Chapter 462: Chapter 313: Sword Discussion 47, First Layer Test: Forbidden Treasure, Absolute Weapons! [Seeking Monthly Pass!]_2
Not only the ’Golden Silk Silkworm Armor’.
Including the 40-level ’Star Stone’, if not continuously infused with Spiritual power, it cannot be activated.
"What’s going on?"
Yan Chuan hurriedly looked at Wang Zhengyi: "Old Wang, try and see if the Exotic Treasures on you can still be used!"
"Exotic Treasures?"
Wang Zhengyi shook the long spear in his hand, shock evident on his face: "Why does it feel like it’s become just a Mortal Weapon?"
This iron spear of his is a Second Rank Strange Weapon, extremely heavy and hard, with Inner Strength and Inner Force flowing through it smoothly, much easier to unleash Wang Zhengyi’s full powerful Qi Power than ordinary weapons.
But now!
This iron spear! Has lost its spirit?!
Not just Yan Chuan.
Not just Wang Zhengyi.
As the arena battles began, more and more people noticed this anomaly—
"My blade!"
"My sword!"
"My treasure!"
All lost their spirit! Everything lost its spirit!
Among them, the ’Strange Weapons’ still retained their material quality, and could still be activated with Inner Strength like a Mortal Weapon, though it would cause significant damage. However, treasures like ’White Horn Trumpet’, ’Vajra Pet’, ’Rainbow Rope’, and the like could no longer be used.
Including the ’Golden Stick’, though it is a Strange Weapon with a fine material, its Inner Strength could no longer activate the eighteen kinds of Absolute Skills in staff and spear techniques it contained, turning it into merely an ordinary Third-Rank Strange Weapon, causing damage with every use, losing its dominance from not long ago.
Guo Xi was truly miserable.
But even more miserable was Yin Ye.
Chou Character Arena—
"Rise!"
"Rise!"
"Rise for me ahhhhhhhh!"
Yin Ye tried to lift the ’Golden Tower’, flooding it with Inner Strength, but all efforts sank like a stone to the bottom of the ocean, utterly unable to activate it. Having just recently rented this Third-Rank Treasure at great cost, and planning to rely on it to secure a spot among the ’Twelve Strong’, how could he foresee that in just two short hours, the treasure would fail him, becoming nonfunctional!
"It’s unusable?"
Ban Xianfu stepped onto the Chou Character Arena, holding an ’Avici Blade’ that was not high in tier but had considerable Spiritual quality. Held in his hand at this moment, the blade seemed to wail, as if sending out a plea for help, asking Ban Xianfu not to use it.
Ban Xianfu was thoughtful.
He put away the ’Avici Blade’ and looked again at Yin Ye, who was holding a ’Golden Tower’ that was only for show and could not be used.
"It seems!"
"This might be fortunate!"
Ban Xianfu moved forward, each step boomingly landing, as if treading on Yin Ye’s soul.
Yin Ye, on one hand, was disturbed by the sudden failure of the ’Golden Tower’!
And on the other hand was intimidated by Ban Xianfu’s pressing footsteps!
Until Ban Xianfu stood before him, when a Hand Blade pierced the skies, only then did he suddenly regain his senses—
"Ah!"
"No!"
Yin Ye’s expression changed drastically, but it was already too late!
Boom!
Ban Xianfu used his hand as a blade!
With a boom, Yin Ye, holding a sword in one hand and a tower in the other, maintained this posture and slid backward on his knees, plowing the ground, scraping and tearing flesh to the bone, the unimaginable pain.
Yet the physical pain couldn’t compare to the heartache Yin Ye felt; he knelt on the ground, his eyes void of any spirit.
But at this moment, Gan Hong, who rented him the ’Golden Tower’, strode forward, yelling anxiously: "Yin Ye! You’re such a waste!"
With that, he snatched back the Exotic Treasure!
Yin Ye’s eyes instantly widened with rage, glaring fiercely at Gan Hong: "Golden Tower! Fake goods!"
"You’re the fake!"
"Your whole family is fake!"
"Falling off the arena means no prize money, but the guaranteed thousand pounds of Essence Stone can’t miss! Otherwise, I’ll spread the contract around, ruining the Purple Beard Sect’s reputation!"
Gan Hong was also furious!
His ’Golden Tower’ definitely had a shot at winning the championship, doing fine before, but in Yin Ye’s hands, things went south, this guy is truly unlucky!
If not for the fact that other people’s Exotic Treasures also had issues, he would have made Yin Ye compensate him a huge Treasure!
But now!
Since everyone’s Exotic Treasures are problematic, forget about compensation, and even dividends, but he still demands the guaranteed thousand pounds of rental money!
Gan Hong showed no courtesy.
Yin Ye seethed with anger—
Treasures useless!
And still asked for money?!
"Pfft!"
Yin Ye couldn’t hold it any longer, spewing blood in anger, fainting on the spot.
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"Haha!"
"Yin Ye is so mad he fainted!"
Wang Zhengyi laughed uproariously.
Really, who wouldn’t be mad about Yin Ye’s situation?
After finally securing an arena, after finally acquiring a ’Golden Tower’, hopeful for the ’Twelve Strong’, even promised to pay the ’rental’, yet after just two defense matches, he was punished—
The Exotic Treasure stopped working!
Couldn’t defend the arena!
Who wouldn’t be angry?
Yin Ye was down on his luck.
But in this unexpected turn, Yin Ye wasn’t the only one unlucky.
Including Cai Ru’an, Gongyang Yu, Ma Hongniang, Liu Xin, and many other arena masters, all experienced an epic level of weakening!
Exotic Treasures lost their power!
They found it hard to be aggressive, couldn’t defend the arena, and after being knocked out, found it difficult to reclaim the arena.
"Shen Wu!"
"Grandmaster!"
"Your Majesty!"
"Give us an explanation!"
Cai Ru’an, holding the ’Five-Colored Stone’, shouted to the heavens for answers.
In the sky.
Shen Wu’s voice thundered—
"Starting from Forty-Seven, every seven days a challenge will be added!"
"Forbidden Exotic Treasures!"
"Absolute Weapons!"
"This is the First Layer of the challenge!"
Challenge?
The forty-nine days of the arena battle actually had additional challenges?
Forty-seven?
Indeed!
Today was the twenty-second day of the Sword Discussion, exactly the first day of Forty-Seven.
The first challenge!
Arrived suddenly!
...
"Forbidden Exotic Treasures?"
Cai Ru’an’s face turned bitter, wanting to curse but unable to voice it.
She was not weak, ranked fortieth among the ’Chufeng’, known as the ’Starry Sky’, excelling in Swordsmanship. Coupled with the Third-Rank Treasure ’Five-Colored Stone’ and her Hundred Shots Hundred Hits skill, since she ascended to the arena, though she had been knocked off a few times, she’d defended it for sixteen days, accumulating sixteen points for the ’Arena Master Award’, enough for the sixth tier reward, which is at least a thousand pounds of Essence Stone and a bottle of Top-Grade Qi Blood Pill.
That wasn’t her limit.
With the ’Five-Colored Stone’, she could keep defending, expecting at least another twenty days in the remaining twenty-eight days, which, adding the previous sixteen days, would make thirty-six points, qualifying for the ’Arena Master Award’ third tier reward, at least thirty thousand pounds of Essence Stone, and a richly endowed mine in the Mountain and Sea Realm!
Wealth beyond measure!
Just within reach!
But now, the dream broke at Forty-Seven!
Cai Ru’an!
Was nerfed!
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Yin Ye wasn’t an isolated case.
Cai Ru’an wasn’t alone either.
Chi Gao, Liu Xin, Ma Hongniang, Xin Huan, Guo Xi, Gongyang Yu, and other arena masters with Third-Rank Treasures all faced the same situation.
They were all dumbfounded!
This even included the Yan Chuan Team.
"Sigh!"
"Laugh at others!"
"But we’re in the same boat!"
After Wang Zhengyi laughed, he couldn’t help but sigh.
Yan Chuan had the ’Star Stone’, invincible in the world, relying on this treasure, their chances of defending the arena were far greater than Yin Ye, Cai Ru’an, and the others, seemingly a sure thing!
Yet with the arrival of the First Layer challenge, ’Exotic Treasures’ were forbidden, their huge advantage vanished in an instant. Never mind defending for the full forty-nine days, even getting into the ’Twelve Strong’ is now questioned!
And!
And!
The point was not only the Exotic Treasures, but also—
"Absolute Weapons?"
"This isn’t about Absolute Weapons! It’s about dooming us!"
Wang Zhengyi gave a bitter smile.
The so-called ’Absolute Weapons’ doesn’t mean no weapon use allowed, but under the rules environment of Forty-Seven, Exotic Treasures are ineffective, and both weapons and Strange Weapons incur damage with use. Wang Zhengyi could clearly feel that his Second Rank Long Spear, if used with Inner Strength and Spear Technique, wouldn’t last even for an hour. In a competition with others, under collision, the damage was greater, fearing it wouldn’t even last half an hour.
As for ordinary Mortal Weapons.
Wang Zhengyi scanned the arena below; people’s personal Mortal Weapons, without any contact or use, were directly corroded to dust by the environment atop Chess Stone Peak, scattered all over, completely unusable.
In other words—
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