It had to be said, Stone Six's aim was actually pretty good.
Even though the spirit stone was so small and the pickaxe so large, and after raising it high the distance between the tip of the pickaxe and the spirit stone was over two meters, Stone Six still managed to strike the spirit stone squarely with the tip of the pickaxe.
The force of the swing + the strength of his waist + the weight of the pickaxe all collided with the spirit stone in that instant.
'Looks like… this one should be in the bag.'
Clang!
However, what Ethan didn't expect was that the spirit stone remained as steady as a mountain. Forget cracks, it didn't even move at all.
'What the hell am I supposed to do now?'
"Uh…"
Seeing this, Stone Six was completely dumbfounded, "Lord, what kind of thing is this? Why is it so hard?"
"Spirit stone. As for why it's this hard, I have no idea."
Ethan shook his head, indicating he didn't understand either.
Stone Six scratched his head and, unwilling to give up, tried a few more times. The result…
[Great Strength Creates Miracles: Obtained Dragon Coins +1]
[Great Strength Creates Miracles: Obtained Ancient Tape Recorder +1]
[Great Strength Creates Miracles: Obtained Orange Starry Sky Stone +1]
As the "clang clang" sounds rang out, the tip of Stone Six's pickaxe had already gone dull, yet he still couldn't break through the spirit stone's defense. He couldn't even imagine how the white eagle usually treated these spirit stones like snacks and crunched them down.
"Right! White eagle!"
Ethan looked toward the white eagle that was still bathing in the snow and said, "Tool… white eagle, come here!"
"Gah?"
Hearing its master call, the white eagle immediately stopped its dry-cleaning motion and looked toward Ethan.
Ethan waved his hand, and it immediately flew over.
Then, Ethan took out three spirit stones and said, "Here! Help me crush these three spirit stones "
"Gah?"
ʘ∇ʘ?
"Don't understand?"
Ethan scratched his head. The white eagle's intelligence wasn't high to begin with.
Last time it even swallowed a fire spirit. Most likely its brain got burned, and now its intelligence had already dropped below the bottom line.
"White eagle. Just put these spirit stones into your mouth and chew them. After crushing them, spit them out for me," Ethan took a spirit stone, wiped it with his clothes, and put it into his mouth to demonstrate, "Like this. Got it?"
"Coo! Coo!"
The white eagle nodded repeatedly, finally understanding Ethan's meaning.
Only then did Ethan place the three spirit stones in his hand and hold them out in front of the white eagle. The white eagle picked them up with its beak and swallowed them, then began to "crunch! crunch!" again.
This time… Ethan finally saw it clearly.
The white eagle didn't eat like a human using teeth. It simply used its hard beak to forcibly grind the spirit stones into pieces.
It was kind of like some sort of hydraulic press, relying on immense force to crush things.
However, after finally waiting for the white eagle to crush the spirit stones, just as Ethan reached out to receive them, the white eagle suddenly raised its head and made a swallowing motion.
After swallowing, the white eagle widened its eyes, with a look like it had done something wrong.
━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━!!*
"..."
Ethan was speechless.
Forget it. Asking something with the white eagle's intelligence to crush the spirit stones and then spit them out was just too difficult.
Right at this moment, Ethan saw a golden teapot sneakily flying over from the snowy ground toward his direction.
There was still a trace of steam rising from the teapot, and occasionally warm water dripped out from it.
No need to think to know… it had to be that fellow, the Genie Sylas, who had just finished soaking in the hot spring and come back.
"Emmm…"
Ethan looked at the now-dulled pickaxe in Stone Six's hand, then at the silly white eagle lowering its head as if it had done something wrong. His eyes suddenly lit up.
A high-level tool person had come online.
Why not use it if it's available.
Although he really liked the Genie Sylas as a high-level tool person, if he directly asked this guy for help, it would definitely make people beg it before agreeing.
Ethan didn't want to indulge that habit.
So… he wanted Sylas to do it willingly, and even fight to do it.
"Stone Six!"
Ethan deliberately turned his back toward Sylas's direction and said to Stone Six, "In a moment, no matter what I say to you, you just need to reply with 'how is that possible,' understand?"
"Huh?", Stone Six looked confused, "Lord, I just have to answer 'how is that possible,' right?"
"Exactly!"
Ethan nodded.
Then he estimated the time it would take for Sylas to come over, took out another ten spirit stones, and said, "Stone Six, your 'great strength creates miracles' skill isn't that great. It took you so long to only break ten spirit stones. Look, even the white eagle is faster than you."
Although Stone Six was full of confusion, he still cooperated, "How… how is that possible?"
"How is it not possible! You're just overconfident. There's always someone better out there, haven't you heard?", Ethan gave Stone Six a look of approval, then continued, "Do you know how many spirit stones my master Nostradamus can crush at once? Easily a hundred."
"How is that possible?"
Stone Six's reply came out even more smoothly this time, even carrying a bit of emotion.
Even Ethan, who was standing across from him, almost believed what he said.
Sure enough, encouragement makes people improve.
"How is it not possible? Other archmages, I can't really say, since some of them don't even have a physical body, so it's hard to judge," Ethan continued boasting, "But my master Nostradamus is different. With one swing of its stone hammer, forget a hundred spirit stones, it could probably even smash the ground apart…"
"Isn't it just a hundred spirit stones?", Sylas appeared in front of Ethan with an annoyed expression, "Who said I can't do it?"
"Archmage Sylas, you can do it too?", Ethan pretended to be shocked and covered his mouth, "That's amazing! I definitely can't. Can you let me see it?"
As he spoke, Ethan immediately took out a hundred spirit stones from the warehouse and handed them to Sylas.
At this moment, Sylas still had no idea it had been tricked. It even smugly used its smoke-formed finger to draw a circle in the air.
The hundred spirit stones in Ethan's hands flew directly into the vortex it drew.
Like laundry balls thrown into a washing machine.
Then… that vortex sphere became smaller and smaller, while the spirit stones inside became more and more compressed.
Until the vortex shrank to about the size of a bowling ball, and the spirit stones inside could barely move anymore, Sylas suddenly clenched the air.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
The sound of countless spirit stones exploding rang out.
Immediately after, Ethan saw that all the spirit stones inside the vortex had turned into white powder.
"Awesome!"
Ethan clapped repeatedly and said, "An archmage is indeed an archmage. Truly amazing!"
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