Chapter 374: The New Zhanmadao (2/2)
Running a short distance at the Reconstruction Area was totally different as running long distance outdoor. The former was relatively safe to run at his full speed but the latter was rather dangerous. Every two to three hours Luo Yuan would rest to recover his Strength. He had to conserve most of his energy so that he could protect himself from danger.
Furthermore, he had to be more alert as the terrain was getting rather complicated. He slowed down and maintained his movement at a speed of 70 to 80 meters per second.
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He folded the satellite map, placed it back into his backpack and lay on the leaves.
The sound of rain as it poured outside was deafening in the silence of the cave. He stared into the darkness of the ceiling and started to feel lonely. He had just left home a few hours before and he already missed the city and the people.
He wished he had a companion on the dangerous journey ahead. There was no trace of the human existence the whole time he was traveling, only mutated beasts moved about around him. He could not describe the feeling of loneliness. It was as if he was the only human living on the post apocalyptic earth he knew.
Luo Yuan sat up as he felt that the atmosphere was getting more and more humid. He walked around the cave and found that the ground was all wet and muddy.
”F*ck!” Luo Yuan cursed. The land was too flat here, the water streaming in had stagnated in the center of the cave. The water level had risen to about 20 centimeters. I should have walked further to look for a better one, he thought to himself.
He walked out of the cave with his belongings and got soaked by the thunderstorm outside. The pouring rain fell through the leaves, right on his face. He wiped away the raindrops, squinted his eyes and looked around. He could not find a large rock that could block the rain from entering the cave.
He then had an idea. The trees around him were massive, with diameters of around 2 meters. All he needed was a well-shaped piece.
He took out his Zhanmadao and headed toward the nearest tree.
His Zhanmadao that was initially white in color had turned black. It radiated a mysterious aura when he unsheathed. When rain splashed on the body of the saber, it merely slides right off the blade without as much as a watermark and fell to the ground. The knife was dry as if no rain had spattered on it at all.
”Space Cut Zhanmadao.”
”Materials: 165cm of alloy; nails of a Clawed Turtle”
”Rarity: Light Purple”
”Weight: 31 kilograms”
”Power: ??????”
”Equipment Requirements: Strength (16)”
”Additional Abilities 1: Attack Speed +4”
”Additional Abilities 2: Sharp Cuts (passive) - Easily cut through any materials, even atoms (Advanced effect)”
”Remarks: A sharp Zhanmadao that contains subtle space energy.”
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The new Zhanmadao had been upgraded to level eight after merging with the level eight black blade, but he did not notice much of a difference. His Zhanmadao combined with his skill was powerful enough for him and deadly to anyone that dared oppose him. Although, the benefits from the upgrade were his range of attack, as well as the sharpness of his blade which greatly improved, and its Will complimented his own more readily. The attributes of the black knife were astonishing, even Luo Yuan was amazed.
In addition to that, the new Zhanmadao now had 2 secondary effects. It could even be regarded as a spiritual weapon.
The first effect was that it could now perform extraordinary slashes through space. A wavy light appeared on the body of the knife due to the refraction that occurred when it was used.
The next effect was way scarier. The blade could add an extended, invisible form of itself, increasing the range of attack to cover up to 4.5 meters
However, it would take some time to get used to.
Luo Yuan knew that gravity could warp space-time as well as smoothening the waves in space-time. These were the two ways space slashes could be defended against.
His Will was powerful and could resist almost any kind of cut and attack since the difference between normal and space cuts were not that significant.
Putting the force of the gravity aside, nearly none of the substances could resist its power. The new Zhanmadao was terrifying.
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Luo Yuan chopped down the tree with just one swipe.
After a few seconds, the gigantic tree leaned on the tree next to it, cut clean away from its base.
Luo Yuan chopped off one meter from the initial cut tree and slide off fell to the ground. He then used his Zhanmadao to shave and shape the piece accordingly and placed it at the entrance of the cave to cover it.
Luo Yuan found a cave a little way off, blocked the entrance with the tree trunk and sealed the edges of the entrance with mud to prevent a water leakage.
The new cave was at least 60 centimeters above ground level. Regardless of how heavy the rain was it would not make it into the cave.
Luo Yuan relaxed, lay down and drifted off to sleep.