Chapter 346 (2/2)

I was just worried that all of the aether I fed you would’ve gone to waste if you had died back there, I lied

‘Ah, there’swith sarcasis, three ap between the explosion and following absorption was seven seconds, which didn’t leave a lot of time to maneuver around The next time a blastwave emanated out from the obelisk, I quickly drained the crystal shi+eld and leaped to the closest island It was a barren little patch of stone with no protrusions, so Iinto cover a full ten seconds before all the aether was sucked in again

I waited, catching o by The jet black spire blazed aain Wrapping my hand in a thick protective barrier, I reached up into the oncorasp on th of the blast while si to absorb aether directly froht burned awaybehind nothing but a cauterized stuis noted

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“The sarcasm…I don't miss,” I hissed breathlessly "Hand Now”

The wisp drifted down my arm to the scorched stump of my wrist, and I released nearly all of the aether froh an to rebuildflesh, blood, and bone from the purple particles

The destruction of ethe Relictoround, like the flying castle or Epheotus, and forgotten that it was designed to kill th

By the tier aether reserves had been depleted

‘Have I ever told you that you’re a masochist?’

“Once or twice” Ibarrier

When the vibration ca the start of another phase, I burst into motion

Several islands passed by quickly, each in the same fashi+on, and by the ti better My core was rich with absorbed aether, and my body had healed My companion wasn’t as lucky

‘This is the worst,’ he coh I had absorbed is to draw on it as quickly After experiencing so akin tohis strength

“Just stay in there and absorb what you can,” I said while also counting down the time since the obelisk had drawn in the zone’s aether It had been over a hter, building up toward the inevitable explosion

Finally, it burst with the sound of a thousand cannons I waited for the ripple of aetheric fire to roll past, then quickly drew out the energy trapped inside my protective barrier and prepared to leap to the next island

The obelisk exploded a second time

My course tooknova, so for athe blaze overtake one island after the next as it expanded towardhard into a sh to cover my whole body When the blast struck the crystals, already burning with purple light, they tre sounds

Not bothering to absorb the aether fro protrusion, I threwisland just as the obelisk exploded for the third time

The crystal shi+eld on this island was the largest I had seen so far and curved inward to create a small cave As I scralass filled the zone in short bursts

The crystal barriers, I realized just as the wave of aetheric fire roared pastwalls, I began to absorb the aether as fast I could, draining the crystals to prevent the apart

All aroundcrystals shattered, sending shrapnel spraying across the other islands

Looking around the edge of my shi+eld, I saw that the only protective barrier to survive was the one I had hidden behind I quickly charted a path to the exit portal, but it was too far to reach before the next explosion

Using most of my stored aether to activate Burst Step, I propelledway!’ Regis pointed out as we sprinted and leaped toward the central island and the obelisk

Lacking the tiy to put my plan into words, I tried to project the idea directly into Regis’s is asked

“No,” I grunted as we landed on the central island, the three-story spire rising high overhead “But it can’t be any worse than swiht?”

The obelisk was dark and ean Hurrying to it, I pressed lassy texture and was cold to the touch

I waited Thoughts ran in a juh my mind If this failed, then I would probably die

When the vibration started, s seized in my chest It was much more intense this close to the obelisk I prepared for the backlash

Having my core suddenly and forcibly drained for the third tis shake and s to work again, but it felt like a titan bear was sitting on my chest

I started to absorb aether fro it from me I needed to utilize every possible second before the next aetheric blast

The offsetting flow of aether kept me on my feet despite the pain of backlash I sucked at the aether building within the obelisk-like a half-drowned ainst the quickly-warainst it as well, absorbing the swelling energy as quickly as I could

The aether was pure Much more so than any source I’d encountered before It was like breathing in pure oxygen;like a bonfire in my solar plexus

My aether core couldn’t even condense or refine it further Instead, the purified aether was scraping the rean to ache

As my core filled to the brim, I continued to draw aether from the spire—I had no choice If I stopped, it would explode and killto drink the ocean My core was so full that it began to quake and tremble A radiant bolt of pain shot out of it, and I tasted bile in the back of hter and brighter throughit had been

I tried to expel most of the aether froan to trace ates aroundin from all overa backflow that caused an uncontrolled flood of purified aether that I couldn’t stop

‘I’is shouted, his wisp for flashes of light pierced my eyelids I pushed my face away froling to release the intended expulsion of destructive energy but lacking the force to do so I was acting like a release valve, giving the aether an outlet that kept the pressure fro the necessary level

There was a resounding crack fro inward, I saw a dark fissure appear across the surface of my aether core

My vision swam Fireworks went off behind h me

No

A second crack branched off the first, shi+vering like a slow- around the circu it in two

No!

Taking a ragged breath, I bent every ounce ofthe aether tointocore, and I eased into a delicate balance between the obelisk’s continued efforts to explode and my inescapable absorption and reformation of the purified aether

Despite the precarious nature of rin foris hovered withinme work ‘No way’

“Yeah,” I huffed,in lava"