Beginning Sequence Apotheosis

Chen Cheng rubbed his chin. "Looks like you really are afraid of this sword."

Brother Octopus hadn't expected Chen Cheng to say that.

"Quit talking nonsense, brat. I told you to choose that sword because it's the highest-grade thing here.

And the higher the grade of the medium, the better your chances of coming into contact with a higher-order sequence law.

Don't mistake kindness for a donkey's liver and lungs, or I'm done helping you."

"All right, I apologize. But I'm not using that sword. Who knows whether its power would disappear afterward? Then I wouldn't have you in my grip—you'd have me in yours."

Chen Cheng said it to Brother Octopus without trying to hide his suspicions.

"Fine. Have you decided what to use? I'd suggest that tear of the Moon Venerable's. Losing it would hurt you the least."

Brother Octopus offered Chen Cheng another suggestion.

Chen Cheng slipped a hand inside his collar. Hanging there was the Star Tear Melos had given him. It was a pair with the one around Fini's neck, both formed from tears shed by the Moon Venerable. Both could greatly enhance mental power.

They were the best auxiliary Magic Artifacts for helping mages cast super magic above their level.

Chen Cheng released the teardrop pendant and reached a little deeper, closing his hand around the Crystal Pendant he still hadn't figured out.

It was the only keepsake his mother in this life had left him, and it had saved his life several times.

He also suspected that this pendant was what Brother Octopus truly feared about him.

Chen Cheng pulled out the Crystal Pendant and held it up for Brother Octopus to see. "What do you think of this?"

Chen Cheng wasn't looking at the pendant in his hand. He was watching Brother