When the plot-skips players into the game world-Chapter 971 - 331: The Death of Valentine VII_2
Chapter 971 -331: The Death of Valentine VII_2
“Then… let my children live on.”
He murmured.
“Oh, indeed.”
Pengbonazi broke into a hearty laugh upon hearing this: “I had already intended to let them live. But since you’ve begged me like this—I plan on granting them the gift of eternal life! How about that, happy? Hahaha…”
He laughed freely for a few moments, his expression suddenly turning grim: “Why aren’t you laughing?”
“—Mr. Pengbonazi.”
Alfonso Valentine suddenly spoke up.
And in an instant, Pengbonazi fell silent.
Because this was precisely how the young Alfonso had respectfully addressed Pengbonazi the first time he met him.
It was also how Valentine I “Bashir Valentine” referred to him when they were not yet familiar with each other.
They were too alike. Not only in appearance, but also in voice, and even in temperament and habits.
Among all of Bashir’s children… over the years, Alfonso was the one who most resembled him.
…But this resemblance was limited to their youth.
After Alfonso grew into middle age, his appearance began to show clear differences from Bashir’s younger days. And when he grew old, he became completely distinct from the elderly Bashir.
“I am also a Transcendent of the Fifth Power Level…”
Alfonso began slowly: “Since embarking on the ‘Aurum-Stone Knight’ path, I never had the chance to display my own strength. If this is to be my end… I want to give it a try.”
Upon hearing this, the Red Chancellor’s smile gradually faded, turning serious and silent.
—Aurum-Stone Knight.
That is the most common advanced profession for Stibium Alchemists.
To attain this advanced profession, one must complete an alchemical ritual called “Chemical Marriage” at the Third or Fourth Level.
It is an extremely dangerous transmutation—the alchemists need to kill themselves during the ritual, allowing their souls to undergo a transformation of any form and then return to a more perfect body reformed using their own corpse. After that, completing the promotion ritual will advance them to an “Aurum-Stone Knight.”
The Fourth Level is a very crucial stage. From this level on, the strength of the pathic force borne by the human body becomes quite intense… and only such a body can bear the Force of Equilibrium extracted from the “Stibium Alchemy” concept.
Every rebirth makes the body more aged and decrepit, but the soul becomes stronger.
If one can complete seven rebirths, then the soul will be refined into a resplendent soul—what the alchemists strive for as “Star Antimony.”
This enables the alchemists to acquire a soul as great as a God’s. With such power, they are able to reach the Sixth Power Level and perform one of the three miracles.
“How many times have you been reborn?”
The Red Chancellor asked earnestly.
“Four times.”
Alfonso answered.
“Far less than Bashir,” Pengbonazi sighed, “He completed six—just one step away, and he could have achieved immortality.”
“Can a soul of Star Antimony achieve immortality?”
“Yes. Back then, I wished for a companion who wasn’t born of the Path of Love, yet could stay by my side forever. That’s why… I supported his cause.”
Pengbonazi gazed at Valentine VII, the nostalgia in his eyes gradually cooling.
He turned away, back facing Valentine VII, looking at a portrait hanging in the study—that was a portrait of Valentine I.
“I’ll give you a chance.”
Pengbonazi said: “For the sake of the times when you were willing to call me ‘sir’.”
Valentine VII stared at Pengbonazi, a hint of bright yellow brilliance gradually appearing in his pupils.
He sat motionless, but his soul burst forth from his body in an instant.
The soul, visible to the naked eye, continuously withdrew from his seven orifices, solidifying into a black smoke—coalescing into a black starving wolf, roaring and lunging at Pengbonazi!
Yet Pengbonazi had no reaction.
As the hungry wolf enveloped in black smoke neared Pengbonazi, his body ruptured, bled, and withered—not due to impact or tearing, but a spontaneous collapse and disintegration. All pathic forces meant for protection were nullified; it was a direct assault on the very material itself.
After the wolf roared past Pengbonazi, his body disintegrated suddenly!
Apart from Pengbonazi, the desk he had been sitting at, and the soft woolen carpet on the floor were also devoured by the ink-like power, shattered!
Under the wash of that power, Pengbonazi’s body was ultimately reduced to ash, dispersed by the intangible yet all-consuming force.
This is the first step in Alchemy.
Destroy the old nature of all materials, reducing them to a “primal matter” that can be utilized. Afterwards, there is the opportunity for rebirth, transforming it into a new kind of material—the first step of the resurrection ritual, “death,” symbolizes just that.
And for mortals, just this step alone could kill almost anyone!
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After the wolf tore apart everything it touched, it fell to the ground, turning into a pool of ink-black mire. Immediately thereafter, a viscous white liquid, like milk, emerged from it—
In the next moment, pure white doves flew up from that mire!
This is the “blackening” followed by “whitening,” which decomposes and purifies the essence of materials. After the whitening is complete, alchemists can freely manipulate these separated materials.
It also means that the alchemist has utterly controlled this mass of material, capable of shaping it into any form desired…
