Powerful Divine Artifact, Control of Mist Island!

Xu Kun gave the order, and colorful rays of light began to pour out through the seams of the treasure chest!

After a series of mechanical sounds, the treasure chest opened, revealing the true appearance of the divine artifact inside!

Ding, congratulations on obtaining the SS-grade low-tier divine artifact Rongjin Sunset Blade. Blessing of the Chosen One takes effect, upgraded to SS-grade mid-tier Rongjin Sunset Blade.

"A blade?"

Xu Kun, who had been squinting, immediately opened his eyes upon hearing the notification.

Before him, a large blade, taller than him by a head, was radiating intense flames!

"Gulp..."

Looking at the domineering appearance of this great blade, Xu Kun pursed his lips and reached out to grasp the hilt!

This was a long-handled great blade, extremely heavy in the hand, with an appearance resembling a guandao. From the hilt to the blade, it blazed with crimson flames!

Its appearance was extremely domineering. The raised designs on the hilt and spine of the blade gave it a sense of immense pressure!

At the joint between the hilt and the blade, a divine beast opened its mouth, the beast's mouth connected to the blade. Within the grooves on both sides of the blade, liquid resembling magma flowed, all demonstrating that this divine artifact was a veritable killing machine!

"A low-tier divine artifact advanced to a mid-tier divine artifact? Let me see what the attributes of this blade are!"

Rongjin Sunset Blade

Grade: SS-grade Mid-tier Divine Artifact

Level: Tier 1, Level 0

Strength: +100

Physical Attack: +800

Agility: +20

Fire Attribute Attack: +120

Fire Attribute Ignore: +30

All Attributes: +12

Description: Crimson silk coils, awaiting the setting sun; molten iron melts the heart of stone!

A divine artifact crafted with a lifetime of effort by a master craftsman, not for the weak!

Equipment Requirement: Own Strength > 100

Traits:

Blood Pact

: The divine artifact has a spirit. After signing a Blood Pact, others cannot seize it, and it will not drop upon death!

Rongjin Sunset

: When hitting an enemy target, there is a 5% chance to trigger "Fervent Strike," increasing damage by 100%, stacking effect: increases physical attack by 20%, reduces target's physical defense by 20%, lasts for 30 seconds!

Divine Artifact Advancement Count: 8 times!

Advancement Conditions: …

"Holy crap!"

Seeing the attribute panel of the Rongjin Sunset Blade, Xu Kun exclaimed!

As expected of a divine artifact!

Logically speaking, the Supreme-Grade Flame Spirit Sword he currently wielded was a Level 10 A-grade weapon, while the Rongjin Sunset Blade was a Tier 1, Level 0 weapon, making them equipment of the same level!

But comparing their attributes, it was clear that you only know the true value of goods when you compare them!

The Supreme-Grade Flame Spirit Sword was utterly inferior to this Rongjin Sunset Blade!

The Strength +100 alone was more than three times that of the Flame Spirit Sword!

800 physical attack, 120 fire attack, fire resistance ignore, and all attribute bonuses—don't underestimate the all attribute bonus of just 12, as it's added to the five basic stats, totaling another 60 points!

But this blade actually had an equipment requirement: own Strength greater than 100 points…

For a Tier 1, Level 0 person, this requirement was difficult to meet!

Because even with the God of Strength's blessing like Xu Kun, his Strength at Level 10 was only 20 points. Adding the 50 points granted after job change, it was still only 70 points!

"No wonder I can hold this blade, but it seems I can't use it!"

Xu Kun was not currently wielding the Flame Spirit Sword, causing his Strength to drop by 30 points. With less than 100, holding this great blade was very difficult!

"Wanting to use this divine artifact is simple enough. Fortunately, there's a chance to respec after job change. I can add more points to Strength and equip some Strength-boosting equipment, and I should be able to wield it!"

This divine artifact truly opened Xu Kun's eyes. Besides the attribute panel, its inherent special skills were also extremely powerful!

"A 5% chance—if applied to me, that's one hundred percent. Wouldn't that mean constantly maintaining the Rongjin Sunset state? Every strike deals increased damage, that's too terrifying!"

"Moreover, this divine artifact is currently only at Tier 1, Level 0, and it can be advanced eight times… Advancement equipment is rare, but the teacher told us that the potential of advancement equipment is immense. Generally, each advancement will increase the usable level by at least one tier, meaning the Rongjin Sunset Blade can be used up to at least Tier 9!"

Using it up to Tier 9 was Xu Kun's conservative estimate. Converted to the levels of climbing the Haotian Pagoda, that would be nine levels; converted to levels, that would be Level 90!

His knowledge in this area was not yet sufficient, because the examples the teacher gave in class were all C-grade and B-grade weapon advancements. As an SS-grade mid-tier divine artifact, the Rongjin Sunset Blade might have potential far beyond just nine tiers!

"This divine artifact is suitable for fire-attribute melee classes that follow a violent playstyle. Although I have many fire-attribute skills, I'm not pursuing extreme Strength, and wielding a great blade to hack people is a bit uncouth…"

After the initial excitement over this SS-grade low-tier divine artifact, Xu Kun became melancholy again!

The Rongjin Sunset Blade has an extremely domineering appearance and powerful attributes, but it deviates somewhat from Xu Kun's own goals. Especially now that he has obtained Ling Feng's SS-grade talent, [Child of the Wind], it would be much better to follow an elegant path. Wielding a big blade to hack people is the behavior of a brute!

"Crap, I almost forgot about the Cheng Ying Sword!"

Xu Kun slapped his forehead. Before Ling Feng died, he entrusted his weapon to him!

The Cheng Ying Sword's appearance suits his taste perfectly: elegant, handsome, capable of taking an enemy general's head from a million-strong army. How cool is that?

Xu Kun made up his mind that as long as the Cheng Ying Sword's attributes weren't too much worse than the Rongjin Sunset Blade, he would use the Cheng Ying Sword. As for what to do with the Rongjin Sunset Blade, he'd think about it later!

Selling such a weapon... might cause a huge uproar, so he had to be careful!

Thinking this, Xu Kun put away the exaggerated Rongjin Sunset Blade and took out the invisible sword from his backpack!

Wuwuwu~

The moment the Cheng Ying Sword appeared, a sound like wind whistling or a low sob came from the blade!

"Alright, stop being so sentimental. Your master has gotten his wish and gone to live happily ever after with your mistress. From now on, I will take good care of you for him. As for whether you can follow me and show your might, it depends on how ambitious you are!"

Xu Kun patted the sword and comforted it.

The Cheng Ying Sword indeed quieted down.

He opened the panel to take a look, and instantly, Xu Kun was dumbfounded!

[Cheng Ying Sword]
Grade: SS-grade High-level Divine Artifact

He didn't need to look at anything else. Just the words "High-level Divine Artifact" were enough for Xu Kun to decide to use the Cheng Ying Sword as his weapon!

As for the Rongjin Sunset Blade, who was that? They weren't acquainted, okay? Don't bother him and the Cheng Ying Sword being all lovey-dovey in the future!

Rongjin Sunset Blade: (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`) You called me "sweetie" just now, and now you're treating me like old news!

[Cheng Ying Sword]
Grade: SS-grade High-level Divine Artifact
Level: 1st Tier 0 Level
Strength: +80
Physical Attack: +500
Agility: +120
Wind Attribute Attack: +200
Wind Attribute Penetration: +50
All Attributes: +15
Introduction: As the dragon divides, Cheng Ying appears; as the wild goose lands, one forgets to return. An exquisite and elegant sword!
A divine artifact born of destiny, made of extremely special materials. Together with the superior Hanguang and the inferior Xiaolian, it is known as: the Three Swords of the Holy King!
Equipment Requirement: Agility > 200
Traits:
[Blood Oath Binding]: Divine artifacts have spirits. After signing a Blood Pact, others cannot steal it, and it cannot be dropped upon death!
[Day Concealment]: The Cheng Ying Sword kills invisibly, increasing attack speed by three times for 1 minute. Cooldown time: 1 hour!
[Night Shadow]: Activate the power of the Cheng Ying Sword divine artifact to summon three shadows of the master. The shadows have 60% of the main body's attributes and exist for 10 minutes. Cooldown time: 6 hours!
Number of Divine Artifact Advancements: 10 times!
Advancement Conditions: Use Cheng Ying to kill one race boss each from F-grade to S-grade to advance to 10th Tier 0 Level!

Apart from the Strength and Physical Attack bonuses being slightly inferior to the Rongjin Sunset Blade, all other attribute bonuses of the Cheng Ying Sword were a level higher than the Rongjin Sunset Blade!

As for the equipment requirements, with the addition of the SS-grade talent [Child of the Wind], Xu Kun felt that 200 Agility was no problem at all!

The three-times attack speed increase of [Day Concealment] made it difficult for Xu Kun to imagine how fast his attacks would be when he used it!

"No wonder the senior who once had an SS-grade rating said that Senior Ling Feng's sword was fast... so fast that it was unstoppable. With Day Concealment activated, who could compete?"

This also made Xu Kun feel lingering fear. Fortunately, he had brought A Qing's bones, so Ling Feng had given him a Pacific Ocean's worth of leeway. Otherwise, if Ling Feng had used [Day Concealment] at the first moment, even if he had ten Blazing Dragon Blinks, it wouldn't have been enough to save him from death!

Ling Feng didn't use [Day Concealment], so naturally, he didn't use [Night Shadow] either. Just thinking about shadows with 60% of Ling Feng's full attributes made Xu Kun shudder. It would be difficult for him to face even one of them, let alone three!

As an SS-grade High-level Divine Artifact, the Cheng Ying Sword's bonus to its master was simply too great!

So great that Xu Kun was afraid of its existence!

"Hehe, luckily, little darling, you're mine now!"

As he said this, Xu Kun unceremoniously picked up the Cheng Ying Sword and kissed it wildly. The ripples emanating from the Cheng Ying Sword's illusory blade showed how unwilling it was!

Without any hesitation, Xu Kun waved the Cheng Ying Sword and slashed it across his palm!

Blood flowed out and was quickly absorbed by the Cheng Ying Sword.

[Ding, the SS-grade High-level Divine Artifact Cheng Ying Sword has been bound. It cannot be stolen and will not drop upon death!]

After signing the Blood Pact, a mental understanding had formed between Xu Kun and the Cheng Ying Sword. With a wave and a dance, it was as easy as using his own arm!

"Awesome!"

Xu Kun exclaimed, feeling utterly satisfied!

"What a pity, now that I have the Cheng Ying Sword, the Flame Spirit Sword isn't as useful anymore. I've lost the set bonus and the fire attribute bonus!"

An A-grade weapon is still highly sought after, but unfortunately, Xu Kun has something better!

The loss of the fire attribute and set bonus is instantly compensated for by the Cheng Ying Sword's powerful stats!

If Xu Kun were given another newbie trial map, he guarantees he could slaughter his way from south to north, from west to east, without even blinking!

What, you say I kill without blinking, and you're asking if my eyes are dry? Believe it or not, I'll slap you!

An SSS-grade supreme profession, a SS-grade high-level artifact, and a SS-grade mid-level artifact that he can't use—Xu Kun is already very content with this!

But these things aren't even all he gained this time!

"Let's hold off on Ling Feng's drops for now and let me feel what the Haotian Pagoda's reward of the Mist Island control authority is like!"

Mist Island Control Authority: You can control everything in Mist Island!

The description is very blunt!

Xu Kun activated this skill, which isn't really a skill, and in the next moment, every move on Mist Island fell into his sight.

After observing the entire situation, Xu Kun suddenly opened his eyes, a cruel smile on his lips.

"Mist Island Trial, am I the only member of the Human Race here?"

"If I don't give you guys something fun, wouldn't I be letting down this control authority I just got?"