Nexus Ascension: My Comprehension Defies the Heaven

Chapter 420: Peerless Grade

As Grey observed the raw ore, he slowly began. He softly circulated the Peerless Thousand Primordial Refinement Art and immediately activated his Heavenly Flame. Instantly, the entire atmosphere within the grand avenue shifted.

Carter Smith, who stood the closest to Grey, furrowed his brows deeply upon seeing this. ”This fire...”

Seeing the terrifying flames and the unnatural suppression radiating from them, the high-ranking onlookers began whispering among themselves in hushed tones.

”Hm?” Silas, who was sitting quietly to the side, looked at the roaring fire in pure surprise. He had never expected to see something like this in a simple lecture.

’Who exactly is he?’ Silas thought with a deep frown. He was an early Origin Seed Realm expert, yet he also physically felt a distinct sense of suppression from those Heavenly Flames. It was absolutely no ordinary flame.

Whrummm!

The solid ore and the Heavenly Flames immediately came into direct contact. Just as quickly, Grey’s vision flickered, and time seemingly slowed down for him as the cosmic ore began to melt rapidly under the extreme temperature.

This specific material was a low-grade 5-Star ore, which was perfectly equivalent to an Origin Manifestation Realm tier item. Hence, Grey, who held raw power similar to a true 5th Rank being, had absolutely no problem swiftly melting it down.

Once it was fully heated and glowing, it took on a brilliant golden hue. Just then, Grey clearly saw a rainbow-like crack naturally form on the surface of the ore. Seeing this structural weak point, Grey immediately reacted.

Boom!

Blinding streaks of light erupted from the ore as it began to rapidly shift apart. Its atomic structure instantly broke apart and reformed ten distinct times in a single second of time.

”Huh?!” Carter Smith, who was standing right next to Grey, slowly showed a massive change of expression upon witnessing this impossible scene. The High Marshal of Vanguard, John, also opened his mouth wide in pure shock.

What exactly were they seeing right now? One single, casual hammer hit had directly managed to reach a flawless 10-fold refinement on a 5-Star ore?! How was that physically possible?

There were absolutely no known techniques in the starry sky that allowed such a ridiculous thing! It looked as if this guy was using a cheat code! But this was not a virtual game world. How could he possibly cheat reality itself?

John looked over at his esteemed master’s face. Carter held the exact same speechless, dumbfounded expression as his disciple.

As soon as the 10-fold refinement was flawlessly finished, the physical impurities of the ore vanished along with the massive sparks. The Heavenly Flames surged even more violently as they began to reheat the newly refined metal.

Grey wasted absolutely no time. He saw the glowing rainbow vein appear once again and smoothly landed another critical hit.

Boom! Twenty folds! Two simple strikes, twenty folds of refinement.

”...” Carter’s mouth went completely dry as he stared blankly at the mysterious youth standing in front of him.

”What exactly is happening up there on the stage?” The seated experts could not help but lean forward collectively to get a better look.

They thought it was strange at first, but now that the explosive phenomenon happened again, they observed it closely. Was the ore’s fundamental structure not rapidly changing at an impossible speed?

All of them were elite 5th Rank experts who could easily sense the profound change of atomic structure. There was absolutely no need to doubt their own senses.

This unknown fellow had actually completed a 10-fold refinement with one single move! Everyone in the grand hall sucked in a sharp, cold breath seeing this. Where did this terrifying monster even come from?

Silas, who was sitting not too far from the front, almost violently choked on his alien tea seeing this display. ”Who exactly is this?” Silas asked himself that exact same question once again.

Whoever he was, he was absolutely not an ordinary individual. He was most likely a hidden young master from an extremely prominent cosmic family. But which family exactly was it? Was he somehow directly related to the fabled Daoye Palace?

As Silas deeply questioned himself, Grey calmly continued hammering the heavy anvil. The rainbow veins constantly appeared exactly on time.

With his terrifying precision and the highly sharpened mind of an Esper, missing the critical window or having a bad reaction time was literally impossible. From the initial twenty folds to seamlessly reaching one hundred folds on his tenth strike, Grey did not stop for a single second.

Considering he was a much higher-ranking being, there was absolutely no physical sweat to wipe off his face. But Grey had to admit, maintaining this intense level of pinpoint concentration was quite new for him, especially since he usually started thinking of random things mid-conversation.

He was now fully engrossed in the profound feeling and rhythmic beat of his hammer colliding with the cosmic ore, slowly watching it take perfect shape.

The Origin Will of the universe constantly deployed its natural resistance against the forced structural change of the ore. But the rainbow vein, which was hit precisely by Grey exactly on time, completely diminished that cosmic pushback without fail.

However, Grey was absolutely sure that he was feeling the universal resistance actively increasing with each consecutive swing. To match it, he was also slowly increasing his raw physical strength as well.

It might soon reach a critical point where he had to actively deploy Nexus Overclock just to strike down the mounting pressure.

Clank! Clank! Clank!

The rhythmic sound of Grey’s hammer hitting the anvil rang out loudly in the avenue. Absolutely everyone had their eyes peeled wide open onto the stage.

For a long moment, no one even dared to breathe. Except for Werner, of course, who just sat quietly in his seat with a completely speechless, resigned look on his face.

By now, this ridiculous level of shock was just usual stuff for him. Of course, Grey paid absolutely no attention to the stunned crowd at all.

He was entirely focused on the terrifying cosmic resistance that had formally appeared. He was already actively using ninety percent of his base physical strength.

Seeing this escalating situation, Carter Smith had a massive change of expression. ”Everyone, this respected expert is currently pushing his limits to reach a 500-fold High-grade refinement! Please evacuate the avenue immediately!”

It was strictly for the physical safety of everyone present, and also to ensure they did not accidentally disturb him and cause the highly volatile refinement process to fail catastrophically.

Boom! With a deafening bang, he reached the 500th refinement fold. The universal resistance was completely at its peak.

Grey wasted absolutely no time. He instantly activated the Primordial Human’s combat amplification and Nexus Overclock simultaneously as his raw power violently surged.

He brought the heavy hammer down repeatedly in a blurring frenzy. Sixty , seventy, eighty, ninty... and finally, at the one hundredth strike, the cosmic resistance entirely shattered and came crashing down.

Boom! A pillar of blinding light violently erupted from the entire skyscraper as a majestic, multi-colored brilliance shone directly from the small ore resting in front of Grey. Peerless grade!

Grey casually wiped nonexistent sweat from his forehead. This actually gave him a fairly quick workout.

The very last part was significantly harder than he originally thought. The universal resistance was immense, but his personal powers were simply on a completely different dimensional level. The Origin Will could not do anything to stop him.

At the exact same time, a brand new, highly special inscription had naturally appeared within the ore along with the successful formation of the Peerless grade. It was the coveted Amplification trait.

The High Marshal of Vanguard, John, and the Grandmaster Blacksmith, Carter Smith, stared blankly at the glowing ore with their jaws practically dropped to the floor. Silas, who was intently observing from a safe distance, had an incredibly fervent look burning on his face.

Looking directly at the birth of a true Peerless grade ore had instantly given him profound inspiration! He waited absolutely no more.

He immediately shot right out of the planet and directly into outer space. He was frantically returning to his home base to test out his newly formed enlightenment.

Things could not wait for a single second anymore. Maybe he would properly thank this masked expert once this breakthrough was all safely over!