This Spiritual Energy is Lethal!

Chapter 79: Chapter 079 Pihom Calls

“Let’s see what weapon it actually is.”

Chen Ke thought to himself as he crushed the soul fire in his hand. This time, the soul didn’t scatter but grew increasingly bright in his palm, eventually forming a golden orb enveloping his right hand.

Golden!

He felt he had grabbed something—a sword hilt.

Chen Ke slowly pulled the weapon out of the orb. A sword hilt wrapped in red ribbon came into view, followed by a cross-like handguard and then a slender blade etched with patterns, identical to the one used by Faralis.

The sword completely emerged from the orb, measuring at least 2 meters. The orb turned into orange specks of light that flickered twice in the air and then vanished without a trace.

At that moment, the weight of the sword suddenly increased manifold. Chen Ke hurriedly used his left hand to assist, but even with both hands tightly gripping the hilt, the sword still clanged to the floor, carving a deep gash.

Why was this sword so heavy?

Although Chen Ke wasn’t a muscular hunk, as an assassin, his physical condition far exceeded that of an average adult.

Even so, the weight of the sword felt unreal, like a steel bar. His face turned red, and his arm muscles tensed up tightly. He had to exert all his strength just to barely lift the sword.

If it took this much effort just to pick it up with both hands, using it was out of the question…

Chen Ke looked at the sword, and an information box appeared before his eyes:

[Faralis’s Unyielding Fury]

[Durability: General]

[Justice: Adds Justice attribute to damage]

[Charge: Increases charge speed by 50%, distance by 150%, and damage by 200%] (Skill missing)

[Indestructible Blade: This weapon cannot be damaged]

[Spirit Killer: This sword can harm Spiritual Bodies]

[Beloved sword of Phoenix Princess Faralis, personally forged by King Fan Hede. This resolute sword reflects the princess’s disdain for evil.]

[Faralis used this sword to behead the Pope Mazville. However, her soul was offered to the dark ones, rendering her immune to death by sword…]

The sword trembled and, with a “whoosh”, transformed into a golden Holy Relics diamond in Chen Ke’s hand.

Apart from the orange Blasphemous Dagger, this two-handed sword was probably the first golden Holy Relic that Chen Ke had obtained. He had now seen white, blue, golden, and orange Holy Relics.

Just from the affixes, one could see the tremendous differences among these Holy Relics. The affixes of this sword were even capable of enhancing a suspected Transcendent Skill!

First, it inherently added the Justice attribute to the damage, an attribute Chen Ke had never encountered before, and it seemed incredibly potent.

Next, it enhanced a skill called “Charge” in terms of speed, distance, and power, unfortunately, Chen Ke didn’t possess the manual for this skill.

The affixes Indestructible Blade and Spirit Killer were astonishing; no matter whether the monsters had a physical form or not, Chen Ke could slay them with this sword without worrying about durability issues.

Was this the power of a golden Holy Relic?

The Holy Relics’ affixes he had seen so far covered special effects, attribute enhancement, and skill enhancement… An idea lingered in his mind.

Could one possibly center around one or several skills, using a golden Holy Relic and a few blue Holy Relics together for enhancement and transformation, to achieve a special kind of combat power enhancement?

Perhaps that’s exactly what the Administration Bureau and “Superhumans” were doing.

Chen Ke had intended to pull out the black ring candleholder from his bag, but it had already transformed into a blue Holy Relics diamond, likely during the moment he passed through the Teleportation Gate.

The red indicator light on his Nokia E63 was blinking; Chen Ke hadn’t turned on the vibration mode, so he was surprised to find someone was looking for him. He lit up his phone and discovered that there had been a missed call from Pihom at the exact same second.

What was going on?

The call time was all on March 23, 2009, at 5:22 PM.

By his calculations, he had entered the Black Box Space at 1 PM and then was pulled into Fan Hede Kingdom… Considering the four-hour cooldown of the Teleportation Gate, only about five hours had passed since the street robbery…

What urgent matter did Pihom have?

Just as Chen Ke was about to stuff his phone back into his backpack, the phone’s interface displayed the incoming call screen.

Ah, it was Pihom.

Chen Ke answered the call.

“Chen Ke? Is that you?” It was Pihom’s voice on the other end.

“Pihom?” Chen Ke replied.

“Can you spare some time to come to the gun shop? I’ve gotten things sorted with the offshore accounts and documents. Priskin also has something to show you,” Pihom said.

“That was fast,” Chen Ke responded with satisfaction, surprised that Pihom had managed it in just five hours, which would facilitate many things for Chen Ke.

“I have some connections over there, so it only took five days to handle, but it cost a bit more money.”

Five days?

“Uh… What’s the date today?” something dawned on Chen Ke.

Time in the Great Void stands still…

“…It’s March 29 today. What have you been up to these days?” Pihom was puzzled.

“Oh… It’s nothing, my phone’s timer is broken,” Chen Ke gave a perfunctory reply.

Had six days really passed outside while he spent only five hours inside?

“You called me earlier, I missed it,” Chen Ke said.

“It was nothing, just wanted to inform you about the specific expenses, but I thought you wouldn’t mind much,” Pihom chuckled.

“…” Chen Ke remained silent.

“Also, there’s new progress with Bain, and we’ll soon find out what exactly went wrong. Once this issue is settled, we can check out what Si’s consortium has gotten their hands on,” Pihom’s voice became sinister.

After Si’s consortium’s team entered the Great Void, they likely opted to complete the ritual since they didn’t have Chen Ke’s ability to read soul memories.

What exactly had they obtained?

“It’s been six days; they must have moved the item to the safest place already,” Chen Ke said.

“I’m familiar with these spiritual products. To evade the Administration Bureau’s investigation, many smuggled Holy Relics are constantly moved from place to place, a process that can last for months. They mainly wait to see the Administration Bureau’s response and whether they detect the smuggling activity before moving the smuggled Holy Relics to their company’s territory, considering it absolutely safe,” Pihom confidently explained.

“It sounds like they wouldn’t have had a chance to do so now,” Chen Ke nodded, well aware of what had happened six days ago.

“The West Gold Building just had a serious accident, lots of Administration Bureau personnel died, and this whole week has been full of intensive Holy Relics search operations. Si’s consortium won’t make a move hastily. We have plenty of time and opportunity,” Pihom said.

“Alright, I’ll get ready and meet you at the gun shop in a bit,” Chen Ke finished speaking and hung up the phone.