The Butcher's existence was a paradox. The heavenly craftsman sequence could not create life, yet the Butcher was undeniably alive.
Only now, after advancing to Sequence Seven and gaining authority over life, did he finally understand what the Butcher truly was.
Sacrificial items had no life, but they possessed a faint spirituality. The Butcher had started as nothing more than a rusty, discarded butcher knife, and he had upgraded it step by step into what it was today.
It had been by his side since before he awakened his sequence. He had obtained the Butcher not long after the Apocalypse began.
And the Butcher had stayed with him as he sank deeper into the Apocalypse.
The sacrificial item's faint spirituality had resonated with him. That was the fundamental reason the Butcher had been born despite the heavenly craftsman sequence's inability to create life.
The heavenly craftsman sequence could not create life, but life could be born through it.
Chu Sheng gently stroked the Butcher's blade, a faint smile lifting his lips. "Let's give you an upgrade."
As he spoke, he took out the Fishing Line and octopus tentacles Zhu Qing had given him as payment, followed by the Mourning Clothes and poison sac.
Looking at the four supernatural materials, Chu Sheng thought for a moment, then took out the Detonator he had obtained earlier.
Four supernatural materials and one sacrificial item were enough to give the Butcher a solid boost.
The Fishing Line and octopus tentacles needed no explanation.
The Mourning Clothes had been stripped from the Red-White Clash he encountered in the Anomaly Realm, while the poison sac came from the Eerie Spider he had encountered on his trip to Fragrant City.
It had originally belonged to An Xi, but she had later given it to Chu Sheng as