Yan Qing received two rewards from the Third Trial. One was Earth Vein Malice, which made his path to Foundation Establishment smooth from then on; the other was Red Furnace Fire Essence, which strengthened Bingzi Jiaolin to the Third Rank and Legendary tier!
Its maximum durability had dropped to 70/70, while its base attack power had risen to 40–55. Activating Overturning the Heavens could raise its base attack power by up to 800 points. Even its raw stats alone lived up to its Legendary status, but Bingzi Jiaolin had given Yan Qing an even greater surprise:
"When Overturning the Heavens Blade Light hits a target, if the theoretical damage exceeds 100 points, the blade light will remain on the target and inflict 20 points of shock blunt damage after 0.05 seconds."
At first glance, this new effect seemed merely average. Compared to Bingzi Jiaolin's usual damage of several hundred points, 20 damage was practically nothing, seeming like an insignificant boost. But Yan Qing knew very well that blunt damage and cutting damage had one huge difference: blunt damage inflicted a hindering effect on enemies!
The greater the blunt damage, the stronger the hindering effect. This was an advantage cutting damage didn't possess. It was like how, if you were killed by the fastest swordsman under heaven, you might still have time to marvel, What? I've already been stabbed? But if a heavy-duty truck slammed into you head-on, by the time you opened your eyes, you might already be in another world.
Twenty points of blunt damage was about equivalent to stubbing your toe on the corner of a table. The damage wasn't high, but it was enough to hinder an enemy to some extent. Bingzi Jiaolin already had an almost ranged-level distance advantage after activating Overturning the Heavens. Now it