Above The Sky
Chapter 182 - 182 171 Riding the Clouds and Commanding the Mist 33

182: Chapter 171 Riding the Clouds and Commanding the Mist (3/3) 182: Chapter 171 Riding the Clouds and Commanding the Mist (3/3) “The connection was very successful, despite a slight resistance, but after all, the Wave Singers are derived from the Fairy Bloodline as a lower form of True Form.

As long as the method and degree are controlled properly, the transformation is indeed easy and effortless!”

Feeling a faint ‘power of water mist’ seemingly supporting him upward, Ian felt as if he had a pair of invisible wings on his back.

On land, it could stir the moisture in the air to lift Ian upwards, while in water, it could even envelop Ian’s entire body, reducing resistance and providing enough thrust to speed a vessel forward.

The force capable of propelling a ship, when applied to a person, was enough to allow Ian to catch up with swimming fish and surge through the waves at sea!

Even the Wave Breaker Inheritance at its strongest and most perfect was no more than this, and this was just one of the features of the Fairy Wings – the Sublimation Organ!

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Of course, Ian was also clear that the Fairy Wings’ power came entirely from water; in cold areas, it might be able to move using ice mist but would be slightly less agile.

In desert mountain regions, its effectiveness would be greatly reduced, and next to a dry, underground lava lake, it could even completely fail unless he carried a sufficient amount of water as a short-term combat aid.

After all, the First Energy Level is far from being able to reverse the natural environment.

“Hmm, with the Fairy Wings, when I advance to the Second Energy Level in the future, the difficulty and the rate of deformities in transforming into the Fairy Bloodline will decrease a lot.”

At this moment, Ian was still keenly sensing the subtle changes within the Silver Chip.

The two Sublimation Organs in the Wavechant Legacy, ‘Microtide Pearl’ and ‘Chanting Throat’, one is an ‘Essence Organ’ that condenses the Water Attribute Essence and the other is a ‘Strengthening Organ’ that manipulates the essence for enhancement and use.

The Essence Organ does not directly participate in strengthening the Sublimator, but it is generally directly connected to the ‘Primordial Seed’.

The Primordial Seed is the starting point for the Sublimator to create Sublimation Organs and also the converter and engine that transforms food and potions into substances that the human body can absorb – it is the ‘production and rough processing’ of the first stage, the core foundation of the entire Sublimation system.

The Essence Organ is responsible for processing the various ‘iron, coal, plastic, and wood’ materials produced by the Primordial Seed into more advanced manufacturing materials such as ‘parts, screws, high-performance alloys, and gears’.

The Strengthening Organ is responsible for assembling these materials into various ‘abilities’ – for example, the Chanting Throat will process the processed Water Attribute Essence into ‘sound waves of water essence’ that can affect water and liquid substances.

In simple terms, the Primordial Seed mines and refines crude iron ore, the Essence Organ processes it into high-carbon steel, and the Strengthening Organ shapes the high-carbon steel into a high-carbon steel longsword or spear, which the Sublimator then uses to slay enemies.

In general, even a legacy like the Sand Armor Apprentice that runs straight to the Fifth Energy Level, at most, only adds an Essence Organ at each Power Level to form two abilities.

The Heart of Fertile Soil refines Earth Essence, the Sand Armor Rock Core grants Ian the Sand Armor and liver strengthening abilities, and the Pure Rock Crystal Bone provides Crystal Bone and body strengthening abilities.

The Fairy Wings are a Strengthening Organ, and Ian also realized that if the Demi-Magic Potion he consumed was related to an Essence Organ, then there was a great possibility that this experiment would fail…

The Primordial Seed at the First Energy Level could not support so many Essence Organs at work.

The most direct reason why Ian was able to have two sets of Inheritance was actually not because of the Silver Chip.

It was because he had Hiliard’s Heart Core.

As an Ancient Dragon Heart Core of the Fifth Energy Level, this powerful Essence Organ could store the excess essence that Ian could not accumulate on a regular basis, and in critical moments, it could also serve as Ian’s second Primordial Seed to process Earth Essence in large quantities.

In other words, he was dual-core driven, with both power output and operation twice as strong as a regular Sublimator.

After shutting down the operating equipment, Ian cleaned up all the alchemy devices in his workspace, then left the shop, hanging up a ‘Closed for Today’ sign and headed out of the city.

It was now almost evening—he had spent the morning discussing family secrets and the Silver Emissary’s Magic Potion formula with Elder Prude, and the afternoon waiting for the Magic Potion’s materials to be processed and digesting the potion.

Stepping out of the New City District, Ian headed towards the southwest coastal area of Harrison Port.

Along the way, guards, White Folks, and those who recognized him would greet him, and Ian would respond with a smile and a wave – as the new generation Sublimator and Spirit Energy User who just yesterday made a firm impression, Ian’s fame in Harrison Port was even faintly on par with old-generation Sublimators like Aam Knight, who rarely appeared in public.

Soon, he arrived at the uninhabited jungle outside the city.

This used to be the territory of the Natives, with several tribes close to Harrison Port and others thrown here as a buffer zone settled in this area.

But now, these natives have all left, some have moved to the native villages surrounding the eastern official roads, becoming settled farmers and new residents of the port, while others were forcibly relocated, only able to move to the further southern Miasma Forest region.

Even the riverside areas of Harrison Port have not been fully developed, and it will take quite some time before the land there can be cultivated, which, in turn, has allowed the forest to grow even more luxuriant.

Before long, Ian had penetrated deep into the heart of the jungle, a place seldom reached by herbalists and hunters alike, due to its proximity to Harrison Port and the natives, where medicinal herbs are scarce.

Looking up from the clearing between the woods, one could see the gray-white cliffs of Bison Mountain Range standing tall amidst the dark green hue of giant redwoods, while any trace of Harrison Port was impossible to find.

Only the chirping of insects and the occasional flight of birds could break the alienation that seemed detached from the human world.

Ian needed this environment–one devoid of any human presence, without any onlookers.

To test his abilities.

“Good…

this is the place, straight to Sigh Cliff, in a straight line,” he whispered.

Using the map stored in the Silver Chip, Ian determined his position to be in a straight line with Sigh Cliff and the Southern Sea.

A smile curled at the corners of his mouth, his eyes gleaming with eagerness, “Last time, it took me almost an hour to get there, although that was because the Sand Armor Apprentice had no speeding ability, and the jungle terrain doesn’t lend itself to easy movement…but this time it can be different.”

“Let’s see how much my speed can increase at the First Energy Level with these Fairy Wings!”

The young man took a deep breath, then adjusted his stance.

He started running.

And then turned into a gust of wind.

With the force of a foot capable of crushing a large rock, Ian was thrust forward rapidly.

In almost an instant, the spot where he had stood bore a deep hollow, which quickly became an insignificant dot behind him.

This speed was already extremely fast, and had an ordinary person been hit by this charge, which was like a war chariot’s onslaught, they would likely be reduced to a spray of blood and broken bones–but this was merely the brute speed derived from the Sand Armor Apprentice’s physical strength, crude straight-line movement compared with truly nimble inheritances.

So in the next instant, Ian activated the Fairy Wings.

Immediately, everything changed.

Ian felt his body instantly become much lighter, the dense mist in the jungle rapidly converging towards him, buoying his body…

This was the buoyancy from the Levitating Dustsand, which could be triggered by any fog, let alone the invisible wings now exerting a propelling force behind the young man.

It was as if a seal had been broken—Ian’s speed doubled in an instant!

The trees of the jungle at Ian’s sides whizzed past in his peripheral vision, while the vines and branches ahead were smashed by his sturdy body.

Everything in the young Sublimator’s eyes became a green corridor, with trees constantly emerging and receding to form the corridor’s walls, while the floating clouds and the setting sun above painted a constantly changing canopy.

For a moment, Ian didn’t have time to think too much.

His heart was filled with the joy of sprinting at such speeds, akin to speeding in a vehicle, yet with everything completely under his control and no danger in sight.

This exhilarating sense of freedom was irresistible to the young Sublimator.

His steps, heavy yet light, and in a moment, the constantly shifting corridor disappeared.

A strong upward force led Ian upwards, temporarily even making him lose his sense of gravity.

Then…

everything around became vast and clear.

Surveying his surroundings, the distant clouds and the sun were so vivid, and their light even shone upon his cheeks.

His eyes wide open, Ian held his breath involuntarily.

For at that moment, he had leapt to the top of the jungle, more than thirty meters high in the air.

Just a light leap.

As if riding the clouds and commanding the mist.