"The second in history."

  Chen Yue opened his mouth but finally didn't exclaim. He had originally thought that the origin of the Blade Beast would be extraordinary, but he had never expected it to be this rare.

  You know, the apostles had ruled the continent for tens of millions of years. During such a long period of time, countless apostles had emerged, and the number of familiars summoned from the Spirit Realm was simply countless.

  Among these familiars, there were all kinds of strange and diverse types, and almost all types of familiars in the Spirit Realm had appeared on the continent.

  However, with such a large base, before Chen Yue, there had only been one weapon-type familiar in tens of millions of years. It could be seen that its rarity was truly top-notch.

  Chen Yue's expression changed slightly. He knew that it was the right thing not to show off one's wealth. With such a rare familiar in his hands, it was impossible not to attract envy. Originally, it wouldn't have been a big deal. Rarity didn't equal power. If the strength shown by the Blade Beast was just average, perhaps those who were envious would just say a few sour words and wouldn't covet his familiar. After all, familiars couldn't be taken away easily.

  However, when he was in the duel arena earlier, Chen Yue had demonstrated the terrifying strength of the Blade Beast. It could even kill a four-star familiar. Moreover, it also had the terrifying ability to sever contracts. In this way, it was impossible to avoid trouble even if he didn't want to.

  And those who might come were probably the other two deacons or other disciples.

  "What a headache." Chen Yue rubbed the corner of his eyebrow with his finger. For the first time, he felt helpless. If they came and ordered Chen Yue to hand over the Blade Beast, he probably wouldn't have any room to resist.

  His brows furrowed slightly, and Chen Yue glanced at Vinia out of the corner of his eye, only to see that she looked calm and didn't show the slightest sign of worry.

  "Uh." Chen Yue's expression froze. He naturally wouldn't think that Vinia couldn't guess the key points inside, nor would she be indifferent to it. As her most favored disciple, if he was really ordered to hand over the Blade Beast, Vinia's reputation wouldn't be glorious either. Since that was the case, she must have already had a way to deal with it.

  "Teacher Vinia, please give me some guidance," Chen Yue said with a deep bow.

  Looking deeply at Chen Yue, Vinia suddenly sighed. "Chen Yue, you're still so smart, but why did you do such impulsive things?"

  Chen Yue's heart sank. He knew that the impulsive thing Vinia mentioned definitely didn't refer to exposing the abilities of the Blade Beast, but should be the matter of killing Wolf.

  "If I hadn't killed him, he would have found an opportunity to kill me," Chen Yue said after weighing it in his mind for a moment. He decided to tell the truth.

  Hearing Chen Yue's sincere words, Vinia was relieved. She was really afraid that Chen Yue would use the excuse that Wolf had to prevaricate her. In that case, even if Chen Yue had outstanding talent, he would lose her trust.

  "What you said is also correct. Wolf was indeed rather scheming. However, he was still under my tutelage, and he had dealt with apostles from his own faction before. I can't be too harsh on him," Vinia's expression softened a little, and she said after pondering, "You're all my disciples. The example of fighting among each other is too bad. Well, after this incident, you'll hand in 200 points as punishment."

  200 points. Chen Yue's heart twitched when he heard this. This expenditure was enough to make any apostle feel heartbroken. With his example in front, perhaps in the future, even if disciples from the same faction wanted to fight to the death, they would have to think carefully.

  Chen Yue remembered that he originally only had 100 points. After the consumption of the teleportation device and other things, it would be good if there were still seventy or eighty points left. He simply couldn't gather enough for these 200 points.

  However, he still agreed without hesitation.

  Vinia nodded with satisfaction, and her expression relaxed. She smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about the Blade Beast either. With me here, are you afraid that they'll snatch it by force?"

  This simple sentence was full of indescribable confidence.

  Chen Yue's mood relaxed. He knew that if he hadn't been honest before and had thought of deceiving instead, Vinia might not have said this sentence. Now that Vinia had already given the punishment, she naturally wouldn't pursue the matter of Wolf anymore and would instead fully support him.

  With such a powerful expert backing him up, there was no need to worry about others causing trouble.

  "Well, but we can't be careless either." Vinia gently tapped the table with her finger and said after pondering, "The severing ability of the Blade Beast is too abnormal. I'm afraid many people will be worried day and night. Since they don't dare to use force, there's only one means left."

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  She slightly opened her red lips and softly uttered two words:

  "Seal."

  "Seal?" Chen Yue had a bad feeling in his heart. Could it be that they could seal the familiar? But in that case, a familiar that couldn't be used was no different from being ordered to hand it over.

  As if seeing the dissatisfaction in Chen Yue's heart, Vinia explained, "For a familiar to display its strength, it needs to open its life halos. Generally speaking, each life halo corresponds to one of the familiar's abilities. The Blade Beast just has a rather heaven-defying severing ability. So, if they want to seal it, they'll only seal this one halo."

  "Are they overestimating the severing ability? After all, the Blade Beast is only a three-star familiar so far," Chen Yue said with a wry smile. He also knew that sealing only the severing ability was probably the greatest effort Vinia could make. After all, she wasn't invincible.

  "Hehe." Hearing Chen Yue's somewhat complaining words, Vinia chuckled a few times, and that extremely envious look appeared in her eyes again. "Chen Yue, I'm afraid you still don't understand the true power of the Blade Beast, right?"

  Chen Yue was stunned when he heard this, and then he nodded. He didn't know much about the Blade Beast, and the degree of compatibility wasn't high either. Although he had established a special connection with the Blade Beast by absorbing his own blood before and learned about some of its abilities, the Blade Beast was too violent in that state, and what he knew was just bits and pieces.

  "Actually, it's not your fault. After all, the Blade Beast has only appeared once in history. Moreover, its master was an elder at the headquarters of the association. Therefore, although many people have heard of the names of the Blade Beast and weapon-type familiars, they don't know much about the Blade Beast's true abilities." A nostalgic look appeared in Vinia's eyes. "If my teacher hadn't been a sworn friend of that elder and I was the only disciple of my teacher and had seen him when I was young, I probably wouldn't have known these things either. How time flies. Thousands of years have passed in the blink of an eye."

  "Thousands of years..." Chen Yue rolled his eyes. This time, he finally wasn't choked. In fact, anyone who had seen the meteorite crystal that was more than 30 million years old wouldn't take just a few thousand years seriously.

  Listening to Vinia's somewhat emotional words, Chen Yue was also deeply shocked. This was the first time he had heard Vinia inadvertently talk about her background.

  "Elder..." That was the highest existence in the Apostle Association. Those who could serve as elders were all super experts above the sixth level, and there might even be legendary experts at the seventh level.

  Vinia's teacher could actually become a sworn friend with an elder... Shaking his head, Chen Yue didn't dare to think about it anymore. Her background was really outrageously powerful...

  With a self-deprecating smile, Vinia collected her mood and continued, "The severing is one of the Blade Beast's abilities. Of course, it's not necessarily the first ability. When I first found out that the first ability of your Blade Beast was severing, it really gave me a shock."

  "The ability of severing means that for those with a level lower than the Blade Beast, it can kill them instantly. For those with a level higher than the Blade Beast, depending on the strength gap, it will cause certain additional damage, and there's also an extremely tiny probability of severing everything, including souls, and of course, contracts."

  Vinia used the words "extremely tiny" twice in a row, which showed how small the probability of severing everything was. It could only be said that Chen Yue's luck was really good. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he just happened to fall into this almost negligible probability.

  Unfortunately, this explanation couldn't be told to others.

  "Sure enough, there's an instant-killing ability hidden in it." Chen Yue pondered. He understood the power of this ability. Perhaps it wasn't so remarkable at a low level, because as long as the strength gap between low-level familiars exceeded two levels, one could kill the other instantly. But what if the Blade Beast reached the third, fourth, or even fifth level?

  You know, it's very difficult to kill familiars when they reach a high level, let alone kill them instantly. At that time, the instant-killing advantage of the Blade Beast could be fully exerted. It could completely ignore the opponent's strength. As long as the level was lower than its own, it could kill them all instantly.

  However...

  With a hundred thoughts running through his mind, Chen Yue immediately discovered a problem.

  "No, I used the Blade Beast to kill many third-level magical beasts and also two-star first-level familiars. But wasn't the original Blade Beast also a two-star first-level one? How could it kill those of the same level?" Chen Yue furrowed his brows slightly and asked in a deep voice.

  "Who told you it was a two-star first-level?" Vinia was surprised.

  Chen Yue was obviously even more surprised and said in astonishment, "According to the rules, aren't all familiars first-level when they're just summoned and then gradually upgrade?"

  "Well, you're right. According to the rules, the vast majority of familiars are like this," Vinia deliberately emphasized the words "the vast majority". Chen Yue immediately understood.

  "Is the Blade Beast one of the special ones?"

  Vinia nodded solemnly and said in a deep voice, "This is the most heaven-defying aspect of the Blade Beast. When it's summoned, its level is the same as that of the apostle. At that time, you were second-level, so it was also second-level. And this second-level rank will never change."

  After a pause, a strange look flashed in Vinia's eyes. "What it upgrades is its star level."

  "Sure enough." Thinking of the scene when the Blade Beast lit up the third life halo before, Chen Yue understood. At this moment, there was only one thought left in his heart: The Blade Beast is too abnormal.