Dragon Spear

While Aolu Academy was implementing emergency measures due to the Book of Calamity, various government departments in Raging Wave City were holding all-night meetings to discuss how to respond to this crisis.

The Blade Bearer Brotherhood undoubtedly became the target of public criticism.

After all, Clear Sky had brandished the Silver Blade of the Blade Bearer Brotherhood on multiple occasions, and it wasn't just the patrol officers of the Security Bureau who had seen it; the agents of the Secret Intelligence Bureau had as well.

Some of the city's emerging nobles had long been displeased with the old hereditary nobles who occupied positions without contributing, and they took this opportunity to denounce the Blade Bearer Brotherhood.

The government departments of Raging Wave City jointly issued a notice to the Raging Wave City branch of the Blade Bearer Brotherhood, demanding that they provide an explanation for Clear Sky's theft of the Heart of Red Dragon Nilcolon and the Book of Calamity.

They were given a deadline to surrender the suspect and the stolen items.

Viscount Iskolan, the branch leader of the Blade Bearer Brotherhood in Raging Wave City, felt incredibly frustrated; he had merely gifted a Silver Blade to befriend a capable Elf assassin.

How had he ended up in such a massive mess?

However, this also proved that his decision to gift that Silver Blade was the right one.

He could tell that the Elf Clear Sky was likely a lone wolf without any background; yet, she had managed to steal the Heart of Red Dragon Nilcolon from the City Alchemy Association and even the Book of Calamity from Aolu Academy.

He had even heard... that Dean Wilfred's wand had been snatched by her as well.

She was a treasure.

Viscount Iskolan ignored the notices and instead mobilized the Blade Bearer Brotherhood's forces in Raging Wave City to search for the Elf Clear Sky.

This time, he had to find Clear Sky for a face-to-face meeting, no matter what.

Perhaps she could help the Blade Bearer Brotherhood regain control of Raging Wave City.

Luke had no idea what kind of shockwaves his trip to Aolu Academy had caused in Raging Wave City.

All parties were reacting to the appearance of the Elf Clear Sky and the Book of Calamity.

And then there was the Abyssal Temple... all the factions and mystics coveting this legendary mystical item would soon appear in Raging Wave City one after another.

He spent the entire night in the secret chamber, collaborating with Clear Sky to modify the Ruihuo Wand.

After wrapping the wand with the soft skin from a dragon's neck, the grip felt much better than before. The toughness and hardness of the fine dragon scales were moderate, and the feedback of the power made one feel extremely confident while using it.

A dragon tooth was embedded into the opening at the tip of the wand, bound tightly with heated dragon tendon, and then cooled with ice to make the tendon shrink and tighten further.

The final step was the integration of man and spear.

This step required the use of a Secret Art.

Due to the limitations of the materials, the only Secret Art Luke could choose would grant his main body basic spear techniques, even though he didn't know how to use a spear.

But that was better than just poking around blindly with a spear.

Secret Art Incantation: Soldier's Inheritance.

The subject was a pair of iron gauntlets Luke had scavenged from the Whisperer's Mystic House; the inner layer was deerskin, and the outer layer was wrapped in iron. The backs of the hands were covered in the marks of time and battle, revealing that their former owner had been a seasoned warrior.

Because of its former owner's combat experience, this pair of iron gauntlets had become a mystical item.

This type of mystical item was very common; through specific Secret Art Incantations, the recipient could acquire certain combat skills.

Many families with long-standing traditions passed down their unique combat techniques from generation to generation through these types of Secret Arts.

Luke stood in the position of the recipient, holding the completed Ruihuo Spear, while Clear Sky arranged and lit the candles according to the requirements of the Secret Art Incantation.

She then used the prepared medicinal powder to lay out a hexagram formation on the floor.

She placed the iron gauntlets in the subject position and arranged the horsehair, star iron, mercury bottle, salt stone, and Blood Kui Grass in the auxiliary positions.

After a moment of thought, he took out the Book of Calamity to replace the star iron.

Star iron varied greatly in quality; while it could complete the Secret Art, the results would certainly differ.

Using the Book of Calamity as an auxiliary component meant it would be calculated at the highest quality level, and it also had the effect of balancing the entire Secret Art Incantation.

It significantly increased the completion rate of the Secret Art.

With such a divine tool for Secret Art assistance, there was no reason not to use it.

It was just that... those who viewed the Book of Calamity as a source of disaster or a sacred relic of mysticism might wonder what to think if they saw it placed alongside horsehair, a mercury bottle, salt stone, and Blood Kui Grass.

Luke, however, didn't think much of it.

It was just a mystical item; every Secret Art Player in the Era had one, and he didn't find it particularly precious or special.

The formation, subject, and auxiliary components were all in place.

The ritual began.

Amidst the flickering candlelight, a battlefield was projected onto the walls of the secret chamber.

Two armies were locked in a bloody struggle; arrows flew, Magic flashed, and heavy cavalry charging with lances clashed against heavy combat mechs wielding massive weapons.

Although there was no sound, the cries of battle, the explosions, and the clashing of metal seemed to ring right in his ears.

The battlefield on the walls engulfed the entire secret chamber.

Two groups of soldiers were fighting to the death all around Luke.

They wore armor representing their respective factions, fighting with swords, spears, bows, blades, axes, and all sorts of weapons. It was evident that they were all veterans with rich combat experience and skills; if the weapon in their hand broke, they could skillfully pick up any weapon from the battlefield and use it with ease.

The Ruihuo Spear in Luke's hand began to vibrate at this moment.

It was responding to the battle intent and killing aura on the battlefield, resonating with the lethal spear techniques born from actual combat.

This resonance, in turn, influenced Luke.

At this moment, Luke was completely immersed in the battlefield illusion, feeling as though he were a soldier on this very field, fighting alongside his comrades with a spear in hand.

Combat was his instinct; even though he had never touched a spear before, he could still skillfully execute various spear techniques.

It was just like when he handled Clear Sky; he hadn't known how to use dual blades, machetes, or bows either, yet the moment he held them, he simply knew how.

Although Luke, trapped within the illusion, could not yet unleash flashy spear arts, the most refined and practical spear techniques forged on the battlefield were being etched into his genes bit by bit.

In his hands, the spear either swept across the field with wide, powerful arcs or darted forward with the cold, flickering precision of a serpent's tongue, as skilled as a veteran who had survived countless life-or-death battles...

Influenced by the illusion, Luke began to wield the Ruihuo Spear as if sleepwalking.

The dragon skin, dragon tendons, and dragon teeth that formed the body of the spear resonated with the Dragon Snake mark on the back of his right hand.

The Dragon Snake flew out and grew in size, coiling and climbing from the butt of the spear toward the tip.

Luke shook the shaft, and the dragon head at the tip breathed dragon fire onto the blade, causing a meter-long blade of flame to erupt from it.

It let out a series of dragon roars imbued with pressure, startling Luke and snapping him out of the illusion.

The Arcane Ritual ceased, and all the supernatural phenomena dissipated one by one.

On the ground, everything used for the ritual, save for the Book of Calamity, crumbled into dust and vanished.

Luke gripped the spear as the Dragon Snake retreated back onto the back of his hand.

"You are no longer the Ruihuo Wand, and Ruihuo Spear doesn't seem quite right either. Let's call you the Greedy Red Dragon Spear—a combination of the Greedy Snake and the Red Dragon."

Luke skillfully spun the spear into a flourish.

Man and spear as one!

The Greedy Red Dragon Spear vanished from his hands.