Mystic Calling：Stone of Glory

Chapter 1169: The Mountain Rebuilds

The moment the gem appeared, Ethan’s eyes lit up.

The aura coming off that yellow stone was identical to what he’d absorbed earlier from the golden ore.

Only this was more complete. More stable. Like a core shard ripped straight out of the deepest part of a vein.

This giant definitely knew where the golden ore was.

Otherwise, there was no way he could pull something like this out so casually.

The giant stared at Ethan too, the look in his eyes fixed and predatory. He extended a massive palm and pressed it toward the yellow gemstone.

Fine cracks instantly spiderwebbed across the gem’s surface. The compressed golden energy inside surged out, first forming a halo in front of him—then swelling fast, turning into a thick, rolling golden tide.

Ethan didn’t hesitate for a second.

Behind him came the sound of bone and energy stretching open at the same time.

A pair of enormous golden wings unfurled from his back. Between the wing bones flowed pure Infernal Primordial Power, and across the surface of the feathers, dense purple runes surfaced one after another.

Those runes lit up in sequence, violet light tracing razor-sharp lines along the wings’ edges.

This was the power he’d obtained in the canyon.

The power itself was extremely pure, but the purple glow it gave off had always felt... off to Ethan.

He didn’t like the color. He didn’t like the heavy, crushing pressure that came with it either. But there was no question about its might.

Enough to tear open heaven and earth.

Ethan beat his wings.

In the same instant, the purple runes flared to their absolute limit. A domineering force roared out from beneath his wings.

It was like an entire sea of violet lightning crashed down across the sky. Space itself split, dense fractures ripping open on the spot. When that power slammed into the golden tide the giant released, there was no deadlock—no stalemate at all.

It crushed forward.

The golden energy held for a few breaths, then started to retreat like a receding flood.

For the first time, the giant’s expression changed.

His huge body wobbled in midair. The emblem on his chest flickered violently, but his footing was already gone—nothing left to brace against. The purple energy kept pressing down, hammering him straight out of the sky.

Boom!

The giant smashed into the mountain range, layers of rock blasting into powder. The ground collapsed outward in a ring. Along the cliffs, countless ores were shattered by the shockwave, a chain of explosions cracking through the valleys.

During the exchange, Ethan had already opened the system scan and pulled up the other party’s data panel.

This guy did have an extremely dense concentration of Infernal Primordial Power—but it was way too messy. Inside it was the Morgrath vein, a Stone Golem core, golden ore energy, and other chaotic traces all tangled together.

It looked massive.

In reality, it wasn’t pure at all.

Compared to that, the Infernal Primordial Power Ethan was releasing right now was far more refined.

And because of that difference in purity, Ethan could suppress him to a certain extent—maybe even control this Stone Golem.

Ethan didn’t give him a chance to breathe.

Purple energy kept detonating across the sky, while a transparent lightning sphere condensed in Ethan’s palm. Inside it, there was no extra glow—only arcs of electricity compressed to the extreme, flowing in silent loops.

The next moment, he dove.

He drove that lightning sphere straight into the giant’s chest.

The giant had only just pushed himself up from the crater, his presence already much weaker. Cracks covered the rock layers on his body, and the blood-red gemstone embedded in his chest had started to splinter.

Ethan’s palm came down.

The transparent lightning plunged into the chest gem.

Violent power detonated from the inside out—first shredding the blood-red gemstone, then ripping through the giant’s entire body along its energy channels.

The giant’s chest caved in. His arms split. The stone around his legs blew apart in a chain of explosions, collapsing inch by inch.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

His body was blasted into pieces, shattered rock chunks spraying in every direction—tumbling down into the valleys and deep between the mineral veins.

Ethan hovered in midair, just about to turn and head for another front—when the loose rubble beneath him suddenly shifted.

A heavy, grinding roar rolled up from deep underground.

Stones that should’ve been drained of power moved like they’d heard a call, tumbling in from every direction.

Ore, shattered rock, crystal shards, dust—everything got yanked skyward by an invisible pull. Up there, it began to assemble itself again: first a frame, then a chest, then brand-new limbs condensed into place.

Before long, another Stone Golem stood between heaven and earth.

Ethan’s pupils tightened.

This thing wasn’t some ordinary rock-born lifeform.

It felt more like a drifting, gaseous existence moving through the world—something that could command any nearby ore vein or mountain debris and rebuild a body at will. As long as its core didn’t die, it didn’t matter how many times the shell got smashed.

More power from the surrounding mineral veins kept rising, pouring into the newly formed Stone Golem in a rush.

This time, its body looked even more solid than before, Infernal Primordial Power flowing over it in endless currents. The blood-red gemstone in its chest reappeared too—its glow darker, deeper, heavier than it had been.

"I didn’t expect a tiny human like you to wield Infernal Primordial Power this pure."

The Stone Golem lowered its head to look at Ethan, its voice clearer than before.

"But that power belongs to me."

It lifted one hand, slowly spreading its fingers.

"You’re not qualified to use it."

The moment the words fell, a terrifying aura surged across the Stone Golem’s surface.

It expanded outward, swallowing the sky. At the same time, mineral energy from deep within the earth began to flood up without end—like countless rivers of gold and dark crimson, rising from the mountain range and pouring into the air, gathering around it.

Ethan’s throat bobbed. He took a single step back.

The violet wings behind him beat harder and harder. With every beat, a massive purple sphere of energy spat into existence. Each one dragged a long burning tail as it streaked forward, slamming toward the reborn Stone Golem in rapid succession.

The first energy sphere crashed in front of the golem.

The Stone Golem only raised its palm and pushed forward.

A violent force rippled out. The purple sphere shattered on the spot, exploding into countless rune-like fragments of light. The second and third followed right behind—and he casually shook those apart in midair, just as easily.