Having found the holy light of the Goddess of Light, only the foundry power of the God of the Foundry remained.
The holy light of the Goddess could be transformed by the dungeon into vines. On second thought, this suited the sacred and life-bursting nature of the holy light.
Foundry power, however, was more akin to the smelting of metal.
In that case, it would be... a mineral vein?
Dalun Li finally discovered his target deep underground, beneath the rotting swamp.
It was a special miniature mineral vein.
The power of the God of the Foundry had actually been transformed by the dungeon into a miniature mineral vein.
Dalun Li moved underground and felt the power of the mineral vein before him.
He tried to knock a piece of ore from the vein.
To his surprise, when the ore hit the ground, it began to twist and change as if it possessed a life of its own.
“Foundry power is very similar to the power of Earth Vein Essence!”
Dalun Li sensed the amorphous ore before him with amazement.
Only foundry blacksmiths who worshipped the God of the Foundry could obtain foundry power from him to forge magical artifacts.
Thinking about it this way, the power of the God of the Foundry was the core required to forge magical artifacts.
And the core Dalun Li used for Monster Creation was Earth Vein Essence.
Dalun Li could use the power of Earth Vein Essence to create magical artifacts.
It was not surprising at all that the ore formed from the God of the Foundry's power possessed the same characteristics as Earth Vein Essence.
Looking at the ore before him, his first thought was naturally not to use it to forge some common magical artifact.
He was no longer short on Small Pieces of Earth Vein Essence, so he didn't really need these ores for that.
He was wondering if it was possible to use this power of the God of the Foundry to break the limits of foundry arts.
Among all the beings seeking the Forbidden Fire, only Purple Hammer was not seeking power.
Instead, he wanted to use the Forbidden Fire to break through the possibilities of the purple-skinned blacksmith tribe's foundry arts.
In fact, the Forbidden Fire did possess the ability to enhance foundry arts, and its scorching flames could easily melt any metal.
Even a Stratum Core, under the prolonged refinement of the Forbidden Fire, would reach its limit and begin to melt.
“According to traditional foundry arts, it is impossible to break through the technical blockade of the God of the Foundry.”
“A brand-new method of foundry arts must be created.”
Dalun Li thought for a moment and suddenly felt he had hit a dead end.
Why was he thinking about trying to conquer someone else's foundry arts when he had his own right here?
Habitual thinking was truly a trap.
Dalun Li himself could create magical artifacts.
If he gave Earth Vein Essence to the purple-skinned blacksmiths, wouldn't they be able to use it to forge magical artifacts?
However, doing it that way seemed a bit redundant.
But what if one portion of Earth Vein Power could create multiple magical artifacts?
What if the adventurers were made to bear the cost of this forging?
The adventurers would provide the materials, he would provide the Earth Vein Essence, and the purple-skinned blacksmiths would do the forging.
He would use the adventurers' money to train his own people's skills.
Dalun Li called this method Pre-fabricated Foundry.
He would transform Earth Vein Essence into special blueprints—one portion of Earth Vein Power would be turned into two or three foundry blueprints.
Then, he would place these foundry blueprints in treasure chests, boss drops, and on the shelves of monster merchants.
Once an adventurer found a foundry blueprint, they would have to collect the materials and seek out the purple-skinned blacksmith tribe to forge a magical artifact.
Of course, since one portion of Earth Vein Essence would be divided into three blueprints, the forging process would no longer be a guaranteed success; there would be a success rate limit.
Alchemists capable of crafting magical artifacts were incredibly rare.
Ordinary adventurers could almost never find an alchemist to perform alchemy for them.
But in the Well of Eternal Imprisonment, as long as you obtained a blueprint and collected the materials according to it...
You would have a chance to obtain a magical artifact of your own.
Dalun Li could already imagine what would happen once the blueprints were released.
The value of the monster materials required by the blueprints would surely skyrocket.
Some of the materials held by the monster merchants would be much easier to sell.
The adventurers' motivation for combat would also increase significantly.
They would even risk fighting elite monsters to collect the materials needed to craft magical artifacts.
When that happened, more adventurers would die, and he could feast even more.
For some bosses, adventurers might even forge specific magical artifacts to counter them before going into battle.
With such a sequence of moves, how many times would he win... Dammit, he had lost count.
Just thinking about it, he could already smell the fragrance of the adventurers in the Well of Eternal Imprisonment.
As for the ore possessing foundry power...
Dalun Li brought out the Life Casket.
Inside the Life Casket, all the memories and knowledge of the fifth-rank mage Zahra had already been extracted by the Eternal Imprisonment Brain.
Dalun Li opened the Life Casket and activated this masterpiece grade magical artifact.
Zahra's life force was swiftly extracted and then completely absorbed by the Well of Eternal Imprisonment without a drop wasted.
A Large Piece of Earth Vein Essence appeared in Dalun Li's hand.
To complete his plan, Dalun Li intended to create a masterpiece grade magical artifact with foundry attributes.
The entire small mineral vein before him was the material.
As Dalun Li activated his ability, all the ore from the small mineral vein was transferred to the surface by him.
All the ore was compressed into a single mass under Dalun Li's power.
Looking at the mass of ore, Dalun Li threw in the Large Piece of Earth Vein Essence.
“Magical artifact, creation!”
As the power of the Large Piece of Earth Vein Essence was activated, the mineral vein formed from foundry power quickly began to aggregate and refine.
Dalun Li discarded the useless mass, extracting and compressing only the core foundry power of the entire vein.
A large amount of metal liquid was expelled like impurities.
The massive mineral vein was compressed like a sponge until it reached its limit, forming a thick, cube-shaped magical artifact.
Everything compressed within it was the essence of foundry power.
The God of the Foundry probably never expected that the foundry power he casually dropped during the battle in the chaos would be picked up by someone else.
As the final stage of creation ended, the thick cube began to cool.
Eventually, the thick cube unfolded from the middle, forming a thick, ancient book cast from metal.
The pages flipped, and countless words flowed across them, as if recording all the foundry knowledge in the world.
Dalun Li took the book, the flipping pages snapped shut with a thud, and the name of the magical artifact appeared on the spine.
【Secret Book of Fire-Stealing】 Masterpiece grade magical artifact, a magic book containing foundry power, possessing the power of the foundry.
【Special Effects】 1. Sealing: Lock onto a magical artifact; once activated, seal all special abilities of that artifact.
2. Foundry Insight: Contains foundry knowledge; by praying and asking the Foundry Book, one can answer doubts and questions regarding the foundry.
3. Book of Knowledge: The Secret Book of Fire-Stealing possesses a learning ability and can accumulate a wealth of knowledge through learning.
4. Foundry Power: The more knowledge the Secret Book accumulates, the stronger its foundry power will become.
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