Chapter 522

Chapter 522: Pinwheel Sword

Translator: Irene Editor: X, TYZ

Seeing the word "Boss" at the end, Ai Hui’s rascally face emerged in Shi Xueman’s mind . A smile blossomed on her face, but vanished almost instantly .

She quickly diverted her attention and pondered over the words in Ai Hui’s letter . Although there were certain parts she couldn’t quite understand, she believed in Ai Hui’s talent and foresight when it came to combat . She had complete confidence in him .

To her, Ai Hui was simply a genius born to battle . He had a beast-like instinct, extraordinary perception, and was extremely brave and firm .

Silver Solder and Karakorum Polaris walked over .

Silver Soldier handed a battle report over to her and said in a rather complicated toned, "There’s been some changes . This is a news report sent over by the Surveillance Division . "

Shi Xueman took the report and read it carefully .

"… an old man is dead in the enemy country, a lone girl is fighting at the front line, new soldiers are defending our territory…"

Senior Le Buleng really wasn’t afraid to rebuke . How satisfying . Shi Xueman felt herself letting out a long held breath . It was very liberating .

She returned the report to Silver Soldier, looking straight at him . "What do you mean?"

Silver Soldier said honestly, "We’re here to discuss this matter . If it turns out to be true, do we still need to take this risk? We only have to wait for a while and we will have three God-subduing Peaks . We can also fight alongside the Judgment and Dread divisions . Capabilities on both sides will undergo fundamental changes . "

Ai Hui’s words floated into her mind unknowingly .

"… do not listen to others’ commands…"

"… do not get involved in fights, maintain flexibility…"

She responded straightforwardly, "I disagree . It is true that our power will increase, but there won’t be a fundamental reversal . The enemy, too, is vigilant and on guard, so we won’t catch them by surprise . Now that Ye Baiyi is still comatose, we must use this time to eliminate all of their forces . Otherwise, the retreating army will confront us and we will be dragged into a deadlocked battle . Our army isn’t as strong as the enemy’s, so the moment we get dragged into a deadlocked battle, we will sink into a disadvantageous situation . "

Silver Soldier was now clear-headed . He inhaled a deep breath . "You’re right . "

He was alarmed by the good news in the battle report . Not only was there a strong combat weapon like the God-subduing Peak, but there were also two strong allied divisions, which explained the joy he felt .

Shi Xueman’s words brought him back to reality .

Karakorum Polaris nodded her head slightly in agreement .

Silver Soldier wasn’t a timid person . He responded firmly, "Then we’ll go according to the plan . "

Sword, spear, and iron fist collided in the air .

The three made eye contact, their gazes steady . All three shouted in unison .

"Victory!"

… . .

Central Pine Valley .

Ai Hui was in trouble . Previously, he had been fully confident of dealing with the Ring of Life, but during the later tests he kept running into problems .

Theoretically speaking, the Ring of Life wasn’t complicated, but in order to produce Ring of Life force, there had to be a very subtle balance between the five types of elemental energy . This unique Ring of Life was known as the Shouchuan Ring, named in commemoration of Wang Shouchuan and his theory .

Today, more and more people were starting to see the major impacts of his theory .

The Shouchun Ring wasn’t very challenging for Ai Hui .

The difficult part was maintaining the ring force .

Sustaining the force meant maintaining its balance .

The Shouchuan Ring was a kind of Ring of Life, so it naturally had similar characteristics . A special characteristic of the Ring of Life was that it was always in a state of mobility and fluctuation . It changed unpredictably, making it difficult to control .

The God-subduing Peak’s enormous bulk contained abundant elemental energy . In the energy circulation process, other than the ring force, it could also mobilize elemental energy to use and consume . Having ring force and elemental energy at the same time meant that a God-subduing Peak could be in a consistently stable state .

The price to pay for a surplus of force was an alarming quantity of precious materials .

The Elders Guild was wealthy, so cost wasn’t a problem .

Ai Hui, on the other hand, was poor . He would’ve long since been broke if he had followed the refinement process of the God-subduing Peak .

Ai Hui felt that the ring force had greater prospects because once the Shouchuan Ring was completed, elemental energy consumption would decrease drastically . In the past, it was easy to obtain elemental energy in the Avalon of Five Elements and cost was low . Today, it was much more difficult to obtain and afford elemental energy . Ring force produced by identical elemental energy could be more plentiful .

The most pressing question for Ai Hui was how he could maintain the Shouchuan Ring’s stability .

Blind He had always been interested in the things Ai Hui made . The White Cluster Flames, Hellfire Pagoda Cannon, and Metal Basket Sword Pagoda were all embodiments of a super imaginative mind .

Blind He’s familiarity with materials was always helpful to Ai Hui .

Mu Lei followed Ai Hui since he was also very interested in what Ai Hui was refining . Coming here was wise and, although he wasn’t sure what Ai Hui was making, he had a feeling that it was going to be something very powerful .

Five strangely shaped leaves were placed in a row . It was a rather magnificent sight .

These five leaves were the result of Ai Hui and Blind He’s consecutive days of hard work .

Gu Xuan and others, who were training, were chased out of the Metal Basket Sword Pagoda . Everybody stood at the side, curiously watching what Ai Hui was coming up with . The Metal Basket Sword Pagoda had initially been ridiculed for its weird shape, but its might eventually shocked everyone .

The night battle on the peak of Blackfish Mouth Volcano had transformed their mindset thoroughly .

The fact that Ai Hui was always able to create unexpected things was now common knowledge .

Ai Hui and Blind He jumped into the Metal Basket Sword Pagoda, stood at the rear end Chalawan position, and started refining . Blind He stretched out his palm, and the eye on it opened, shooting out a beam of light .

The light beam shot onto the thick and solid metal frame, instantly turning it red and soft . It was like clay, constantly changing shape . Next, an even brighter light beam shot out from the eye on the hollow of his palm and landed on the heated metal frame . Sparks flew everywhere as an exquisite elemental trace extended upward like moving clouds and flowing water .

Everyone knew that Blind He’s refinement standard was very high, as evidenced by the Unity Swords, but none had actually seen him at work, so they felt overawed .

The materials piled up beside him flew toward the light beam from his palm like moths flying to a flame, melting amid the light and transforming into molten iron that permeated the red metal .

When the last ingredient was consumed, the light beam from Blind He’s palm disappeared and the eye shut slowly . As Blind He stood up, his body swayed a little, almost causing him to fall over .

Lou Lan was quick enough to support him in time .

Seeing how Blind He was sweating from head to toe and how his breaths were messy and hurried, Ai Hui knew his elemental energy had been depleted . He said with all sincerity, "Thanks for the hard work, Master He!"

Blind He nodded his head laboriously without making any sound . With Lou Lan’s help, he landed on the ground and meditated to recuperate .

Lou Lan then walked over to Ai Hui . "What next?"

Ai Hui observed the part that Blind He had refined . There was an additional drum kit on the Chalawan position . It was flat and looked like closed mussels and scallops . Behind it was a long and round stick .

Ai Hui pointed to the row of leaves and instructed, "Let’s start from the fire leaf . "

Lou Lan shouted loudly, "Okay!"

With a poof, Lou Lan transformed into a giant sand palm and grabbed a red leaf from the row . It seemed to be rolled up from a thin layer of red crystal .

This was when everybody realized that there was a round hole at the tail of the red leaf .

Additionally, there was a yellow sand leaf, a transparent shiny silver leaf with petals, a cloud leaf that emitted white cloudy mists, and wooden leaf woven from green vines .

"Why do I find this familiar?"

Someone shouted and everyone else nodded in agreement . The object before them was oddly familiar .

The lightbulb in Gu Xian’s mind lit up . He cried out, "Pinwheel . Isn’t this a paper pinwheel?"

Everyone gasped . It was no wonder it looked so familiar . It was a paper pinwheel they’d all played with when they were young, except that this pinwheel was made from multicolored leaves so it was pretty to look at .

Why install a "paper pinwheel" on the Metal Basket Sword Pagoda?

Everyone was puzzled .

Only Gu Xuan and a few wiser ones opened their eyes wide in surprise .

It had to be said that the originally simple and crude Metal Basket Sword Pagoda looked much better with this colorful pinwheel on it .

The installation process took longer than expected . Ai Hui adjusted the position of each leaf meticulously, which took a total of four hours .

Blind He had regained most of his energy by now . He stood at the side and watched .

He was also very curious to see how Ai Hui would be able to rely on this large paper pinwheel to make the Metal Basket Sword Pagoda fly .

He found it difficult to believe . As a master weaponsmith, he was extremely familiar with flight equipment and hadn’t heard anything about paper pinwheels .

The installation was complete and everyone looked on in anticipation .

Ai Hui felt very emotional as well . He shouted, "Open the shell cover, Lou Lan . "

Lou Lan answered loudly, "All right!"

Then, he walked to the shell-shaped cover and opened it . It was empty inside .

Ai Hui added, "Pour the snow lava in, Lou Lan!"

"All right!"

Lou Lan took out the snow lava he’d already prepared and poured it in .

The onlookers finally realized what was going on, especially Blind He . He was involved in the refining process, so he had more knowledge and immediately connected the dots . He started to feel emotional .

Snow lava filled up the cover .

Lou Lan closed the lid .

Hoo . The red fire leaf sprayed a ball of flame onto the sand leaf . The sand leaf quickly became heated, as if it was melting into snow lava . Following that, the petals on the shiny silver leaf became brighter . The silver light blinked and a strong metal wind gusted from the rolled up leaf . The metal wind blew onto the cloud leaf, instantly turning it into curling mist . The wood leaf woven from green vines absorbed the mist continuously and sprouted . Strands of green light rays shot out from the soft stem and into the fire leaf .

The five colored paper pinwheel started to spin .

Vroom, vroom, vroom .

The paper pinwheel spun increasingly fast, to the point where people could no longer distinguish between the leaves . All they saw was a ball of brightly colored, spinning streaks of light .

Ka, ka, ka .

The Metal Basket Sword Pagoda trembled violently and, just as people were getting worried that it wouldn’t hold up, it gradually lifted off the ground and hovered .

It was beyond overwhelming to witness such a colossal object hovering in midair!

Everyone was dumbstruck .