Waste Paper Bridge
Chapter 165 Feeding the Embryo with Divine Artifacts
Half a soul floated out from the divine sword in Ye Chuxiao's hand. The soul, resembling Divine Craftsman Shao, opened its mouth and inhaled. The spirituality released after the flying sword divine artifact broke was all sucked into it.
Afterwards, the divine sword emitted a hazy spiritual light. The sword's edge released a pure and condensed spirituality, directly injected into the bottom of the Weapon Cleansing Pool.
Receiving this pure spirituality, Ye Chuxiao's Yuan Yang set also accelerated its transformation.
"Divine Craftsman Shao! Are you crazy?"
"Now that you're awake, why are you still helping him?" A divine craftsman holding a scarlet spear stood far away, watching the scene in shock.
Even as divine artifacts, they couldn't wantonly devour the spirituality released by other divine artifacts.
Ultimately, once officially put into use, spiritual implements and divine artifacts that have been tainted with the aura of specific cultivators are like a blank sheet of paper that has been turned into a colored drawing with patterns.
Absorbing this spirituality containing a large amount of specific emotional impurities, even a divine artifact... would have its original purity worn away, gradually becoming chaotic.
If a massive amount was absorbed to the point of no return, even a divine artifact would degenerate into a powerful but insane demonic implement.
Divine Craftsman Shao's soul couldn't answer the question.
Ye Chuxiao held the divine sword and used his techniques to forcibly grab the divine artifact-level long sword that had fallen near the Weapon Cleansing Pool.
As if sensing its impending tragic fate, the divine artifact struggled and wailed.
However, the divine craftsman in the distance seemed to be frightened by Ye Chuxiao's fierce attack just now. Not only did he not dare to come to the rescue, but he also increased the distance a little.
In the end, he was a weapon cultivator who had entered the Dao through forging divine artifacts and broken into the Intent Realm through skill. Even if he didn't lack offensive means, he would automatically be shorter than a true powerhouse like Ye Chuxiao who had fought his way out.
When relying on the advantage of equipment, he could still bluff.
Now that the advantage of equipment was gone, his true colors were naturally revealed.
The divine sword in his hand swung violently.
The two divine artifacts collided fiercely.
The divine artifact long sword, without the blessing of a cultivator's domain, was already much weaker. In addition, the divine sword in Ye Chuxiao's hand was inherently based on sturdy material and also had the indestructible characteristic activated. In the collision, the unanchored divine artifact long sword had a gap broken open.
From the gap, an equally vast amount of spirituality leaked out.
Ye Chuxiao, however, wasn't satisfied. He continued to swing his sword. After three strikes, the divine artifact long sword with the characteristic of 'no gap' was also broken.
All the released spirituality was first absorbed by the divine sword in Ye Chuxiao's hand, converted, and then the pure spirituality was spat out and injected into the Weapon Cleansing Pool to feed the Yuan Yang set.
It seemed that Ye Chuxiao was doing something redundant.
Nurturing the Yuan Yang set, which wasn't a divine artifact, was not as good as picking up something ready-made. As for whether it was a saber or a sword, it wasn't that important to a cultivator of his level.
His realm shouldn't be attached to the shape of the implement anymore.
Even if he held a noodle in his hand, if Ye Chuxiao believed it was a good saber, it would be a good saber, enough to split mountains and break peaks.
But in reality, it wasn't like that.
Once the Yuan Yang set was nurtured, they would become Ye Chuxiao's most intimate companions. Because they had grown up with Ye Chuxiao, the characteristics they were born with would definitely be the most suitable for Ye Chuxiao. At the same time, they also had the amplification power of an exclusive divine artifact and the breadth of a universal divine artifact.
They might not be the most powerful, but they would definitely be the most suitable for Ye Chuxiao.
This was something that other divine artifacts didn't have.
At Ye Chuxiao's level, what he was competing for was sometimes this seemingly slight difference.
And this slight difference could be magnified into a large gap at a critical moment.
With the spirituality of two mature divine artifacts as nourishment, the Yuan Yang set at the bottom of the Weapon Cleansing Pool had begun to transform.
Ye Chuxiao's most frequently used Yuan Yang Saber and Yuan Yang Armor were already bursting with intense divine light, vaguely condensing their divine patterns and acquiring characteristics.
The total amount of spirituality of the two divine artifacts, of course, couldn't support the complete divine artifact transformation of a whole set of Yuan Yang magic treasures.
But don't forget, this was the Weapon Cleansing Pool. It originally contained a large amount of ownerless spirituality.
And the Yuan Yang set wasn't 'untainted' either. They had fought alongside Ye Chuxiao for a long time and had been upgraded to divine artifact embryos.
Injecting pure spirituality was just accelerating their transformation into divine artifacts, not creating them from scratch.
"Looks like it's not enough!" Ye Chuxiao's gaze turned to the divine craftsman holding the scarlet spear.
This divine craftsman felt a chill all over his body and no longer attacked Ye Chuxiao. Instead, he waved his divine artifact, wanting to trigger the 'no gap' characteristic and pass through the barrier to return outside this painting of the Weapon Cleansing Pool.
But... since he had come, how could Ye Chuxiao let him leave?
In an instant, Ye Chuxiao had approached this person.
The divine sword in his hand acted as a saber, swinging violently. An ordinary strike, but it condensed and compressed the extremely thick power of the domain.
The divine craftsman holding the scarlet spear hurriedly used the spear in his hand to block. But at the last moment, he remembered Ye Chuxiao's reckless and violent way of driving the divine sword... an attack rhythm that was simply meant to trade blows, and he hesitated.
He changed from blocking with the spear to dodging sideways.
One wrong step, and he fell into the abyss.
Ye Chuxiao pursued relentlessly, his moves freely switching and jumping between complexity and simplicity.
He only forced this divine craftsman to dodge again and again, and his support became more and more strained.
Gradually, he began to be injured. The wounds were not deep at first, but the power penetrating into his body was a big problem.
This power raged and destroyed in his body, savagely reaping his vitality.
The cultivators of this world all took the path of 'cyber cultivation,' using implements to replace the body and nourish the body.
This also meant that once their defenses were breached and their bodies were damaged, what was responsible for healing them was not their own powerful physical functions, but the many magic treasures fused with their bodies.
They used magic treasures to replace organs and withstand various pressures.
When the body and magic treasures were damaged at the same time, and there was no chance to breathe, they used special metal pills to restore the function of the magic treasures and repair the damage.
Then, their bodies themselves would gradually collapse.
As for the self-healing properties of the magic treasures themselves... this was an exclusive right only available to divine artifacts.
So far, even in the Immortal Treasure Realm, no weapon cultivator had been luxurious enough to use a divine artifact to replace every organ in their body.
In fact, if this path were handed over to those veterans who had survived hundreds of battles, it would be more appropriate.
The body's organ functions were replaced by magic treasures, which was perfect for fearless fighting. As long as the logistics supply was sufficient, they could fight until the last bit of their soul was burned.
It was a pity that it was a cowardly soul that was living in this body with combat potential.
His cowardice turned these advantages into constraints.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Ye Chuxiao split his opponent's limbs and head with three swords.
The scattered limbs, however, still maintained their activity.
They were even flying around in the air, constantly searching for each other, wanting to recombine.
And the divine artifact-level scarlet spear slipped out of his hand as expected.
Ye Chuxiao raised the sword in his hand and knocked it violently.
In the merciless and unloving collision, dazzling sparks burst out from both the divine sword and the spear at the same time.
Then, cracks began to spread.
Another violent slash.
The divine craftsman, who had just barely reassembled his severed limbs, desperately watched as the divine artifact spear that originally belonged to him was shattered into countless fragments and fell into the colorful Weapon Cleansing Pool below.
The divine sword in Ye Chuxiao's hand emotionlessly devoured the spirituality released after the divine artifact spear was shattered, and then converted it.
A large amount of pure spirituality was undoubtedly injected into the bottom of the Weapon Cleansing Pool, absorbed by the Yuan Yang set, becoming a powerful force for the Yuan Yang set to completely kick down the door and enter the divine artifact level.
He glanced at the divine sword in his hand.
After continuously severing three divine artifacts of the same level, even the divine sword, which was mainly based on hardness and strength, inevitably had some fine cracks on the blade.
If he spent a long time carefully nurturing it, these cracks might still have a chance to heal.
"His sword is cracked!"
"Everyone! Increase the intensity of your attacks!" Outside the Weapon Cleansing Pool formation, many divine craftsmen who had been watching from the sidelines waved the divine artifacts in their hands again.
They saw the light of victory... even if the appearance of this light was not quite the same as what they had originally planned.
But as long as the result was right, they couldn't care less now.
They saw Ye Chuxiao's ferocity and ruthlessness in their eyes and feared it in their hearts.
Even Nangong Juhong had no time to regret it at this time. He just wanted to kill Ye Chuxiao as soon as possible and let this matter be settled.
Heavy attacks repeatedly landed on the Weapon Cleansing Pool formation.
On the divine sword in Ye Chuxiao's hand, the originally hidden strands of cracks were continuously expanding.
It also had a limit after all.
The so-called indestructible characteristic was just a characteristic, not the law of the Heavenly Dao, let alone a universal law of the Great Universe.
There was no such thing as an absolute law in this world.
The so-called absolute was just that its limit had not been touched yet.
At the same time, the Yuan Yang set, which was submerged at the bottom of the Weapon Cleansing Pool, jointly erupted with dazzling light.
They all attained divinity at the same time. Most of them had been transformed into new divine artifacts, and the rest were also transforming rapidly and without hindrance.
One piece of equipment after another leaped from the bottom of the pool and plunged into Ye Chuxiao's embrace.
The Yuan Yang Armor was draped over his body, and the Yuan Yang Saber squeezed out the broken divine sword, falling into Ye Chuxiao's palm, humming and emitting a feeling of attachment.
The others, such as the Yuan Yang Flying Sword and the Yuan Yang Treasure Mirror, also turned into different phenomena and merged into Ye Chuxiao's body.
The two Yuan Yang Flying Swords combined into one, settling on Ye Chuxiao's head like a hairpin.
Their sword energy gently stroked every strand of Ye Chuxiao's hair, turning all of Ye Chuxiao's hair into a part of the flying sword.
Any strand of Ye Chuxiao's hair that flew out was a clone split from the Yuan Yang Flying Sword, possessing the two basic characteristics of the Yuan Yang Flying Sword.
The Yuan Yang Flying Sword, alone, possessed the extremely practical characteristics of speed and penetration.
This allowed the Yuan Yang Flying Sword, in addition to the ability conferred by its material, to be like a ghost, traveling thousands of miles in an instant, making it impossible to defend against.
When the two Yuan Yang Flying Swords were combined, they had a third characteristic... splitting.
Relying on qi, it could split infinitely.
If qi had no end, then splitting had no end.
It was more accurate to say that they were using the qi emitted by Ye Chuxiao, rather than parasitizing on Ye Chuxiao's hair.
It made every strand of Ye Chuxiao's hair like a powerful flying sword.
The Yuan Yang Treasure Mirror turned into a halo that occasionally flashed behind Ye Chuxiao's head. Its characteristics were calming the mind, exorcising evil, and illuminating oneself.
Although its practical combat effect wasn't good, its auxiliary effect was extremely high... getting rid of its previous awkward position of being dispensable in Ye Chuxiao's Yuan Yang set.
It provided a good foundation for Ye Chuxiao to gain an advantage in the future struggle with Ying Shu and Jin Buyi over the Heart Pill.
As for Ye Chuxiao's most relied upon Yuan Yang Armor and Yuan Yang Saber, they each went to two extremes.
The Yuan Yang Armor could actually be subdivided into five parts: chest armor, arm armor, leg armor, waist guard, and foot. So these five parts each had five different characteristics.
They were the chest armor's indestructibility, the arm armor's great strength, the leg armor's illusion, the waist guard's recovery, and the foot's divine speed.
And the five pieces of equipment combined had a sixth characteristic, Fortress!
The characteristic of the Fortress was that as long as one piece of the Yuan Yang Armor was intact, the other pieces could be quickly restored.
If the enemy wanted to break through Ye Chuxiao's armor defense, they had to disintegrate all the pieces of the Yuan Yang Armor on his body in an instant.
The Yuan Yang Armor provided Ye Chuxiao with six very practical and powerful characteristics.
The Yuan Yang Saber... Ye Chuxiao's most frequently used and most relied upon companion, its only characteristic was one.
Boom!
A heavy impact struck the formation.
The cracks on the divine sword were getting bigger and bigger, and gradually began to crumble.
Divine Craftsman Shao's soul flew out, letting out a painful scream.
The next second, he began to demonize.
After absorbing the spiritual impurities of three divine artifacts in a row, he had become insane.
He flew away from Ye Chuxiao, tore apart the dissolving formation, and flew out of the formation diagram.
Then, in the horrified eyes of those divine craftsmen who were guarding outside the formation and caught off guard, there was an extremely dazzling explosion.
This explosion ignited the chaos in the Divine Weapon Manor to the extreme.
From before until now... the quarter of an hour promised by Wang Haolei had long passed.
The participating weapon cultivators in the Divine Weapon Manor had long been unable to restrain themselves and had become even more chaotic.
The demonic nature released in this explosion also mixed into this chaotic situation, turning into thick gray smoke, mixing with the eruption of the volcano.
The painting... was completely completed!
A more magnificent and more difficult to break cage was completely formed under Ye Chuxiao's push.
At this moment, all the cultivators in this chaotic painting... including those divine craftsmen, felt a suffocating pressure.
And Ye Chuxiao's domain also overlapped with this painting at this time.
At the same time, all the characteristics of the Yuan Yang set were activated. Except for the Yuan Yang Treasure Mirror, the other characteristics were shared with the formation diagram by the domain.
When Ye Chuxiao, with his body full of divine artifacts, shining with infinite light, walked out of the ruined Weapon Cleansing Pool.
The intense shock was like the drumbeat of death, striking everyone's hearts.
For some reason, someone had such an absurd thought in their mind.
"Maybe... we won't win!"
"Even if we have the advantage in numbers!"