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[Heaven Devouring Demon Soldier LV.Max]
[Skill Type: Exclusive Skill (Ye Shuangluo)]
[Effect: Choose a weapon and bind it. This weapon will become your most loyal companion and family. After binding, it can grow by devouring weapons with origin power, gaining quality upgrades. When it drinks the blood of many strong foes, it will transform.]
[Restriction 1: Cannot bind weapons of higher than white quality]
[Restriction 2: Once bound, it cannot be unbound unless the owner dies]
[Evaluation: I don’t need family; the blade in my hand is my family! —A certain Blade Demon who wishes to remain anonymous]
After reading the introduction of the exclusive skill, Ye Shuangluo took out Mortal Kill from his space backpack.
Gently stroking the blade, he said in a tender voice, “Partner, it looks like you’ll be with me for a long time.”
Mortal Kill was already the top-tier weapon of white quality. Unless Ye Shuangluo had lost his mind, there was no way he wouldn’t choose it as the binding target. Moreover, it was the first piece of equipment he got from his first treasure chest.
[Do you want to bind Mortal Kill (white quality weapon)? Please choose carefully. Once bound, it cannot be changed.]
“Yes.”
A burst of blood light emerged from his body, instantly enveloping Mortal Kill.
[Binding in progress, please wait.]
After about half an hour, the blood light slowly receded, and Mortal Kill was reborn.
Ye Shuangluo reached out and grasped it, a feeling both familiar and strange surged in his heart.
He couldn’t wait to check Mortal Kill’s new attributes.
[Mortal Kill
Quality: White+
Durability: 70/70 (+15)
Sharpness: 12 (+2)
Attack Power: 13-25 (reference value for attacks only)
Special Effect 1: Blade of Slaughter
After the battle begins, each enemy you kill will add a layer of Killing Mark (cleared after battle). Each layer of Killing Mark increases your Health Points and Spiritual Power by 10, up to 100 layers. (When Killing Mark reaches 100 layers, you can activate God of Slaughter mode.)
Special Effect 2: Defiant Blade
When facing enemies over two meters tall with higher Health Points than you, each of your attacks has a chance to inflict “Tendon Cut” or “Cripple” status on them.
Demon Life Value: 0%
Demon Blood Value: 0%
Equipment Requirement: Reserve Player Ye Shuangluo of World sl1122
Evaluation: It was originally just a shadow blade forged by a swordsmith using scraps, destined to be a mere accompaniment to the true blade. But by a stroke of luck, you obtained it and gave it new life. Its future is unpredictable.]
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After the binding, Mortal Kill, which was already the top-tier white quality weapon, saw another enhancement in its attributes. The special effect Kill Order turned into Blade of Slaughter, changing from a one-on-one duel effect to a group battle effect. Additionally, it gained the Defiant Blade effect, specifically targeting large enemies.
Why did it generate such an effect? He didn’t quite understand, but recalling the enemies he had encountered along the way, many of them were indeed large. In this light, this special effect was indeed very useful.
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Arena
Whoosh!
An ice spike imbued with Wind Element instantly pierced through the enemy’s heart.
[Congratulations on your victory. Battle Points +30 (streak bonus doubled) Merit +100]
[Your ranking in the arena has improved. Current rank: 482]
Ye Shuangluo shook his hand and quietly waited for his Spiritual Power to fully recover before starting the next battle.
Through one battle after another, he had discovered his most obvious weakness: his Spiritual Power consumption was too fast. Currently, the auto-recovery speed of his Spiritual Power couldn’t keep up with the consumption. Therefore, he had to finish each battle quickly; if it dragged on, his combat power would rapidly decline.
Once his status was fully recovered, Ye Shuangluo opened the system interface and glanced at the countdown for the next trial.
11:28:42
Less than 12 hours remained before he would enter the third trial. He wanted to complete all his preparations before entering the third trial, such as incorporating the special skill “Unbeatable Stance” from his space backpack into his skill set.
The learning condition for Unbeatable Stance was a hundred victories without defeat, but he couldn’t find any opponents in the real world. Fortunately, he remembered that players could enter the virtual arena to fight and rank against players from other worlds. So, he planned to participate in 100 ranked matches in the arena to see if he could learn Unbeatable Stance after 100 consecutive wins.
Moreover, all reserve players received a challenge quest upon entering the arena.
[If You’re a Man, Win 100 Consecutive Matches]
[Quest Description: Achieve 100 consecutive wins in the reserve-level arena]
[Quest Reward: Mysterious Gift]
It was said that only reserve players could receive this challenge quest, but so far, only three reserve players had completed it.
Ye Shuangluo glanced at his status bar; his Spiritual Power was fully recovered, so he started matching again.
[Matching you with an evenly matched opponent]
[Congratulations on your victory. Battle Points +24]
[Matching you with an evenly matched opponent]
[Congratulations on your victory. Battle Points +35]
With each victory, Ye Shuangluo’s ranking rapidly climbed.
Until the 89th match, where the smooth sailing battles finally took a turn.
This time, his opponent was a red-haired girl wearing leather armor.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
As soon as the battle started, Ye Shuangluo casually summoned several ice spikes imbued with Wind Element and attacked. But the ice spikes, which had been unstoppable in previous battles, failed this time. The red-haired girl was surrounded by black flames, melting and evaporating the ice spikes before they could get close.
Seeing this, Ye Shuangluo knew that this opponent wouldn’t be an easy kill. He drew Mortal Kill, ready for its first battle since its rebirth.
Mortal Kill seemed to sense its owner’s fighting spirit, transmitting a feeling of excitement.
The red-haired girl made the first move, conjuring several black fireballs in her palms and hurling them at Ye Shuangluo, who was approaching with his blade.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Ye Shuangluo focused, his eyes locked on the black fireballs in his path. In his eyes, the fireballs seemed to move in slow motion, a result of his enhanced Perception attribute, which strengthened his five senses, including vision. His dynamic vision far surpassed that of ordinary people.
Swish, swish, swish!
With a series of slashes, he cut through the fireballs. Ye Shuangluo then leaped forward, delivering a downward strike at the red-haired girl.
Unexpectedly, the red-haired girl tried to catch Mortal Kill with her hand.
Giggle!
Her hand was sliced in half, and before she could react, Ye Shuangluo kicked her in the abdomen.
Bang!
Her body slammed into the spatial barrier, half-kneeling on the ground, blood trickling from her mouth.
“Ugh.”
Blood flowed from the corner of her mouth. In the next moment, a blade slashed across her neck, killing her completely.
In her final moments, the red-haired girl vaguely saw a pair of blood-red eyes.
After the battle, Ye Shuangluo slowly raised Mortal Kill. The blade had cut through the girl’s hand, and her blood splattered on it. Black flames quickly engulfed the blade and even spread to Ye Shuangluo’s body.
[You are in a burning state, taking 15 damage per second]
Was it an ability using blood as a medium?
Ye Shuangluo couldn’t quite figure out if the red-haired girl had been blindly confident or had intentionally injured herself to inflict a negative status on him. The battle was still won easily, though the negative status was troublesome. As long as he avoided prolonged battles, it was manageable.
Ye Shuangluo was satisfied with his performance in this battle. The technique of instantly activating and deactivating the Asura Demon Eye, which he had practiced, didn’t fail him. With this technique, he didn’t have to worry about the Asura Demon Eye consuming too much of his Spiritual Power. In previous battles, he had activated the Asura Demon Eye at the start of every fight, but now he could wait and activate it only when necessary. The saved Spiritual Power could be used more effectively, ensuring every bit of it was put to good use.
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