The instant the system detection activated, every magic array inscribed along the blade lit up all at once. Not only did it illuminate the entire hall in brilliant light, but the surrounding mana seemed to respond to a silent summons, surging rapidly toward the new Abyssal.
The moment the mana coalesced, a deafening dragon roar reverberated from the blade.
"ROAR!"
The sheer force of that single roar sent shockwave after shockwave rippling outward, forcing Shi Feng to stumble back. The magic arrays on the hall's walls also blazed to life, forming a double-layered magical barrier.
BOOM…
A barrage of impacts hammered against the barrier, causing it to shudder violently, as though it might shatter at any moment.
Once the dragon roar subsided, the entire hall instantly returned to calm. Then a bone-piercing chill gradually spread throughout the space. Even Shi Feng, with his high magic resistance, felt his entire body go cold—as if he were standing in the dead of winter. Not only was the chill biting, but his body also began to stiffen gradually. The frost energy's corrosive pace was such that no one would dare take even a single step closer to the new Abyssal.
"What terrifying mana!"
Staring at the horrifying frost coiling around the new Abyssal, Shi Feng could clearly tell that all that cold energy was merely a byproduct of the magic arrays on the blade activating on their own.
The arrays were only triggering automatically, yet they already produced such an effect. If a player actively controlled them, the weapon's power would undoubtedly rise to another level entirely.
Before Shi Feng had the chance to fully savor the new Abyssal's might, its violent agitation abruptly ceased, restoring the hall to its former state—as if everything that had just happened had never occurred.
System: Weapon completion rate 86%. Does the player wish to confirm this form?
"86%?" Shi Feng stared at the system display in surprise.
He hadn't expected it to actually succeed—and by a full sixteen points above the pass threshold at that. It completely exceeded his wildest expectations.
In the Divine Realm, once a fusion reached the qualifying threshold, there was virtually no difference in base stats. However, a higher completion rate could enhance a weapon or piece of equipment's hidden effects. The higher the rate, the more extraordinary those hidden effects became.
An 86% completion rate was genuinely impressive. Weapons in the Divine Realm that could achieve 80% or above were exceedingly rare—fewer than one in ten made it that far, with most hovering around 75%.
Those reaching above 85% accounted for roughly one percent at best.
The highest he had ever heard of was 94%—and that single figure had catapulted an Epic weapon to the level of Legendary-grade fragments.
As for 90% and above, Shi Feng wouldn't even dare dream of it. Such completion rates were achieved only by Master Forgers personally re-forging weapons by hand. For someone like him—an Advanced Master Blacksmith who could only reach his level thanks to the Sage's Hand—achieving 86% was already beyond anything he could have imagined.
Shi Feng promptly confirmed the form.
After his confirmation, the new Abyssal slowly descended to rest before him.
"This is incredible! Is this the power of the fusion?" Shi Feng gripped the new Abyssal, his eyes brimming with astonishment.
Compared to the old Abyssal, the new version hadn't changed much in outward appearance, but the entire blade felt considerably more substantial. The moment his hand closed around the hilt, the sword felt significantly heavier—yet at the same time, he experienced an unprecedented sense of harmony with the weapon.
It was as though the longsword had become a genuine extension of himself. He could even feel the mana flowing through the air just by holding the blade, granting him a qualitative boost in mana sensitivity.
It was worth noting that he was not a magic-based Class. His mana sensitivity fell far short of true mage-type players by an enormous margin.
For ordinary players, improved mana sensitivity wouldn't amount to much. But for expert players—especially those proficient with magic arrays—it was an enormously valuable trait.
Not only could it allow far more precise control over magic arrays, but it also made it significantly easier to identify the critical nodes needed to dismantle them.
Moreover, once mana sensitivity reached a certain threshold, one could even disrupt an opponent's magic skills by directly manipulating the mana flow through space—effectively preventing them from casting spells the moment they tried.
System: The player has thirty minutes remaining. Please complete the re-forging as soon as possible. If the re-forging fails, the weapon will automatically disintegrate.
"That was close. Another moment and I wouldn't have made it."
Relieved to hear the system alert, Shi Feng let out a quiet breath before he began polishing the new Abyssal in his hands.
Polishing was far easier than shaping. All that remained was refining the blade's sharpness and the magic arrays etched onto it—tasks that were simple for an Advanced Master Blacksmith who was also an Intermediate Magic Array Master.
In less than twenty minutes, he had finished everything.
The moment he completed the final polish, a system notification rang in his ears.
System: Weapon re-forging successful. Would the player like to assign a name to the new weapon?