Chapter 1102
Chapter 1102 - 188: The Joyful Sword
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In the youth’s arm extension, the silver blade swung continuously.
Round after round of silver moons blossomed on the battlefield, the young man leaping in midair, his sword light scattering like the dazzling moonlight pouring down.
He seemed like a Death God reaping souls, and like a dancer performing a joyful dance under the midnight battlefield, rapidly advancing.
Where he leapt past, humanoid figures turned into fragments, and the brilliant yellow crystal shards scattered in the air.
And those "Legions" that would usually reconstitute immediately after death, this time, not one of them got up.
"How is this possible..."
The ignorant Eve’s eyes widened in disbelief.
She subconsciously drove more of the Legions closer, and then...
"Beheading."
The plain words echoed throughout the Secret Realm. The next moment, the silver moonlight split the entire world apart.
A midline unfolded from the center, with countless crystal life forms miserably bisected at the waist, their limbs separating before they even knew what had happened.
[Bloody Beheader (Lower Gold): Once a target is successfully beheaded on the battlefield, this ’Trait’ can be activated, leveraging a wide-range slash to make beheading determinations against targets within a certain distance. If the determination fails, then the ’Calamity Descends’ Curse is released. This Trait can stack repeatedly, causing fear and psychological attacks on targets while greatly increasing the success rate of the next beheading.]
The Rule-level "Weapon Special Skill", combined with Lu Ping’an’s martial skills, was perfectly stimulated.
And unlike the previous controlled beheadings by the sword, the fact that this was a "Beheading at the waist" signified that Lu Ping’an had taken perfect control of this demon sword.
And this, was Lu Ping’an’s answer.
"Eve was born a perfect being, bound to enter the Rule-level upon adulthood, starting life at a point that most people would never reach in their lifetime, but... she’s underage."
No matter how strong her future self might be, her current self was still only "ten years old", just a peak Decree-level.
Therefore, facing the "Rule" literally crushing the "Decree", her options were actually quite limited.
"...It’s like when you can’t win in a game by playing by the rules, you just grab a hammer and smash the place up."
This was the advice given by Big Cat. Although Lu Ping’an complained about it, he did not refuse to prepare for it.
If you can’t win with technique, then you just have to overwhelm with brute force.
"Why, my Spiritual Power... it’s gone..."
Eve was somewhat dazed and confused. She really couldn’t understand why she had lost "a part" of herself.
Even if the crystals were shattered, the Spiritual Power and spirit body within should still be recoverable, but this time...
"Just give up, this sword was prepared especially for you..."
[Abyss Soul-sucking (Lower Gold): Souls that are slain by this sword will be absorbed by the blade, becoming ’nourishment’ for the Beheading Blade, increasing its sharpness, hardness, and instant death trait.]
This was originally a passive Trait to enhance the Abyss Beheading Knife, but at this moment, it became a special attack against Eve.
The "Soul-sucking" Trait took away all the residual Spiritual Power and spirit body within the crystals and used them to enhance the demon sword itself.
At this moment, the Beheading Long Knife shimmered with silver light and seemed to become more active.
Even Lu Ping’an himself had not expected that the Abyss Demon Sword would find its most suitable opponent here, and the very nature of the Rule-level (Gold-level) precisely counteracted the peak Decree-level Eve to death.
𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
"Eyes" on the Demon Sword opened up, fixing their gaze on Eve, their desire and cravings that were impossible to hide.
Perhaps to it, this is the real tonic.
"...How did you find out?"
By now, even Eve knew that her "secret" had been completely exposed.
Otherwise, there’s no way she would, at this time, pay such a colossal price, producing a Rule-level soul-sucking demon sword.
"Does it matter?"
Lu Ping’an lowered the demon sword, not as a gesture of friendliness, but simply to suppress the bloodthirsty craving of the sword.
Originally, the Abyss demon sword, within this Secret Realm, the fact that it could reach the power of Silver Mid-position was quite commendable.
To make it exert three hundred percent of its power, Lu Ping’an tried to "activate" it.
Utilizing his occupational traits and "knowledge", borrowing the principle of creating Magic Pets from the Life Encyclopedia and the enhancement cauldron, he used blood, flesh and blood, and the core to mold a "new life". He linked it to himself, turning it into part of his own flesh and blood, in order to circumvent the suppression and limitations of this Secret Realm.
Judging by the results, with the immense support of his Martial Destiny, he succeeded.
The name originally "Adams’s Abyss Beheading Sword (Lower Gold Cursed Object)" had already been altered.
[Lu Ping’an’s Abyss Beheading Sword (Golden Mid-level Cursed Object)]
It may only have moved up one tier, and although the Abyss Beheading Sword originally had evolving traits of "combat" and "soul-sucking"... seventh tier and eighth tier are not something that can be simply described by a change in quality, it’s a level of enhancement akin to rebirth.
The renamed "Beheading Sword" also means that it is truly a Golden Mid-level Cursed Object only when held by Lu Ping’an...
"...This is a bit of a drain."
In order to maintain this "life state", Lu Ping’an paid a lot... His Life investment never stopped, and vast high-level Life Source Force was the fountain that sustained this odd form of life.
Bones, flesh, and blood on their own do not constitute a life, but if you give it a complete "life support system" and keep injecting it with nutrition, it actually can be forced to live for a few minutes.
As a Life Investor on his primary path, the trait to invest in "pollutants" showcased its astonishing potential at this moment... It was used to maintain life, create life, and nurture life.
Lu Ping’an didn’t know how long he could maintain this state; without the boost of his Martial Destiny, it should have collapsed on its own a long time ago.
But at this moment, after absorbing a large amount of "nutrition", a faint yellow crystal layer appeared around it, and it seemed to be evolving as well.
A bizarre reality was happening, it not only "came to life", but it was also gradually developing self-awareness and desires.
Lu Ping’an once again raised the demon sword, pointing it at Eve.
She felt an inexplicable sense of unease and fear, as if the sword was going to devour her.
This was indeed the "Eve’s Joy Sword", facing an "Evolver"; perhaps, you only have a chance of winning if you "evolve" faster than her...
"Surrender? Me? Not a chance!"
The tearful girl closed her eyes, then opened them again.
The entire world began to distort, with the ground creeping with yellow crystals as the determined her chose to burst out with all her power.
Lu Ping’an simply brought his hands together and slammed them down to the ground, the advancing crystal ocean was directly parted by him.
The surrounding crystals gradually turned to dust, the greedy demon sword devoured everything around it, and visibly, Eve’s complexion grew paler.
Even at this moment, facing this demon sword that suppressed her to death, Eve still didn’t give up... She directly evolved again!
— End of Chapter 1102 —