Chapter 595: Blade Name: Hundred-Ghost Eater
After Dantai Bie finished describing the bagua he had brought back, everyone chuckled and discussed it, but they didn’t take the matter too seriously.
Tonight, of course, Superhumans still had to stand watch.
If they were out in the wilderness and the pathfinder’s senses were active, it might be easier.
But the area was full of Superhumans.
You simply had no idea what each of these people was hiding in their hearts.
Ordinary people standing watch were useless.
Superhumans have countless ways to deal with ordinary people.
Only Superhumans can deal with Superhumans.
So Chen Ye’s presence for the night watch was indispensable.
After all, Chen Ye was famous across the whole convoy for needing very little sleep.
Voices in the camp gradually died down, leaving only the sound of waves.
There was nothing else around.
Occasionally from a nearby camp there came the mutterings of someone talking in their sleep.
The two camps beside them were also guarded by Superhumans, clearly with the same intentions.
Chen Ye sat cross-legged on top of the Monster Pickup Truck, exchanged glances with the Superhumans on both sides,
then took out the blade Jiang Rou had always wanted and placed it on his knees.
His palm already gripped the handle.
To the neighbors, this action didn’t provoke much curiosity.
After all, they all had weapons in hand as well.
The waves rolled like a balm for tired hearts.
The others did not know that Chen Ye was once again checking the blade’s information.
The blade’s details appeared in Chen Ye’s mind.
Although it wasn’t the first time he had viewed this information,
Chen Ye still felt a shiver.
Blade name: Hundred-Ghost Eater, number ranking: 4325.
When Chen Ye first obtained this blade, seeing the name made him realize this blade might be related to Anomalies.
But when he later saw the number ranking, Chen Ye was slightly stunned.
How could such a ranking explain why Jiang Rou wanted the blade so badly?
How could it explain why Ding Shen craved it so much?
The blade’s ranking did not match Jiang Rou’s covetousness at all.
Her own blade, which she never drew, probably had a higher number ranking than this Hundred-Ghost Eater.
But the information transmitted by the blade was more than that.
Chen Ye scrolled further through the data in his mind.
“Description: Hundred-Ghost Eater, formerly ranked seventh, ranking dropped for unknown reasons!”
“This is an Anomalous blade that inherits unknown abilities.”
“No one can truly control it!”
“Furthermore, this is an extremely proud and unruly deadly weapon. Anyone who attempts to master it will ultimately be mastered by it, finally becoming a new Anomalous entity!”
Reading the first line of the description, Chen Ye sucked in a breath.
Ranked seventh?
Even though it was former status, that was shocking enough!
So far, except for that Sky Whale,
Chen Ye had never really seen a top-ten numbered Wonder.
But this blade before him…
was genuinely a former number seven!
Number seven—ah~~~
Chen Ye couldn’t count how many times his heart had trembled at this blade’s former ranking.
As for the phrase “Anomalous blade inheriting unknown abilities”,
Chen Ye didn’t pay it much mind.
Any Wonder could have incredible, unknown powers.
The last sentence of the description, containing the word “proud,” made the corner of Chen Ye’s mouth twitch again.
No wonder his method worked on it.
Proud things can’t stand humiliation.
His method was absolutely the nemesis of the proud.
No wonder he could deal with it.
And rotten luck for the Hundred-Ghost Eater to end up with him.
If it had fallen into other hands, those people would probably worship the blade like an ancestor, burning incense three times a day.
But in Chen Ye’s eyes, any power he did not control was just trash.
Even if that method failed, Chen Ye had other ways, and in the end he would make the Hundred-Ghost Eater submit.
At worst, the System provided a safety net.
With enough Slaughter Points, he believed the System could help him subdue the Hundred-Ghost Eater.
Chen Ye also saw the characters on the blade’s surface change.
When Ding Shen had that blade, the words on the blade read: “Protect until breath ceases, or until the world forgets your name.”
Now, after Chen Ye coerced it, the words had become: “Come, listen, within this edge are your future screams.”
Seeing that line again, Chen Ye only snorted coldly.
Wonders may be sentient and perhaps this blade could foresee some future events.
But who could be certain?
In this apocalypse, living one more day is a blessing.
If there is a future, even if it is full of screams, that’s still fine.
At least it means you survive.
Next came the blade’s ability description.
Reading the blade’s abilities made Chen Ye breathe faster again, although it was not the first time he had seen them.
“Ability One: Sacrifice.”
“For each soul accepted by the Hundred-Ghost Eater as a sacrifice, the blade’s number ranking will increase by a certain amount.”
“The sacrificed soul may be human, an Anomaly, or a Wonder. As the blade’s ranking rises, its abilities will improve accordingly.”
“If the sacrificed being is a Superhuman, then when the demonized form awakens, it can temporarily gain that Superhuman’s abilities.”
“If the sacrificed Wonder has a higher current number ranking than the Hundred-Ghost Eater!”
“Then it may replace the blade’s sequence ranking and inherit that Wonder’s abilities. Of course, only sword-type Wonders can be sacrificed.”
The Sacrifice ability was somewhat similar to Hatred’s ability to absorb resentment.
It’s just that Hatred’s absorption was not so comprehensive.
Hatred’s ability was somewhat lackluster; although it absorbed a lot of resentment in major battles, its number ranking rose little each time.
And its restrictions were many.
Therefore, to quickly raise Hatred’s ranking, one must constantly fight Anomalies.
But fighting Anomalies nonstop is a suicidal path.
You might die somewhere unknown at any moment.
So Chen Ye hadn’t cared too much about that ability.
But this Sacrifice ability…
seemed pretty good…
Wonders, Superhumans, or Anomalies could be used as sacrifices.
Of course, the sacrificed Anomaly or Wonder or… must be a target recognized by the Hundred-Ghost Eater, otherwise the Sacrifice ability wouldn’t trigger.
When Chen Ye first saw the information, he thought of the Resentment Dragon Scale on him and the Tangled Remnant Limb.
Just now, while in the truck, Chen Ye had taken out the Resentment Dragon Scale and the Tangled Remnant Limb intending to sacrifice them.
But those two Wonder Materials had not been accepted by the Hundred-Ghost Eater.
Chen Ye guessed these materials, although suitable for Spirit Infusion, were incomplete and therefore not recognized.
If he could get a live Resentment Dragon to sacrifice—
or the Mist River Great Serpent…
Forget it, those were mere fantasies.
“Ability Two: Demon Manifestation (also called Hundred-Ghost Prison)!”
“Inside the blade is an infinite prison space. Every Anomaly or target sacrificed will be imprisoned here.”
“For each imprisoned Anomaly, the holder of the Hundred-Ghost Eater can briefly borrow the power of the imprisoned Anomaly.”
“Note: Borrowed Anomaly power has a time limit. If it exceeds that limit, the holder will be contaminated by the Anomaly power! They might even become an entirely new Anomaly!”
Chen Ye inhaled deeply.
He opened his eyes and looked around.
Fortunately, the night-watchers from the two convoys nearby were not looking at him.
Seeing the second ability again still gave Chen Ye a thrilling feeling.
This second ability should be the origin of the name “Hundred-Ghost Eater.”
Moreover, according to the description, the Hundred-Ghost Eater was not merely a blade but a massive Anomaly prison.
In the future, captured Anomalies could be locked inside this prison.
In that sense…
this was truly worthy of being a former number-seven Wonder.
Chen Ye recalled that when Ding Shen had it at the Oasis, there had been a red thing swirling around the blade.
He focused.
The blade trembled slightly, and a blood-red wraith floated up from the blade.
The red wraith took the shape of a skull, continuously emitting red mist.
The skull circled the blade, whining.
It seemed to have noticed Chen Ye; the red skull tried to pounce toward him,
but was restrained by an invisible force.
This must have been the Anomaly Ding Shen once sacrificed to the Hundred-Ghost Eater.
But this Anomaly did not appear very strong.
Otherwise Ding Shen would surely have used the Demon Manifestation ability back then.
Why Ding Shen had only sacrificed this single Anomaly, Chen Ye did not know.
Guardians have peculiar stubbornnesses.
Chen Ye guessed that the prison inside the blade once held many Anomalies.
That was likely why its ranking reached seventh.
Later, for unknown reasons, the prison’s Anomalies all escaped or dissipated, causing the blade’s ranking to fall.
Chen Ye steadied his mind.
He noticed the Superhuman on night watch from the Post-Apocalyptic Opera Troupe glancing warily at him.
Obviously, Chen Ye’s earlier release of that red skull wraith had drawn his attention.
As for the Skeleton Convoy nearby, their faces were extremely unpleasant, even a bit ashen—clearly frightened by Chen Ye’s method.
After all, their night watcher was only Sequence 1.
Chen Ye closed his eyes and continued to receive information about the blade’s third ability.
This third ability should be the very reason Jiang Rou insisted, at any cost, on obtaining this blade.