[{"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-701":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},1242307,1669,"Chapter 701: When the Sky Turned Gold","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-701",701,"\u003Cp>\"Is this place... even inhabited?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whisper came from somewhere in the ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doubt spread like a shadow through the squad, creeping from one wary face to the next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the front, Ethan narrowed his eyes, scanning the golden dunes that rolled endlessly ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep moving,\" he murmured. \"There’s something... shifting beneath us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scouts barely had time to react before a dry, slithering sound rose from the sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the kind of noise that made your teeth itch—something thick and wet dragging itself just out of sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, on alert!\" Elira snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as the words left her mouth, the desert erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive tentacle burst from the sand with a shriek of air, slicing skyward like a whip. The stench that followed was sharp and metallic, like blood left too long in the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shhhhk—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan moved in a blur. A flash of steel carved through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blade of the Fey traced a clean arc, and the tentacle dropped, severed in a single stroke. A spray of greenish-blue ichor hissed as it hit the sand, eating into it like acid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell is that thing?\" one of the soldiers shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer came from below, deep and guttural—a roar that seemed to shake the dunes themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the ground gave way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A monstrous shape surged up from beneath, tearing through the sand in a geyser of grit and fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like some nightmare octopus—its skin a cracked, ashen gray, its limbs writhing in every direction. Dozens of tentacles lashed the air, each one thick as a tree trunk and alive with whip-like motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Intruders!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice didn’t come from its mouth. It slammed straight into their minds, raw and thunderous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You dare trespass in the Ashveil Desert? Die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tentacles rose in unison, like a forest waking all at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two soldiers were snatched up before they could scream, their cries cut short as they were dragged toward the churning sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan let out a low growl and launched himself into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blade came down hard—twice—shearing through two more limbs. More of that searing green fluid sprayed across the dunes, hissing and smoking where it landed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature shrieked, thrashing in pain. Then it lifted off the ground entirely, its massive body hovering above the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power gathered around it like a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sand twisted upward in spirals, forming a cyclone around its bulk. In the center of its many arms, a sphere of blinding white energy began to form—huge, radiant, impossible to look at directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clear, ringing voice cut through the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feylora burst from the ranks, silver hair whipping wildly in the wind, fists clenched tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No magic shield. No summoned power. Just raw, unrelenting will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This one’s mine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She launched herself into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fist met the blazing white energy sphere mid-flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOOOM—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The desert shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden winds howled, kicking up walls of dust. White arcs of energy tore through the sky like lightning gone feral.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a heartbeat, it felt like the world split in two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The collision between Feylora and the energy sphere unleashed a shockwave that rippled across the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The orb shattered—splintering into a thousand shards of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They scattered around her like stardust caught in a storm, flickering and fading as they fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the monster could even react, Feylora was already in front of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fist came down again—hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blow carried the weight of the sky behind it, slamming the octopus-like beast straight into the sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground buckled. A crater bloomed beneath them, swallowing dunes whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan looked up, eyes wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feylora hovered in the eye of the storm, suspended in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes burned with an otherworldly light. Power surged from her like a rising tide, gathering above her head into the shape of a massive energy bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>FWIP—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She loosed the string. The arrow streaked down like a falling star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"—Die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shot punched through the dunes and straight into the creature’s core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A burst of white fire erupted, swallowing everything in its path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster shrieked as it disintegrated, its body reduced to ash and scattered by the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Feylora didn’t stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spun, drew again, and fired—one arrow after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the others, it looked like she was shooting blind into the sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But every time an arrow struck, the ground convulsed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And another massive beast exploded from below, roaring and writhing under the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s... synced with the pulse of the sand sea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All units—attack! Target: underground!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the entire Emerald Castle legion surged forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magic beams, energy slashes, and the roar of aerial units filled the air in a deafening crescendo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The desert erupted in waves. The heat shimmered white-hot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From beneath the sand, the creatures came—dozens of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tentacles lashed out like a nest of serpents, each strike leaving afterimages in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One soldier wasn’t fast enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A tentacle speared through him—clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a blink, his body shriveled, drained of every drop of life force. Even his soul energy was sucked dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rear guard, form up! Defensive formation—now!\" Elira’s voice cracked like a whip over the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield had devolved into a storm of sand and screams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High above, Feylora was still raining hell from the sky. Her arrows streaked downward in blazing arcs, each one trailing a comet’s tail of light. They slammed into the dunes like thunderbolts, igniting the desert with every strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each shot screamed through the air, tearing the very fabric of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sand sea split beneath her barrage. The shadows lurking below grew fewer, their numbers thinned by the relentless assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—finally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the army pushed deeper into the heart of the desert, the ground began to rumble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A low, ominous growl rolled up from the depths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>RUMMMMMMBLE—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire desert heaved, as if some colossal beast had stirred beneath it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waves of sand exploded skyward, blotting out the sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the pressure—crushing, suffocating. A force that made the air itself tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above, the sky twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy surged upward, coalescing into a swirling vortex of blood-red light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From that vortex, something began to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A shadow. A shape. A giant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had the form of a man, but from its back sprouted a writhing forest of octopus-like tentacles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had only one eye—but that eye glowed with the color of congealed blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when it opened—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire desert dimmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VMMMMM—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beam of crimson light erupted from the cyclopean eye, sweeping across the battlefield like a scythe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a single breath, five thousand soldiers were reduced to ash, their screams snuffed out mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wh—what...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s breath caught in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That aura—he knew it. Too well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s... Dragon God blood,\" he whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze locked on the towering figure, heart pounding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A hybrid... Octopoid and Dragonkin? No wonder it’s this powerful...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold dread coiled in his gut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that thing evolved any further, it wouldn’t just destroy the army—it could swallow the entire desert whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looks like—\" he tightened his grip on the Blade of the Fey, the hilt warm in his palm, \"—we have to kill it. Now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drew in a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden light began to ripple across his skin, flowing like liquid fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>VMMM—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, Idra’s form shimmered into view—no longer flesh, but pure energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Threads of gold streamed from her fingertips, weaving into Ethan’s aura, binding their powers together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their energies fused in a heartbeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky lit up in gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>",1266,"2026-06-05T15:15:48.805Z",1,"novelbin.me","109ced62fa8079ac3a64011c27294013192f38c802129a67fe424afe01ced956","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-702","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-850",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]