Wednesday daytime.
After Lucas's diligent cultivation throughout the day, the True Qi capacity in his body had reached four wisps.
In the evening, he played with the Spine Sword upon returning home.
But still couldn't activate it.
"Could it be that the Spine Sword also requires eight wisps of True Qi to work?"
Lucas, having locked the doors and windows, lay on his bed.
Listening to the thumping knocks on the door at his ear.
Lucas's heart was as calm as an ancient well.
Judah, as usual, hid in the bathroom. She even locked the door, seemingly very afraid of being broken in on by the Yandere Valkyries.
"Forget it, don't think so much. I haven't had a good night's sleep in a long time… I'll rest first."
He yawned.
Lucas, covered by a light blanket, closed his eyes.
The knocking at the door couldn't affect his sleep.
After all…
Lucas could sleep soundly in class, so his tolerance for noise was relatively high.
Until the knocking on the door suddenly changed.
While sleeping.
If he only heard mechanical sounds.
Lucas wouldn't feel any discomfort, but if the noise changed, that was different.
"Bad student...bad student...I found you, Headmaster found you, come out! Come out!"
Theresa yelled while knocking on the window.
Her clear childlike voice mixed with the sound of knocking on the window.
Lucas, who was accustomed to the rhythmic knocking in his sleep, couldn't adapt; he felt as if a bloodthirsty monster had appeared beside him, staring at him covetously.
Cold sweat beaded on his forehead.
Lucas dreamed again of Headmaster approaching him with a knife and fork.
Because he had died several times at Theresa's hands before.
Someone had an inexplicable stress reaction to such a scene.
"No!"
Suddenly opening his eyes, Lucas sat up with a jolt.
The sounds of knocking on the door and window simultaneously flooded his ears.
Looking at his room and his intact body.
Lucas said, "So...it was just a dream..."
The man's voice made the Yandere Valkyries outside even more excited.
Kiana knocked frantically on the door.
"Lucas...I love you...I love you...I love you!"
"Bad student...hehe...open the window quickly."
Theresa's small feet stood effortlessly on the narrow windowsill.
Her petite body pressed against the glass window.
Headmaster kept saying strange things.
Lucas turned his head to look.
"As expected, Theresa really came."
"It's...two in the morning now, I only slept for a little over an hour..."
"Hmm...I'll ignore them for now, I'll go back to sleep, good night, Makka Pakka."
Seeing Lucas pull up his blanket and lie back down.
Theresa tapped on the window, saying, "Bad student! Hand over hyperion's key! Quickly give it to Headmaster!"
"If you hand over the Key..."
"Headmaster might let you off."
Would Lucas believe Theresa saying such a thing?
Of course, he wouldn't believe it.
Yandere Valkyries would say anything to trick him into opening the door.
Mobius was a typical example.
In a previous reincarnation, Snake Snake said all sorts of vulgar things to trick Lucas into opening the door.
Like willingly becoming a hot weapon, etc.
These were all lies.
Once certain rules were violated, Yandere Valkyries would absolutely not let Lucas off; their promises were all nonsense.
If he dared to believe them, he would become the Joker of Gotham City.
Completely ignoring Theresa and Kiana.
Accompanied by the noise pollution from the two Yandere Valkyries.
Lucas re-entered his sleep.
He woke up a few times during this period.
However, Lucas could fall back asleep very quickly; his body was not uncomfortable at all now, and his sleep quality was quite good.
Time was like sand slipping through his fingers.
The day passed in a flash.
Now, the True Qi within Lucas's body had reached five wisps.
In the evening.
Drawing out the Spine Sword, and gripping its hilt, Lucas, as if performing a daily routine, slowly infused the True Qi from his body into it.
Bi Yu Divine Skill, when placed in the martial arts world of Shenzhou, could be considered a first-rate martial art.
Although it was far inferior to Taixu Sword Qi, compared to martial arts like Supreme Mystery True Art, there wasn't actually much difference.
The quality of the True Qi within Lucas's body was still very good, and as the True Qi in his body gradually thinned, his Dantian immediately felt empty, even painful.
Seeing this...
Lucas slowly withdrew his True Qi.
The five wisps of True Qi were actually like the electricity in a battery; they could be released outside the body and then recalled.
However, quite a bit would be lost in this process of releasing and recalling.
The inability to activate the weapon could be understood as insufficient voltage.
"Still not working?"
Just as this thought appeared in Lucas's mind.
The Spine Sword emitted a piercing hum, like a sharp blade unsheathed, about to drink its fill of blood.
A cold glint flashed across the peculiar sword body, as if it had gained life.
Seeing such an anomaly.
Lucas became excited and said, "I succeeded! I succeeded!"
"Human, you succeeded? Let me see quickly."
Judah suddenly appeared by the bed.
The white-haired, blue-eyed little girl leaned forward, staring curiously at the Spine Sword in Lucas's hand.
The eerie white longsword emitted a faint chill in the air.
However, compared to Sakura's beloved sword — Demon Blade - Cold Prison Ice Sky, it was far inferior.
Lucas ignored the Armed Doll who came to watch the show; he began to try and control the white longsword with the True Qi in his body.
Just like when he used Eden Star.
Unfamiliar knowledge began to fill his mind...
Lucas gradually began to understand all of this.
Spine Sword — crafted from the spine of an unknown creature, possessing five characteristics.
First characteristic: Indestructible.
Second characteristic: Can release sword qi externally.
Third characteristic: Can fly with the sword.
Fourth characteristic: Can shapeshift.
Fifth characteristic: Can store items.
This was the information that appeared in Lucas's mind.
The five characteristics, or rather, the five special abilities of the Spine Sword, each were commendable.
Unfortunately, the second, third, and fourth characteristics.
Lucas couldn't use them.
The True Qi capacity in his body was simply too small.
It was simply insufficient to activate these three active skills.
After all...
The Spine Sword was different from Eden Star; it did not have an energy core within it.
Everything had to be powered by Lucas.
The only active skill he could use now was the special ability to store items.
"There really is something inside the hilt..."
Lucas's eyes narrowed slightly.
After successfully activating the Spine Sword.
Lucas could feel that there was an foreign object stored inside the hilt.
His thoughts flowed.
The tail end of the Spine Sword instantly tore open a black crack in the air.
The opening was neither too big nor too small.
It could only accommodate one hand reaching into it.
At the same time...
The True Qi within Lucas's body rapidly disappeared.
It was almost one wisp consumed per second.
Moreover, it was directly devoured by the Spine Sword; the True Qi had completely disconnected from Lucas.
This kind of consumption meant it was completely used up.
Not a single bit could be recovered.
Lucas quickly reached into the black crack, grabbed something, and withdrew his hand.
He then closed the Spine Sword's ability.
Trying to preserve as much True Qi as possible.
Judah watched Lucas from beginning to end, seeing the man pull two items from the unknown black crack.
One was a blue spiral glass test tube.
The other was a letter.
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