Mystic Calling：Stone of Glory-Chapter 981: The Fracture Point

Ethan spun through the air several times before he managed to stabilize.

Lily’s voice snapped out immediately.

"Stop wasting your strength."

Her tone was calm, decisive.

Her eyes stayed locked on the enemy across from them. "It’s not like those other energy bodies."

"It’s running a closed-loop structure internally. You can’t pull its power out from the outside."

Ethan dropped back to the ground, frowning.

Honestly, he’d felt it the instant he made contact.

This thing was way more complex than the earlier monsters.

If he couldn’t drain it, then there was only one option left—break it head-on.

Ethan made the call fast.

"Everyone. Together."

His voice wasn’t loud, but it left no room for argument.

Nysera, Idra, and Auri moved almost at the same time. Different forms of power surged up and gathered in the air, setting up a coordinated assault to surround the energy entity.

The entity answered with a low, rumbling laugh.

It floated higher, unhurried.

"In my eyes—" Its voice dripped with disdain. "You’re nothing but ants struggling to survive in this world."

The next second, the power inside it erupted completely.

The air turned heavy.

White thunder went berserk around its body, converging until a gigantic bird-shaped phantom condensed in the sky.

The silhouette spread its wings and blotted out the heavens. A tidal wave of violent energy rolled down over them.

The bird phantom dove.

Annihilating force crushed toward the group.

Ethan’s pupils shrank.

"Defend!"

At almost the exact same moment, everyone unleashed their power. Lightning, raw energy, and spatial force braided together in front of them, forming a thick, layered defensive barrier.

The next instant—

BOOM!!!

The bird phantom slammed into the shield.

The impact made the entire space shudder.

A raging energy storm exploded outward. The ground below was ripped open by the shockwave, huge cracks tearing across it like wounds.

The barrier bucked violently.

But it held.

If the people here hadn’t been strong enough, that single hit would’ve wiped them out.

Ethan drew a hard breath.

The moment the defense stabilized, he pulled up the system scan. Data streamed across his vision as he analyzed the entity’s structure line by line.

Seconds passed.

Then—

An anomaly flashed inside the readout.

Ethan’s focus snapped onto it.

At the entity’s neck, there was an extremely tiny hollow—an energy void.

It wasn’t an intentional component. It looked like a flaw left behind during its formation. Every time the internal circulation passed through that spot, the entire loop suffered a brief, unstable hitch.

Ethan’s eyes slowly brightened.

That was the weak point.

The enemy’s "core" wasn’t a physical object. It was more like a soul-type energy core, which meant destroying it directly wouldn’t be easy.

But if they focused their attacks on that hollow—

There was a real chance the entire energy structure would collapse.

The instant Ethan confirmed the void existed, he didn’t hesitate.

Heavenly Demon Lightning surged. The white electricity that had been coursing through his body raced into his palm.

He compressed it again and again, stacking and tightening until the air itself gave off a faint, strained hum under the pressure.

A few seconds later, an incandescent energy sphere took shape.

Dense white thunder flashed inside it like a miniature star on the verge of bursting.

Ethan slashed his hand forward.

The sphere tore free, ripping through the air as it smashed straight toward the entity’s neck.

BOOM—!

The impact detonated.

That previously stable structure convulsed violently, and the tiny hollow at its neck instantly widened.

Lightning poured into the opened crack like a driven wedge, forcing the energy structure apart from the inside.

The entity let out a low, warped vibration.

It had felt that. He’d hit something vital.

The second Ethan’s strike landed, the others understood.

Nysera, Idra, and Auri adjusted almost in unison, redirecting everything to that same point.

Energy spheres flew in rapid succession.

Thunder, beams, and shockwaves braided together in midair and slammed into the entity’s neck again and again.

Booms rolled across the sky in an endless chain.

What had been a hairline break quickly spread into a web of fractures. Its energy started to crumble like shattered crystal, the internal power structure losing stability by the second.

Only a few breaths later—

Crack.

A sharp, unmistakable snap rang out.

The giant energy body’s head actually tore free, dropping away from the neck.

The moment the head fell, the entire circulation inside the body went berserk. The once-solid form began to scatter and unravel at terrifying speed.

"Now!" Lily’s voice cut in at the same time.

"The core!"

Her reaction was instant.

She became a streak of thunder and shot to the collapsing body. Without the slightest hesitation, she drove her arm into the torn-open neck, searching through the raging energy turbulence inside.

A few seconds later, her hand clenched hard.

She yanked out a deep-white sphere from within.

The moment the core left its body, the massive energy entity completely collapsed. All remaining power, like a sandcastle that had lost its support, disintegrated at once—breaking into countless white motes that drifted away in the air.

The battlefield went quiet for a beat.

Everyone let out a breath they hadn’t realized they were holding.

The fight hadn’t lasted that long, but the pressure that thing radiated had kept every nerve stretched to the limit.

But the second the enemy vanished for good, something else began to change.

The world’s energy turned unstable.

The power that entity had been controlling now had no owner. White thunder drifted slowly across the sky, and the air was saturated with thick Infernal Primordial Power.

It was like the entire realm had turned into an ocean of energy.

Ethan and the others realized it almost simultaneously.

The next moment, they rose into the air without even needing to speak.

Absorption began.

Massive amounts of energy were pulled into their bodies. Lightning poured in like a tide, and every one of their auras strengthened at a visible pace.

And Lily—Lily was like a sponge that had been left dry for years.

She floated with her arms slightly open. White thunder converged on her from every direction, slipping into her without resistance.

The energy in the air dropped fast.

In less than moments, more than half the power in this entire space had already flowed into her.

As that power fused, her form began to change.

The slightly unreal outline she’d had before stabilized bit by bit, until it finally resolved into the figure of a small, exquisitely delicate teenage girl. Her hair shimmered with faint light like fine threads of lightning, but the aura rolling off her was so violent it made it hard to breathe.

She lifted her palm, almost lazily.

And dense cracks spidered through the surrounding space.

That level of strength was already far beyond what normal beings could even comprehend.

Ethan watched, momentarily stunned.

The system interface refreshed with an evaluation.

Lily’s level had reached—

Early Stage 34th Tier.

Even with how fast Ethan had been growing, that kind of number still felt unreal.

He let out a small, crooked smile.

At least for Emerald Castle, this was nothing but good news. With a top-tier powerhouse like her holding the line, the faction’s overall security just jumped several levels overnight.