Chapter 450: Chapter 389: Tempering the Blade
"System, decompose the Bloodthirsty Demon Blade!"
"Mock decompose."
"System, decompose the Bloodthirsty Demon Blade!"
"Mock decompose."
"Decompose!"
"Mock."
Li Zheng was half-kneeling on the ground, panting heavily, with the Demon Blade planted in the ground. He kept ordering the decompose command for the Demon Blade and then canceling it, seemingly torn about whether to actually decompose it.
During this process, the Demon Blade trembled continuously. Each time Li Zheng uttered the word "decompose," its tremor intensified.
Until it could bear it no longer, sending a faint consciousness to Li Zheng: I’m wrong, please forgive me, master.
"System, decompose the Bloodthirsty Demon Blade!"
This time, Li Zheng froze without choosing to confirm or cancel.
Because the rarity of Star Shining level items is very high, the terminal will prompt players when they request decomposition, asking if they are sure they want to decompose, to prevent players from unintentionally decomposing something they need.
Silence.
Silence was the outer Baidu Bridge tonight.
For the Demon Blade, the atmosphere gradually became oppressive. All previous players who acquired it treated it as a treasure.
Each one served it like an ancestor, catering to its every whim.
It never expected that this time, the guy it encountered was weaker than all previous people in terms of life level but more ruthless than all of them.
In its simple consciousness, the Demon Blade had an intuition: Li Zheng truly dared to decompose it, it wasn’t just intimidation!
Buzzing... Jingling...
The tremor of the Demon Blade gradually turned into a crisp metal clashing sound. It was too scared, too afraid that Li Zheng would decompose it.
’Please... please forgive this blade, master. I will never dare again!’
’I beg you, do not decompose me!’
’Woo woo...’
’Wah—’
The consciousness transmitted to Li Zheng by the Demon Blade collapsed, crying loudly. Its current feeling was regret! Deep regret!
Regret that it awakened Li Zheng’s true consciousness, otherwise today and in the future, it could have freely feasted on blood.
When criminals are caught, you ask them: Do you regret it?
Most criminals will answer: Regret, definitely regret!
Do they truly regret committing the crime in the first place?
No!
They regret not being more careful and getting caught!
That’s what the Demon Blade was thinking now, refusing to change its ways.
Li Zheng did not cancel the decomposition. From initial fright to the later collapse and pleas, the Demon Dao started threatening Li Zheng with aggressive thoughts when there was no effect.
However, no matter how the Demon Blade reacted, Li Zheng held the blade, unmoved.
He was restoring his Spiritual Power, taming the blade.
Just like taming a falcon, he was taming this Demon Blade!
He must seize this opportunity to completely subdue the Bloodthirsty Demon Blade; otherwise, in the days ahead, he would always be on edge, afraid to use it casually.
’Lowly creature! Lowly creature! How dare you threaten the noble Demon Blade Lord!’
’Once I recover my peak, I will drain all your blood for my use!’
’Damn it! Damn it! Cancel the decompose, now!’
’Cancel!!!’
The Demon Blade was furious. Its simple consciousness had slightly improved due to the recent consumption of a large amount of Half-Step Star Shining creature’s blood.
But it could not comprehend why this person was resistant to both hard and soft approaches?
"Are you done cursing?" Li Zheng opened his eyes, voice hoarse and icy.
The Demon Blade suddenly shivered, not daring to move.
’Sor...sorry...’
It subconsciously sent a thought acknowledging its fault, immediately feeling a wave of shame.
The noble Demon Blade Lord actually admitted fault due to a single sentence?
Unforgivable lowly creature!
The Demon Blade was extremely angry.
"Is sorry useful? Why don’t you curse a bit more?" Li Zheng’s cold eyes fixed on the Demon Blade.
That gaze seemed able to see through everything, causing the Demon Blade to shiver and its anger to vanish instantly.
’I was wrong...’
"What else?"
’I won’t dare again.’
"Won’t dare what again?"
’I won’t dare to control the master’s body on my own again.’
"And then?"
’From now on, I’ll obediently listen to the master.’
"Hmm." Li Zheng suddenly grasped the blade’s edge, slicing it, blood coating the blade.
’Blood!!!!’
The Demon Blade instantly became excited, instinctively wanting to absorb the blood, then suddenly remembered something and suppressed its desire.
Li Zheng watched as his blood slid down the blade to the floor, not absorbed at all, with a calm expression that revealed nothing of his intentions.
After a moment, he stood up, thrust the Demon Blade into Perrick’s headless corpse, submerging the entire hilt.
"Eat!" He uttered a single word, giving the Demon Blade the order to feed.
"Really... really?" The Demon Blade hesitated, not daring to bite.
"When I tell you to eat, you eat! Why so much nonsense?" Li Zheng coldly ordered again: "Eat!"
’Yes, master!’ The Demon Blade was overjoyed, frantically drawing the remaining blood from Perrick’s corpse.
The delight in feasting made the Bloodthirsty Demon Blade emit pleasant, crisp cries, like wind chimes being touched, melodious and enchanting.
"Stop!"
Suddenly, the word bounced out from Li Zheng’s mouth.
The crisp cries stopped immediately, and the Demon Blade didn’t dare to absorb another drop of blood.
At this, Li Zheng was thoroughly satisfied, nodding slightly: "You must recognize the situation from now on. I am the master, and you are the servant. When I allow you to feed, you can. When I do not, you remain still even if I let you pierce through."
"I do not care about your tier, potential, or even your origins."
"Here with me, you must be obedient!"
"Otherwise, I’ll decompose you into materials and strip away your consciousness!"
"Do you understand?"
To the Demon Blade, this string of words carried boundless authority, an awe-inspiring presence.
It meekly responded: Und...understood...
Li Zheng frowned, though without eyebrows, it was not visible: "Louder, didn’t eat?"
’Understood! Master!!’ The Demon Blade transmitted with all its might.
"Okay, the rest is up to you. Not a drop of blood should be wasted; cherish food, got it?" Li Zheng nodded, releasing the Demon Blade and instructing the system: Cancel decompose.
The Demon Blade relaxed completely, emitting crisp, joyful sounds, drawing blood vigorously, as Perrick’s corpse shriveled visibly, losing its color.
Even the blood that had pooled and been scattered on the ground was drawn by the Demon Blade, leaving the surface and entering its ’mouth’, devoured and digested.
While the Demon Blade feasted, Li Zheng turned away, heading to the side, dispersing the toxic mist with the air current from the Flying Device, finding a spot to sit, instantly slipping into fatigue.
This battle, from initially effortless to almost overturned by Perrick, and later the Demon Blade turning on him.
Li Zheng had drained his Spiritual Power, physical strength, and Genetic Force immensely, exhausting nearly all his remaining energy for the day.
Utterly weary, he craved the solace of his capsule dwelling to sleep and rest.
With his back to the Demon Blade, Li Zheng sat cross-legged, eyes closed, resting his mind.
After a while, all of Perrick’s remaining blood was siphoned dry by the Demon Blade, not even the tiniest amount in the organs was left.
Puff!
The Demon Blade withdrew automatically, leaving Perrick’s body, flying towards Li Zheng’s back.