Verun’s Bite

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A Spiritual Tool that Zac bought from his beast wave quest contribution store. The axe started as F-Grade but after feeding on much blood and being fed many treasures it is now an early D-Grade spirit tool.

## **Description**

### ***F-Grade***

* The axe was slightly larger compared to the military axes of the demons, and the adjective that would best describe it was primal. It had a large almost straight edge that ran roughly forty centimeters long, moving some ways alongside the handle. The metal of the head looked worn, with multiple scratches and imperfections. **Book 1, Chapter 96**
* On top of the head there were grisly teeth of some unknown beast embedded that were blackened and serrated. The same type of teeth were fastened at the bottom of the slightly uneven handle. The handle itself was made of some wood, and almost fully wrapped in coarse leather. All in all, it looked like something Zac imagined an orc war-chief would use, and it even emitted an air of danger. **Book 1, Chapter 96**

### ***E-Grade***

#### **1st change**

* There were some noticeable changes to the axe, the foremost being the head. It had been made of some dark metal before, but now it looked grayish-white and seemed to be actually created from an enormous tooth. **Book 3, Page 202**
* Its edge was still curved, but slightly larger compared to before, almost reaching half a meter by now. Its edge was a bit uneven as well, and his thoughts still went to Orc Chieftains when Zac looked at **[Verun's Bite]**. **Book 3, Page 202**
* There were still a few smaller teeth fastened to the back of the head, but now there was one that was far larger than the others. It almost formed a counterweight and created a sharp spike that pushed out from the back of the axe-head. Its needlepoint looked extremely sharp, and Zac knew it should have extreme piercing power if he needed it. **Book 3, Page 202**
* The handle was still wrought of some wood, though it looked a bit more grayish compared to before. But more interestingly, five fractals ran all along the handle. The one closest to the end of the haft was glistening with a crimson red, whereas the others were pitch black. **Book 3, Page 202**

#### **2nd change**

* The axe had always been on the heavier side, and he would never have been able to wield **[Verun’s Bite]** before the integration. But its weight had increased by over ten times from absorbing the Dragon Core and evolving, and that wasn’t the only thing that had changed. Its overall design was the same as before, but the handle was now pitch-black to match Verun’s fur. **Book 6, Page 60**
* The axe head itself had slightly changed as well. It had turned even bigger, with its edge gaining over five centimetres in length. The bone it was made from felt sturdier as well, and the edge was sharp enough to easily draw blood on even his durable skin. There were also thin red lines running across the bone, almost looking like cracks in the material. **Book 6, Page 60**
* However, Zac didn’t feel any weakness or damage when holding the weapon, and he guessed the new pattern was just mirroring the red streaks in Verun’s fur. **Book 6, Page 60**
* He had initially worried that the increased weight would make it feel unwieldy, but it was actually the opposite. The weapon felt far sturdier, and it resonated better with his Dao. It felt like every swing contained a gigantic and undeniable force, like a mountain was crashing down where he swung his weapon. **Book 6, Page 61**

#### **3rd change**

* As expected, the axe was covered in similar brands. These markings were golden in color rather than the black of the coffin, and they formed a spiderweb-like array with the red veins that already covered the bone of the edge. **Book 8, Page 515**
* Now, it was covered with patterns that held the essence of Life. **Book 8, Page 515**

### D-Grade

* **[Verun's Bite]** hadn't changed as much as the apparition. It still had a wooden handle, though its weathered brown color had shifted toward a golden-red hue. The axehead was still made from bone, and the teeth for counterbalance remained. As expected, the golden patterns had grown more exquisite, and Zac felt like he was looking at small divine rivers running toward the gleaming edge. **Chapter 1,085**

## Acquisition

* It was an axe that cost a whopping 40 million contribution points. It was called an **[F-Grade Spirit Tool]**, ... **Book 1, Chapter 93**

## Primal Series

* Zac was honestly a bit unsure whether **[Verun’s Bite]** could still be considered a part of the Primal series, though. **Book 7, Page 663**

## Quality

* It was a weapon that Zachary Atwood had gotten from the Merit shop during his beast wave quest, and he knew by now that it wasn’t some top-tier item. The weapon had no attunement, and Zac realized its materials were nothing too special either after seeing all the Spirit Tools on display. ... Besides, it was not like the more common weapons couldn’t be upgraded. They just needed their own fortuitous encounters, just like cultivators did. So even if Verun was common, so what? It just put his axe on the same level as himself, a mortal. **Book 4, Page 469**
* All that, and the axe still hadn't quite reached Peak quality. It wasn't easy to make an exact estimate, but it was most likely in the upper tiers of a High-Quality Tool Spirit. **Chapter 1,015**

## Grade

* It had been a while since the axe had evolved, but that bone alone had been enough to push it toward becoming a High E-grade Spirit Tool. **Book 8, Page 467**
* Since **[Verun's Bite]** had reached Peak E-grade, it rarely showed any interest in materials. **Chapter 1,001**

## **Skills**

Verun's Bite has 5 skill fractals in E grade.

1. The first rune was the one that let him release Verun and have it join him in battle. This activation both cost a huge amount of blood and had a pretty long cooldown, so it could only be used sparingly.
2. The second rune (**Chapter 439**) was far cheaper, and it had a pretty common effect; sharpness. It used some sort of sanguine power to empower the edge, providing it with a stronger penetrative force. It cost a decent chunk of blood, but Zac still often used it when he needed a bit extra lethality in his swings.
3. The third rune (**Chapter 517**) activated an odd ability that could best be described as molting, probably a result of feeding **[Verun's Bite]** dragon's blood. The outer layer of the axehead would become brittle and fall off as a new layer grew out to replace it. Zac initially had some difficulty figuring out what good that ability was, but he soon realized it was a type of empowered restoration. **Chapter 746**
4. The fourth rune could almost instantly increase the weight to a level so great that even Zac barely could withstand it. The ability suited Zac’s combat style very well, and it meshed perfectly with his Fragment of the Axe. The Fragment was fused from the Seeds of Heaviness and Sharpness, matching two of the axe's abilities perfectly. **Chapter 746**

### D-Grade

* Surprisingly, the five sanguine runes on the handle were all gone, replaced by two golden runes, one of which was the original one that let Verun fight by his side. **Chapter 1,085**
* The old abilities, if you could call them that, had simply been integrated to become standard features of the Spirit Tool. Instead, the weapon had gained a true skill, something closer to the earth-shattering abilities **[Love's Bond]** had possessed since he first got it. **Chapter 1,085**

## **Verun**

Verun is the spirit within Zac's weapon and since upgrading it to E rank Zac has been able to sense its thoughts to some degree mainly emotions. Since consuming the Mysterous stone purchased at the Auction Verun has been able to materialise though the trigger has remained unknown. Since upgrading Verun has made an appearance when Zac asked for help during an insurmountable battle and Verun complied but was forced to flee when a being capable of destroying it appeared.

Verun did not like Death-attuned energies - but was not harmed by them **[Chapter 417]**. After Verun had swallowed the Dragon Core it had no problem to stomach the corrosive and deathly elements of Zac's skills. **Chapter 534**

### ***F-Grade appearance***

* A prehistoric beast with a huge maw. **Chapter 156**

### ***E-Grade appearance***

#### **1st change**

* *It was Verun, but its appearance had changed a bit. The most obvious change was the increase in size, with its wither height increasing from roughly 1.5 meters to its current size. Its maw was still an oversized vortex of gristly fangs, making its head just enormous by now. But its body was more proportional, and it rippled with sleek muscles. It felt like a true predator and was felt far more nimble than the stocky barghest, but far more powerful than the agile Gwyllgi.* **Chapter 243**

#### **2nd change**

* *The beast was actually a bit smaller compared to before, but it was more condensed, more corporeal, compared to before. It was still five meters long and reached almost three meters into the air, making it a massive beast compared to anything that had lived on Earth at least. Its huge maw with its grisly fangs looked the same as before, but the number of eyes had actually increased on its head. It now had two sets of eyes, all four of them seemingly moving independent of each other as they looked for targets. Swirls of blood also slowly rotated around its paws, and Zac sensed a hint of the dragon's primordial aura from the Tool Spirit.* **Chapter 468**

#### **3rd change**

* *It still looked like an oversized ancestor of a hyena, apart from its massively oversized maw and multiple sets of eyes. Its fur had turned from a dusty brown to a glossy black, with red highlights covering its body.  It almost looked like it had scales, but a second glance showed that it was just a pattern.  It had also grown a thick mane that ran from its head all the way down to its short tail, somewhat reminding Zac of the spikes of the black dragon he fought.  Its claws had changed as well, turning bigger and darker.  Its whole image had turned more refined, without losing its aura of lethality. There was a sense of sharpness and danger to it, like it was a true predator that didn't only use its brawn to take down its enemies.*
* *Finally, there were streams of energy that circulated each of its four legs, and a glance with [Cosmic Gaze] displayed two swirls just above its paws, both with a different colour. The first one had a sanguine hue, which wasn't surprising as its favourite food had always been blood. The other one was a bit more surprising though.  The second swirl had a steely grey hue and felt pretty similar to his Fragment of the Axe, though the Heaviness was swapped out by something else. Force maybe? In either case, it thankfully wasn't fire-related, something Zac had worried would happen from ingesting a Dragon Core.* **Chapter 516**

### D-Grade

* Today, Verun's fur was a light steely grey. The red-and-gold patterns remained and had grown even denser than before. Its mane, especially, was filled with thick golden bristles with roots of sanguine red. **Chapter 1,085**
* Otherwise, it looked similar to before, a primordial hyena with an oversized maw. Each tooth was now the size of a building, yet sharp enough to make space groan in protest. **Chapter 1,085**
* One interesting addition was that Verun actually had a rune on its forehead, a complex pattern of steel and gold. It resembled some of the evolutionary blueprints he'd created while searching for answers, but it held more meaning than that. Zac couldn't be certain, but it seemed to generate some sort of domain. **Chapter 1,085**