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Chapter 306 The Mysterious Treasure Chest Left Behind by the Outer God? Xia Fa's First Forging

Chapter 306 The Mysterious Treasure Chest Left Behind by the Outer God? Xia Fa's First Forging of a Secret Treasure!

The azure ocean is crystal clear, and sunlight shines down from above, reflecting off the sea in a pristine state.

A figure as agile as a leopard seemed to transform into a torrent, rushing onto the white sandy seabed.

"My spiritual intuition detected no life force; this truly is a treasure chest—"

Perhaps because he had played too many video games in the past, Xia Fa still had doubts when he suddenly saw such a treasure chest in such a primeval ocean, wondering if it might be a mimicry monster.

Seeing that it wasn't the case, he felt relieved and reached out with one hand to grab the treasure chest.

With a "whoosh," white sand billowed up, almost making the seawater murky. The treasure chest flew out from the seabed, turning into a black shadow, and instantly flew into Xia Fa's hands.

Chestnut, with its graceful and lithe body, swam over from the sea and stood side by side with Xia Fa.

"Huh? What's this?"

The fine white sand that had been swirling on the seabed settled back down, and the seawater became clear again. Chestnut finally saw that Xia Fa was holding a treasure chest, and was quite surprised: "There's a treasure chest in this place?"

Xia Fa smiled and said, "Well, didn't the soul of the [Rhine Calamity] say that this was a piece of ocean that He cut off from the real world 30,000 years ago? It's normal to have some lost treasures."

As he spoke, Xia Fa held the treasure chest in both hands and began to examine it in the seawater.

"How do I open this?"

Chestnut blinked its large, clear black and white eyes, curiously examining the very ancient treasure chest, responding to Xiafa.

"Hmm—Since I'm not an expert in rituals and magic arrays, my suggestion is that I don't know how to open it either, just as I said at the beginning, I'm not an expert in rituals and magic arrays."

Xiafa: ————

It's been almost a month since I last saw Chestnut, how come it's become so humorous?

Xia Fa himself had some understanding of various rituals and arrays. After looking at the treasure chest up and down and trying to activate it with a wisp of extraordinary power, he seemed to have sensed something.

But precisely because of this, Xia Fa's expression became troubled.

"This is not a simple ritual sealing array, but a self-destructing ritual sealing array. If you try to force it open, the treasure chest and its contents will be destroyed through spatial collapse, and moreover—"

He emitted wisps of starlight from his fingertips, which swirled around the treasure chest. Sure enough, wisps of starlight also shot out from inside the chest, echoing his gesture.

"—This is a self-destructive ritual sealing array personally set up by a signatory of the Gate of Stars."

Originally, the "Star Key" ability of the "Gate of Stars" was enough to unlock most of the seals in the world.

Unfortunately, this was a ritual sealing array created by a signatory of the Gate of Stars, which naturally avoided this point, rendering the Star Key unusable.

But this only piqued Xia Fa's interest. What was inside the treasure chest left behind by a signatory of the Gate of Stars 30,000 years ago?

Chestnut then said seriously, "How about I try using that 'reversal' power?"

Xia Fa didn't say much, but simply stretched out his hands and held the treasure chest up in front of Ban Li, showing his agreement through his actions.

Although Chestnut is still only an Elephant-level Transcendent, the "Reversal" power within her can even affect Gods.

This indirectly elevated her status, allowing her to look directly at the soul of the [Rhine Calamity] without being affected in the slightest.

Therefore, Xia Fa could confidently take her on the adventure, and under these circumstances, he could also let her try it out.

Chestnut stretched out its two small, white hands, and the outer ring of its fluffy, round ears suddenly lit up. Beads of moonlight emerged from its palms and surged toward the treasure chest.

However, despite the light particles pouring in, the treasure chest remained completely still.

"this----"

This surprised not only Chestnut, but also Xia Fa.

You should know that the power of "reversal" of the chestnut is so high that even a god couldn't withstand it, yet this treasure chest was completely unaffected.

Could this be a treasure chest left behind by an Outer God?

Seeing that even the chestnut couldn't reverse the self-destructing ritual seal array, Xia Fa had no choice but to give up. After thinking for a moment, he put the treasure chest into a separate black bag.

This treasure chest not only had ritual arrays resembling those of an Outer God, but it was also inlaid with yellow crystals and rubies to prevent occupation and prying into secrets. This made Xia Fa vaguely feel that there must be something extraordinary hidden inside.

"etc----"

He looked around at the sea and suddenly noticed something.

Xia Fa stretched out a hand and grabbed Ban Li's hand, and the two quickly swam upwards.

Although this is the "primordial ocean" mentioned by the spirit of the [Rhine Calamity], it is clear that there is also a sky above the primordial ocean.

With a "splash," accompanied by countless splashes of water, Xia Fa and Ban Li's figures broke through the sea surface and hovered high in the sky.

The sun shone fiercely down, yet the sun itself was nowhere to be seen. Looking out, all that could be seen in the four directions was an endless sea, seemingly with no end in sight.

If it weren't for the abundance of marine life in this ocean, with fish and shrimp swimming around, this place would actually be a bit frightening.

But Xia Fa didn't care about that now. He flew with the chestnuts to an even higher place, tens of thousands of kilometers above the sea, and pointed down.

"Look at the chestnuts."

Chestnut's clear eyes widened instantly, as if she had seen something utterly incredible.

"Wow!"

High in the sky, looking down over the ocean, a strange humanoid figure could be seen very clearly.

To be precise, a large section of the seabed has sunk inward, with a diameter of at least a million kilometers, and this large depression has formed a strange human shape.

It is described as humanoid because its outline does indeed have hands, feet, and a head. What makes it strange is that the outlines of countless weapons can also be seen on this humanoid outline.

These weapons seemed to be embedded in the humanoid silhouette's body, with swords stuck in its shoulders, maces in its ribs, and a meteor hammer on its head—giving the impression that the humanoid silhouette had been brutally killed by these countless weapons.

"This should be an Outer God who perished here. As for whether he actually looked like this or died from these weapons, we don't know."

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Xia Fa's eyes flickered as he pondered and gave his judgment.

More than 30,000 years have passed, and this place, which seems to be a small world of its own, with such a large ocean and abundant sunshine, naturally has an ecosystem that can develop in cycles.

In other words, this Outer God was slapped to death on the seabed, and his body has long since disappeared over the past 30,000 years. It is very likely that he was directly devoured by marine creatures.

However, the damage to the seabed topography is obviously not so easy to restore, which is why this strange, sunken humanoid outline was left behind.

"I understand! Shafa, you mean that the treasure chest belongs to this Outer God, but because He was killed, it was left at the bottom of the sea?"

"Yes, that should be it. And it just so happens that because the Rhine Disaster intercepted this ocean, no one has been able to find it for over 30,000 years. We're lucky."

Xia Fa replied with a smile, saying that flying at such a high altitude, he could see countless marine creatures in the ocean.

Most marine life appears normal, but the supernatural creatures among them are quite bizarre.

Xia Fa first saw a sea bream that looked like it had been pierced by an arrow. The sea bream looked perfectly normal, wagging its tail lively, and swimming freely in the sea with its plump body.

But then, an arrow pierced through its long, flat left side and exited through its right side.

As the sea bream swam, this tiny fish, no bigger than a palm, suddenly encountered a great white shark.

Just then, a miraculous scene unfolded: the sea bream's eyes lit up, and the arrowhead stuck in its body suddenly shot out a crystalline light.

The crystalline light pierced the great white shark's head in an instant, and blood gushed out, staining the surrounding seawater red.

The sea bream swung its body and darted directly to the left belly of the great white shark, biting open the shark's skin and beginning to gnaw on the shark's most succulent liver.

Although he had seen all sorts of supernatural creatures, Xia Fa was still somewhat stunned.

Could this bow and arrow have grown out of this sea bream on its own?

Chestnut said thoughtfully, "From this perspective, that fallen Outer God must have originally been covered in various weapons, rather than being attacked and killed by weapons."

Xia Fa understood her meaning and smiled, "So, even after generations of reproduction, the supernatural beings born from the marine creatures that absorbed his flesh, bones, and organs still share similar characteristics with him?"

Chestnut smiled and said, "That should be it. We can also capture some supernatural creatures and bring them back to the church. Maybe we can get a lot of contributions in return! The church's scholars love to study these new supernatural species."

Xia Fa said thoughtfully, "That's a good idea—maybe we can even use this to find out which Outer God perished here."

Without hesitation, the two dove down and returned to the sea, first grabbing the sea bream that looked as if it had been pierced by an arrow.

Although the sea bream was fierce enough to easily kill a great white shark, it became nothing more than fish to be slaughtered when faced with the two extraordinary individuals.

After catching it, Xia Fa sensed it briefly and discovered that the sea bream actually had a wolf-level rank, which was not low.

Since he couldn't put any live creatures in the black bag, Xia Fa had to take out the pet bag he bought in the City of Ten Thousand Stars, fill it with seawater, and put the arrowhead seabream inside.

The difference between the Beast Pet Bag and the Black Crow Bag is that the Beast Pet Bag can only contain living creatures, but cannot contain humans, demi-humans, or humanoid supernatural beings.

Moreover, living creatures of too high a status cannot be contained inside.

Therefore, only those extraordinary individuals who have signed high-level contracts such as "Beast Master," "Grand Druid," and "Battle Pet Expert" have a relatively high demand for pet bags.

"First, focus on the materials you need to craft the treasure. Take some extra back to the church. Hmm—I don't really know how to craft treasures. I was hoping to help you."

Seeing that he had caught the arrowhead sea bream, Chestnut seemed to remember something and added an extra comment.

Xia Fa smiled and said, "It's alright. I don't really know how to forge treasures either. It's all about participating. Anyway, we've already gained something."

What he said was true; there must be good stuff in that treasure chest that was suspected to have been left behind by an Outer God. All that was left was to figure out how to open it.

Of course, if Xia Fa could obtain the Rhine Blade, he would never give it up. Therefore, he needs to start collecting the crafting materials now.

Next, the two began hunting in the primeval ocean. Of the ten people who entered the old blacksmith's shop this time, only the two of them chose the primeval ocean, and they were quite happy to enjoy themselves.

During the hunt, Xia Fa and Ban Li became increasingly certain of their earlier suspicions.

Because the supernatural creatures they encountered were almost all covered in various weapons: octopuses with flails at the tips of their tentacles, giant sharks that could shoot darts from their gills, and sailfish with spears on their heads—and almost all of them were very powerful.

Besides supernatural creatures, many extraordinary plants on the seabed also have weapon-like shapes, such as seaweed that can shoot steel wires, kelp that is as thin as a blade and has a metallic sheen, and staghorn grass that looks like a steel blowpipe, etc.

In just a few hours, the two captured over a hundred supernatural creatures, and their pet bags were almost overflowing.

Unfortunately, apart from the first treasure chest, no other treasure chests could be found.

However, they found many huge metal fragments, each the size of a small hill, embedded in various parts of the seabed.

These metal fragments appear to be made of some extraordinary mixture of metals, but unfortunately, after more than 30,000 years, they have long lost their spirituality and are now just scrap metal.

Xia Fa only made a copy of the secret text on it and then ignored it.

Looking at the time, with less than ten hours left until dawn, which meant they would have to hand over a secret treasure, Xia Fa and Ban Li chose to return from the primeval ocean.

Where they entered the primeval ocean, there was a circular pillar of light, within which the image of an old blacksmith's workshop could be faintly seen.

As soon as he swam to the vicinity of the pillar of light, Xia Fa could hear the clanging of hammers striking metal, the roar of flames in the boiler, and smell the burning of metal and wood.

He and Chestnut exchanged a glance, and both immediately flew into the circular pillar of light.

Inside the old blacksmith's shop, a flash of light appeared, and two figures materialized.

At this moment, the old blacksmith shop had changed again.

Around each treasure crafting platform, a circular light shield appeared, making everything inside blurry.

Therefore, even though one could hear the sounds of someone crafting a secret treasure, one could not see what exactly was being crafted.

However, the treasure-forging platform where Norton Dragon was located did not have that circular light shield. He was hammering a piece of red-hot, shiny metal, while a piece of black wood was burning in the boiler on his left.

Rusconsin sat in the square of the old blacksmith's shop, looking somewhat lost in thought.

Xia Fa had met Ruscond once before, and seeing this, he walked over and asked, "Ruscond, what's wrong?"

Upon seeing Xia Fa, the former champion of the Super Fighting Grand Prix, Rusconzo immediately showed an expression of seeing an acquaintance and complained, "I miscalculated, I miscalculated, sigh—"

Before Xia Fa could ask any more questions, He continued, "Each person can only forge one secret treasure per day. After that, they can no longer use the secret treasure forging platform. I originally planned to forge a secret treasure casually to warm up my skills, but now I don't know if I can make it into the second round."

Xia Fa was taken aback, not expecting such a rule to exist.

It has to be said that if Ruscond hadn't reminded him, he might have chosen to forge a few treasures first to familiarize himself with them.

Xia Fa could only comfort him, "It's alright, what if you can advance? Do you know how to forge a secret treasure?"

Ruscond nodded: "Yes, I've signed two secret contracts, one for apprenticeship to treasure crafting and the other for master treasure crafting. I used to frequently take on jobs crafting treasures, but I never expected that this old forge would have such rules. Sigh—"

He sighed again, as if he were very sorry.

Just then, Nidhogg's imposing figure stepped out from the pillar of light amidst the primeval forest. He seemed to have overheard Nidhogg's words and sneered, "Where did this wild dog come from? Even if you knew the rules beforehand, do you really think you can win the championship?"

Faced with Nidhogg, Rusconsin naturally didn't dare to utter a single word in rebuttal. In fact, his face turned pale with fright, and he quickly got up from the floor and hid inside the circular light shield of his secret treasure forging table.

After all, he only had the rank of angel, and apart from joining the Church of Nature, he had never joined any other organization. Faced with the Pope of the Wrong Church, Nidhogg, a mysterious emperor who had signed twenty-five secret contracts and was also the head of the Star Dragon family, Ruscondro simply wanted to avoid him.

Nidhogg seemed completely unconcerned, gave a cold snort, and suddenly turned his head, only to see Shafa again.

Upon seeing Xia Fa, a smile actually forced onto His usually cold and domineering face.

But perhaps because he is usually serious and doesn't smile much, this smile actually looked quite ugly.

"Shafa, how's your material gathering going?"

Faced with Nidhogg's sudden small talk, Shafa was somewhat surprised and could only reply, "I'm alright, how about you?"

Nidhogg smiled smugly: "I can easily create treasures of the Sovereign level. You can't compare to me. Give up. If you want to use the Rhine Blade, your only option is to join our Star Dragon family."

Xiafa: ————

Thor Loki, who is currently crafting a secret treasure: ————

Anfion, who has just returned from the primeval desert: ————

No, Nidhogg is really persistent in poaching people, isn't it?

At this moment, if they weren't outmatched by Nidhogg, both Thor, Roger, and Amphion would have wanted to unleash a torrent of curses.

Xia Fa was also somewhat at a loss, and could only force a smile: "We'll see. It's still uncertain who will win the Rhine Blade."

Without waiting for Nidhogg's response, he grabbed Chestnut and they each darted into the light shield of their respective treasure-crafting platforms.

Seeing that Shafa had retreated inside as if avoiding the topic, Nidhogg chuckled and shook his head before heading towards his own treasure-forging platform.

At this moment, His expression toward Xiafa was one of doting affection, as if He were looking at a junior member of His own family, and He did not take Xiafa's words to heart.

After briefly sensing the light barrier on the treasure-making platform, Nidhogg seemed to understand how to use it, and with a casual wave of his hand, he immediately canceled the light barrier.

Just like his nephew Norton, he made no attempt to conceal what kind of treasure he was going to create and how he would create it.

This actually makes things convenient for Xia Fa. Since he doesn't know how to forge secret treasures, he can secretly learn from Nidhogg and see how he forges them.

Nidhogg casually picked up a metal hammer, pulled the anvil over, and with a wave of his hand, countless materials for crafting secret treasures appeared on the anvil.

Although the soul of the [Rhine Calamity] did not explicitly state it, everyone knew that this time, the crafting of the secret treasure could only be done using materials found in three places, including the primeval forest.

Therefore, Nidhogg's anvil is piled high with all sorts of weapons, clearly taken from supernatural creatures with weapons growing on their bodies.

Xia Fa was somewhat surprised, because Nidhogg had gone to a primeval jungle, not a primeval ocean.

But why is it that the materials Nidhogg obtained for crafting the secret treasures were also those strange, supernatural creatures with weapons growing on their bodies?

He tiptoed again and looked toward Norton Dragon, who was covered in yellow sand and was melting a large number of weapons into the furnace.

Xia Fa remembered that Norton Dragon went to the primeval desert, which meant that the supernatural creatures in the primeval desert were also the kind with weapons on their bodies.

Xia Fa was now completely puzzled, feeling that there seemed to be some big conspiracy or secret involved.

However, he couldn't think about that too much, because Nidhogg had already begun to be built.

Nidhogg seemed to know that someone was watching the other treasure-making platforms, but he didn't care. With a flick of his metal hammer, he twirled it and slammed it lightly onto the anvil piled with weapons.

Then, accompanied by a strange light, all the weapons on the anvil fused together, like a lump of glue, constantly pulsating.

The light quickly dissipated, and the aura of a sovereign emerged from the anvil.

On the smooth surface of the anvil, there was a metal sphere covered with tiny holes. As soon as the metal sphere appeared, it immediately floated into the air, and countless miniature weapons emerged and disappeared from the holes, which looked extremely mysterious.

The people who were peeking from the various treasure-making stations, including Xia Fa, were all stunned, seemingly never expecting that Nidhogg's creation would be like this.

With just one hammer blow, a secret treasure of the Sovereign level was actually forged?

Moreover, although the people present may not be able to forge the secret treasure, they are all quite knowledgeable. This secret treasure is obviously extraordinary and has great destructive power. If it were in the outside world, it would be worth at least three million gold pounds!

Nidhogg casually grabbed the metal sphere and placed it on the treasure-crafting platform. He then sat down in a chair, crossed his arms, and seemed to be relaxing leisurely, with an expression that said, "I can just craft one of these to advance to the second round."

Xia Fa clicked his tongue in amazement, while simultaneously feeling immense pressure.

Nidhogg's treasure-making skills seem to far exceed expectations, while he himself is struggling to even advance to the second round.

At this rate, the hope of obtaining the Rhine Blade seems to be getting increasingly slim.

In particular, Nidhogg's crafting techniques are so refined that it's no exaggeration to say they've reached a state of perfection. Unlike Norton Dragon, which involves melting materials and hammering iron ingots, leaving him drenched in sweat, Nidhogg's crafting methods are completely different.

Nidhogg actually completed the creation with just one hammer blow, and it was a treasure worth three million gold pounds.

How can anyone learn this technique?

"Hmm—no, that's not right—"

Suddenly, as Xia Fa recalled the crafting techniques of Nidhogg's secret treasures, he seemed to have grasped something.

Seizing this fleeting moment of inspiration, he quickly wiped his hand on his pet pouch and, using the starlight power of the Gate of Stars, instantly retrieved over a hundred weapon-shaped treasure-forging materials.

He then placed the materials on the anvil and picked up the metal hammer.

He twirled the heavy, cold metal hammer in his palm, mimicking Nidhogg's hammer-twisting motion, then Xia Fa took a deep breath, channeled all his extraordinary power, and slammed the hammer down on the hundreds of treasure materials on the anvil!

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