Chapter 424 - 291: Beneath the Celestial Beings, I Am the Shadow
The position, angle, and spacing of every single speck of powder had to be flawless.
This placed an outrageous demand on both his Spiritual Power consumption and his precision control.
The minutes and seconds ticked by.
Fine beads of sweat formed on Han Feng’s forehead, and his face gradually grew pale.
His brain was like an overclocked supercomputer processing vast amounts of information.
His Divine Sense transformed into invisible threads, guiding each speck of powder and precisely setting it into place on the armor’s surface.
One hour... two hours...
As the final speck of powder settled into place, Han Feng’s vision went black, and he nearly collapsed.
Nearly two-thirds of the Spiritual Power in his Sea of Consciousness had been drained!
But he ignored his fatigue and immediately began the next step.
The Deep Sea Fallen Star Iron went into the furnace!
BOOM!
This time, he cranked the furnace’s power to maximum.
Even under the terrifying impact of the particle stream, this top-tier, Tier Four Lower Grade ore only began to soften with extreme slowness.
Han Feng once again entered the state of Man and Sword Unity, his consciousness merging with the molten metal.
He could feel the ore’s "resistance." Its internal structure was incredibly resilient, as if it naturally rejected any form of change.
"Break!"
Han Feng drew upon the silver Sword Aura within his Dubhe Acupoint, infusing the ultimate essence of Sharpness into his Divine Sense.
His Divine Sense, once a formless "hand," now felt like a set of indestructible scalpels.
He was no longer shaping it with brute force; instead, he followed the material’s own crystalline structure, guiding and restructuring it on a microscopic level.
Simultaneously, he deconstructed his understanding of arrays like Gathering Spirit, Vajra, and Wind Master, breaking them down into their most fundamental Spirit Pattern units.
Like a 3D printer, he directly "wove" them into the atomic lattice of the Deep Sea Fallen Star Iron.
This was no longer "Artifact Refining" in the traditional sense.
It was more like "Creation"!
He had created a brand-new super-alloy, one with innate "Spiritual Energy Meridians"!
With this alloy, he reforged the internal skeleton, joints, and most importantly, the Power Core of Escapee Two.
Finally, using the previously purified Wind Grinding Stone and other materials, he reconstructed the propulsion system according to the design schematics for the Ghost fighter’s vector nozzles.
When all the components were complete, Han Feng let out a long sigh of relief.
He didn’t assemble it immediately. Instead, he squeezed a single, crimson drop of his Life Essence Blood from his fingertip, flicking it into the eye of the array within the Power Core.
That wasn’t ordinary Life Essence Blood; it contained an incredibly precious wisp of crimson-gold [Soul-Burning Sword Aura]!
HUMMM—!
In that instant, it was as if a soul had been injected into the armor’s framework. All the Spirit Pattern arrays lit up at once, emitting a single, unified hum.
Success!
Han Feng cut the Energy supply to the Particle Furnace.
As the blinding blue-white light faded, a brand-new suit of armor floated silently in the center of the furnace.
It was a deep, matte black, a color that seemed to absorb all surrounding light.
Its design was more streamlined and minimalist than before, exuding a sense of power and speed. Every joint and every line radiated an undisguised, deadly aura.
He activated All Things Identification!
[Item Name: Escapee Type II·Shadow (Custom)]
[Grade: Tier Four Lower Grade Spirit Armor]
[Materials: Deep Sea Fallen Star Iron (Biomorphic Spirit Patterns), Illusionary Void Crystal (Reconstructed), Tier Four Demon Beast Soft Bone...]
[Trait 1: Phantom Stealth (Passive). Blends with the environment, blocking all Divine Sense and technological scans below Tier Five. Drastically reduces the user’s presence.]
[Trait 2: Star Iron Body (Passive). Massively increases physical Defense Power. Grants immunity to conventional Energy Attacks below Tier Four.]
[Trait 3: Vector Overclocking (Active). Activates vector nozzles on the legs and back to perform aerial maneuvers that surpass physical limits. Maximum burst speed: Mach 5.]
’Tier Four Lower Grade... Not bad at all.’
Han Feng looked at the information on the panel and nodded in satisfaction.
’The system’s evaluation is as snarky as ever, but the improvements from this upgrade are comprehensive.’
’Its concealment, defense, and mobility have all taken a quantum leap forward.’
’Especially the Phantom Stealth Trait. In a godforsaken place like the Dragon Abyss Mist Sea, it’s practically a Divine Skill.’
With a thought,
CLICK! CLACK! CLICK!
The armor components floating in the air transformed into streaks of black light, flying toward Han Feng and locking onto his body with perfect precision.
A seamless, perfect fit.
The moment he donned the armor, Han Feng felt as if he had become one with it. It was no longer an external object, but an extension of his own body.
He could even clearly feel the biomorphic Spirit Patterns inside the armor, like meridians, slowly "breathing" the surrounding Spiritual Qi in time with his own breaths.
He walked over to the console and looked at the blurry, black humanoid figure reflected in its surface, nodding in satisfaction.
’A Tier Four Spirit Armor with Phantom Stealth. Now, if I can’t win a fight, at least I’ll be able to get away.’
Han Feng smiled, a sudden sense of mischief washing over him.
He pushed open the doors to the Particle Furnace workshop and swaggered out.
Outside, Lin Xue, Wei Chen, and Zhou Ming were huddled around a blueprint, arguing intensely. Technical terms like "Spiritual Energy Redundancy" and "excessive thermal noise" could be heard from time to time.
Han Feng stood less than three meters behind them, arms crossed, listening with amusement.
"That’s not right. Unit 03’s energy circuits can’t be routed this way. They’ll definitely burn out at peak power."