[{"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-966":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},1242510,1669,"Chapter 966: Something Was Lost","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-966",966,"\u003Cp>Ethan’s heart sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time the system couldn’t fully dissect a target’s structure. Which meant the power this guy controlled had already crossed—at least partly—outside the system’s parsing range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then the man’s body trembled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something even stranger manifested behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A worm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it wasn’t anything you could call a \"creature\" in the normal sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body was made of pure energy, its surface layered with complex, ancient patterns. Every time it squirmed, space cracked a little, like the world couldn’t handle the friction of it existing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a trace of energy leaking off it made the air scream with a sharp, grating hum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan could feel it clearly—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that worm’s energy level had already pushed past the critical edge of Tier 33.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man lifted his hand slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since this place has already lost its original value,\" he said, voice turning glacial, \"there’s no reason for it to keep existing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave a casual flick of his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The worm erupted with blinding golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, annihilating energy poured down like a flood, blanketing the entire sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s pupils snapped tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly Demon Lightningdetonated inside him. The Powered Combat Armor’s core spun to its limit, and white lightning tore outward along his body in a frenzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thrust up a hand, compressing everything he had into his palm, and met the golden torrent head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two forces collided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwave swept the space like a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky split with a massive gash. The spatial framework shrieked with cracking, tearing noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan was still being pushed back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pressure in that golden energy was far beyond what he’d anticipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right then, Thalorien stormed into the battle with the Emerald Castle fighters. Their energy barriers unfolded instantly, layering over Ethan’s output, trying to brace against the incoming destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, the force kept driving down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gap in level—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was too big.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air started to collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Space began to lose coherence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just as the line was about to shatter—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a small hand pressed gently against Ethan’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan jolted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt it with absolute clarity: a familiar, pure white lightning flowed from the little girl into him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not intrusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two currents ofHeavenly Demon Lightningclicked together in that instant, forming a complete cycle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s vision sharpened like a fog had been ripped away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could sense it—this wasn’t just energy anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was something higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Infernal Primordial Power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White lightning converged fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between the two of them, it compressed into a massive sphere of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now,\" Ethan murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, he shoved the sphere forward with everything he had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White lightning pierced the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, the man’s eyes changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He retreated fast—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but the blast still grazed him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air convulsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stabilized himself, gaze locking onto Ethan and the girl like a blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn’t expect this,\" he said, voice dropping even lower. \"For this power... to appear again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lifted his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The worm flared with dazzling light once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since that’s the case...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His presence fully unleashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire world started to shake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...then you two especially can’t be allowed to live.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the man was about to unleash the full might of that energy-worm behind him, Ethan’s senses snapped onto something critical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the man’s head. Not the worm that was dumping out annihilation like it was free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right at the center of his chest—where the energy cycles were densest, a node that wasn’t just a gathering point, but something far more stable. More central.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system’s earlier partial scan flashed back through Ethan’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That spot...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was the source of everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan didn’t hesitate again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly Demon Lightningresponded instantly. White lightning raced along the engraved lines of his Powered Combat Armor, popping with a harsh, ear-splitting crackle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His figure vanished midair—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and in the next instant he was right in front of the man, moving so fast the space around them stuttered, like reality skipped a frame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man’s pupils shrank hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pure-white bolt—like it had its own will—punched straight through the center of his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant it connected, the air convulsed. A destructive shockwave blasted outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The defensive energy at the man’s chest didn’t explode on contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It waspeeled open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like that lightning carried a stripping property, not just brute destruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s hand drove into the exposed core region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could feel it clearly—something stable and scorching, thrashing like mad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A true energy core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The density inside it was beyond what a normal Tier life-form could withstand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly Demon Lightning poured down Ethan’s arm nonstop, collapsing every defensive layer around the core until they came apart like rotten scaffolding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a low, ugly tearing sound, Ethan yanked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A blood-red energy core was ripped out of the man’s body by force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stable energy loops inside him collapsed the instant the core was gone. Behind him, the energy-worm shuddered in silence, then rapidly dimmed, like it had lost the support that allowed it to exist at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan pulled back, eyes dropping to the core in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It throbbed in his palm like a living heart. Every pulse sent out a violent wave of power. He could feel it trying, on instinct, to merge into his body—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and Heavenly Demon Lightning evenanswered it, humming in resonance as Ethan’s energy level began to climb, slowly but unmistakably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t even have time to fully analyze its structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure moved at his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little girl was suddenly there—so fast it shocked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze was locked on the core, like something deep inside her had grabbed the steering wheel. She reached out and snatched it straight from Ethan’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan barely got the word out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the slightest hesitation, the girl swallowed the core—whole—despite the violent energy still rolling off it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air went dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan’s pupils snapped tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped forward on instinct, but the next second the girl’s body had already begun to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes turned blood-red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just a color shift—an overhaul at the level of her energy.Heavenly Demon Lightningspread outward from inside her, actively merging with the core’s power and forming a brand-new circulating structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first shockwave burst out of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A third.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air trembled. Space gave off faint cracking sounds. The energy density around her rocketed upward, warping into a visible distortion field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet her appearance... became even more delicate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her skin smoothed until it looked like polished porcelain. The energy stopped being chaotic and began to settle into a stable framework. She lifted off the air, as if some higher force was holding her up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her eyes went empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan flashed in front of her and grabbed her shoulders hard, pushingHeavenly Demon Lightninginto her body to stabilize the runaway structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White lightning resonated instantly with what was inside her. The violently shaking space began to settle, bit by bit, until the distortion eased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lowered her head and looked at Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure unfamiliarity in her gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you?\" she asked softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn’t a trace of her past in that voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And... who am I?\" she continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes were confused, but not afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I remember... I think I had a brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paused, then looked at Ethan again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The power on you feels like mine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice dropped, almost fragile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... are you my brother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She reached out and gently caught the edge of Ethan’s clothes again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can I follow you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1271,"2026-06-05T15:15:58.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","5f9afd2da93661b2ceffacd846e7f6b737d7f81ffca28b444ef371f067831255","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-967","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-965",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]