle intent. Judging by the quality of the people around, even if they attacked together, they would not have been able to break his array. So someone must have gathered everyone's battle intent to break the array.
If that was the case, then the young man before him was actually a battle intent genius.
Curiosity caused Liu Bai not to make a move. Instead, he looked over with an interested expression.
At this moment, under Liu Bai's gaze, the young man surnamed Yun felt tremendous pressure. His head was lowered, and cold sweat dripped down from his temples.
The atmosphere in the field was heavy. Everyone was not even daring to breathe loudly, fearing that they would be taken as the next target and directly killed by Liu Bai.
Just as the young man surnamed Yun felt that he was about to be unable to withstand that incomparably terrifying pressure, a voice suddenly rang out to plead on his behalf.
"Lord, there are reasons behind this matter. It is not entirely Little Brother Yun's fault. I ask that you grant him a chance to explain."
As this voice sounded, the frozen atmosphere in the field abruptly shattered. However, the vast majority of the people below glared angrily at the one who spoke, while the young man surnamed Yun stared in disbelief at the ragged old man who had just spoken.
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