My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome
Chapter 508 - 507: The Formidable Knife

Chapter 508: Chapter 507: The Formidable Knife

[Name]: Whale Horn

[Attribute]: Ice

[Quality]: ★★★

[Condition]: Intact

[Function]: Ice Mirror: Continuously absorbs a small amount of ice energy when wielding the blade, producing a disorienting Ice Mirror that makes it difficult for the target to see the trajectory of the slash during fast attacks; the faster the attack speed, the stronger the confusing effect.

Ice Blossom: Activates three seconds after engaging the target, injecting Ice Breath with each effective Slashing that, after gestating for five seconds, will burst within the target, the more Slashes, the greater the power of the Ice Blossom.[Active](Activation method: Actively input energy to reach the threshold and activate.)

[Description]: The Tang sword, Whale Horn, was specially forged for Shao Zifeng by a team of master artisans. With one successful experience under their belt, the masters’ skills have blended and approached perfection.

Shao Zifeng appeared slightly dazed as he looked at the attributes of the Whale Horn Blade on the screen.

Active special effect!

He had been content with the expectation that this blade would be on par with the Heaven-Questioning Blade, but the result had far exceeded his anticipation.

Of course, this was not to say that the Heaven-Questioning Blade was inferior; the stacking damage effect it offered could not be matched by the Whale Horn Blade.

The two blades served different purposes.

The Heaven-Questioning Blade strove for ultimate destruction, while the Whale Horn Blade emphasized speed.

However, compared to the gambling chances of the Heaven-Questioning Blade, the special effect of the Whale Horn Blade held more advantage in combat because Shao Zifeng could control the timing of activating its special effect.

Seeing how Shao Zifeng was so enamored with the Whale Horn Blade that he couldn’t put it down, Zhou Hongfeng smiled and said to the others, "It seems that the boy is quite pleased with this blade, haha."

Upon hearing this, everyone else joined in with laughter, and a jovial atmosphere immediately filled the spacious hall.

Click.

The long blade with a glinting frost sheen returned to its sheath as Shao Zifeng said earnestly to Zhou Hongfeng, "Thank you, Master Zhou."

"There’s no need for such formality," Zhou Hongfeng waved his hand and said, looking at him kindly, "You’re the little benefactor of our research institute. We’re hoping you’ll find more materials suitable for forging elemental weapons."

He said this to avoid making Shao Zifeng feel indebted to anyone.

Everyone knew that stumbling upon such a material was a rare opportunity; otherwise, the research institute wouldn’t have been pushed to the brink of disbandment.

"I’ll do my best to find them."

Zhou Hongfeng looked at Shao Zifeng, who was dead serious, and felt slightly startled, then kindly said with a smile, "Well then, you’ll have to work hard, as the nation will rely on you youngsters after us old men are gone."

Thus, having achieved his purpose of visiting the weapons research institute, Shao Zifeng was ready to take his leave.

But to everyone’s surprise, he turned to Li Tianwen with a fervent look, "General Li, may I learn a few moves from you?"

The moment he spoke, the hall descended into silence.

Everyone looked at Shao Zifeng with odd expressions, even Li Tianwen himself looked surprised, "Are you sure?"

Yang Qi hurriedly reached out to tug at Shao Zifeng’s sleeve, "Zifeng junior, are you out of your mind?"

Shao Zifeng met his gaze without any avoidance, "Certain!"

Seeing that he was not joking, Li Tianwen’s expression grew solemn, "I understand."

"Haha,"

Zhou Hongfeng laughed heartily and glanced at the crowd, "In that case, let’s have the spar here, and let us witness the prowess of the number one in the military."

What’s going on?

The number one in the military?

Shao Zifeng was bewildered.

He was prepared that his own clumsy Saber Technique would be no match for Li Tianwen, but he was disconcerted by the reputation of the number one in the military.

"You didn’t know?" Yang Qi sighed and quietly explained to him, "General Li is passionate about sparring; even before he became a general, he was constantly challenging others to fights. The title of ’number one in the military’ is one he hard-fought for, battle by battle."

Shao Zifeng inhaled sharply.

Good heavens, had he really challenged such a formidable figure?

Challenging the pinnacle of military prowess right out of the gate, would he not get beaten to death?

But since things had escalated this far, he had no choice but to go through with it.

As the researchers quickly cleared the surrounding weapon racks to make space, Zhou Hongfeng, with a gleeful smile, picked up two wooden sabers, "These are models carved for practice; you can use these for your match. Tianwen, you’re the elder here, so don’t go too hard on Zifeng."

Li Tianwen nodded, picking up the wooden sword and twirling it in his hand.

When he looked at Shao Zifeng again, his whole demeanor had undergone a tremendous change, "Let’s start."

The onlookers silently retreated, clearing an area for the two to duel.

Li Tianwen stood there in his crisp military uniform, like a unsheathed sharp sword, while Shao Zifeng, dressed in casual clothes, also seemed extraordinary and no less imposing.

It looked as if each had met their match.

Shao Zifeng looked at Li Tianwen and took a deep breath before gripping the hilt of the wooden sword with both hands, then rushed forward like an arrow leaving its bow.

As he was about to close in on Li Tianwen, he lifted the sword with both hands over his head and roared as he slashed down hard at him.

Watching Shao Zifeng’s action, the crowd of onlookers murmured quietly to each other.

"A calf that’s not afraid of tigers," the man in the white lab coat said as he pushed up his glasses.

"The kid looks sharp, but his attack is so reckless."

"Fists fear the young; perhaps this young man can really hold his own."

"What’s the next line after fists fear the young?"

"A stick fears an old man... ahem, forget I said anything."

Amongst the crowd were not just onlookers, some truly understood the situation.

Zhou Hongfeng was somewhat astonished watching Shao Zifeng, unable to comprehend why they would craft a weapon for someone completely unskilled with a sword.

Li Tianwen was also somewhat disappointed.

In his heart, Shao Zifeng had always been a genius-like figure, but he had not expected such swordsmanship...

To call it swordsmanship almost insulted the sword.

Regardless, Shao Zifeng’s strike had indeed used all his strength, causing a faint whooshing sound to fill the hall.

Just as the sword seemed about to hit, Li Tianwen subtly shifted his body and swung his sword backwards to block.

Bang!

The wooden swords clashing emitted a brief sound, with tiny splinters scattering in all directions.

Seeing this, Shao Zifeng used the momentum of his charge to make a desperate downward push.

Hiss—

Suddenly, Li Tianwen’s blade twisted.

Amid the grating friction, it slid upwards along Shao Zifeng’s sword.

Unable to stop due to the momentum, Shao Zifeng could only watch as Li Tianwen’s sword chopped towards his sword’s handguard.

The handguard, which is the protrusion at the junction of the handle and the blade, prevents the hand from slipping onto the blade during combat and can block the enemy’s weapon.

Just as Shao Zifeng thought his wooden sword would be stopped by the handguard, Li Tianwen’s wrist suddenly made a small, rapid up and down motion.

The continually rising blade lifted slightly, skipped over the handguard, then cut down once more.

Crack!

His hand holding the sword instantly felt a burning pain, and he nearly lost his grip on the wooden sword.

Due to inertia, Shao Zifeng staggered dangerously close to falling face-first, but luckily he used the wooden sword to prop himself up on the ground at the last second, avoiding embarrassment.

The researchers exchanged glances; although they knew Shao Zifeng would lose, they didn’t expect it to happen so soon.

After all, he started with a quite intimidating presence.

Looking at Shao Zifeng, who was leaning on his sword and catching his breath, the hall fell silent once again.

Li Tianwen hesitated slightly, "Your strength is good, but your sword technique..."

He stopped there.

It wasn’t just that he usually wasn’t very articulate, even a silver-tongued person would struggle to praise Shao Zifeng’s clumsy sword technique.

Just when everyone thought Shao Zifeng would be discouraged,

he suddenly looked up, his gaze burning as he fixed it on Li Tianwen.

"General Li, take me as your disciple!"

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