Mystic Calling：Stone of Glory-Chapter 939: The Abyssal Gems

Ethan’s breathing grew ragged, every nerve in his body straining like it was fighting for survival. He forced his energy to circulate, desperately trying to adjust to the brutal chaos in the air around him.

But no matter how hard he pushed, the wild force in the environment wouldn’t yield. It refused to be absorbed.

The pain crept in slowly—splitting, searing pain that felt like it could rip him to pieces at any moment.

Just as he was about to break, a sharp beam of white light caught his eye.

Lily’s form shimmered again. She blurred into a streak of pure light and shot straight into his body.

Warmth surged through Ethan like spring thawing winter, a soft breeze replacing the frostbite in his bones. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"So the energy here’s already changed," Lily’s voice echoed in his mind. "I can’t endure this place on my own. But if my power fuses with your body, fast enough... we might just sync with this environment."

Ethan blinked, stunned. Even Lily couldn’t handle this place solo? That said a lot. But the moment their energy merged, something shifted. His core felt steadier, like his power had suddenly leveled up.

With Lily guiding him from within, Ethan didn’t hesitate anymore. He headed straight for the massive doorway ahead.

What lay beyond it was a whole different world.

The air was thick with violent energy, sizzling through space like the whole world was growling. Power surged in every inch like a storm ready to explode.

Carefully, Ethan stretched out a hand—and immediately felt it.

The energy was surging, boiling, seething against his skin.

His body took it in automatically, but it hit like a blade—ice-cold and sharp, slicing into him with raw intensity. The pain knocked the breath out of him.

"Don’t get tangled up in this energy," Lily warned, her voice calm inside his mind. "At the heart of this realm, there’s a unique energy core. If you can claim it, you’ll be able to open a gate to the Abyss from anywhere—"

"Even the Emerald Castle," Ethan realized, a jolt of excitement surging through him. "If I get that energy core, I can build a portal inside the castle and lead my entire army into the Abyss."

The energy here was damn near unmanageable—but it was rich. So rich it almost tempted him to drown in it.

And if he could tame even a fraction of it... maybe he could accelerate his plans. Maybe even build an unbeatable force—a true abyssal battalion.

He didn’t waste another second.

Heart pounding, Ethan sprinted into the depths. Every step, he drew in more of the wild energy, forging it into his limbs, forcing his body to adapt.

Time lost meaning in that place. He didn’t know how long he’d been running when suddenly—

—something massive lunged from the darkness and slammed down in front of him, cutting off his path.

A colossal beast towered over him, radiating pure chaos. Its presence twisted the air, as if the world tilted around its rage.

But the most disturbing thing? Its entire chest was embedded with hundreds of gemstone-like cores—each pulsing with strange, flickering light. Each humming with eerie, unnatural power.

"You’re... human?" The creature spoke, its voice thunderous and heavy. "Impossible. A human shouldn’t be able to enter the Abyss."

Ethan wasn’t about to debate philosophy with a monster.

He and Lily were fused now—two powers acting as one. And whatever he’d been before, now he was something else entirely.

Lily’s energy commanded his body, but his will steered it. No creature was going to stop him.

Boom!

The ground shook with the blast. Ethan didn’t hold back—he unleashed raw power in a violent wave.

The blow slammed into the massive creature like a cannonball, sending it reeling backwards. It skidded across the rough terrain, stunned.

Ethan didn’t hesitate.

He sprinted forward and leapt, his hand reaching for the beast’s chest. Two crystals—bigger than the others, glowing blood-red and sky-blue—were right there. He snatched them in one go.

The instant he touched them, a surge of raw energy hammered into his core.

It wasn’t just power—it was deep, abyssal, bottomless. It drilled into him like it wanted to take him apart from the inside.

He gasped, nearly choking, but refused to let go.

Teeth clenched, he drove the gems into his body—forcing them in like red-hot iron.

The impact was instant.

Power exploded outward like a tidal wave, shaking the world to its bones. Waves of energy roared from him, wild and unstoppable. The air itself rippled.

Ethan felt like his entire body had been swallowed by a raging flood. Power burst through him, swelling beyond anything he’d ever known. The ground beneath him trembled. For a moment, it was like the whole world was reacting to him.

"What?!" the massive giant on the ground stared up at him, eyes wide in disbelief. "You—how did you tear my gems out like that?! That’s impossible!"

All the beast’s earlier arrogance had vanished, shattered by Ethan’s unexpected strength. It finally realized—too late—that this wasn’t just some upstart human. It had underestimated him badly.

The moment it tried to turn and flee, Ethan was already there. In a blink, he appeared right in front of it, grabbed its shoulder, and drove his fist into its chest.

Crack!

More gems ripped free under the force of the blow.

"AAARGH!" The giant let out a gut-wrenching scream, dropping like a stone. Its breath turned ragged, twitching limbs showing it was nearing its limit. That last hit had broken something deep.

"This isn’t possible..." it wheezed, fighting to stay conscious. "These gems... they’re fused to my body. No human can just pull them out. What are you—what did you do?!"

Ethan didn’t answer.

He didn’t need to.

The power inside him was off the charts—far beyond what he’d ever handled before. Every movement felt supercharged, unstoppable.

He drove both hands into the giant’s chest again, pulling—ripping free crystal after crystal.

The more he took, the more they resonated inside him, each one unlocking another jolt of strength. The energy from each gem hit like a drumbeat in his veins—louder, deeper, stronger.

By the time he yanked out the last stone, the air around them had hit a breaking point. Energy exploded out like a tidal burst, coalescing into a single massive orb of blinding light.

It hovered for a split second—then dropped like a hammer.

The giant barely had time to scream as the energy sphere drilled straight through its body.

BOOM.

It disintegrated on impact. No body left, just a splatter of charred gore where it had stood.

Ethan didn’t flinch. Once it was clear the thing was dead—really dead—he turned without a word and kept moving.

Time was still ticking.

He pushed forward, deeper into the heart of the region.

Soon, he arrived.

At the very center of the river-washed sector stood a stone platform—not too large, not too small. Modest, compared to everything he’d just fought through.

But resting atop that platform was the real prize.

A crystal orb, glowing faintly with a pale, bone-white hue.

It wasn’t blinding. Its radiance was subtle—but impossible to tear your eyes from. Something about it tugged at him, a quiet, magnetic allure dripping with mystery and promise.