The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 398

Chapter 398: Chapter 394: Shadow Gu Chapter 398: Chapter 394: Shadow Gu The Shadow Gu's eyes brightened slightly at the smell of blood, a pink tongue shot out like lightning, curled up the drop of fresh blood and swallowed it. Its body shone with the glimmer of blood light, spirit immediately boosted, and it happily croaked twice.

A faint smile traced the corners of Shen Luo's mouth, knowing that he had already tamed this Shadow Gu. With a bit of training, he could fully utilize this Gu.

He carefully put away the bag, fastened it around his waist.

Having checked all the other items, only the blue Mother-Child Sword and the jade green Ruyi remained.

Shen Luo first picked up the blue Mother-Child Sword, ran the Ninety-Nine Wealth Technique to refine it; a bright blue light bloomed on the Mother-Child Sword, and it was soon fully refined.

Shen Luo performed an incantation, causing the blue Mother Sword to levitate into the air and fire blue sword lights that were two to three zhang long. Sleekly it fluttered in mid-air, like a giant blue python charging through the sky.

With two crisp “clang” sounds, two small flying swords emerged from the Mother Sword, revolving around the body of the Mother Sword, much like two agile blue snakes.

The aura the Mother-Child Sword flaunted at this moment was much more potent than when it was in the hands of the bald, burly man, primarily because Shen Luo's experience in controlling magical instruments surpassed the bald, burly man's.

For every upgrade in a magical instrument's level, its power greatly increases. However, the difficulty of controlling it also intensifies.

Generally, for a Mid Grain Avoidance Cultivator as Shen Luo, controlling a low-grade magical instrument would be the most suitable. He could control a mid-grade magical instrument, but using a top-grade magical instrument would be overly strenuous. In some cases, a top-grade magical instrument may even perform worse than a mid-grade one during combat.

Such a situation arises due to the inadequate mana of the operator and the complex prohibitions of the top-grade magical instrument, making its control exceedingly difficult. It would require plenty of practice to proficiently operate it.

Therefore, the cultivation level and experience of a cultivator are equally crucial concerning the operation of a magical instrument.

Shen Luo's cultivation in Dreamland had already reached the Late Mahayana Stage and he had begun using Magical Treasures. In the Golden Tower trial, he had absorbed quite a number of Heavenly Soldiers' combat experiences, which also included the use of Magical Weapons and Treasures.

Thus, his experience in controlling Magical Weapons and Treasures is extremely rich.

This knowledge can be transferred to the physical world, hence why he currently faced no issues regarding experience in controlling a top-grade magical instrument or even a Top-Grade Magical Artifact. His lack of mana can be remedied by his experience.

Shen Luo commanded the Mother-Child Sword to flutter for a while, called it back with a wave of his hand, and gently caressed it with his finger. He was quite pleased with this instrument.

This sword held immense power and could divide into three. This perfectly allowed him to leverage his rich experience in controlling magical instruments.

After fidgeting with the Mother-Child Sword for a while, Shen Luo put it away and began running the Ninety-Nine Wealth Technique on the jade green Ruyi.

Once he began to refine it, Shen Luo immediately noticed a difference from when he had refined the Mother-Child Sword. The prohibitions inside the jade green Ruyi began to vibrate uncontrollably as they resisted his invading mana.

“Could it be because the green-robed man is still alive that the prohibitions on this Ruyi are still under his control, hindering others from refining it?”, Shen Luo considered. Although his current cultivation level was not low, he lacked understanding of magical instruments due to the lack of orthodox sect training. However, he immediately realized the reason for the resistance.

If this were the case, even though he had forced the Ruyi from the man, Shen Luo wouldn't be able to use it.

If he thought deeper, the green-robed man might even be able to track him through the connection with the jade green Ruyi.

The fact that the man had not taken this Ruyi with him might hint that he was contemplating this matter.

Upon this thought, Shen Luo's face changed, immediately considering discarding this jade green Ruyi, but he was somewhat reluctant, as after all, this was a top-grade magical instrument.

“I'll try once more with the Ninety-Nine Wealth Technique. If it's really impossible to refine the prohibitions inside the Ruyi, I'll throw it away immediately.” He secretly made up his mind, operating the Ninety-Nine Wealth Technique, and resumed his refinement.

As a result, after he used his fully strength for the refinement took a quarter of an hour, blue light shot out from his fingertips and continually sank into the jade green Ruyi.

Shen Luo slightly raised his eyebrows, a hint of joy flashing in his eyes.

The Ninety-Nine Wealth Technique was indeed mysterious. Although the prohibition of the jade green Ruyi was occupied by external force, under his full effort's refining and gradually consuming it, he was able to invade it.

After one incense stick's time, the surface of the Ruyi was emanating a bright green light, and the first prohibition inside was finally under his control.

Shen Luo's spirits were uplifted, and continued to refine with all his strength.

More than one two-hour period later, the jade green Ruyi released a bundle of bright green light, emitting a crisp sound like a roaring beast, flying from his hand and circling around him.

Eight prohibitive patterns appeared on top of the jade green Ruyi, all of them glowing and lively.

Shen Luo opened his eyes and pointed a spell at the jade green Ruyi.

The jade green Ruyi, which was spinning in circles, suddenly stopped and then shot forward.

The red gemstone at its top end shone brightly, and combined with the green light from the Ruyi, it turned into a long rainbow of red and blue, burst an astonishing spiritual power fluctuation, and seemed like a meteor crossed the sky, disappearing in a flash and hitting a giant rock far away that was several feet tall.

There was a rumbling sound!

The giant rock, the size of a house, shattered into pieces, and even the ground below it was smashed into a large pit. The ground within dozens of feet trembled and took several breaths to calm down.

“What a domineering attack! The attack method is indeed simple, not as bizarre as the Mother-Child Sword, but its destructive power is tremendous. It seems even stronger than the half-moon ring in my dream. It's worthy of a magical instrument refined by Mount Putuo.” Shen Luo summoned back the jade green Ruyi, his gaze landing on the red gemstone inlaid at its top, muttering to himself.

The attack just now was not the full power of the jade green Ruyi.

After all, with his current cultivation at the middle stage of grain avoidance, even with rich controlling experience, he could not completely stimulate all the power of a top-grade magical instrument.

Shen Luo had a premonition that if he could stimulate all the power contained in this gemstone, the attack power of this jade green Ruyi would definitely go up a notch.

“Friend Shen, are you alright? Were you trying the magical instrument just now?” Xie Yuxin came over. She was obviously startled by the attack just now.

“This Ruyi was taken from the green-robed man. After I finished refining it, I just gave it a try. It's not bad.” Shen Luo summoned the Ruyi back and spoke nonchalantly.

“You took this magical instrument from the Mount Putuo disciple? I remember he's still alive. Then this instrument is not a blessing but a disaster for you! No, you have already completed the refining of this Ruyi? How is it possible!” Xie Yuxin's face changed back and forth, showing disbelief in her eyes.

“Do you mean that he could track me through the instrument? However, I have erased the mana imprint he left in the instrument, so he should not be able to track me now, should he?” Shen Luo frowned and asked.

“If the prohibitions in the Ruyi have been completely refined by you, he naturally can't trace it. But how is this possible? Unless your cultivation greatly surpasses the original master of the magical instrument, or if you use some of the top-notch refining techniques, could you do this. Friend Shen, could it be…” Xie Yuxin subconsciously wanted to ask more clearly, but immediately stopped when she thought that this was Shen Luo's privacy.