Above The Sky
Chapter 567 - 567 536 Rock Cast Knight 13

567: Chapter 536 Rock Cast Knight (1/3) 567: Chapter 536 Rock Cast Knight (1/3) Having decided and being obligated to go to the Avak region, the next step was to prepare the required items.

And the ‘nominal reason’.

The matter of nominal reasons is quite significant for official organizations, and the one Ian chose for himself and the fae was the ‘Special Events Observation Squad’.

This is a special arrangement within the Knight Order of Inspectorate, referring to a team consisting of alchemists and scholars that heads to the targeted area to analyze the cause and source of events like the major incidents in the Western Territory.

Needless to say, Ian himself, Hua’an as the Shaper and Scholar of Peaceful Village, and Mo Feng as the Observing Scholar from Falling Star City stationed in the Imperial Capital—all were essentially scholars, making it perfectly reasonable to form an observation squad.

As for the Frost Butterfly… The Frost Butterfly is an observation tool (without a doubt).

Since the observation squad is not responsible for combat, generally, they would be escorted by an Inspector Knight led by a Second Energy Level Squad Leader.

Ian designated Tres’s squad, and with the permission of Michael and Deputy Commander Frostmark, Tres agreed, although he didn’t quite understand why.

After all, he would still gain merits, draw the attention of influential figures, and it would be even safer to act alongside Ian—why not do it?

After sorting out the preparations regarding nominal reasons, Ian began to prepare for advancement.

Theoretically, advancing to Rock Cast Knight now could increase the risk of his true identity being discovered, but to better deal with more urgent threats and the ‘Frost Butterfly’s’ omen of a silver future, Ian still intended to increase his strength as soon as possible.

The prime material for a Rock Cast Knight’s Magic Potion was naturally focused on the ‘Silver Sparrowhawk’s Rainbow Lance Plume,’ a perfect material, supported by materials from two other magical beasts.

Then, with the channels of Yisen Gard and the Platinum Iridium Workshop—and diverting funds from the public for private use—he purchased ‘the Variable Pressure Muscle of the Flame Giant Locust’ and ‘the Crystalline Core of the Inferno Ice Wolf,’ both being of exceptional quality, fully capable of creating extremely prime materials.

The secondary ingredients were ‘the Terrestrial Sea Leech’s Refined Blood’ and ‘Life Enhancing Culture Fluid’.

The former is a bloodthirsty predator that lives in oil fields, and the latter is a common base for all Strengthening Potions.

Naturally, it wasn’t Ian who paid for these.

Misappropriating research funds is just a part of the life of an unscrupulous scholar.jpg

No matter what, Ian is at least the kind of alchemist who truly produces results, and even if the Platinum Iridium Workshop found out about this, they would probably forgive him.

Upon returning to his experimental lab at the earliest opportunity, Ian took out all the alchemy matrices he had prepared in advance—he had long made preparations, and when needed, he could convert the matrices into a Magic Potion within a few minutes.

Now was the time.

The Variable Pressure Muscle of the Flame Giant Locust is a pale silver, exhibiting a fiber-like transparency that doesn’t seem to belong to any normal creature; when stimulated by relevant Origin Quality, it contracts and expands at a very fast rate, unleashing an abnormally powerful force.

In the body of the king of the Flame Giant Locusts, there are even additional ‘ejection ports,’ leading to sacs controlled by the Variable Pressure Muscle.

At full burst, the king would eject explosive high-pressure air streams, ramming into the enemy like a cannonball multiple times the speed of sound—and that earth-shaking, explosive sound also serves as the clarion call for the entire swarm of giant locusts to charge.

The vast swarm will sweep towards their enemies like a blanket covering the sky, completely crushing everything.

This would be the structure of Ian’s future flesh and blood, coupled with high-energy fats and Origin Quality from Iron-patterned Starfish.

Even without the Ancient Dragon Heart Core and Aether Crystals, his endurance would be incredibly astounding.

Its matrix is a silver, semi-transparent gel activated by electric current, slowly dissolving into a viscous liquid.

Not much needs to be said about the Silver Sparrowhawk’s Rainbow Lance Plume; it’s the outer armor protecting the flesh and blood, already introduced many times.

It will make Ian’s bones even harder, creating rows of fine scales beneath the skin, which are the rudimentary versions of the scales on Teacher Hiliad’s body surface…

But even as a rudimentary version, it is a top-tier defense module at the Second Energy Level, not only unhindered by agility but even enhancing the power transmission of Ian’s movements.

Its matrix is a large amount of metallic dust that, when merged with the silver gel, transforms it into a metallic fluid like mercury.

As for the Crystalline Core of the Inferno Ice Wolf, it has only recently been delivered, a material of a High-Level Magical Beast that Ian had been awaiting for a long time.

A Crystalline Core is a superior material for fortifying an Essence Organ, capable of comprehensively enhancing all abilities related to Origin Quality.

Its only downside is that it emits intense heat during operation, and without a matching physical constitution, one might end up half-crippled after a battle.

Its matrix was a lump of grey-white solid crystalline, but as long as it was catalyzed by Earth Origin Quality, it could be dissolved into the previous mercury solution and preserve its structural integrity.

And the final form of the ‘Rock Cast Knight’ Magic Potion was a semi-transparent mercury liquid, its outer edge reflecting a cold metallic sheen, while inside it harbored very regular grey-white crystal lattices, with layers of intricate inscriptions rotating in response to the flickering of Origin Quality; it looked just like some kind of intensely strong energy shield.

Upright and simple, one could tell at a glance how frightfully strong it was.

The problem was that this Magic Potion also looked way too hard.

“Drinking this stuff, what’s the difference from drinking mercury?

Oh, mercury isn’t as heavy.”

The Magic Potion of the Unyielding Fortress series might be able to compete in appearance with that of the Fae, but when it comes to how easy they are to drink, well, that’s a difference of many miles—the boy still remembered that the Second Energy Level Fairy Potion even had the floral scent of Radiance Grass, cool and slightly sweet, feeling like drinking frozen honey water.

As for the taste of the Rock Cast Knight Magic Potion…

“Gulp.”

Ian felt as if he was drinking icy magma.

It might sound contradictory, but because it was a Magic Potion, it wasn’t contradictory at all—the mercury potion was inherently cool, but the stimulation of Origin Quality it brought was almost akin to being scorched by fire.

It entered his stomach, and then was analyzed by Ian’s powerful Origin Quality system, integrating into his entire body.

This time, it was not a Silver Chip, but a true elevation of vital essence.

Hum—

In the center of Ian’s chest, although covered by a layer of undershirt and Alchemic robe, a star-shaped silvery-grey light shone out, and then consolidated into layer upon layer of hexagonal lattice networks, spreading throughout his whole body.

A bone-dry heat, reminiscent of the high temperatures of subterranean rock layers, fleetingly rose to the surface and then receded.

At the extremities of the boy’s limbs, on the tips of his fingers and ends of his hair, a powerful shadow of Origin Quality briefly emerged, appearing like a set of silver-grey Armored Clothing.

And this Armored Clothing merged into Ian’s skin.

—Rock Caster, as solid as a rock, immovable and unyielding.

He opened his eyes.

In his pupils, a watery halo circulated, and although Ian’s face was expressionless, he was enduring a pain that ordinary people could not even imagine—his flesh and blood were twisting, transforming, being replaced from the most microscopic level with another buildup that was much stronger, while all his nerves were throbbing from the high heat and subtle electrical currents caused by the rapid movement of Origin Quality, wanting to make his body convulse in pain and let out a howl.

But just as the Inheritance named.

One who practiced this Dao, the best response to all this pain, was simply to endure.

To endure all this pain.

Half an hour later, the boy with white hair slowly stood up.

Merely with this single motion, all the equipment in the laboratory began to tremble slightly, a mystical phenomenon caused by the attraction of an excessively immense Origin Quality.

At this moment,

He had become a ‘Rock Cast Knight’.

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Update time 2022-08-09 8:00:00