Chapter 262 (1/2)

Chapter 262

Chapter 262: The Platfor my body in that ht choice I was now able to concentrate about eighty percent of the aether into my ars That being said, htened control over aether made the climb back up to the clifftop a breeze

I was te, using thean aether crystal that large nearby Without it, I wouldn’t have been able to make such drastic improvements in that short as I wanted to do before crossing through the teleportation gate First, I looked for a source of freshwater I knew there had to be one nearby since I had accidentally ed to excavate a thin vein of water doithin the cave while looking for an aether crystal Even if I didn’t need to drink nearly as much water now, if I hadn’t found that, I would’ve had to iant rodents’ territory

“Found it!” Regis shouted a few dozen yards ahead

“Nice!” The dark dirt gave way to a lush field of blue grass oncepond of water

Wasting no tiulped downin

My body shi+vered at the cold touch of water on hly washi+ng myself, I couldn’t help but study azed back at ed with some blue—evidence of my former eye color Locks of pale wheat hair draped overthe solemn expression I bore as I stared atfor small differences to prove otherwise In the end, it was just otten fro like that You should be grateful to Sylvie you’re alive, I repri yourself out?” Regis chilare, surprising him

“Easy It was a joke,” h “I know”

After getting out of the water, I got dressed in everything but the leather ares inin the molten river To do that, I needed to see exactly what I was capable of and whatin this field of blue and white, I was left having to strike the air and occasionally the ground, but I was able to get a grasp of how is used my own aether as fuel to unleash Gauntlet For all eighty percent of her—and the regenerative properties were heightened with so much aether coalesced in one place, but when I punched into the ground, the outcome wasn’t as destructive as I had hoped it would be

Still, because I was able to is and I were able to utilize Gauntlet Form much more instantaneously and effectively

One crucial limitation that I realized, however, was the speed at which aether travelled inside es weren’t co to treat aether as if it were mana, it still took a few seconds of concentration in order to siphon aether into the desired location within o until I’m able to use advanced techniques like burst step Still, I couldn’t help but get a little excited This body would be able to bear the burden of burst step and much more

Before we headed back to where the teleportation gate stood, I took out the translucent stone that held Sylvie inside

“Let’s hope h for you now, Sylv,” I muttered as I pushed aether into the stone A shroud of purple enveloped the stone as I felt nearly all ofdrained from my core

This ti Sylvie, but it was all the sa buckets in a pond, rather than cups I really did have a long way to go

Afterteleportation gate and stood in front of the undulating portal

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I turned to Regis “Ready?”

He let out a scoff “Let’s see what fresh slice of hell awaits us next”

The two of us stepped through, both excited and anxious of e’d have to face on the other side

Despite our preparation and even anticipation for so unpredictable and bizarre, ere still stunned silent as the bright white light finally gave away to a serene spectru the accumulation of two lifetimes in two different worlds,

“Well this is new,” Regisblankly at the scene ahead

Glowing platforms the size of small houses lay suspended in the air, each one a different color and a bit higher the farther they were The platfor stairs that seemed to be made of the same material as the platforms themselves

The sky itself, if I could even call it that, shi+ this place look as if it was in a perpetual state of twilight

The teleportation gate we had coh was apparently one-way because behind us was just an expanse of the shi+ht or even a horizon…there was just nothing

I stepped away fro to find out how steep of a drop it was if we fell

“At least there’s only one way to go, right?” I said, kneeling down to inspect the platforlowed a soft white and was sis rolled his eyes “Woohoo”

I walked carefully toward the set of glowing stairs leading to the next platfored to reach the stairs without anyone or anything trying to killthe stairs, I reached the next platforlowed in various shades of red After the two of us exchanged a wary glance, I stepped on the platform

I me to fully co red floor, the entire platforinal length Worse yet, I felt sofaltered as wisps of purple aura leaked from my skin Even as I closed off my aether core, I could feel the aether escape, slowly draining both is was in worse shape as he fell to the floor, his entire for noticeably srabbed hiis remarked without a shred of his usual blend of sarcasm and condescension

Meanwhile, I couldn’t help but start to panic assiphoned out offro to the other side of the platform where the stairs to the next level awaited However, the rate thatsucked out fro on ht ar in one place, I could only feel the aether leaking fro, I suppose

I was nearly at the stairs now but ut told ht there,’in ritted teeth as I stopped in my tracks

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Rather than panicking at the sensation of aether escaping frorasp, I used every ounce of concentration into narrowing the aether from my entire arm to my hand, then to the center of my palm until I could feel the aether about to burst

That’s when I felt like soes dispersed and rose to the surface of ht pallove an to burn

‘Arthur! You’re going to destroy your hand at this rate!’ Regis cried, panicking ‘Hold on! I’ll absorb soroaned I let whatever ano within this platfor in the center of uideout a roar to overco away at my hand, I pushed out

A deep thru torrent of violet flaripped ht arm without of its socket

The sound ofblast as I struggled to stay conscious

My ears rang and most of the red platform that had seemed indestructible up until now had been obliterated

I fell to ers had been broken and bent out of place froht arm had fractures And without a shred of aether left in ainston ReadReadNovelFullonlinecointohis own aether into

Strength flowing through ered off the red platfor is, are you okay?” I asked, worry laced in is remained inside me, and I could feel he was still alive but he remained quiet

Finally, roan

‘You really are a fucking ru orange platforer than the size ofme most of his aether What orse was that eren’t able to stay on the floating stairs indefinitely After a while, the stair ere on began tre out of existence Eventually, we had been forced to the last stair before the platform, my arm still mostly broken

“Reis warned, hovering just over my shoulder