Chapter 129: Icebane Awakens
March 31, 2015
Author: Floating Tower (诸生浮屠)
Universal Skillful Hand.
Theoretically allows Soren to use any equipped weapon.
So when he picked up the Gisz Silver Blade, it was just a moment of adjustment before he quickly mastered the technique to use it. Unfortunately, this weapon requires the mastery of spiritual energy to fully unleash its effects, so when Soren held it, the silver blade was in its most basic long sword form, and he could not use spiritual energy to change the form of the Gisz Silver Blade. To Soren, it looked like a silver blade glowing brightly, while the Gisz was like a flowing silver liquid when wielding it.
However, even so, its lethality is still astonishing!
“Item Type: Gisz Silver Blade [+3]
Item Level: [Third Tier Extraordinary Item]
Item Description: This is a weapon forged using special techniques and enchantment craftsmanship. Only the Gisz living in the Astral Realm can forge such special equipment. When the Gisz Silver Blade is drawn, it resembles a flowing silver liquid, requiring the corresponding spiritual energy to perfectly unleash its effects. The Gisz Silver Blade possesses lethality far exceeding that of other extraordinary weapons of the same tier, but using it requires mastery of the [Exotic Weapon] specialty. Please note that this weapon is very powerful but also very dangerous, as any outsider wielding the Gisz Silver Blade may be tracked by the Gisz, who will do everything possible to retrieve it.
Equipment Requirement: Exotic Weapon Specialty.
Equipment Effect: Astral Weapon, Decapitation Trait, Sever Silver Threads, Change Form, +3 Sharpness, +3 Penetration, +3 Toughness, +1 Armor Break.
Weapon Special Effect: [Astral Weapon], astral weapons use special materials, allowing them to deal normal damage to any enemy. Therefore, no enemy can be immune to the attacks of astral weapons.
Weapon Special Effect: [Decapitation Trait], this weapon has an innate decapitation trait; its forging was specifically to better suit decapitation attacks. Any decapitation attack made with this weapon without mastering the decapitation specialty is equivalent to having mastered the basic decapitation specialty effect. If one possesses the decapitation specialty, the weapon’s lethality becomes even more powerful!
Weapon Trait: [Sever Silver Threads], the Gisz Silver Blade can sever the silver threads of soul connections, forcing enemies back into their physical bodies while inflicting some damage. Note that only soul projections have silver threads. Creatures active in the Astral Realm do not have silver thread connections.
Weapon Trait: [Change Form], the Gisz Silver Blade can change its form. Once it enters battle, the blade emits a silver flowing light, and with spiritual energy, it can change into the forms of long swords, great swords, decapitation swords, etc. This form change has certain limitations; it can only change part of its form at most.”
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Third Tier Extraordinary Weapon.
However, when it comes to weapon lethality, the Gisz Silver Blade is definitely of legendary level.
In terms of offensive capability and armor-breaking ability, it can’t compete with the legendary curved blade Icebane, but the Gisz Silver Blade possesses many unique traits. It also has the ability to sever silver threads in the Astral Realm and the decapitation trait. This weapon is much stronger than the curved blade +1 that Soren previously wielded. With the specialty of [Advanced Dual Wielding], he naturally would use two weapons to maximize his combat power. With his Universal Skillful Hand, using the Gisz Silver Blade does not bring too many penalties, and instead seems quite handy.
Boom!
A violent explosion sound echoed from the distance.
As more and more Gisz rushed toward the Northern Witch, the witches began to cast destructive spells. They raised their staves, and with beams of Spell Light, fireball spells, ice spears, acid arrows, and others that had been stored in advance launched one after another at the Gisz warriors ahead. The enemy casualties began to increase, but the Northern Witches were also in a dangerous situation. As the distance closed, the Gisz could already attack their energy protective fields.
Roar!
A deep growl came.
Soren looked up at the sky. He couldn’t help but curse under his breath and then frantically ran backwards.
Red Dragon!
This creature, strongest and most cunning among the chromatic dragons, indeed had chosen Soren as a target, intending to burn this little human to d*ath first.
—”The nail that sticks out gets hammered down!”
This nail could be not only the most powerful and noticeable but also the weakest and easiest to deal with.
d*mn Red Dragon was just that kind of creature!
As the largest, most powerful, and fiercest of the chromatic dragons, the Red Dragon, despite its proud nature, preferred to deal with the weakest enemies in battle first. They liked to pick off their enemies one by one, killing the weakest first, then taking down their targets one by one, ultimately leaving the enemy with just one lonely commander. Therefore, when dealing with a Red Dragon, the weakest person is actually the most dangerous; if one cannot determine who is the weakest, the Red Dragon will attack the easiest to deal with.
Among those gathered were high-ranking Northern Witches, so Soren, without a doubt, was the weakest one and also appeared to be the easiest to deal with!
Thus, the Red Dragon targeted him as its first attack target.
He saw it dive down with its massive body, not directly pouncing on Soren with its claws, but inhaling deeply in the air, then opening its mouth to unleash a wave of scorching dragon breath!
—”Hide from sight!”
—”Shadow Travel!”
Soren’s figure suddenly disappeared from his location.
He could barely withstand the White Dragon’s breath attack, but absolutely could not endure the Red Dragon’s breath directly because the Red Dragon’s breath is the strongest among the chromatic dragons. Without any resilient fire resistance, the Red Dragon’s breath could deal about 120 points of fire damage. Under normal circumstances, the life of a level 1 warrior is around 15 points, which means the area it passed over would create a direct lethal zone.
This is also why Red Dragons have appeared most frequently in epic legends and represent the greatest threat!
The surging heat wave chased behind him.
Left with no choice, Soren activated his Shadow Travel ability, immediately appearing behind a earth element.
The Red Dragon’s massive body chased from behind; although it felt somewhat surprised that a cunning enemy was escaping, as a dragon, it didn’t care at all. As an adult Red Dragon, maturity means strength and immense power, and it can continuously use its dragon breath. The scorching dragon breath burnt the ground, leaving a trail of scorched marks; the earth element supporting Soren through Shadow Travel was engulfed by the dragon breath, sustaining only two seconds before turning into a pile of half-crystallized remains.
Red Dragon Fire!
The hottest flame among ordinary materials.
“Be careful!”
A scream from Gloria ahead reached him, followed by a protective flame damage enhancement placed on Soren. At this moment, Soren had no energy to check his surroundings; instead, he awkwardly rolled to evade, then jumped as far to the right as possible. The dragon’s breathing echoed behind him, the ground speed would never match flight; Soren felt the heat against his back, and soon a breath of the dragon enveloped him in a sea of fire!
Still couldn’t dodge.
The covering range of the Red Dragon’s breath attack is nearly double that of other dragons; the sea of fire they unleash can last up to half a minute. Simply put, when a Red Dragon breathes fire, it could fly from one end of the town to the other, creating a line of fire across a quite large area. The greatest distance Soren had seen was a fire wall about thirty meters wide and roughly six hundred meters long!
The Red Dragon’s massive physique grants it incredible lung capacity.
With the scorching dragon breath enveloping Soren, he instantly felt a searing heat across his body; although the protective fire damage released by the witch absorbed several hundred points of dragon breath damage, Soren was still losing life at the rate of two to three dozen points. His extraordinary physique afforded him some resilience, but Soren still couldn’t withstand the dragon’s breath for long, feeling as if he had entered a furnace, with his flesh practically feeling scorched.
But!
Just as Soren felt he was about to enter a seriously injured state, the legendary curved blade Icebane in his hand suddenly erupted with brilliant light.
A wave of cold power surged into Soren’s body.
It countered the burning dragon breath enveloping him and mitigated the damage he was taking; the blade of Icebane emitted dazzling light, even brighter than the Gisz Silver Blade. It shone like a torch, and its brilliance could not be extinguished; the scorching dragon breath engulfed Soren, but Icebane’s temperature dropped below zero, transmitting waves of cold power onto Soren, continuously countering the dragon breath damage, even extinguishing the surrounding flames with Spell Light.
It awakened!
As a legendary curved blade, at the moment of its awakening, Soren felt a will, as simple as that of an animal.
This will told Soren it had awakened!
It also activated its previously held abilities; the cold air dispersed outward, causing the fire damage Soren was bearing to decrease significantly, and the blazing fire ignited by the dragon breath nearby was gradually extinguished.
Curved Blade [Icebane]!
For reasons unknown even to Soren, it awakened at the moment it bore the Red Dragon’s breath.
At the moment it awakened, the abilities lost for some unknown reasons in the past began to restore. As an epic legendary curved blade, it possessed abilities far exceeding mere sharpness and a bit of cold damage.
…………(To be continued ~^~)
