The titanium's form began to ripple.
It didn't melt, but destabilized.
Its surface flickered, as if existing in two places at once. The solid boundaries that defined it weakened, and for the first time, Lin Mu's flames were able to affect it.
The temperature rose.
Slowly, stubbornly, the Void Streak Titanium softened.
Lin Mu did not rush. He adjusted the balance between heat and spatial destabilization with painstaking care. Too much Spatial Qi and the titanium might phase out of reality entirely. Too much heat and it could fracture instead of melting.
After nearly half an hour of precise control, the titanium finally surrendered.
It melted.
The molten Void Streak Titanium did not glow like the other metals. Instead, it looked like liquid shadow threaded with faint starlight, constantly shifting and flowing in unnatural ways.
Lin Mu guided it into the crucible array.
The moment the three metals came into contact, the crucible vibrated.
