King of Beasts - Chapter 169: Attack and Defense, General Ha’s New Mode

“Sounds… powerful.”

Lu Ran was stunned.

A sword forged from a thousand soul bone fragments and teeth fragments?

It did sound quite impressive.

“Yes!” Gory said seriously, “But it’s a weapon that’s very hard to control.”

“At least, I can’t control it.”

“However, if one can truly master this fierce weapon, the power it brings is extremely formidable.”

“I once used this fierce weapon briefly with the help of the Lord Divine Envoy, so I know its power well.”

Gory looked at Lu Ran confidently and said, “For example, if I were to use this fierce weapon and let my pet beast possess me, the sudden death king, the situation just now might have been reversed. Its attacks would have been much less effective against us.”

“Even if it is a sovereign species.”

“Bone Sword Thousand Blades is both offensive and defensive; it can advance to kill enemies and retreat to defend.”

“Hmm?” Lu Ran and General Ha were taken aback, but they let it slide, thinking if it made Gory happy, so be it.

“The Lord Divine Envoy once told me that during the nurturing of the bone sword, if any accidents occur, one can use the power of the bone sword to escape alive.”

“Although this bone sword hasn’t yet become a ‘necromancy weapon,’ it is currently a very formidable fierce weapon.”

“Since it’s made from soul bones, basically, the stronger the soul talent of the pet beast, the more power it can exert.”

“Although I can’t control it, I feel like your pet beast might be able to give it a try. After all, it is a sovereign species. A sovereign species is a natural ruler. This kind of royal bloodline isn’t limited to the blood; it also lies in the spirit and soul!”

“In terms of spirit, it has sovereign intimidation, which can materialize as a deterrent to intimidate enemies.”

“In terms of soul, it is also the absolute king of souls, capable of unleashing immense potential from life.”

“Woof!!” General Ha fell into deep thought. Thank you, Phantom Tiger Hero.

But General Ha really didn’t want to unleash the power of this weapon.

If Lu Ran got tempted, it would be a disaster!

Hardly had they gotten the sword grass, and Boss Lu stopped eyeing its teeth. This wretched bone sword… really came at the wrong time.

Outside Mingan.

A desolate area.

After the battle between the imperial army and the rebels, the bones of over ten thousand beastmasters and pet beasts were buried here.

It could be said that this place had the strongest deathly breath in the entire Mingan area.

Currently, this place was heavily sealed off, with a necromancer guarding every interval.

Seeing Gory arrive, these guards did not hinder him at all. Soon, Gory led Lu Ran, Huo Di, and Hei Yu to the place where the bone sword was buried.

“This is the place.” Led by Gory, the group stopped outside a giant magic array. Gory then summoned the phantom tiger beast.

“Roar!!!” The phantom tiger beast floated in the air, blowing a soul wind that illuminated the array.

In the next moment.

The magic array glowed with a dazzling gray-white light, accompanied by a series of “crack, crack, crack” sounds.

The ground was cracking, light was emerging from the fissures, and the earth’s surface began to split, revealing a bottomless chasm.

The light within the chasm grew more intense, and a white, eerie wind blew up, causing the black robes of the group to flutter violently. Even General Ha frowned, sensing the presence of the fierce weapon.

“Woof…”

Soon, under the illumination of the light, a white bone sword in the form of a greatsword floated up, propelled by the soul wind, appearing before everyone.

[Name]: Bone Sword

[Level]: Rare

[Introduction]: A fierce weapon forged from a thousand soul beast bone fragments and teeth. The blade can be freely disassembled and reassembled into various forms according to the user’s intention.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Continuous soul winds resonated on the bone sword. At a glance, Lu Ran could feel that although this bone sword was of rare quality, its power was much stronger than the Ice Sky Greatsword forged by Master Lin.

The difference between the two could be described as the extremes of quality among rare weapons.

“Nice sword!” Lu Ran’s eyes lit up at the sight of the bone sword.

Faced with such a sinister weapon, General Ha didn’t feel scared; it just wanted to take a bite and see what it tasted like.

As long as the forging materials weren’t its bones or teeth, there was nothing to fear.

As for the bones of other ferocious beasts… those were just food.

“Go give it a try,” Lu Ran commanded the reluctant General Ha.

“Woof!” General Ha pouted and cast a sidelong glance at Gory.

“Just be careful with this sword…” Gory warned, watching as General Ha flicked the sword grass with its tail, transforming it into foxtail grass.

Then, stepping on the wind, General Ha grabbed the bone sword in its mouth, curious to see what was so special about it.

Buzz!!!

As General Ha picked up the bone sword, its expression changed, sensing the liveliness of its soul.

This novel feeling was something it had never experienced before.

“Whimper~~~~~”

With a low hum, a ghostly light began to appear in its eyes.

It swung the sword a few times with ease.

“Hmm???” Gory noticed something was amiss.

Soon, he realized what was wrong.

Because… it was too synchronized.

After Lu Ran’s dog picked up the bone sword, it showed no signs of discomfort. Instead, its soul breath was steadily rising, and it looked quite pleased!

What Gory didn’t know was that for most beings, using the bone sword to enhance their soul power would indeed be a heavy burden, difficult to control.

However, since it was a sword, and General Ha was the king of swords, possessing the talent of weapon mastery, wielding it was as easy as moving its own limbs.

Moreover, being a rare quality sword, it was well within General Ha’s control limits. After all, the foxtail grass it wielded with its tail was an exquisite quality ferocious plant sword.

It had mastered that, so wielding the bone sword was no challenge.

Nonetheless, the enhancement the bone sword provided to General Ha was indeed significantly different from the weapons it had used before.

This bone sword provided a massive boost in soul power. In just an instant, General Ha felt its soul power surpassing its physical strength, an unstoppable force.

To manage this overwhelming power, General Ha had no choice but to channel it into the bone sword. With a mere thought, a spectacular scene unfolded.

The bone sword in its mouth began to grow larger with a “whoosh,” similar to the Ice Sky Greatsword’s transformation. During this process, the massive blade of the bone sword started to shatter.

The white blade crumbled like paper, quickly turning into countless white fragments that floated around General Ha, resembling a dance of white paper.

“Howl~~~”

With a roar, the fragments of the sword began to change shape again, adhering to General Ha’s body. Piece by piece, the shattered blade seemed to form armor—leg armor, back armor, head armor. The white bones floated and assembled with agility.

Soon, its entire body looked as if it was clad in sharp armor. Its form became more imposing, and its face appeared like a small shield mask made of white bones!

It had actually used the bone sword fragments’ reassembly function to create a set of protective bone armor for itself!

After this transformation, Gory and the others could no longer recognize its previous appearance.

Compared to Erha, it now looked more like a bone hound that had crawled out of the underworld, a pure necromancy creature!

Outfit inspiration: Sudden Death King!

“Not bad,” Lu Ran’s voice rang out. Of course, the defense provided by the bone armor couldn’t compare to a single hair of the Sudden Death King, but it sure looked cool.

“This!!!” However, seeing General Ha so effortlessly wielding the bone sword’s various powers once again, Gory was left in disbelief, feeling that the word “genius” was insufficient to describe Lu Ran and his team.

At this moment, although General Ha was fully armed with bone armor, it could feel that the most significant enhancement was not its defense.

But rather… its combat technique!

The immense soul power wasn’t useless for General Ha, even without necromancy skills.

Its sword control technique not only enhanced strength and speed but also increased the number of weapons it could wield simultaneously.

Controlling one sword versus multiple swords brought vastly different combat advantages.

Previously, due to its immature multitasking technique, it was extremely difficult for General Ha to control multiple swords and achieve the “Ten Thousand Swords Return to One” technique.

But now, with the bone sword enhancing its soul power, General Ha found its multitasking ability greatly improved. It howled, and the remaining bone sword in its mouth shattered completely into fragments!

The fragments transformed into nine white bone flying swords, floating around General Ha.

With bone armor and nine bone flying swords swirling around it, General Ha’s impressive figure drew astonished gazes from Huo Di, Hei Yu, and others.

“So strong.”

At this moment, Lu Ran couldn’t help but praise continuously. He hadn’t expected that the special soul bone sword could so significantly enhance General Ha’s sword control abilities.

“The Forgemaster who crafted this sword is a genius!!”

Lu Ran vowed to understand the structure of this sword.

When they returned, he planned to use a thousand of General Ha’s teeth and find exquisite-level soul materials to personally forge a more suitable Thousand Blades for General Ha’s fangs!

And this was just a normal rare weapon. How powerful would a necromancy exquisite weapon be when paired with General Ha?

Sword grass… bone sword… It seemed General Ha’s enhancement direction was to keep collecting various powerful swords.

“You guys are too strong…” Gory felt a bit helpless. When he used this sword, it didn’t have this effect at all. Clearly, Lu Ran’s dog was too extraordinary, fully unleashing the bone sword’s power beyond its limits!

“Gory, lend me the sword.”

“No need to save it as a last resort; General Ha can perfectly wield it. I’ll let it engage in dual sword mode, using a sword and shield dog form to suppress the imperial faction!!”

Lu Ran’s confidence surged. This sword, to some extent, compensated for General Ha’s lack of crowd control abilities.

“Um…” Originally worried about Lu Ran, Gory suddenly found himself a bit concerned for the imperial army.

His gaze deepened. This Sudden Death King was undoubtedly a natural-born necromancer!

Even orthodox necromancers found it difficult to control the soul bone sword. They hadn’t even formally changed careers and were already using it so skillfully!

…

With the new sword in hand, unlocking a new form for General Ha, Lu Ran couldn’t wait to charge towards the imperial faction.

A stormy atmosphere loomed over both the imperial and necromancy factions!

Standing on the city wall, wearing a hooded black robe, Lu Ran’s young face peeked out from under the cloak. Behind him… were necromancers scattered around, ready to move out with Lu Ran at any moment.