Monsters Are Coming-Chapter 906 - 254: Divine Artifact Overlord Sword, Utter Despair
This dominantly styled Broken Sword, surprisingly, devours the host’s growth.
The decomposition introduction makes it very clear that harming the host is one way for the Broken Sword to obtain rule-generated energy.
To this, Qiao Wu wasn’t surprised.
It’s like the Reverse Tide Army gaining the Power of War through warfare, the Ancient God Race obtaining Fighting Soul Power through the arena, Ah Le producing the Power of Extreme Joy through the entertainment city, Shuyan gaining attention by writing stories... These actions may seem bizarre, but essentially, they are conforming to the logic of generating energy according to the rules.
Divine Artifact Rule is evidently one of them, requiring the Divine Artifact to conform to the logical cycle of harming the host to generate rule energy.
The more miserable the host, the more Strength the Divine Artifact gains.
"Interesting."
While Qiao Wu was observing the Overlord Sword, the heavily injured and broken Overlord Sword was also observing Qiao Wu.
Its shattered body had reached its limit, and it desperately needed a host to heal its wounds and gain rule energy.
And standing not far away, Qiao Wu was its chosen temporary transitional host.
Based on his Qi-Blood fluctuations and spiritual power fluctuations, the Overlord Sword gave a clear assessment: the adversary was very weak.
But it needed weakness.
Only the weak yearn for greater Strength.
Encountering itself, they would see it as an opportunity, thereby giving it the chance to accompany their growth and gradually establish trust.
If it were a stronger individual, they would see it only as a tool for battle, making it difficult to establish absolute trust.
Remembering the encounter just now, the Overlord Sword felt sullen.
The cause was from six months ago.
When it changed hosts again, it arrived in a valley surrounded by mountains.
There was a small village established by a descending force.
It met its previous host there.
The host was an Alien Race youth with silver-gray fur, and the first time they met, the youth was being beaten by a group of others with dark brown fur.
They clawed at the youth’s fur, which was different from theirs, cursing him as an "ominous hybrid."
The youth curled up, golden pupils flashing with defiance, but did not utter a plea for mercy.
Observing in secret, the Overlord Sword decided then that this was its next host.
When the battered youth was licking his wounds alone by the cliff edge, it appeared from the darkness, initiating contact with the youth.
Choosing the youth as a host was primarily because of his simple, easily manipulated nature and ostracized state.
The initial contact was the Divine Artifact Clan’s unique "blood recognition," disguising itself as a personal Divine Artifact, promising to help him gain power and respect, while secretly planning to gradually destroy his hope.
In fact, even the binding step was meaningless, essentially confusing the host, but more to read the host’s inner thoughts after binding.
This binding method had countless ways to remove it.
After that, it began its path of harm.
First, it guided the Alien Race youth through various dangerous training, using Hunting and other means to obtain the power it fed back, absorbing the youth’s various negative emotions in dire situations.
During the process of building trust, it secretly sowed discord between the Alien Race youth and his tribe, deepening his isolation within the tribe.
Subtly influencing the once tribe-loving youth to develop strong dissatisfaction with his tribe.
During this, the Overlord Sword also exerted Strength to influence the youth’s tribe, cementing the tribe’s view of the youth as an omen.
For instance, it once deliberately guided the youth to challenge a Monster polluted by a plague, causing him to become cursed.
During Healing, it deliberately intensified the curse effects, creating an illusion of the tribe watching him perish, even causing harm on purpose.
Through one incident after another, the accumulated anger and despair eventually broke the Alien Race youth’s psychological defenses.
At that moment, it fanned the flames, releasing Strength to ignite the youth’s suppressed anger.
Finally, the youth erupted under the pressure.
The Overlord Sword clearly remembered that night.
The village turned into a sea of flames, the youth, emotionally losing control, wielded it, massacring the entire village.
When consciousness returned, only endless regret and despair remained.
The youth knelt before the village, gazed at the village turned sea of flames, hammering the ground while wailing and crying in anguish, negative emotions erupting to the extreme.
But in the eyes of the Overlord Sword, it was a perfect Taotie feast.
Its "Divine Artifact Rule Derived Mark" inside continuously devoured the negative emotions, feeding back stronger Strength, allowing it to rapidly grow.
But the host was not yet broken, its game continued.
After that, it drove the youth from the village full of Pain and memories in his eyes.
During the days of wandering, it continuously tempted the youth into various perilous places, urging him to explore treasures.
For example, in a poison-filled forest, filled with lurking Monsters ready to attack.
Under its prodding, the youth struggled to go deeper into it.
The miasma continuously corroded his body, causing dizziness, with Monsters frequently attacking, quickly accumulating countless scars on the youth’s body.
Yet it kept whispering from the side, telling the youth it Perceived treasures deep in the forest, making the youth grit his teeth and press on.
During this, the Pain seeping from the youth was its joy source.
When the youth finally found the so-called treasure, it was actually sealing a toxic creature, likely crafted by a certain tribe as a weapon.
It deliberately concealed the truth it Perceived, letting the youth touch the Sealing, unleashing the toxic creature.
