[{"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-980":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},1242524,1669,"Chapter 980 980: The Rule of the Storm","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-980",980,"\u003Cp>Ethan's figure surfaced out of the thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hovered there in silence, the snow-white core clenched in his hand, his gaze calm and razor-sharp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't waste your time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice wasn't loud, but it cut cleanly into the creature's awareness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're looking for a replacement core, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The firefly jerked to a stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan slowly raised the bead in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Too bad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not giving you that chance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant the words left his mouth, the Heavenly Demon Lightning inside him fully detonated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White lightning spread like a stormfront, sealing off the space around the firefly completely. Violent arcs crawled through the air—each bolt like a sharpened chain, locking down every path it could take and binding it in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The firefly gave off a shrill buzzing vibration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't sound so much as an angry pulse of consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've gone too far!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its mental fluctuations spiked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's no grudge between us. You already stole my core—why are you still trying to wipe me out?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's expression didn't change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He answered flatly, almost bored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No grudge?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes flicked toward the distance, where Nysera and Idra were still fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You attacked us first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't give it another second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightning erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless strands of white electricity poured out of him like a waterfall. They pierced straight through the firefly's body, ripping and shredding its already-unstable energy structure now that its core was gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Energy collapsed in on itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a few seconds, the firefly's body was completely crushed, reduced to shattered fragments of energy that scattered and faded in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan lowered back into the air, steadying himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a long breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he turned to look at the battlefield, his brow creased again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monsters the firefly had summoned—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hadn't disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They still roamed through the air, bodies woven from messy, mixed energies, eyes flashing with an eerie light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, they weren't simple summons. They were independent energy lifeforms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan lifted a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of energy orbs condensed around him in a blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next instant, they shot out together, detonating inside the monster swarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Explosions chained one after another, thunderous and overlapping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what happened next made Ethan's stomach sink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monsters didn't get destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They went wild—soaking up the energy from the blasts instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning fragments, lingering shockwaves, stray power… they devoured it like food, and their bodies actually stabilized, becoming denser and more coherent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's face hardened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately pulled up the system scan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Data streamed across his vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, the system returned its verdict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These monsters weren't normal living things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were composite lifeforms—driven by soul bodies, fused with multiple kinds of energy. In other words, their existence was literally maintained by energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the white lightning Ethan had just unleashed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was exactly the kind of energy they needed most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His jaw tightened until his teeth ached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is bad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he searched for an answer, a new presence suddenly surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nysera.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flood of white thunder wrapped around her body, and her energy wave shot upward fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes shone a cold, pale white—like she was re-reading the rules of this world in real time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she lifted her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brutally domineering pull spread out from her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The closest monster's body violently trembled. The energy inside it started to flow as if it was being yanked out by force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a few seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half the monster's energy had already been absorbed directly into Nysera.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Nysera forcibly tore energy out of that creature, the entire battlefield's \"feel\" shifted in a subtle way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan caught it immediately—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This might be the opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those monsters weren't normal life. Their forms existed only because their energy structures held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So if you drained them completely, they wouldn't be able to keep a shape. They'd collapse on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thought crossed his mind—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he was already moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's body snapped into a streak of white lightning, carving a dazzling line across the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shot straight to the nearest monster. Before it could fully react, he clamped a hand onto its shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he made contact, the energy flow inside it became crystal clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power ran through the creature like braided rivers, crossing and cycling in endless loops. And Ethan's Heavenly Demon Lightning—was like a whirlpool inlet that had just been ripped open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Absorption began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White lightning crawled down his arm and into the monster, spreading through its entire energy structure in a blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A heartbeat later, those steady circulation paths lost control. The monster's power surged toward Ethan in a frantic flood, like it had found a drain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature shook violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It tried to break free, but its internal flow was already completely off-balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, the last thread of energy was ripped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant it lost its support, the monster's body collapsed like mist blown apart by wind, breaking into countless tiny points of light that vanished into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan hung there, stunned for a half second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So it really worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a spark of excitement slipped onto his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't waste time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy inside him flared outward, forming a massive vortex around his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White lightning whipped along the vortex's edge at insane speed, like an engine screaming at full throttle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A powerful pull spread out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monsters still fighting suddenly sensed something wrong. The energy inside them started moving on its own, slipping out of their control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless thin strands of power were forcibly yanked from their bodies, as if tugged by invisible hands, all of it streaming toward Ethan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air began to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That surging flood of energy gathered in midair, condensing into a huge swirling sphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monsters' bodies dulled fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the energy bled out, their once-stable structures started to fail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One. Two. Three…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The drained monsters dissolved one after another, disappearing between heaven and earth like ash scattered by the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But right then, another part of the battlefield erupted with even more violent collisions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily and that towering energy entity had reached a brutally intense stage of their fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two forces of white thunder—so similar they were almost the same—kept crashing together in the air, flaring with blinding light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every impact ripped the air apart. Space itself quivered under the pressure of their power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From a distance, Ethan paused, hand at his chin, watching for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And pretty quickly, a new thought formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That energy entity and the monsters from before were actually similar at the core—both were beings fused from pure energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could drain all the power out of it the same way, it would collapse naturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that in mind, he didn't hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan flickered again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dove straight into the center of the clash and grabbed the entity by the shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White lightning surged from his palm, spreading instantly as he tried to rip the power out of it by force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, everything was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the energy started to move, a brutal recoil exploded from inside the entity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's arm felt like it had been pinned under a mountain. The energy wouldn't budge—couldn't be pulled free at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An even more violent force erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lily's presence ballooned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes turned ice-cold, and thunder around her burned like fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, she snapped her hand through the air. A destructive shockwave detonated point-blank, blasting both the energy entity and Ethan away at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>",1255,"2026-06-05T15:15:58.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","4e9cbf77d8a221cc691e2067e74a74eaba366781bd75f07c0ff3be324ffdddd7","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-981","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-979",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]