[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete":3,"chapter-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-50":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting from the Apocalypse, I Alone Severed Eternity",{"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},2312432,4518,"Chapter 50: The Correct Way to Use the Summoning Ring","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-50",50,"\u003Cp>“Στοιχε?οεδ?φου?。”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the street, a massive magical array appeared on the ground, and a giant earth elemental emerged from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It gathered surrounding cement slabs to form a body ten meters tall, nearly as high as a four-story building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it walked, it emitted thunderous roars, leaving deep footprints on the cement road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi watched this scene, sneered, and kicked off from the tenth floor, leaping straight down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying the force of gravitational potential, he thrust forward with his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Piercing attack activated.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Target struck hard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You dealt 20 points of damage to the target.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crash!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half of the earth elemental’s head, over a meter wide, exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shattered stones sprayed into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the earth elemental’s innate 12-point armor could not withstand Fang Shi’s strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Summoning Ring III (Earth Elemental)”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Durability: 6”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Endurance: 10”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quality: First Rank”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Effect: This ring permanently holds a Level Three Monster Summoning spell, restricted to summoning earth elementals. Usage: 0\u002F1 (auto-recharges).”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Weight: 5 grams”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Evaluation: This was a wizard’s casual creation, later falling into the hands of a pair of Shi Long spouses, then becoming a young dragon’s treasured possession.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long before Fang Shi obtained this summoning ring for the earth elemental, he had already prepared for this day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had it not been for the scarcity of primal energy on Blue Star, which slowed the ring’s energy recharge,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi would have summoned and slain the earth elemental five days ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Level Three Monster Summoning spell always summons a First Rank creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turth, had it not been for the secret realm’s mechanics and being tricked by the system’s hidden power, would never have awkwardly summoned four Level Five earth elementals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This earth elemental was specifically reserved by Fang Shi as the target for his first kill of a First Rank creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To claim the reward for the first kill of a First Rank creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had it not been for the requirement that earth elemental summoning demand a suitable environment—stone or other earth-based material—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi would not have summoned it on the ground; he would have summoned it from a hundred-meter-high building and dropped it to its death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would have been far easier than this battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth elemental, with half its head shattered, did not die—it seemed its energy core was not in its head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its remaining mouth let out a thunderous roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crash!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth elemental went completely berserk; blinded, it charged wildly in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cars were crushed into iron pancakes; tall buses were flung into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi had already leapt off the elemental’s body and climbed to the rooftop of a nearby building, moving across the rooftops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he reached a large building, Fang Shi deliberately ran to the elemental’s side and mocked it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elemental’s remaining ear twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the sound of its enemy, it ignored everything and slammed into the building beside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ten-story building was punched clean through with a human-shaped crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Double Force】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi unleashed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He now possessed 17 points of strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Fang Shi killed the Level Six Firefeather, he received a Level Six first-kill reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reward was a bronze chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From it, he obtained a Giant’s Belt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Giant’s Belt I”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Durability: 4”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Endurance: 10”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quality: First Rank”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Effect: When worn, your Strength attribute increases by 1 point.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Weight: 150 grams”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Evaluation: What kind of giant’s belt is this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve never seen such a weak giant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This one point of strength coursed through Fang Shi’s body as if he had always possessed 17 points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No resistance, perfect execution—that was the wonder of a magical item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with the Double Force boost, it equated to 22 points of strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Add the acceleration from gravity and the advantage of his sword piercing a single point, his strike was earth-shattering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth elemental did not stand idle; it had already clenched its fist and punched upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crash!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive collision occurred; had Fang Shi not deliberately made noise, the elemental’s agility would never have reacted in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He deliberately waited for the elemental to punch, then did not dodge—he charged straight into the elemental’s massive fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A violent recoil surged through him; Fang Shi calmly dropped his sword and shook his arm repeatedly to dissipate the force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled out a small knife and slid it down the elemental’s arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because force is reciprocal, Fang Shi’s strike caused the elemental’s entire arm to shatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one of the earth elemental’s weaknesses: though its body was made of rock and incredibly hard, its toughness was abysmal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any significant damage would cause it to spontaneously disintegrate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had it been a flesh-and-blood creature of equal size, Fang Shi could never have achieved such results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only pierce it like a toothpick, and that would be the end of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This shattering was fatal—the earth elemental lost its balance and collapsed onto the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crash!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi ran down the elemental’s body, grabbed the axe he had placed aside, and swung it at the elemental.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was why he chose to fight the earth elemental here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi had already ordered Zhaowen Army to prepare certain items, to avoid the accident of his steel sword flying from his hand—and also to confirm the building was empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, Fang Shi could not have retrieved his steel sword now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was buried under a pile of massive rocks; in the midst of this fierce battle, going to find the sword would have been suicide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crash! Crash! Crash!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This axe was a heavy chopping axe meant for firewood; no one knew where Zhaowen Army had found it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each swing, the sluggish earth elemental could not resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the First Rank giant earth elemental had an agility equivalent to 12 points,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to Fang Shi, it was utterly inadequate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It became nothing but a lamb awaiting slaughter, torn apart limb by limb under Fang Shi’s blows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Slashing attack activated.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Target received fatal damage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You dealt 6 points of damage to the target.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Target deceased.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Extracting target’s soul energy. You gain 210×[1(base)+0.2(level-up)×1+1(rank-up)]=462 experience points, 46.2 survival points.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Detection: Player has reached Level 5.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have obtained partial information on the advanced class Earth Sword Saint.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have obtained partial information on the advanced class Earth Axe King.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crash!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not over. Fang Shi leapt along the elemental’s body and reached its right arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carefully hacking and digging, he finally extracted a fist-sized energy core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The energy core was earth-yellow, like a fine amber gem, with dark stone sediment settled within—it was the essence of earth elemental power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, elemental beings’ energy cores immediately return to the Elemental Plane upon death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the attribute panel was too overbearing: when the earth elemental’s life ended, it directly drained the soul energy from the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the earth elemental’s soul within the core perished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could not even return to the Elemental Plane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this extraction has a very high priority; Fang Shi has hardly ever heard of any monster that can resist it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the followers of deities are dragged away without mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, if killed by someone from Blue Star, you can’t even become a ghost, let alone reach Heaven or Hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why Fang Shi went to such great lengths to kill the earth element and obtain its energy core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, why bother? He could have simply used Weakness Insight to shatter the energy core directly—making the fight much simpler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this is only possible because Fang Shi’s current raw power is strong enough; otherwise, it would all be futile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Splash!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Fang Shi pulled out the steel sword, he heard footsteps approaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tap-tap-tap.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young militia member walked over, carrying a massive travel pack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Advisor Fang, Commander Zhao sent me to deliver these to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wiped his sweat as he set the pack down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thud!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi tried lifting it—heavens, it weighed close to fifty kilograms. Zhao Wen Army doesn’t care if he kills me with this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that was a joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He currently has 17 points of strength—equivalent to a clean jerk of 280 kilograms—so fifty kilograms is effortless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it slightly reduces agility, Fang Shi’s innate aura keeps the Firewing Birds far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the zombies? Just a bunch of trash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell them I’m leaving right away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without waiting for the young militia member to reply, he took a few strides and vanished swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So graceful. So powerful,” the young militia member murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had watched the entire battle between Fang Shi and the earth element from afar—such a massive creature could have caused a disaster even before the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the super-large earth element had low agility, its sheer size meant its charge speed reached over twenty meters per second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone with even slightly slower reflexes was reduced to a pile of pulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young militia member stared at Fang Shi’s retreating back, filled with deep envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wish I could have strength like that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Name: Fang Shi”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Race: Human”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Attributes: Strength 17 (+1), Agility 16, Constitution 16, Intelligence 14, Perception 21, Charm 15”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Class: Level 5 Martial Master”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“HP: 56\u002F56”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Experience: 625\u002F15000”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Attribute Points: 2”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Survival Points: 1572.5”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Race Specialization: Versatile I”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Life Skills: Focus 12…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Class Skills: Stealth 8…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Personal Trait: Extraordinary Perception”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Personal Specialties: Iron Will I, Athlete I, Photographic Memory I, Resilience I, True Dragon Armor III, Fang’s Breathing Method III, Divine Step I, Lightning Reflexes II, Weakness Insight I, Longsword Mastery I”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Class Specialties: Gale Combo I, Unarmed Attack I, Steel Bones I, Shatter Punch I, Reflexive Evasion I, Master of Initiative I, Cannon Punch I, Leap Step I, Immunity to All Illnesses I”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“【Immunity to All Illnesses I】: Martial Masters can control their body’s immune system. They are immune to all diseases except those of supernatural or magical origin (e.g., Corpse Rot, Beast Transformation).”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Fang Shi’s current profile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having reached Level 5, he was even stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the injury to his foot had fully healed after days of rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi was eager to set out and seek the path to greater strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already decided on that path: find the Trial Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Trial Tower was a structure that descended upon human settlements after the apocalypse—every town inhabited by humans had one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the name suggests, its purpose was to let players undertake trials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main reward for completing them was accelerated efficiency in training skills and specialties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a powerful effect—simple and brutal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one reason why Blue Star’s humans rapidly produced legendary experts after the apocalypse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other realms, how many legendary experts didn’t endure decades, even centuries of hardship to rise?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a few divine descendants and geniuses could reach legend status within just a few years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on Blue Star, such cases were common—that was the power of the Trial Tower combined with the attribute panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi liked to stay on the rooftop and gaze into the distance precisely to search for the Trial Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though called a tower, it was only about ten meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a city filled with high-rises, it was hard to spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this tower had another trait: it vanished suddenly and reappeared randomly anywhere in the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, even after his rebirth, Fang Shi didn’t know where the Trial Tower would appear now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew where it would appear in the future, but waiting that long was too long—he had to search for it himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi remembered how many people rushed to the Trial Tower after its effects became known.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, its mobility made it hard to find, but later, information spread, and everyone knew its location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after human settlements were established, dedicated personnel were assigned to locate the Trial Tower, ensuring constant access.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the requirement to complete trials and spend Survival Points to use it…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone would have wanted to live inside the tower 24\u002F7.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one would leave until they became the Sword God of Shili Slope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi agreed to distribute flyers partly because he hoped to search for the Trial Tower along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d help out while looking for the Trial Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>",2024,"2026-06-20T12:43:33.559Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","724bda6fb8905f20b855ceece899c1a94c1a386af2e04305caa0669140bc5480","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-51","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-49",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-cover.jpg"]