Chapter 422: Chapter 257: Comprehensive Upgrade (4)
Besides, cars took up too much space. There wouldn’t be enough room for other supplies.
Moreover, Fang Zhen had the Red Hare Warhorse, so he didn’t need to worry about a vehicle for now. He would only reconsider if he ever actually needed a car bomb.
Aside from the Bloodburst Potions and drones, he also prepared some other high-powered items.
Using the ID cards of Hao Lei’s associates, Fang Zhen stockpiled about fifteen or sixteen gas canisters.
These canisters were larger than the small ones he had brought last time; they were the 10-kilogram models.
If modified, these gas canisters could be turned into makeshift mortars, or simply be thrown like giant firecrackers.
This way, when facing exceptionally strong freaks, or those with tough exoskeletons, he could just use the gas canisters on them if they weren’t agile enough.
With this set of equipment on hand, Fang Zhen felt his martial virtue overflowing, and his confidence surged.
For defense, he had the level 3 Gang Zan Seal and Feather-Iron Wall.
His firepower and defense were both sufficient, enough to give Fang Zhen a sense of security.
In addition, he had figured out the proper way to use the King’s Sword through practical testing.
The "King’s Sword" was the spinal column of the Legendary King, Anlon Lie Feng.
The correct way to use the sword wasn’t as a weapon, but as an amplifier.
Fang Zhen tested it and found that the King’s Sword could absorb all kinds of energy.
After channeling his Bone Energy into the King’s Sword, he could feel an amplification field form around him, dozens of meters in diameter, that boosted his Bone Energy.
Within its effective range, the King’s Sword increased the recovery and effectiveness of Fang Zhen’s Bone Energy by 75%.
This figure was an estimate, but a very close one.
However, there was a problem. He was putting in 100% of his Bone Energy, but if he only calculated his own input and output, this wasn’t a perpetual motion machine; it was actually a 25% net loss.
However, this wasn’t the limit of the King’s Sword.
Fang Zhen sensed that within the range of the King’s Sword’s field, if other people could use Bone Energy, their Bone Energy would also be enhanced. Perhaps not by the same 75% he received, but they should get a boost of 25% to 50%.
He now had a general idea of how to properly use the King’s Sword.
In other words, as long as a certain type of power was channeled into the King’s Sword, it would generate a wide-area aura. The principle wasn’t entirely clear, but this power would then amplify the same type of energy within the aura’s range.
Fang Zhen also ran another test. This time, he didn’t channel Bone Energy into the King’s Sword, but the power from the Curse Seal World.
And something wondrous happened. Channeling this power into the King’s Sword still produced a similar area-of-effect amplification, though the magnitude was smaller than with Bone Energy.
Fang Zhen tested it. Inputting 100% of his Power of Curse Seal resulted in a 50% net amplification for himself after accounting for the cost. If it were to affect others, their own Power of Curse Seal would likely only increase by about 15% to 30%.
But even so, this was incredibly valuable.
In certain special scenarios, if Fang Zhen was surrounded by many Curse Sealers, he could use the King’s Sword to significantly boost their power.
The more Curse Sealers and other powerful individuals gathered around him, the stronger the effect of the King’s Sword would be.
’It truly is the King’s Sword. Only a king with a host of followers can unleash its full potential.’
Fang Zhen then tested his Source Power.
The amplification for Source Power was less than that for Bone Energy, about on par with the Power of Curse Seal.
’It seems the King’s Sword is still specialized for the Crystal Bone Realm.’
Fang Zhen figured that in a team fight, activating the King’s Sword’s "kingly aura" would be extremely effective.
However, whether it would be as effective in practice as he imagined remained to be seen.
But from this perspective, Fang Zhen discovered a difference between an Elite Realm and a normal world.
In the Crystal Bone Realm, Fang Zhen had heard that when Anlon Lie Feng was on the battlefield, he could amplify the abilities of all Crystal Bone Masters within a massive range, extending several kilometers. Some individuals even had their power magnified tenfold.
This was definitely not just the power of the King’s Sword itself. It must have also been related to the Crystal Bone Realm being an Elite Realm.
The Crystal Bone Realm was saturated with a kind of free-floating energy radiation, and the King’s Sword could stimulate this energy to its maximum potential.
Otherwise, the King’s Sword couldn’t become a perpetual motion machine; the energy had to come from somewhere.
In comparison, the Curse Seal World didn’t seem to have this kind of free-floating, world-spanning power. Or if it did, it was so minuscule that ordinary people couldn’t sense it.
Therefore, even though the King’s Sword could affect its surroundings and amplify the Power of Curse Seal or other energies, the boost was limited. This was likely the biggest difference between an Elite Realm and a normal world.
Fang Zhen even had a theory. In worlds like the Heroic Realm or the Legendary World, could it be that the powerful individuals there weren’t inherently that strong—or rather, they were strong, but with limits? Instead, what if those worlds were simply saturated with a potent energy that their inhabitants used unconsciously in their daily lives, which in turn made them so formidable?
This explanation was somewhat similar to the idea that Blue Star was in an End of the Dharma Era with insufficient Spiritual Energy, but when Spiritual Energy revived, all sorts of legends and Extraordinary Abilities would emerge.
This was just a theory of Fang Zhen’s, a mental exploration and a longing for the Heroic Realm and Legendary World. He would have to experience them himself to know if it was true.
After storing all the supplies from the factory in his sub-space, Fang Zhen returned home.
It was already evening. He had just eaten dinner out, and the first thing he did upon returning home was go to his computer room and open the interface for the "Dungeon Life" game computer.
Fang Zhen had 460 merit points left. Besides setting some aside to hire combat partners, he also performed an appraisal.
Previously, in the Bloody Lord’s instance, Fang Zhen had obtained several blood-colored crystal stones left by Ellick.
These items were called Blood Essence Stones, and they could be used to learn skills directly.
He had already learned Violent Hypnosis and Assassination Step from them. Three stones remained, their properties unknown.
Fang Zhen looked at his remaining merit points and decided to appraise two of the remaining Blood Essence Stones.
He dragged a Blood Essence Stone to the appraisal slot, spending 71 merit points.
The appraisal result appeared as follows:
"Blood Crystal Stone: Profane Language: Madness
A special item that passes on the Profane Language.
Type: High-Grade Special Item.
Background Information: During a bloody ritual, the Vampire Count Ellick entered a trance-like state and received evil whispers from an unknown existence. This language is a high-energy language; however, high-energy is not necessarily positive—it can also be evil.
This high-energy language is an incomparably profane and evil tongue. When this language is spoken, hearing its evil, high-energy words can cause the weak-willed to fall directly into madness, attack themselves, lose all reason, and be unable to recover..."
