Chapter 681: 681. Strengthening Spirit Artifacts? How Powerful Can It Be?
Chapter 682: 682. Greet Young Master Xia
[Optimization successful—]
[B-grade · Spirit Beast Ring (Optimized)]
[Spirit Beast: Requires other abilities to be used in conjunction. You can store ‘Remnant Spirits’, ‘Undead’, ‘Heroic Spirits’, ‘Death Spirits’, etc. within it.]
[Current Spirit Ring Quantity: 6 (Can store 6 special spirit bodies)]
[Current Heroic Spirit Duration Extension: 6 years]
[Spirit Devour: You can extend the lifespan of ‘Heroic Spirits’ by devouring and refining ‘Death Spirits’. The higher the grade of the Death Spirit, the more lifespan you gain.]
[……]
A new spirit artifact information popped into Angi’s mind one after another, leaving her bewildered and unable to react.
6 years!
From 1 year to 6 years of strengthening?
It felt like a dream, a 500% increase! How could such an outrageous ability exist in this world?
She even suspected she was hallucinating, or that the other party was using some bizarre means to toy with her.
But the genuine spirit artifact abilities were deeply ingrained in her heart and soul, and there was no possibility of error!
Once she realized everything was real, unprecedented joy surged through her.
Her stiff, wrinkled, and eerie face hadn’t truly smiled in years. She had forgotten how to smile. Her dry, cracked gray lips trembled uncontrollably, her smile uglier than a cry, and her clouded pupils constricted.
She had expected a maximum of 10% enhancement, and even 5% would have satisfied her. It would have been enough for her to spare no effort to save this young man and bring him out of Black Moon City.
But she never expected this.
The 5% she was satisfied with was a joke. This strange young man’s arrogance wasn’t for show, and he wasn’t stalling her before. He was truly confident in his strengthening abilities—500%!!
Such an amplification couldn’t even be described as heaven-defying.
However, if it were only this, it would be understandable. But after 500%, there was something even more astonishing…
Angi turned her thoughts to the [Spirit Devour] ability. Her spirit artifact could indeed devour Death Spirits before, but it was just devoured and had no other effect. At most, it could be used to resist the attack of Death Spirits.
But now, not only could she devour Death Spirits, but she could also use them to extend the lifespan of her Heroic Spirits!
That is to say, 6 years was not the limit! Theoretically, as long as there were enough Death Spirits, and their grades were strong enough, Hethwe’s lifespan could be extended indefinitely!!
This was no longer just about strengthening a spirit artifact; it was about raising the quality of a B-grade spirit artifact to A-grade! The strengthening effect was comparable to an A-grade Holy Solution, wasn’t it!
With such heaven-defying power, it was no wonder this mysterious young man’s spirit artifact was absolutely S-grade!
It might even be an S-grade that had been Holy Solutioned. Thinking of this, Angi the Saint Pastor could no longer hide her shock. A complex mix of emotions churned within her.
At this moment, she was both awed by Xia Feng’s heaven-defying spirit artifact and overjoyed that her sister’s short lifespan had been greatly extended.
But after the surging emotions, only doubt remained. She narrowed her clouded eyes and stared at Xia Feng, “You have already completed the optimization for this Venerable. Aren’t you afraid this Venerable will break the contract, or publicly reveal the secret of your S-grade spirit artifact?”
Xia Feng smiled slightly, saying nothing, just calmly staring at Angi the Saint Pastor.
Angi the Saint Pastor was waiting for Xia Feng’s answer, but her pupils suddenly contracted like stars. She quickly raised her hand to signal Xia Feng and nodded with a deep voice, “Alright, I understand now.”
Just now, although the surface of the spirit artifact showed no reaction, she could clearly feel the heaven-defying optimization effect on the Spirit Beast Ring about to dissipate.
This feeling, like gaining immense wealth overnight only to lose it instantly, filled her with inexplicable fear. She instantly understood that this young man could retract his optimization ability at any time, returning her spirit artifact to its ordinary state, and restarting her sister’s life countdown.
“Venerable Saint Pastor, now, can we have a proper talk?”
Hearing Xia Feng’s calm voice, Angi the Saint Pastor knew that the situation had completely reversed.
“First, can you have this woman let me go?” Xia Feng glanced down, still being held high in the air by Hethwe, her neck constricted.
“…” Angi recovered and quickly sent a mental command to Hethwe to release him.
Xia Feng landed and tugged at his slightly wrinkled collar that had been constricting his neck. He raised his dark eyes, about to speak, when he saw Angi the Saint Pastor flash forward and appear right in front of him!
She floated like a terrifying phantom, her eerie, chilling eyes staring down at him.
Xia Feng’s heart skipped a beat. “No way, you old lunatic, you’re really going to break the contract! I’ve given you so much benefit, and still—”
“Thud—” His thought of cursing died down. Xia Feng froze.
The terrifying old woman before him didn’t attack him. Instead, she landed with a thud, knelt on one knee before him, and bowed her head respectfully. Her chilling voice was still bone-piercing, hoarse, and muffled:
“Angi Melovis Stederinovich, pledges allegiance to you!”
“……?” Xia Feng blinked and subconsciously took half a step back, but quickly stopped himself. He twitched the corner of his mouth.
“Your Excellency Saint Pastor’s sudden shift from arrogance to humility is quite astonishing.”
“…” She truly hadn’t expected the young man, who appeared to be only in the Venerable First Realm, to possess such a heaven-defying spirit artifact.
And a person possessing such a spirit artifact would surely have great future achievements. Pledging allegiance to such a person was not something shameful.
Moreover, she had now defected from Black Moon City and was a rootless person. Perhaps joining the forces behind this young man would be a good choice.
Based on her guess, this young man was likely a hidden, unmatched divine-tier genius from some powerful faction.
“Young Master, may I ask your surname and given name?” Despite holding the position of Saint Pastor, and having been a proud Saintess before, and being several generations older than this young man, she was willing to cast aside all arrogance for Hethwe.
Xia Feng hadn’t expected the allegiance of this Saint Realm powerhouse at all. He had only wanted to establish a good cooperative relationship with her.
But it seemed he had underestimated how much she valued Hethwe.
Still, this was good.
Just as Xia Feng was about to speak, Jiang Qiue suddenly stepped forward and gently placed a hand on his shoulder. She looked down at the old woman before them, her ethereal beautiful eyes calmly saying, “Teacher, you were once a Saintess. Your familiarity with the study of the ‘Slave Contract’ should be no less than mine, right?”
“……”
Angi’s eerie eyes glanced at the green-dressed woman and she silently nodded, “Alright, this will certainly put the Young Master more at ease.”
“Hethwe was also a Saintess,” Tea Nai Xue added softly from the back, subtly reminding, “Compared to you, Venerable Saint Pastor, Hethwe is the most dangerous existence right now.”
“……!” Angi’s eerie eyes froze, her gaze shifted, and she silently looked at the snow-skirt woman again. The sinister look bore a chilling and terrifying killing intent.
Tea Nai Xue’s beautiful eyes were calm, but the corner of her lips curved slightly into a sweet smile, offering a friendly response.
