Origin Grade Treasure Reborn

Hmm...

Standing in the air as if it was ground, Blade's eyes trailed all around the city below.

With the Inn he and Athena stayed at as the center, anything in the surrounding kilometer was destroyed and there was not one living soul.

No one dared to approach there since it was where he stayed.

They didn't know if he would suddenly murder them if they were to approach, not like they would approach even if they had ten times more guts.

Some of the smarter cultivators had already left the city. Blade secretly commended those that left, referring to them as smart.

"It is best for the tribulation to take place in a remote area, lest I destroy everything in the surroundings but, that would only be if I wanted to take the risk of being found."

He, Blade Pure-Heart had a useless master. But, it didn't mean that he didn't understand certain basic things.

"This place, especially the places where my residual energy remains needs to be destroyed so I think the tribulation should take place here."

Saying so, he crossed his legs and took on a meditative posture still mid-air. He opened his palms facing them to the skies and sent his will into his space ring.

Instantly after a flash of light, two swords appeared. One rested on his right palm while the other rested on his left as a dazzling smile appeared on Blade's face.

"Now, let's commence something truly beautiful."

As the sun began to set, surrounding Blade was a dark mysterious aura. It permeated the air and gave off a vile and wicked sensation.

The dark aura then began to infuse itself into the two swords in Blade's possession. At first, Blade carefully placed his Darkness Power into the swords.

According to Athena, the Law power needed to be in sync. One sword couldn't experience being bathed in more energy than the other, otherwise, the synchronization wouldn't take place.

That was the case on normal occasions, is what she said.

'Well, it seems that at this moment, things aren't going with the norm.' Blade pondered when the sword on his right hand began devouring the Law power many times faster.

This sword had a long two-meter blade. It was decorated with white, a deep dark purple, crimson red, and an inky black pattern.

This sword, compared to the sword he received from his master, devoured his Law power three times faster. No, four times faster...

The speed continued to rise. Blade even felt like he might just run out of energy if it kept going at this speed and persisted for too long.

Luckily, as it devoured his Law power, the two swords slowly floated in the air. Drawing closer and closer to each other, they began moving in circles.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Suddenly, as if being wielded, the two swords clashed. Sparks flew in the surroundings and the clanging of metal resonated in the surroundings.

But, from the beginning, it was obvious who the winner was. With every clash, sparks would fly in the surroundings and the red & black sword would find its blade chipping away.

With each chip, the broken shard would seemingly be absorbed by the multi-colored sword as the blade slowly grew longer and sharper!

As this took place, the clouds in the surrounding 20,000 miles began to darken. Soon, as the sword which Blade had become the master of needed to devour only the hilt, it happened.

Crackle!

In the skies, black lightning flashed in the clouds. These clouds were unnaturally dark, almost black as night, garnering the attention of those below.

"Huh! Is that a person?!"

Looking up, the residents of Peng City who remained barely noticed a floating figure in the skies.

This figure sat under a mass gathering of extremely dark clouds. To them, it seemed like a banished god of Heaven was about to battle against the skies itself..!

Buzzzzzz! Xiu!

A bolt of black lightning arched through the skies and made its way toward Blade, or more accurately, toward the sword floating above.

The sword seem to sense this and lightly trembled. Right after, a terrifying aura escaped the blade as those in the city felt as if a knife was held against their throat.

Hummm!

A humming noise resonated through the city. On the cheeks of everyone presently situated there, their cheek seemed to have suffered a slice from a small knife.

Bang!

The two sides attacked each other. Sword attacked lightning, lightning attacked sword, presently seeing this was Blade who watched on intrigued.

He wasn't worried that the sword wouldn't pass the tribulation. If it didn't, it just meant his master had given him a useless sword once again.

The first (ice sword) failed to pass his Lightning Tribulation while the second (this sword) couldn't even pass its own Lightning Tribulation.

Surely, that would be the epitome of shit.

'I mean, no disrespect to those who died during their tribulation but, honestly, unless the Lightning Tribulation is trying to kill you, like in my case, then it's embarrassing to die from it.'

In Blade's mind, the same logic applied to treasures.

Fwoosh!

A shockwave took Blade by surprise as he needed to cover his face. An expression of surprise appeared as he focused his gaze on his weapon.

A smile etched itself on his face as he saw the sword was the only thing remaining from the collision.

Soon, another bolt of lightning took form. Then another, and one more...! Three bolts of lightning fused into one and made their way through the skies, rushing toward the sword.

Seeing this, Blade's expression changed. It was only the second Lightning trial yet, the power he felt had already surpassed the Martial Lord realm and entered the realms of Martial Kings..!

Bang!!

Another shockwave, another victory for his sword!

Then, it happened again. A lightning bolt took shape, then another, followed by one more, no, followed by four... Six bolts fused into one!

Bang!!!

This one was at the level of a High-Level Martial King...

Again, with one slash, the sword came out the victor! Blade smiled, it seemed his weapon would become a monstrous slaughter machine.

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Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Countless explosions rang throughout Peng City. Presently, there wasn't one person who was not affected. It was soo bad that there wasn't anyone remaining in the city.

It wasn't that they had escaped... The Lightning Tribulation's shockwaves had blown away everything in the surrounding 2,000 miles.

Some distance away from the bolts of lightning that rained down on a treasure, two figures stood surrounded by Law power.

Both Blade and Athena needed to constantly exert the Law power in their bodies to bear the mere shockwaves coming from the Lightning Tribulation.

They hadn't spoken a word as their eyes remained glued to the scene thousands of meters away.

Suddenly, everything came to halt. It seemed like time itself had stopped as silence descended in the surroundings. The lightning disappeared, and the ultra-black cloud dispersed.

Blade's figure blurred. Before a breath could be taken in, Blade had reappeared a few meters away from the sword.

At this time, the hilt was decorated and pristine white. The long three-meter black blade was curved and had a red and purple pattern intertwining.

There wasn't any evil or bloodthirsty aura. It just seemed sharp, unnecessarily sharp. It made Blade feel that, if it wasn't he who was the master, simply being too close to it, he'd be slashed.

Suddenly, Blade felt the earth below rumble. Glancing toward it, he saw rivers of blood rushing from all directions toward him... or the sword.

Fwoosh!

The blood had reached them before he realized it. At that moment, it seemed to faze straight through him, and was absorbed by the sword.

The red patterns running across the blade grew, and so to did the purple patterns.

"This... these are those who hadn't escaped the city. Poor luck... Sigh!" Blade didn't feel sorry for them, but it was important to act.

He didn't know if some higher supreme was watching him. If he was too ruthless and didn't show sorrow for his actions, wouldn't that thing feel he's too evil to become invincible?

If it wanted him to become evil though, such could be cultivated. It was rare for evil to become good in this world, but for good to become evil, it was easy.

Anyway, sighing one more time for safe measure, he then stretched out his palm, wrapping his fingers around the hilt before...

Urgh!

Throbbing headache. Pain coursed through his head as a sea of knowledge about the sword entered his mind.

The thing was able to transmit knowledge! It was able to communicate with him, the master, and was able to recognize who wielded it.

As he assessed the information, the most important thing for Blade was answered. A broad smile etched onto his face.

Shockingly, the sword wouldn't do what it did last time. Now whole, there was no need to constantly burn the blood.

Like now, it merely accumulated it. Unless Blade wanted to use it to increase his strength, it'll be stored in the blade.

Even the strength he could achieve had now skyrocketed. Obviously, so to did the side-effects!