Chapter 269: So Many Spirit Artifacts
“Rumble—”
As the lava boiled, the steamy heat distorted the entire space.
Yet, it was still possible to see that in the center of the swirling flames, the blonde woman’s upper body was covered in a majestic golden holy armor. Golden radiance perfectly outlined her full curves. Her slender waist and beautiful back were held high and straight, and her golden fur ponytail hung behind her snow-white horse body. Centered on the ponytail, layers of Calamity Flames spread outwards.
She raised her beautiful face, where a star-shaped rune flickered between her eyebrows, and looked down at the man outside the Calamity Flame Field with her seductive eyes. Her gaze was calm, and her expression was haughty.
“Stupid human, give up. Although you are my master, you cannot withstand this level of Calamity Force Erosion.”
Her tone carried a hint of disdain and contempt.
However, Xize didn’t care. He was used to Eji’s taunts. Ever since this mare transformed, she had been looking down on him, her master. This only fueled his desire to conquer Eji!
He was determined to let this mare know what it meant to be a master!
Xize chuckled and walked directly into the Calamity Force Field constructed by the raging Calamity Flames. The terrifying Calamity Force, like a shark smelling blood, surged towards him.
Xize’s mind flickered, and his reason began to rapidly diminish at a visible rate.
But he remained unfazed, his footsteps continued forward.
Since neither the high-tier Calamity Spirit Pearl nor the Origin Water could be used, there was only one method left.
To become a Calamity Eater!
Of course, even after becoming a Calamity Eater, he could only withstand Eji’s Calamity Force Erosion for ten seconds.
But that was enough. Ten seconds was enough for him to do many things to Eji~
He was quick.
However, becoming a Calamity Eater was not an easy task.
When humans are subjected to Calamity Force erosion, there are two possibilities: one is to go mad and die amidst various illusions, and the other is to become a half-Calamity Eater that has lost its reason, with only slaughter in its eyes.
If one can survive both situations and their reason stabilizes, then they have successfully become a Calamity Eater.
The advantage of a Calamity Eater is a slight improvement in physique and immunity to low to medium concentration Calamity Force erosion. The disadvantage is the tendency to lose reason intermittently, commonly known as reduced intelligence, and a violent, bloodthirsty inclination.
Furthermore, for Calamity Eaters to become stronger, they can undergo Calamity Solution.
Calamity Solution refers to the ability gained by some Calamity Eaters with stable souls, with the help of certain Nightmare Gods, to fuse with Nightmare Beasts from their fetal stage.
Over the years, Xize had been researching Calamity Eater transformation, creating thousands of half-Calamity Eaters, including cases that had successfully stabilized into Calamity Eaters.
Because of this, he had already developed a very stable Calamity Eater transformation plan.
However, the drawbacks of Calamity Eater transformation were still quite fatal. Being infected by the Artifact Calamity had already made him somewhat irritable. If his soul were to be further eroded, he felt his mental state might deteriorate even further.
But there was no need to think about it anymore. Lost in thought, he turned his head to look at the Wolf-tail Knight not far away and smiled faintly, saying, “Your Excellency Yin Shi, you’ve been staring at me. Are you trying to stop me from becoming a Calamity Eater?”
“That is not within my jurisdiction,” Yin Shi replied, raising his eyes. His voice was cold and devoid of emotion. “However, if you fail to transform and lose your reason, then there will be no need for formalities. I will execute you directly.”
“Heh, naturally.”
Xize nodded with satisfaction and said no more.
The legion did not allow its soldiers to become Calamity Eaters. Voluntary transformation would result in dismissal from military service, but this no longer mattered to Xize.
He took out five low-tier Calamity Spirit Pearls. Low-tier Calamity Spirit Pearls were key to stabilizing his transformation.
Holding the Calamity Spirit Pearls in his palm, he continued to move forward steadily.
The surrounding Calamity Force flowed into the Calamity Spirit Pearls and then into his body through his blood vessels, seeping into his soul. Under the operation of his Spirit Pressure structure, the Calamity Force steadily remodeled his body and Spirit Body structure, transforming him towards a half-Calamity state.
He estimated roughly that it would only take him three minutes to complete the perfect Calamity Eater transformation!
Then, he would be able to control Eji!
Although he had been very unlucky recently, three minutes was a short time. He shouldn’t encounter any more unexpected incidents.
As for those two black-robed intruders, he didn’t need to worry too much.
The Spirit Artifact squad had been cultivated and selected by him for many years. Nine out of ten spirit artifacts were auxiliary types, specifically designed to assist the core B-grade spirit artifacts, providing powerful amplification.
This Spirit Artifact squad had even once recorded an injury to a True Martial Realm expert. Although it was a sneak attack, they were still very powerful.
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The volcano where Xize was located was Volcano No. 9.
Wu Mo led the Spirit Artifact squad members to the foot of the mountain. He covered his eyes with Spirit Particles and gazed into the distance. He could vaguely see two figures at the foot of Volcano No. 8 rapidly approaching.
“Let’s resolve these two suicidal fellows as quickly as possible, so that Lord Walker doesn’t get angry again,” Wu Mo said with a frown. “Everyone, get focused and start preparing.”
The lethargic members looked helplessly at a bearded man who was flipping a coin.
“Brother, we want to prepare, but Old Six’s luck is really bad today. The coin never lands on heads.”
The bearded man was ranked sixth, nicknamed Old Six. His spirit artifact was the Spirit Particle Coin—
When flipping the Spirit Particle Coin, if it lands heads up, the Spirit Particle quantity of Spirit Masters within ten meters who establish a Spirit Particle link gains a 5% amplification. If it lands tails up, the Spirit Particle quantity of all Spirit Masters is sealed by 5% for 10 seconds.
Both heads and tails have a 50% chance. In the past, a few flips would always result in heads.
But in the 60 seconds on the way down the mountain, he had flipped it six times, and each time it landed tails. He was extremely unlucky.
“Ding—”
The coin landed. Old Six lifted his palm, and finally, the ‘gain’ character on the heads side faced up!
At the same time, a faint blue domain spread out, and everyone was bathed in blue spiritual light, immediately feeling their internal Spirit Particle quantity surging.
Seeing this, everyone dropped their lethargic posture, focused their expressions, and became serious. Wu Mo patted his bald head and walked to the front of the team.
The other nine people took their positions and took out their spirit artifacts.
One person took out a gem scepter, and the blue crystal on the scepter glowed, shooting spiritual light into Wu Mo’s back.
Another person raised the ring on their hand, and spiritual light also shot towards Wu Mo, entering his bald head.
Someone else opened a purple eye filled with runes on his forehead, and an invisible domain suddenly opened. This was a domain that could temporarily immobilize enemies, preventing them from moving.
Someone…
All of this happened in an instant. The bald officer at the forefront felt the surging Spirit Particle quantity in his body about to burst his soul. Without delay, he also summoned his spirit artifact.
It was a hunting rifle made of ethereal Spirit Particles.
The ten people stood within the domain that concealed their auras. The bald officer raised the hunting rifle with one hand and aimed it at the two approaching black-robed figures who were still unaware.
Dense Spirit Flow surged into the gun barrel through his arm, forming a flashing, high-explosive energy at the muzzle. The azure light was rampant, and the surrounding air spun into a terrifying hurricane vortex, the heavens and earth resonating with a mournful buzz.
Such a large commotion finally caught the attention of the two black-robed figures in the distance. They stopped in their tracks.
But it was too late!
The ten-person team’s faces were calm. Wu Mo grinned, and the blue light at the muzzle instantly split into three dragon heads, Boom!!
Tearing through space, they roared out—
The light of the three blue dragons was blinding. The dim world seemed to be dyed with a light blue pigment. Terrifying heatwaves and air currents spread out, devastating everything in their path!
However, to the surprise of the Spirit Artifact squad, both black-robed figures instantly broke free from the restraining domain, their movements not hindered in the slightest.
Even more surprisingly, the Q-Masked Man quickly retreated a few steps and turned to run.
The K-Masked Man, however, charged towards the three dragon cannons, as if seeking death, directly taking the attack with his physical body!
Because of the K-Masked Man’s resistance, the Q-Masked Man successfully escaped the range of the dragon cannon bombardment.
Rumbling!!! Amidst the swirling smoke and dust, a *pat* sound was heard. The K-Masked Man’s bloody corpse fell from the misty air, dropping into a deep pit like a broken doll.
“Tsk, interesting~” Wu Mo chuckled. “One actually escaped.”
The subordinate behind him adjusted the third eye on his forehead and quickly located the Q-Masked Man. He transmitted the position information to Wu Mo with his mind.
“This little mouse can really run,” Wu Mo narrowed his eyes, grinning as he recharged the hunting rifle in his hand. At the same time, an orange-yellow Spirit Robe appeared on his body, and the powerful Spirit Pressure of a Tier 5 Spirit Master spread out.
The energy at the muzzle rapidly converged.
At the same time.
Xia Feng, in his Nirvana state, quickly observed the surrounding situation.
Miss Mu had already entered a safe zone under his cover, but terrifying Spirit Pressure fluctuations were emanating from the distance. Xia Feng further elevated his God’s Eye view and quickly saw the scene in the distance.
It was ten Spirit Masters wearing the uniforms of seasonal envoys. They appeared to be an envoy formation with ten spirit artifacts coordinating perfectly.
At this moment, all ten had activated their spirit artifacts, especially the bald man in the front. The might generated by his hunting rifle spirit artifact was somewhat terrifying, its light rampant, and the world lost its color.
Seeing this, Xia Feng hesitated no longer. If not now, when would be the time to use the Holy Solution! A thought crossed his mind!
[Consuming 100ml of Holy Solution, releasing the first-stage Holy Solution restriction—]
[Alpha Divine Mirror Without Stand]
[Using bronze as a mirror, one can see to adjust one’s robes and cap; using people as a mirror, one can discern gains and losses; using history as a mirror, one can understand rises and declines.]
[Activate: Using people as a mirror·Artifact Fusion—]
[Activate: Using people as a mirror·Enlightenment—]
[Usage restriction: 24 hours]
[Consuming 50 Obsidian, Enlightenment Domain activated—]
As the information flooded in, Xia Feng once again felt the inexplicable exhilaration of his soul evolving and sublimating. At the same time—
He sensed the reactions of the various spirit artifacts in the distance. As his thoughts flickered, complex information once again flooded his mind.
[Copy successful—D-grade·Specialization Ring]
[Designate an auxiliary spirit artifact, overall effect gains a 3-5% increase]
[Copy successful—C-grade·Spirit Particle Coin]
[Flip this coin]
[Copy successful—B-grade·Ten Dragon Cannon]
[Condense spirit particles into dragons, forming a high-energy cannon beam resembling a dragon. Depending on the amount of Spirit Particles consumed, different numbers of dragon cannons can be formed, up to ten dragons!]
One spirit artifact after another was successfully copied, and their methods of use were quickly mastered by Xia Feng.
[C-grade·Spirit Benefit Scepter: Wielding this scepter, you can designate a target’s Spirit Particle quantity to gain an 8% amplification, but after half an hour, the target’s Spirit Particle quantity will decrease by 80%.]
[C-grade·Spirit Storage Ring: You can store Spirit Particle quantity in this ring. The upper limit of Spirit Particle quantity you can store is equal to your own Spirit Particle quantity limit. Spirit Particles stored in this ring can be transferred to others, but there will be a 50% loss of Spirit Particles during transmission, i.e., the target can only receive 50% of the Spirit Storage Ring’s Spirit Particle quantity.]
[B-grade·Spirit Restriction Eye: Release Spirit Restriction Domain. Targets within the domain that are within sight will have their Spirit Pressure state reduced by 5%. Depending on the target’s mental state, it will cause an effect of immobility for 0.1-1 second.]
So many spirit artifacts. Xia Feng felt his confidence inflate by a tiny bit.
[Detected compatible artifacts for fusion—
‘B-class·Spirit Restriction Eye’ & ‘C-class·Spirit Storage Ring’ & ‘C-class·Spirit Particle Coin’ can be fused. Do you wish to fuse them?]
“Huh?” Xia Feng didn’t expect this unexpected bonus.
To know that spirit artifacts that can be fused must be of ‘the same spiritual nature’. The probability of encountering such a combination by chance is very low; it’s like winning the lottery.
However, before that, Xia Feng activated Remove the false and preserve the true.
“Buzz—”
Powerful spiritual energy continuously converged at the muzzle, causing the surrounding air to distort visibly.
Wu Mo became even more excited. This feeling of power was something he never tired of experiencing, giving him a sense of superiority over all beings.
As usual, these two black-robed figures would become souls under his cannon.
Oh, wait, only one is left now!
He grinned and quickly locked onto the Q-Masked Man’s position. He shifted the muzzle, concentrated the spiritual energy, concentrated— and concentrated again— a shrill piercing sound made the converging energy halt.
Wu Mo’s eyes widened in disbelief as he looked down at his right hand. What, where’s my gun?
The hunting rifle in his hand suddenly disintegrated into fine spiritual light and vanished.
“Huh?”
“Where’s my spirit artifact?!”
Simultaneously, exclamations of shock erupted from behind.
“Damn it, my coin is gone!”
“Crap, mine too.” Someone touched his forehead, a look of confusion on his face as the Spirit Restriction Eye suddenly disappeared.
“What the hell is going on?”
This sudden turn of events threw the ten people into a panic. This was a situation they had never encountered before.
Wu Mo reacted, quickly suppressing the horror in his heart, and commanded in a deep voice, “Everyone, don’t panic! Sense yourselves again!”
The Nirvana state lasted for a full ten seconds.
It was only the fourth second. After taking their spirit artifacts, Xia Feng wasn’t in a hurry to leave his invincible Nirvana state.
As his thoughts flickered, the spirit artifacts began to fuse.
[Fusion successful (with optimization effect)—]
[B-class·Spirit Restriction Coin·Overlimit:
Spirit Restriction: Negligible
Spirit Storage: You can store Spirit Particle quantity in this coin. The upper limit of Spirit Particle quantity you can store is twice your own Spirit Particle quantity limit. Spirit Particles stored in this coin can be transferred to others without loss.
Spirit Luck: If the coin lands heads up, Spirit Particle quantity gains a 20% amplification. If it lands tails up, Spirit Particle quantity is sealed by 20% for 20 seconds.]
“Did you guys sense it?”
“No…”
A few seconds later, the Spirit Artifact squad felt increasingly panicked.
Just then, someone’s eyes lit up, as if they suddenly thought of something, and they shouted, “I understand. This must be some kind of special technique used by the enemy to disable others’ spirit artifacts? I remember the Divine Grace Spirit Garb of the Holy See of Justice can disable spirit artifacts, but only for a few seconds.”
Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the spirit artifacts weren’t gone, they were invincible!
Wu Mo nodded and said in a low voice, “Then let’s wait a little longer. Once the spirit artifacts are restored, we’ll go kill the Q-Masked Man. Old Six, you’ll go check K-Masked Man’s body later and finish him off.”
But as soon as he finished speaking, Old Six suddenly pointed in a direction.
“Brother, look over there. Isn’t that your spirit artifact?”
Everyone looked up in confusion and saw a hunting rifle suddenly appear in the distant sky, quietly suspended.
Wu Mo’s expression brightened. His spirit artifact was back!
