Su Yi was thoroughly unimpressed by the dry, lifeless temptation the Ether Sword Hilt was offering him.
"When the Mist Horn worked with the Void Abyss to tempt me, it at least knew to conjure up a couple of beauties."
"You're just sitting here chanting scriptures at me. What a joke."
"Figures. As the original STEM nerd, the Supreme Venerable of the Grand Unity couldn't understand a horndog like me."
After easily rejecting the Ether Sword Hilt's temptation, Su Yi began considering how to handle its relationship with the Mist Horn.
He could clearly see that the Ether Sword Hilt and the Mist Horn were closely linked.
Although he had already refined the Mist Horn and made it his own.
Given how confident Circuit had been back then, this thing might possess some very special abilities that gave it far higher priority over the Mist Horn than he had.
"For now, I absolutely can't let these two things combine. With my current abilities, I might not be able to control the result."
"But if I keep them separate... how can I retain as much of their combined power as possible while ensuring safety?"
A quick search yielded no definitive method, so Su Yi decided to take things a step further.
He activated binary magic directly to inspect the Ether Sword Hilt's attributes.
He would use those attributes to determine his next course of action.
Using binary simulation to disguise his mental fluctuations as part of the Ether Sword Hilt, Su Yi sent his consciousness into the sealed box.
Soon, Player View presented Su Yi with a detailed set of familiar attributes.
And the effects listed in those attributes were even more powerful than the Mist Horn's.
``` [Name: Ether Sword Hilt]
[Rank: Ancient Artifact]
[Requirements: Activate void abyss projection; Metal