The True Way to Open a Divine Artifact

A yellow figure and a silver figure clashed at extreme speed through the streets of Washington.

When Abomination's right fist—muscles bulging, tendons popping—slammed into the Dark Gold Round Shield raised in Xi Nian's hands, the American soldier watching the battle from the rooftop of a nearby building knew he would never forget the horrifying scene unfolding before him for the rest of his life.

The moment fist met shield, the air froze. Half the street lost all sound.

Silence so dead that you could hear your own heartbeat and breath. The survivors couldn't help but hold their breath.

The next instant.

With the green monster and the silver-haired youth at its center, a terrifying, semi-transparent shockwave swept outward. The ground beneath their feet was instantly stripped of a layer of earth. The already battered streetlights, windows, car windshields, and glass doors on the street were utterly shattered by the blast!

Like a modern missile detonating on the spot, or a meteorite crashing down from the sky!

Even though he was nearly thirty meters away, the American soldier was still flung back by the aftershock, his ears ringing endlessly. His body was thrown into the living room, and the powerful wind pressure pinned him down, unable to rise!

And this was only the beginning of the battle!

Abomination's fist pressed against the Dark Gold Round Shield, continuously exerting force. A hazy Divine Light Energy radiated from the shield's surface, blocking enough of the power and impact. But even the remaining fraction shattered the ground beneath Xi Nian's feet!

Xi Nian used the shield to block Abomination's punch. His peripheral vision swept past Abomination's arm and landed on the longsword stuck diagonally in the ground behind it.

Without the Retro Longsword, he couldn't even break through Abomination's surface defense.

That was also why Xi Nian chose to take the initiative.

He held the Dark Gold Round Shield without retreating a single step, intending to sidestep Abomination and retrieve the Retro Longsword.

Abomination seemed to know Xi Nian's intent. It grinned hideously and brought its other fist hammering down from above, refusing to give him any chance to break away!

Boom!!

The road surface beneath them, cracked like a spiderweb, finally couldn't withstand the pressure and collapsed, forming a circular pit half a meter deep.

Xi Nian stood at the center of the pit, his combat boots driven deep into the ground. Faced with an unprecedented crisis, his body remained upright, his hands steadily bracing the Dark Gold Round Shield.

Just during the day, he had been an ordinary middle school student.

At this moment, Xi Nian's calmness surprised even himself!

Perhaps it was due to inheriting the divine nature within his Aunt's abilities, which had diluted his ordinary human emotions.

Or maybe, he was simply born for battle!

While using the shield to withstand Abomination's frenzied pounding, Xi Nian rapidly analyzed countermeasures in his mind.

Besides the longsword, what else on him could serve as a weapon?

Right!

Xi Nian had just thought of something.

At that moment, Abomination suddenly released its fist, instead grabbing the Dark Gold Round Shield. Its other hand swung sideways, hammering toward Xi Nian's head!

Xi Nian didn't hesitate. He immediately let go of the shield with his right hand and simply raised his arm to block!

The huge green fist slammed into the back of Xi Nian's hand—or more precisely, onto the Silver Bracelet on his wrist!

Hum!

A surging silver energy radiated from the bracelet, forcefully neutralizing Abomination's punch!

"I knew it!" Xi Nian was overjoyed.

A body full of divine artifacts—this was no joke!

Abomination's attack failed. It suddenly swung its head forward with force, like a giant green hammer, sending Xi Nian and his shield flying fifty meters away.

Xi Nian skipped across the ground like a stone on water a few times before crashing into a car door. The car's body was grotesquely dented inward.

"Almost overdid it. Coronet, so you're not a defensive piece?" Xi Nian gasped for breath, lying flat on the completely wrecked car. His forehead stung fiercely, so he simply took off the Silver Coronet from his head.

The Silver Coronet's surface showed not a single scratch. The patterns carved on it were delicate and noble, but as defensive equipment, it felt a bit too 'inferior'—compared to the shield and bracelet with their innate Divine Power protection.

But looking at the Silver Coronet in his hand, Xi Nian froze again. Didn't this coronet look a bit like some kind of ranged weapon?

"Could it be..."

Xi Nian thought of a possibility. He stood up, holding the Silver Coronet, and looked up at Abomination charging toward him. Then, he suddenly hurled the coronet forward!

If his Aunt found out, would she hit him?

That thought flashed through Xi Nian's mind.

Shiiing!

The coronet streaked through the night, flickering once, transforming into a barely perceptible sliver of silver light!

Abomination, mid-charge, suddenly halted. A blossom of blood bloomed from its left eye. The Silver Coronet looped around its body, spun once, and flew back into Xi Nian's hand.

Looking at the coronet in his hand—unstained by a single drop of blood, still as noble as ever—Xi Nian couldn't help but shiver.

Who would have thought?

This most elegant and noble Silver Coronet was also the most insidious and unavoidable hidden weapon!

Or rather, this was the true way to wield a divine artifact!

After its right eye had been reduced to a bloody socket, its left eye now bore a clear wound. Abomination couldn't accept what had happened. It widened its single eye, now filled with blood and cracked, and its bloated body howled through the air as it recklessly lunged at Xi Nian!

The silver eyes reflected the Abomination closing in without hesitation. Xi Nian quickly raised his left arm, the one with the bracelet, to shield himself, and feeling that might not be reliable enough, he lifted his right hand as well.

What Xi Nian didn't expect was that when his hands crossed in front of him, the bracelets clasped on his wrists clashed together.

It was as if a unique mechanism had been triggered.

The bracelets on his left and right wrists rang with a clear chime as they struck each other. In that brief instant, Xi Nian felt the Divine Power within him burn and evaporate, converging toward the point where his wrists crossed!

Hum!!

An immense, nameless energy exploded near Xi Nian, yet it caused no harm to his body. Instead, everything around him—including the dust in the air and the Abomination that had lunged at him—was blasted away by this devastating force!

Boom! Boom! Boom—

The Abomination flew backward, crashing into a building behind it, then punched straight through and out the other side, slamming into a second building further back!

Finally, it struck the outer wall of a third building. As its body came to a halt, the Abomination was not only furious but also so frustrated it wanted to spit blood!

Could you imagine?

Here it was, finally maxed out at level one hundred, thinking it was invincible in this world—only to have a level seventy provoke it. It wanted to grind the opponent into the dirt, and then the guy pulls out a full set of max-level Divine Equipment!