103 Little Deity of Thunder 1 (1/2)
”Where am I now?” Jodye Trill awakened to discover that his consciousness was again floating in another space. He felt like a hollow body of gas among endless darkness and more clouds of colorless gases. Jodye wasn't sure if he was some of the gas or all of the gas. However, he had experienced his consciousness being abducted enough times to recognize it by now.
He felt that he was definitely in the spirit space of the Vajra Scepter!
Jodye was correct.
”Not the reincarnated grandmaster, then? So are you the one he has acknowledged? Strange,” an ethereal voice echoed through the nothingness. ”You are unworthy of my great power. However, this means that you have not possibly harmed the grandmaster. All of these feeble mortals are utterly unworthy of my strength and could never harm the grandmaster!”
”Dude, you're an artifact spirit,” replied Jodye Trill unenthused. After meeting Autumn Saver and Uncle Sigma, such things no longer surprised him, ”No disrespect, but is it really so bad to be used by me? I'm definitely more awesome than your previous owner.”
”Insolence!” the voice became furious and thundered across space. Jodye felt as an incredible will power came crashing down on him, wanting to erode and consume his will!However, in spite of being abducted into this spiritual space, Jodye was able to summon [Pharaoh's Law]. Even though his consciousness was currently within the Vajra Scepter, [Pharaoh's Law] had long fused with his consciousness. In fact, if they weren't in stasis he would likely be accompanied by one of his guardians.
What Jodye didn't realize was that Janair Mazi's soul was also fused with [Pharaoh's Law], thus when he summoned his source artifact something stunning happened. A bright light suddenly shined from the colorless gas, and the artifact spirit of the Vajra Scepter let out a sharp scream, ”Ahhh! What is this? Who are you?! M..m..m..m..master?! No. No~~~~!”
In less than a breath, the light took the form of an ethereal Joseph Goldwolf equipped with [Pharaoh's Law]. This time, he wasn't in the form of his lost soul, he had already accepted himself as this young man with an old soul.
”What's going on Trippy?” Jodye Trill noticed that as soon as he summoned his source artifact the pressure boring down on him was savagely repelled! Jodye felt a magical feeling as if he had become one with this space, and he felt an enormous fountain of thunderbolt force hidden deep within the darkness. The destructive qi hiding here was terrifying to the max.
”I have some things to report, young host Joseph. First, I would like to say congratulations on unlocking one of the special functions of your legacy! This has also unlocked two normal seals on the primary function - Soul Cleanse. The first through the fourth seals have now been released. Activating [Pharaoh's Law] will result in spiritual force augmentation. Current limit: Two levels. Source consumption doubles with each level. Meditating within Host Space will grant you 50% of the first seal's augmentation, without summoning [Pharaoh's Law]. The first seal has been upgraded, you now possess 25% of the Soul Cleanse's augmentation without summoning [Pharaoh's Law].”
To Jodye's absolute elation, Trippy no longer spoke like a child. The artifact spirit's voice was cold and uncaring but not wholly devoid of human emotions. In fact, he spoke in a similar fashion to Sylvester Tricko.
”Special function - Divine Rule - unlocked,” Trippy's voice was fluent and clear, ”This source spirit can now use [Pharaoh's Law] to operate the Vajra Scepter and assist you. Unfortunately, the young host is currently far too weak to facilitate such a function. You are currently at the foundation realm will need to reach the elite realm as a minimum first.”
”Ho. Ly. Crap! Elite realm? That's two great divides away...well, whatever. But wait, how did all of this happen?” Jodye Trill was excited to the max, but this soon turned into confusion. What was going on?
”The answer is simple,” replied Trippy, ”As I've told you before, this source artifact spirit's original soul was known as the Vajra Dragon during his third life on this star. In his first life, he refined this wand and passed it to his son Jabari Mazi. The artifact spirit of this wand was merely a wisp of Janair Mazi's original soul. Once I arrived, I simply absorbed him. Now I am the Vajra Scepter, and the Vajra Scepter is me.”
”Give me a minute…”
”Take your time and digest this information, young host.”