Chapter 961: Phoenix’s Arrival (1/2)

The weapon essence can refine all weapons, absorbing their sharpness and spirit. Though it couldn’t give birth to its own spirit, its offensive capability was unmatched.

A strange scene unraveled before confused eyes – the weapon essence devoured the demonic spirit treasure.

“That’s a heavenly weapon essence, a divine artifact for blacksmithing. Just one drop will greatly increase a weapon’s sharpness or even improve their rank.” A blacksmith became emotional. He had only read about this and never saw a single drop before.

His evaluation was a testament to the weapon essence’s worth. Many became visibly greedy.

“Boom!” The refinement process finally finished; the demonic spear was reduced to dust while the essence became bright like a star.

It became seven times sharper thanks to this tenth-ranked spirit treasure. He waved it once to test it out and the slash left a deep cut on the ground.

“Whoosh!” With Swift Samsara, his blade made contact with one of the death soldiers.

The helmet had a defensive formation. It flashed once before crumbling. A fist-sized hole was left on the helmet, revealing the soldier’s face.

It was emotionless and the skin looked like rocks. However, there were still blood vessels visible beneath the craggy exterior. The eyes looked normal as well, the same with the hair.

Feiyun thought that they did look too different from normal humans. No wonder why other humans disliked them.

They were bought from slave auctions by the Gu. The clan then used a special but harmful method to improve their cultivation all the way to the fifth level of Nirvana. However, this limited them to the fifth level.

Normally, a human would have seven to nine thousand years of lifespan at this level. But for the stonehearts, they would only live up to three thousand years. Due to the special method of the Gu, their actual lifespan might only be one thousand years.

“Die!” The soldier swung his blade downward, aiming for Feiyun’s head.

Feiyun had no intention of showing mercy. The weapon essence cut through the saber then finally drew hot blood from the stoneheart’s tough skin.

The sharp energy of the essence began devouring the dying soldier. He eventually collapsed into pieces like broken porcelain.

The old men from the Gu nearly died. These death soldiers were expensive. The rate of success for these stonehearts was one in ten thousand. To fully train one meant spending around one billion spirit stones or so.

Meanwhile, Feiyun used both his key and the weapon essence to fight the remaining three soldiers, utilizing various techniques.

“Whoosh!” The weapon essence managed to sever the second soldier completely by the waist. The key then crushed both pieces and reduced them into blood.

The old men from the Gu gritted their teeth from rage again.

“Get back, I’ll deal with him!” Eighth Lord Gu shouted.

The two soldiers immediately obeyed his order.

“Too late for that.” Feiyun quickly caught up to one of them.

His weapon essence turned into a spear, allowing him to crucify the soldier to a wall.

The victim struggled, causing the wall to shake and crack violently. Feiyun activated the key and a white energy crushed the soldier’s helmet, pulverizing his skull.

The wall fell down and buried the third soldier.

“Damn you!” Eighth activated his domain and blood qilin image again.