nownovels Chapter 317: Importance of Prana Stones, Big Difference
Chapter 317: Importance of Prana Stones, Big Difference
Erix touched one of the magic circles on the wall and got the notification.
[Do you wish to accept the challenge?]
'Yes'
A second later, everyone disappeared from the cavern.
[Challenge: defeat the Crystal Magma Goloth]
The group appeared in a mysterious lavatic place with a crystal biome and a fifty-meter-tall giant standing just a kilometer away.
*Roarrr!*
The giant roared, conjuring magma meteors above it as they rapidly shot toward the group.
Erix's eyes flashed as consumed Prana and produced Nihilir Wisps that appeared before the incoming meteors.
The moment those wisps touched the meteors, they vanished and appeared behind the giant, giving it a taste of its own attack as it slightly stumbled forward.
*Crackle!*
Rin waved her Blade Eater katana and Raibor Power Slime longsword, releasing a giant cross-slash costing 20,000 Prana, 2000 spirit force, and 2000 Blade Ki for a full buff of Ruined Blade Piece class-skill.
Rin's best class skill, Ruined Blade Piece, activated whenever she consumed Blade Ki in her attacks. Ruined Blade Piece: Random offense-type buff + 10% to 100% increase in your attack's power depending on consumed Blade Ki in the next attack.
The Cross-slash was two attacks, so after the first one, the second one got the Ruined Blade Piece effect.
The cross-slash dealt significant damage to the Crystal Magma Goloth, creating a giant, deep X-shaped gnash on its body and blasting it back.
"You guys became so powerful," Isabella said as a sigh of amazement left her mouth.
She took out her staff with a four-colored magic orb and created a water-elemental field before using Wind and creating icy attacks.
Since it was a Magma/crystal type Boss, Ice had an attribute advantage against it.
Aria conjured her giant whale. It opened its mouth and released a burst of condensed water bullets that exploded upon impact.
Crystal Magma Goloth had a gigantic amount of Vitality and toughness, but it still neared its death after those attacks, with Erix finally finishing it off by releasing his attack.
"I can't believe we finished it off so fast..." Isabella wryly smiled.
The scenery cracked like glass after the giant boss died, and the group found themselves in a magical cavern littered with Prana crystals stuck on the walls and floors.
"We have to break the crystals from their nodes. If you break them from somewhere else or even a crack forms, its energy will leak, and Prana stone won't form."
Isabella informed them and then demonstrated how to do it.
She conjured a simple Prana blade and used it to cut a nearby spiking crystal from its node.
The crystal had seven nodes, similar to seven zig zag-type linings, and she had to precisely cut through the linings to separate a chunk from the whole crystal—1 low-grade Prana stone acquired.
"This crystal has seven nodes, so we'll get seven Prana stones from it."
Everyone understood the assignment and started mining Prana stones.
The whole cavern had approximately a hundred crystals, which were roughly 600 to 1200 low-grade Prana stones depending on the Prana crystal's size and nodes.
Prana stones were very important for Royal-order powerhouses and above.
Aside from being a general currency, a Royal-order powerhouse needed Prana stones to expand and strengthen their Arcane Spirit Pond gradually, which was their source of Magic power and Prana capacity.
"There are others on the 5th floor, so we'll just take one of those."
"Let's begin," Karas nodded as he took out a pair of brown metallic guns with ruby and emerald patterns.
The others in his party also took out their various weapons.
One-time-use items and consumables weren't allowed during the event challenge battle to prevent it from dragging and make it fair.
"Don't wait for me. Just attack," Rin floated up and approached them, stopping just five hundred meters from the group.
"Because if I attack, it will be over."
Karas nodded, "Begin."
At his signal, all nine party members of Karas's party unleashed their skills.
*Swoosh!*
*Crrr!*
First, Rin was trapped in a giant triangular prison before a hole opened at its front where several powerful condensed dark blue orbs with volatile lightning shot inside, exploding.
Right after that, ten flame spears with patterns shot towards the dust and debris that rose after the triangular prison was destroyed with explosions of those dark blue orbs.
*Boom!*
Each spear exploded in a narrow blast before a few more attacks shot toward Rin.
Rin wasn't visible to them ever since she was trapped, so they didn't know how much damage they did to her or if they defeated her, but the remaining members also hurled their attacks.
In the end, Karas also released his prepared attack, a giant icy flower with eccentric light yellow patterns.
"Interesting, he has an attribute-concept of ice," Erix noted in surprise.
"From an event or Mystic shop," Isabella said. "I am also planning to buy an Attribute-concept slate since I have enough Mystic coins."
*Boom!*
Karas's attack also struck Rin, but when the visual finally cleared, everyone in Karas's party felt their heart jump out of their mouth.
"Sorry. Your attacks were not enough to break my defense," Rin smiled, surrounded by her Chronace Field and simply dissoluting all attacks that neared her.
Not a single impact managed to reach her.
"That confirms my hunch," Karas muttered. "She is Rank 2 on the leaderboard. Rin."
"I'll attack now," Rin's eyes gleamed, and in the next second, Rin waved her hands and released ten ultra-fast and condensed slashes bearing all of her powers costing a total of 20,000 Prana, 1000 Blade Ki, and 1000 spirit force.
Karas and his party had conjured their defenses, but aside from Karas, the rest instantly vanished and appeared outside the cavern.
Karas's figure was almost cut into two, but since this was a challenge, he wasn't injured in the real.
The thick, condensed ice coating his body was shattered along with the shield that he conjured.
Although he survived, Rin didn't need to use a second attack because his Vitality hit 0, and he disappeared, arriving in the cavern.
"Boss, what the fuck?! What was that power?"
"It wasn't like any element we've seen so far!"
"It was a strange elemental power indeed. My ice defense was thoroughly shredded and severed while the aftereffects were also deadly," Karas nodded and walked towards the mining cave occupied by John.
"But no need to dwell on it. Focus on the event and mine Prana stones. We confirmed what we had to confirm."