Chapter 548: Semi-Artifact — Nine Heavens Clear Qi Ruler (Second Update, Seeking Votes)

As the condensed Silver Seal Script grew more numerous, Li Zhangsheng's complexion grew paler, and by the time he was nearly finished, he even felt dizzy and lightheaded.

This is a phenomenon that only occurs when Mental Power is on the verge of exhaustion!

Li Zhangsheng bit his tongue hard, using the pain to barely maintain his state, and continued to form the Seal Technique.

After all the Seal Techniques were completed, Li Zhangsheng plopped onto the ground, his face pale as paper, and hurriedly grasped a Superior Soul Crystal, striving to recover his Mental Power.

Ning Bizhen, who was to the side, was not much better off, but she did not recover immediately; instead, she fixed her gaze on the Jade Dragon Mist Cauldron.

After Li Zhangsheng finished all the Seal Techniques, the silver-green liquid in the Jade Dragon Mist Cauldron began to spin round and round, with dense Silver Seal Script emerging on its surface.

Three minutes later, Li Zhangsheng, having just recovered a bit of Mental Power, had to stand up from the ground once again.

"Condense!"

Li Zhangsheng shouted, the Seal Technique in his hands changed, and a ray of brilliance shot straight into the silver-green liquid.

The next moment, under Li Zhangsheng's control, the silver-green liquid began to solidify.

Li Zhangsheng's complexion was very poor, a faint livid color appearing, as he had already reached his limit.

Ning Bizhen looked at Li Zhangsheng with some worry, but at this moment she was unable to help him, so she could only watch with her eyes and worry in her heart.

Not long after, the silver-green liquid completed the final steps and solidified completely; to save on the depletion of Mental Power, Li Zhangsheng did not create a overly complex shape, directly solidifying it into a cyan Jade Ruler over three feet long.

The moment the cyan Jade Ruler took shape, a muffled thunderclap sounded out of thin air in the clear sky, the rumbling thunder echoed continuously, and the entire earth seemed to shake.

At this moment, it was unknown how many people were frightened.

At the same time, an extremely rich cyan radiance suddenly illuminated the four directions, accompanied by a phantom of a Feilian with a bird's body and a deer's head.

Such a scene left the two of them terrified; if such a phenomenon were to spread, it was unknown how much trouble it would cause.

Fortunately, the Strengthened Breath-Concealing Restriction operating at full power was effective enough to barely cover the phenomenon, finally allowing the two of them to heave a long sigh of relief.

"This is the commotion after a Semi-Artifact is born!"

Judging from the phenomenon, Li Zhangsheng was very certain that he had forged a Semi-Artifact.

According to ancient records, once a Semi-Artifact or Divine Artifact is born, it is always accompanied by different Heavenly Dao phenomena.

Li Zhangsheng did not think much, not even taking a second look at the freshly forged cyan Jade Ruler, and immediately collapsed on the ground, striving to close his eyes and regulate his breathing to recover his depleted Mental Power.

The difficulty of forging a Semi-Artifact was even greater than Li Zhangsheng had anticipated.

If it weren't for the help of Ning Bizhen and the Three-Legged Fire Crow, Li Zhangsheng would have had no possibility of forging a Semi-Artifact at all.

Even so, he was exhausted.

Before advancing to the Sixth Rank, even if he gathered the materials for forging a Semi-Artifact again, he would not want to forge one again; no one knew if he would have such good luck next time.

Not far away, Ning Bizhen was also regulating her breathing; she was also quite tired.

The Three-Legged Fire Crow leaned listlessly against a tree trunk, drowsy; it had never been as tired as it was now, and if it weren't for the Li Fire Essence, it would have been impossible to hold on until the end.

With the assistance of an Alchemical Pill and a Superior Soul Crystal, Li Zhangsheng's complexion became a little better, and only then did he end his meditation; it would still take quite some time to fully recover his Mental Power.

He was already impatient to check the effects of the Semi-Artifact!

The ruler-shaped Semi-Artifact was over three feet long, with some silver cloud patterns in the cyan, and its brilliance was restrained throughout; if one did not investigate carefully, it looked like an unremarkable Jade Ruler.

"Let's call you the Nine Heavens Clear Qi Ruler; I hope the main attribute is speed, and it would be even better if it added three more effects!"

After naming the ruler-shaped Semi-Artifact, Li Zhangsheng began to study it impatiently.

Only Treasures with a main attribute amplification between seventy and ninety percent can be called Semi-Artifacts; at the same time, Semi-Artifacts also possess two to three additional abilities.

Like some inferior Top-Grade Treasures, they don't even have additional abilities, which shows the power of a Semi-Artifact.

In the process of studying it, Li Zhangsheng's smile became increasingly abnormal, and he even let out a laugh; this had never happened before, which showed his satisfaction with the Nine Heavens Clear Qi Ruler.

This Semi-Artifact increased speed by eighty percent as its main attribute; although it was not top-tier among Semi-Artifacts, it could be considered a boutique, and it was worth the many precious materials Li Zhangsheng had spent.

However, what satisfied Li Zhangsheng the most was not the main attribute, but the additional abilities of the Nine Heavens Clear Qi Ruler.

This Nine Heavens Clear Qi Ruler actually possessed three additional abilities.

Most Semi-Artifacts only possess two additional abilities, yet the Nine Heavens Clear Qi Ruler possessed three, which also caused its value to rise sharply.

Of course, quantity was only one aspect; the most important thing was what kind of additional abilities they were.

Nine Heavens Clear Qi Ruler: Wind-type Semi-Artifact, made from Nine Aperture Moon Crane Stone, Feilian Broken Horn, Shoushan Red Copper, Millennium Black Iron, Blood Pattern Black Crystal, and Misha Yuan Gang Stone; increases the speed of Wind Element Demon Pets by eighty percent, comes with certain Armor Breaking and Blood Sucking functions, as well as a Residual Shadow special effect.

Li Zhangsheng felt that his luck was very good; he tried to forge a Semi-Artifact for the first time, and the result was such a top-quality item; this was truly the protection of the Heavenly Dao.

"No, perhaps it was thanks to Bizhen!"

Suddenly, Li Zhangsheng looked at Ning Bizhen; this time Ning Bizhen also participated in the process of forging the Semi-Artifact, and although it was all minor tasks, she really helped him a lot.

If it weren't for Ning Bizhen, this Semi-Artifact would never have been born and might have been destroyed in his hands.

Associating this with Ning Bizhen's consistent good luck, Li Zhangsheng couldn't help but mutter to himself; was this really his good luck, or was it because of Ning Bizhen?

Li Zhangsheng didn't think too much about it; he decided that in the future, when forging Semi-Artifacts or even Divine Artifacts, he would just bring Ning Bizhen along to forge them together.

"By the way, what is this Residual Shadow special effect?"

At this time, Li Zhangsheng began to test the effects of the Nine Heavens Clear Qi Ruler and summoned Aixi.

Aixi possessed two Spirit Pet Spaces, carrying the Unrestrained Xun Wind Tower and Titan's Grasp respectively; the former increased the power of Wind Element skills by sixty percent and came with a Cutting effect; the latter increased strength by sixty percent and came with a Paralysis effect.

Li Zhangsheng found it hard to choose between these two Top-Grade Treasures, and in the end, he replaced the Unrestrained Xun Wind Tower with the Nine Heavens Clear Qi Ruler.

There was no other reason; Aixi was more inclined toward melee combat, and the Nine Heavens Clear Qi Ruler was more suitable for pairing with Titan's Grasp.

The strength amplification and Paralysis effect of Titan's Grasp could effectively enhance Aixi's melee power, and if paired with its ghostly speed, it could exert even greater strength.

As for the Unrestrained Xun Wind Tower, Li Zhangsheng did not leave it idle; he directly handed it to Round Round to wear, effectively enhancing the characteristic of Round Round's insufficient lethality.

"Aixi, run!"

Under Li Zhangsheng's command, Aixi began to run; due to the area limitations of the backyard, Aixi could not safely exert its speed.

Even so, Li Zhangsheng could feel that Aixi's speed was far faster than before, not inferior at all to when it was wearing a five-layered Wind Cloak.

If Aixi fully exerted its Wind Speed Characteristic, its speed would likely be no less than that of Ning Bizhen's Three-Legged Fire Crow.

Additionally, when Aixi was running, it began to leave behind vivid Residual Shadows; although the Residual Shadows could only last for one second, they could effectively confuse enemies, which was equivalent to significantly increasing Aixi's dodging ability.

Li Zhangsheng found it difficult to estimate Aixi's current combat power, but he felt that Aixi should have the ability to fight against a Demon Beast, or at the very least, would not be easily defeated.

Of course, the Demon Beast mentioned here refers to one of Superior Quality and Monarch Species. If it were a Demon Beast of Peak Quality, he feared he would fall short.

Although there is only one grade difference between the Demon King level and the Lord level, the gap between them is hard to describe in words.

Due to the Guard Mystery, attacks from Lord-level Demon Pets against Demon King-level Demon Pets are directly weakened by more than half. At the same time, under the amplification of the Mystery, the skill power of Demon King-level Demon Pets is greatly enhanced.

This is also the reason why, when Hei Long Ha Li Ku Qi invaded Luo City half a year ago, he was able to suppress four Fifth Rank Stronger individuals single-handedly.

After the test was completed, Li Zhangsheng let Aixi stop.

With this Nine Heavens Clear Qi Ruler, Aixi once again became the strongest Demon Pet in Li Zhangsheng's hands without any hindrance, unlike before when he shared the title with Kailan.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng looked at the Three-Legged Fire Crow, which had recovered some of its vitality, and said, "Xiao San, you worked hard this time!"

Caw~

The Three-Legged Fire Crow let out a cry, acting as if there was no need to be polite.

After all matters were concluded, Li Zhangsheng and Ning Bizhen returned to their respective bedrooms.

Li Zhangsheng lay on the bed, exhausted; unable to hold on any longer, he fell fast asleep.

He slept like this until the next morning.

Li Zhangsheng stretched, feeling full of energy, and even his Mental Power had recovered by more than half.

"What a pity, yesterday's cultivation time was wasted!"

Li Zhangsheng didn't feel much regret, though; he walked out of the bedroom, flipped the wooden sign hanging on the door to the other side, and left the room directly.

Before returning to the Yuanling Academy, Li Zhangsheng decided to build a Teleportation Array at the Li Family Manor.

There was no other way; Li Zhangsheng had offended the Langya Liu Clan and Dou Yuanbin, and he was afraid they would take revenge on the Li Family.

If a Teleportation Array were built in the Li Family, it would be different; Li Zhangsheng could come to support at any time.

Among the partial memories obtained from Flame King Di Zhiyi, there was complete knowledge regarding Teleportation Arrays.

Li Zhangsheng discussed it with Clan Leader Li Wenbo, and finally, they built the Teleportation Array on the top floor of the Family Library so that he could be summoned for support at any time if an incident occurred in the family.

To build a Teleportation Array, one naturally needs some precious materials, including two Space Crystals.

Since the distance is not very far, the requirements for the Space Crystals are not high; after carving the Teleportation Array, Li Zhangsheng placed a Space Crystal only the size of a fingernail into the center of the array.

Only when a corresponding Teleportation Array and Space Crystal are set up at the other location will the Teleportation Array enter an activated state.

(End of this chapter)