Fusion Traits, Sharp Blue Silver Grass

Hurrying back home, Wang Xian went straight into his room, flopped onto the bed, and stared intently at the numbers flickering on the panel.

After entering the extreme training state, the progress bar moved quite quickly; the distance from the east end of the village back to his home was only about five hundred meters.

The progress bar jumped directly to ten percent.

Wang Xian felt that in ten minutes at most, the extreme training would be complete.

Time ticked away, and the numbers on the panel continued to advance.

Sickle (F-rank), in training, progress: 99%.

Wang Xian kept his eyes locked on the panel, watching as the text distorted for a moment before changing into words that filled him with joy.

Sickle (F-rank), training complete, obtained 10 Cultivation Points, obtained trait: Sharpness (makes the martial soul become sharp).

Integrate the trait into the martial soul?

Wang Xian's eyes lit up. Sharpness trait. I didn't expect that after training, not only can I gain Cultivation Points, but I can also extract traits from it.

Extracting this from a Sickle, the Sharpness trait, is also very logical.

What would Blue Silver Grass look like with the Sharpness trait? Wang Xian was filled with anticipation.

"Yes."

As soon as Wang Xian spoke, a warm sensation surged from his palm, as if something was merging into one with his martial soul.

He couldn't help but spread his right hand, and the Blue Silver Grass emerged from his palm.

The originally thin and weak grass blades had undergone a clear transformation; the blades had become more slender, and the color had shifted from that pale blue to a deeper, more profound blue-green.

The edges of the leaves shimmered with a faint silvery-white luster, looking like a whetted blade.

Wang Xian leaned in closer and discovered that the edges of the grass blades were no longer smooth but were densely packed with a row of extremely fine, tiny serrations that glinted coldly in the light.

He carefully touched it with his fingertip, and before he even applied any pressure, a sharp pain shot through his finger. A small cut had been made, and a bead of bright red blood seeped out.

"So sharp." Wang Xian gasped, quickly putting his finger into his mouth to suck on it.

Afterward, he looked at the stool in front of him, intending to test the power of the Sharpness-infused Blue Silver Grass.

With a thought, several strands of Blue Silver Grass extended from his palm and coiled around one of the stool's legs.

He didn't rush to apply force, choosing instead to carefully sense the sensation first.

As the grass blades coiled around, he could clearly feel those tiny serrations gripping the surface of the wood, as if they had bitten into it.

"Let's try it."

Wang Xian channeled his soul power, and the Blue Silver Grass tightened violently.

With a crisp "crack," that stool leg snapped directly in half.

The break was perfectly clean, as if it had been sawed through.

Wang Xian looked at the remaining half of the stool leg in his hand, stunned for several seconds, and couldn't help but marvel.

"Good heavens, if this were wrapped around a person..."

Just as he intended to retract the Blue Silver Grass, the grass moved slightly and immediately shattered into fragments.

"This..."

Wang Xian hurriedly ran over to pick up the shattered leaves of the Blue Silver Grass and began to observe them carefully.

He grabbed both ends of a fragment and pulled slightly, and the Blue Silver Grass shattered again.

After a moment of thought, Wang Xian figured out what was going on.

The system's trait integration was extremely radical; if it said Sharpness, then it was only Sharpness.

Although the Blue Silver Grass had become sharp, it hadn't received any improvements in other areas.

Therefore, after the Blue Silver Grass used its sharpness to cut the stool leg, it couldn't withstand the impact itself and ultimately turned into fragments.

"But even so, this is a huge improvement for the Blue Silver Grass." Wang Xian was already very satisfied.

After all, in battles between soul masters, Blue Silver Grass was usually a one-time-use item.

Perhaps it could only play a significant role against food-type, support-type, or agility-attack-type soul masters who were at the bottom of the food chain.

Now that the Blue Silver Grass had the Sharpness trait, as long as it managed to coil around something, it would definitely cause damage, which was far stronger than before.

"And this problem can also be solved. If I can obtain the Sharpness trait, then I can also obtain the Toughness trait, and I can just as easily obtain all sorts of other traits."

In this way, the fragility of the Blue Silver Grass itself could be resolved.

Having seen such a massive change in his Blue Silver Grass after integrating a single trait, Wang Xian couldn't suppress the desire in his heart. He wanted to head out again, planning to find a suitable candidate to challenge.

To solve the problem of the Blue Silver Grass's inherent fragility, obtaining a Toughness or Hardness trait was undoubtedly the most suitable path.

As it happened, right next door to Wang Xian's house, there was someone whose martial soul was very likely to produce one of these two traits.

That person's name was Lin Zhu, and his martial soul was very similar to his name: a piece of ordinary Lone Bamboo, perhaps just a bit harder than other Lone Bamboo.

Lin Zhu was one year older than Wang Xian and had not awakened any soul power.

When they were children, the two of them often chatted together, but now, he stayed home to help his parents with farm work.

Wang Xian estimated the time, waiting until evening when Lin Zhu finished his chores and returned home before strolling over.

The courtyard of Lin Zhu's house was smaller than Old John's, and the walls were covered in luffa vines.

Before Wang Xian even entered the gate, he saw Lin Zhu sitting in the yard drinking water, drenched in sweat with mud splattered on his pant legs.

"Brother Lin Zhu." Wang Xian called out.

Lin Zhu looked up, saw him, and smiled: "Little Xian, what brings you here? I heard you awakened your martial soul, and it's Blue Silver Grass?"

Wang Xian nodded, walked over, and squatted down beside him: "Brother Lin Zhu, I want to ask you for a favor."

"What kind of favor?"

"I want to spar with you."

Lin Zhu was stunned, nearly dropping the water bowl he was holding: "Spar with me? You just awakened your martial soul and you want to use me for practice?"

Wang Xian scratched his head and explained: "I want to test what my current level actually is."

"I'm not very familiar with the others in the village, so I thought of you. Don't worry, I won't hurt you."

Lin Zhu looked at his serious expression, hesitated for a moment, then grinned: "Alright, I'm free now that I'm done with work anyway."

"Besides, you're going to be a soul master in the future; if I don't spar with you now, I won't have the chance later."

He set the water bowl on the ground, stood up, and brushed the dust off his backside.

"Right here?"

Wang Xian shook his head: "Let's go to the backyard, it's more spacious."

The two arrived at the backyard, and Lin Zhu stretched his arms before spreading his right hand, causing a piece of verdant bamboo to appear in his palm.

The bamboo was about the length of an arm, its surface smooth, looking like an ordinary piece of Lone Bamboo without any fluctuations of soul power.

"Come on." Lin Zhu assumed a stance, looking quite professional.

Wang Xian did not rush to release his Blue Silver Grass. He knew clearly that his Blue Silver Grass was too sharp right now; if it really wrapped around him, it would definitely injure Lin Zhu.

They had a good relationship, and there was no need to hurt him just to test his martial soul.

He clenched his fists, channeled the level three soul power within his body, and charged straight forward.