The convoy gradually left, and the Blazing Sun Plains regained its peace.
Tangning remained on the ground for a while. She then used her binoculars to scan the entire plain. After confirming that there were no other thieves in the area, she took off her camouflage uniform and changed into her normal clothes as she walked towards the battlefield.
As expected of a professional mercenary. Other than a pool of red blood and the petrified Red Cloud Rime and Purple Star Reeds, which proved that a fierce battle had taken place here, everything related to the petrified magic beast was cleaned up.
" Hmm, it looks like I came here for nothing," Tangning was a little unwilling as she subconsciously kicked a Purple Star reed with her left foot.
The petrified Purple Star Reed was kicked into two by him.
Disappointed, he sat down on the ground. His eyes inadvertently swept over the broken part of the Purple Star Reed, only to discover that the broken part of the Purple Star Reed was actually flickering with a metallic luster.
He picked up a broken rod and looked at it carefully. Not bad, it was actually tempered!
Most Petrifying Magical Beasts could only petrify creatures within a certain range. The King of Petrifying Magical Beasts could only turn enemies into iron at most. Only a few mutated Kings of Petrifying Magical Beasts could reach the level of " steel ".
As the name suggested," Tempered " meant that the petrified enemy would become as hard as steel. However, the essence of the spell was still petrification. The target of the spell would not become steel because of " Tempered ".
Magical beasts also had levels. The higher the level, the higher the mana, and the higher the mana contained in the beast blood.
They were really envious. They didn't expect that they would be killing a mutated King of Petrifying Magical Beasts! Perhaps they hadn't realized it yet?
Of course, Tangning wasn't stupid enough to tell them this information. Firstly, it had nothing to do with her, so there was no need to. Secondly, she was telling them that Tangning had followed them before. Who knew what trouble she would cause?
As she looked at the shimmering metallic fracture, Tangning couldn't help but burst out laughing.
In the Brilliance Continent, Petrifying Magic Beasts were not considered rare animals. There were many known magic beasts with the ability to petrify in the Brilliance Continent, such as the Medusa in the Forgotten Forest, the Petrifying Demon Man in the Swamp of Death, etc. All of them had the ability to petrify. In addition, all Petrifying Magic had a very obvious flaw--Therefore, no one was interested in the matter that had been petrified by magic beasts.
After thinking about it, it made sense. A pile of stones that could be found anywhere or something that had been turned into stone had no value. If it had no value, no one would want to possess it. This was also the reason why the petrified Red Cloud Song and Purple Star Reeds in front of Tangning were not taken away by the mercenaries.
However, if these things had been tempered, it would be different.
First of all," tempering " was a type of magic that had been mutated. The probability of it appearing was very small, so it could be said to be very rare. Therefore, even tempered substances were very rare.
Secondly, the tempered material wasn't really steel. It was still the Red Cloud Rime Wood or reed. However, this Red Cloud Rime Wood had magical properties that metal didn't have. Although its magical properties weren't as good as wood, it could still be inlaid with magical crystals and magic arrays, and the weapons made from it would have magical power.
In this way, weapons made of tempered materials would have the hardness of steel and the advantage of being able to be embedded with crystals and magic arrays.
However, in order to prevent its magic power from evaporating and maintain its " tempering " effect, it was necessary to soak it in a special magic potion before its magic power was completely evaporated.
There were a total of two giant trees and eleven purple star reeds.
Perhaps because of the abundance of energy, the plants in this world grew very tall.
The shape of the Red Cloud Song was similar to the Snow Song Tree on Earth, but its volume was more than twice that of the Snow Song Tree on Earth. The Purple Star Reeds got their name because of the star-shaped crown on the top. The reeds were similar to the bamboo on Earth, but they were much thinner. There were no bamboo joints or branches, but they were still hollow.
In order to prevent anyone from discovering the secret of her 'tempering,' Tangning hid the broken Purple Star Reed.
With so much tempering material, she would definitely need a lot of Magic Reinforcement Potion. Plus, Tangning did not carry any Magic Reinforcement Potion with her, so she had no choice but to turn around and head back to Lieyang City.
Along the way, he felt that he had overlooked some details.
He replayed the entire incident in his mind. When he broke a Purple Star Reed with a kick, the broken part of the Purple Star Reed appeared in front of his eyes again. His eyes suddenly lit up.
On the surface of the Purple Star Reeds, there were actually some tiny bulges. The bulges appeared on the inner wall of the reeds one by one.
A name appeared in Tangning's mind-" rifling ".
Natural rifling.
In order to confirm this discovery, he casually pulled a star reed by the roadside and cut it open. On the inner wall of the reed, there were indeed thin threads. The location and number of the tempered thin threads matched the rifling of the gun.
The gun barrel, which was the most difficult to manufacture, was now available, and it was all natural.
The trigger could be made by hand, the technical requirements for the production of the magazine were not high, and the scope could be replaced by a monocular. This way, a modern sniper rifle would only be lacking bullets and firing pins.
The gunpowder in the bullet was a problem. Without gunpowder, the bullet would not be lethal.
Tangning no longer had any hope for gunpowder. He had conducted countless experiments using the gunpowder ratio on Earth. However, he discovered that gunpowder, which was supposed to be explosive, had become the most stable substance in this world.
If he didn't use gunpowder, how could he solve the problem of the kinetic energy that propelled the bullet?
He kept thinking as he ran towards Lieyang City.
Based on Tangning's understanding of this world, anything that was related to weapons was usually related to magic or martial arts.
On the other hand, a good weapon could increase the power of martial arts and magic.
In terms of martial arts, although Tangning really wanted to learn it herself, it took countless people's effort to create and perfect a set of martial arts. It wasn't something that could be done overnight. On Earth, Tangning had seen many amazing martial arts, but they were all seen in movies. In university, she had learned military boxing, Tai Chi, and other fancy and practical martial arts. She had also learned Baji out of interest, but what she had learned was only the tip of the iceberg. She wanted to compare it with the best martial arts in this world. He could only use it as insurance.
As for magic, Tangning knew nothing about it. It was a field even stranger than martial arts.
His understanding of this unfamiliar field was mostly gained from the idle chatter of others. For example, he learned that magic could be divided into seven major elements: wind, wood, water, fire, earth, light, and darkness. The seven major elements had some auxiliary elements. The Petrification he encountered today was one of the auxiliary elements derived from earth magic.
Speaking of magic, it had to involve magic arrays. Strictly speaking, magic scrolls were made up of magic crystals and magic arrays. Right, wasn't wind magic just enough to solve the kinetic energy problem of bullets?
As long as a wind-type magic array was carved on the firing pin of the gun, and a wind-type magic crystal was used as the magic source of the magic array, the firing pin would be able to instantly release a wind-type magic, which would form a powerful air pressure in the sealed barrel to make the bullet fly. Wouldn't that solve the problem of the kinetic energy of the bullet?
There was also the instantaneous explosive force produced by the explosion of fire magic, which could also replace the effect of gunpowder.
Then, what was left were some gun structure and mechanical problems.
As time passed, a rifle from another world gradually formed in Tangning's mind.
As they approached the gates of Lieyang City, Tangning slowed down.
The group of mercenaries was paying the entrance tax at the city gate. Many people surrounded the carriage that carried the petrifying magic beast and pointed at it. Some people even showed a hint of envy and jealousy in their eyes from time to time.
The other carriages filled with the corpses of the warriors were ignored.
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