Zombie Blood Claw, though called a claw, was actually an extremely sharp pair of gloves.
The gloves were very deep, reaching halfway up the arm. When spread, they formed ten sharp claws; when clenched, they became a heavy fist; when swung down, they were a sharp blade.
The difficulty in refining the Zombie Blood Claw lay in its fit with the corpse puppet's palm.
Only when the Zombie Blood Claw achieved an eighty percent or higher fit with the corpse puppet's palm could it withstand the destructive testing during artifact inspection.
Qian Duoduo glanced at the corpse puppet standing nearby, his Spiritual Awareness enveloping its two arms, and he felt confident.
"The difficulty is a bit high," Qian Duoduo deliberately called out.
His fingers danced, and a dozen or so materials were thrown into the cauldron, continuously purified and molded.
Half an hour passed, and Qian Duoduo was genuinely sweating.
This time, when refining the Magic Treasure, Qian Duoduo did not open the cauldron lid, so others could not see what was happening inside the cauldron.
Inside the cauldron, Qian Duoduo used his Spiritual Awareness to replicate the corpse puppet's arm one-to-one. Condensing and maintaining this pair of arms consumed a lot of Spiritual Qi.
With it inside the cauldron, Qian Duoduo was confident he could achieve a fit of ninety percent or more for the Zombie Blood Claw.
Pang Yunxiao scratched his head from time to time.
He did not know how the refining was progressing inside the cauldron.
Although Elder Miao had some confidence in Qian Duoduo, seeing him delay in opening the lid, a hint of anxiety also appeared on his small face.
The Elder on duty and the three Artifact Refiners looked up, disdainfully watching Qian Duoduo, waiting for his failure so they could unleash their malicious mockery upon him.
After putting the refined Zombie Blood Claw onto the Spiritual Awareness arm, Qian Duoduo directed his Spiritual Awareness to swing it a few times, extremely satisfied.
He had intended to refine it further, raising the fit to nearly one hundred percent, but after thinking it over, he decided to leave some leeway.
Being too casual would easily lead to suspicion again.
Quietly dispersing the Spiritual Awareness arm, and then flushing his own face red, after enduring for a quarter of an hour, Qian Duoduo lifted the cauldron lid.
"It's refined!"
Qian Duoduo's shout was quite loud, startling the Elder on duty and the Artifact Refiners.
Pang Yunxiao was the first to look into the cauldron.
He saw a black-and-red zombie glove floating above the cauldron. The fingertips of the glove gleamed with golden light, and at the joints between the fingers and palm of the glove, there were ten thick finger-studs.
"Good! Good! Good!" Pang Yunxiao exclaimed repeatedly.
The Elder on duty narrowed his eyes, carefully examining the newly refined Zombie Blood Claw, and immediately ordered, "Inspect the artifact."
When refining the Zombie Blood Claw, it usually needed to cool down.
The Elder on duty wanted a quick inspection to destroy it while it was still hot.
The Artifact Refiner immediately understood and ran over, wanting to retrieve the Zombie Blood Claw.
Qian Duoduo waved his hand, putting the Zombie Blood Claw onto the corpse puppet's arm. If he let the Artifact Refiner take and wear it, he did not know what dirty tricks he would pull.
Another Artifact Refiner took out a high-grade artisan artifact shield.
The Artifact Refiner who failed to retrieve the Zombie Blood Claw glared at Qian Duoduo, then wanted to go back and activate the corpse puppet to attack the shield.
"I'll do it."
Qian Duoduo turned to ask the Elder on duty, "Is this okay?"
That Artifact Refiner was at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, while Qian Duoduo was at Foundation Establishment Initial Stage.
The Elder on duty was eager for Qian Duoduo to fail, so seeing Qian Duoduo voluntarily request to personally activate the corpse puppet, he immediately nodded in agreement.
Qian Duoduo's Spiritual Awareness entered the corpse puppet's Upper Spirit Sea, commanding it to stand up, take a few steps forward, and then powerfully punch the shield.
"Boom!" With a loud crash, the Artifact Refiner holding the shield took a step back.
The corpse puppet retracted its fist, turned its fist into a palm, and forcefully poked the shield.
"Pfft," ten shallow indentations appeared on the shield.