in the edge

Chapter 572 Reborn
Du Chengfeng woke up a few days ago. He was awakened by the sound of iron hammering.

Originally, when he was fighting with those thousands of Star Lords, he had indeed fought to exhaustion. This was undoubtedly the most dangerous battle he had ever fought. He was facing endless enemies - but he had no choice but to fight, and had no choice but to fight, only because his enemies would not leave him any way to retreat.

Just as he himself said, if you want to accuse someone of a crime, you can always find a pretext.

The fundamental difference meant that one of him and those so-called powerful ones had to die. After all, those powerful ones could not tolerate him, and he himself could not just sit there and wait to die.

Therefore, a war became inevitable.

Ending one's life with a grand battle might be a good thing. At least in Du Chengfeng's opinion, this was indeed a good result. In fact, looking back on the past, when he was in Jibei, he did not choose to escape, but chose to face the danger by fighting. Perhaps this had already doomed the ending of that day.

The so-called battle between heaven and earth, even if it goes to the end of the world, is probably just like this.

But what Du Chengfeng didn't expect was that he didn't die.

Although his body was exhausted and torn into pieces, his spirit became more and more determined, pure and clear - the attacks on his body were as surging as the tide, but it was these surging attacks that seemed to wash away something in his body.

Until his flesh was completely washed away.

Although he has now turned into broken pieces, his will has become more solid.

It was even so solid that it was enough to trick the Shining Star Lord to death.

Strictly speaking, it cannot be considered that he killed Yaoguang Star Lord. What killed Yaoguang Star Lord was the greed in his heart. If Yaoguang Star Lord could really control his greed and directly suppress and seal his body like other star gods, then he would not have much to do with only his body left.

But this Yaoguang Star Lord just wanted to use him.

The process of being forged into a weapon was too familiar to Du Chengfeng. After all, he had experienced a similar feeling countless times when sharpening knives - even the current perspective of the knife blank was quite familiar to him. It could even be said that he had experienced it too many times.

The only problem is that this Yaoguang Star Lord is really too useless.

Even though he had already obtained his body, this Yaoguang Star Lord did not even have the ability to forge it into a weapon. He had to be reminded personally before he decided to find a proper blacksmith.

But that's the problem. We have found a blacksmith, but this Yaoguang Star Lord actually wants people to work for free without getting paid.

With this level of quality, are you worthy of holding him in your hands?

It just so happened that Du Chengfeng was also preparing to test his own sharpness, so Yaoguang Xingjun died as a matter of course.

But this time, it was completely different from the previous melee where no one could kill anyone.

This time, Yaoguang Xingjun might be really dead.

In the final analysis, it was because he did not really kill Yaoguang Xingjun - all that was left of him now was his body, which had even been made into a weapon, and this weapon had been in the hands of the old blacksmith before.

Under the will of equality of all beings, the high and mighty Yaoguang Star Lord and the mortal old blacksmith were directly leveled at that moment.

So after a few sword strikes from the old blacksmith, the Shining Star Lord was probably really dead.

"I see……"

It was only after killing the Star Lord Yaoguang that Du Chengfeng had some understanding of his current power.

Because his body was so badly damaged, he could no longer carry his weapons and go out to fight like before with only the scraps of metal he had. But now he was not like a real piece of scrap metal, trapped somewhere and unable to move.

As long as someone picks it up, he can go.

And he can't be a particularly powerful person, because the more powerful a person is, the less able he is to use the ability that he carries to bring equality to all beings - just like if the star god Tan Lang carried him out to chop people, it would be no different from carrying a piece of scrap metal.

On the contrary, this ridiculously weak old blacksmith, when he picked him up, was able to unleash terrifying power that was enough to kill gods and immortals.

This strange situation now makes Du Chengfeng a bit like those evil weapons, but those evil weapons only know how to kill people and can only turn their holders into martial maniacs to varying degrees, but Du Chengfeng retains a complete consciousness, and even as a weapon, he can control the holder himself.

It was just like how he had manipulated the old blacksmith to pick the Giant Shark Gang before, which was just a test - of course it was mainly because the young knight who bought him was too unreliable. Although he dressed up like a decent man, he actually forced women of good families into prostitution. He didn't even know how to respect his sword, and he once used his precious sword to tease a prostitute.

Du Chengfeng could accept it if the owner was a little bit worse, but he absolutely could not accept it if the owner was so bad.

Even the old blacksmith is better than the young knight. At least the old blacksmith is not stupid enough to carry him around and beat him.

What's more, for Du Chengfeng at the moment, the worse the holder is, the better.

The strong are radiant, which means that wherever they go, they will attract worldwide attention - and now, Du Chengfeng also knows that this worldwide attention is not only on the ground, but can even be seen in the sky.

This also means that if he becomes a weapon of some powerful being, his existence will definitely be exposed to the powerful beings in the sky.

Although it is true that he now has the ability to kill those powerful people, it is completely unreasonable to throw away the advantage of being in the dark while the enemy is in the light - what's more, if he really wants to fight, why doesn't he collect more spare parts before starting?

“So, there’s always something to do.”

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng couldn't help but turn his attention back to the old blacksmith.

That's why he wanted the old blacksmith to be a hero. It's not that he wanted to train the old blacksmith to be very strong, but the old blacksmith had too many problems. Apart from anything else, his timid nature alone meant that he would never accomplish anything great in his life. At least he had to train the old blacksmith to be able to handle things, and then use his identity as a blacksmith to look for the remains of his body that might be buried in various parts of the world.

Du Chengfeng didn't even think about putting the whole thing together. He only needed to put together half of it, or even just one-third, to restore his former combat power.

This was the huge gain brought by the battle. The battle had really been a huge test for his spirit. If this method wasn't too outrageous, he would have even thought about doing it once in a while.

From the beginning to the end, he never took the powerful people who participated in the siege seriously.

Compared to all these trivial things, Du Chengfeng would even prefer to focus on what is happening right in front of him.

For example, the backers of the Giant Shark Gang.

"Hey, you've got something good."

Feeling the old blacksmith's terrified state, Du Chengfeng didn't know what to say for a moment - after all, even with his strength before he went to heaven, the so-called Giant Shark Gang and even the so-called Jiange Town were actually not worthy of his attention. Du Chengfeng really didn't know how to describe how he was scared to death over such a trivial matter.

Of course, it's not that he can't understand it. After all, he had also experienced the feeling of being powerless when he was in Jibei. Although the Giant Shark Gang and the forces behind it were weak to him, they were indeed a huge threat to the old blacksmith.

But this time, Du Chengfeng was not talking without feeling any pain in his waist, but the old blacksmith's retreat was really unreasonable.

Just because, this is obviously a good thing right now.

Apart from anything else, if he had only dealt with the Giant Shark Gang or the county magistrate when he was in Jibei, he would probably wake up laughing in his dreams - what he faced back then was a deadly situation, and even though he had mastered the application of evil spirits at that time, He Xiqing was far from someone he could deal with at his level.

On the contrary, the old blacksmith was also facing danger. First of all, the enemies were too weak. Even the people from the Giant Shark Gang had all died. The only ones left were the forces behind them. This was really not a big deal.

What's more, there is a second point, that is, the weapon held by the old blacksmith now is much stronger than the one Du Chengfeng himself held back then.

When Du Chengfeng faced He Xiqing, although he also collected some weapons, that kind of collection was no different from collecting junk. They were either unwanted by others or picked up from corpses. The only one that could be considered the main weapon was an antique from hundreds of years ago, which itself could not even be considered a good sword. It was clearly used for killing pigs.

On the other hand, the old blacksmith's craftsmanship is not bad. The Yin-Yang Sword he forged can indeed be called a useful and famous sword. Moreover, the material used to forge this sword is of the best quality.

At least Du Chengfeng could say with confidence that there was absolutely no better forging material in the world than his own. This was not just the remains of a powerful man, but also the top-grade steel that had never existed in the world.

It’s a pity that he can no longer pat his chest now.

So he controlled the old blacksmith's sword-holding hand and patted the old blacksmith's chest.

He clapped his hand on his chest, but the shining sword blade came directly towards his face. Seeing the sword edge that he had sharpened with his own hands, which was strong enough to cut gold and jade, swinging in front of him, the old blacksmith was so scared that he almost peed on the spot.

"That's all he can do. He's already old. Really..."

While Du Chengfeng was saying these cheap words in his heart, he also had to comfort the old blacksmith a little bit - of course, more importantly, he had to lead the old blacksmith to get the job done quickly.

As the saying goes, food and supplies must be sent before troops move out. No matter what you do, you always have to get some start-up capital first.

Originally, Du Chengfeng's consideration in this regard was based on his old routine, that is, to find some evil masters to compete in martial arts, and then sign a life and death agreement, and everyone's life and death will be determined by fate - anyway, Du Chengfeng can guarantee a win, so this naturally became his unique way to make money temporarily. As long as the opponent is killed on the spot, there will always be some money to be made.

But now, he no longer has to do such troublesome things.

What's the point of the little money that a master of evil spirits gets? Eight out of ten of these wandering gangsters are paupers - or in other words, if someone has a little property, who would give up their good life and leave their hometown to hang out in the underworld?

And right now, there are a few people who have not left their hometowns, such as the Giant Shark Gang, which is a local tyrant with a stable income from layoffs. Behind the Giant Shark Gang are several major local families, which is even more in line with Du Chengfeng's wishes.

In fact, the Giant Shark Gang gave him an unexpected surprise. The local county magistrate was actually involved in it. He could not have imagined such a thing - the cash that could be scraped out of this county magistrate was probably more than that of the several major families combined.

The reason is simple. These big families have deep roots in the local area. Even if they have money, most of it is land and real estate that they cannot take away. But the county magistrate has to obey the orders. After all, whoever is leaving, the land and real estate cannot be taken away, so they must be exchanged for money.

After wiping out these people, he would get an unknown amount of money from the entire Jiange Town. This is a large amount of the entire town's wealth. If he can spend it all himself, he won't have to worry about money for a long time.

Of course, the start-up capital is only one aspect. As for the other aspect, it is because the big shots who seem to be so arrogant in the eyes of these old blacksmiths are actually a bunch of soft persimmons.

No matter if it's the county magistrate or those big families, even if they have some experts in their hands, at best they can release their evil spirits. At this level, if he just avoids it, then he will really be blamed for what God has given him.

If this old blacksmith can't even handle this weak spot, he will really be ready to change the sword holder. After all, although he wants to find a mortal with a sufficiently poor level to control himself, or let him control this mortal, there is still a limit to this difference. If this old blacksmith really can't handle anything, then he will have to give up this nice-sounding blacksmith title of old blacksmith and let it go with reluctance.

This feeling was quite strange. When he was a human, it was still the feeling of a human choosing a weapon, but now he had personally experienced why some weapons would actively choose their holders.

"Anyway, consider this as a test from me."

Seeing that the county magistrate's mansion was getting closer and closer, Du Chengfeng already had a plan in mind.

"If it works, then we will cooperate sincerely. If it doesn't work..."

If it fails, once he loses his military protection, the old blacksmith might never see the sun again that day.

(End of this chapter)