Chapter 2874

That kiss was truly mixed with tears.

By the time Wei Li left, she was still crying and sniffling.

But Zhao Chi could feel that she was crying because she was happy.

As long as she wasn't sad, that was fine.

The moment Wei Li left, Zhao Chi immediately activated an entire set of Butterfly Blade blueprints.

A faint glow appeared.

【Congratulations, your territory has mastered the "Butterfly Blade" crafting technique】

Zhao Chi immediately spent 1 Quick-Craft Talisman, practiced a few times, and after some stumbling managed to craft them. Combined with the gray-text hints and his extremely high forging ability, he then... produced 1 set of inferior-quality Butterfly Blades.

Inferior quality didn't matter.

One could directly infer the standard and superior-quality attributes from the inferior one's attributes.

That was enough.

The Butterfly Blade also belonged to the weapon sequence, with improvement options exactly identical to the Moon-Chasing Spear.

Zhao Chi selected five improvements—【Range 5%】, 【Attack 5%】, 【Attack Speed 5%】, 【Accuracy 5%】, and 【Penetration 5%】—and maxed them all out.

Then he inferred the standard attributes.

Unexpectedly, the power was very small.

Smaller than even a dagger.

【Name】 Butterfly Blade

【Material】 Nine Springs Ingot-made

【Quality】 Standard

【Grade】 Super-Improved

【Specification】 Standard Weight

【Weight】 0.2 kg

【Durability】 160

【Attack】 13

【Penetration】 3

【Effect】 Female-only: Attack +60% (reflected), Penetration +50% (reflected), Range +50%, Attack Speed +50%, Accuracy +50%

Hmm...

How should one put this...

The power really is small...

Even crafted from Tier-3 Nine Springs Ingot, the attack power is only a pitiful 13 points.

But this thing really is very small.

Calling it a blade, it's more like an elongated fingernail, or rather... a manicure accessory.

Each set of Butterfly Blades consists of 5 pieces, fitting perfectly on the tips of five fingers.

It's practically like a hidden weapon.

It really does look like a weapon meant for women.

Once worn, it truly looks like a manicure extending into five blade-tips, appearing extremely sharp.

Although the attributes are low, in reality one hand can wear 5 of them, counted as 5 Butterfly Blades, so the total attack power and damage should also be calculated as 5 times.

So the attack is 65 points.

That's still passable—two swipes could scratch an ordinary person to death.

Unfortunately, penetration cannot stack; each nail-blade's penetration is still only 3 points, easily tearing through cloth but unable to penetrate leather armor.

But even with only 3 points of penetration, it still has some use—at the very least it can ignore part of leather armor's defense, and some damage will directly reach the inside of the leather armor.

But even so, the power remains limited.

However, although the power is small, the attack speed is extremely fast.

Even with Nine Springs Ingot material, the weight is only 0.2 kg.

Fully equipping one hand with Butterfly Blades only comes to 1 kg.

Attacking with this weight feels exactly like striking with bare hands.

The attack speed is very, very fast.

Extremely powerful in close-quarters grappling.

Moreover, controlling the Butterfly Blades is essentially controlling one's own fingers—extremely agile.

And this isn't even the superior-quality or ultra-heavy version.

If it were superior-quality and ultra-heavy, the attributes would be stronger.

Zhao Chi could still infer the attributes:

【Butterfly Blade】 (Standard Weight, Nine Springs Ingot, Ordinary) 0.2 kg, Attack 13, Penetration 3

【Butterfly Blade】 (Standard Weight, Nine Springs Ingot, Superior) 0.2 kg, Attack 26, Penetration 6

【Butterfly Blade】 (Ultra-Heavy, Nine Springs Ingot, Ordinary) 0.6 kg, Attack 39, Penetration 9

【Butterfly Blade】 (Ultra-Heavy, Nine Springs Ingot, Superior) 0.6 kg, Attack 78, Penetration 18

The Butterfly Blade might seem usable by ordinary people in the ultra-heavy version, but in reality that's not the case.

The Butterfly Blade's weight is entirely concentrated on the fingers.

At 0.2 kg, a woman's fingers can still bear it—after all, she doesn't have to hold them up the whole time and can let her arm hang down.

But at 0.6 kg, it becomes very difficult.

0.6 kilograms — that's already over one jin.

That's the equivalent of each finger having to bear the weight of one bottle of 3-yuan cola, plus a bit more for another big mouthful.

If one hand is fully loaded with five, the total weight is 3 kilograms, which is like having six bottles of 3-yuan cola on one hand.

For a woman's fingers, that really is a bit of a tall order.

Even with frequent finger-strength training, it's still very easy for the fingers to lose strength.

And the added weight will also cause attack speed to drop.

Ordinary women really don't need to force themselves.

If we're making this kind of weapon for Wei Li and Shangguan Ting for now, let's just go with the standard high-quality weight — combined, each hand will have 130 attack power and 6 penetration.

Against ordinary light infantry or archers and the like, it can absolutely one-shot them.

If one strike doesn't kill, just hit them again — the attack speed is extremely fast anyway.

And women… are really good at grabbing people.

Even the gentlest Qi Yue often leaves rows of red marks on Zhao Chi's back from grabbing.

Actually, this weapon is useful for the Taoyu tribe too — right now the sidearms used by Taoyu tribe female soldiers are all daggers.

If they had this, it wouldn't be bad either.

They could equip the extremely heavy type, loading five on each hand, which would give 390 attack power and 18 penetration.

That kind of power is plenty.

It's just that the extra added stats are a letdown — at most only 18 penetration, which can barely pierce leather armor, and is helpless against iron armor.

It's good against light infantry, but at a disadvantage against heavy infantry.

It's much weaker than a werewolf's claws or a ghoul's claws.

So although five butterfly blades combined don't have weak attack power, the attack quality isn't that high.

There's no helping it — after all, humans can equip normal weapons, so these butterfly blades can only count as auxiliary weapons.

When the main weapon is destroyed or in close-quarters grappling, they can still deal damage.

There might be one more flaw — the attack range is too short; you have to be up close.

After all, it's basically an extension of the fingernail.

Even with +50% attack range, it still hits at very close range.

Every weapon has its strengths and weaknesses — it mainly depends on what scenario it's used in.

But there's one advantage that can't be ignored.

That is, it can almost work in tandem with the main weapon.

Zhao Chi had Qi Yue test it.

When wearing the butterfly blades on her fingers, she can still hold a blade and is completely unaffected.