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Chapter 273: Divine Ability, Unstoppable For a Thousand Miles (2)

Damn, how is he not considered an expert?

The humanoid demonic beast had already unleashed his full strength, but in terms of speed and strength, he was still lacking.

What else was there to fight?

The humanoid demonic beast glared at Zhou Shu. Then with a flash, he flew into the distance without looking back.

"You want to leave?" Zhou Shu smiled disdainfully.

Divine ability, Unstoppable For a Thousand Miles!

The moment Zhou Shu activated the divine ability, he was already hundreds of feet in front of the humanoid demonic beast.

He had accidentally gone too much…

After stopping his divine ability, Zhou Shu regained his strength.

This transformation process was actually very short, but in a battle, the opponent could take advantage of this short period of time.

Boom!

Zhou Shu slashed out again.

The wide sword seemed to want to cut through the world.

The humanoid demonic beast was shocked and angry.

"What are you all waiting for? Attack!" the humanoid demonic beast roared.

He wasn't using human language this time, so Zhou Shu naturally didn't understand.

But looking at him, Zhou Shu could roughly guess.

"You guys go ahead. Wait for me at the far end!" Zhou Shu shouted at Yin Wuyou and the other two.

He wasn't afraid of the demon army, but Yin Wuyou and the other two couldn't stay.

Even though Yin Wuyou was a second-rank expert, she might not be able to escape unscathed if she fell into the demon army.

"You don't stand a chance." Zhou Shu snorted coldly.

A faint golden light appeared on the surface of his body. The Golden Bell Shield Technique circulated, and the Astounding Heavenly Eighteen Swords Technique unfolded.

Zhou Shu held the sword with both hands and slashed down.

Bang Bang Bang!

Three consecutive strikes! The power of each strike was countless times greater than the previous one.

After three strikes, the humanoid demonic beast felt like his entire body was about to fall apart.

Boom!

With a loud bang, the humanoid demonic beast smashed into the ground, creating a human-shaped pit.

Zhou Shu looked at the crater and raised his eyebrows.

The roar of demonic beasts entered Zhou Shu's ears.

Before he could think further, the demon army surged toward him.

Boom!

Zhou Shu swept his sword across, sending countless demonic beasts flying.

But more demonic beasts immediately pounced over.

Even ants could kill an elephant if there were enough of them.

If it wasn't Zhou Shu, even an ordinary first-rank martial artist would sooner or later be exhausted by the army.

Once their spiritual essence was exhausted, even first-rank martial artists would be a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

But Zhou Shu was different. He held the Great Destroyer Sword, and every kill brought him spiritual essence feedback.

Not only did he not consume any spiritual essence, but his spiritual essence cultivation was also slowly increasing.

This wave of Demon Realm troops numbered in the thousands.

Thousands of people pounced at Zhou Shu fearlessly. Even if Zhou Shu wasn't afraid, his scalp still went numb.

Even if they stood still, it would take him half a day to kill more than a thousand demonic beasts.

Zhou Shu frowned. From the corner of his eye, he saw the humanoid demonic beast lying in a deep pit on the ground.

His eyes flashed as he formed a plan.

Divine ability, Unstoppable For a Thousand Miles!

The moment Zhou Shu disappeared, a demonic beast grabbed his back.

The next moment, Zhou Shu's figure appeared in the deep pit beside the humanoid demonic beast.

He winced as a searing pain shot through his back.

This was the disadvantage of the divine ability Unstoppable For a Thousand Miles.

Once he activated the divine ability, his speed would be unbelievably fast. But at the same time, the rest of his power would disappear.

Even the defense of his Golden Bell Shield Technique would temporarily disappear until he released his divine ability.

In the process, if anyone attacked him, he would be injured too.

Just like this.

A mere sixth-rank demonic beast actually left a bloody mark on his back!

This divine ability was too unreasonable.

When he activated it, even his physical strength turned into speed.

Otherwise, even if he stood still, there was no way a sixth-rank demonic beast would be able to hurt him.

Apart from the pleasure of slapping people, it's pretty much useless in battle,?Zhou Shu thought.

Even if he directly charged over, these demonic beasts wouldn't be able to hurt him at all.

In the end, he got injured after using the Unstoppable For a Thousand Miles divine ability.

He couldn't remember the last time he'd been hurt.

After mastering the Golden Bell Shield Technique, he had escaped unscathed even when fighting the Qin emperor.

What a screw up.

With the divine ability stopped, his strength, true qi, and spiritual essence returned to his body.

The power of the Golden Bell Shield Technique appeared again, and the wound on his back healed at a visible speed.

He looked up, grabbed the humanoid demonic beast, and placed the Great Destroyer Sword against his neck.

"Stop it, all of you, or I'll kill him!" Zhou Shu shouted.

This humanoid demonic beast was clearly the leader of these demonic beasts.

When the demonic beasts heard Zhou Shu's shout, they looked at each other and continued to pounce at him.

They didn't understand.

Zhou Shu kicked a few demonic beasts away.

He slapped the humanoid demonic beast and woke him up from his unconsciousness.

"Tell them to stop!" Zhou Shu shouted. "Or I'll kill you!"

The humanoid demonic beast's scarlet pupils were brimming with hatred as he let out a low growl. "If you kill me, all of you will die with me!"

"What a joke!" Zhou Shu sneered. "If I don't kill you, we'll all fight to the death.

"Tell them to stop, or I'll kill you first, then strip you naked and throw you into the army!"

The humanoid demonic beast was furious, and his hair bristled. He wanted to struggle, but a force crashed into his body and scattered his spiritual essence.

In Zhou Shu's hands, he couldn't resist at all!

"I'll give you one last chance. Make them stop!" Zhou Shu said coldly.

The humanoid demonic beast shivered when he met Zhou Shu's cold gaze.

If he died, so be it. But even after death, he would be humiliated by weak humans. He couldn't accept this!

"Stop!" The humanoid demonic beast roared in beast language.

The remaining hundreds of demonic beasts suddenly stopped and hesitated on the spot while staring at the humanoid demonic beast.

"Human, let me go, and I'll spare your lives!" the humanoid demonic beast roared.

"Are you sure?" Zhou Shu sneered. "Your life and death are in my hands. You're going to spare our lives?"

"Don't think you can do what you want just because you injured me," the humanoid demonic beast said coldly. "There are countless experts in the Demon Realm. There are countless who are stronger than you. There are a few who came this time!

"You humans won't escape death this time.

"If you obediently kowtow and apologize to me, I can plead for you and spare your life."

The humanoid demonic beast raised his head proudly.

Zhou Shu laughed in anger.

Is this guy brainless?

Is he confused about the situation?

"Cut the crap!" Zhou Shu slapped him.

The humanoid demonic beast was stunned, and tears welled up in his eyes.

Damn it! I've never been so humiliated!

This matter isn't over!

He glared fiercely at Zhou Shu.

Zhou Shu couldn't be bothered with this stupid fellow.

"You, translate for me. Tell them to dig this area for me." Zhou Shu pointed at the pit created by the humanoid demonic beast.

The humanoid demonic beast was stunned. He didn't understand what Zhou Shu meant.

Thump!

The hesitation brought another slap to the back of his head.

"What are you doing?!" The humanoid demonic beast shouted angrily. If looks could kill, Zhou Shu would have long been cut into pieces.

"From now on, if you don't want to die, you'll do whatever I tell you to do." Zhou Shu snorted. "Otherwise, I guarantee that after you die, your name will spread throughout the Demon Realm. I guarantee that every demon will know how embarrassing your death was."

The humanoid demonic beast was furious, but he had no strength to resist at all.

"I repeat, translate for them. Dig down from here."

Zhou Shu said coldly, "Be good and listen to me, and I'll let you live a little longer. You might live until someone saves you."

Chapter 274: Hope for the Upgrade of the Great Destroyer Sword, Free Miners (1)

"Is this… blood silver?" Shi Songtao held a fist-sized stone in his hand and studied it against the sun for a long time. He gasped.

"Blood silver? What is that?" Yin Wuyou wondered.

She had a very strange feeling in her heart now.

Before coming to the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament, she had heard a lot about how vicious the enemies were and how dangerous it was for humans.

But now…

She glanced at the demonic beasts digging for stones.?You call this dangerous?

"Look, Your Highness. There are silver threads inside this stone. Doesn't it look like streaks of blood?" Shi Songtao handed the stone in his hand to Yin Wuyou.

"This blood silver is a very rare forging material. When forging, if some blood silver is mixed in, it can make the fusion of various forging materials more smooth and harmonious," Shi Songtao explained.

"You could say that the blood-like streaks in the blood silver are capable of adhering to forging materials. When you use it, the weapon seems to contain blood…"

Shi Songtao said a lot, but Yin Wuyou only heard one word: Rare!

As the grand minister of the Forging Division, she had never heard of this material.

This meant that the Forging Division had never purchased this material on a large scale.

This could also partly explain the rarity of this material.

How could the Forging Division not purchase such a useful forging material on a large scale if it was possible?

Shi Songtao continued, "As far as I know, in the ten nations, there's only a small blood silver mine in Great Wei. The blood silver produced every year is only a few thousand kilograms."

In a sense, blood silver was even rarer than Heaven Refining Stone.

However, Heaven Refining Stones were necessary for forging ranked weapons. As long as people forged ranked weapons, they would need Heaven Refining Stones.

As for blood silver, it was the icing on the cake. It was good to have it, but it didn't affect anything.

Heaven Refining Stone was a must, and blood silver was a luxury.

It was much more expensive on the black market than Heaven Refining Stone.

The reason why it was a black market was that other than the black market, it was impossible to buy blood silver anywhere else!

Great Wei didn't even have enough blood silver to use every year, so how could it export any?

Shi Songtao's eyes lit up as he looked at the demonic beasts digging diligently.

If this was a blood silver mine, he would be rich.

"Our Great Xia will occasionally have blood silver flowing in from the black market. Every piece is sold at a sky-high price!" Shi Songtao's voice was trembling.

Hundreds of demonic beasts had transformed into miners because their leader was being held hostage by Zhou Shu.

The demonic beasts were huge to begin with, and they were powerful. With a swipe of their claws, they dug out a large piece of earth and rock. Their efficiency was comparable to large excavators…

It hadn't been long, but there was already a lot of blood silver on the ground.

Shi Songtao's breathing quickened. Needless to say, the value of blood silver here was inestimable.

"We're lucky." Zhou Shu smiled. "I didn't expect there to really be forging materials in this space.

"I have you to thank for that." Zhou Shu patted the humanoid demonic beast's cheek.

He still didn't know the name of this humanoid demonic beast.

This humanoid demonic beast was grabbed by Zhou Shu, and his eyes were brimming with hatred."Please reading on Freewebnovel.com."? He could no longer be bothered with Zhou Shu. He only hoped that the Demon Realm experts could discover this place as soon as possible and rescue them.

Although he didn't understand what the humans were saying, he knew that the humans had forced them to dig for rocks. For them to do so, these rocks had to be useful to them.

What was useful to the enemy had to be destroyed if it couldn't be snatched away.

He was already thinking that if the experts on his side arrived, he would definitely take all these rocks away before he left!

Zhou Shu didn't know what the humanoid demonic beast was thinking. Even if he did, he wouldn't care.

It was impossible to take away something that was already in his pocket.

"There seems to be a lot of blood silver here. Think about what you can do to take it all away," Zhou Shu said with a smile.

What could be better than taking a hostage and then reaping hundreds of hardworking free miners?

He was in a rather good mood now. The injuries he had suffered when he tried the divine ability previously no longer affected his mood.

Previously, a huge pit had been created by the humanoid demonic beast. At first, Zhou Shu thought that his eyes were playing tricks on him. Later, he confirmed that the ores that appeared in the pit were indeed blood silver.

He was also a little surprised. Before coming to the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament, Meng Bai had told him that there would be forging materials in this space.

But how could ordinary forging materials compare to blood silver?

Among the forging materials knowledge from the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword, one of the materials was blood silver.

Zhou Shu knew more about the characteristics of blood silver than Shi Songtao did. He knew something that Shi Songtao didn't.

Blood silver was an indispensable forging material for upgrading weapons!

Weapons were like humans. Once they were born, their natural endowments were already determined, and it was extremely difficult to change them in the future.

Although weapons could theoretically be upgraded, the difficulty of it was impossible to describe in words.

For the past thousand years, there had been no clear records of weapons being upgraded!

Weapons could be upgraded almost exclusively in theory.

But Zhou Shu knew that weapons could really be upgraded.

And this blood silver was a necessary material for upgrading weapons.

Those idiots from Great Wei only treated blood silver as a catalyst to increase the power of their weapons. That was a waste!

Chapter 275: Hope for the Upgrade of the Great Destroyer Sword, Free Miners (2)

Coming to the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament this time was definitely the right choice for Zhou Shu.

It had only been a day, but his Great Destroyer Sword had already completed hundreds of kills. The conditions to upgrade it were directly unlocked.

The method to upgrade the Great Destroyer Sword had long appeared in his mind.

There was a way, but there were no materials.

You couldn't make bricks without straw!

Now that he had coincidentally obtained the necessary material, blood silver, the rest of the materials would be easier to obtain.

He would find the main army later and get the other forging materials…

Zhou Shu was a little excited.

The Great Destroyer Sword was about to be upgraded to a black-grade weapon!

"That's right. There's so much blood silver. If we can't take it away, when the army of the Demon Realm attacks, they'll snatch it all away." Shi Songtao fretted blissfully.

"Snatch it away? They have to have the ability!" Zhou Shu snorted coldly.

The hundreds of demonic beasts continued to mine.

The pile of blood silver grew until it was almost a hill.

With so much blood silver, even if Zhou Shu was strong enough to move it, it was unrealistic to move it away just like that.

Dump it here?

How was that possible!

It was a shame to waste it!

Unfortunately, there was no such divine artifact as a storage ring in this world. Otherwise, he would have been able to take away the blood silver easily.

"Deputy Master, use the sound transmission stone to contact the general. If they're nearby, ask them to come and help," Zhou Shu said.

Now you remember that I'm the deputy master…?Shi Songtao cursed silently. "I tried earlier. I don't know if it's because of the distance or something else, but I can't reach anyone with the sound transmission stone."

"In that case, we have no choice." Zhou Shu rubbed his chin and pondered. "This is the only way."

He made his decision.

"What are we going to do?" Yin Wuyou asked curiously.

"We'll build a camp here," Zhou Shu said. "The Huaxia Pavilion's Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament branch!

"There's so much blood silver that we won't be able to take it away for a while, so we'll use it here. When we return to Great Xia after destroying the people from Demon Realm, we'll get the army to help us transport it back."

If he couldn't take it with him, he might as well not.

He would stay here to build a camp and guard the blood silver. At the same time, he would also forge weapons here. When he contacted the main army later, he could directly let them use this place as a logistics supply base.

It was killing two birds with one stone.

The more Zhou Shu thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was perfect.

"Build a camp? Just the four of us?" Shi Songtao's jaw dropped. "Your Highness, we still don't know the situation around here. What if the Demon Realm has already occupied the vicinity?"

"If they've occupied the vicinity, then we'll be the base of operations behind enemy lines," Zhou Shu said indifferently. "Also, who said there are only four of us?

"Deputy Master, you can't discriminate. Although the enemy is the enemy, you have to treat them as humans. Look, they are doing so well." Zhou Shu pointed to the hardworking 'miners'.

Shi Songtao: "…"

What do you mean I'm not treating them as humans? They're not humans to begin with, okay? They're demonic beasts!

Even if I treat them as humans, they're not on our side.

And you expect them to help build the camp?

We should count ourselves lucky they're not attacking us!

Shi Songtao complained, and his expression became strange.

His Highness doesn't think that building a camp is just building a few fences and tents, right?

"Build a branch of the Huaxia Pavilion here? What a genius idea." Unlike Shi Songtao, Yin Wuyou looked a little excited as she clapped her hands. "That's what we'll do!"

"It's settled then." Zhou Shu clapped his hands.

You're deciding it just like that?

Aren't you going to ask my opinion?

I'm the deputy master of the Huaxia Pavilion. Aren't I the second-in-command?

Are you really not afraid of danger here?

This place is most likely surrounded by the Demon Realm army.

Shi Songtao wanted to cry but had no tears. He had thought that following Zhou Shu was a very safe thing to do.

But now, he realized that he was walking on the edge of life and death all day.

"Deputy Master, please advise us on how to build our camp," Zhou Shu said. "We have to be prepared not to be able to contact the main army for a long time. At that time, if the Demon Realm army attacks the camp, we have to be able to defend it. Therefore, the camp's defense has to be strong. Also…"

Zhou Shu spoke leisurely. In any case, they didn't have to work themselves. Of course, the larger and stronger the camp, the better.

Shi Songtao sighed repeatedly, but what choice did he have?

He was just the deputy master!

Damn it. I'm going to build the walls of the camp thirty feet high!

Those demonic beasts won't be able to enter even if they die!

Shi Songtao was furious. Since he had been asked for his opinion, he had to make the camp as solid as an iron bucket. Otherwise, he wouldn't feel safe!

When the humanoid demonic beast held hostage heard Zhou Shu's words, a cold smile flashed across his eyes.

If you have a death wish, that's for the best.

I'll play with you now. When I'm free later, I'll definitely eat all of you up one by one!

The humanoid demonic beast in human form made up his mind.?Aren't you going to build a camp?

I'll help you build it!

When it's built, I'll bring people to capture all of you like turtles in a jar!

"Oh yes." Zhou Shu patted his forehead. "Blood silver mines usually have other forging materials nearby. Since there's blood silver here, there must be other forging materials in the mountain.

"Deputy Master, you don't have anything to do now anyway. Just look around and see if there are any other mineral mines."

Shi Songtao: "…"

What do you mean I have nothing to do? Didn't you ask me to design the camp?

Why do you want me to find mines now?

"Your Highness, I'm not a combatant. If I encounter other demonic beasts…" Shi Songtao said.

"Don't worry," Zhou Shu said. "There are no other demonic beasts within a few kilometers. If you really encounter any, shout for help. I'll rush over soon.

"Deputy Master, we have limited manpower now, so you have to work harder…"

Shi Songtao rolled his eyes.?Like I'd believe you!

If I encounter demonic beasts, I should shout for help?

By the time you get there, it'll be too late!

"I won't go too far. I'll just look around!" Shi Songtao maintained his final stubbornness.

"Alright." Zhou Shu nodded casually.

"Hey!" He patted the humanoid demonic beast's head. "Tell your people to split into groups and do as I tell them."

The humanoid demonic beast sneered in his heart.

Plan to catch a turtle in a jar, start!

For the Demon Realm, I will endure humiliation!

He deliberately put on an unconvinced expression. After Zhou Shu slapped him a few more times, he pretended to be unwilling and agreed.

After saying a few words in the beast language, a few hundred of the hundreds of demon beasts gave up mining and began to whittle the stones in the mountain into square stones.

The claws of demonic beasts were extremely sharp, and all of them were ranked. Not only were they good as miners, but they were also not bad as stonemasons.

The humanoid demonic beast shouted a few more times in the beast language.

Zhou Shu raised his eyebrows.?What was this kid saying?

The language barrier is inconvenient. He can understand me, but I can't understand him.

I won't even know if he's scolding me.

Should I learn a foreign language?

The first thing that came to Zhou Shu's mind was the Zhuang Zhou Butterfly Dream Technique.

But his current Zhuang Zhou Butterfly Dream Technique could only go back to the last two years of the dream target.

The beast language of this humanoid demonic beast was definitely not something he had learned in the past two years. Even if he entered a dream, he wouldn't be able to learn the beast language.

… Unless his Zhuang Zhou Butterfly DreamTechnique could go back to when the humanoid demonic beast had just learned to speak.

Even if I can go back that far, I don't want to.

Thinking of transforming into a demonic beast, Zhou Shu felt his scalp tingle. His current mental strength was not strong enough to be unaffected by dreams.

It was better to think of other ways to learn the foreign language.

"Tell them to put the stones there when they're cut." Zhou Shu casually pointed and told his hostage and translator.

Chapter 276: A Forger's Happiness, Mining Craze (1)

If someone asked Zhou Shu what his first impression of the Demon Realm was, then his answer would definitely be that the demonic beasts of the Demon Realm were the best miners, stonemasons, and construction workers!

The demonic beasts were huge, powerful, and had sharp claws.

Ordinary stones were no different from tofu under their sharp claws.

They could easily pile up ten-foot-square stones.

Zhou Shu didn't know if it was because their leader was in his hands or if it was because of something else.

In any case, these demonic beasts were very obedient, and they would do whatever Zhou Shu told them to do.

A high wall was erected at a visible rate.

The high wall was fifty feet tall. It was like a small city wall.

The tallest of the giant demonic beasts was less than half the height of the high wall.

Zhou Shu was still a little dissatisfied, but Shi Songtao secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

With this high wall, it wouldn't be so easy for the demonic beasts of the Demon Realm to attack them again.

Zhou Shu and the others were currently on a mountain. They hadn't just erected four high walls.

After erecting the first high wall, Zhou Shu finally saw the efficiency of these demonic beasts.

A fifty-foot-high wall was only a few dozen large stones to them.

If it hadn't taken a little effort to gather the stones from the mountains, they could have done it in half a day.

Of course, after the stones were stacked, they needed further reinforcement.

Zhou Shu didn't need the demonic beasts to do it.

He directly used the Iron Smelting Hands Technique to fill the gaps between the stones into magma. After cooling, all the stones became one.

Then Zhou Shu instructed the demonic beasts to build a few houses not far from the blood silver mine.

This was a little more troublesome than building a high wall, but Zhou Shu only needed to instruct them to build houses and dig the mine at the same time. He wasn't in a hurry.

While the demonic beasts were building houses and mining, Zhou Shu and Yin Wuyou continued to plan the construction of the camp according to the location of the blood silver mine and the nearby mountains.

Anyway, there were hundreds of hard laborers. They were not afraid that their idea wouldn't be realized.

Yin Wuyou blushed slightly and looked very confident.

She even had the illusion that she and Zhou Shu were planning their own home…

With a certain thought, she fully displayed her knowledge as the princess of Great Xia.

All kinds of strange ideas came to mind.

She might not be a professional architect, but she was knowledgeable. She had seen all kinds of houses.

Many of her ideas made Zhou Shu's eyes light up.

If someone else was building the camp, it would definitely not be that troublesome.

Regarding camps during war, the first thing to consider was naturally practicality. Other than being able to keep enemies away, it had to satisfy the training, life, and fighting needs of the soldiers.

As for whether it looked nice or not, this wasn't even a consideration.

But Zhou Shu and Yin Wuyou were different.

They didn't take the war seriously at all. To them, this camp had to be not only practical but also beautiful, comfortable to stay in, and pleasing to the eye…

Anyway, they had so many free laborers, and these laborers worked fast.

Just like that, more and more blood silver ores were dug up, and the camp gradually took shape.

There were rows of extremely unique stone houses. Although they were not carefully carved or painted, they were still beautiful and graceful.

The polished, mirror-smooth stone was no worse than painted walls.

Zhou Shu was already very satisfied with being able to do this under the current conditions.

He was a little reluctant to execute these demonic beasts now.

They are such good workers. He didn't even have to pay for their meals.

But he also knew that these demonic beasts were not willing to serve him.

If not for the humanoid demonic beast as a hostage, these hundreds of demonic beasts would have immediately wanted to skin Zhou Shu alive.

"Your Highness, I found twelve different forging materials in this mountain." Shi Songtao returned to Zhou Shu's side excitedly.

He was covered in dirt, and his clothes were torn.

But for once, he didn't care about any of this. His face was full of excitement.

"This place is a treasure trove!"

As a forger, there was nothing happier than seeing so many forging materials.

Over the past few days, Zhou Shu and the demonic beast laborers had turned this mountain into their camp.

After confirming that there were no other demonic beasts nearby, Shi Songtao felt at ease and started looking for mines in the mountains.

The search turned up this result, making him happy.

This space in the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament was ownerless. Whoever occupied it would own it.

In other words, everything in and on this mountain now belonged to the Huaxia Pavilion.

Although there were only a dozen types of forging materials, the amount was massive.

Shi Songtao had never dared to think that he would one day have so many forging materials.

In the future, he wouldn't have to worry about forging materials anymore.

"Only twelve types?" Zhou Shu said unhappily. "Deputy Master, do you think it's the same for the other places in this space?

"What do you think about taking down those mountains as well?"

Chapter 277: A Forger's Happiness, Mining Craze (2)

Zhou Shu pointed at the distant mountains covered in clouds.

The space for the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament was very large, almost equivalent to two provinces in Zhou Shu's previous life, and it was the largest kind of province.

The entire space was full of varied terrain, mountains, and vast plains.

The place Zhou Shu and the others were currently at was actually just a small hill on the outermost edge of endless mountains.

Shi Songtao was a little speechless.?It's already good enough to occupy a mountain.

There are only four of us. How much territory can we take?

Besides, how do you know the demon army isn't here?

If they accidentally encountered the demon army, the four of them might not even be able to defend this small mountain.

Although these demonic beasts were obedient now, if the army of the Demon Realm really came, they would definitely immediately change sides!

"Your Highness, I think we should work steadily. Let's use the forging materials here to forge a batch of weapons. Then we'll think about expanding our territory after we contact the great general and the others," Shi Songtao said.

"You have a point, Deputy Master." Zhou Shu nodded.

Shi Songtao was delighted. He finally had some presence as the deputy master.

"The forging of weapons is imperative," Zhou Shu continued. "Now that the ore has been dug out, someone still needs to refine the forging materials.

"Deputy Master, you're capable, so I'll have to trouble you to refine these ores. Then we'll forge them into weapons."

Zhou Shu patted Shi Songtao on the shoulder.

Shi Songtao: "…"

In Great Xia's Forging Division, refining ores was all done by Forging Apprentices. It didn't require much skill!

I knew it. I rejoiced too soon!

Deputy Master? Haha!

Shi Songtao dejectedly went to refine the ore, while Zhou Shu looked up into the distance excitedly.

What he had just said to Shi Songtao was not just a casual remark.

He was really considering digging up all the mineral mines in this continuous mountain range.

It would be a waste not to use these miners. They would be obsolete.

And it wasn't just about the miners.

This world was rich in mineral mines, and many forging materials that were rare in the outside world existed here.

Most importantly, he had to spend money to buy forging materials in the outside world.

It wasn't necessary here. Whoever dug them up would own them!

Zhou Shu was a little excited when he thought about the mountain of materials in the Huaxia Pavilion's storeroom.

Hundreds of miners are not enough,?Zhou Shu thought.

Although the humanoid demonic beast that Zhou Shu was holding hostage didn't know what he was thinking, he felt a chill down his spine.

He had a feeling that this strange human was up to no good again!

But it didn't matter. The plan to catch a turtle in a jar was almost complete.

When the time came, he would definitely cut him open piece by piece and see what secrets he had. Otherwise, how could a fourth-rank martial artist defeat him?

It's not very reliable to control the demon army by holding hostages,?Zhou Shu thought.

This time, he was lucky to catch a humanoid demonic beast.

Not every demonic beast army would have such a leader.

Moreover, even if he caught their leader, the demon army might not be so obedient.

If the commander of the army was captured and the entire army listened to him, what was the point of fighting? He could just directly execute all of them.

Now that Zhou Shu could order these hundreds of demonic beasts through this humanoid demonic beast, it could only be said that he was lucky enough to catch a fellow with an extraordinary identity.

Just from the difference in appearance between other demonic beasts and this humanoid demonic beast, it was apparent this humanoid demonic beast was definitely not ordinary.

This was not just because he was a first-rank martial artist.

Outside, there were also first-rank demonic beasts, but those demonic beasts couldn't transform into human form.

What will it take to raise an army of miners??Zhou Shu rubbed his brows in thought.

When others came to the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament, they were all thinking about how to kill their enemies.

But Zhou Shu was thinking about how to turn the enemies into his miners…

If anyone else knew what he was thinking, they would think he was crazy.

They speak different languages. How can I subdue them?

While thinking, Zhou Shu heard banging sounds beside him.

Curious, he turned to see Shi Songtao laboriously smashing a rock.

"What are you doing, Old Shi?" Zhou Shu couldn't help asking.

"Refining ores, of course," Shi Songtao said without looking up. "There are no furnaces here. I have to remove the impurities from the ore first, then think of a way to smelt and purify—"

"Stop." Zhou Shu was speechless. "You can remove the impurities just by knocking?

"Forget it. Come here."

Zhou Shu beckoned Shi Songtao over.

This was something he had overlooked.

The forging furnaces they had prepared before coming here were all with Meng Bai's army.

Now that they had been separated from Meng Bai's army, they naturally didn't have a smelting furnace with them.

Without any furnaces, forgers were like soldiers who went to the battlefield without weapons.

Shi Songtao was helpless. Without a furnace, what could he do? He could only use the oldest method and try to make the ore purer.

"What now?" Shi Songtao put down the ore in his hand and walked up to Zhou Shu with his head lowered. "If you keep calling me, it's going to take a long time to refine everything."

Zhou Shu said, "Let me teach you."

Zhou Shu suddenly raised his hand and pointed between Shi Songtao's eyebrows.

His cultivation was more than ten times higher than Shi Songtao's.

His finger was extremely fast. Even if Shi Songtao had been prepared, he wouldn't have been able to dodge it. Besides, he wasn't prepared at all.

Facing Zhou Shu, a fierce person who could fight evenly with the Qin emperor, how could he, Shi Songtao, be on guard? Was being on guard useful?

Boom!

Shi Songtao felt as if his head had exploded. He had only one thought.?Why? Why does His Highness want to kill me?

I've worked so hard…

Before the thought ended, Shi Songtao was surprised to find that he was still alive.

He looked at Zhou Shu in surprise.

"This is my unique secret technique. You will be able to use the Iron Smelting Hands Technique for three days," Zhou Shu said.

"After three days, you'll forget everything about the Iron Smelting Hands Technique.

"Use the Iron Smelting Hands Technique to purify the ore."

Zhou Shu waved his hand.

After the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament began, Zhou Shu received benefits from the Legendary Armament Canon almost every day.

His strength in all aspects was constantly increasing, including his divine ability Unparalleled Benevolence and the Iron Smelting Hand Technique.

Currently, the duration of his divine ability Unparalleled Benevolence was as long as three days.

As for the Iron Smelting Hands Technique, Zhou Shu could already forge weapons with his bare hands!

The divine ability Unparalleled Benevolence allowed Shi Songtao to possess half the strength of a certain cultivation technique. Half of the cultivation of the Iron Smelting Hands Technique couldn't be used to forge weapons, but it was easy for him to refine ores.

Back when they went to Great Qin, Shi Songtao had been the deputy envoy of the diplomatic mission, so he knew very well about the Iron Smelting Hands Technique.

It was because of the Iron Smelting Hands Technique that Zhou Shu had barged into Great Qin and defeated six experts in a row. In the end, he had fought to a draw with the Qin emperor.

In order to obtain the Iron Smelting Hands Technique, Great Qin had paid a heavy price.

His Highness passed on the Iron Smelting Hands Technique to me?

Even if I forget the cultivation method of the Iron Smelting Hands Technique three days later, I might not forget some of the insights I gain!

Shi Songtao was pleasantly surprised. He felt that his efforts had been worth it.

No, this isn't enough! As the deputy master, I haven't done enough!

His Highness even taught me the Iron Smelting Hands Technique. What reason do I have not to work hard?

It's the Iron Smelting Hands Technique that Great Qin paid such a huge price to obtain! Even if it's just to experience it, it's a great honor!

If I still try to find excuses to slack off, I wouldn't be human.

Shi Songtao's expression became extremely serious, and his eyes were brimming with motivation.

"Your Highness, I'm going to handle the ore!" Shi Songtao didn't say another word. He cupped his hands and turned to walk toward the pile of ores.

It was a short journey, but he walked with an imposing manner.