Liam panted as he felt the weapon once again thrum with life. The sword in his hand was heavier than ever, but it was calmly resting in his hand. Was it over? He was not sure, but he tested the waters by slowly dissipating the cocoon around him.
Still… there was no response from the sword? It was as if the weapon was completely subdued. Liam smirked. It looked like this was over, at least for now. It turned out that doing this in the middle of this battlefield was the right decision after all.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Several notifications rang out loudly, interrupting his thoughts.
Liam moved out of the way of the beast horde and hurriedly opened his system interface to check the notifications.
<Ding. You have unlocked the 6th seal of your weapon>
<Ding. Black Dragon Sword has been upgraded>
<Ding. You have unlocked a new attribute 'Soul Strength'>
<Ding. Your Soul Strength has increased>
<Ding. You have now acquired 76% of the legacy>
<Ding. You have unlocked a new skill 'Soul Shield'>
<Ding. You have now acquired 81% of the legacy>
Liam blinked. He completely hadn't expected this.
When he forged the three-headed wyvern, he only got a small boost to his legacy, from 70% to 71%. However, the breakthroughs he made today were much bigger than that. One pushed him from 71 to 76%, and the other from 76 to 81%.
He actually had 81% of the legacy!
It seemed like only yesterday that he had started from scratch!
Slowly building this little by little over time, he was now almost close to acquiring the whole damn thing. More importantly, this new attribute… soul strength…
Even with his increased understanding of the legacy, this should be the most valuable thing he acquired today.
<Soul Strength: First Order>
"First Order? What does this mean?" Liam narrowed his eyes to think about the implications of this new attribute.
Soul strength was something that was basic to all living beings. More than anyone else, he was aware of this fact because he had by now gone through hundreds of souls.
A living being's strength, weakness, memories, desires, dreams, their entire life, a soul was a record of all these things collectively.
Improving this shouldn't be as simple as gaining a bonus in the strength or agility stats. Liam felt as if this particular attribute was much deeper and had more meaning and consequences.
He licked his lips as he jumped back into the beast horde and began yet another onslaught. There was still a lot he needed to understand and he needed to analyze. A lot of unanswered questions remained.
But he also had the perfect battlefield that could help him figure out these things and solve the questions. All around him, there were countless souls wailing for his attention.
Liam did not waste any time, and he first tried using the newly upgraded sword. He swung it around, sending sword slashes at the beasts around him.
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
Four consecutive slashes were executed, but even Liam was amazed at the results. Just for merely bringing down his sword, terrifying damage numbers popped up.
-10,000
-50,000
-15,000
-25,650
His swordplay was far from perfect, so this was simply unbelievable. If his half-assed sword work can unleash so much of the weapon's capability, then how much damage would a trained technique bring out?
Liam felt goosebumps as he continued using the sword repeatedly. As for the reason for this new development, he could feel it clearly after the fifth swing.
The powerful aura that lashed at him when he unlocked the seal was now surrounding the sword, hence the exaggerated damage numbers.
This was completely different from when he had undone the first seal, the second seal, or the third seal. The effect this time was off the charts. Every time a seal was undone, more and more of the dragon souls seeped out.
Liam couldn't help but wonder just how powerful this weapon would turn out if he unlocked the fourth, fifth, and seventh seals as well. There were also the mysterious eighth and ninth seals, about which nothing was known to him.
He gritted his teeth as he slashed at the beasts around him one more time before taking a look at the system interface.
[1st Seal: To break the seal, devour a thousand rare grade or higher grade weapons]
[Broken]
[2nd Seal: To break the seal, devour a thousand rare grade or higher grade herbs]
[Broken]
[3rd Seal: To break the seal, devour a thousand rare grade or higher ores]
[Broken]
[4th Seal: To break the seal, devour a thousand rare grade or higher gems]
[5th Seal: To break the seal, devour a thousand elemental essences]
[6th Seal: To break the seal, devour a thousand bloodlines]
[Broken]
[7th Seal: To break the seal, devour a thousand souls]
[8th Seal: N/A]
[9th Seal: N/A]