[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-mystic-calling-stone-of-glory":3,"chapter-mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-673":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Mystic Calling：Stone of Glory",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1242079,1669,"Chapter 673: Did I Win?","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-673",673,"\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SPLURCH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Scepter of the Fey Sovereign pierced clean through the old man’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shockwave of raw, violent energy exploded outward from the impact,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>ripping through the sky and shaking the earth below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scepter’s innate devouring power kicked in instantly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the moment it made contact with the old man’s body,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it unleashed a terrifying surge of force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan watched as the elder’s body visibly shriveled,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his skin sinking against bone,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his aura collapsing in on itself like a dying star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within seconds, the man’s power was completely drained—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sucked dry by the scepter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan exhaled sharply, his chest heaving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Did I win?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hovered in the air, barely able to stay upright,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his body trembling as he forced his breath to steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fight hadn’t lasted long,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but it had taken everything he had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If those goblins hadn’t shown up when they did,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>if that one stone hadn’t hit at just the right moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he would’ve lost. No question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a shaky breath, then dropped down to the ground,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his boots hitting the dirt with a soft thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out and grabbed the Scepter of the Fey Sovereign—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the moment his fingers wrapped around it,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a surge of energy rushed into his body like a flood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power he’d just burned through was being restored—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but he could feel his Tier shifting—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>rising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was leveling up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Feylora slumped beside him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>breathing hard, her face pale but alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She leaned against him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>relieved to have survived—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but then, without warning,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her passive ability triggered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scepter’s swirling energy flared again,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>forming a vortex that spun toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—BOOM—BOOM—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan flinched, startled—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but he didn’t stop it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let the energy flow into her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like that,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feylora’s drained reserves were refilled,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her aura stabilizing and growing stronger by the second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the battlefield above was still locked in a brutal stalemate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Obsidian Dynasty’s forces were no joke—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>especially with so many peak 17-Tier monsters in their ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anywhere else, they’d be an unstoppable army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan scanned the battlefield,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his eyes narrowing as he took in the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his power surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fully restored, stronger than ever,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he launched himself into the sky like a bolt of lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was done watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, Emerald Castle had managed to hold the line without him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that he was back at full strength?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was time to tip the scales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Scepter of the Fey Sovereign glowed with emerald fury as Ethan raised it high—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then brought it crashing down into the center of the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impact sent a shockwave ripping through the air,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a wave of crushing pressure that blanketed the entire battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VMMMMM—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both sides froze for a split second,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stunned by the sudden eruption of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one had expected Ethan to rejoin the fight—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>let alone with this kind of force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before anyone could react,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the scepter’s energy locked onto a mid-17 Tier enemy—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a warrior who had been locked in a brutal duel with Elira.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two had been evenly matched,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but Elira’s Skytear Demon Moth powers were a natural counter to his abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d already pushed him to the brink—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his body was covered in wounds,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his aura flickering like a dying flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t take another hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s attack slammed into him with full force,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and his body cracked—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>literally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hairline fractures spread across his skin like shattered glass,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his energy unraveling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elira saw the opening and didn’t hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She summoned a massive energy sphere behind her—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>dark, pulsing, and unstable—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and hurled it straight at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blast engulfed him completely,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>swallowing him in a storm of elemental chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"AAAHHHHH—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blood-curdling scream tore through the sky as the enemy warrior’s body began to melt—literally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His flesh liquefied before their eyes, dripping away in steaming globs until there was nothing left but a dark stain in the air... and then, not even that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Obsidian Dynasty’s army froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t even blinked, and one of their top commanders had been completely erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with his death, the balance of power on the battlefield shifted—hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emerald Castle now held the upper hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their forces, already holding their own, suddenly surged with renewed morale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ve got them! We’re winning! Push forward—attack!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Emerald Castle troops roared, their voices rising like thunder as they unleashed everything they had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle reignited with brutal intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky was a storm of energy blasts, elemental fury, and steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bodies fell like rain, both sides taking losses—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but it was clear now who had the momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan, wielding the Scepter of the Fey Sovereign, became a blur of motion—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>cutting through the battlefield like a living storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In mere moments, he decapitated two mid-17 Tier enemies,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their heads tumbling through the air before their bodies even hit the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>SWISH! SWISH!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Obsidian Dynasty’s key commanders falling one after another,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their formation collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What followed wasn’t a battle—it was a slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emerald Castle’s forces grew fiercer with every kill,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their power snowballing as they overwhelmed the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t take long before the Obsidian Dynasty’s army was completely wiped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elira, in particular, had gained a massive boost from the battle—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>her Tier had jumped to mid-17,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and at the rate she was progressing, she’d hit peak Tier in no time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t the only one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several others had broken through to mid-17 Tier as well,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>their auras now blazing with evolved racial traits and raw, refined power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan stood at the edge of the battlefield, watching it all unfold,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his heart swelling with pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he knew this was just the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Obsidian Dynasty wasn’t the strongest force in the Umbral Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not by a long shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were bigger threats out there—stronger, older, more dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Emerald Castle wanted to survive,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they had to keep growing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This battle had been a massive leap forward,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but it had also drained the spatial world they were in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy here was gone—completely absorbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing left of value were the Creature Dwellings—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>structures that could still be used to summon new units.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan made a quick decision:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>leave a few powerful heroes behind to manage the dwellings and keep summoning reinforcements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone else?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They needed to move on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Find a new place to grow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, not long after, they left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—The next day—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan stood alone in a desolate stretch of wilderness,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>studying the system’s map of the Umbral Abyss projected in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was detailed, sure—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but there were still areas that were vague, blurred, or completely unmarked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the location of the Blood Saints of Thirty-Six.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d found their base once—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the map hadn’t shown it. No coordinates. No markers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took a deep breath, then pulled out a translucent jade stone from his inventory and placed it on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d taken it from the Blood Saints’ headquarters—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>along with a strange, hand-drawn map that looked like it depicted a hidden region of the Umbral Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how long he compared it to the system’s map,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he couldn’t find a match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wherever it was, it had to be hidden—intentionally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was deep in thought,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ataneya walked up, dragging a half-dead man behind her like a sack of trash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master,\" she said, her voice casual, \"found this coward playing dead in a pile of corpses. Should I gut him? Or do you want the honors?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guy was pathetic—barely 16 Tier,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his aura so weak it was almost laughable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn’t even want to waste a second on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t bring me trash like this again,\" he said coldly. \"Just kill him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before Ataneya could move, the man scrambled forward and dropped to his knees, slamming his forehead into the dirt over and over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please! Don’t kill me! I know things—secret places in the Umbral Abyss! Hidden realms full of power, treasure, resources you can’t even imagine! Just let me live, and I’ll take you there!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan paused, eyes narrowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached down and tossed the strange map toward the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You recognize this place?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guy barely glanced at it before nodding so fast his head looked like it might fly off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes! Yes, I know it! I swear I do!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s expression shifted—just slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Interesting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1414,"2026-06-05T15:15:48.245Z",1,"novelbin.me","d9f865a9583190f35187264c711e11ab380c5a26725c26191c3d0598c53e8f01","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-674","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-672",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]