Chapter 114: Hasty Three Years (Part Two)

"Old Fourth is impressive; in the past year and a half, across 5,250 battles, regardless of who the opponent was or whether they crossed the Primordial Law Threshold, all were settled within a minute," Hong said softly. "Old Fourth's strength is probably about to catch up with you, Old Third!"

"Not yet; back then, Third Brother could instantly kill that Rong Jun in the Preliminary Selection Competition, and now I'm not much different from the former Rong Jun," Luo Feng laughed. "But this time both my elder brother and I should be able to join Third Brother in the Grand Finals."

Regarding Hong and Luo Feng's Reincarnation Battle records, Xiao Yu had previously learned through Wu that Luo Feng was undefeated, while elder brother Hong had only lost 36 times; as long as the current win rate can be maintained, obtaining qualification should be no problem.

The Reincarnation Battle format actually selects the top 275 out of 9,375 participants, and Hong ranked within the top hundred among them.

……

Seven days later, on Qiu Long Star, outside Qiu Long City, inside a massive castle.

In the training ground, Xiao Yu sat cross‑legged.

A screen that only he could see appeared before him.

【System upgrade successful; please check the details yourself.】

1. System upgrade adds wish quests up to ten.

【Remaining: 33,986 Wish Gold Coins, 1,146 Wish Silver Coins, 9,179 Wish Copper Coins.】

"System, inject all the Space‑Time Origin Law power I have comprehended."

In front of Xiao Yu materialized a life‑sized alchemy furnace‑like Illusory Shadow; only Xiao Yu could see this Illusory Shadow, and no one else, not even the Strongest Being, could detect it.

Now the system possesses an Artifact Manufacturing Module, but no other modules.

"System, activate the Artifact Manufacturing Module."

【Please inject Wish Power!】

【Host: Xiao Yu】

Xiao Yu opened the system panel and saw the following lines of text.

The current Wish Realization System differs greatly from the system of his previous life. In his past life, the system had a system shop, quest section, lottery system, etc., but lacked an Artifact Manufacturing Module.

It seems that the present system is either already upgraded to the maximum, or future upgrades are unrelated to the number of wishes fulfilled.

Xiao Yu clicked into the system panel to view the system upgrade details.

【Artifact Manufacturing Module has been activated!】

All of Xiao Yu's comprehended essence forces of twenty Space‑Origin Laws and four Time‑Origin Laws were extracted from his body and injected into the alchemy furnace Illusory Shadow.

This newly appeared Artifact Manufacturing Module piqued Xiao Yu's interest, and he prepared to give it a try.

【First Wish: Obtain an Eye of Law that can gaze directly at the laws (100 Wish Silver Coins per day)】

2. Add the Artifact Manufacturing Module; by injecting Law Power and Wish Gold Coins into the system, one can obtain the corresponding artifact. Artifact quality depends on the amount and quality of Law Power invested and the number of Wish Gold Coins.

【Please inject Law Power!】

Perhaps because the world's laws differ, the system has undergone some changes.

Xiao Yu felt a soul‑deep weakness; this Origin Law power, once comprehended, can recover even after being expended, though it restores many times slower than the universe's Force power.

【PS: Wish Points are the materialization of Wish Power.】

"System, inject 1,000 Wish Gold Coins."

【Wish Power has been injected.】

【Please select artifact type: offensive artifact or defensive artifact.】

"System, select offensive artifact."

【Artifact type has been set!】

【Offensive artifact is being manufactured; requires 15 minutes.】

The alchemy furnace Illusory Shadow rumbled loudly and even emitted wisps of phantom smoke.

As Xiao Yu waited anxiously, time passed second by second.

After 15 minutes.

【Offensive artifact manufacturing complete; please receive!】

The alchemy furnace Illusory Shadow's lid suddenly lifted, a flash of light streaked through and flew to Xiao Yu's front.

It was a silver weapon resembling a dagger, its blade only twenty centimeters long, and the handle's tip housed a small hourglass.

On the right side, the dagger was covered with Secret Patterns; Xiao Yu recognized them all as the Space‑Time Origin Law power he had comprehended.

However, the way these Secret Patterns connect to each other is unfathomable.

Its aura feels considerably stronger than a fifth‑grade Force Weapon.

Gripping the dagger with his right hand, a familiar warmth passed into his heart.

"System, analyze this artifact."

【10 Wish Silver Coins have been deducted!】

【Analysis successful!】

【Dagger offensive artifact: unnamed】

【Quality: low‑grade inferior artifact.】

【Law system: Space‑Time Origin Law.】

【Ability 1: Spatial Squeeze – can release a spherical spatial squeeze up to a diameter of 10 km within 100 km of the user; any Space‑Origin Law power weaker than the power injected during manufacture will be crushed by spatial force. Usage requirement: cross the Space‑Origin Law Threshold.】

【Ability 2: Time Acceleration – can accelerate the user's personal time flow up to tenfold; the faster the acceleration, the quicker the crystal sand in the hourglass flows. Usage requirement: cross the Time‑Origin Law Threshold.】

"A weapon should have a name, right? How should I name it?" Xiao Yu thought for a moment, then chose the simplest method and named this formidable artifact "Space‑Time Dagger."

Seven days later, the Origin Law power in Xiao Yu's body had recovered; Xiao Yu boarded a spacecraft to an uninhabited planet to test the weapon.

"Spatial Squeeze" and "Time Acceleration" operate independently; each can be activated with merely a thread of Origin Law power.

Both abilities can be triggered with only a sliver of Law Power, but after use they require several days for the artifact to restore its Law Power before it can be activated again.

They can also be fully powered by the user's own Origin Law power; whether they can be used consecutively depends on how much Law Power the user has comprehended.

Currently, Xiao Yu can use "Spatial Squeeze" three times in a row, but "Time Acceleration" can only be used once.

Suddenly, the system voice sounded.

【2115 Wish Gold Coins deducted successfully!】

Bloody energy surged in waves, flooding Xiao Yu's body...

Seven days later.

【Wish successfully realized.】

Then Xiao Yu continued testing the weapon's functions, especially the Space-Time Acceleration ability.

Twenty days later, Xiao Yu had already grasped the basics.

'Space-Time Acceleration': at 2× speed, the artifact can accelerate time for 10 minutes. At 3×, it can accelerate for 6 minutes… at 10×, the time can only last 6 seconds.

The higher the acceleration multiplier, the greater the consumption.

Even without using the two abilities, it can still increase the power of the user's law force.

【2250 Wish Gold Coins deducted successfully!】

Bloody energy surged in waves, flooding Xiao Yu's body...

Seven days later.

【Wish successfully realized.】

After that, Xiao Yu began familiarizing himself with his newly added power. Three days later, as before, Xiao Yu continued to comprehend law force during the day and cultivated the second layer of Primordial Soul at night. A five‑thousandfold soul speed greatly boosted his comprehension rate; in the previous year, he had already mastered 93 Core Secret Patterns.

……

【3465 Wish Gold Coins deducted successfully!】

Bloody energy surged in waves, flooding Xiao Yu's body...

【Wish successfully realized.】

……

【Insufficient Wish Points!】

【Second Wish ended.】

In the Castle Training Ground, Xiao Yu rose to stretch his muscles, and tens of thousands of phantoms appeared across the arena, each silhouette performing a different movement.

(End of chapter)