Ku Fei

"This time, the battle at Skalasst Peak yielded tremendous results."

While Ryan was receiving his inheritance, the members of Hua Xia Battle Group's First Team held a brief meeting.

On the native side, Ryan had absorbed an Ancient Dragon People legion! Including those stationed in the Dragon-Man village, there were at least a thousand elite warriors.

On the Awakened side, Bai Pu had led the team in scattering a Sea Race invasion force and had also slain Sea Prince Gordon.

Demon Spider Queen's Vigil devoured Prince Gordon's corpse and seemed to undergo a different change. The Demon Spider Empress on the shield spat out a large amount of spider silk and wrapped herself within it.

As a result, this Dark Gold Tower Shield was temporarily grayed out and unusable.

Bai Pu tried to equip it, only to receive a prompt: The artifact spirit of your equipment, Demon Spider Queen's Vigil, has devoured a large amount of ownerless artifact-spirit consciousness and is currently evolving.

You may attempt to activate the equipment. Based on the Demon Spider Empress artifact spirit's affinity toward you, she will answer your summons unconditionally. However, doing so will forcibly terminate this evolution.

Confirm activation of equipment?

Bai Pu chose no.

He also realized that Prince Gordon, who cultivated the Hundred Weapons Dao Body, had fused the artifact spirits of all kinds of top-grade weapons into his body. Even after death, his corpse remained a tremendous tonic for the Demon Spider Empress's artifact spirit.

This process would be very difficult to replicate.

Demon Spider Queen's Vigil was itself an exceptionally unique piece of equipment. Even if Bai Pu returned to the Heart Demon World, it would be difficult for him to obtain another identical shield.

The shield's greatest feature was its Devouring Enhancement skill, while its hidden ability