Chapter 106: The Mighty Art of Hammer Swapping

  The green-skinned three-armed ape took a kick to the abdomen, its body arched back like a giant green shrimp, opening its huge mouth and spewing out a large cluster of bright red blood. The sound of bones cracking, [Ka-chunk], also came from its body, and the powerful kick that struck its abdomen had also broken one of its lowermost ribs.

  The scorching sensation in my chest suddenly became cool and refreshing after the Dou Qi passed through! The Wind Cloud Golden Body's defensive capabilities were much stronger than the Green Skin Three-Armed Ape's abilities!

  The green-skinned three-armed gorilla's face contorted in intense pain, its agony making it even more ferocious. A particularly deep and metallic-colored patch of skin on its forehead flashed with a hint of brightness as the muscles in its arms bulged.

  "Jūriki?"

  His eyes flashed with excitement, the world of demons is also divided into two categories of demons. One type is physical attack-type demons, such as the green-skinned three-armed gorilla that relies on its strong physique to hunt.

  Another type is a magical creature that releases spiritual power, such as the evil eye beast.

  Their bodies are different, and their spiritual strength is also different, but it doesn't mean that the magic contained in the magic core has any difference, almost all are the same.

  However, the Evil Eye talent is more about using spiritual power to extract magical power from magic cores, while the Green Skin Three-Armed Ape talent is about extracting magical power to strengthen one's physical body.

  Gigantic Force is the only magic that the green-skinned three-armed gorilla can use! It can activate the Gigantic Force with very little magical power, while human great mages, even if they have resources to activate the green-skinned three-armed gorilla's magical power a hundred times over, still cannot use this special magic.

  "What a pity... it's not blue skin...". A faint sigh of excitement: "Green-skinned three-armed gorilla can only use first-level giant strength technique, increasing one hundred kilograms of power, if it were blue-skinned, it could use second-level giant strength technique, that would be an increase of three hundred kilograms of power! If I could master the giant strength technique..."

  The green-skinned three-armed ape let out a loud roar, its two feet trampling the snowy ground and splashing it everywhere. The frozen earth even left behind two footprints from its feet. With all its might, its three arms simultaneously smashed towards Qian Jing.

  "What a pity... still not enough!"

  Ka-ba! With a mighty heave, his right arm rose like the Yangtze River's iron chain, blocking the green-skinned three-armed ape's smashing fist with his forearm above his forehead. At the same time, his wrist twisted on the ground, transferring all his power to his right arm through his waist, combining it with his inner energy to unleash the strongest impact, blasting open the smashing fist and shattering the finger bones on the incoming punch, producing a crisp cracking sound.

  Ten fingers connected! The pain of a fractured hand bone momentarily slowed down the Green Skinned Three Armed Ape's other two fists. With a dry crack, his wrist twisted in the opposite direction again, and his body slid to one side with that force, like an eel slipping onto the Green Skinned Three Armed Ape's side. His right leg, which had landed first, bent and kicked off, sending his body flying high into the air. His left palm supported the ape's shoulder, and his legs straddled its shoulders. The right fist, which had been pulled back early, heavily struck the ape's occipital bone.

  Bang! Ka ka... The tenth-level Dou Qi mixed with brute force, shattered the green-skinned three-armed ape's occipital bone. Its massive body couldn't withstand this sudden burst of power from one punch, and it fell forward onto the ground, its three arms propping itself up in an attempt to get back up...

  Qian Jin suffered many losses in the endless world, and he never showed mercy in his life-and-death battles. He kicked the three-armed gorilla's head with one foot, and then another foot stomped on its spine, breaking it!

  Cock-a-doodle-doo... Cock-a-doodle-doo-doo-doo!

  The notes of death sounded at this moment, the dark green color on the three-armed gorilla's body quickly faded away, and in an instant it disappeared without a trace. Its four limbs weakly supported itself on the ground for a few moments, as if a person was lying on the smoothest ice surface, with no place to borrow strength from, and couldn't get up at all.

  Its body convulsed twice, the remaining strength in its limbs suddenly relaxed, and its massive body completely softened. The mouth of this demon beast gurgled out a large amount of blood, turning all the snow around its head red.

  A pair of eyes that stood out more than usual, swollen from a heavy punch, shone with an unbelievable flavor. Gradually, those bright pupils began to lose focus and lost their last bit of luster.

  Shui Lian Ying Er stood still, staring blankly at the Qian Jin beside the green-skinned three-armed ape. She even forgot that as an adventurer, after killing a prey each time, she must go over to personally verify whether the prey was really dead or not.

  Shui Lian Ying Er wondered if she was dreaming? In just a short blink of an eye, Qian Jin had dispersed the pack of wild wolves and only used his fists, without even using his saber! Just like that, one punch, another punch, another punch! One punch killed the demon beast Green Skin Three-Armed Ape?

  "The green-skinned three-armed ape is just like that." Qian Jin shook his head slightly in disappointment: "Who said that a level 10 warrior encountering a demon beast would almost only have the chance to escape? This one wasn't even killed by me using my fists?"

  Shui Lian Ying Er shook her head with a bitter smile on her face, looking at Qian Jin and thinking to herself: Do you think every level 10 warrior is like you? I've also seen a level 10 warrior fight against a demon beast before, but that time the demon beast was chasing after the powerful level 10 warrior as it fled.

  Qianjin held up the horse-slaying knife, separating the green-skinned three-armed ape's body, and took out a green stone the size of an infant's fist, still covered in fresh blood.

  Magic Core! The most valuable thing on the Green-Skinned Three-Armed Ape's body!

  "Magic core... Hehe... I didn't think I could get my hands on one of these." Qian Jin smiled gleefully as he gazed at the magic core in his hand. This thing was not only useful for fighting, but also provided a great deal of assistance when training spiritual power and magical power, just like how a battlestone helped warriors.

  "I wonder how many goods can be exchanged for this handful of stones?"

  Dry and murmuring to himself, he asked himself, this demon core thing for warriors, only has four effects. The first is to exchange for fighting stones, the second is to sell it and enjoy life, the third is that if one day you need a magician's help, you can take it out and ask for help.

  Fourth, forge into a rare and powerful magical weapon!

  "Magic weapon..." Qian Jin let out a light sigh, looking up at the sky. In this world, only magic forgers could forge magic weapons. It wasn't just a matter of having the ability of a blacksmith, but also requiring high attainments in various fields such as magic arrays, carving, and inlaying, to work together with the magic core to create a magic weapon.

  "Master Blacksmith..." Kei took a deep breath, and his heart stirred with excitement again. When would he have the chance to learn advanced blacksmithing techniques from Master Black? The houses along the village road in the Endless World were indeed related to various fields such as carving, magic arrays, and inlays... but did he have any talent for those areas?

  Qianjin used the accumulated snow to wipe away the fresh blood on the magic core, dragging the corpse of the green-skinned three-armed ape all the way to the entrance of the cave. He arranged the corpse neatly and turned his head to observe his surroundings, letting out a long sigh as he muttered to himself: "Finally! I've finally established my dominance! I can finally enter the endless world!"

  Soft sunlight spills into every corner of the quiet village, a few wisps of morning cooking smoke rising straight up into the blue sky on windless days.

  Qianjin stood on the quiet streets of the village in the "Endless World", his heart filled with a long-forgotten sense of nostalgia. He thought back to how he had hastily eaten a few strips of bacon in order to enter this place earlier, and how two women had looked at him with strange expressions when he had rushed off to sleep with his hat on.

  With a light and familiar step, he arrived at the front of Blake's blacksmith shop, his heart somewhat nervous as he stepped into the yard with one foot.

  "Are you here?"

  After the door closed, Blake's voice suddenly rang out without a hint of sleepiness, and even when facing the green-skinned three-armed gorilla, he didn't show any emotional fluctuations, really startling him.

  Facing Blake, Qianjin always had a feeling of facing his real family members, afraid that he would do something wrong and disappoint the other party.

  These days without coming, Gan Jing's heart has long been filled with unease. It wasn't that he was afraid that Blake would no longer teach him the art of blacksmithing, but rather that he feared seeing a disappointed look in Blake's eyes towards him.

  Since the failure of the Bloodline Awakening ceremony, a thought had been lurking in Qianjin's heart - he didn't want to see his loved ones again, not even for an instant, lest they reveal a hint of disappointment.

  Blake walked out from behind the door panel weakly, and when he saw Qian Jing for a moment, his eyes that were filled with drowsiness suddenly lit up. Countless surprises jumped out of his eyes, even his footsteps stiffened slightly as he walked, and his mouth opened slightly: "You haven't come these days, it seems like it was for this. As a warrior, I can understand."

  "Bowing slightly: 'Sorry.'"

  Blake gazed at Qian Jin, but it wasn't a sharp gaze like Qian Wu's, rather more like an elder observing their younger generation.

  "Not bad, very sincere." Blake nodded with a satisfied smile and handed over a hammer of over 300 pounds to Qianjin: "Go ahead, continue forging your iron."

  He gripped the over 300-jin iron hammer in his hand, glanced at the nearby 400-jin iron hammer, and looked at Blake with a hesitant expression.

  If it were before, Qianjin would have spoken up directly and asked to switch hammers. Today, he hasn't come for a while, and just made a mistake, so facing Blake, who is like an elder, he feels a bit embarrassed.

  Blake turned around and took two steps without hearing any blacksmithing procedures, looked back at Qian Jin's series of actions and gaze, and again fell into his almost sleepy eyes with a hint of curiosity. Was the judgment wrong? Not enough for three hundred catties?

  "You want to use this four-hundred-pound sledgehammer?" Black swung the massive iron hammer in his hand.

  "Hmm!" Gan Jing hastily nodded, although the 300 jin was also very handy to use, but for self-improvement, it probably wouldn't be of much help, and besides, it did feel a bit light.