owlsbooks Chapter 319 The Collection of Water from the Eternal Well is Complete
Chapter 319 The Collection of Water from the Eternal Well is Complete
When the [Starry Storm] lasted for three seconds and Ella's health had dropped below half, Lin Tian immediately followed up with a fatal blow.
The starlight shines brilliantly at your fingertips.
"Astral rays!"
The condensed starlight beam, with 50% spell penetration, pierced through the [Astral Imprisonment] field like a spear of judgment, precisely striking the core of Ayra's spirit body (her chest)!
Ella's body stiffened abruptly, a hint of relief and deep weariness flashing in her emerald eyes.
Her translucent spirit began to shatter inch by inch, turning into countless emerald green specks of light, like fireflies on a summer night, slowly drifting away and merging into the surrounding ruins and ancient trees.
There was no bloodshed, only a poignant and beautiful dissipation.
[You have slain the Elf Guardian, Ella (Lv.59 Lord)!]
Experience points gained: ......
[Gold Coins Earned: ......]
[Materials obtained: Heart of Nature (S-rank) x1, Ella's Guardian Bow (A-rank), Elven Ancient Tree Leaf (A-rank) x9...]
As Ella disappeared, the sense of rejection and warning within the ruins gradually subsided.
The glowing magical patterns gradually dimmed, as if they had fallen into a deep sleep.
Lin Tian dispelled his skills and walked to the central spring.
The clear pool water exuded a rich sense of life, but it was not the "Eternal Well Water" he was looking for.
He probed the depths of that small jade spring with his spiritual power.
About ten meters below the spring, in a crevice of the hard rock, he sensed a small clump of liquid, no bigger than an egg, yet extremely concentrated, displaying a magnificent seven-colored luster.
Encased in a naturally formed crystalline membrane, it lies dormant, emitting faint yet incredibly pure fluctuations of the laws of "eternity" and "life".
that's it!
Lin Tian carefully penetrated the rock strata and the crystalline membrane, and extracted the ball of seven-colored liquid intact.
The moment the liquid left the spring, the color of the entire pool seemed to dim slightly.
【Eternal Well Water (S-Rank Special Item)】: A magical liquid containing a trace of eternity and the essence of life, it is one of the key materials for the advancement of certain supreme beings.
Quest item "Eternal Well Water" collection progress (1/1).
The fifth material is in hand!
Only one thing is missing—the Star Core.
Lin Tian put it away, glanced at the now peaceful elven ruins, did not destroy anything, and turned to leave.
......
Back at the Star Moon City Refining Guild, when Lin Tian handed the "Eternal Well Water" to Sima Han, the old man stared at the magnificent seven-colored liquid and fell into a long silence.
After a long silence, he finally spoke, his voice hoarse: "...Ella, you've lost too...You've also made it through the Lost Forest ruins..."
"A clue to the core of the star," Lin Tian asked directly.
......
The air on the fourth floor of the Refining Guild seemed to freeze.
The faint, seven-colored light emanating from the pool of "Eternal Well Water" on the table reflected Sima Han's complex and indescribable face.
After a long while, the master blacksmith, who had seen many storms, finally let out a long breath, his breath filled with amazement and a sense of relief.
"Eternal Well Water... Even the guardians of the Lost Forest cannot stop you."
Sima Han's voice was somewhat hoarse. He raised his head and looked intently at Lin Tian.
"Young man, you have shown me... a certain 'possibility.' A possibility that I had only read about in fragments of ancient texts before."
Lin Tian remained calm, awaiting what was to come. Praise meant nothing to him; he needed the final piece of the puzzle.
Sima Han stood up and walked to the deepest part of the bookshelf where the most precious classics and secrets were kept.
Instead of taking the book, he moved the entire bookshelf aside, revealing a smooth, mirror-like black stone wall behind it.
He bit his fingertip and smeared a drop of blood containing unique magical energy onto the center of the stone wall.
The blood was rapidly absorbed, and the surface of the stone wall rippled like water, revealing a slowly rotating, three-dimensional phantom of a star map.
"The first guild master of the Weapon Forging Guild once had dealings with a prophet from the Astral Observatory."
Sima Han's voice was deep and solemn as he pointed to a particularly bright star mark with a blood-red border in the star map's illusory image.
"According to the astrological revelation left by that prophet, which is classified as top secret by the guild, the 'Star Core' is neither a product of the prime material plane nor a crystallization of ordinary astral energy."
"It is a 'divine remnant crystal' formed from the last divinity and origin of a 'fallen star god' before its complete demise, after undergoing unimaginable compression, collision, and rule-refining in the endless void."
It is both ultimate destruction and the seed of new life, containing the ultimate mystery of the birth and death of stars.
Sima Han looked at Lin Tian with an extremely solemn expression:
"Such an existence is bound to be accompanied by extreme danger and chaos wherever it appears."
The only location explicitly pointed to in Revelation as potentially the 'core of a star' that may have been formed over the past millennium is a forbidden place known as the 'Star Core Dungeon'.
"Star Core Dungeon?" Lin Tian repeated the name.
"Yes. It is not a prison in the traditional sense, but an independent demiplane formed by the complete distortion and solidification of the spatial structure due to the influence of the remnant of that fallen star god. The entrance is elusive and the internal rules are abnormal, rejecting the entry of anything that is not a star or a supreme power system."
Sima Han retrieved the text record that appeared next to the star map:
"The dungeon is located in the deepest part of the 'Eternal Frozen Wasteland', about 2,300 miles north of Star Moon City. Its entrance will appear on the top of an 'Eternal Silent Ice Peak' that has never melted for thousands of years, according to a specific celestial cycle (the new moon of each month).
The next entrance will open in... three days.
"The dungeon is filled with turbulent stellar currents and spatial rifts. Any conventional movement skills are extremely dangerous there, and you can only rely on your own strength to break through."
The dungeon has nine levels; the deeper you go, the stronger the stellar turbulence becomes, and the more powerful the 'Astral Anomalies' appear.
"And in the deepest part of the dungeon, at the core of the ninth level, the last will of the fallen star god's remains combined with the chaotic energy of the dungeon gave birth to the only guardian—[Star Core Guardian Thor]."
According to the prophet's prediction, its level... is at least level 65, and it possesses some incomplete 'Star God's Authority,' allowing it to draw upon the dungeon's own stellar power to a limited extent.
Sima Han copied the star map coordinates and known information about "Star Core Dungeon" and "Thor" (including descriptions of their possible abilities such as "Star Core Shield", "Star Torrent", and "Spatial Anchoring") onto a specially made Star Beast leather scroll and handed it to Lin Tian.