novelraw #573 - Chapter 571: Artifact of Life and Death
#573 - Chapter 571: Artifact of Life and Death
"What exactly is Divine Power?" Yan Cheng asked, finally voicing the question he'd been holding back for ages after listening for so long.
The chubby Artifact Spirit explained, "Divine Power is a type of energy. You can think of it as a second mana bar besides Source Power. It can be used to cast skills in place of Source Power, similar to magic, inner force, chakra, mana, spiritual power, and so on.
However, the Divine Power contained within each god is different. The Divine Power of the God of War and the Divine Power of the God of Thunder, besides both being Divine Power internally and able to be extracted by me, have no similarities in appearance.
Oh, right, just now I saw that pink umbrella in Junior Qi Jing's hand contained a large amount of Divine Power, seemingly related to 'hardness.' We can completely destroy it, extract the Divine Power, and create an artifact."
Destroy the谪仙伞 (Díxiān Sǎn, Transcendent Immortal Umbrella)?
The minds of Qi Jing's group momentarily paused when they heard this.
Ah, ga ga ga ga ~
Someone actually wants to destroy the immortal Transcendent Immortal Umbrella. It seems he hasn't realized just how hard this seemingly pink and delicate umbrella actually is!
"Um, that umbrella isn't quite right. I have other things containing Divine Power. See if you can extract it from them."
Qi Jing began quickly rummaging through his space.
He knew that the Transcendent Immortal Umbrella possessed Divine Power because one of its main components was the Divine Sword - Purple Azure Sword, so it was normal for it to contain Divine Power.
He also roughly knew what other things possessed Divine Power.
For example, the Peach Tree of Immortality.
Something that sounds like it's straight out of mythology definitely contains Divine Power.
But before the cloning technology for the Peach Tree of Immortality is developed, he definitely can't hand it over to the Artifact Spirit to destroy, otherwise, how would his plan for longevity work?
Might as well melt down some unused items.
"This, the Book of Life and Death."
Qi Jing looked around in his space for a while and finally found this Book of Life and Death, which recorded the names of some creatures from the Jurassic period.
Although the matching Judge's Pen also possessed the Divine Power to rewrite life and death, it was actually useful, unlike this Book of Life and Death, which could only revive some dinosaurs, crocodiles, and the like.
"Here, see if this works?"
"The Book of Life and Death? Let me see."
The Artifact Spirit nonchalantly extended his left hand and took the black book from Qi Jing's hand.
Could it really be the Book of Life and Death? Did he think he could fool him like a foreigner who's never seen Journey to the West? Could something that determines the lifespan of thousands of creatures with a single stroke really appear in reality?
This appraisal master will have to see how it's faked.
The Artifact Spirit, who considered himself to have seen countless artifacts, held it in his hand, poured Source Power into his eyes, and began to observe the book.
On the cover, the three large characters "生死簿 (Shēngsǐ bù, Book of Life and Death)" were vividly engraved, filled with an aura of deathly stillness, causing his expression to become solemn.
Seems like, it's got something going on, huh.
The Artifact Spirit reached out his finger, wanting to open it and take a look, but suddenly retracted it and then anxiously took out a pair of white gloves from his pocket and put them on.
It's at least an antique, can't get it dirty.
The Artifact Spirit solemnly opened the first page, and immediately, a heavy aura rushed towards him.
In his Artifact Spirit eyes, which could see through all kinds of Divine Power, each name on this book contained a mysterious energy of life and death.
Black and white intertwined, connecting heaven and earth.
It seemed that just by randomly changing a word, no, a punctuation mark, on it, one could instantly rewrite everything in the world.
Whoa! It's just like the real thing!
Even if it's a highly imitation, it's almost the same as the original! Just based on the power of life and death inside, it can completely compare to the legendary Book of Life and Death.
Let's take another look.
Two pages, three pages, five pages, ten pages...
The more the Artifact Spirit looked, the wider his eyes widened, and the heavier his breathing became.
The others looked at him with puzzled expressions.
It's just a book, what's wrong? Did flipping through a few pages suck his soul in?
Suddenly, the Artifact Spirit gently closed the book and shouted:
"Open! Too open! This is the real deal! The real deal! I guarantee it with my reputation, it's the Book of Life and Death that the King of Hell holds in the legends!"
"Really?"
Obviously, both the God of War and the God of Thunder didn't quite believe that the real Book of Life and Death would appear before them.
Even though they trusted the Artifact Spirit very much, they didn't think it was real.
"Of course! This is the most 'open' thing I've ever seen! Junior Qi Jing, do you really want to melt it down and turn it into an artifact?"
The Artifact Spirit didn't bother explaining to these two idiots and directly asked Qi Jing about the main matter.
Qi Jing nodded:
"That's right, I want to melt it down. You've seen it too, the names on it aren't human, even if I revive them all, it won't do me any good."
"That's true, but it's also a very good collection, with inestimable value!"
"But collections are useless to us ability users."
Hearing Qi Jing's words, the Artifact Spirit's rapid breathing gradually calmed down, and the fanaticism in his eyes slowly disappeared.
That's right, ability users, what do they need collections for?
Strength is the most important thing!
"Student Qi Jing, I will definitely recast it into the most powerful artifact!"
"Speaking of which, if you destroy it, extract the Divine Power, and then re-forge an artifact, will I be able to use it smoothly?"
Qi Jing raised his question.
According to the Artifact Spirit, he had only used his ability on the Divine Power of some Divine-System ability users and forged some artifacts exclusive to them.
However, he had never conducted an experiment of destroying an artifact and then forging a new artifact, nor had he conducted forging on this kind of ownerless Divine Power.
So he was still a little worried about the Artifact Spirit's abilities.
"Don't worry, if you had asked me before the new year, I would definitely tell you that I couldn't do it."
The Artifact Spirit patted his chest, every muscle and fat filled with the words "confidence":
"But it's different now, my ability has risen to level three, I can completely extract the ownerless Divine Power from an item and then forge an exclusive artifact for someone based on their aura!"
Speaking of this, his expression suddenly became solemn again:
"However, Divine Power needs a carrier, that is, a compatible material.
The materials needed for each kind of Divine Power are different, some must have thunder attributes, and some only need ordinary water.
And the materials needed for the Life and Death Divine Power in this Book of Life and Death can be said to be very rare, it must contain a large amount of life force and the same amount of deathly stillness.
Not only that, if it is to be made into a weapon, there are also very high requirements for the hardness of these materials."
Yan Cheng suddenly interjected and asked:
"Does it have to be one material? Can't it be two kinds, one for life and one for death?"
It would be too difficult to contain a large and equal amount of life and death force in one material.
The Artifact Spirit nodded slowly:
"No, it must be one, artifacts are born naturally, they cannot be fused.
However, if it is to be made into a non-cold weapon, but a long-range artifact, the hardness can be ignored, and only the power inside is enough.
But this is not easy to find either. I have been in the academy for three and a half years and have not heard of any item that meets such requirements."