Chapter 562: Rock and a Hot Place
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Chapter 562: Rock and a Hot Place
Sage had already been outside the Universe Ring for a few minutes now, and he was constantly burning Qi to maintain a shield with the Sovereign Stone. While he was away from the Warp Worm, the Blacksilver King that armored it was constantly deteriorating. He could feed it Qi through the Soul Fragments, but that meant hed have less available to protect himself. The more time he wasted now, the less time there was until the Universe Ring started taking damage again. Without his continuous support, the Warp Worm wouldnt last very long. The heat in the tunnels was many times stronger than it was where theyd first entered and rather than a half hour, he expected the Warp Worm would only last a few minutes on its own.
The Soul Clone wasnt much better off, without the Sovereign Stone this place could melt a spirit being quite quickly. As he considered his options, the whole chamber suddenly started to rumble. It shifted to the left and right, shaking up the lava lake. The tortoise was moving. Thankfully, as a spirit being he could float around and the shaking didnt do much to him. The wall of the cavernous area shifted and one of them smashed against him. Just like when traveling down the tunnels, the walls were too charged with the tortoises energy that he couldnt pass through them and the impact caused a bit of damage to his Nascent Soul.
A thin layer of his soul cracked where he was struck and then it flaked off like the shell of an egg. Just like before, the strength of his Nascent Soul seemed to depend on volume and density. The density seemed to correlate with quality and his soul had become many times more resilient than before, and the sheer volume or amount of soul matter was something of a power and health rating. At least, thats what he guessed. The Timeless Masters Library had little more in it about the soul than the Holy Flame Sects library did, and considering how he couldnt access the information about the soul in the Holy Flame Sect Library when he was there, he still had little actual knowledge from any outside sources.
After taking that hit, Sage knew that the Living Disaster had found him out. He had to make his play now, or he likely wouldnt get another chance. While floating near the roof of the chamber kept him out of range of most of the lava spouts on the walls, it also meant he could easily get hit by the tortoises motion. There was also the fact that he still had to dive all the way down to get to that obsidian heart!
Time to go all in.
The downside of having a physical body here meant that the Knight would have to touch the ground to move. Yet, Sage had a whole planet worth of material inside his body. When the Blacksilver Knight started to slow down, he threw out another huge boulder in front of them and the Knight caught hold of it, hopping on top of it and leaping off before the boulder slowly fell down and splashed into the molten lake. The leaps were aimed to take it towards the center while avoiding the highest concentration of lava streams. Other than that initial adjustment they didnt bother to avoid the burning sprays coming from every direction. They made a mad rush through the worst that the Tortoise could throw at them.
By the time they were on the final leap towards the obsidian heart, the Sovereign Stone shield could only focus towards one direction like an umbrella and even the Second Skin Barrier had failed a few times. Parts of the Blacksilver Knights armor plating had been melted away, with many circular gouges burned into its inky flesh.
He turned the Sovereign Stones shield downwards, because he could sense what was coming. The swirling whirlpool of lava centered on the obsidian heart roiled and just before he reached it, the lake beneath him exploded. The lake rose to meet him, bursting into the air and only barely turned aside by the power of the Sovereign Stone. The umbrella of protection beneath him slowly shrank, the circle of protected area got smaller and smaller. The lower half of the Blacksilver Knights legs were burned clean off when he shifted the shield to protect its arms. The Knight reached out and its claw like armored fingers clamped down on the Heart of Eruption. The size of a human heart, the Knights giant hand was able to completely cover it.
Yes! Ive got it! No wait!
The Heart of Eruption did just that. It erupted. The Blacksilver Knights hand was blown apart by an eruption of heat and lava not from the lake below but from the heart itself.The initial posting of this chapter occurred via Ñøv€l-B!n.
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Chapter 562: Rock and a Hot Place
Sage had already been outside the Universe Ring for a few minutes now, and he was constantly burning Qi to maintain a shield with the Sovereign Stone. While he was away from the Warp Worm, the Blacksilver King that armored it was constantly deteriorating. He could feed it Qi through the Soul Fragments, but that meant hed have less available to protect himself. The more time he wasted now, the less time there was until the Universe Ring started taking damage again. Without his continuous support, the Warp Worm wouldnt last very long. The heat in the tunnels was many times stronger than it was where theyd first entered and rather than a half hour, he expected the Warp Worm would only last a few minutes on its own.
The Soul Clone wasnt much better off, without the Sovereign Stone this place could melt a spirit being quite quickly. As he considered his options, the whole chamber suddenly started to rumble. It shifted to the left and right, shaking up the lava lake. The tortoise was moving. Thankfully, as a spirit being he could float around and the shaking didnt do much to him. The wall of the cavernous area shifted and one of them smashed against him. Just like when traveling down the tunnels, the walls were too charged with the tortoises energy that he couldnt pass through them and the impact caused a bit of damage to his Nascent Soul.
A thin layer of his soul cracked where he was struck and then it flaked off like the shell of an egg. Just like before, the strength of his Nascent Soul seemed to depend on volume and density. The density seemed to correlate with quality and his soul had become many times more resilient than before, and the sheer volume or amount of soul matter was something of a power and health rating. At least, thats what he guessed. The Timeless Masters Library had little more in it about the soul than the Holy Flame Sects library did, and considering how he couldnt access the information about the soul in the Holy Flame Sect Library when he was there, he still had little actual knowledge from any outside sources.
After taking that hit, Sage knew that the Living Disaster had found him out. He had to make his play now, or he likely wouldnt get another chance. While floating near the roof of the chamber kept him out of range of most of the lava spouts on the walls, it also meant he could easily get hit by the tortoises motion. There was also the fact that he still had to dive all the way down to get to that obsidian heart!
Time to go all in.
The downside of having a physical body here meant that the Knight would have to touch the ground to move. Yet, Sage had a whole planet worth of material inside his body. When the Blacksilver Knight started to slow down, he threw out another huge boulder in front of them and the Knight caught hold of it, hopping on top of it and leaping off before the boulder slowly fell down and splashed into the molten lake. The leaps were aimed to take it towards the center while avoiding the highest concentration of lava streams. Other than that initial adjustment they didnt bother to avoid the burning sprays coming from every direction. They made a mad rush through the worst that the Tortoise could throw at them.
By the time they were on the final leap towards the obsidian heart, the Sovereign Stone shield could only focus towards one direction like an umbrella and even the Second Skin Barrier had failed a few times. Parts of the Blacksilver Knights armor plating had been melted away, with many circular gouges burned into its inky flesh.
He turned the Sovereign Stones shield downwards, because he could sense what was coming. The swirling whirlpool of lava centered on the obsidian heart roiled and just before he reached it, the lake beneath him exploded. The lake rose to meet him, bursting into the air and only barely turned aside by the power of the Sovereign Stone. The umbrella of protection beneath him slowly shrank, the circle of protected area got smaller and smaller. The lower half of the Blacksilver Knights legs were burned clean off when he shifted the shield to protect its arms. The Knight reached out and its claw like armored fingers clamped down on the Heart of Eruption. The size of a human heart, the Knights giant hand was able to completely cover it.
Yes! Ive got it! No wait!
The Heart of Eruption did just that. It erupted. The Blacksilver Knights hand was blown apart by an eruption of heat and lava not from the lake below but from the heart itself.The initial posting of this chapter occurred via Ñøv€l-B!n.
Chapter 562: Rock and a Hot PlaceSage had already been outside the Universe Ring for a few minutes now, and he was constantly burning Qi to maintain a shield with the Sovereign Stone. While he was away from the Warp Worm, the Blacksilver King that armored it was constantly deteriorating. He could feed it Qi through the Soul Fragments, but that meant hed have less available to protect himself. The more time he wasted now, the less time there was until the Universe Ring started taking damage again. Without his continuous support, the Warp Worm wouldnt last very long. The heat in the tunnels was many times stronger than it was where theyd first entered and rather than a half hour, he expected the Warp Worm would only last a few minutes on its own. The Soul Clone wasnt much better off, without the Sovereign Stone this place could melt a spirit being quite quickly. As he considered his options, the whole chamber suddenly started to rumble. It shifted to the left and right, shaking up the lava lake. The tortoise was moving. Thankfully, as a spirit being he could float around and the shaking didnt do much to him. The wall of the cavernous area shifted and one of them smashed against him. Just like when traveling down the tunnels, the walls were too charged with the tortoises energy that he couldnt pass through them and the impact caused a bit of damage to his Nascent Soul. A thin layer of his soul cracked where he was struck and then it flaked off like the shell of an egg. Just like before, the strength of his Nascent Soul seemed to depend on volume and density. The density seemed to correlate with quality and his soul had become many times more resilient than before, and the sheer volume or amount of soul matter was something of a power and health rating. At least, thats what he guessed. The Timeless Masters Library had little more in it about the soul than the Holy Flame Sects library did, and considering how he couldnt access the information about the soul in the Holy Flame Sect Library when he was there, he still had little actual knowledge from any outside sources. After taking that hit, Sage knew that the Living Disaster had found him out. He had to make his play now, or he likely wouldnt get another chance. While floating near the roof of the chamber kept him out of range of most of the lava spouts on the walls, it also meant he could easily get hit by the tortoises motion. There was also the fact that he still had to dive all the way down to get to that obsidian heart!Time to go all in.The downside of having a physical body here meant that the Knight would have to touch the ground to move. Yet, Sage had a whole planet worth of material inside his body. When the Blacksilver Knight started to slow down, he threw out another huge boulder in front of them and the Knight caught hold of it, hopping on top of it and leaping off before the boulder slowly fell down and splashed into the molten lake. The leaps were aimed to take it towards the center while avoiding the highest concentration of lava streams. Other than that initial adjustment they didnt bother to avoid the burning sprays coming from every direction. They made a mad rush through the worst that the Tortoise could throw at them. By the time they were on the final leap towards the obsidian heart, the Sovereign Stone shield could only focus towards one direction like an umbrella and even the Second Skin Barrier had failed a few times. Parts of the Blacksilver Knights armor plating had been melted away, with many circular gouges burned into its inky flesh. He turned the Sovereign Stones shield downwards, because he could sense what was coming. The swirling whirlpool of lava centered on the obsidian heart roiled and just before he reached it, the lake beneath him exploded. The lake rose to meet him, bursting into the air and only barely turned aside by the power of the Sovereign Stone. The umbrella of protection beneath him slowly shrank, the circle of protected area got smaller and smaller. The lower half of the Blacksilver Knights legs were burned clean off when he shifted the shield to protect its arms. The Knight reached out and its claw like armored fingers clamped down on the Heart of Eruption. The size of a human heart, the Knights giant hand was able to completely cover it. Yes! Ive got it! No wait!The Heart of Eruption did just that. It erupted. The Blacksilver Knights hand was blown apart by an eruption of heat and lava not from the lake below but from the heart itself.The initial posting of this chapter occurred via Nvl-B!n.
