Holy Radiance Salvation, Quasi-Divine Artifact

Zhu Rong did not dwell on why his grandfather and Gao Zu could not understand From Beginner to Burial.

According to the golden finger's settings, these two items should have been here, because Zhu Rong would come here in the future...

This was causality.

Because Zhu Rong would come here, Gao Zu had obtained these two items, yet could not use them.

Zhu Rong was far too weak at the moment. Though he understood causality, he had no way to trace it. Why think so much about it?

As long as he could understand them himself, that was enough.

"I don't know what rank Soul Tool you are, but since this is fate's arrangement, I imagine your rank must be rather high."

Zhu Rong looked at the "Hand Cannon" lying inside the large box and muttered to himself.

If he did not have the system, this Hand Cannon would have been his "starting equipment," and possibly the cheat that would let him challenge opponents above his level!

With such a "buff," the Hand Cannon's rank definitely could not be low.

Old Jack could not understand what Zhu Rong was doing. He shook his head, stopped paying attention to the two boxes, and slowly returned to his bedroom to sleep.

What was inside those two boxes did not matter to Old Jack. As long as his grandson Zhu Rong could use them, that was enough.

Zhu Rong, who was "talking" to the Hand Cannon, did not notice that Old Jack had already left the hall and gone to bed.

"If you're not responding, I'll take that as agreement! Come on, let me take a look..."

As he spoke, Zhu Rong reached for the Hand Cannon in the box. He wanted to pick it up and inspect it, then test it if possible.

After all, this thing looked incredibly intimidating!

It was every boy's dream. How could he not want to try out its power?

But the instant Zhu Rong's right hand touched the Hand Cannon, something unexpected happened!

The entirely gilded Hand Cannon suddenly produced an invisible suction force the moment it touched Zhu Rong's hand, firmly trapping his hand so that he could not pull free.

Zhu Rong instantly felt the Soul Power within his body draining away. His right hand could not separate from the Hand Cannon by even an inch!

"What the hell is going on?"

As the Soul Power within him steadily decreased, more and more cold sweat appeared on Zhu Rong's forehead.

His Soul Power was three times that of Soul Masters at the same level!

Even so, after the Hand Cannon had drained half his Soul Power, it still showed no sign of stopping!

A few more seconds passed, and Zhu Rong's Soul Power was nearly exhausted. His face turned pale and bloodless.

If it kept draining him like this, Zhu Rong would be saying goodbye to the world in less than ten seconds.

Yet even though Zhu Rong was on the verge of death, the three Martial Souls inside him gave no warning of danger whatsoever...

It's over, it's over... I wonder if I'll be able to transmigrate again this time...

Zhu Rong thought miserably.

He had never expected that, after such a smooth life, even Tang Hao had suffered at his hands and fallen for his schemes.

Yet he had actually been brought down by a weapon.

Three more seconds passed. Not a trace of Soul Power remained in Zhu Rong's body. Just as he thought he was about to die and the entire Holy Soul Village would be attending his funeral...

Although his hand was still stuck to the Hand Cannon, it had actually stopped draining his Soul Power!

This discovery immediately filled Zhu Rong with overwhelming joy.

"Hm?"

Just when he thought the storm had passed and nothing else would happen, the anomaly appeared again!

The gilded Hand Cannon shattered at that moment!

It then transformed into specks of starlight and entered Zhu Rong's right hand.

"Th-this is?"

Zhu Rong was utterly confused. How could a perfectly fine weapon just...

"Hm?"

After the Hand Cannon entered Zhu Rong's right hand, he actually sensed a consciousness "connecting" to his mind!

That discovery instantly made Zhu Rong lose his composure.

(If his earlier panic had been fake.)

"Hello, Master. I am the artifact spirit of the Sacred Redemption Hand Cannon."

"???"

Zhu Rong's mind was filled with question marks as he heard those words.

They came from the consciousness that had "connected" to his mind after the Hand Cannon turned into "starlight" and entered his right hand.

As though it knew what Zhu Rong was thinking, the artifact spirit continuously conveyed information to him.

"Hello, Master. As a Quasi-Divine Artifact, Holy Radiance Salvation possesses an artifact spirit."

"Only a Master acknowledged by the artifact spirit can merge with Holy Radiance Salvation. Before merging, Holy Radiance Salvation can at most unleash thirty percent of its power..."

"Holy Radiance Salvation was originally a million-year Soul Bone. After being modified by a certain God-level Soul Master, it eventually became the Sacred Redemption Hand Cannon..."

"Master, the holy and fire attributes within your body are even stronger than those of the Angel Clan! Merging with you is simply wonderful. Perhaps I may even evolve into a Super Divine Artifact."

"The Sacred Redemption Hand Cannon has four Soul Skills, all retained from when it was a Soul Bone..."

After listening to the artifact spirit, Zhu Rong roughly understood what had happened.

The artifact spirit of Holy Radiance Salvation had chosen to merge with him, which was why it had absorbed his Soul Power to forcibly "boot up."

The method of merging was no different from fusing a Soul Bone. At this moment, Zhu Rong was equivalent to having fused with a million-year right-arm Soul Bone, except it did not increase his Soul Power.

Besides allowing him to adjust the output of "Salvation" blasts, the merged Holy Radiance Salvation could also grant its user four Soul Bone skills!

They had been retained from when it was a million-year Soul Bone.

Without divine power, Holy Radiance Salvation was a Quasi-Divine Artifact. Once empowered by divine power, however, it could instantly become a Divine Artifact.

By continuously nurturing it with holy and fire attributes, Holy Radiance Salvation would even have a chance to evolve into a Super Divine Artifact—a Super Divine Artifact that, once fully charged, could kill a First-level God with one shot and severely injure a God King...

"Could you be the reason the Soul Tool Civilization was destroyed?"

After hearing Holy Radiance Salvation's explanation, Zhu Rong could not help but complain.

This Hand Cannon was simply too powerful—powerful in a completely unreasonable way!

No wonder the gods could not sit still and wanted to destroy the Soul Tool Civilization.

"Master, you are mistaken."

"?"

"I was only one of the reasons. The destruction of the Soul Tool Civilization was not solely because of me. I was merely the fuse that made Them finally take action..."

"It is a pity that my former Master's divine power had not completely transformed at the time. Otherwise, with my abilities, I could at least have slain one more god..."

"???"

Zhu Rong was stunned. From the artifact spirit's tone, it had successfully slain a god before!

More than one god had acted against the Soul Tool Civilization back then.

The Sacred Redemption Hand Cannon's former Master had been a god in the process of converting his power!

In other words, he had just become a god and had not yet fully converted his Soul Power into divine power.

At that moment, the artifact spirit's weak, pitiful, and somewhat helpless voice reached Zhu Rong's mind:

"Master, um... I have a request..."

"Go ahead. We are one now. We share glory and ruin..."

Though he had been forced into it, things had already come to this. Zhu Rong did not think too much about it.

He was also quite curious about what request the artifact spirit of Holy Radiance Salvation, which had slain a god, would make.

"I need Master's Soul Power to nurture and charge me. Only then, when Master encounters danger, even if it is a god, I can blast them for you..."