The coordinates of one more fragment pointed to the Rhine River.
Luo Feifei was a Water-Inference Ice Element Extraordinary Being and was extremely sensitive to Water Element Extraordinary Energy. She keenly sensed that when the four fragments they had already found were combined, they emanated a dense Water Element aura.
Each piece of the fragment was inscribed with several oracle bone script characters. When Li Xiang used his Crystal Vein Armor to join the Long Spear together in a preliminary repair, he discovered that the characters combined, ultimately forming the two ancient seal script characters for "Heaven and Earth" on the shaft.
However, it was unclear whether a mysterious component was missing or if Li Xiang’s strength was insufficient, but he was actually unable to fully repair the Long Spear with his Crystal Vein Armor.
The Long Spear was reconnected, and no cracks were visible on the surface, but it was merely a shell of its former self, possessing no great power.
Another point was that Li Xiang’s Crystal Vein Armor Superpower actually had its shortcomings. As an Earth Superpower from the Earth Pivot World Record, his Crystal Vein Armor was most suitable for various types of Ore and Crystal Stones. Using these as materials was the most efficient way to forge Extraordinary Items.
If he used metallic Ore, the higher the purity of the metal after refinement, the lower the probability of creating Extraordinary Items, even though he could still alter its shape and forge it into an instrument.
Li Xiang felt, ’This Crystal Vein Armor skill has a lot of room for improvement, I just haven’t found the right opportunity yet.’
After its preliminary repair, the Lance of Longinus had an exceptionally long and thick shaft. The head was also unlike a normal spearhead—it was far longer, thicker, and more closely resembled a heavy polearm.
A divine weapon like this was clearly not a Western creation.
Western knights’ lances were typically blunt, about four to five meters long, and conical in shape—narrow at the top and thick at the bottom. The base had a flared handguard, with the grip inside.
"Shameless bastards, calling a divine spear that split off from our Kunlun Ancestral Vein the Lance of Longinus." Li Xiang was rather indignant.
Luo Feifei chuckled softly and said, "Let’s give it a new name."
Li Xiang nodded, agreeing completely. ’Since it’s one of the five from the Kunlun Ancestral Vein’s One Qi Transforms Five Dragons, there’s no way we can keep calling it the Lance of Longinus. Wouldn’t that be completely inappropriate?’
So, the two of them put their heads together and discussed it. They came up with several names one after another, but in the end, they felt that "Kunlun Dragon-Suppressing Lance" sounded the best.
"Kunlun," needless to say, indicated its origin from the Kunlun Ancestral Vein, highlighting the profound heritage of Huaxia Civilization.
"Dragon-Suppressing": This alluded to its power to suppress the Dragon Vein that transformed into the spear, and it also fit the legendary characteristic of the Holy Spear as a "master of fate."
As for "Lance," it was a heavy polearm from ancient China. It had a more epic feel than "spear," better showcasing the weapon’s grand aura and creating a cultural contrast with the Western "Holy Spear."
Furthermore, the spear shaft bore the two seal script characters for "Heaven and Earth." However, Luo Feifei, who was skilled in the Divination Technique, told Li Xiang that "Kunlun" symbolized the "Qian Trigram" in the Zhou Yi, which corresponds to the ultimate principles of heaven and earth. Perfect.
"Let’s go. To the Rhine River."
Li Xiang brought Luo Feifei to the banks of the Rhine River.
The Rhine River is the longest river in Western Europe. It originates in the foothills of the Alps in southeastern Switzerland and flows through Liechtenstein, Austria, France, Germany, and the Netherlands before emptying into the North Sea near Rotterdam, with a total length of 1,320 kilometers.
"Brother Xiang, if it’s like you said, that the Kunlun Ancestral Vein’s One Qi Transforms Five Dragons has two branches extending into Europe, I did a quick calculation. The Kunlun Dragon-Suppressing Lance might be a Water Vein that traveled west along the Silk Road, merged with the Danube River through Persia, and finally coiled up in the Rhine River. The Rhine is very likely its true hiding place."
"A very fair point!" Li Xiang couldn’t resist reaching out to gently pinch Luo Feifei’s oval face. It was delicate, smooth, and springy—an excellent feel.
"Which ’fair’?"
"The ’fair’ in ’fair face’!"
Luo Feifei’s eyes instantly curved into crescents, and her beautiful gaze, fixed on Li Xiang, seemed to brim with affection.
The waters of the Rhine River surged. The two of them jumped into the river together. SPLASH.
"Brother Xiang, don’t we look like a young couple committing suicide for love?"
"Suicide, my foot! This is just a little swimming pool to us. How could we possibly drown?"
Li Xiang had his Giant Whale Saint Armor, and Luo Feifei was a veritable sprite of the water. Once submerged, her combat prowess even surpassed Li Xiang’s.
Luo Feifei could now control all the water within a radius of several hundred meters. In the face of this immense power, Li Xiang’s giant power of 220,000 jin was nothing to look at. In other words, if it were a pure contest of strength, Li Xiang still couldn’t best Luo Feifei in the water.
The moment he thought of Luo Feifei’s terrifying Water Power, Li Xiang felt how minuscule his own strength was. ’I need a serious upgrade.’
...
It was already four or five in the morning, but hidden beneath the river’s surface, they weren’t worried about being discovered. Moreover, a hazy morning fog typical of early spring hung over the river.
Like a Fairy in the water, Luo Feifei led Li Xiang downstream along the Rhine River at incredible speed. Along the way, ripples spread out in circles as she used her Water Perception Ability to explore the river.
"Huh? Something at the bottom of the river is breathing." She suddenly turned, her hair brushing against the tip of Li Xiang’s nose. Even though she was underwater, her entire being, including her clothes, remained dry. Her hair flowed elegantly, untouched by the murky water—a truly mystical sight that fully displayed the Extraordinary temperament of a water Fairy.
"Every twelve seconds, the water pressure suddenly triples. It’s just like a Dragon Vein breathing in and out the earth’s energy," Luo Feifei whispered.
"There’s a bottomless pit on the riverbed. It seems to connect directly to an underground water vein."
Li Xiang sank to the riverbed. An earthy-yellow halo spread from the soles of his feet and seeped into the river floor. He activated his Earth Vein Perception Ability and instantly detected that the pit was about five to six thousand meters deep.
But the "mouth" of the pit was very small, only about the size of a palm. It was extremely narrow at first, only opening up after about a hundred meters.
Li Xiang used Earth Escape to take Luo Feifei through the narrow section. After a hundred meters, they entered the main body of the underground water vein, where Luo Feifei took control again.
Luo Feifei led Li Xiang down along the underground water vein, and finally, they reached the "bottom of the abyss."
A Bronze Coffin floated in the water, wrapped in a cocoon by an algae-like creature.
The bottom of the abyss was gloomy and terrifying, a sunless darkness. However, Li Xiang had his Night Vision Superpower and could see everything perfectly, while Luo Feifei, with her Insight Superpower and Water Perception Ability, also saw with crystal clarity.
"Inside, a translucent Dragon Spirit is sleeping. It’s very weak, as if in its twilight years, on the verge of extinguishing at any moment."
Though small, Luo Feifei was daring. She activated her Sea Heart Chain Superpower, piercing the Dragon Spirit’s seventh vertebra. The body of the chain was suddenly covered in Ice Crystals.
"It’s been asleep for at least three hundred years."
A thought struck Li Xiang, and he took the Kunlun Dragon-Suppressing Lance out of his system inventory.
Something strange happened.
The Kunlun Dragon-Suppressing Lance, which had been quiet all this time, suddenly broke free from Li Xiang’s grasp. The "Heaven and Earth" characters on its shaft erupted with a gravitational vortex, pulling the entire Dragon Spirit out of the Bronze Coffin, compressing it into particles of light, and absorbing them into the lance’s tip.
A harmony of chime bells and a pipe organ suddenly echoed from the riverbed, but the lance’s body only shimmered with a fleeting iridescence.
With a flick of her fair wrist, Luo Feifei retracted the Sea Heart Chain, which had already disengaged from the Dragon Spirit.
"The Dragon Spirit is resisting waking up. Perhaps it can’t be revived."
Li Xiang caressed the shaft of the now-calm lance. The heavy weapon still looked perfectly ordinary, a mere shell of itself with no great power.
Li Xiang had repaired a Dragon Vein before, but this one was special. Its main body had transformed into a Long Spear. Now the spirit and the spear’s body were one, yet it still couldn’t be repaired. Li Xiang had no idea where to even begin. ’Should I just let it be and wait?’
’But just waiting might not be enough for it to recover.’
"Perhaps there is someone—no, a senior—who might have a way," Li Xiang murmured.
"Who?" Luo Feifei asked curiously.