Chapter 944: The Crazy Thousand Shapes Artificing
Without a doubt, Wind Raja was a preeminent expert in artificing; he had actually described the Thousand Shapes Painting as very unorthodox? Xia Fei could not help but be curious, wondering just what sort of trick was contained within it.
“Grandmaster, I wonder what made you describe it as unorthodox?” Xia Fei hurriedly asked.
Wind Raja grimaced and shook his head. “Honestly, I suspected that it’s a joke the moment I saw the deciphered content, but in all my years of experience, I don’t see the trick, though it definitely goes against all sense of convention. You won’t become a celestial artificer cultivating the Thousand Shapes Painting but will instead become a wrecker!”
Xia Fei was stunned, muttering to himself, “Wrecker? What’s going on? Could the Thousand Shapes Painting not be to construct divine weapons but rather a method of destroying divine weapons?”
Wind Raja pulled out a thick stack of paper containing data from his bosom and handed everything over to Xia Fei. “You’ll completely understand what I mean after perusing this. In any case, it’s my judgment that this set of technique is rather unorthodox.”
Xia Fei curiously took the collection of data from him. Flipping through the pages, the creases on his forehead deepened as he entered deep thought.
Wind Raja commented from the side, “You’ve seen it yourself; the prescribed Thousand Shapes’ technique actually seeks to take a divine weapon’s flaw to cast a failed weapon. It’s simply madness! Who would attempt to ruin a perfectly fine weapon just to extract its flaw?
“I’ll admit that every weapon has its flaws, but I simply can’t accept magnifying a weapon’s gla.s.s; ruin a weapon to extract its flaw and reforge a failed weapon. While it sounds logical in theory, in actual fact, it’s anything but! It’s completely unconventional, not to mention how impossible it is to forge some unparalleled divine weapons from that!
“Even stranger is the bottom half of the Thousand Shapes Painting. It actually beseeches a max level celestial artificer to give up spontaneously and relearn the Law of Artificing! What else would you call this if not insane? Who knows where this Thousand Mountains person got such a strange technique from? He didn’t even try it out for himself, yet he dared to leave it for his descendants. Wasn’t he afraid of misleading his disciples?”
Wind Raja had a lot to say. As a top tier artificer, this man was a very traditional kind of person and was not at all accepting of the overly agonizing idea behind the Thousand Shapes Painting. Meanwhile, Xia Fei was enjoying himself the more he read.
To give up on the Law of Artificing after maxing it out, only to recast the power system… Was this not very similar to how Xia Fei cultivated the Beast Spirit Codex?!
As with everything in the universe, there could be no construction without destruction. The completed Beast Spirit Codex had been a delightful happenstance to Xia Fei, experiencing a rebirth after death. Could the Thousand Shapes Painting be the same? It was just that the former was focused on controlling beasts while the latter was on artificing. They were just two different sets of trade.
As for destroying divine weapons to extract the flaws, it was even more in line with the idea of how things would develop in the opposite direction when they got taken to the extreme!
As a pract.i.tioner of the Law of Primal Chaos, Xia Fei very much understood the power behind subversion!
Gathering all the divine weapons and extracting their greatest flaws, what they gained would be the worst of the worst and it was an opportunity!
Going in the extreme opposite direction after gathering a great amount of flaws, there was no telling what sort of chain effect he could set in motion!
Reading up on the introduction of the now deciphered Thousand Shapes Painting, Thousand Mountain did not use this technique after finding it. It was the intuition of a very top tier artificer, and he believed that subversion existed theoretically, but it was too bad that neither he nor Wind Raja dared to give up their cultivation to find out.
This was why Thousand Mountains had been able to learn the essence of the technique, which was enough to fulfill his aspiration to become a max level artificer! This just went to show how impressive the technique was.
Leaving the Thousand Shapes Painting behind, Wind Raja bid Xia Fei farewell. “Honestly, the logic is sound, but the method is far too unbelievable. If this actually works, will the Law of Artificing and all the other law powers out there be nothing better than decoration?
“I know that you’re someone who takes the path less traveled, so I was hesitant to share my findings to you. Prudence is crucial here,” Wind Raja said again.
Closing the door, Xia Fei turned around with a gleam in his eyes. Radix whispered, “Wind Raja is a renowned professional in this field. He couldn’t be any clearer. I think that, since you’ve already achieved level 8 Law of Artificing, you can easily deal with everyday stuff, and there’s no need for you to go cultivate something as unorthodox as the Thousand Shapes Painting.”
Xia Fei chuckled as he lightly flourished his palm in the air, bringing about a concentration of the Law of Primal Chaos force, able to subvert all things.
“Do you know why the Law of Primal Chaos is so strong?” Xia Fei asked.
“Because it can subvert all things! Turning black to white and vice versa,” Radix answered.
Xia Fei replied, “You’re right. I’m realizing, as time goes by, that the most powerful force isn’t afraid of any law power but can subvert it! The essence lies in that one word!
“Using this overpowered law gave me the ability to break law powers from others, creating my own law!”
Radix sighed. “You’re saying that you’ve decided to forgo all your hard work from before and will now be recultivating this unorthodox Thousand Shapes Artificing, just like how you recultivated your Beast Spirit Codex?”
Xia Fei shook his head. “Wrong. I’m not looking to forgo all my past hard work; what I want to do first is surpa.s.s the top tier artificer before abandoning it!”
Radix could not help but be moved. Seeing that decisive expression on Xia Fei’s face, it appeared that this young man did not even have eyes for the tier of peak artificing!
It must be said that this was the ultimate contribution for the path of Artificing! Peak artificer! Someone with all nine levels would be as good as holding the universe in the palm of their hands! This was the reason why the peak artificer, Wind Raja, had been trapped in Fig Corporation for several hundreds of years; it was all because of just how powerful he was!
In the meantime, Xia Fei casually talked about giving up his cultivation as a peak artificer!
Such courage was not something any ordinary person could muster!
…
*Whoosh*
Despite the reluctant gaze of Avril, Xia Fei still went on a voyage!
At the same time, someone sighed in the Blizzard Fiendish Wing Villa.
“Xia Fei still departed. He’s the only G.o.dwing of our clan and sprouted a Fiendish Wing at just level 1 Law Sage. It’s only a matter of time before he replaces that old man’s post, yet the old man still sent him off. That’s taking too great a risk.”
The one speaking was Xia Guanghai. He had been to the Hidden Realm, and of course, he felt the movement from that place. Of course, the Skywings secretly setting up in the Hidden realm was not for any ulterior motive but to ensure that Xia Fei would not have any worries at the last minute.
Not just the Hidden Realm; they also made sure to leave a Law Sage expert by Avril’s side for the foreseeable future. It was merely that Xia Fei had no knowledge of all these. Except from a few important figures in the know, no one else had any idea just how deep the trump cards Skywings had hidden nor how many they actually held.
Crazy and unruly, secretive and hiding things deeply, these two decidingly different traits were the very essence of the Skywings, becoming the qualities that let what was known as the Demon-sealing Fiendish Blade achieve heaven-defying feats.
Xia Ke rumbled, “You ought to know that with greater power comes greater responsibility. It’s precisely because Xia Fei has the greatest potential in our clan that he’s been given the most dangerous mission.”
Xia Guanghai nodded. “Do you think I don’t know that? That old man already sent me out to kill people at the age of twelve! I just feel that it’s inappropriate for him to go out there alone. We should’ve at least sent two a.s.sistants to lend him aid or something.”
Xia Ke smiled. “Who says Xa Fei is alone? He has Furball, Peac.o.c.k Blue, Little Goldie… Any of them is good to have by his side when sh*t hits the fans.”
Xia Ke pursed his lips and kept quiet. This was how it was. What Xia Fei possessed was the envy of everyone. Xia Guanghai would be all smiles if he were given any one item Xia Fei owned. In terms of his comprehensive a.r.s.enal, Xia Fei was miles ahead of everyone.
After a pause, Xia Ke said, “The grand ancestor sending Xia Fei out wasn’t just because of the many trump cards he holds and the fact that he sprouted a Fiendish Wing. It’s more because he shares the same unique traits as the grand ancestor. They’re both sufficiently vicious, cunning and crazy, so the grand ancestor felt that Xia Fei is the most suitable candidate.”
Xia Guanghai crooked his head, feeling dissatisfied. “I’m also vicious enough. This axe of mine has never missed its mark when I kill people.”
Xia Guanghai was apparently very pleased with him. As a top figure of the clan, Xia Guanghai was indeed very powerful, but Xia Ke’s words soon after deflated him.
“You may have the viciousness, but you lack Xia Fei’s craziness, not to mention his cunning,” Xia Ke replied with ease.
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Xia Ke was not wrong; Xia Fei was definitely crazier and more cunning than Xia Guanghai!
After The Gemini departed from the Law Realm, the fastest s.h.i.+p in the universe exploded with immense propulsive force, shuttling through the lonely sea of stars, sending Xia Fei toward the Dark lifeform territory so that he could execute this secret mission of extreme difficulty.
Inside the Precious Brilliance s.p.a.ce, Xia Fei cultivated as he usually did. When others abandoned their cultivation, a good majority would do so with melancholy, but Xia Fei demonstrated a level of madness that others would be unable to understand!
Nine law patterns!
The nine patterns for the Law of Artificiary were gathered as Xia Fei began his round after round of a.s.sault!
As with everything in this universe, there could be no construction without destruction. Construction after destruction to become unbeatable!
This saying reverberated in Xia Fei’s mind incessantly!
If he wished to become an expert of unparalleled strength, he could not walk the path of his predecessors but needed to forge his own, instead!
Break!
Advancing to the peak Law of Aritificing!
Xia Fei had successfully broken through the nine levels of this law!
Radix was stunned, and he could not help but comment, “What a wild a.s.sault to break through! If not for the fact that I melded with the fiendish dagger Nirvana, I’d surely be in for a scrumptious meal.”
Xia Fei’s two eyes were slightly bloodshot, as the first thing he did after getting promoted to a peak artificer had not been to celebrate but rather to abandon the skill in totality!
*Kaboom*
Reaching heaven from h.e.l.l but going back to h.e.l.l from heaven!
Xia Fei must have been the most short-lived peak artificer in the history of this universe because he only spent one second being on that level!
In all of history, Xia Fei was also the most abnormal artificer, for after he abandoned his cultivation, he immediately began a sort of subversive cultivation!
The Thousand Shapes Artificiary was not construction but rather destruction!
Xia Fei was learning this sort of power that no one had ever attempted before!
From today onward, Xia Fei would no longer craft divine weapons but would focus on destroying all of them, instead! A subversion!
……
Radix was once again astounded! XIa Fei had actually broken through Thousand Shapes Artificing in three days! This was very similar to how the latter had succeeded in relearning Beast Spirit Codex back then!
A night in h.e.l.l, a night in heaven!
This was what it meant to be a genius! There was no explanation!
To have completely mastered Thousand Shapes Artificing in such a short time, Radix could not help but sigh in awe of just how great a potential Xia Fei possessed!
Soon, Radix was vexed by his own line of thinking, for after Xia Fei demonstrated his immense potential, he next revealed just how absolutely crazy he was!
*Bang*
Sparks flew, as Xia Fei turned a Ten Thousand Pearl top-grade suit of armor into sc.r.a.p!
Radix’s face contorted in pain, as this was akin to Xia Fei destroying something he cherished greatly!
*Bang*
Sparks flew again, and he turned a mini Taistar Bracer into smithereens!
As if he had gone completely mad, Xia Fei then proceeded to destroy all the precious treasures in his spatial ring!
Radix involuntarily shouted, “These are all powerful divine weapons! Just what are you doing?!”
“Something that has never been done before, nor will ever happen again in the future,” Xia Fei softly answered, his steel gaze focused on his work.
*Kaboom*
It was yet another explosion. He had ruined the divine weapon Five-barreled Blunderbuss!