Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 475 - 445 Slag Evil Divine Sword

Chapter 475: 445 Slag Evil Divine Sword

The paper Lu Chan handed over had a totem symbol drawn on it, a stylized depiction of a flame. Upon closer inspection, it resembled both a blazing bonfire and an upward-facing palm. Perhaps it was because I often transformed flames into palm shapes to grab people, thus extracting this symbol.

Since I have no expertise in symbol design and couldn’t articulate what kind of outcome I was pursuing, I readily accepted this plan.

Lu Chan nodded, put the paper away, and then asked about another matter: "I heard from Mr. Zhu that you successfully crafted a new weapon using ’slag’?"

I admitted and then summoned the Furnace Slag Straight Sword. Lu Chan glanced at it and continued, "The weapons primarily used by the God will also become significant symbols in the hearts of believers, like the Pangu Axe or Xuanyuan Sword from our mythology, or Odin’s Gungnir from Norse mythology. Have you given your weapon a name? This would help us with future promotion."

As for the name, I hadn’t settled on one. Although it’s currently called the Furnace Slag Straight Sword, that’s just because I’ve temporarily shaped it into the form of the Evil Sword. ’Slag’ itself can be transformed into many forms, and if I’m in the mood, it could turn into a spear, a large axe, or even a giant hammer.

I explained my situation, and after listening, Lu Chan said, "I suggest you fix the slag weapon in the ’sword’ form in the future. Anyway, based on your usage, you mainly use it as a ’magic wand’ to output flames during battles, so the form doesn’t matter. I’ll explain the reason later, but let’s decide on a name first.

"Firstly, a name like ’Furnace Slag Straight Sword,’ which is so casual it doesn’t work at all. I always thought you’re quite meticulous with naming, so how come you can’t come up with a few ’cool’ moves or weapon names for yourself? The name ’slag’ isn’t very fitting either...

"Hmm... Out of respect for you, let’s keep those two words for now. After all, ’slag’ is quite literal, and it also implies ’residue formed from refining the enemy’s soul,’ showcasing your lethal majesty as the Lushan Great Impermanence. Moreover, since you’ve deliberately mimicked the style of the Evil Sword in appearance, you can add the word ’Impermanence’ to highlight your factor as Lushan Great Impermanence.

"Therefore, this sword shall be temporarily called ’Furnace Slag Impermanence Divine Sword.’ If you have other thoughts later on, we can change it, as it’s not something we’ll immediately promote among your group of believers. What do you think?"

"I think it’s great, let’s go with that name," I said convincingly. "Then, why deliberate on fixing the shape of the slag weapon into a sword form?"

"First, it’s for the convenience of your believers to emulate you in the future, drawing strength from your deeds. Secondly... Let me confirm, can you share your ’slag’ with others? Not much, just a little would do." Lu Chan said, "The symbol of Lushan Impermanence is equipping each Impermanence with an ’Evil Sword.’ Even Outer Path Impermanence has the ’Outer Path Impermanence Sword,’ and you’re quite familiar with this.

"Moreover, as a believer of yours, they could also possess a ’Furnace Slag Impermanence Sword.’ Of course, it’s not for every believer but can be given as a symbol of status to those who’ve made significant contributions.

"In managing and organizing a group of believers, the differentiation according to the identity and status of the believers is very important. Although ’slag’ has an unprocessable nature, it doesn’t apply to you. You should be able to create the ’Furnace Slag Impermanence Sword.’ A weapon forged by your own hands undoubtedly represents your personal commendation and interest."

This Lu Chan indeed speaks with precision. And since I chose to trust him, I naturally wouldn’t doubt his arrangements.

However, there’s one thing I still wanted to remind him of.

"First of all, understand, I can create the ’Furnace Slag Impermanence Sword,’ but at most, it would just be a model made of slag that looks identical to the Evil Sword. I can’t add the same functionalities as the Evil Sword... or rather, I cannot add any functionality at all," I said.

"That’s alright; specific functionalities are just icing on the cake. It’s like religious ceremonial tools don’t need to focus on practicality; what’s important is their symbolic meaning," Lu Chan said confidently. "Moreover, this ’Furnace Slag Impermanence Sword’ absolutely won’t just be a showpiece. In the future, there will definitely appear believers who can summon your flame power through the strength of their faith. In fact, a person like this has recently emerged.

"And since there is ’slag,’ and you have your flame, this kind of believer might be able to seal and compress the flame into the ’Furnace Slag Impermanence Sword,’ doing the same things your ’Furnace Slag Impermanence Divine Sword’ can.

"Additionally, since the former and the latter are identical in appearance, completely identical in material, and it’s a weapon personally forged and bestowed by you, mimicking your use of the latter in battle with the former will undoubtedly summon more of your power."

"I see... that’s the reason you recommended I fix the weapon form?" I suddenly understood.

The quantity of my ’slag’ is exceptionally vast. Even distributing the slag weapon for practical combat to supply believers wouldn’t reach even one ten-thousandth of the Furnace Slag Straight Sword—or the ’Furnace Slag Impermanence Divine Sword.’ From the perspective of a Great Impermanence, ’To pluck a hair for the benefit of all under Heaven’ is not a mere figure of speech, but a simple task. I can meet all of Lu Chan’s requests.

"You said just now that ’recently, there’s also been one’ believer able to use my flame power... Who is it?"

To achieve this purely with faith, compared to achieving it using runes as the ’Preacher’ might, is an entirely different matter.

I was very curious as to who had such strong faith in me, and also felt a bit indescribably tense. To be worshiped to such a degree by someone I’d never met, even I felt psychologically pressured.

I heard that a long time ago in Changan, there seemed to be a period where I was viewed this way, although he never mentioned such things when we first met.

Additionally, Lu Chan’s use of the phrase "also counts as" intrigued me.

Lu Chan displayed an odd expression.

Ten minutes later, the ’Zhuang Cheng believer’ was summoned by Lu Chan via a phone message. I was stunned when I saw the person.

Before me was a beautiful young boy, about fourteen years old, with snow-white hair, dressed in a white, ancient-style robe.

"Dong Che?" I exclaimed his name.

Dong Che initially looked warily at Lu Chan, then turned to me with a big smile: "It’s me! Long time no see, Senior Zhuang Cheng!"

"If I misunderstood, I apologize in advance... Are you really my believer?" I asked, surprised.

"Yes,"

Dong Che nodded vigorously, then raised his hand and stared at his palm.

A familiar flame ignited from his palm, exuding mana fluctuations very similar to mine. Without a doubt, through his faith, he truly summoned my power from the void.

The direct disciple of Gua Tianshi actually became my believer...

Does Gua Tianshi know about this? As this thought surfaced, I attempted to delve into Dong Che’s reasoning for becoming a believer, and he straightforwardly explained.

Now I somewhat understand why Dong Che left Gua Tianshi’s side.

Although Gua Tianshi’s original intention was for the sake of human civilization, rather than being an Extraordinary Fanatic, he was more like a Governance Ideologist, but his thinking was too detached from humanity.

With the perspective of an immortal, for the welfare of distant future civilizations, he could allow the current civilization to be ravaged by the worldview of Extraordinaryism, letting billions of ordinary people suffer in hell for centuries, with the benefit being just the phrase "this can reduce the chance of humans repeating mistakes in the age of interstellar civilization."

I don’t know if such an approach is truly justifiable, but at least to a kindhearted young boy like Dong Che, it’s truly cold-blooded.

In the past, if Gua Tianshi stood on the side of the Governance Ideology, the number comparison with the Extraordinaryism faction of Great Impermanence would become three versus three, and since the King Zhuanlun is practically negligible, it would effectively be three versus two. However, Gua Tianshi’s real-world choices actually reversed the number ratio. This stark contrast was unacceptable to Dong Che.

That’s why, when I made no hesitation in killing the Divine Spear, killing that malevolent Extraordinaryism Great Success Rank Impermanence, Dong Che was so enthusiastic towards me at the Fufeng Base. In his view, since I stood against Extraordinaryism and appeared at the Fufeng Base, then I’d surely be the rising star of ’demon-slaying and evil-removing’ within the Governance Ideology, which was the image he aspired to become in his ideals.

And when I excessively fulfilled the declarations I made before him, soaring to Great Impermanence in an extremely short time, defeating Ming Zhuo, and publicly standing on the platform for Governance Ideology as a Great Impermanence, the image of me in his mind seemed to be illuminated with divine brilliance.

Strictly speaking, Dong Che’s feelings for me still aren’t worship of a God, but more idol worship.

Yet Lu Chan once mentioned that idol worship innately possesses attributes similar to religious belief, so the emergence of belief power from it isn’t so surprising.

"Although I indeed defeated Ming Zhuo, there’s no particular enmity between you and Ming Zhuo, right...? Is this necessary?" I still felt a little puzzled.

"It’s very necessary," Dong Che said earnestly. "Senior Zhuang Cheng, maybe you don’t fully comprehend the evil done by Extraordinaryism yet... Ming Zhuo and his subordinates’ wickedness runs deeper than you can possibly imagine."