"Look! The fire demon is out again!"
"Oh no! Run for your lives! The fire demon is out!"
"Run, everyone... The fire demon is coming!"
"Waaah... Mother, I'm scared!"
"..."
It turned out that the villagers near Lingyun Cave saw the fire qilin come out and were so frightened that they scattered and fled.
The Fire Qilin, a mythical creature that dwells in the mountains, is said to inundate its home whenever Leshan experiences flooding.
So it would come out and wander around, breathing fire everywhere to scare humans, and many people died under its fiery hooves.
This is why there is the saying, "The water submerged the Buddha's knees, and the fire burned the Lingyun Cave."
Moreover, the villagers nearby also refer to the fire qilin as the 'fire demon'.
Now that the fire demon has reappeared, how can these villagers not be afraid?
In an instant, the screams of villagers, the cries of children, the barking of stray dogs, the thud of objects falling to the ground... all sorts of sounds mingled together, and the whole village was in complete chaos.
Li Yao shook his head slightly, patted the fire qilin's bottom, and said, "Little fire, stop being naughty, put away the fire on your body."
The immature fire qilin is like a naughty little kid, deliberately making its body burst into flames to scare these tiny humans.
It felt a great sense of accomplishment when it saw these humans looking utterly terrified.
However, Li Yao was already its owner.
It had no choice but to obey its master.
So, it listlessly extinguished the flames on its body.
Soon, it stomped its hooves wildly, carrying Li Yao, and disappeared from the sight of the villagers.
Everyone stared blankly at the departing fire qilin.
"Huh? Why isn't the Fire Demon breathing fire?"
"How strange! There was no 'flooding of the Buddha's knees' today, so how did the fire demon get out?"
"Did you see that? It looks like there's someone riding on the Fire Demon's back."
"Yes, I saw it too."
"Who has the audacity to ride a fire demon?"
"Could that person be a god descended from heaven, specially sent to subdue the fire demon and rid us of this scourge?"
"Yes, yes, you're right. He must be a god descended from heaven, otherwise, how could he ride a fire demon!"
"Thank the gods for subduing the fire demon for us."
"..."
The villagers were both surprised and delighted, and they knelt and worshipped in the direction where Li Yao and the fire qilin disappeared.
Li Yao rode the fire unicorn and disappeared into a nearby, deserted, dense forest.
It jumped off the fire qilin, patted its head, and said, "Little fire, you rest for a while, I still have things to do."
The fire-breathing qilin shook its head, indicating that it understood.
Then, it obediently lay down on the ground, closed its eyes, and began to doze off.
Li Yao then sat cross-legged beside the fire unicorn, his consciousness sinking into his sea of consciousness.
First, he spent 100 Soul Points to begin reforging the Divine Stone.
Although the divine stone can change in countless ways, under normal circumstances, it maintains a fixed shape.
In the beginning, after the god of immortality obtained the divine stone, he shaped it into the form of a 'bowl'.
This shape is so ugly, it looks like a beggar's alms bowl.
Li Yao disliked it very much.
So, what kind of inherent shape should the sacred stone be shaped into?
He has never been very interested in swords.
The knife—wild, unrestrained, and domineering!
That suits his temperament quite well.
However, after witnessing Tang Bohu's Tang family spear technique, he felt that the spear suited his temperament better.
Guns are not only unrestrained and domineering, but also more flexible and versatile.
Moreover, he discovered that gun techniques are an extension of fist and palm techniques.
Incorporating fist and palm techniques into spear techniques can produce more varied and powerful effects.
So he decided to shape the divine stone into the form of a gun.
Remelting and reforging the divine stone is a very simple process.
The first step is to consume 100 Soul Points.
The second step is to visualize the shape you want to create.
Li Yao still clearly remembers the shape of Tang Bohu's "Overlord Spear".
Therefore, he shaped the divine stone into the form of the 'Overlord Spear'.
Soon, a long spear appeared before him, its entire body black, exuding boundless domineering aura.
"Excellent, excellent, exactly the weapon I've been looking for!"
Li Yao carefully examined the spear in his hand and nodded with great satisfaction.
Let's give it a name!
"Since the design of this spear is derived from the Overlord Spear, let's just call it the Overlord Spear."
Li Yao didn't bother to think too much and simply used the name "Overlord Spear".
"Let me try out this Overlord Spear and see if it suits my hand!"
Holding the Overlord Spear, Li Yao's face lit up with excitement.
call!
Li Yao gripped the Overlord Spear and began to wield it.
Suddenly, the stars twinkled and the silver light shimmered.
As Li Yao moved with agile and unpredictable movements, the withered leaves and branches around him began to dance in the air.
Li Yao displayed the Tang family spear technique, thrusting, stabbing, entangling, pointing, deflecting, and twirling, bringing the essence of the spear technique to its fullest extent.
Suddenly, he roared and thrust his spear forward swiftly.
The dragon that soars too high will regret it!
Buzz!
As the Overlord Spear thrust out, the spear pierced the air, and a sharp, rapid friction sound rang out.
The tip of the spear trembled wildly, and a burst of deep red internal energy shot out, roaring forward like thunder.
hold head high!
A faint sound of a dragon's roar could be heard.
That deep red internal energy resembled the head of a giant dragon emerging from its shell.
As the Overlord Spear spun and trembled, the deep red dragon head also spun rapidly.
boom!
The dragon's head suddenly burst forth, sweeping forward.
A deafening explosion rang out, and the giant trees in front were instantly blasted into pieces, turning into a sky full of wood chips that flew through the air.
At this moment, the fire qilin, which was dozing off, heard the dragon's roar. It immediately opened its eyes, stood up, and looked around warily, but found nothing. Then it narrowed its eyes again and continued to doze off in the same spot.
"Hmm, not bad, it's quite handy!"
Li Yao stood holding his gun, looking at the wood chips flying everywhere, and nodded with great satisfaction.
He incorporated the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms into his spear technique, and the effect was perfect.
He finally succeeded in forging the divine stone into a new weapon: the Overlord Spear.
The Overlord Spear was forged from divine stone, and naturally possesses the unique abilities of the divine stone.
In other words, when he uses the Overlord Spear in the future, his internal energy will be amplified twentyfold when it is channeled through the Overlord Spear.
However, this does not mean that the power of the Overlord Spear is limited to this.
Later, he can continue to enhance this ability of the Overlord Spear by consuming Soul Points.
After some investigation, he learned that when he first strengthened the Overlord Spear, he would need to consume 500 weapon spirit points, which would increase the Overlord Spear's internal force by twenty-one times.
The second enhancement of the Overlord Spear requires 1,000 weapon spirit points, which will increase the internal force output by twenty-two times.
The third time, it will require 1500 Soul Points to enhance the weapon twenty-three times.
And so on.
Whether there is an upper limit to this enhancement is currently unknown.
In conclusion, it seems that the internal energy enhancement effect of the Overlord Spear can be continuously improved.
It's really powerful!
"Next, we should integrate those unique weapon spirits into the Overlord Spear."
So far, Li Yao has acquired five unique weapon spirits: Azure Dragon Crescent Soul, Fire Kirin Soul, Snow Drinker Soul, Peerless Soul, and Xuanyuan Soul.
These weapon spirits come from: the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade, the Fire Kirin Sword, the Snow Drinking Blade, the Peerless Sword, and the Xuanyuan Sword.
As long as these unique weapon spirits are integrated into the Overlord Spear.
From now on, Li Yao only needs to silently recite the name of the corresponding weapon in his mind to directly transform the Overlord Spear, which is made of divine stone, into that weapon.