Almost the instant He Ao gripped the hilt, an intense desire for slaughter rushed through it and straight into his mind.
Suppressing that urge to kill, He Ao slowly drew the "butcher knife."
The moment the blade was pulled free, an invisible pressure instantly spread out from its crimson edge.
Hel, who had been cautiously watching He Ao from the side, trembled and stumbled back against the doorframe. His eyes widened abruptly, as though an invisible hand had seized his throat and pinned him against the frame, leaving him unable to breathe.
At the same time, his eyes reddened, veins of blood spreading across the whites. It seemed as though some invisible force had flooded his mind, urging him to kill, plunder, and create chaos.
He Ao looked at the crimson blade in his hand, extended his index and middle fingers, pressed them together, and gently brushed them across the flat of the blade.
Divine consciousness spread evenly from his fingertips across the crimson surface, rapidly corroding the transcendent power that formed the blade and inscribing a Control Array belonging to K.
Having done this many times before, He Ao was now highly proficient at drawing this array.
In a very short time, he branded the simple Control Array onto the Transcendent Item.
Buzz—
It was as if an invisible giant hand had suddenly clenched. The scattered pressure vanished the instant his fingers finished passing over the blade.
Hel slumped to the ground against the doorframe, gasping heavily. He looked up at the bloody butcher knife in He Ao's hand with some fear.
Only then did He Ao have the time to carefully inspect the "butcher knife."
Its shape was not much different from when He Ao had first obtained it. It was still shaped like a butcher knife, with