Half-Spiritual Artifact Long Saber

Lin Yi clearly had not received Liu Bo's message. He had been held up by studio matters that morning and had not had time to log into Apocalypse World until noon.

After hunting Corpse Fiends on the outskirts of Ancient Tomb Valley for most of the day, Lin Yi saw the sky gradually darkening and returned with Gu Chenghu to the camp outside the valley.

After a week of construction, many more tents had appeared in the camp. Most had been built by Dugu Feng's Fifth Squad, and they had also helped Lin Yi put up a tent beside Gu Chenghu's.

At that moment, Old Fourth Gu had just lured a Level 9 Corpse Fiend out of Ancient Tomb Valley for the Fifth Squad to practice against.

The Corpse Fiend was enormous and had clearly undergone some sort of mutation. It stood a full two meters tall, and the ground trembled beneath its charging footsteps.

Of the Descenders in Fifth Squad, only Dugu Feng was Level 6. Most of the others were Level 4 or 5, and fighting a Corpse Fiend of this level was extremely difficult for them.

Under the Corpse Fiend's charge, their carefully arranged defensive formation quickly collapsed on contact, and everyone scattered in all directions.

Wang Zilong, in particular, screamed as the Corpse Fiend chased him.

Fortunately, Dugu Feng stepped up. Relying on his agile movements, he desperately drew the Level 9 Corpse Fiend away and bought everyone time.

Old Fourth Gu's tone remained as harsh as ever. Frowning, he berated them from nearby, "Hold your formation! Hold your formation! How many times have I told you? When you encounter a Monster in the wild far stronger than yourselves, only cooperation and unity give you a chance to survive."

But the Level 9 Corpse Fiend's oppressive presence was simply too strong. Both its strength and speed far surpassed that of an ordinary person.

Then, after half a minute of kiting it, Dugu Feng made one careless mistake and was slammed to the ground by the Level 9 Corpse Fiend's claws. Qian Duoduo, Wang Zilong, and the others were so intimidated by the Corpse Fiend that they did not dare approach.

Old Fourth Gu could not stand watching any longer. "A Le, Little Eight, get in there. Bind the Corpse Fiend with chains. We'll try again tomorrow."

Two Ninth Rank Militia members from Fourth Squad quickly stepped out and, with skilled coordination, used chains to bind the Level 9 Corpse Fiend once more.

Gu Chenghu had also been watching from the side. Frowning, he said, "Old Fourth, this method won't work. The gap between the Corpse Fiend's level and that of the Fifth Squad members is too great. One slip could lead to casualties."

Old Fourth Gu sighed. He knew there was a level gap between the two sides, but his purpose had been to train the Descenders' teamwork. He had not expected their performance to disappoint him so badly.

The defensive formation they had worked so hard to train for a week was utterly useless.

The moment danger appeared, these Descenders scattered in an instant, every one of them running faster than a rabbit.

Lin Yi, who had watched the entire process, also had some thoughts. Old Fourth Gu's method was actually quite good, but he had misjudged the players' courage.

In Heavenly Revelation, this supernatural game, they only had one life. Who would risk their life training with him?

Players had always followed one principle: seize every benefit they could, but never fill in a pit for someone else.

Gu Chenghu understood the Descenders' nature to some extent and suggested, "I think you should first train their ability to fight independently. Training them like this isn't going to work."

"Fine. I'll train them for another two days. If things still don't go smoothly, I'll use your method."

Old Fourth Gu shook his head, then glanced at Lin Yi and said enviously, "You, Gu Chenghu, are really lucky. A good prospect came to your door on his own. If you send Qingshan over to me, I'll go ask the Village Chief for a bottle of Divine Water for you..."

Gu Chenghu hurriedly cut him off. "Old Fourth, don't poach my people. We're still brothers."

Since camping and standing guard outside the valley with Old Fourth Gu, he had shared drinks with him several times, and their relationship had eased considerably compared to before.

Still, it was his own fault. While drunk once, he had bragged to Old Fourth Gu about how special Lin Yi's saber technique was and how outstanding his talent was. That only made Old Fourth Gu want Lin Yi even more, and he had been trying to claim him ever since.

"Forget it. Look at how stingy you are!"

Old Fourth Gu could not be bothered to say more. He shouted for Fifth Squad to disperse, then returned to his tent to rest.

Dugu Feng had been badly clawed by the Corpse Fiend just now, suffering two wounds across his chest. After applying healing potion, he came over to Lin Yi.

"Brother Qingshan, the item has been sold. Here's the weapon you wanted."

Dugu Feng took a gleaming silver long saber from his backpack.

The saber was long and heavy, its surface carrying a peculiar sheen. Its hilt was made of smooth ivory, while its edges were carved with intricate, exquisite patterns.

Clearly, this was a weapon of fine quality.

Lin Yi took the Gleaming Silver Long Saber and weighed it in his hand. It felt just right. The entire saber seemed forged from a single piece, and its material was exceptionally hard.

Although this long saber did not qualify as a Spiritual Artifact, it still counted as a Half Spirit Artifact. It could grant a small attribute increase when equipped, and it was even better than the long saber weapons he had seen in the Treasure Vault that cost several hundred Contribution Points.

Lin Yi said with satisfaction, "Thanks, brother. I appreciate the trouble."

"Nothing much. I made a little commission running this errand too, so don't mind it."

Dugu Feng laughed. Three days earlier, Lin Yi had taken out a copy of Swift Steps and asked him to help trade it for a suitable weapon.

Although Swift Steps was only an ordinary white external martial art, it was still quite rare because it allowed short-distance bursts of movement.

As it happened, aside from Chang Kongkuo, Dugu Feng also knew several other high-level players from Ancient Pool Village. He had traded Swift Steps from them for this Gleaming Silver Long Saber, which counted as a Half Spirit Artifact.

Naturally, those high-level players felt they had made a profit.

But Lin Yi did not lose out either.

That was because the copy of Swift Steps had dropped later. He had already learned the one he won in the wager.

Moreover, over the past week, he and Gu Chenghu had obtained quite a few Corpse Fiend Manuals and Corpse Oil Blocks. He had handed some of those resources to Gu Chenghu in exchange for an equivalent amount of Contribution Points.

With those Contribution Points, he had not only traded for a large amount of Blood Food, but had also exchanged them for a full set of Defensive Armor.

Now that he had Defensive Armor, Lin Yi felt that all he lacked was a suitable weapon.

He could not obtain a complete Spiritual Artifact at the moment, but he could still set his sights on a Half Spirit Artifact blade.

Since he had not had time to return to the village recently, he took out the Swift Steps that had dropped and asked Dugu Feng to trade it for him.

The result was this Gleaming Silver Long Saber.

Lin Yi was very satisfied.

With this Half Spirit Artifact and the Defensive Armor, he should be able to fight that Level 9 Corpse Fiend from earlier with his current strength.

If Dugu Feng knew that Lin Yi was confident he could defeat the Level 9 Corpse Fiend that their entire Fifth Squad could not handle together, he would probably die of shame.

Lin Yi's current character panel was as follows:

Player: Green Mountains Never Age

Status: Fatigued

ID: 007

Gender: Male

Level: Level 3

Health Points: 1744

Experience Points: 2720/400

Satiety: 89/100

Strength: 21+3 (the normal limit for an adult male is 10 points; affects physical damage and the maximum weight of usable weapons...)

Constitution: 11 (the normal limit for an adult male is 10 points; affects maximum Health Points, Health Point recovery speed, base toughness...)

Agility: 10 (the normal limit for an adult male is 10 points; affects movement and reaction speed...)

Endurance: 11 (the normal limit for an adult male is 10 points; affects maximum stamina, stamina recovery speed, carrying capacity)

Qi-Blood: 35 (15 points came from Blood Food)

External Martial Arts:

Starfall Archery-LV1 (102/500): For every 1 point of Qi-Blood attached to an arrow, arrow damage increases by 2%. The seventh consecutive arrow can unleash an additional 12% damage.

Blazing Sun Saber Technique-LV8 (51/2600): Infuse at least 10 points of Qi-Blood into a saber to increase saber force damage by 512%. Doubling the infused Qi-Blood doubles the damage.

Swift Steps-LV1 (22/300): Consume 5 points of Qi-Blood to move at high speed for half a meter over a short distance. This external martial art places a heavy burden on the legs. Continuous high-frequency use has a high chance of damaging the ankle tendons and bones.

Equipment:

Defensive Armor: Defensive armor carefully sewn from Black Bull Monster Hide. When worn, it greatly resists damage from sharp and blunt weapons. Not a Spiritual Artifact.

Gleaming Silver Long Saber: A long saber forged from Meteorite Iron mixed with precious mithril. Its blade is sharp and slender, capable of piercing armor. Its holder gains 3 Strength attribute points, and it possesses some of the power of a Spiritual Artifact.

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Initial Talent: Omnipotent Talent (Red)-LV1--Born Saber Wielder