Chapter 394 - Icy Sword (2/2)

Ou Yangming did not know where the Concealing Rune came from, but he realized that it was extremely useful. He had a habit of keeping useful things, so he could use them for his own in due course.

He had decided to always leave marks similar to the Concealing Rune on pieces of equipment with Skill Runes in the future.

That way, it would be difficult for anyone to learn the runes even if the magic tools were studied after a long time.

As for the method Ou Yangming adopted to crack the Concealing Rune… He did not believe that every blacksmith could fathom the natural smithing technique.

After all, he had only managed to comprehend it when his mental power increased to 99 points and with the purple Military Fire’s help.

Even if other people possessed great mental power, it would be difficult for them to work out the method without the purple Military Fire.

“Cluck, cluck…”

At the spur of the moment, a weird sound was heard coming from Ou Yangming’s mouth.

He was startled when he realized that his body had shuddered due to extreme cold, where his teeth chattered and made odd sounds.

Wu Hanning’s face changed. She curbed her essential Qi at once, then the ice-cold chill in the room slowly disappeared. Ou Yangming exhaled deeply. After withdrawing his mental conception from his sea of consciousness, he noticed that his body had almost become frozen. Needless to say, the damage level was not worth mentioning at all for a powerhouse at the peak of Yang Grade because one only could quickly recover by circulating one’s essential Qi

Without warning, a warm body embraced Ou Yangming, who had nearly become a frozen man. At the same time, a hand went around his waist and stopped in front of his dantian, where warm essential Qi was slowly channeled into his body.

Ou Yangming tensed up a little, then he nodded at Wu Hanning. With help from the essential Qi’s power, his body became warm again.

Even though his body was harmed to a certain extent this time, it was not a big deal since he gained the Freeze Combo Rune and the Concealing Rune. Besides, his heart was somehow pounding when he sensed Her Highness’s warm body and her essential Qi.

Wu Hanning gently let go of him after some time and withdrew her hand. On the other hand, Ou Yangming suppressed his urge and thanked the princess without turning to look at her at all, “Your Highness, thank you.”

“Do you really have to be so polite?” Wu Hanning asked after some thought. “Your Highness, I’m confident about upgrading your weapon into a magic tool now, so wait for my good news,” Ou Yangming responded but avoided her question. Following that, the Military Fire burned again as he turned his wrist.

This time, the Military Fire was no longer at room temperature; it could instantly melt incredibly tough peculiar stones.

A peculiar stone was retrieved from Ou Yangming’s interspatial bag, then he tossed it into the fire firmly. The stone jumped in the Military Fire several times before it melted and attached to the longsword bit by bit.

At this point, apart from the basic attributes, the other attributes on the longsword had been withdrawn by Ou Yangming into his sea of consciousness.

The longsword’s quality underwent a drastic improvement due to the bizarre stone. When two different materials merged perfectly, the weapon’s equivalent rank was successfully increased.

A light was released, causing the secret room to be as bright as the day.

Wu Hanning’s eyes lit up because she knew the longsword had been successfully enhanced into a magic tool. Even so, when she s.h.i.+fted her gaze from the Military Fire to Ou Yangming’s face, she did not look cheerful at all.

Ou Yangming exhaled and returned the Unique Attributes in his sea of consciousness to the longsword.

[Item: Icy Sword (Yellow)]

(Equivalent Rank: Magic Tool, Common Grade, Rank Two]

[Attributes: Sharpness +22, Toughness +22, Power, +4, Ice Attribute Might +3, Durability 22]

[Skill: Freeze Combo (Rank Two)]

After Ou Yangming’s mental power reached 99 points, he became capable enough to smith magic tools of Common Grade Rank Two.

Of course, Ou Yangming felt like he arrived at a huge bottleneck at the stage. Perhaps this was the limit of the world’s power, by which he could not advance any further no matter how hard he tried. Moreover, Ou Yangming had also added 1 point of Power on the longsword as a form of compensation for the princess. When he handed the longsword to Wu Hanning, he looked everywhere but her eyes. “Your Highness, I’ve completed the task. I’ll move on to help the others now, hehe…” Wu Hanning questioned in a deep voice, “Brother Ou, do you not dare to look at me in the eye now?”

Ou Yangming clearly tensed up. He replied to the princess with a bitter smile, “Yes, I don’t dare to…” Subsequently, he swiftly opened the smithing workshop’s door and left as though he was escaping. Inside the room, Wu Hanning had a faint smile on her face.

“A spot in the upper realm and the temptation to go there.

‘n.o.body knows for sure who will have the last laugh.’

<script>