Chapter 394 - Icy Sword (1/2)

Ou Yangming frowned and cursed, ‘What’s going on?’

Although he had temporarily absorbed the longsword’s attributes through the Military Fire’s power when he previously smithed it, he withdrew them all together and put them back accordingly.

As for the mysterious attributes, especially the Freeze Combo, he did not know how they could be released.

In a way, Ou Yangming’s mental power was not that great yet at that time, hence he was not so ambitious. He never looked deeper into active skills even if he stumbled upon them, but it was different now. As the young fellow sensed the complicated and strange rune paths, his heart itched as though it was being tickled.

Nonetheless, Ou Yangming was not confident about breaking the protective barrier on the rune paths. If he attempted it regardless of the costs, the longsword’s active skill would likely be destroyed and could not be recovered.

Ou Yangming pondered for a long time before he was struck with an idea.

The young fellow would not get to the bottom of it since he could not do so. In any case, he had apprehended the natural smithing technique, thus he could utilize nature’s power to learn the rune paths.

He looked up and asked the princess with a smile, “Your Highness, can you do me a favor?”

Wu Hanning asked him in return, “How would you like me to cooperate?”

“Your Highness, I upgraded your weapon to Fine Grade while retaining its original attributes, but a magic tool is different. I’m not absolutely confident that I can achieve the same result,” Ou Yangming explained, then he continued after a pause, “I’d like you to perform your equipment’s skill here so I can understand it better to solve the problem.”

“You want me to do it here?” Wu Hanning asked without any hesitation.

TYes.”

“Okay.” Wu Hanning stepped forward and grabbed her longsword in the Military Fire without any delay.

She was quick and did not dilly-dally at all.

Ou Yangming was taken aback. Fortunately, he had adjusted his fire’s temperature, or the consequences would have been unbearable.

Nevertheless, he asked in shock when he realized that something was off, “Your Highness, have you perceived my Military Fire?”

Wu Hanning answered, “I’ve learned the path of equilibrium from Uncle Hongxi, so I know your Military Fire isn’t at a high temperature.”

Ou Yangming was puzzled. “You’re not gifted in smithing art, so why did you learn the path of equilibrium?”

“The path of equilibrium is one of the ways of nature, so it’s not only meant for blacksmiths. This was what Forefather told me, but I agree with it very much,” Wu Hanning responded.

“Your Highness, please.” Ou Yangming curbed his thought and inhaled deeply.

His energy, essence, and spirit were instantly increased to their maximums, and the incredibly mighty mental power in his sea of consciousness surged such that it was going to burst out.

Wu Hanning fixed her gaze on the longsword and released her essential Qi all of a sudden, causing a frightening cold-intent to be unleashed.

Ou Yangming widened his eyes. He knew the equipment’s chillness would be unpleasant, but it was not until it was released he truly experienced how fearsome it was.

The cold intent could not only freeze his body but also his consciousness.

When a person was in an exceptionally cold state, one’s body quality would decline as a whole, and one would not be able to think anymore.

If Ou Yangming was attacked by such an intense chill in the past, perhaps he would have been frozen right away and ended up in a vegetative state. However, he had now gained 99 points of mental power. What kind of concept was that? It was an unimaginable height in this world.

The young fellow’s surging mental power froze for a brief moment but quickly relaxed again. It eventually adapted to the chillness and returned to a normal state in a split second.

Ou Yangming dared not delay the matter, so he immediately gathered his mental conception and began to probe with his Military Fire.

Next, he sensed a set of lit-up rune paths in Wu Hanning’s longsword. The runes merged with her essential Qi and achieved a mysterious yet indescribably change.

Ou Yangming could not be bothered to explore the theory behind it; he simply began to record the rune paths.

Before the Freeze Combo skill was performed, the right rune paths were hidden among more paths. They were interconnected, thus it would be impossible to separate them bit by bit.

Once the skill was incited, the changes and the functions of the paths became visible. With that, they could not be hidden from Ou Yangming anymore.

Two peculiar runes slowly took shape in Ou Yangming’s sea of consciousness. One of them was, of course, the Freeze Combo Rune while the other was the disorganized yet orderly Concealing Rune.