Triplet Hammer Method

North Hills,

Han Zhou had to attend a funeral the fourth day of the Forbidden Tournament at the bequest of the king of the High Elves. There were hundreds of Light Elves as well and even a few crying Ashen Elves that had been the servants of a few of the dead Apotheosis Stage Cultivators.

The Ashen Elves had thus been allowed to stop working in the Metal Ore Mines that were central to the High Elves economy and the all the shops in the High Elves Territory had been closed for business. They had awoken the night before to a second sun in the sky only to discover a few hours later that in the midst of those bright rays was the dead ash of some of the strongest elves.

The leader of the High Elves and the leader of the Light Elves immediately began their mourning process which required a week of abatement to all their normal activities. This was also the second time the Fan Sect had been involved in killing High Elves, but the first time the Fan Sect had decimated such a central part of the population.

Elves had life spans similar to magic beasts like Lightning Wolves, and took longer to cultivate than humans and members of the water race, dragon kin, and merman alike. The men Lin Fan had killed as such were hard to replace for the elves, and caused a furtive anger towards him to sky rocket to that of full on resentment. A knell rang and spread as hundreds of beautiful women from the elf lineage danced around the caskets of the fallen with short white skirts that caused their skin to glisten.

This dancing was to send off the men into the heavens with a hundred beauties each. It was a ceremonial process that only those in the Apotheosis stage would receive. However, the Elfish Emperor Gar Man was sitting with Han Zhou as his Demi-God aura rapidly extended outward and crushed the rain falling from the sky. He was extremely upset that his own brother had been precipitously taken from him only to go to the Silent World.

Death...

He wanted Death for Lin Fan and for every girl that he loved to be turned into the slaves of the High Elves. All he needed was for Gin Ran to leave his side for one minute, and he'd be executed faster then it takes a raindrop to hit the ground. He felt all his fears dissipate of the Empyreans that were close to Lin Fan's side. Revenge was something that did not prostrate to power... Revenge was not something that could just be buried beneath the earth like dozens of his closest friends.

"As son as Gin Ran leaves, the Fan Sect's entire Eight Clan Mountain will go up in flames... They won't have time to start that generator, nor will be enough to pay back the years of sweat and blood that have to be buried today..."

"He's getting stronger quickly..." Han Zhou said as he nodded his head at Gar Man as he held his heart with a feeling of uncertainty and pure fear. "He also now has Chen Long under contract... I forgot that what's said during a tribulation becomes similar to an Empyrean Oath..."

"I could crush him with one finger... He can at most stall me for five seconds... While that's happening, Lin Fan will be dealing with death from all angles... The site of his funeral is already in the future.... I just need to reach it and grab it and cause it to become reality!"

Forbidden Arena

Lin Fan smiled as the sun rose above him and started the glorious day.

He was extremely focused and finally got one piece of metal to reach the eighth rank with the Lion's triplet method. A minor bolt of yellow lightning shot down from the sky and fueled his hammer technique as the birds chirped.

All he had to do now was do this five more times in order to make the [Lightning Horn Badge]. He began to emit the aura past that of the legendary blacksmith aura and turned completely platinum as he swung his hammer with greater fervor and passion.

Now that he mastered the lions triplet method of hammering the process was three times faster. He kept hammering and hammering and hammering and ignored Ind Quin as he also did his hardest to work on a [Lightning Horn Badge].

He'd been here even earlier then Lin Fan, and was struggling to get the metal to the fifth grade without buying it. Ind Quin seemed to have acknowledged Lin Fan, and was struggling his hardest to secure the second place spot with a look of determination.

"You... you look better with dirty hands..." Lin Fan said with a smile... "I can't wait to have you as an apprentice! You'll be good at making torture machines for my new Sadist Farm!"

"I haven't lost yet... You're lucky that even idiots have their good points... I'll kick your ass in the fourth round! Remember... It's still two rounds for me and zero for you!"

"Oh, Han Zhou gave you the last round? Why did he not tell me..." Lin Fan sighed as he nodded his head... "Very well student... When your master crushes you, you can do the honor of acting as his personal body shield... I have a strange feeling that second sun from last night might have pissed a lot of people off..."

"I told you you're an idiot... Just know this... If you lose, I'm taking those two sisters from you, and bringing them back home!"

"Student... You're dreams are worthwhile... However, I already had both his daughters at my home all the time... The way you're hammering that... Is the way I'll be hammering them while you're in my shop doing work..."

"I... I hate you..." Ind Quin smashed his hammer into the metal only to find the halo on it had turned back into the ring of a third grade metal... "Damn it! I'm still going to win this round! I'm the genius of Sacred Light Academy's first year! You'll get crushed if you ever come to our school!"

"You're ignoring me again..." Ind Quin sighed as Lin Fan once again lost himself in the lion triplet hammer technique.... "Just like my father... Ignoring me unless I come home with a big distraction... However, I'll show you in the future... No one will ever be a better blacksmith then me!"