Chen Chuan tapped the short blade in his hand a few times, expelling a strand of mental intent clinging to it. Then the short sword dissolved into specks of flowing light and vanished from his hand.
World-Fused Weapons were not easy to transfer to a new owner. Having been permeated by the mental power of a Domain Field, they remained better suited to their original owner even after that owner's mental presence had been erased.
If someone had no weapon of this kind, it was worth using. But if they already had one, there was no need.
Fortunately, he only wanted it for his collection.
He glanced at the charcoal scattered across the ground. If a pure Aspect of the Gods fighter had been defeated, these remains could actually have served as materials for a World-Fused Weapon.
Unfortunately, this man had merged with an entity from the other side, contaminating the remains. They were not unusable, but they could easily turn around and contaminate the fighter using them.
Come to think of it, there was nothing strange about Fantana's main body taking this path. The Aspect of the Gods and the Fusion Faction's philosophy complemented each other exceptionally well.
This was also why, in the past, the Aspect of the Gods had mostly been practiced by religious adherents. They either had the protection of the deity they worshipped or possessed firm faith that made them difficult to beguile. Few others took this path.
Things were different now. Technological advances had allowed vast stretches of the Convergence Zone to be opened up, and obtaining vessel bodies had become easier. More and more fighters were therefore embarking on this path. But with insufficiently tempered foundations, impure convictions, or innate deficiencies in their power, they would consciously or unconsciously incorporate power from the