Chapter 1104 Absolute Shortcut
It was clearly a holy sword forged by Yan Tiansi himself...but it contained such a strong "beastly" nature of the Path of Love and a strong breath of the Path of Dusk.
Even just holding this sword can shake one's mind. However, it does not have the "stagnant" or "closed" temperament unique to the Dusk Path, but rather a manic and uncontrollable aura.
Rather than a holy sword, it is more like a magical beast with a metal body.
This level of demonic nature... since it didn't come from its creator, it could only come from the material used to make it.
When he was at the ruins of the Tower of Babel, Aiwass already knew that the Beast Master was born when the sun fell - the remaining fragments of the sun fell into the sea, and "something" in the deep sea accepted the fallen "Taiyi" and the fragment of the Heavenly Master that symbolized the path of creation.
After all, the Pillar God himself is also a kind of Heavenly Official, but he is a Great Heavenly Official with the highest authority in the same path... Just like the Crown Heavenly Official and the Ring Heavenly Official, they all hold fragments of Heavenly Officials.
At that time, the earth and the sky had not yet been connected, so He climbed directly onto the shore.
Imitating the scaly and winged creatures, it transformed its flexible tentacles into limbs; it grew fur to keep warm and gained bones to walk... Eventually, it walked from the deep sea to the earth and became the master of all beasts.
——Then the race before it is self-evident.
The beast master can only be a sea monster.
It is a sea monster that comes from the "forbidden" path, such as Yuan Tiansi and Lingbo Tiansi!
And the remains of His body that had once shed would naturally have the residual power of the Path of Beasts and the Path of Taboo - and after the Pillar God changed places, it naturally became the aura of the Path of Love and the Path of Dusk!
“…I see.”
Aiwass frowned slightly. "Yan Tiansi is really... bold. The remnant of the Pillar God... dares to use something like this to forge weapons?"
He originally wanted to use more outrageous words to describe this recklessness, but in the end he used milder and more restrained words.
The Beastmaster first accepted the fragments of the Celestial Master before gradually shedding his original body. This was also a form of self-severance, just like Hengwo's ten self-severances... except that the Beastmaster physically discarded his original sea monster body, thereby abandoning the forbidden power.
This also means that the red-handled sword must contain a huge amount of forbidden power—
"The golden sword contains all the power of Hermes' apostles," Hypatia looked at the "red-handled sword" with only half of the red hilt left, his eyes complicated and filled with a hint of nostalgia. "When it was most complete, it was a golden sword that looked like a huge cross. It had a hilt and scabbard made of gold. Its blade was as pale as a spine, and the blade and spine were also coated in a layer of gold.
"Hermes's power of balance is sufficient to seal and suppress the power of this demonic sword. In front of it, any shield formed by extraordinary power is as fragile as paper, and any material shield or armor cannot stop its sharp blade.
"...That's at least much more advanced than the current sealing method."
Haibasha looked at the hilt, his lips slightly tightened. "I didn't remember it being wrapped in amber and holy wood. I almost didn't recognize it."
"This was made by Merlin..."
Aiwass immediately gave the answer: "Back before the Knights of the Round Table were formed, this sword killed a very powerful knight. Merlin was afraid that the sword would continue to bewitch people, so he sealed it. However, it escaped and was controlled by Knight Galahad.
"And after the death of Knight Galahad, no one could wield the sword anymore. Merlin was worried that someone might gain control of its power again, so he destroyed it in a way..."
Yes, Aiwass believed that Merlin's seal was actually a kind of destruction.
But he didn't dare - and couldn't destroy the creation of Tiansi, so he tried his best to weaken its power.
Merlin believed the sword to be a living, bewitching demon, so he smashed its blade into pieces, blunting its sharp claws; he destroyed its scabbard, removing the fur and scales that protected it; then he forged a new scabbard from sacred wood, wrapped it around the original, and sealed it with amber, thus forging shackles and a prison.
"After completing these seals, Merlin made it the key to the temple, bathing it daily in the sacred flames of the candlelight, thus sealing its demonic nature."
"It's simply redundant... and wasteful."
Haibasha shook her head, her brow furrowed. She felt a little sad that her husband's masterpiece had been destroyed in this way.
But she also knew that this sword could indeed drive people crazy... and it contained extremely terrifying power that mortals could not handle, so she did not say much.
She simply confirmed with Aiwass, "Now that you know the true power of the 'Red Handled Sword'...are you still going to destroy it and forge a new sword? That's a blade capable of cutting through all transcendental barriers."
Aiwass simply asked, "What's the price? A gradual loss of rationality, a loss of self? A sword that permanently drives one's thoughts to ever-increasing extremes... No matter how glorious and sacred its appearance, it can't be called a 'holy sword', at least in my eyes."
"Great power always comes with a price."
Haibasha replied without hesitation, "This is also a kind of balance. From a rational perspective, this is already an extremely cost-effective price... It does not require the sacrifice of life and flesh, soul and memory, and it does not even require the commission of sin or the torture of the soul. It simply makes people more insane every time they have evil thoughts.
"For this reason, this sword can only be wielded by saints and madmen—the former can prevent themselves from harboring evil thoughts, while the latter, having gone mad, do not care about this level of madness. Just as a cup of dirty water can pollute a bucket of clean water, but cannot pollute another bucket of dirty water.
"And you—my predecessor, His Holiness. You happen to be both a saint and a madman. With all due respect, this sword was made for you. And it's not cursed with any 'once used, it must be used forever.' If you feel the situation is not right, can't you stop using it at any time?"
Sherlock nodded upon hearing this.
As someone who was also on the path of wisdom, he didn't think there was anything wrong with the sword.
In his opinion, Aiwass really likes this kind of "tricks". He likes to frequently use props or techniques that require a price to pay, and then cleverly eliminate the cost or offset each other.
But for some reason...
Aiwass just frowned silently.
Judging from Haibasha's words, the red-handled sword, when in its complete form, should possess the power of both balance and taboo - balance disintegrates the protection of supernatural power, while taboo erodes the protection of matter.
In other words, this sword can break both shields and armor, and all the damage it deals is real damage.
It truly was a supreme holy sword... Of all the holy swords, this one alone bore an extremely powerful curse, vulnerable even in its embryonic form. Even after its restoration to full form, it still bore a curse that caused gradual dementia and insanity upon use. This curse wasn't even a true curse, and therefore couldn't be dispelled.
Having paid such a huge "price", its power is therefore the strongest among all holy swords. This is also a kind of balance - other holy swords at least increase their attributes, while this one even decreases its attributes.
This level of power is simply a must-have item for Tian Sizhan!
shortcut.
An absolute shortcut.
The most difficult part of fighting against Tianshi is to gain extra "priority" to break the opponent's personal defense. However, the power of this sword is so strong that if Aiwas had it, he could easily kill Tianshi... and even Lianhuan Tianshi might be easily defeated!
(End of this chapter)
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