Aura Reaches Its Peak

The instant Xiao Yan's five fingers clasped the handle of the Heavy Profound Ruler, a piercing phoenix cry suddenly erupted from deep within the violet-gold magic core. Scarlet blood mist seeped from the surface of the core as the overwhelming resentment accumulated when the three-star Dou Sheng Heavenly Demon Phoenix had fallen, along with the ferocious aura of the beast race, condensed into a sharp spike and stabbed toward Xiao Yan's soul.

Xiao Yan understood that this was negative interference etched into the magic core itself. If its user lacked sufficient strength, their reason would be overwhelmed outright. Haika had not offered even a word of warning, naturally because he knew Xiao Yan could never be affected by such an aura. Sure enough, with a stir of soul power between his brows, Xiao Yan regained his clarity in mere moments.

After resolving that aura, Xiao Yan began carefully weighing the new Heavy Profound Ruler. His first impression was that it had become far heavier. After all, numerous rare metals had been added to it. They had even dismantled a medicine cauldron ranked among the top three of the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking for its sake! With so many metals added, its weight had naturally increased as well. However, Xiao Yan was no longer the insignificant Dou Zhe from Qingshan Town whose movements had been affected by the Heavy Profound Ruler's weight. He only needed a few breaths to grow accustomed to this weight again.

The two-meter-long black-and-red behemoth was nearly twice as broad and thick as the old version, and could even serve as a massive elongated shield.

The framework forged from Flame-Fusing Steel glimmered beneath the firelight with dark-red patterns like flowing lava. Stellar Black Iron covered its surface, forming scale-like crystals, every hexagonal facet reflecting the deep blue-black luster