Wan Lei was startled by the words, and then with a thought, the giant hammer in his hand had its head immediately change into the shape of an axe.
This made Wan Lei ecstatic. With another thought, the hammer turned into a long saber, then a whip, then a club…
Watching Wan Lei play with it happily, Gouzi felt a bit ashamed.
"Stop playing. Now try to command it to turn into armor."
Wan Lei was stunned, then overjoyed. The Lei Huang Hammer in his hand instantly transformed into flowing light, rapidly covering his entire body from his hands, becoming a silver-white integrated armor.
"It's so powerful, it can change into anything."
His Majesty the Thunder Emperor was as happy as a child.
"Gouzi, what was this thing made of? How is it so powerful?"
Wan Lei asked, while commanding the armor to change back into the shape of a hammer.
This hammer was as tall as himself. Its thick handle was difficult for one hand to grip, and its two square heads were enormous, exuding a sense of power.
Because it was a technological nanotech creation, this hammer seemed very heavy, but in reality, it didn't feel heavy in his hand, nor did it feel clumsy when swung. Coupled with its ability to change form at will, it was actually extremely agile.
This was the kind of weapon a warrior should use. Compared to this, Wan Lei's previous Thor's Hammer, which was a foot long, seemed like a small toy.
"This hammer has quite a history."
When those few immortals were still at the transcending… tribulation crossing cultivation level, they were forced to undertake missions that they would die if they failed. There were a total of eighteen missions, and the last one was to survive in a meme and snatch the protagonist's halo.
And their previous mission, which one was it… it was to save a universal emperor.
That emperor was probably at the Mahayana cultivation level, but he was extremely dark at heart and very powerful. He had transmigrated to a world where humans were treated as mere grass.
There, he, by himself, led humanity to rise, annihilated other myriad races, and unified the eight directions of the universe. Afterward, he vigorously developed technology, enabling his fleet to travel between various universes, and his empire's territory expanded to dozens of universes through his invasions.
Later, they persuaded this emperor to become benevolent.
"...How could they persuade such a cruel and dark emperor to be benevolent?"
Wan Lei was full of disbelief.
"They always relied on virtue to persuade others. After earnest appeals, they successfully persuaded the emperor to be benevolent. Of course, the main reason was that the emperor couldn't defeat them."
"...What a great way to rely on virtue."
"Actually, that emperor was very capable. With his mortal realm cultivation, he ruled dozens of universal planes. His political and military capabilities were second to none..."
"Talk about the hammer!"
"Oh, later, that emperor remained in the place he had transmigrated to. Then, the continent he transmigrated to, that empire, encountered an invasion from a high-spirit plane.
Their three emperors were all celestial-level mighty figures. For his empire, this was simply a dimensionality reduction strike.
The three great emperors came from a mechanical high-spirit plane. When they invaded another mechanical plane, they destroyed that universe and seized the Heart of the Universe.
Using that Heart of the Universe, they forged a super fortress warship. That fortress was as large as… the Lei Feng Continent, perhaps.
They sailed that cosmic warship, comparable in size to an entire continent, to invade various universes. This time, they had finally invaded the dark emperor's universe."
"Truly karma striking back. He invaded others, and others invaded him."
Wan Lei sneered. He fundamentally detested such acts of invasion. In his opinion, these people were no different from demons.
"The task for those five people was to protect the dark emperor's empire.
They infiltrated the fortress, stole the Heart of the Universe, and then used that mechanical technology Heart of the Universe to upgrade their armor.
Ultimately, the five of them fought against the three celestial-level emperors and emerged victorious."
"With mortal realm cultivation, they killed three celestial beings?"
For a moment, Wan Lei gained a deeper understanding of the strength and talent of these immortals.
"Yes, they are very powerful, not comparable to you.
Those three great emperors were the Emperor of Light, the Emperor of Flame, and the Emperor of Lightning, respectively.
The Lei Huang Hammer in your hand is a nanotech weapon created by the Emperor of Lightning with the aid of the Heart of the Universe, and it is extremely powerful.
After Squirrel captured the Lei Huang Hammer, he used it as his own life weapon. Only after arriving at the Lei Feng Realm did he leave it here."
"In other words, this is a weapon forged from the primal energy of a Heart of the Universe, and its origin is at least very high. It should be sufficient for me when I reach the Celestial Realm, right?"
Wan Lei asked very seriously.
The biggest flaw of Thor's Hammer was its low origin. Although it possessed the authority of Thor, its essence was merely the core of a planet. In the mortal realm, it was indeed indestructible, but upon encountering celestial cultivators, it was directly destroyed.
As Wan Lei's cultivation grew higher and his enemies stronger, he indeed needed a better weapon.
"Theoretically, yes. It would be even better if you could get your hands on a melee artifact, one that would be sufficient even if you cultivated to the Saint realm.
Your current two artifacts are powerful, but they're not suitable for melee combat, unless you go around smashing people with the Creation Disc. Don't worry, it definitely won't break."
Wan Lei looked at his hammer and nodded with satisfaction. After a moment, he suddenly asked,
"That's not right. Since Squirrel obtained such a powerful weapon and used it as his life weapon, why did he leave it in the Lei Feng Realm? Didn't he use it himself?"
"Because he got something better."
"Better?"
Speaking of this, Gouzi's face filled with anger.
"My true form manifestation is a circular hammer. After Squirrel rescued me from the Nest of Sin in the Morality Plane, he used me as his life weapon.
When we arrived at the Lei Feng Realm, he had my will, along with a small portion of the Origin Thunder, remain in Qishan County. My true form was taken by him."
"Oh, I see. So you are incomplete. I always thought your true form manifestation was just the shape of a dog."
"Bah, this is the manifestation of my will, not my true form. Otherwise, why do you think I'm so weak.
If my true form were here, and you wielded me, even celestial beings would be struck down.
By the way, when we go back later, remember to find the Heart of the Universe and ask for the Origin Thunder of the Lei Feng Realm to complete your Thor's authority. You can't always rely on me, as I am an external Origin Thunder after all."
"Alright, I'll ask for it then."
Wan Lei nodded without hesitation, not giving a single thought to what the next Thunder Emperor of the Lei Feng Realm would use after he took away all nine primal thunders.
It was just like how Squirrel took away the Origin Thunder of the Morality Plane back then, without considering what would happen to the ninth rune of the Thunder God.