Chapter 17: Artifact Spirit Path

For Li Tie, who was determined to defeat the Savage Axe, the members of the Fan Zui Gang still chose to continue spending money to support him.

They purchased Sacrificial Power from brick-moving players like Li Zheng at a rate of 50: , then used their Personal Guides to transfer the Sacrificial Power directly into Li Tie's hands.

This made Li Zheng and the others extremely happy.

While mining, they discussed the matter again in their team chat channel:

Killing Heart Moved: I just went to watch the combat livestream; thinking about Brother Li's explanation made me burst out laughing. Their situation can be completely understood as a group of juniors spending money to help an old grandpa play a soul-hunting game.

Game Brick Mover: Stop laughing and hurry up to mine; every single ore can bring us several hundred in profits.

Leopard Head Zero Recharge: I've heard of this Fan Zui Gang in the game "Conquest" I played before; it's a very powerful game guild. It's said that the members are all second-generation rich kids; I hope we can maintain a long-term cooperation with them.

Poor Enough to Eat Dirt: Mined another Energy Stone; adding a dish to tonight's meal, hahaha.

Family Shared Godfather: Brothers, I suggest we save up to buy a good pickaxe before continuing to dig; don't sell Sacrificial Power as soon as we get it. Only by growing quickly can we earn more profits later.

Just as everyone in the team chat channel was delighted by the Fan Zui Gang's behavior, a notification suddenly popped up in the regional channel.

【Challenger Notification (Emperor Tomb Mountain Range Region): Player "Iron Beating" has successfully contained the Primordial Monster Savage, exclusively receiving a Sacrificial Power reward of 10, 00 points and obtaining permission to freely unlock the second Star Vein socket.】

"Holy crap!"

The hard-grinding players who were still mining all exclaimed in shock.

Opening the Star Vein function interface, they discovered that the number of containable monster soul spirits had increased by one.

The soul spirit was a battle axe, crimson from end to end, with crimson flowing light circulating on its surface; the axe blade flashed with cold light, the axe handle was carved with ghostly patterns and entangled with complex totems, its appearance extremely domineering.

【Savage (First Generation Primordial)】:

Monster Trait: All physical attacks carry the "Savage Strength" effect, increasing damage by 50%.

Purchase Cost: 1, 00 Sacrificial Power.

Looking at the newly added soul spirit option, the hard-grinding players suddenly found they could no longer smile.

At this moment, cheers of jubilation came from nearby; obviously, the Fan Zui Gang members were celebrating Li Tie's success.

"Hiss~ He actually won," Eat Dirt exclaimed in amazement.

"It's normal; isn't this just the Blood-Grinding Tactics we proposed earlier? Let's continue mining and stop selling Sacrificial Power for now. Obviously, hunting monsters is the best way to produce Sacrificial Power; our strength still needs to be improved."

Li Tie's success stimulated the hard-grinding players, giving them the idea to stop selling Sacrificial Power and prioritize improving their own strength first.

Five hours later.

Another wave of Iron-Shell Insect swarms attacked; the hard-grinding players who were diligently mining decisively retreated together with the Fan Zui Gang.

Insect swarms were events that frequently occurred within the Dim Caves.

The constant striking of pickaxes against the rock walls would attract the Cave-Dweller Clan from the deep underground, bringing along large numbers of Iron-Shell Insects.

With their current strength, they were insufficient to defeat the army of Iron-Shell Insects controlled by the Cave-Dweller Clan; wanting to avoid entering the one-hour resurrection cooldown, retreating was the best choice.

Only after the Iron-Shell Insect swarm receded could they enter again.

Leaving the cave, the world outside remained a gloomy dark red hue; there was no distinction between day and night here, only a strange, waning crescent moon hanging high in the sky.

Just as the players prepared to head to the Blood-Colored Plain to hunt monsters and evil spirits, another regional notification popped up.

【Challenger Notification (Emperor Tomb Mountain Range Region): Player "Iron Beating" has successfully contained the First Generation Primordial Shattered, exclusively receiving a 10, 00 point Sacrificial Power reward and permission to freely unlock the third Star Vein socket.】

The suddenly appearing notification stunned all the players.

Only a few hours had passed, yet this player named "Iron Beating" had once again, relying solely on personal strength, contained a second Primordial Monster.

Many players were stimulated and began searching for Primordial Monsters in the Blood-Colored Plain and Ancient Battlefield regions, hoping to obtain generous rewards by hunting Primordial Monsters.

Time moved to early morning the next day.

The regional notification appeared once more:

【Challenger Notification (Emperor Tomb Mountain Range Region): Player "Iron Beating" has successfully contained the First Generation Primordial Soul-Departed, receiving a 10, 00 point Sacrificial Power reward and permission to freely unlock the fourth Star Vein socket.】

This notification instantly sent the players into a frenzy, and they all issued inquiries in the regional channel:

Game Brick Mover (Blood-Colored Plain): Big Brother Iron Beating, will you take disciples? Take us along to fight Primordials!

Family Shared Godfather (Blood-Colored Plain): Too fierce; soloing three Primordials, this strength is even more powerful than our entire team.

Cute Baby (Ancient Battlefield): Asking for advice, Brother Iron Beating, where did you find so many Primordial Monsters? Our team also wants to give it a try.

Marble (Ancient Battlefield): We just encountered a First Generation Primordial too, but its hunting level was 27, and we were instantly wiped out as a team; the ones Iron Beating encountered must be low-level Primordial Monsters, I'm so envious I could die.

Drunk Milk (Ancient Battlefield): He must be in the recently refreshed region on the map, "Artifact Spirit Valley"; let's set off immediately.

Facing the inquiries within the regional channel, Li Tie, who was in the midst of battle, didn't even glance at them.

At this moment, he received a video call from his granddaughter.

After connecting, his granddaughter, still in the form of a small fire chicken, said excitedly:

"Grandpa, we want to watch you challenge the Artifact Spirits."

"Alright." Li Tie nodded, waving his hand to hide the video call interface floating before him.

At this time, he was preparing to challenge the fourth Artifact Spirit.

Before the challenge began, Li Tie summoned the Star Vein Strengthening panel.

He spent 1, 00 points of Sacrificial Power to detach the initial Gargoyle soul spirit, then sequentially embedded the Savage, Soul-Departed, and Shattered monster soul spirits into his Star Vein.

Subsequently, he used the remaining thirty thousand Sacrificial Power entirely to increase his Body Tempering level.

Each level cost 10, 00 points of Sacrificial Power.

After three consecutive flashes of white light passed over his body, his Body Tempering level reached Level 3, allowing him to simultaneously inherit all attributes of three types of monsters.

Li Tie stepped forward at this moment, entering the perception range of the Artifact Spirits.

Immediately, the remaining Sweeping Sword and Nether Ghost Staff shot towards him.

Li Tie lightly tapped the ground with his right foot; behind him, three illusory shadows of Artifact Spirits embedded in the Star Vein emerged, circling his body.

Three ability traits subsequently appeared in his mind.

【Savage Lv1】:

Monster Trait: All physical attacks carry the "Savage Strength" effect, increasing damage by 50% and significantly strengthening one's own power.

【Soul-Departed Lv1】:

Monster Trait: All physical attacks carry the Soul-Departed effect, inflicting a mental shock on the target and leaving a Soul-Forging Brand that burns continuously.

【Shattered Lv1】:

Monster Trait: All physical attacks carry Penetration and Shattering effects.

Guide Hint: When hunting and killing monsters in the main body form, evolution points obtained are shared by all monster forms.

Facing the attacking Sweeping Sword.

Li Tie reached out and grabbed it, the Savage Axe landing in his hand.

Crimson light rapidly spread from his right hand throughout his body; the trait effect of Savage surged into him, and Li Tie clearly perceived that his strength had received a significant boost.

"Kill!"

The Savage Axe chopped out, meeting the Sweeping Sword head-on.

The sound of metal clashing rang out, and the Sweeping Sword was chopped away in a single strike.

But Li Tie did not choose to press his advantage; he voluntarily released the Savage Axe in his hand, and instantly the Savage Axe turned into an illusion and continued to circle his body.

This time, what appeared in his hand was the Soul-Severing Spear.

The great spear's material was neither metal nor iron; its entire body presented a deep blue-purple hue, as if condensed from stars; the spear shaft was long and slender, the spear tip flashing with cold sharpness.

One could faintly hear a low whistling sound from within the spear shaft.

The Sweeping Sword attacked once again.

Shatter!

The great spear struck out; the spear tip made contact with the tip of the Sweeping Sword, knocking the sword away once more, and also branding a deep blue mark onto the sword body.

Without the power trait amplification of the Savage Axe, Li Tie, holding the spear, slid backward two meters as well.

After steadying his stance, Li Tie let go, and immediately the Soul-Severing Spear detached and hovered in mid-air.

This time, he did not switch to the Shattered Blade to fight, but instead caused the three Artifact Spirits to fuse in the air, transforming into a single golden battle blade.

Seeing this scene, the Fan Zui Gang members watching the livestream exclaimed in various ways within the voice channel:

Late Night and Midnight Snack: Aaaah, Grandpa Iron is too handsome; truly my idol of many years; he even dismantled his initial monster form; is he planning to follow the Artifact Spirit path?

Shrimp Meat Pig Heart: So handsome I could die; I want to follow the Artifact Spirit path too; what comparison does the Black Armored Snake have to an Artifact Spirit? Even the appearance of switching weapons is handsome, let alone the look after fusing weapon traits!

Is This Reasonable: This game finally has a Star Vein path that I like; the Artifact Spirit path is much cooler than the Bone Fire plus Eagle-Head Demon remote perception and strike gameplay.

Asking for recommendation tickets during the early book phase~

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(End of Chapter)