Published: February 13, 2025
Ye Zhongming touched the strange patterns that were almost invisible to the naked eye, only clearly felt when his fingers were placed upon them, and was filled with inexplicable shock.
Is this... a Soul Artifact Lock?
Back then, at the bottom of the Sacred Pool, that three-legged person had told him about the names of those patterns on the Soul Artifacts.
However, these were clearly characteristics that could only be found on completed Soul Artifacts. Why would they appear on this bone hand?
Was it an innate feature of a peak expert's bones?
Could this also be a Soul Artifact that came into being without being manufactured?
He killed Kunz, and if this bone hand truly was a Soul Artifact, then using it wouldn't cost him his life, would it?
Ye Zhongming had concerns and didn't dare to immediately test whether this object was a natural Soul Artifact.
At the same time, he had a speculation: if a peak expert’s body collapses automatically after death, returning energy to the universe, then if some method prevents the corpse or part of it from disintegrating, like this bone hand, would the remaining parts become Soul Artifacts?
The power of the Shattered Soul Bone Staff had left a deep impression on Ye Zhongming; it could be said to be one of his strongest trump cards during the early days on Earth. That piece of equipment was made from the bones of a ninth-level life form, while now he held the bones of a peak expert. The difference in levels was several tiers. If he could confirm that this bone hand was a Soul Artifact, would its power also be surprisingly great?
From another perspective, this bone hand should have collapsed but did not. It might be because it was within spatial equipment, where the power of space isolated it from its original body. When taken out, it retained its original form because Qiu Qiu and he had absorbed all the energy within it.
But if that was the case, why did it still have this Soul Artifact Lock? Was it innate? Moreover, the energy inside felt so abundant, unlike ordinary desiccated bones?
Ye Zhongming couldn't explain this, so he could only wait for a future opportunity to experiment.
He thought for a moment, it would be best to do it when the Old Dean was present at the Library Palace, after all, he was the only one he knew for sure was a peak expert, probably even a leading figure among them.
Since he couldn't research the bone hand deeply for now, Ye Zhongming focused on Kunz's space ring.
At that time, it was this ring that stirred Ye Zhongming's greed.
In his eyes, this was a treasure.
But Ye Zhongming's excited feelings were immediately extinguished by the cruel reality... he couldn't open Kunz's space ring.
Although Ye Zhongming had grasped some basic theories of space and could create equipment of a certain scale, he did have methods to open other people's spatial equipment. Unfortunately, the ring he held was that of a peak expert, and to open it, one not only needed powerful mental strength but also required unlocking the seal left by the owner.
However, Ye Zhongming's strength was far inferior to Kunz's; this treasure was locked away from him.
Yet he didn't give up. He pulled Qiu Qiu over, pointed at the ring, and made it reach inside to take something.
Qiu Qiu protested with a series of grumbles, clearly reluctant. It was a dangerous task, but after Ye Zhongming patted its head a few times, it reluctantly extended two strands of white silk to attempt entering Kunz's space ring.
Once the white silk went in, Qiu Qiu displayed an expression of extreme pain. Apparently, even though it didn’t know why it had the ability to enter someone else's space, it wasn't an easy task.
Soon, a layer of sweat began to appear on Qiu Qiu!
If it weren't for Ye Zhongming feeling no danger at the moment, he would have instructed Qiu Qiu to pull its white silk back immediately.
After a few minutes, the white silk gradually pulled out, and then a wooden box appeared before Ye Zhongming.
He glanced at the wooden box, then back at Qiu Qiu, unsure why it chose this item. Surely, it must have many good things inside, like the Fallen Saint Bow.