Above The Sky
Chapter 319 - 319 299 Rainbow Light 13

319: Chapter 299: Rainbow Light (1/3) 319: Chapter 299: Rainbow Light (1/3) The Nest Will had died.

And after swinging his sword, Ian’s legs went soft, and if it weren’t for the sword he used as support, he might have collapsed into the pool of spirit energy brain matter beneath his feet.

Although there was still Origin Quality continuously flowing from the Ancient Dragon Heart Core within his body, this time, his weakness was not due to a lack of Origin Quality, but rather his body unable to bear such high-intensity combat over a long period.

Since entering the ruins, nearly three days had passed, and Ian had been fighting almost non-stop, sleeping for only three hours.

The amount of Origin Quality he used might even have exceeded that of Patrick, a Second Power Level warrior.

Although frequently using Origin Quality is the best way to strengthen the body’s adaptability to it, Ian had overdone it this time.

It even gave him the illusion that his blood vessels and muscles were burning.

Perhaps it was not an illusion.

The damage to the flesh caused by the continuous movement of high-concentration Origin Quality was indeed no different from being burned by fire, it could only be slowly adapted to over time.

Or, like the Sand Armor Apprentice, one could directly improve the body’s basic quality to speed up the adaptation process, but the pain still couldn’t be fully exempted.

“…

It should be completely killed,” he murmured.

It took several minutes for Ian to recover from the ‘Origin Quality convulsions’ and ‘Origin Quality paralysis’…

This feeling was more terrifying than muscle cramps caused by excessive exercise, causing temporary disarray in the body’s Origin Quality.

Although it did not mean that strength could not be used, one would feel as if every nerve in the body was tingling and being pulled.

Standing up straight, Ian stared at the remnants of the Nest Will before him, and only after confirming the other party had completely perished and even its spirit energy had shattered into pieces, did he let out a long sigh, “To think that at First Power Level, it gave me more trouble than an ordinary Second Power Level…

such is the power of High-Level Magical Beasts and Alien Forms.”

“Even though it was not yet a Mature Body but only newly born, it was still powerful.”

He shook his head and then walked forward.

Due to the highly corrosive spirit energy liquid, Ian’s clothes were somewhat brittle, only his vest, made from dragon skin cloak tailored by Teacher Hiliard, remained intact.

The other items of clothing, although chosen for their high resistance due to alchemy experiments, were not made from particularly expensive materials and thus were somewhat damaged.

On the other hand, Ian’s skin, due to the very high corrosion resistance bonus from the Pure Rock Crystal Bone, wasn’t damaged at all.

But if it were an ordinary person, their outer layer of the body would have long turned to charred flesh.

Ian noticed that the spirit energy liquid on the ground was still wriggling.

Although the Nest Will had died, the Flesh and Blood cocoon had not completely lost its vitality.

Even the flesh and blood humanoids that had been knocked down earlier were still moving.

To prevent any accidents, Ian thought for a moment and still decided to draw a little of his own blood, which he had received from Yisen Gard, and pour it into the flesh and blood liquid.

The blood of the Eclipsing Light Refining Dragon spread in an instant to every part, with black thread-like structures aggressively eroding, consuming the vitality of the Nest Flesh and Blood, turning it into clumps of dark ect fire burning on the surface of the blood.

If the parasitism of the Brain-Eating Parasite tends towards the physical and spirit energy corrosion, then the erosion caused by the Eclipsing Light Refining Dragon targets the Origin Quality itself.

The focus of the two is entirely different, yet they could complement each other.

Contemplating the black flame blossoms ignited on the surface of the Nest Flesh and Blood, Ian nodded thoughtfully, “Origin Quality, Spirit Energy…

what exactly is the boundary between them?”

“The Natural Spiritual Energy Field can induce changes in Origin Quality, while the Elemental Crystals formed from the condensation of Origin Quality can also be processed into Ether Bubbles after special treatment, thereby gathering Natural Spirit Energy…

Not to mention ‘Life Spirit Energy’ beyond the Third Power Level.

The relationship between the two could even be said to be linked to the same origin, and they should be traceable to the same source.”

“Spirit Energy and Origin Quality should be the higher-level differentiation of some more fundamental substance.”

Marking down this topic in his mind, Ian put it aside for the moment and continued to walk forward.

His goal was the source of the Flesh and Blood cocoon, the deepest thing within the Worm Nest.

The ‘Armor Suit’ that served as the source of the Worm Nest.

Because the Nest Will had dissipated, even the glow of the surrounding crystals had dimmed, but Ian could still clearly see the human skeleton inside the medium-sized Armor Suit, approximately five and a half meters tall.

Ordinary Armor Suits are over four meters tall; Aether Armaments could be a bit smaller, while the Ancient Armor of the previous era’s civilization varied in size according to their needs.

This one was of medium size, but due to its damage, it was not clear what size it was at its peak.

The human skeleton was probably the remains of the Redwood Great Elder from those years.

His physical death gave birth to the origin of the Nest Will.

And the Aether Furnace Core and Morien Living Steel loaded within the Armor Suit gradually evolved into the entire Worm Nest.

— Was this all calculated beforehand, or was it a coincidence?

Ian didn’t know, perhaps that desperate man of yesteryears had even included his own death as a part of the plan.

But now…

“High-purity Morien steel, is it?”

Climbing to a gap in the Armor Suit, Ian reached out curiously towards the inside of the armor, only to see pure ethereal blue mist: “Previously obscured by the luminous green halo of the crystal stone and the draw of the Nest Will, I hadn’t noticed the blue mist here.”

Crack.

With a sound as crisp as shattering glass, Ian held in his hands a prism-shaped translucent silver crystal, nearly as long as his arm, extracted from a breach in the armor.

This was indeed a high-purity piece of living metal, Morien steel.

Embedded at the center of various strange crystals in the armor, encased in a peculiar metallic glue, it continuously extended outward, manipulating the surrounding rocks and metal, spreading in accordance with the will of the Worm Nest… Yet, it was constantly contracting and purifying itself, refined by Spirit Energy, becoming the core of this ‘miniature labyrinth’ that was the Worm Nest.

Perhaps this was why the center of most labyrinths deep within always contained Morien steel… in a certain sense, it was a labyrinth-construction tool that automatically generated mazes, repaired structural damage and maintained massive buildings over an extended period – a fully automated maintenance machine!

Of course, for current Terra Continent, Morien steel was an extremely rare Spirit Energy metal.

It was incredibly sturdy; Ian felt that its hardness was almost on par with his Heavy Abyss Iron Sword, just somewhat lacking in flexibility, being overly hard and brittle.

But this was only the case for Ordinary humans and Sublimators below the Third Power Level.

When Spirit Energy Users or Sublimators above the Third Power Level used their Spirit Energy to guide the Morien steel, this living metal would mold into the shape they desired—even weapons and Armored Clothing that contained a portion of Morien steel in their alloy would slowly adapt their shape to match their owner.

This property, whether for crafting weapons and equipment or for varied industrial production and scientific research, was highly sought after, making Morien steel practically priceless most of the time.

But now, Ian held in his hand a prismatic living metal that weighed over ten kilograms.

“99.99% purity?”

Scanning with the Silver Chip, Ian stared in astonishment at the living metal in his hand, even giving off a hint of silver: “Is this the result of being continuously catalyzed and purified by the Nest Will’s Spirit Energy over many years?

No wonder the Foresight View showed a pure blue… even with a touch of silver!”

Having seen and learned much over the years through appraisal work, Ian had managed to fully summarize the various colors of mist within his Foresight View.

Grey, white corresponds to Ordinary people.

Blue, purple corresponds to the First and Second Energy Levels.

These were the colors most often seen on the Terra Continent.

As for green, which corresponds to the Third Power Level, it was an extremely rare sight, with many materials appearing in heroes’ stories and knightly novels, along with the heroes and Magical Beasts themselves, being at the Third Power Level, such as Finegold Mithril with low purity.

Regarding ‘silver’ for the Fourth Level…

“I’ve seen it for the second time in many years.”

Ian felt somewhat sentimental; the last time he’d seen silver was three years ago when Viscount Grant took him to view the core components of a new model Alchemical Cannon, where a special Fine Gold Alloy was used as an Inscription base.

The color it exhibited was just like that of the Morien steel before him, with pure blue tinged with silver.

And as for gold, there was no need to elaborate… whether it was Teacher Hiliad or the Destiny Path of the Nest Will, both were extraordinary, capable of causing vast changes to the entire Terra Continent; mere objects could not achieve this level.

Rainbow-colored…

Ian shook his head; he didn’t ponder it further.

Without understanding the true origin of the Silver Chip, any speculation about the meaning of rainbow-colored would be meaningless.

But at the very least, things of the rainbow variety possessed power far greater than gold.

The potential they held could have an immensely profound impact on all living beings across the Terra Continent.

“Does it change just by thinking about it?”

Activating his Spirit Energy, Ian used his Foresight View to fixate on the Morien steel before him, then imagined it changing shape.

Immediately, this incredibly sturdy living metal actually began to respond to Ian’s theoretically reality-impacting guide of Foresight Spirit Energy, gradually wrapping around the young man’s right arm, morphing into something like a bracer for easy carrying.

At that very moment.

The mother creature outside, having suffered defeat at the hands of the Nest Will, descended into its final madness.

Its crystalline shell, interwoven with flashes of silver-blue and luminescent green, manipulated electromagnetism and radiation to unleash a desperate assault on the Aether Crystal Dragon and the White Mist Bishop, heedless of life or death.

But this was the last act of frenzy, known to all, thus both the grievously wounded Aether Crystal Dragon and the prepared Bishop, adopted the most comprehensive defensive stance in front of the mother creature, preventing it from reaching the Worm Nest.

They were prepared to endure the creature’s madness, waiting until it perished.

At the same time, Ian, aware of the pressing situation and without halting his strides, arrived beside Patrick, who had now regained consciousness but was fast approaching death.