Chapter 593: Chapter 577: Silver of Silent Extinction

"How should I add the final puzzle piece to this perfect body?" he wondered.

He already had the answer.

The Law Stealing, verified on Sargeras, was currently the only viable path. By implanting a Law Crystal, stripped from a Dawn Star Soul, into a Level 4 Golem equipped with an artificial soul, he could turn it into a true Law Carrier and achieve manual Ascension for the golem.

Thanatos had already been successfully equipped with the Decay Law, becoming a Dual-Law Golem. Now, it was even more powerful than its creator.

The problem lay in the raw materials. Obtaining a Law Crystal meant the complete obliteration of the soul of a Dawn Star Level entity who had grasped at least one Law. With intact Dawn Star Souls starting at a market price of 1.5 billion, Allen glanced at his newly recovered account balance and decisively dismissed the idea of buying one outright.

Since he couldn’t afford it, his only option was to harvest them locally from Black Wizards. Moreover, he didn’t need just any random Law. No. 18 was designed to be a close Guard, and the ideal Law had to compensate for the shortcomings of a purely physical creation when facing bizarre Law-based attacks.

"Jarvis, pull up the list of confirmed Dawn Star Level Black Wizards in the vicinity."

"Data retrieved," Jarvis replied. "There are currently seven confirmed Dawn Star Level Black Wizards along the Gray Channel and around the G-771 Plane. Among them, the Skeleton Duke, who attacked the third caravan last month, possesses the dual Laws of Necromancy and Boneification. His combat strength is evaluated at the mid-tier of the Dawn Star Level."

Seven Dawn Star Level souls meant at least seven Law Crystals. The more he had, the greater his options would be. However, the hunting plan couldn’t be rushed. To be safe, he needed to wait for PX-4 "Xiong Da" to return from its escort mission and operate alongside Thanatos. Just to be absolutely secure, he would also need to build a few more Level 4 Golems.

Coincidentally, he still had a long-overdue task to complete.

"The upgrade plan for PX-4 can finally be finalized," he said.

Allen had been dwelling on this matter for a long time. He had been conceptualizing it ever since he grasped the Soul Law, and he had mentally deduced the process again when equipping Thanatos with the Decay Law. However, the upgrade path for PX-4 was entirely different from that of Thanatos. Thanatos had a fragile main body. It was a pure mechanics-reliant combatant that relied on Laws and eerie abilities to deal true damage. But PX-4 was designed as a Heavy Armor Warrior meant to face enemies head-on. It didn’t need flashy, bizarre tricks, and it was even acceptable if it temporarily lacked a Law. What it lacked was a qualitative transformation of its metal materials. It needed to reach at least the level of Spiritual Remains Steel, but the inherent flaws of Spiritual Remains Steel made it unsuitable for medium and large-scale Golems.

Now, Allen had mastered the core power of the Metal Law’s first stage: Metal Insight.

This was the ability to observe the microscopic world of metals. With a single glance, he could comprehend the affinity and repulsion between different elements. He could even accurately simulate in his mind how the crystal lattice would reorganize, how stress would distribute, and how the Magic Circuits would alter when two metals were mixed. This cheat-like research perspective was enough to shorten the development cycle of new materials by over a hundred times. Not going all out right now would be a criminal waste of this talent!

"Jarvis, pull up all inventory data for Purgatory Demon Iron, as well as the types of special minerals obtained from trading with Demons."

"Understood," Jarvis replied. "Current Purgatory Demon Iron inventory: 37,400 tons. Furthermore, through continuous trade with Mammon, the Cybertron materials repository has accumulated seventeen types of Purgatory-type special minerals. These include, but are not limited to: Abyssal Lead Ore, Sulfur Fire Crystal Iron, Nether River Sinking Silver, and Demon Breath Copper Sand..."

A light screen unfolded, listing the detailed parameters of all seventeen minerals one by one.

Allen’s gaze locked onto the Purgatory Demon Iron. This special metal from the Purgatory Plane possessed a crystal lattice structure with an innate repulsion toward Magic Power. In the eyes of conventional Alchemists, this repulsion was a fatal flaw that would result in extremely low Magic Conductivity in the finished product. But Allen’s thought process never followed conventional paths.

"If I look at it from another angle... wouldn’t repulsion, if utilized properly, just become Suppression?" he pondered.

"Seal the laboratory."

"The Ore and Crystal Laboratory has entered maximum-security lockdown," Jarvis announced.

The lights in the laboratory dimmed, adjusting to a constant level of illumination. All unrelated equipment was powered down, leaving only the central high-temperature and high-pressure reactor, the spectrum analysis array, and the Rune Forging platform humming with a low rumble.

Allen stood before the reactor. Neatly arranged on the workbench in front of him were sample ingots of thirty-six base metals—Radiant Black Steel, Star Gold, Purgatory Demon Iron, Abyssal Lead Ore, Nether River Sinking Silver, and over ten other rare ores he had accumulated. Several cognitive sub-threads deployed simultaneously. Under the ’insight’ ability granted by the Metal Law, the 41,861 alloy formulas he had previously gathered began frantic cross-referencing and comparison.

"Commence trial one."

The reactor’s temperature climbed to eight thousand degrees.

Under the control of his Spiritual Power, the first batch of Purgatory Demon Iron samples was fed into the furnace. Simultaneously, his Law vision activated. Relying on his Metal Insight, he monitored every microscopic change inside the metal in real time. The crystal lattice began to loosen, the spacing expanded, and the Magic Power repulsion field weakened as the temperature rose.

Now was the time. At the critical point of the phase transition, he immediately added the second element. The highly reactive ions of the Sulfur Fire Crystal Iron instantly tore through the original inert structure of the Purgatory Demon Iron, and a new crystal lattice began to reorganize within the chaotic magma.

Something was wrong. Allen raised an eyebrow slightly. He didn’t need to rely on instruments to find the error. Before the product of his first trial could even cool down, every striation on the fracture surface loudly announced the answer under his Law vision: the mixing ratio of the Sulfur Fire Crystal Iron was 0.07% too high. This had caused the bond angle on the third layer of the crystal lattice plane to deviate by 1.2 degrees, resulting in a concentrated burst of accumulated stress during the cooling and contraction phase.

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