Chapter 986 Violent Ocean Sword
Once Ace took the skull and the sword, the entire Ancient Sky Battlefield quivered before the barrier in the core region began to dissipate.
The sword's disbelieving voice rang at this moment, "What is this space? It's really suppressed the killing intent. Even I am being suppressed here."
Ace looked into the thief's space and smiled in satisfaction since the killing intent coming from the Eight Eye Dark Devil had been really suppressed.
"Now that I proved myself, it's your turn!" Ace calmly stated.
Although he no longer feared the sword since it had already entered the thief's space, he didn't want to use force unless he had to. After all, since the sword has made a promise, it shouldn't go back on it, or he would be very disappointed.
After all, this weapon seemed to be quite righteous since it has been guarding and suppressing this devil for who knows when.
"Don't worry, as a spirit sword, I will always keep my word. It would be my honor to serve someone like you; from this day forth, wherever you point me, I, Violent Ocean Sword, shall cut it down to pave your way.
"Please give me a drop of your blood to complete the Equal Bond Master Acknowledgment Ceremony!" Violent Ocean Sword solemnly stated.
Ace was astounded as he had already heard from the system when he found Moira that the treasure with a spirit would choose their own masters, and depending on their trust level or the person's talent, the treasure spirit would choose to form different types of bonds.
There were two types of bonds, Equal Bond and Life Bond, while the Life Bond was further divided into three types, 'Master for One-Life,' 'Together for Life,' and 'Only Master for Life'!
Lastly, there was a bond that only the Eternal Provenance Treasures can form, the Provenance Life Bond. The Eternal Thief Fate Compass was bonded to him with this bond.
Now he heard that the Violent Ocean Sword wanted to form an Equal Bond with him, he remembered its details.
This bond was of mutual partnership relation where the treasure and user will have equal standing. But its drawback was either party could easily break free from this bond if their own life was in danger and abandon each other at any time.
All in all, this bond was a double-edged sword and the most common bond according to the system.
The Violent Ocean Sword was straightforward, which could also reflect its previous master's personality. He has nothing but respect for such a person.
"Alright, I hope I'll prove myself to you." Ace solemnly stated before he sent a drop of his blood to the Violent Ocean Sword.
The moment his blood drop fell on the Violent Ocean Sword's ocean blue blade, it vanished before a mysterious crimson rune appeared on the sword hilt. Ace felt a mysterious connection with the Violent Ocean Sword now just like the Eternal Thief Fate Compass.
But unlike the latter, this connection didn't give him full authority over the Violent Ocean Sword, and he can sense that either he or the Violent Ocean Sword can break it at any time.
Furthermore, the moment the connection was formed, the Violent Ocean Sword trembled, and its giant size shrunk before it became a 2-meter-long sword with a slim blade completely perfect for Ace's use.
"I'm a Martial Spirit Sword, so I can stay in your Martial Space, where I'll be nurtured by your Martial Qi. Although you are still an Elemental State Practitioner, I'm already downgraded to mortal grade-9 because of using my spirit essence all these years to keep this vile thing in check.
"So, it will take a long time before I'll recover to my peak, and if you want to hasten my recovery, you can only do so by ascending. Now I need your permission to enter your martial space since we have an equal bond, I can't enter on my own only the life bonded spirit treasures are capable of that.
"But if you don't want to, I can just stay here since letting someone else into your martial space is equivalent to testing your life. In that case, I required some Qi stones of grade-9 or grade-9 ores and metals to recover some of my spirituality." The Violent Ocean Sword stated.
Ace looked at the Violent Ocean Sword's new form with shinning gaze, as he was expecting to use with Qi, he didn't know the Violent Ocean Sword was capable of size manipulation.
After thinking about the Violent Ocean Sword request, he said, "I'll need some time to think about it, but I have recently acquired two large pieces of grade-9 metals. You can use them as you please."
The next moment, two large slabs of metals appeared, they were the doors of the mountains he dismantled from the ruin city.
"I understand. You have my gratitude!" The Violent Ocean Sword didn't seem to mind Ace's lack of trust since they were not at that point yet and directly stabbed into the mind before an ocean blue sheen covered the sword.
Ace's attention then finally fell on the skull, and he finally saw the big devil core hiding ghastly, killing intent.
He ordered, "System, appraise both the Violent Ocean Sword and that skull's core!"