This octopus is the rank 6 artifact. Every rank 6 artifact is sentient and capable of transformation. They also have their will and can determine who gets to wield them.
For many years, the rank 6 artifact has not found a worthy wielder. Its minimum requirement is for the person to cultivate the Blood Art of the Blood Skull. This is because this was what was used to forge it, not because it has peculiar tastes.
Without a wielder who has cultivated the Blood Art cultivation technique, its power can't be used well. Of course, someone stronger can force it to be obedient. But the kind of power that they will get out of it won't be as strong as the one that a wielder with the Blood Art cultivation technique can produce.
Unfortunately, while there are many people in the sect who cultivate the Blood Art cultivation technique, such as Daoist Blood Spider the new golden core elder, Daoist Blood Vines one of the leaders of the alliance that Arthur joined, and Daoist Blood Hound who was the elder that showed Arthur around the sect on his first day in the sect, none of them have managed to advance to the nascent soul realm, much less the sixth mortal realm.
Only the patriarch who cultivated the Blood Art cultivation technique and managed to advance to the sixth mortal coil was able to wield the artifact. Unfortunately, at that time, the artifact was still at rank 5. It took a lot of years of nurturing for the artifact to reach rank 6.
By the time the Blood Beast artifact reached rank 6, its creator had long since been dead. So no one has ever wielded the Blood Beast artifact since it advanced to rank 6.
In regard to this, Sword Flash said, "It is truly a pity. But I don't need you."
He patted his sword box and said, "I have my own tool. However, I might be able to help you find a wielder soon."
The octopus glared at the sword box, and the sword box hummed in challenge, too. This made the octopus angry. But it decided not to bother with the sword box.
It said in disdain, "I'm your senior. How can I lower myself to argue with an ignorant junior like you?"
The sword box didn't like being called ignorant. So it hummed and threatened to unsheathe its millions of blades to teach the octopus.
Sword Flash quickly calmed the sword box down by whispering to it. When the octopus saw this, he sneered in disdain.
Then the octopus said to Sword Flash, "How will you get me a wielder? I'm tired of being cooped up in here."
Sword Flash replied, "The tides of the sect have changed. We are about to acquire a lot more resources. If things go well, we will have enough resources to help someone who cultivated the Blood Art cultivation technique advance to the fifth mortal coil."
The octopus became excited when it heard this. It asked, "Eagerly, how soon will I get my wielder?"
Sword Flash replied, "I can't be sure. After all, the availability of resources is just one of the many factors that will affect the appearance of a nascent soul member of the sect who cultivated the Blood Art cultivation technique."
"The second most important factor is still the requirement of someone in the sect cultivating the Blood Art cultivation technique, reaching the peak of the second mortal coil, and learning the vessel sigil technique for the cultivation technique."
"No matter the amount of resources that I make available, if there is no one to use it on, a qualified wielder won't appear. So I think the time it will take is uncertain."
This made the blood octopus disappointed. It sighed and said, "So just more of the past thousands of years."
Sword Flash shook his head as he said, "I don't think so. I think you will get a new successor in at most one thousand years. Maybe even 500 years."
The blood octopus didn't believe him, so it remained despondent. It waved one of its large tentacles and said, "Forget about the matter of a wielder. What brings you here?"
Sword Flash replied, "I have come to refine some nascent soul pills."
This perked up the blood octopus. It said eagerly, "Quickly give me the nascent souls. Give me them."
Sword Flash smiled and produced the seven crystals containing the nascent souls. Then he tossed them to the blood octopus.
When the blood octopus saw the crystals, it asked with a surprised tone of voice, "So many? Where did you get so many? Did you finally kill all the patriarchs of the other four sects?"
Sword Flash chuckled and said, "I'm not crazy enough to kill all of them at once. The people I killed were the patriarchs of a powerful sect that wanted to invade our region and take over a sect in this place."
Then he went on to recount the events of the war.
After hearing this, the blood octopus snorted and said, "That Red and Blue Fire sect underestimated the Blood Skull sect too much. Don't they know that it is a bad idea to butt heads with another sect that has the potential to produce a rank 7 being?"
"What did they think was going to happen after they decided to come to the Five Veins region to share the place with us? Did they think we were going to stand and watch as they settled down and compete with us for the limited amount of resources here?"
Sword Flash explained, "It is true that they underestimated us. But the main reasons they chose to come to the Five Vein region are because the Purple Flower sect is too weak to put up any meaningful resistance and because our region is next in line for an upgrade in the next cycle of mana tide."
"So they had their reasons for coming here. It was all about maximizing their benefits. If they had succeeded, their future prospects would have been very high."