Ashen God
Chapter 333 - 332: Light Gold Weapon [Heavenly Martial Soul-devouring Sword]

Chapter 333: Chapter 332: Light Gold Weapon [Heavenly Martial Soul-devouring Sword]

"The official origin of the Divination Tarot Cards is the underground black workshop in Akbar Village of the Sizitak Empire on the Heavenly God Continent," Zhang Yanhang mused, "no wonder the description of the previous Divination Tarot Card - Fool had a sentence ’However, all the above content has nothing to do with the counterfeit products coming from a small workshop with printing errors.’"

Zhang Yanhang had always thought that the ’small workshop’ referred to in that sentence was an alchemist’s alchemy workshop, but to his surprise, it was actually just a small village workshop, and even more, a black workshop, which was indeed quite preposterous.

"This Heavenly God Continent sounds very powerful; maybe it truly houses heavenly gods. Otherwise, how could a simple village black workshop be able to produce blue-quality equipment?"

Upon discovering the origin, Zhang Yanhang initially harbored the idea of finding this place and acquiring a mass quantity of other Divination Tarot Cards.

However, he quickly dismissed the thought, realizing that such a high-level area was definitely not a place he could visit right now. Even if he put aside the issue of strength, merely finding the location of the Heavenly God Continent would be a very difficult task.

"Moreover, apart from the highly probable existence of heavenly gods, the Sizitak Empire is a big problem too. Since it’s named an empire, it’s definitely one of the most powerful nations on the Heavenly God Continent. In terms of rank and level, it’s surely at least on par with the Land of the Buddha Country and absolutely not something a Second Tier Awakened like me could covet."

Zhang Yanhang believed that he would need to at least reach the Fourth Tier before he could have some confidence in traveling to high-level maps like the Land of the Buddha Country and the Sizitak Empire to acquire the corresponding resources he needed, such as Buddha Relics and Divination Tarot Cards.

[Item Three]

[Option One: Heavenly Martial Soul-devouring Sword, Quality Light Gold, Weapon]

[Option Two: Fiery Flame Saber, Quality Dark Purple, Weapon]

[Option Three: Magic Energy Blade, Quality Purple, Weapon]

"Here it comes, the Heavenly Martial Soul-devouring Sword, such an imposing name. As expected from a weapon of Light Golden quality, it really is nothing like those of Green quality or White quality, like the Crimson Iron Short Sword or the Crimson Iron Piercing Sword." Zhang Yanhang briefly reflected before he immediately started to check the attribute list of the Heavenly Martial Soul-devouring Sword.

[Heavenly Martial Soul-devouring Sword]

[Quality: Light Golden]

[Type: Weapon]

[Origin: Ashen World, Holy Martial Continent, Divine Martial Dynasty, Secret Inspection Team’s covert arsenal.]

[Durability: 85/85]

[Attack Power: 119]

[Additional Attributes: Energy Value Recovery Speed +7%]

[Special Attribute: 1. Soul-devouring Slash. 2. Soul Devouring Power.]

[Soul-devouring Slash: Unleashes a blood-red slash that deals 280% Attack Power in physical damage to a designated target, absorbing 10% of the final damage as Energy Value, cooldown 300 seconds, consumes 100 points of Energy Value.]

[Soul Devouring Power: When using the Soul-devouring Blade to kill an enemy, it automatically absorbs 0.5% of the enemy’s Maximum Energy Value Limit and stores it within the blade.

When the Soul-devouring Blade’s stored Energy Value exceeds 100 points, the ’Soul Devouring Power’ status can be activated, increasing Movement Speed by 14.7%, Attack Speed by 14.7%, the ’Soul Devouring Power’ status consumes 10 points of Energy Value per second, with no upper limit on duration, cooldown 600 seconds.

When the Soul-devouring Blade’s stored Energy Value exceeds 200 points, the user can actively absorb the Energy Value inside the blade to recover their own Energy Value. The maximum storage limit of the Soul-devouring Blade’s Energy Value is 600 points, with any overflow being automatically used to restore the user’s Energy Value.]

[Usage Requirements: Strength 70, Agility 75.]

[Score: 287 (Light Golden items have a score ranging from 261 to 350)]

[Introduction: The founder of the Great Unified Dynasty of the Holy Martial Continent, the Divine Martial Dynasty, Wu Taizu Zhao Tianji once established a secret inspection team so dreaded and terrifying that mere mention would stop children’s nighttime cries. The Heavenly Martial Soul-devouring Sword became a symbol of the team due to frequently being carried on their waists, equally striking fear into others.]

"The Soul Devouring Power seems quite formidable, and indeed befits a Light Golden weapon, but the Attack Power is somewhat low, at only 119 points, and the additional attribute, a meager 7% boost to Energy Value recovery efficiency, isn’t very useful.

More importantly, the weapon skill ’Soul-devouring Slash,’ which consumes a hundred points of Energy Value, can only deal 280% Attack Power in physical damage, which is quite low compared to the 699% Attack Power bonus of All Four Elements Are Void.

No wonder its score is only 287 points, barely making the cut for Light Golden quality."

Zhang Yanhang felt that the only useful aspect of the Heavenly Martial Soul-devouring Sword, compared to the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist, was its ability to gather Energy Value by killing enemies.

In theory, as long as Zhang Yanhang killed quickly enough, he could keep the ’Soul Devouring Power’ activated for a long duration, maintaining a 14.7% boost to both Movement Speed and Attack Speed, and potentially even sustain the Spiritual Qi Blessing state for free due to the ability to draw Energy Value from the enemies.

"Although the Attack Power and ’Soul-devouring Slash’ are somewhat lacking, the ’Soul Devouring Power’ is quite impressive. If I were to use this thing, perhaps I could enjoy the thrill of infinite Energy Value.

However, the usage requirements are just too high, demanding seventy points of Strength and seventy-five points of Agility. Even if I advance to the Third Tier later on, it would still take quite some time to achieve such Attribute Values.

So, although the ’Soul Devouring Power’ is indeed very useful, these usage requirements make it impossible for me to wield the Heavenly Martial Soul-devouring Sword. It seems this Light Golden quality weapon is doomed to become upgrade material for the Four Great Emptiness Purifying World Fist."

It must be mentioned that Zhang Yanhang has never been too fond of bladed weapons, so even if the usage requirements for the Heavenly Martial Soul-devouring Sword were reduced to fifty points, he would most likely not use this equipment, and at best, reluctantly use it when in need of Energy Value.

"Speaking of which, doesn’t this secret inspection team mentioned in the introduction bear a striking resemblance to the Brocade-clothed Guard? The same mission to inspect officials and also founded by a Grand Ancestor. Wait a minute, if the secret inspection team is indeed the high martial version of the Brocade-clothed Guard, then isn’t the Heavenly Martial Soul-devouring Sword the high martial version of the Brocade Spring Sword?"

When it comes to this Brocade Spring Sword, Zhang Yanhang couldn’t help but remember the Jiaqian Hermit, known for the word ’very smooth.’ Realizing his thoughts were straying, he shook his head to stop his wandering mind and then proceeded to check the attribute lists of the other two weapons, only to find they were just ordinary Purple and Dark Purple weapons.