When Alex came to, all that was left was to sharpen the blades, but there was barely any energy left in his body that he immediately collapsed against the forge. Yun Fao and Louis quickly rushed to him, but by then the young boy had already pa.s.sed out. He was sleeping soundly with his Embryonic spirit nestled within his unkempt hair, slowly watching Yun Fao and Louis.Then much to their surprise Khan pointed at the almost Finished Rapier and Autumn Dao, he was obviously telling them to finish the job, and without giving them any more gestures, he turned into a streak of wind and drilled his way into Alex"s forehead. If both boys haven"t spent the past week or so being stared at by eyes in the water, then this would have been the freakiest s.h.i.t they"ve seen so far.
*Gririririririririrririririririririr!*
Both their attentions were drawn to the forge now, however Khan was worried for nothing. The portable forge was a spirit grade tool, it had a certain degree of intelligence, it not a programming to follow, so it knew what came next was to sharpen the sword and saber. The crystal had already been inserted and all that was left was to give them the edge they deserved, and the machine would not be failing them on that. They had to wait all of fifteen minutes for it to be done, and though they wouldn"t admit it, it was probably the longest fifteen minutes of their lives.
But then there it was, probably the two most exquisite piece of weaponry they"ve ever seen in their entire lives. Autumn Dao was longer and larger than the previous one, Yun Fao could tell that it was much more st.u.r.dy and had a weight to it that actually a bit too much for Yun Fao, which means he had to use two hands to hold the meter long saber.
But he actually loved it this way, future advancements meant that he would get stronger and soon enough the weight on this thing won"t mean anything to him. Yun Fao swung the saber a few times, cutting through the air with barely an resistance, which was quite shocking to him. It was as if the wind was a curtain that parted in whatever direction the saber was swung, it was truly a work of art.
Louis held the rapier, just like the Saber there was a bit more weight to the sword than he was used to, however it wasn"t so much that we he would be unable to swing it if he wanted. He pulled out his other Rapier and switched it to his left hand, and then without any warning he thrust the end of the new sword towards Yun Fao"s chest.
*Ding!*
Yun Fao was ready though, it would take a whole lot more than a sneak attack to bring him down as he raised the Saber up to defend against the strike. He might be two levels of cultivation above Louis, but he still had to take two steps back due to the strength and power behind Louis"s strike, obviously the training with the waterfall had been rather effective.
Yun Fao slashed upwards, drawing on the power of his Qi and causing a hazy purple outline to appear around the edges of his saber. Louis reversed his grip on his rapiers and crossed them in front of himself, but Yun Fao was still stronger. The Saber and swords crashed into each other with a loud clang and a shower of Sparks, Louis was pushed three meters into the air throwing his lithe body off balance, but he didn"t seem to be in too much of a disadvantage.
He rotated his body in the air, changing the grip of his words and he stabbed down rapidly and swiftly, all Yun Fao could see were flashes of light. But while Yun Fao was not a master of speed, he still had really superb reactions, his spirit root was a lightning type after all. He moved his head left and right, took a step back as he angled his shoulders, Louis"s fierce stabs barely missing his body, though some did come close enough to rip his shirt open.
Louis landed on the ground and shot forwards, his rapier happily and deadly pointed towards Yun Fao"s neck, however he was not the only one in a charge as Yun Fao took three quick steps forward and rotated his body, building power from his waist as purple lighting began to sizzle all over the body of the saber. Louis widened his eyes In shock as he crossed both of his rapiers, drawing this time on his magical abilities to create his shield of light.
*Bang! Crash!*
A powerful shockwave ensued as Saber met a golden shield of light, with said shield exploding into pieces mere seconds later. Both boys were thrown backwards and on their a.s.s, no small amount of bruises appearing on Yun Fao"s tanned and Louis"s fair skin. From their clashes they both knew that their new weapons should be about the second level of the spirit grade, proper nurturing and upgrading would see to it that it would develop a spirit and unique powers of it"s own. But a I"ve it"s potential they already had more power than was allowed, Louis had involuntarily drawn on Mana to cast a defensive spell, yet the sword had channeled and even enhanced the spell by a startling 180%!
Which was Way better than most wands and mage staffs, he never expected that such a piece of equipment would exist, one that would allow him use both Qi and Mana at a the same time, and increasing it"s efficiency and power by several fold. It was just insane and completely unheard of, because even though weapons like this might exist, it would probably be kept under intense lock and key and not even whispers of it would be allowed to circulate the ears of common mages or cultivators. Louis looked up at Yun Fao and asked.
"Want to take this fight to the waterfall?" Yun Fao looked back at him with a rather sinister grin and said.
"I thought you would never ask." And so it went, while Alex blissfully slept his exhaustion away from creating two pieces of equipment that would follow his friends for life, said friends decided it would be a good idea to fight each other under the pressure of a raging waterfall.... Alex would be setting broken bones once he wakes up.
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ONE WEEK LATER
"are you sure this is going to work?" Alex asked skeptically as he turned to face Yun Fao who was making some finishing touches to his raft.
"The science is not cool proof, being smart is your domain, being handsome and unreliable is Louis"s…."
"Hey!" Louis protested loudly, turning round to look at them from where he was crouched by the river bank hoping to scare the eyes looking back at them.
"And being strong is fortunately mine; however I"ve seen where pottery the size of a house was thrown into the sea and it floated, drifting away with the currents. The underside of the raft was coated with clay, and then using you magical spooky green flames, we were able to make it completely water right, since we added quite a few layers and made the clay concave to emulate the underside of a real boat, we"ll be fine. Besides we could always try again."
To be honest didn"t like the idea of trying again, if he was honest he really wanted to get away from not just this underground world, but this entire dimension as a whole. He wouldn"t admit to the others, but he was getting impatient and any more delays would probably make him lose his mind, because quite frankly they"ve been through a roller coaster ride of events, enough adventures to last a simple man a life time, even most cultivators don"t get to see as much action as they have this past two or so weeks.
Alex gave an annoyed groan as he went over and dragged Louis was from the river bank, then all three of them proceeded to push the raft onto the river, most of the eyes staring at them immediately submerged themselves, the first movements made ever since they were discovered. However apart from raising an eyebrow or c.o.c.king their head to the side, none of the boys paid any attention to them, instead they literally had their fingers crossed as the raft slowly wobbled on the river.
5 seconds, 10, 30 seconds, a minute, two. It was obvious the raft was not sinking any time soon. All three boys breathed out a sigh of relief as they moved on to the next phase, the real moment of Truth, and that was it the raft would support all of their weight. Alex was actually the smallest out of all of them, Yun Fao was stockier and taller, with Louis being lithe and also tall. But they were all fourteen for both Louis and Alex and sixteen for Yun Fao. They still had some growing to do anyways.
Alex went on the raft first, followed almost immediately by Louis and then Yun Fao; their hearts pounding in their chest. Apart from a few unsteady shakes, the raft remained solidly in it"s position, prompting all three boys to let out 8nnocent peals of laughter and joyful exuberance. Neither one of them knew how desperately they wanted to leave this place until this very moment, the Infernal Prison Dimension was already taking it"s toll on them.
They were all laughing happily before Louis with his uncanny nose and perception for danger suddenly stopped and turned to look at his friends.
"Guys the raft is moving!" he said with his voice shaking.
"Well duh the currents will push it downstream and hopefully to freedom." Yun Fao replied with a smile, however Louis knew it was a whole lot more than that, and Alex also noticed it.
"We"re not being pushed by the currents Yun Fao...the eyes have made their move."