[{"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-988":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},1242532,1669,"Chapter 988 988: The One Who Devours Fire","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-988",988,"\u003Cp>Ethan slammed into the ant leader midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fists, claws, lightning, red flame—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two forces collided violently in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every impact kicked up a fresh energy storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan realized something almost immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This ant leader…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't afraid of Heavenly Demon Lightning at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thunder was supposed to be one of the most extreme energies in existence, but against this thing, it wasn't giving him anything close to a crushing advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse, the enemy's red power was downright eerie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buried inside it was an incredibly dense Infernal aura—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power from the abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scorching. Lethal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever the red energy smashed into his white lightning, the air would actually ignite for a split second, like reality itself was being used as kindling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in a long while, Ethan felt that familiar pressure of a fight that could go bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drew a deep breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder roared through his body, cycling faster and faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Powered Combat Armor spiked its output. White lightning spilled off him in sheets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped holding back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of it—released at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White lightning churned across the sky like a storm, slamming into the deep-crimson Infernal power again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two figures rammed into each other in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once. Twice. Three times…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Ethan lost count of how many exchanges they'd traded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And still, there was no winner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dangerous thought surfaced in Ethan's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, he wasn't fused with any external power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was relying purely on his own energy—plus the armor's amplification—to fight this Tier 33 ant leader head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And fighting like that—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cost too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time dragged on, he could feel his reserves dropping fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this kept turning into a drawn-out slugfest…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ending could get ugly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle above had fallen into a deadlock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White thunder and deep-red energy crashed together nonstop. Each collision sent violent turbulence ripping outward, making the air ripple like water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan flickered between arcs of lightning, Heavenly Demon Lightning rolling around him, while the ant leader stayed wrapped in thick red power like a living blaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They'd been clashing for ages, and neither side could force a breakthrough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's mind was already running calculations at full speed. He could clearly feel his energy continuing to bleed away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Powered Combat Armor was still stable, but if the fight kept stalling, it would be extremely bad for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just thinking about how to find an opening—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When a figure suddenly shot past him from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slim, fast—so fast it looked like a streak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan whipped his head around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ataneya!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strange energy spread rapidly through the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ataneya hovered in midair, and the fox tails behind her unfurled one by one. At first there were only a few, but as her power poured out, the tails bloomed open like a flower opening in fast motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten. Twelve. Fifteen…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A full twenty tails spread behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each one was layered with silvery-white energy markings, swaying slowly in the air—graceful, and dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Ethan truly register it: after this chain of wars, Ataneya's strength had changed drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her aura was already close to Tier 33.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She'd reached the peak of Tier 32.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ethan also knew her power wasn't like a normal cultivator's, something you could simply stack higher with ordinary energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Ataneya needed was an extremely special kind of force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With only standard energy, breaking into Tier 33 would be almost impossible for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet right now, her eyes were unnaturally bright—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a hunter finally spotting the exact prey she'd been waiting for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ant leader clearly noticed her too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When it saw a girl whose aura was obviously weaker charging into the battlefield, a trace of disdain flashed through its compound eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn't even dodge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Red energy gathered instantly in its hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next moment, that power shaped itself into a gigantic ant phantom in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The projection was dozens of meters tall, like a moving mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the ant leader swung its arm, the phantom crashed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Violent red energy erupted across the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like the heavens had been covered in fire—overwhelming crimson power pressed down on Ataneya in a tidal wave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan's heart clenched hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd just felt the strength of that power firsthand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even for him, taking an attack like that head-on was insanely dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Ataneya—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Ethan was about to rush in to back her up, something unexpected happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red energy in the sky suddenly shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wild, outward-surging power… started to change direction, like it had been caught by some invisible attraction and yanked inward toward a single point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It began to vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't being destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was being absorbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire battlefield went quiet in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone looked up at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ant leader's compound eyes shrank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He watched, helpless, as the energy he'd released disappeared bit by bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those flame-like red waves were swallowed by something even stranger, like they were being sucked into an unseen black hole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the last trace of crimson faded, Ataneya's figure reappeared at the center of the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hovered there, perfectly still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her aura had clearly grown stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even more shocking—among the twenty tails behind her, two had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those two tails were no longer silver-white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were deep red—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like they'd been lit from within by fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thrilled smile curved across Ataneya's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was innocent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perfect,\" she said, her voice carrying across the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Inferno flame energy…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give it all to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she finished speaking, her body turned into an afterimage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a twisted trail in space remained where she'd been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, she was right in front of the ant leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ant leader finally realized something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its compound eyes widened violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was too late to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All it could do was forcefully mobilize its red energy again, trying to meet her head-on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two forces slammed together in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM—!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brutal shockwave spread out instantly, shaking loose huge chunks of stone from the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, the fight didn't last long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That once-violent red power began to weaken the instant it touched Ataneya—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like it was being pulled into some invisible abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ataneya's body became the center point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Streams of red energy poured into her nonstop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ant leader finally understood what it was seeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its compound eyes snapped wider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, fear entered its voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shadow Fox!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1094,"2026-06-05T15:15:58.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","39bff8bfa44d73728a726d1f6e2f7e2ee2da26618732fb2d53a54fa7a679f45f","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-989","mystic-calling-stone-of-glory-chapter-987",1138,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmystic-calling-stone-of-glory-cover.jpg"]