Chapter 132 - The Armguard’s Artifact Spirit (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Ye Chen remained puzzled even after racking his brains for a long time. Why would the original armguard owner add a refining furnace inside the armguard? This was too difficult to understand.

Just then, a sudden inspiration struck him and he thought, ‘This armguard has the word “Skyfire” on it and its artifact spirit seems to be of Fire-type as well. Can there be some kind of mystery here?’

After giving it some thought, Ye Chen extended his Astral Body into the armguard and soon came into contact with the armguard’s artifact spirit. Its artifact spirit appeared to be somewhat low in spirits as it emitted a rather dim fiery glow.

Perhaps it was still not used to having a new owner.

What should Ye Chen do to get the armguard’s artifact spirit to obey him?

Ye Chen had made various attempts and had tried to use his Astral Body to build a relationship with this artifact spirit but the moment it came into contact with his Astral Body, the artifact spirit would withdraw at once. It seemed like he should not be using his Astral Body so Ye Chen switched to using his consciousness to communicate with the artifact spirit. An hour later, he was still at a loss.

What exactly should Ye Chen do to control this artifact spirit?

Ye Chen wondered if Celestial Chi would be the answer as he let a stream of Celestial Chi flow into the armguard. When its artifact spirit came into contact with this stream of Celestial Chi, it began to stir slightly but then calmed down again in the end.

Indeed, the artifact spirit was somewhat attracted to Celestial Chi but why did it calm down in the end?

An idea occurred to him in an instant. Could it be that only Fire-type Celestial Chi would work?

Ye Chen revolved the Nine Astra in his dantian and converted all his Celestial Chi into Fire-type Celestial Chi before sending a stream of this Fire-type Celestial Chi into the armguard. When the armguard’s artifact spirit noticed this stream of Fire-type Celestial Chi, it seemed to jump with joy and quickly wrapped itself around the Fire-type Celestial Chi.

Ye Chen was stunned to see the artifact spirit devouring so much of his Fire-type Celestial Chi!

After having devoured this stream of Fire-type Celestial Chi, the artifact spirit swelled up abruptly and started to glow more brightly as if it were a dying fire that had been reignited.

‘Since you need Fire-type Celestial Chi, I’ll let you devour as much as you want!’ As this thought entered his mind, Ye Chen activated the Flying Dagger in his mind. At once, boundless waves of Celestial Chi surged into his dantian and were converted by the Nine Astra into a great amount of Fire-type Celestial Chi that sent flowing into the armguard.

When the artifact spirit sensed this tremendous Fire-type Celestial Chi, it finally became overjoyed and began devouring the Fire-type Celestial Chi excitedly. As this red ball of fire became brighter and started to burn violently, Ye Chen was astounded to find the armguard’s artifact spirit growing increasingly stronger. Nonetheless, the artifact spirit had already recognized him as its owner, so he did not have to worry about it rebelling against him. As the artifact spirit continued devouring more and more Fire-type Celestial Chi, Ye Chen gradually formed some kind of link with it and discovered that the armguard’s artifact spirit was pretty much on par with the Scarlet Sky Tiger and the Stormphantom Panther in terms of intelligence.

It was quite impressive that an armguard could possess such a high level of intelligence. After all, it was not a living thing unlike mystical beasts such as the Scarlet Sky Tiger and the Stormphantom Panther.

As ten minutes passed by, his link with the armguard’s artifact spirit became clearer, so Ye Chen could now control it to do whatever he wanted.

Y Chen finally understood it was only then that the artifact spirit had completed its process of recognizing him as its owner. Ye Chen glanced at his left arm and noticed significant differences in his armguard. Its surface seemed to give off brilliant lights and radiant colors as well as a faint fiery glow while powerful Fire-type energy hit him directly in his face. As he launched a punch casually with his left hand, Fire-type Celestial Chi surged out of him immediately. Fortunately, he had been standing some distance away from the walls. Otherwise, Ye Chen’s fist would have sent the house crashing to the ground. That had been just a casual punch. If he were to throw a serious punch at an enemy, the destructive force of his punch would be comparable to that of Crimson Clouds Searing Skies!

Thus, Ye Chen discovered another function of the armguard, which was to store Fire-type Celestial Chi. If he kept channeling Fire-type Celestial Chi into the armguard regularly, the artifact spirit would devour his Fire-type Celestial Chi and store it up. Then, he would be able to use the Fire-type Celestial Chi in his armguard according to his needs during a battle, although Ye Chen was not sure how many times he could use it consecutively after filling the armguard up to the brim. He would have to study this later.

As Ye Chen caressed the armguard happily, its artifact spirit also became rather excited as though it could sense his emotions.

The artifact spirit was still devouring his Fire-type Celestial Chi and Ye Chen felt his armguard slowly becoming scorching hot. There seemed to be no way to satisfy this artifact spirit’s appetite at all. No matter how much Fire-type Celestial Chi he had channeled into the armguard, the artifact spirit would take it in without hesitation. Nonetheless, as the armguard’s temperature grew higher, he eventually could not handle the increasing burning sensation anymore and stopped instantly.