The humming traveled up the arm gripping the spear and into Qin Siyang's mind, bringing a kind of feedback he had never felt before.
It was as though the spear had just tasted a fresh delicacy and still craved more.
Qin Siyang slowly loosened his fingers, then tightened his grip again.
The sensation remained.
The spear had come alive?!
Amid his shock, Qin Siyang also noticed another change in the spear.
It had changed.
The change was not particularly obvious. Had he not already been deeply attuned to this spear, he might not even have noticed it.
Its weight had increased slightly, but the balance between the blade and the shaft had somehow shifted, as though it had automatically made tiny adjustments to accommodate the way he exerted force, perfecting its weight distribution.
More importantly, when he channeled his power into the shaft and tried to connect with the spear, the process felt even smoother than before.
Qin Siyang's own strength had not changed, but this subtle change in the spear had made him more effective at wielding it.
Although he had not tested the power of a full-strength attack with the spear, his past experience and familiarity with its feel convinced him that a full-strength thrust now would be at least ten percent more powerful than before!
Ten percent!
An improvement Qin Siyang could not currently achieve even by consuming ten pieces of Primordial Starshine!
At that thought, joy flickered in Qin Siyang's eyes, and he murmured, "My combat power should be my own strength multiplied by the spear's strength. My own strength has hit a bottleneck, but the spear still has plenty of room to improve."
"If I can strengthen the Tier Six Long Spear further, the gains will be even greater!"
Qin Siyang closed his eyes, savoring