Chapter 443: The Great Sword and the Bai Long

Look back along the small mound.

Luo De's 【Insight Demon Eye】 pierced through the darkness and the cold mist of ice crystals, revealing a ten-meter-tall giant droplet-shaped block of ice just three meters away.

Within the glowing pale blue ice, a blurred silhouette of a curled-up dragon could be made out.

Luo De did not rush to examine it; instead, he walked closer to the great sword.

The great sword was extremely plain, with no patterns or decorations.

Even the hilt was bound with cloth strips, and after hundreds of years, it was unclear why they had not rotted away.

His heart stirred slightly.

The 【Treasure Obsession】 on his panel had already been triggered.

Threads of spiritual energy flickered, pointing remotely toward the great sword.

Oh!

A weapon-type treasure!

"So this is the legendary sword that slew the great dragon and the grave of the human swordsman? Wen Na, is there any lore about it? Like, bowing three times might reveal a spiritual technique scripture or something?"

Seeing Wen Na did not answer, Luo De turned his head.

He realized her eyebrows were frozen, and she was shivering violently, arms tightly crossed over her chest.

"Weakling."

But saying that, if she froze to death, it wouldn't be fun.

Luo De hung a heating talisman on her, then drew out 【Sacrificial Body Sword】, ignited the 【Heart Flame Attachment】 on its blade, and used it as a makeshift torch to warm her.

After a long while, the weakling finally recovered.

Clutching the blazing golden sword tightly in both hands, she trembled and said: "This… this great sword has the feat of slaying a dragon. My father told me… it seems to have developed a certain degree of sentience."

"Oh? Sentience? Is there any trap here?" Luo De asked cautiously, preferring caution.

"Trap? No. When my father brought me here as a child, I tried pulling it too. Because the great sword has some sentience, no one who isn't recognized by it can draw it out."

Eve's eyes had already lit up at the sight of the great sword; hearing this, her interest deepened further.

"This artifact is destined for me—it's the fated weapon of my four-armed Naga!"

She swam forward first, glancing smugly at Luo De lagging behind: "We agreed—if I pull it out first, it's mine."

Luo De smiled: "Try pulling it out first."

"Hmph, watch closely."

With that, Eve's two hidden arms slid out from her sleeves, both gripping the hilt.

Then came the grunts and exertion sounds of her straining.

She grunted for a long time, but the great sword didn't budge an inch, as if fused directly into the mountain.

Wen Na chuckled softly: "My father said that during the time of my great-great-grandfather, several ninth-rank spiritual warriors came and tried—but none could pull it out. The key must lie not in raw strength."

Eve flushed crimson and released the hilt, giving up.

She sneered:

"Pathetic dragon-slaying sword. Clearly made from ordinary materials—clumsy, rough, and hard to grip. I don't want it anyway."

Saying that, she walked away, and before leaving, she angrily lashed the ground with her serpent tail.

"Want to try, Tally?" Luo De looked at the succubus dozing with her arms wrapped around his.

"No… it's ugly."

"Then I'll try."

Luo De pushed her aside, stepped forward, and gripped the hilt.

The grip was cold and rough.

The cloth strips wrapped around it added not a single bit of friction.

He estimated its size.

The blade was roughly two meters long, with a maximum width of forty centimeters and a thickness of about five centimeters at the edge—just holding it conveyed the weight of the metal.

A brown leather cord was attached to the spine of the blade, twenty centimeters from the hilt—its purpose unknown.

Most interestingly, this thing had no true edge.

Though it conformed to the longsword shape—thick in the center, narrow on the sides—the narrowest cutting edge was still about one centimeter thick, a flat, blunt blade.

A true door-panel greatsword.

Probably useless for slashing, but excellent for smashing.

Meanwhile, the panel displayed its information.

【Treasure: Dragon-Slaying Sword】

【Treasure Traits: Dragon-Slaying, Sentience】

【Common Trait: Indestructible】

【Details: A greatsword forged from Eternal Stone. The name "Eternal" derives from its unbreakable nature, immense weight, and immunity to magical effects—thus, this sword possesses only one trait. Later, the feat of slaying a dragon activated the treasure's trait "Dragon-Slaying," and the residual soul of the human swordsman, bound by unknown obsessions in life, attached itself to the blade, forming the "Sentience" trait.】

After being activated by the human swordsman's feat of slaying the dragon, the artifact's trait "Dragon-Slaying" emerged, and the swordsman's soul remnants, bound by an unknown obsession in life, clung to it, forming the "Soul Intelligence" trait.

So no other traits?

Then before slaying the dragon, this greatsword was likely not a particularly valuable weapon.

Its value rose solely due to the treasure traits it later acquired.

"I wonder if 【Growth Spirituality】 could make it gain new traits…"

"I wonder if 【Growth Spirit】 can make it spawn a new trait."

Luo De grunted, then surged with all his strength.

【Dragon's Heart】【Dragon Power Art】【Wave-Force Strength】【Mold-Blight Warrior Body】 all activated at once.

Muscles compressed, veins bulged!

His feet rooted into the ground, cracking the ice beneath with a sharp crunch.

His feet took root, and with a crack, he crushed the ice crystals beneath the ground.

The Dragon-Slaying Sword did not move an inch.

"Then… 【Power Liberation】… 900%!"

"Then 【Power Liberation】. 900%!"

His power surged dramatically!

The rock beneath his feet exploded and collapsed!

Spiritual pressure slammed down, thickening the air in the cramped cave.

Wen Na screamed in fright, nearly falling.

Tally's eyes sparkled, her greedy gaze flickering over her master's muscular arms as she murmured: "If you used this on me… would I die?"

Eve was secretly startled, finding it frightening.

But she pretended indifference, lifting her chin with false arrogance.

But he pretended not to care, lifting his head and chest to display his blind arrogance.

The commotion ceased.

The Dragon-Slaying Sword remained utterly still.

Luo De released the hilt, disappointed and defeated, stepping back a few paces.

"Looks like it didn't choose me…"

Too bad 【King of Polearms】 didn't trigger—otherwise, there might've been a chance.

After all, that skill had once reclaimed a cultivator's pruning shears.

Wen Na held the flaming golden sword, her face flushed from the heat.

She softly comforted: "For Master Luo De, obtaining this sword is merely icing on the cake. Whether you have it or not, your strength remains supreme, towering above all others."

She gently comforted him: "For Master Luo De, retrieving this sword is merely adding frost to snow; whether you have it or not, it doesn't diminish your strength or your dominance over all others."

Luo De smiled and patted her head.

Wen Na's face turned even redder; she raised the flaming sword and gave him a thumbs-up.

Immediately, Tally glared fiercely at her, and she shrank back, silent.

Luo De temporarily set aside his obsession with the Dragon-Slaying Sword.

He passed the grave and walked to the giant ice block.

Inside the ice was a dragon unlike the bronze dragon.

Its head had smooth, rounded contours; its nose extended into a small, pointed beak-like structure; its chin jutted forward; the bony crest atop its head was hollow—matching perfectly with the Bai Long horn seal in Luo De's hand.

The Bai Long was frozen in a half-standing, slightly wing-spread posture, making the ice block appear enormous.

In truth, Bai Longs are among the smaller dragon species.

Even this ancient Bai Long was likely no larger than the bronze dragon in Cuiyu City.

Luo De pressed his hand against the ice.

【Target: Ancient Bai Long Scales (Complete)】

【'Dragon Scale Art' Remaining Absorption: 19 hours 59 minutes】

"So this is an ancient-level dragon?"

Eve exclaimed, then looked at Luo De with eager hope: "Give me some dragon bones and blood, okay?"

Eve exclaimed in awe, looking at Luo De with anticipation: "Give me some dragon bone and dragon blood."

"No, I'm useful."

Luo De shook his head, "I'll use this dead dragon to test the Soul Devouring Forging war spirit."

It involves directing spiritual energy into the target, gradually replacing its bodily components with spirit until the war spirit is fully formed, at which point the target's physical form will vanish into ash.

(End of Chapter)