It was as if they hadn't failed at all—they were winning big this time!
While they were immersed in their moral victory, others looked beyond the suspected hidden requirements.
Many people noticed another crucial point about the SlashBlade.
Keen-eyed viewers sent out bullet chats.
"Highlight this: this weapon evolved from the Oodachi!"
"It's not a progression from the fourth to the fifth; is it on the same level as the Tsukumo?"
"Remember what God Yu said before? The SlashBlade has evolution paths!"
"I think he did, but hardly anyone believed him at the time!"
"He wasn't just talking nonsense; the SlashBlade really has evolution paths?"
"He even knew about this? Holy crap!?"
"A true god. I'm speechless!"
They thought Galen Yu had just mentioned it in passing, but who could have guessed?
The evolution paths were real; the SlashBlade's evolution wasn't just a straight line!
The viewers who had originally doubted him shut up completely, and even the Samurai Nation didn't offer a rebuttal.
They were the ones shouting the loudest before, but after getting slapped in the face like that, they didn't dare show themselves.
Atop the mob farm, Kira Oakmoor saw the SlashBlade in Galen Yu's hand clearly.
He sucked in a sharp breath.
"No... this... this is a Bewitched Blade!"
Anyone with even a slight understanding of katanas would know.
There was once a Muramasa family whose forged weapons were all called Muramasa, making them some of the most famous katanas in history.
The Muramasa family only produced the finest blades intended for actual combat.
Perhaps because they were too sharp, they began to be known as 'evil swords' or 'bewitched blades' by the Edo period, avoided by the public.
Muramasa could be defined as the collective output of the Muramasa family; it was a category of Japanese sword, not limited to a single specific blade.
Having practiced martial arts since childhood, Kira Oakmoor was very familiar with katanas, and his gaze changed as he examined it closely.
Galen Yu hadn't just made a new SlashBlade; he had made a Bewitched Blade!
Of course, 'bewitched blade' and 'evil sword' were used in a complimentary sense here, not implying they were actually bad, but rather that they were too good.
It was so good that Kira Oakmoor's face contorted, his features twisting as his whole body shook uncontrollably.
"Why isn't this sword in my hands!"
He was jealous.
Deeply jealous, down to his very bones.
A good blade provided a significant boost to a martial artist, and many would come to blows over one.
Many historical tragedies occurred because of such weapons, and that was just for ordinary cold steel.
Let alone a SlashBlade with special properties.
Gripping the Oodachi tightly, Kira Oakmoor desperately wanted to snatch it away, but managed to restrain the impulse.
Not for any other reason than the simple fact that he couldn't win.
He had only just learned Dimensional Slash, and since the Muramasa was hailed as a Bewitched Blade, it surely had even more powerful techniques. How could he possibly fight?
"Hold back... we still have room to catch up..."
He tried to calm himself down, but in the next moment...
Kira Oakmoor saw Galen Yu pull out another SlashBlade: Tsukumo.
Unlike the viewers who could switch perspectives at will, this was Kira's first time seeing Tsukumo, making it even more unbelievable.
"Another one? Then that means..."
Galen Yu hadn't just made a fourth SlashBlade; he had made a fifth.
Catching up, my foot!
Seeing Kira Oakmoor's body trembling more and more violently, Soren Park feared he might suffer a breakdown and do something rash.
Soren Park hurriedly opened his mouth to offer comfort.
"Oakmoor, calm down. We..."
Soren Park's mouth hung open, but he didn't say anything more.
Rack his brain as he might, if he were in that position, his own mental state would have collapsed long ago. He really couldn't think of how to comfort Kira Oakmoor.
Caressing the new SlashBlade, Galen Yu looked at its specific details.
[CHIZURU MURAMASA]
[A BLADE TEMPERED A THOUSAND TIMES, AN ANCIENT BEWITCHED BLADE SUMMONED FROM AFAR]
Placed next to the Tsukumo, the pink and black pair really did match well.
After a brief examination, Galen Yu stopped paying attention to it.
Despite being called a Bewitched Blade, its attributes were actually similar to the Tsukumo; both were mid-to-late stage weapons in the evolution path.
It was a decent weapon.
At the same time, a notification appeared after he finished crafting it.
[CONGRATULATIONS TO NINE PROVINCES PLAYER, GALEN YU, FOR BEING THE FIRST TO CRAFT TSUKUMO AND MURAMASA!]
[PORTIONS OF ADD-ON CONTENT UNLOCKED. ADVANCED WEAPON NOW CRAFTABLE: YUZUKI-TOU TSUKUMO KAI]
Galen Yu felt a surge of joy.
Yuzuki-tou Tsukumo Kai.
Also known as Yuzuki-tou: Inen, the final weapon of the Yuzuki-tou series.
Like other weapons, this one had prerequisite upgrade conditions: a kill count exceeding one thousand.
Full durability, Sharpness IV enchantment, Fire Aspect II enchantment, and Unbreaking III enchantment.
The rest was easy; it would inherit the previous weapon's attributes. An Oodachi needed a thousand kills to upgrade to a Tsukumo anyway.
The necessary enchantments were a bit troublesome.
Enchanted books couldn't be used on a SlashBlade, and each blade could only be enchanted once at an Enchanting Table.
To enchant a SlashBlade, one had to use the unique enchantment method specific to them.
Proud Souls!
Fortunately, he had killed enough zombies earlier to accumulate quite a few Proud Souls with enchantments.
"Sharpness, Fire Aspect, Unbreaking."
Recalling the details, the Fire Aspect had already been completed when he made the normal Tsukumo.
He only needed to finish Sharpness and Unbreaking.
With ten Sharpness Proud Souls and eight Unbreaking Proud Souls in his inventory, he took a deep breath.
Galen Yu took out a new Proud Soul.
This was an enchantment mode unique to the SlashBlade, differing from conventional methods like an Anvil or Enchanting Table.
Proud Souls couldn't be used on an Anvil; they were used on a Blade Stand.
Proud Souls couldn't be used on an Anvil; they were used on a Blade Stand.
This action also caught the viewers' attention.
"It's the Tsukumo and another different SlashBlade!"
"The colors match pretty well. As expected of weapons that both evolved from the Oodachi!"
"He's probably not taking out the Tsukumo just to show off to Oakmoor. Looking at the color of those Proud Souls in his hand... are they enchanted?"
"I know about this! Enchanted Proud Souls are dropped by zombies. The Alliance has them too!"
"Ronan Mountwell tried it; you can't use them to enchant normal weapons. They're exclusive to the SlashBlade!"
"The key is, these things can't be used on an Anvil or a Crafting Table either, right?"
"Is it the Enchanting Table? No, that's impossible. Weird."
Ronan Mountwell had researched Proud Souls after getting his hands on them.
They could repair a SlashBlade's durability, but their other functions were not yet fully understood.
Following his perspective, viewers only learned about the durability repair; how to use the enchanted Proud Souls remained a mystery.
In response, Galen Yu simply placed down a fence and lightly clicked on it with a random Proud Soul.
The Proud Soul shattered and merged into the fence with a crisp clicking sound, and then...
A standalone Blade Stand, specifically for displaying a SlashBlade, appeared.
It was perfect for holding the blade, with a dedicated slot for the scabbard.
He placed the Tsukumo onto it and took out the enchanted Proud Souls.
To be honest, Galen Yu didn't have much confidence in these dozen or so Proud Souls.
The enchantment success rate was random; there was a high possibility that even if he fused all of them, not a single enchantment would take.
To get max-level Sharpness and Unbreaking, he often needed an entire stack of Sharpness Proud Souls in the game.
The drop rate for enchanted Proud Souls was very low, and the chance of getting a specific enchantment was even lower. It was a time-consuming task.
However, once he actually started, Galen Yu found his worries were unnecessary.
As the first Proud Soul merged into the SlashBlade, it shattered into tiny particles of light that spread out. The Tsukumo's color seemed to grow slightly more vibrant.
It meant the enchantment was successful!
Then came the second, the third, and the fourth.
Out of nearly twenty Proud Souls, only three failed. They were crafted using Proud Soul Orbs and Proud Soul Ingots.
[YUZUKI-TOU: INEN]
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