Late March.
Thunderstorms still swept through the Jade Capital from time to time.
"Brother Jiang."
"What is it, Brother Chen?"
"Your Runes are ready."
"They're ready?"
"Yes."
Chen Shu handed him a Crystal Disk and cautioned, "These Runes are even more complicated than the last set. Some of them aren't ones an engraver would normally see, so you'd better have the engraver practice a few times before starting. Otherwise, if they make a mistake and have to engrave them all over again, you'll be the one who suffers."
"Okay."
Thanks to his outstanding recent performances, Jiang Lai had begun working more closely with the Arena's owner. The owner had agreed to provide him with an engraver free of charge and promised to keep everything confidential.
The owner seemed fairly trustworthy.
There was still a risk, but it might be lower than the risk of finding engravers elsewhere one by one. Relatively speaking, this seemed the better choice.
Chen Shu then began explaining the Runes to Jiang Lai: "You can have them engraved anywhere, but you'll need release-guidance lines laid out along your arm. When activated, they'll draw a large amount of Spirit Power from your body and fire it through your fist, releasing highly penetrating Sword Qi across a cone-shaped area. Martial Artists at your level will have a hard time resisting it. Even a Bright Sect Martial Cultivator or a Buddhist Order monk of the same rank, both known for their defenses, might be injured if hit.
"The number and power of the Sword Qi blasts depend on how much Spirit Power you put in. In other words, they'll grow stronger as your rank rises and the Spirit Power within you increases.
"Right now, an all-out strike from you should produce about sixteen blasts of Sword Qi.
"But if