Chapter 898: Soul Shattering Staff

Ye Zhongming’s expression wasn’t good.

The mental energy consumed by this bone staff was small as he recovered quickly. But the level nine material was rare. Before he revived, such a thing could be traded for a seven-star potion.

Ye Zhongming was only six-star in his last life.

Once this staff was damaged, that material was useless. Who knew how long it would take for him to get such a good thing? Level nine was also something of a legend in Blue Secret Realm. They hadn’t even seen one, much less hunt one.

He tried again. He injected mental energy, but it still didn’t work! He aimed it at a target and hoped something would fly out, but nothing happened! He even tossed it, but still, nothing worked.

Was it working or not?

Ye Zhongming was anxious.

He spent some time on it, but there was still no reaction. Ye Zhongming thought about it and went to meet the three-legged man.

He didn’t want to meet this person unless he had no choice. He was afraid this person was trapping him. After all, Ye Zhongming was too young and knew too few things. He would get scammed easily. The three-legged man’s lies did leave a bad impression on Ye Zhongming.

“Seems like I am getting closer to returning home.”

The three-legged man looked at Ye Zhongming, and his eyes lit up.

Only a short time passed, but Ye Zhongming had become much stronger. That was the reason why the three-legged man said that.

Ye Zhongming pouted and didn’t reply. He wasn’t planning to tell this fellow about Earth—at least now, the wheel system was evil to people on Earth—but it was Ye Zhongming’s biggest trump card.

He showed the bone staff to the three-legged man and asked his questions.

“Hahaha.”

He laughed so much that Ye Zhongming wanted to roll his eyes.

“You think too simply about soul weapons? Maybe it is a concept?”

He smiled before saying, “Soul artifacts are called soul artifacts because the creator imprinted their mental energy on them. It is a mark. Once crafted, you can’t wipe it off unless the artifact is destroyed.”

Ye Zhongming listened and memorized everything he said.

“You mentioned that you have seen others use soul artifacts; who have you seen? Have you seen people who had never cultivated soul techniques use them?”

Ye Zhongming was stunned. That was true.

“You crafted this so it belongs to you, and only you can use it as this is a soul artifact lock.”

Ye Zhongming was confused. What was the lock? He created the thing and it was locked against him?

The three-legged man shook his head. “This isn’t hard to understand. Although you crafted the equipment, if you want to unlock it, you need a key. This key is in your mind. Other people can use it, but they must cultivate the soul technique and know your key. Their mental energy level must also be similar to your crafted weapon.”

“That is a key that only you know about.”

Ye Zhongming looked at the bone staff and still had no idea about the key.

“Each person lines up mental energy differently when you craft the artifact. Even if the artifacts attack in the same way, the order of mental energy and paths they take all differ.”

He continued, “You see the marks on the equipment? That is your key because only you know. No one can unlock it if you don’t tell anyone about it.”

Ye Zhongming was enlightened. Like how no two leaves were the same in the world, so were soul artifacts. When they were crafted, the way the marks formed and how the mental energy inside those marks were lined up formed the soul artifact lock.

Ye Zhongming recalled what happened when he crafted the artifact. He slowly injected mental energy, and everything was the same as when he had crafted it.

As Ye Zhongming injected more mental energy, the bone staff finally reacted. The spiral bone part started to shine. As Ye Zhongming controlled his injection speed, the glow slowly increased. Ye Zhongming got closer and observed. He saw that it wasn’t the staff itself but the 15 marks that were tangled together and had become really complicated.

When the mental energy injected reached a certain amount, he raised the bone staff and shot a white light from the spiral bone. The speed was really quick as it smashed into the pillar.

He was delighted to finally know how to use the soul artifact. He wanted to examine its strength and saw that the stone wall didn’t change.

It didn’t do anything?

“Although the attack looks like it isn’t a mental energy attack, it still is.” The three-legged person answered, “Remove the outside layer.”

Ye Zhongming used his dagger to remove the layer on the wall. What happened inside stunned him.

Where it should have been firm stone, ten centimeters deep, it had turned into dust. Moreover, the area of dust was the size of a computer desk.

This… Attacking the insides?

Ye Zhongming didn’t expect the soul artifact to deal damage so weirdly.

“If this were a living body, the skin would be damaged. The weaker the person, the worse the damage. If you kill someone with the soul artifact and that person seemed fine on the outside, he is strong.”

The three-legged person looked at the bone staff, and his eyes shone.

Ye Zhongming lowered his head and thought about it. He smiled and left after thanking him.

Very quickly, the area below calmed down. One could only hear the three-legged man muttering.

“What was that golden light? 15 marks? The bone staff had 2/3rds empty space. How strong would it be if it were all filled?”

Ye Zhongming returned to Cloud Peak to test its strength. The zombies below were the best targets.

Of course, the system didn’t name the equipment, so Ye Zhongming thought of a name- Soul Shattering Staff.

He didn’t know that the name he casually came up with would become the nightmare of many.