Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword

"I only had to drip one drop of my essence blood onto it to make it recognize you as its owner. I erased my own mark beforehand!"

White Tiger said to Yang Chen.

Yang Chen nodded, then forced out a drop of his essence blood and let it fall onto the blue ring.

The next moment, the blue patterns on the ring flashed. Then they swallowed Yang Chen's essence blood.

As soon as it was swallowed, Yang Chen felt an intangible connection form between him and the ring, binding them together.

He even had the sensation that, with a mere thought, he could see everything inside it.

Yang Chen looked at White Tiger. After White Tiger gave a slight nod, Yang Chen focused his mind. In an instant, the space around him seemed to undergo a profound transformation.

When his vision cleared, he found himself looking at a small space, about ten square meters in size. It was filled with piles of white stones, from which dense spiritual energy emanated.

"System, what are these?"

"Ding! Low-Grade Spirit Stones. One Low-Grade Spirit Stone contains as much spiritual energy as a C-Class ability user!"

Yang Chen's mind stirred. The spiritual energy of a C-Class ability user might not amount to much to him now, but there were enough Low-Grade Spirit Stones here to form a small mountain. Added together, their spiritual energy could probably produce several S-Class ability users!

The space was a little over ten square meters, and all these spirit stones took up more than half of it!

The rest was occupied by unfamiliar pills and stacks of ancient books.

The books had yellowed with age, and some even had wormholes in them.

Yang Chen didn't examine the books closely. Instead, his gaze settled on something glimmering with blue and white light.

Yang Chen took a closer look and realized it was a long sword!

"Mm!"

Earlier, Yang Chen had been wondering whether he should find a sword to use as a weapon.

And now, he'd found one inside the Space Ring White Tiger had given him!

Yang Chen focused his mind, and the long sword appeared in his hand.

The entire blade seemed to have been forged from a block of ice. On one side of the hilt was a winding dragon, while on the other was a roaring tiger.

"What a sword!"

Yang Chen ran his fingers along the blade and found it as smooth as a young woman's skin, without the slightest gap or bump.

He channeled his spiritual energy into the sword. A soft ringing note rose from it, echoing throughout the cave.

Within the ringing, Yang Chen could just make out the roar of a dragon and the growl of a tiger.

Yang Chen's expression turned hazy for a moment.

But he came back to his senses almost immediately and let out an exclamation of admiration.

"What an incredible sword!"

Yang Chen gave it a graceful flourish. Blue and white light flashed from the blade, illuminating the cave.

"Oh?"

White Tiger stared at the sword in Yang Chen's hand and exclaimed in surprise. "I didn't expect this sword to be here!"

Yang Chen's forehead creased with exasperation.

So White Tiger hadn't even known this sword was inside its own Space Ring?

White Tiger chuckled, then said, "I've been dead for too long. I forgot, I forgot. Heh!"

"Sheesh!"

Yang Chen shook his head, at a loss for what to say about White Tiger. It was a powerful being, but it also seemed a little dimwitted. On the other hand, it had possessed astonishing cultivation before it died.

All he could do was sigh.

"This sword is called the Azure Dragon Five Tiger Sword!"

White Tiger's expression gradually grew solemn. It said seriously, "This sword was forged from ice that's tens of thousands of years old and a thousand-year-old Thunder Stone. It has both Thunder and Ice attributes, and ranks among the finest Spirit Grade weapons. My master forged it personally!"

Yang Chen shot White Tiger another disgruntled look.

Damn it, it had made the sword sound so impressive that he'd thought White Tiger had forged it. Turns out it was White Tiger's master. Hell!

What a waste of his reaction!

"You bear a Thunder Spirit Root, so with this sword, you'll be able to unleash half its power. Even that much is enough to let you fight above your level in this world, where spiritual energy has only just begun to recover," White Tiger continued, ignoring Yang Chen's expression.

Yang Chen's thoughts stirred. White Tiger only knew he had a Thunder attribute, but it didn't know he also had an Ice attribute!

Before this, Yang Chen had devoured an Island Nation person with an Ice Ability. He had an Ice attribute, too!

Didn't that mean he could unleash the sword's full power?

Then wouldn't he be able to defeat a Grandmaster?

Yang Chen's heart burned with excitement. As expected, a divine weapon could dramatically increase one's combat strength!

This trip had truly been worthwhile. Not only had his cultivation advanced to S-Class, but his Devour Ability had also devoured several abilities: Venom, Gale, Thunder, and Ice!

Counting Fire and Devour as well, Yang Chen now had six abilities.

With so many abilities at his disposal, he was probably the only one of his kind from ancient times to the present!

Yang Chen reckoned his physical body had also reached the Grandmaster level. With all the methods he now had at his disposal, he might be able to defeat some Grandmasters!

Yang Chen wasn't sure. Even now, he had no clear idea of how powerful a Grandmaster-level expert was. He'd fought Gui Xing, but that had only been a brief skirmish. He'd never actually encountered a true Grandmaster.

So the true extent of Yang Chen's combat strength remained uncertain.

Still, Yang Chen was confident he could defeat at least some Grandmasters.

White Tiger looked at Yang Chen, then said impatiently, "All right, you've got what you came for. You can only receive the inheritance once you reach the Shackle Realm. There's nothing else here. Go back the way you came. Return once you've reached the Shackle Realm!"

With that, White Tiger didn't wait for Yang Chen to respond. Its illusory form slowly faded until it disappeared completely.

Yang Chen watched in silence, then bowed slightly toward the place where White Tiger's apparition had stood.

For such a tremendous opportunity, Yang Chen owed White Tiger a bow!

To be continued!