Mystic Calling：Stone of Glory-Chapter 984: When the Sky Split

But—

Lily only gave him a cold glance.

No answer.

In the next instant, her power flared again.

White lightning poured out like a storm. A phantom thunder phoenix formed behind her and slammed straight into Xarathos.

Boom!

Another massive impact detonated.

That finally pushed Xarathos over the edge.

He let out an ear-splitting roar. His aura surged explosively—and at the same time, he pulled a blood-red gemstone from his chest and crushed it without hesitation.

The moment it shattered—

A horrifying torrent of energy erupted.

His body began to swell rapidly.

Bone structure warped and re-knit. Muscles ballooned in a frenzy. In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a gigantic monster—shaped like a colossal elephant, but twisted with hyena-like and predatory beast traits, radiating pure danger.

The most striking thing was the blood-red crystal embedded in his chest.

It looked like a heart on fire.

Destructive power gushed from it without end, casting its shadow over the entire sky.

Lily’s expression didn’t change.

She raised both hands.

Thunder gathered again.

One after another, enormous white phoenixes formed around her—like a legion made of lightning. Each one pulsed with berserk energy, and she sent them up into the sky in rapid succession.

The phoenix swarm rushed Xarathos.

White lightning tore the air apart.

By the time Ethan drew close to that part of the battlefield, even breathing got hard. The energy density was suffocating. He had to retreat a few steps on instinct, like his lungs were being squeezed.

Right then—

Xarathos wrenched his chest open.

All of his power gathered into the blood-red crystal.

A beam of annihilation erupted outward.

It collided head-on with the incoming phoenix swarm.

BOOM—!!!

The shockwave swept across the entire sky.

An energy storm blasted outward in every direction. The clouds were shredded to nothing, and spatial fissures webbed out like cracks in glass.

Then—

The sky was ripped open by a massive tear.

The moment the heavens split, Ethan almost froze where he stood.

He’d never seen a collision this violent.

Lily and The Nexaris Overlord Xarathos were slamming power together like two stars crashing into each other. White thunder and blood-red energy kept exploding, and every impact carved fresh fractures into space.

Under that kind of pressure, the air turned heavy. Even a breath felt like an invisible hand was pressing down on his chest.

He could feel his ribcage vibrating.

Energy resonance.

He was still tracking the fight when a new presence knifed in from the side.

It was razor-sharp.

Ethan turned on instinct—

And a dark figure was already charging right at him.

"You’re shameless!"

The man roared as he came in, his voice thick with anger and disdain.

"Our lord is having a one-on-one duel, and you’ve got the nerve to sneak attack from the side?!"

Ethan’s expression turned strange.

He didn’t even have time to explain before the attack landed. The man threw both fists at once, violent energy bursting along his knuckles, two shockwaves aimed straight at Ethan’s chest.

Ethan’s brow twitched.

He didn’t have time for this.

White lightning burst from behind him.

Heavenly Demon Lightning shot out like countless wild snakes, forming a wall of thunder. The forces smashed together in midair, and a deafening boom tore through the air.

The next instant, their fists met.

THUD—! 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

A shockwave rippled outward.

White lightning snapped and danced between their knuckles. Each clash carved another fine crack into the nearby space. It felt like the sky was being hammered by something invisible, the trembling echo rolling across the battlefield.

But after only a few seconds, Ethan could already feel the gap.

The guy’s Tier wasn’t high.

His power was violent, sure, but his energy structure was rough—sloppy in a way that didn’t belong anywhere near a true high-level powerhouse. In the clashes, Ethan’s lightning kept drilling into the man’s energy flow, and Ethan took control fast.

In under thirty seconds, the attacker was completely suppressed.

Ethan drove a punch forward.

White thunder came down like a flood, forcing the man to stagger back again and again.

Just as Ethan was about to finish it—

Another figure came charging in from the distance.

A mechanoid.

Unlike the standard models, this one was wrapped in absurdly heavy armor. Its head assembly was shaped like a ferocious tiger’s skull, and its mechanical eyes burned with cold red light. The whole thing gave off a dangerously oppressive aura.

Ethan’s attention snapped to it.

And in that split second, something went wrong.

The enemy he’d been suppressing lunged forward.

He locked both hands around Ethan’s arms like a vise.

In the next instant, his internal energy swelled violently.

The air began to shake.

Ethan’s pupils contracted hard.

—Self-detonation.

The man had clearly given up on living and was trying to drag Ethan into the grave with him. His level wasn’t high, but the energy from a self-destruct was still terrifying. If it went off, it would rip the nearby space apart.

Ethan made the call in less than half a second.

He drew in a sharp breath.

Every ounce of power in his body ignited at once.

White lightning blasted out from every part of him, expanding outward like a storm. The man clinging to him was thrown off by the force, sent tumbling backward through the air.

Ethan didn’t give him time to recover.

He twisted around.

And threw another punch.

This time, the thunder fully broke loose.

Dominating power condensed at his knuckles into a blinding white pillar, slamming straight into the man’s body. The impact exploded in midair. The enemy didn’t even get a scream out before he was shredded into countless pieces by lightning.

For a heartbeat, the battlefield went unnaturally quiet.

The Nexaris soldiers nearby all froze.

They’d never seen someone unleash that kind of power in an instant. White lightning had spread across the sky, arcs snapping everywhere—like the entire battlefield had been claimed by thunder.

Ethan hovered in the air.

His eyes had turned a deep, cold white.

Lightning spun around him, and the pressure of his aura was suffocating.

The next second—

He plunged into the enemy formation.

Thunder swept through like a raging current.

Ethan’s figure flashed back and forth through the crowd. Every swing of his hand detonated sheets of lightning. Energy blasted in midair, soldiers getting hurled away by shockwaves as the formation crumpled and collapsed.

Fear spread through the Nexaris ranks.

"Run!"

Someone screamed, panicked.

"He’s insane! His power’s—too much!"

On the other side, people tried to force order into the chaos.

"Stop him! Hold the line!"

But their voices were swallowed by fresh explosions almost immediately.

Ethan’s thunder was also dragging energy in as it raged. The energy cores inside those soldiers reacted like they were being hooked by an invisible force—power slipping out of their control, gathering in the sky into a gigantic sphere.

The sphere swelled larger and larger.

White lightning churned violently inside it.

A few seconds later—

It blew.

BOOM—!!!

A horrifying energy storm burst outward.

Any soldier even slightly too close was ripped into pieces on the spot.