93 Fire King's Embrace

Howard began to contemplate the feelings emanating from the steel shield.

He felt like a cultivator from a web novel, distilling the feelings of Ki in the metal like it possessed some sort of sacred secret. He had only read a few web novels growing up in Montgomery, but they still delighted him beyond measure.

He decided to try and be like his favorite character, Xiao Yen, and focused on the primitive feelings coming from the small metal plate to his side. He'd held lots of different weapons in the past, but this shield seemed different. The more he focused on that, the more he seemed to connect to the depths of its power.

'This shield seems to be coated with a layer of Ki. When I focus on it, it seems to fluctuate and respond to me.'

'Maybe there is something valuable in this shield. However, what is it? Why does it feel like an uncrackable vault. No matter how hard I try to find the right combination, it only gets harder.'