Chapter 384: Seeking Stone
The several Kings looked at each other through the Universal Mirror. Determination gradually flashed in their eyes. Yves Milne said:
“We can no longer hesitate. If we go one by one like extending individual fingers, we will likely be cut off by the ‘Dark Raven Devil’. We must converge into one path and strike with both fists to completely eliminate him.”
Ludendorff Bakar also spoke, “I have a Wonder called the Seeking Stone. As long as we have a part of the ‘Dark Raven Devil’s’ body, we can find him.”
The King of Norton immediately followed, “The ‘Dark Raven Devil’ vomited blood after being hit by my statue. I have already collected that pool of blood in a copper cup; it should be usable.”
Ludendorff Bakar continued, “Then there is no problem. Let’s gather at Milne City-State, and then go track down the ‘Dark Raven Devil’!”
On the other side, Ace was absorbing the power of the stars. The brilliant stars in his Mental Imagery Dream World had already manifested and communicated with the stars on the Inner Plane. The Lake of Mana in the Mental Imagery World was overflowing. Ace stopped his meditation, slowly descended from mid-air, and closed his eyes tightly.
Inside the Mental Imagery World, the Glazed Heart Fire had completely refined Bunian’s corpse, and the Level 2 Artisan Bloodline had been extracted.
Ace’s True Spirit stared at this mass of bloodline with the Eye of Truth (Pseudo), prying into the rune textures and veins hidden within.
Hum!
Deconstruction, analysis, extraction, imitation, and tool forging—that mass of blood was no longer a bloodline in Ace’s eyes, but a mixture of runes containing power in roughly five directions.
“I need all five of these powers. For now, I need to deconstruct and analyze the power of these two aspects to enhance the Eye of Truth (Pseudo), and then use this as a foundation to deduce a 4-Ring Spell Model.”
Ace’s eyes looked at the Quasi-Noble Phantasm, the “Hammer of the Pseudo-Vassal.” This Noble Phantasm inevitably contained the Level 3 Runes Ace needed. However, since Ace’s Life Level had not taken that ultimate leap, he could not truly observe the secrets of Level 3 items clearly without reaching Level 3.
Ace separated the rune structures related to deconstruction and analysis from the Level 2 Artisan Bloodline bit by bit. He analyzed the runes and their semantic expressions contained within, constantly trying to embed the runes into the rune structure of the Eye of Truth (Pseudo).
While Ace was researching, a total of ten Great Heroes had gathered in Milne City. The five northern city-states of Salia had been established for a long time. The last time the Guardian Deity of each state appeared was three hundred years ago. The fact that the Deities did not respond to prayers and that the Kings could mobilize Status Power with great authority actually explained one thing.
Their Guardian Deities might not need the Status Power much anymore, and consequently, they didn’t need these descendants separated by who knows how many generations.
“We must save ourselves. The ‘Dark Raven Devil’ must be purified. May the great Deities protect us, and may we return in triumph!”
After taking his seat in the palace, Yves Milne spoke loudly.
Ludendorff raised the copper cup filled with the mixture of Ace’s blood and mud high. He chanted a prayer to the Wonder, then poured the blood and mud onto the Seeking Stone.
The blood was gradually absorbed by the Seeking Stone, while the mud was shaken off by the stone and fell to the ground.
The Seeking Stone gradually became transparent. Layer after layer of magic power rippled out from it, spreading in layers with a special magic frequency.
Hum!
Ace, who was floating in the air with his mind immersed in rune analysis, suddenly opened his eyes. He felt a chill on his back, as if something mysterious was prying into him.
Ace did not hesitate. The cowlick on top of his head swayed slightly at a mysterious frequency, activating his shielding ability.
Ludendorff and the others were looking with joy at Ace’s image emerging on the transparent Seeking Stone, but unexpectedly, the image blurred and vanished in the next second.
“What is going on?”
Yves asked in confusion.
Ludendorff did not answer. He seemed to be recalling something. After a long time, he replied, “The opponent seems to have a Wonder capable of shielding his tracks. We must strengthen the power of the Seeking Stone. By borrowing Status Power and injecting the power of a Pseudo-Rank Legend into it, we should be able to break the shielding.”
Hearing this, Yves’s face turned somewhat ugly. Although the Kings of the five states were all here, only he was the King of Milne, and only he could borrow the Status Power here.
Although extremely unwilling, to find Ace, Yves had to hold his nose and go to the temple to pray, injecting the power of the Pseudo-Rank Legend into the Seeking Stone.
That Status Power flowed into the Seeking Stone like gurgling water, dyeing the Seeking Stone a pale gold. The Seeking Stone instantly burst with brilliance, seeming to break through some unknown binding.
Ace once again felt that sensation of prickles on his back. The prying eyes in the dark appeared again, and this time it was so blatant.
Ace’s perception expanded to the limit. He embedded the runes analyzed from the Level 2 Artisan Bloodline into the Spell Model one by one, greatly enhancing the effect of the Eye of Truth (Pseudo).
Ace closed his eyes tightly. When he opened them again, his eyes carried layers of dazzling rune structures. This was the improved 3-Ring Spell, Eye of Truth (Pseudo).
Extremely thin threads wrapped around Ace, connecting him to a certain Wonder in the north. Ace concentrated on sensing it, perceiving in reverse along the threads.
Ten Great Heroes, surrounding a transparent stone.
“So that’s it. Was the fresh blood I vomited back then used as a catalyst? In that case, I will await your arrival. Ten Great Heroes—what a grand gesture!”
Although Ace could not break this connection, he could use it to reverse-sense the actions of the Divine Descendants. In a sense, they had discovered each other!
“Set out immediately! We can’t let the ‘Dark Raven Devil’ escape!”
Yves took the lead, flying violently toward the Larr Mountains.
The others looked at each other and followed suit. Ludendorff flew at the rear holding the Seeking Stone, shouting, “Wait for me! Without the Seeking Stone, you won’t know the specific changes in position.”
Waiting near Milne City, Nicholas watched the Great Heroes fly past like meteors in the sky, then looked at Milne City. He spat forcefully and said, “What a golden opportunity to sneak attack Milne, what a pity.”
The handsome bald man Amid said eagerly, “We can split up. You go track them and wait for an opportunity to aid the ‘Dark Raven Devil’. We will attack the Punisher Organization and rescue our people!”
Nicholas, who was in symbiosis with the machine, thought for a moment and said:
“That is also a good plan. Then let’s split up. The ‘Dark Raven Devil’ cannot die; we must help him. Only Extraordinary Existences born from mortals are our natural allies. Those Devils and Demons cannot be trusted.”
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Ace walked step by step into the depths of the Larr Mountains. He quietly adjusted his state, sensing the distance of the opponents, his eyes flickering.
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