Jiang Kai never expected that he would be defeated so thoroughly, even more so, he never imagined that Fragment Nine actually came in such a way!
"The Demon-Slaying Sword was evaluating the strength between me and its original owner? I mean, why bother comparing? The gap is so huge, can't you tell?" Jiang Kai shook his head.
"Forget it, let's combine them first and see."
He took out Fragments One through Eight and placed them together with Fragment Nine.
"I wonder if any equipment is needed to combine them."
Just as Jiang Kai finished speaking, the nine cards attracted each other, overlapped, and finally combined into a single card.
Jiang Kai immediately appraised the card.
[Skill: "Moonlit Immortal Trace Sword", total of nine levels, first level, can be learned when Agility reaches 1000 points.]
[After preparing for three seconds, can be activated. Upon activation, speed increases by 100%, delivering an attack that ignores internal energy-type defenses. This attack is guaranteed to crit, critical damage increased by 100%, and causes defense reduction, stiffness, and weak point exposure effects on the target, lasting up to 3 seconds. Damage and control effects against demon-kind increased by an additional 10%.]
[After one use, can be used again after 10 hours.]
Upon seeing "guaranteed crit" and "critical damage increased by 200%", Jiang Kai's heartbeat instantly accelerated.
Even though Jiang Kai had rarely used swords before, just these two attributes alone were enough to change his future attack style.
Besides, it wasn't that Jiang Kai couldn't use a sword, it's just that melee weapons couldn't guarantee his critical rate.
But now with the Moonlit Immortal Trace Sword, at least this one sword was guaranteed to crit!
The weakness of the Moonlit Demon-Slaying Sword was that it required a three-second preparation time. That meant Ruan Yu couldn't use it—after all, that guy in a drunken state couldn't possibly stay still for three seconds.
He was better suited to skills without fixed moves.
Thinking of this, Jiang Kai didn't hesitate and directly learned the Moonlit Immortal Trace Sword.
After that, Jiang Kai stood in front of the Demon-Slaying Sword and picked it up.
The match just now had already proven that Jiang Kai's strength hadn't reached the level of the previous owner of the Demon-Slaying Sword, so the sword temporarily couldn't recognize a master.
However, the ownership of the Demon-Slaying Sword still belonged to Jiang Kai. A divine weapon not recognizing a master simply meant he couldn't control it with thought like he could the King Yan Token, but he could still use it.
Looking at the short Demon-Slaying Sword, Jiang Kai shook his head, "No idea if it can be repaired… Ugly is ugly, but it should still be useful in Immortal Trace Valley."
...
The next day, when Hu Yan and Ruan Yu woke up, they saw that Jiang Kai was already fully geared and ready to go.
"Captain Kai, you're up so early? Haven't all the beasts below war general level been cleared? They haven't respawned these past two days." Ruan Yu rubbed his eyes. "Damn, how much did I drink last night…"
Jiang Kai's expression was serious, and he said in a deep voice, "Get up quickly, we're going to do something big later!"
"Do something big?" Hu Yan asked confusedly. "Captain Kai, you're not thinking about going after a Commander, are you? That's way too dangerous."
Commanders usually had powerful skills. The key issue was their stats were too high. With Fire God's current strength, sneaking some kills like last time was still doable, but a direct confrontation was too dangerous.
"Not a Commander," Jiang Kai said deeply. "It's a King-rank!"
Hu Yan and Ruan Yu, who had just gotten halfway up, almost fell over again upon hearing Jiang Kai's words.
"King-rank?! Captain Kai, did you sneak some of my liquor?!"
"Captain Kai, we can't beat a King-rank!"
Jiang Kai looked at these two teammates, shocked that they didn't trust their captain, and said unhappily, "Didn't you two always say you'd follow me through fire and water? Now you've changed?"
"It's not that… it's just that…"
"No more nonsense. Follow me! Whether we get rich or not depends on this!"
Hu Yan and Ruan Yu looked at each other and had no choice but to brace themselves and pack up.
On the road, they encountered two groups of Commander-level beast packs. Hu Yan and Ruan Yu noticed that for someone who wanted to go kill a King-rank, Jiang Kai actually led them around in a huge circle.
"Captain Kai, why don't we just kill the Commander first, at least it's easier than a King-rank," Hu Yan said.
"Can't beat them!" Jiang Kai said bluntly.
Can't beat them? Was Captain Kai insane or not? He knows he can't beat a Commander, yet thinks he can kill a King-rank?
Ruan Yu looked at Jiang Kai walking ahead and handed two liquor cards to Hu Yan, "Old Hu, give one to Captain Kai. At least after drinking, he won't feel the pain."
Old Hu, who never touched alcohol, also accepted the liquor card this time.
"Forget Captain Kai. Judging from his expression, he doesn't think we're going to die. He won't drink it."
"Maybe he's been stimulated by something. But no matter what, we'll follow Captain Kai. Worst case, we die. When it happens, no matter what, Captain Kai must die after us!"
Ruan Yu nodded. "That's what I was thinking too!"
Over an hour later, Jiang Kai discovered the King-rank BOSS inside Immortal Trace Valley.
The BOSS was a white tiger spirit, extremely large, practically the size of a small mountain.
"A white tiger spirit, no less. White tigers are the strongest in Immortal Trace Valley. What bad luck," Ruan Yu complained.
Around the King-rank white tiger spirit, there were also many Commander-level, war general-level, and elite white tigers leisurely roaming about, some of which were mutated.
The Fire God Squad could only ambush from a far distance.
Jiang Kai frowned. "Don't know if this little broken sword can deal with all of them together. Whatever. The soul essence can't be upgraded anymore anyway. If I can kill the King-rank, I'll thank the heavens."
Hu Yan and Ruan Yu stared at Jiang Kai.
"Captain Kai, who's 'Little Broken Sword'? What are you talking about?"
Jiang Kai smiled slightly and took out a card. The card instantly materialized into a broken little sword.
"This is it! It can kill the King-rank BOSS!"
Hu Yan and Ruan Yu saw the unremarkable Demon-Slaying Sword and felt sorrow in their hearts.
How did a perfectly fine person go crazy after just one night of sleep?
The Demon-Slaying Sword in its current state looked more like an old, worn dagger. Jiang Kai held the dagger, fixed his eyes on the King-rank BOSS two hundred meters away, gritted his teeth, used all his strength, and flung the little broken sword.
"Ghost Cry…" Hu Yan immediately stood up, ready to activate his skill.
Jiang Kai quickly covered his mouth. "Don't move! Are you crazy? That's a King-rank BOSS!"
Beside them, Ruan Yu had already lifted his Wine Immortal Gourd. Seeing this, he froze.
Hu Yan looked utterly wronged.
You're the one who said we're here to kill a King-rank BOSS. You're also the one who says I'm crazy. What exactly do you want!
The little broken sword shot toward the mountain-sized BOSS. As it flew closer to the King-rank BOSS, the previously unimpressive Demon-Slaying Sword began to emit a faint glow.
The light grew stronger and stronger. Soon, the broken long sword let out a humming sound, as if the Demon-Slaying Sword gave a furious roar.
The white tiger BOSS had much higher alertness than ordinary beasts. It immediately sensed danger and locked onto the Demon-Slaying Sword.
"Roar!" The white tiger BOSS let out a roar and leapt toward the Demon-Slaying Sword.
The white tiger spirit was incredibly fast, far beyond what Jiang Kai and the others expected.
In a flash, it appeared before the Demon-Slaying Sword, reared up, and struck out with both claws.
Almost simultaneously, the Demon-Slaying Sword suddenly changed trajectory, circling around the white tiger BOSS and piercing toward its hind leg.
With a muffled hum, the white tiger spirit BOSS's massive energy shield was triggered.
The Demon-Slaying Sword changed direction again, dodging the BOSS's successive attacks, and once again struck the same spot accurately.
Although the white tiger was fast, the Demon-Slaying Sword was faster—almost like a streak of light—furiously launching attacks on the white tiger spirit BOSS.
Seeing that the Demon-Slaying Sword was hard to deal with, the white tiger spirit suddenly dodged to the side and let out a furious roar at it.
"Roar!"
A shockwave blasted toward the Demon-Slaying Sword, which then shone with dazzling white light. The two forces collided midair, unleashing a massive burst of energy.
Before the explosion ended, the Demon-Slaying Sword again shot toward the white tiger spirit BOSS and stabbed at its hind leg.
The white tiger spirit BOSS quickly leapt aside, let out a low growl, and the surrounding beasts pounced at the little broken sword.
"Haha, perfect, go kill that little broken sword!" Jiang Kai laughed in delight.
The Demon-Slaying Sword would only attack demon-kind BOSSes above King-rank, but if it were surrounded, it would surely counterattack.
Seeing this, Hu Yan and Ruan Yu both opened their mouths wide.
The King-rank BOSS that Captain Kai was talking about killing… was actually being hunted by a broken sword?!
"Oh my god, what kind of weapon is this!"
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