Wen Wen placed the metal container on the ground and rubbed his hands, his expression a little excited, much like opening a loot box in a game, because he didn't know what he would get.
This thing had been nurtured with his blood for nearly fifty days. In a sense, this sword embryo was Wen Wen's own flesh and blood, so Wen Wen was very much looking forward to its eventual power.
As soon as the lid was lifted, a blood-colored long rainbow flew out from the container, circling Wen Wen more than a dozen times in the blink of an eye. The blood on the sword splattered everywhere.
“This sword is too lively, I can’t even see what it looks like clearly…”
As this thought flashed through Wen Wen’s mind, the sword embryo stopped about two meters in front of him, its body slowly rotating, allowing Wen Wen to appreciate every detail.
What was originally an inconspicuous sword embryo had now completely turned blood red, possessing an eerie beauty, and a strong scent of blood could be smelled even from two meters away.
At the same time, the sword transmitted a strong desire to Wen Wen, a craving to fight enemies and to taste the blood of the strong.
Wen Wen scratched his head and muttered awkwardly, “I must have eliminated most of the demonic nature in this sword when I tricked the Pu Guang Angel before. How come it feels like this sword is even more sinister after I finished nurturing it…”
After thinking for a while, Wen Wen found the reason: “It must be that the formula Xun Wu Xian Gei gave me had a problem!”
If Xun Wu Xian Gei could hear Wen Wen’s words, he would surely cry out in injustice. The sword embryo’s current appearance was entirely Wen Wen’s own doing.
A normal cleansing with fresh blood would be enough to establish a connection, but Wen Wen had used fresh blood every single day for forty-nine days, which was equivalent to performing a blood sacrifice on the sword embryo for more than forty days…
At the same time, Wen Wen also injected some of his specially concocted ingredients into the sword embryo. What were these specially concocted ingredients?
Forbidden knowledge from the Book of Lightning, various power-enhancing runes, the strength of the Blood-colored Heart, the power of the Black Body, and… madness!
With so many miscellaneous things poured into it, it was a miracle that the sword embryo hadn’t backfired on its master…
However, although it looked incredibly sinister, that was directed towards enemies. At least the sword embryo brought no negative effects to Wen Wen and was extremely obedient, even being considered an extension of his consciousness.
So, Wen Wen found Redbeard and asked him to forge this sword embryo into a usable longsword for Wen Wen.
Redbeard’s eyes widened upon seeing the sword embryo. He knew Wen Wen was nurturing his original sword embryo, but he hadn’t expected it to be so outstanding after the nurturing was complete. It was closer to his ideal demonic sword than any sword embryo he had ever worked on.
He excitedly said to Wen Wen, “Rest assured, as long as you entrust this sword embryo to me, I will definitely forge it into the most powerful demonic sword!”
Wen Wen tapped Redbeard’s head with his Mad Qi Bone Staff and said, “Hmph, I don’t want you to forge it into a demonic sword. I want a sword that can be used normally. If you dare to secretly add anything, I’ll pull out all your beard. Also, the shape must be according to my requirements; I don’t trust your aesthetic sense.”
Redbeard subconsciously touched his beard, shivered, and finally reluctantly agreed to Wen Wen’s demands.
This sword embryo was already sinister enough. If Redbeard were to further modify it, who knew what might come out of it. And Redbeard’s aesthetic sense… well, those spinal bone demonic swords were becoming more and more unconventional, looking more exaggerated than weapons in video games. Wen Wen didn’t want to fight with such a longsword.
Moreover, during Redbeard’s time working in the containment facility, Wen Wen had discovered his second characteristic besides his obsession with forging: his beard. Threatening him with his beard was always effective.
The fact that he carved the style of his beard onto every weapon he forged showed how obsessed he was with his precious beard…
Redbeard gathered all sorts of rare metals suitable for sword forging within the containment facility, along with metal clusters encased in crystallized sword energy, and began to forge the sword embryo.
During the forging process, Wen Wen could feel the sword embryo’s pain and also its rapid growth.
Forging was not a single step. Every time Redbeard paused, Wen Wen would use his Disaster-grade power to baptize the semi-finished longsword. This was repeated more than ten times, taking a full day to finally stop.
What appeared before Wen Wen now was a longsword as black as ink. The hilt was designed for a two-handed grip, the handguard was a flat hexagon, and there was a deep blood groove on the blade.
As soon as Wen Wen gripped it, he felt a connection as if it were flesh and blood. Many sword stances that were difficult to use before became very easy with this sword. After a moment of thought, Wen Wen lightly swung at Redbeard’s forging hammer, and the hammer was cut into two pieces.
Redbeard’s first reaction was sheer joy. The longsword was so sharp that it could easily cut through his hammer without using superpowers. It was indeed an unprecedented masterpiece forged by him. Then, he began to feel sorry for his forging hammer.
“Stop feeling sorry, choose any material you want and go get a better hammer yourself,” Wen Wen said, patting Redbeard on the shoulder.
As they were talking, new changes appeared on the black longsword. A crimson luster seeped out from within the sword, gradually forming a continuously flowing scarlet color on the blade, looking both eerie and beautiful.
Wen Wen’s mouth twitched slightly. He hadn’t expected the blood color to remain after forging, and he preferred black…
“Since this blood color can’t be wiped away, let’s just leave it as it is. This red line will be convenient for naming… let’s call it ‘Blood River Sword’!”
Upon receiving the name Blood River Sword, the sword body trembled slightly and let out a clear and melodious sword cry, clearly satisfied with the name.
However, this clear and melodious sound was only for Wen Wen, who held the sword. To Redbeard, it sounded like a terrifying monster’s shrill roar, but Redbeard didn’t dislike the sound.
Holding the newly forged longsword, Wen Wen felt as if he had gotten a fun new toy. His sword energy had never been so active. After playing with it for a while, Wen Wen felt like something was missing.
“I still need to wrap the hilt with cloth and make a scabbard. I can tear a strip of cloth from a containment officer’s uniform; it’ll self-heal anyway. For the scabbard… I heard sharkskin scabbards are good, that guy Shark Warrior…”
Redbeard’s forehead beaded with sweat upon hearing this. He couldn’t help but mourn for Shark Warrior. Thinking that they were both prisoners and in the same boat, he quickly said to Wen Wen, “Leave all that to me. A good sword needs a good scabbard…”
“Alright then, ask the jailer for whatever materials you need. I’m going to try out the sword first…” After speaking, Wen Wen leisurely left, carrying the Blood River Sword.
Having just obtained his destiny longsword, Wen Wen’s own power was in a state of extreme activity, including the ‘Black Body’ power.
Wen Wen wanted to take this opportunity to try and elevate the power of his Black Body to the Intermediate Disaster stage. Only then would the Black Body truly be useful!