For a moment, inhaling a sharp breath was the only sound that one could hear.

But in the stuffy underground, there was no cool place to be found, and what everyone drew into their bellies was only the pungent and scalding wind...

It was just a moment's sweep, a strand of mercury so thin it was almost invisible to the naked eye, that easily sliced through Lou Feng's hair.

To split hairs was no more than this.

Although most of the people present could easily achieve the same effect, doing so undetected was impossible. What's more, wasn't there more than just this one strand freshly produced from the furnace?

Who could have imagined that after squatting beside the furnace for a night, Ji Jue could come up with such a bizarre murder tool for a secret chamber?

In an instant, even the look towards Lou Feng was filled with more respect—who would have thought that you, the Embers' craftsmen, always so gentle and refined in appearance, were hiding such deadly tricks up your sleeves!

What incredible, groundbreaking work are you about to show off now?!

In the midst of impractical expectations, the corners of Lou Feng's eyes twitched repeatedly, his gaze crossing over the broken stubbles of hair on his forehead to glare at Ji Jue.

That damned guy definitely did it on purpose just now!

Ji Jue smiled innocently, pretending to be unaware of what had happened.

After a brief period of practice, the operation became even smoother. The liquid mercury flowed and changed shapes between his fingers, like kneading dough; with every fold and stretch, the quantity of mercury strands doubled while becoming even finer.

Eventually, between his hands, it seemed as if hanging curtains of flowing silver light.

When those myriad fine strands fell, spilling onto the ground, the luster flowing between them rippled like water waves, swaying seductively—a spectacular sight to behold.

"It's done."

Ji Jue's index finger and thumb came together, carefully pinching to gauge the feeling and thickness like silk, estimating the diameter.

After a lot of careful refining, the blessing of Heavenly Skill had grown so much that a single touch provided detailed data. It could even rival professional equipment when measuring to the third decimal place.

0.012 millimeters, close to one denier.

If one were to control it deliberately, it could go even lower. While maintaining operation and control, it should be reducible to about 0.3 denier, but that was pointless—there was no need to go that low.

Ji Jue's hands came together, the flowing millions of mercury strands merging again, or intertwining without resistance, entangled at the gentle crossing of his fingers, and in a blink, they turned into a shimmering silver kerchief.

As he lifted his hands, it began to expand endlessly with a shake, covering the entire shelter with just over twenty grams.

No matter how much Ji Jue pulled or tore at it, there was no sign of breakage or splitting from the stretching and deformation.

All the strength came from the blessing that had been fused into it.

Among the series of blessings from the Ruins, there was one that was almost the opposite of the Golden Iron Quality—the Supreme Resilience blessing!

While the Golden Iron Quality served to harden the material, increasing its hardness, the effect of Supreme Resilience was to soften the substance to the extreme, gaining unimaginable toughness and stretchability.

When the two were combined, the brittleness of Golden Iron Quality was compensated for, and when faced with impact, the elasticity offered a transformative stabilization of structure.

A blend of hardness and softness.

The strength of the Mercury Creation saw a major upgrade, and its versatility was further enhanced. With the Supreme Resilience, Ji Jue could now overcome the limitation of not being able to reproduce cable-type materials with mercury.

If one were to use a human analogy, if Golden Iron Quality were the bones supporting the frame, then without a doubt, Supreme Resilience would be the muscles, capable of fulfilling the needs of the Transmission function.

With clever integration and use, the applications were virtually endless!

"Indeed the work of a master craftsman!"

Ji Jue exclaimed, "To ensure such precision in that chaotic environment and meticulously extract such a complete blessing, thank you so much, Mr. Lou!"

This was what Lou Feng quickly scraped off from a Ruins Chosen One during the raid on a branch of the Evil Cult. A rare opportunity, indeed; Golden Iron Quality wasn't uncommon for the Ruins, but it was very rare to find a Chosen One with such a specialized blessing as Supreme Resilience early on.

For this, Ji Jue had willingly given up most of the materials from the workshop that he didn't need, using them to pay the crafting fee.

They were found items anyway, nothing to lament over.

But master craftsmanship was truly useful...

Who could have invented such a matrix, a piece of genius work?

At this moment, catching the eager and passionate look from Ji Jue, Lou Feng scoffed, "Quit pining after my stuff; it's the best there is!"

I know exactly what you're up to, you damn dog.

You're eyeing my Matrix again, aren't you!

"Oh my, how could I possibly!"

Ji Jue shook his head with a sigh, "You speak as if I'm that kind of person!"

"Don't you know yourself?" Lou Feng was almost laughed by anger, "If your damn dog eyes could spend less time leeching off my Matrix, I might actually believe you!"

We're all Embers here; everyone knows what you're pondering.

"If you're really grateful, then stop beating around the bush."

Lou Feng looked down at the Mercury Creation in Ji Jue's hands, constantly transforming, soft or hard at will, "A mere Golden Iron Quality blessing might be passable, but it's essentially an incomplete product.

But how did you incorporate the Supreme Resilience blessing?"

Mercury as a material, Lou Feng had seen and used it before, to say it was versatile was an understatement—it was customary, whether it was added as an agent to neutralize reactions or used to filter and extract impurities.

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