From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 43 Trade Information: Weapon Quenching

"The Shadow Walker Essence" is the starting material for the First Transition Class "Shadow Walker".

The second month into the Abyss invasion saw the emergence of Class Source Materials on Blue Star, but humans did not know what a Class actually was.

Other people were unaware, but Lu Heng knew.

Source Material is a special substance in the Abyss World that transcends divinity; the power contained within it forms the extraordinary profession system.

The nature of a Class is the power known as Source Material, and the so-called process of acquiring a Class is the process of competing for Source Material.

That is to say, the battle for Source Material.

There are two states of Source Material, one is the free state, and the other is the integrated state.

Free state Source Material can be absorbed by living beings.

Integrated state Source Material has already merged with a living being and cannot be absorbed by other beings.

If a living being absorbs enough free state Source Material, it can complete integration, gaining the abilities represented by the Source Material, that is, the Class.

This means that even if a Superpower User has absorbed Source Material, before they acquire the complete Class, this Source Material is still in a free state and can be taken by other Superpower Users.

Only after obtaining a sufficient amount of Source Material can free state Source Material solidify into an integrated state, thereby obtaining a Class.

Therefore, it is quite dangerous for a Superpower User to have free state Source Material on their person, as they could be attacked by other contenders for the Source Material at any time.

The ability of the Abyss Fire Stealer to escape into shadows and ignore physical collisions comes from the "Shadow Walker Essence"

However, the Abyss Fire Stealer did not acquire the "Shadow Walker" Class, so its Source Material is in a free state, and killing it will release Source Material.

Lu Heng held the flaky "Shadow Walker Essence" in his hand, feeling a touch of sentiment.

This was something that could only be obtained six months after the Abyss invasion, but he had gotten it five months early.

In his past life, no one had ever obtained this hidden profession; let him be the first to brave the unknown.

Lu Heng released a current to dissolve the "Shadow Walker Essence" and absorbed it into his body.

"Acquired 'Shadow Walker' Source Material, initiating Source Fusion battle."

"Source Fusion Completion: 10%"

"The Source Material is in a free state; once the fusion completion reaches 100%, Source Fusion can be completed, obtaining the First Transition Class 'Shadow Walker'."

"Temporarily acquired Source Material Ability: Shadow Traversal"

"Shadow Traversal: Dive into the shadow crack, exempt from all physical collisions for the duration of 7 seconds. Upon completion of the effect, the caster will exit the shadow crack. If they are inside a solid material at that time, their body will be crushed by the material, resulting in varying degrees of injury or even death."

This ability was the one the Abyss Fire Stealer used to hide inside the rock walls.

As expected of a hidden profession's essential skill, its effect is so powerful that it cannot be simply quantified by data.

In a sense, while using this ability for 7 seconds, one is invincible.

Of course, there are downsides too.

After losing physical collision, one cannot be attacked by the enemy, but at the same time, cannot attack the enemy either.

Furthermore, if the effect of Shadow Traversal ends while inside solid materials like rock or steel, the body would be crushed.

Of course, if that happens, it would only show that the Mechanic is too foolish, and it would not be related to the skill effect.

After absorbing the Professional Source Material, Lu Heng saw a new prompt appear on his data panel.

"Abyss Battlefield: Conscription countdown 7 days"

Another conscription, and this one appeared simultaneously with the acquisition of Professional Source Material.

This suggests that the upcoming Abyss Battlefield might well be a battle for Source Material.

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After Lu Heng finished absorbing the Source Material, Su Muyu ran over breathlessly, wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, and took deep breaths, "Did it work?"

She had followed all the way, running until she was nearly out of breath, and still had to control the scout eagle, so she was even more exhausted than Lu Heng.

"Yes, it was a success," Lu Heng pointed to the corpse of the Abyss Fire Stealer on the ground.

"That thing can really run," said Su Muyu, having witnessed firsthand how the Abyss Fire Stealer had managed to escape, moving incredibly, to the extreme.

In the end, to stop the Abyss Fire Stealer, her scout eagle had been clawed to pieces.

So, she missed the moment when Lu Heng's sword pierced the Abyss Fire Stealer.

"See if you can find where the Flame-tailed Spirit Cat is and have it search for the Abyss Fire Stealer's den," Lu Heng reminded her.

"Okay, the little cat is already on it, let's follow," Su Muyu said and walked towards the direction of the Flame-tailed Spirit Cat.

In a cave 600 meters away, the Flame-tailed Spirit Cat found the den of the Abyss Fire Stealer.

In the den, they found the lid of the Quenching Furnace and other items the Abyss Fire Stealer had stolen.

For example, lighters, flame throwers, barbecue grills...

In short, any item that could spit flames was treated as a collector's item by it.

Most of the collection was of little value, but there was one item that caught Lu Heng's attention.

"Thunder Bomb: An explosive made from thunder and flame dual-attribute element materials, with a huge explosive power. Blast radius: 3 meters."

Just looking at the effects, this thing was pretty much like a grenade.

On Blue Star, this item wasn't particularly rare.

However, the appearance of data on it indicated that it came from the Abyss.

Since it was from the Abyss, it could be brought into the Abyss.

Lu Heng put the Thunder Bomb into his inventory, then returned to Quenching Castle with the furnace cover.

Gulu, holding the regained furnace cover, was very sentimental, "You've helped me so much, I don't know how I could thank you. You've gained the most sincere friendship of Quenching Castle."

Looking at his tone and attitude, the goodwill meter was about to burst.

Lu Heng thought: Too much sincerity in friendship makes it hard to ask for benefits.

However, on the way back, Lu Heng had already thought of something, "Master Gulu, may I accept quenching commissions from other clients? The price will, of course, be according to Quenching Castle's rules."

The last time he quenched the Aurora Blade, he unlocked the vice profession panel and gained the vice profession "Apprentice Quenching Master."

This vice profession could improve the success rate of quenching and also increase flame resistance, which was quite practical.

Moreover, there were probably very few humans with superpowers at this stage who could obtain a vice profession, "Quenching Master" was likely unique.

If he could take quenching orders, not only could he improve his vice profession experience, but he could also make some money on the side.

"Of course, I'm very optimistic about your talent in the art of quenching. Keep it up!" Master Gulu readily agreed without hesitation.

This was the benefit of maxed-out goodwill.

After all, Lu Heng had helped Quenching Castle break away from Abyss World and had also retrieved the furnace cover. With such high prestige, it was only natural to have some privileges.

Because the countdown to the second Abyss Battlefield recruitment had started and it might likely be a battle for source material.

There were only 7 days left; preparations needed to be made in advance.

Moreover, it would be best to find a suitable professional source material for Su Muyu within 7 days so that they could enter the same source material battle.

Otherwise, Su Muyu fighting alone in a future source material battle would be very dangerous.

Upon returning, Lu Heng posted a trade message on the Crystal Core Dark Network: "Weapon Quenching, interested private message, no reporters."

Not long after the trade message was sent, his inbox started ding-ding-ding with private messages.

However, most of these private messages were inquiries.

"Can you do quenching?"

"How do you quench weapons?"

"What is quenching?"

"What's the use of weapon quenching?"

Lu Heng didn't reply to any of the questions and even blocked a few lucky ones who asked idiotic questions.

Real superpower users with backgrounds wouldn't be asking such basic questions at this time.

Quenching materials had already appeared on Blue Star at this stage, and although they were scarce, the major powers should definitely be able to obtain some.

Those who didn't even know about quenching at this point basically didn't have the ability to quench weapons.

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In Blue Sea International Villa District in Coastal City, a young man was staring at a webpage on his laptop.

He had just seen a "Weapon Quenching" trade post on the Crystal Core Dark Network and had immediately sent a private message to the poster.

"Can you do quenching?"

After sending it, he waited for a reply, but after half an hour, there was none.

He clicked on the trade post again and noticed the phrase "no reporters" that followed.

He immediately realized the issue and quickly composed a second message: "Money is no object as long as you can do quenching."

After editing the private message and clicking send, the website popped up a notification: "The recipient has added you to their blacklist, your message could not be sent."

"Fuck!"

The young man cursed but felt even more that the person who posted the trade message was the real deal.

He quickly took out his phone and made a call, "Secretary Liu, bring me another laptop with a Crystal Core Dark Network account. Yes, I need it now."