While forcing himself to remain calm, Yang Kai put away the Space Ring and examined the Grand Array in this cave. He then turned to Zha Gu, “Where’s the Array Plate that’s used to control this Grand Array?”
Zha Gu landed a slap on his own forehead, “Right.”
Upon finishing his words, he tossed an Array Plate at Yang Kai, who took it and started refining it.
It wasn’t difficult to refine this thing, so it only took Yang Kai a dozen breaths to finish. With this token in possession, he had full control over the Grand Array in this place.
With the help of the Earth Fire in this place, he would achieve twice the results with only half the effort.
When everything was prepared, Yang Kai extended his hand and summoned out a glittering silver hammer.
This nameless hammer was given to him by Chai Hao. It was used by Chai Hao when he was younger, but it fell into disuse after his skills improved and he acquired a better one. If not for the fact that Yang Kai was somewhat talented in the Dao of Artifact Refining, and that he was eager to learn, Chai Hao wouldn’t have given this sentimental hammer to him.
Although this thing was no longer useful to Chai Hao, it was a symbol of his growth that carried special meaning with it.
While it was useless to Chai Hao, it was precious to Yang Kai, and given his level of Artifact Refining, he could only utilise a small part of its full potential. It was also pointless for him to use better tools as he couldn’t bring out their strength with his low comprehension.
Yang Kai gently jabbed the hefty giant halberd into the ground so that it stood straight.
Zha Gu could see that Yang Kai raised the hammer in his hands and forcefully struck the giant halberd.
The moment the hammer was lifted, the Earth Fire in the cave madly streamed into the hammer, making the tool glow red.
A deafening clang was then heard.
A strike of such intensity should have destroyed the entire cave, but what was strange was that all the force stayed within the giant halberd without any of it escaping from the weapon. This was apparently because Yang Kai had full control over his strength, allowing him to put all of it to use.
Zha Gu arched his brow at the sight. For all intents and purposes, a Feudal Lord was equivalent to a Seventh-Order Human Master. However, Zha Gu reckoned that he didn’t have such precise control over his strength.
This went to show the vast difference in power between Yang Kai and himself and he reckoned that it was no wonder Yang Kai was able to kill so many Black Ink Clansmen on his own.
However, what he saw made him feel puzzled.
In the past, he had observed from the side when his Black Ink Disciple created some artifacts. Although he knew nothing about the Dao of Artifact Refining, he could see that the way his Black Ink Disciple refined artifacts had a certain beauty and abstrusity to it. On the other hand, Yang Kai’s approach was brutal and blunt. It was as though he was just striking with all his might.
While Zha Gu was perplexed, he heard another clang the next instant.
A series of clangs were continuously heard and each time Yang Kai wielded the hammer, he seemed to be using all of his strength. The intervals between the strikes were precise, and every time he lifted the hammer, the Earth Fire in the Grand Array would be drawn into it, causing it to burn.
There were 81 strikes in total as Yang Kai hammered the giant halberd from the tip of its blade to the butt of his shaft.
Initially, Zha Gu hadn’t noticed anything, but as time passed, he could feel that the prototypical giant halberd was going through a kind of transformation. However, the transformation was so vague that he wasn’t even sure if he was seeing an illusion.
After 81 strikes, Yang Kai’s aura had become a bit unstable.
He then stored the hammer and sat down with his legs crossed before stuffing a handful of Open Heaven Pills into his mouth.
Zha Gu knew that Yang Kai’s strength had plummeted as a result of the damage to his Small Universe, so he didn’t dare to disturb him as the latter must be exhausted from all the hammering.