Chapter 160: The True Face of the World

  He slowly opened his eyes, and Garro slowly stood up from the chair. "Sorry, friend, but this is my lifelong wish." With a wave of his hand, he pressed it against the stone wall, and a faint ripple spread out, causing the massive stone at the entrance of the stone castle to merge with the adjacent stone wall, making it impossible to tell that they were once two separate parts.

  Alchemy, material alchemy.

  Karo headed towards the basement of Shi Bo, which even Jie Mi La didn't know about, was built by Karo himself. The entire basement was large but only had one room.

  The entire room only had a huge stone pedestal and a sturdy safe, upon closer inspection, the pedestal was made of high-quality refined iron, with a large alchemy formation diagram carved on it, completely covering the entire surface, and on top of that, there were also many ores and other things.

  Kala came in front of the safe, opened the door, took out a box from inside and then took out the things from it.

  If there were connoisseurs now, they would be stunned. There aren't many things inside, just some jewelry: yesterday's矢车菊 blue sapphire,鸽 blood red ruby,黑 starlight crystal, top-grade sheep fat white jade, and several round, smooth, similarly-sized top-grade pearls. Just these few items are absolutely worth over 100 million!

  But among them, the most eye-catching is a diamond that emits seven-colored light! The legendary Conna Blood Diamond! The diamond on the head of the ancient country's king, one that can buy half a small country, an extraordinary diamond.

  "Everything is ready, Bing Yue, I will definitely save you." In the innermost part of the safe, Jia Luo carefully took out a crescent-shaped hairpin, which was the only relic left by Bing Yue back then.

  Looking at this thing, Gallo's thoughts began to wander. Soul alchemy, a legendary power that only gods could possess, for humans can create machines, electronics, and chemistry, but never life and soul, which is the power of the gods.

  However, soul alchemy can be said to have offended the realm of God's existence, using one's own spiritual power to create a soul is equivalent to being a god. The technique used on the Silver Knight is one of the soul alchemy techniques, Soul Division, which transfers part of one's spiritual power to another object or living thing. With Galo's spiritual power, even if it's slightly weaker than others, humans can still be controlled. In a sense, soul alchemy is invincible.

  And now, Gallo is going to use the soul summoning of Soul Alchemy. There should be the soul power of Bingyue on the crescent-shaped hairpin. With the materials on the stage, a new body will be recreated and then infuse Bingyue's soul into it, so that Bingyue can be revived.

  But this is only theoretical, and experimentally, he didn't have the extra opportunity to experiment, and could only use other soul alchemy techniques to try whether soul alchemy really existed.

  According to the Silver Knight's usage, he understood that Soul Alchemy was truly existent and feasible. Now, he had no choice but to go all-in.

  "Don't worry, Bingyue. If I fail, I'll keep trying until I save you." Jia Luo clenched his fist slowly. "Please."

  The crescent-shaped hairpin still emits a faint glow, and the ten years have not diminished its owner's nostalgia for it. In order to create the most perfect body for Bingyue, Galo spent all his savings over the years to buy countless top-grade materials.

  All materials have been placed on the stage, and Gallo made a final careful check, which was most important to him.

  After repeatedly confirming that there was no mistake, Jiāo Lìng calmed down and turned his thoughts into a meditation on Bīng Yuè. He then raised his hands with the backs of his palms facing outwards and the centers of his palms facing inwards, and his spiritual energy began to fully condense.

  Gently closing his eyes, both hands began to emit a faint golden light. The achievement of alchemy also depends on the luster that the alchemist can embody, from the lowest green light, then cyan, purple, red, and finally, the golden light that Galois is using now.

  With both hands pressed down, he placed them on one corner of the alchemy formation diagram on the stone pedestal and poured his spiritual energy into it without any reservation. Immediately, a golden glow began to emanate from where his hands were pressing, and within a few short seconds, the entire refined iron stone pedestal was covered in it. From a distance, it looked as if it had transformed into a golden pedestal.

  After a few minutes, the golden light grew brighter and new changes emerged. The alchemy formation diagram on the stage began to emit a faint silver glow from where Gallo's hand was pressed. Under the illumination of the golden platform, this silver color was difficult to notice. The silver color moved along the lines of the formation diagram, moving slowly and harmoniously. After another full ten minutes, it had traversed the entire formation diagram.

  At this moment, Gallo's face had already begun to sweat, the soul summoning required a spiritual power that far exceeded his imagination, but having come this far, he absolutely could not give up.

  The silver array diagram lit up after completion, and the color of the golden platform was not far off. The two kinds of light from gold and silver were reflected into a brilliant radiance, which was truly beautiful.

  At this time, the silver array diagram's radiance began to extend, slowly stretching upwards and unfolding, enveloping all the materials.

  Jia Luo's face lit up with joy, he knew that the first step of soul refining had succeeded, and the materials wrapped around him would undergo a transformation in this flesh refining array until the completion of Bing Yue's body.

  Slowly, the materials began to float up, twisting and deforming in mid-air before slowly merging together.

  Lamb fat and white jade for skin, minerals for body. This can be said to be the birth of an artificial human being. The joyful color on Gallo's face became heavier and heavier, because it was very obvious that all the materials had slowly produced the human form.

  It had come to the most critical moment, Garro's face was pale, and his mental strength was greatly consumed, causing his head to throb with pain. He clenched his teeth tightly, and blood dripped from the corner of his mouth. At this point, he was completely relying on physical pain to maintain his consciousness.

  Unconsciously, ten hours have passed, the combination of materials is really too slow, and it's only 80% complete now. However, a rough outline has emerged - the body looks like that of a 16- or 17-year-old, with skin as white and tender as a freshly peeled egg, as if it would ooze water at the slightest touch. What world-famous model could compare to this flawless complexion?

  A head of black and shiny hair, condensed with black crystal, perfectly beautiful, without a single speck of impurity, so elegant and enchanting.

  Looking at these, Gallo felt that his hard work had not been in vain, and the limbs of his body were slowly stretching out, indicating that he was almost in the final stage.

  Taking a deep breath, Gallo withdrew his hands and picked up several bottles of medicine placed beside him, gulping them down to slightly alleviate the pain in his body. After closing his eyes for a brief rest, he was ready to take the final step.

  As I opened my eyes, I saw the body floating in mid-air, and my face involuntarily turned red. The body was already complete, except for the final facial features that would be produced after the soul had been infused, but the beautiful female physique had already exerted a fatal attraction.

  Forced himself to shift his gaze away, muttering in his heart "This is your sister, this is your sister..."

  His mind calmed down again, thanks to Gallo's firm will. He walked up to the stage, raised his right index finger and lightly touched it to his forehead.

  Golden light burst forth once again, and unlike the previous radiance, this time it was even more concentrated and brighter, as if it had materialized. On Galo's fingertips, there seemed to be a thick layer of golden color.

  Just this action seemed to have completely exhausted his physical strength, and his legs softened, almost kneeling to the ground.

  Gritting her teeth, Kaoru barely managed to stand up straight, stretching out her fingers and touching the crescent-shaped hair ornament.

  Ding, the light burst out with unparalleled brilliance the moment it came into contact with the hair accessory, so intense that even Gallo couldn't look straight at it.

  She slightly turned her head, wanting to wait until the light was a bit weaker before looking again. Suddenly, the entire stone platform began to shake violently, and some of its edges had already started crumbling. Gallo's eyes widened in terror as she turned her head around - this was clearly the result of a failed alchemy experiment!

  "No!" Garo shouted with wide eyes, if he failed now, everything would be in vain, this result was absolutely unacceptable to him. Not to mention the materials of the body itself, it's not easy to find another batch, and if the crescent-shaped hairpin is destroyed, then it's completely impossible to revive Bingyue.

  Ignoring his weakened body, Garo swiftly turned around and grabbed the crescent-shaped hair ornament. After absorbing its energy, the ornament emitted high heat, instantly scalding Garo's hand.

  Severe pain came surging over, Galo's face contorted in agony, but he gritted his teeth and endured it, stretching out his other hand towards the floating corpse.

  However, it was too late. The instability of the Iron Throne had reached its peak. Just as Garro's fingers made contact with the body, the Iron Throne exploded.

  The internal explosion blasted the entire massive iron platform weighing tens of thousands of kilograms to pieces, countless iron blocks flew out and hit the wall, creating one huge dent after another. Of course, Gallo, who was at the very center, couldn't possibly avoid it.

  A piece of iron the size of a human head pierced his chest, an absolutely fatal wound appeared, and the scraped iron also injured his heart. Countless blood and internal organs splattered all over the ground. It can be said that in such a situation, Gallo's outcome was only one, that is death.

  His body was weak and soft on the ground, and he struggled to lift his head "Ice... moon..." His right hand slowly reached out to the still floating body "Give me... strength... I promise you... will definitely... save... you..."

  With his last ounce of strength exhausted, his fingers fell weakly onto the toes of the corpse.

  The explosion of the refined iron platform continued, and the alchemy failed. With so many materials, it was impossible to suppress them. The fragments of refined iron scattered throughout the underground chamber exploded one after another, each with a force comparable to that of a hand grenade. The continuous explosions lasted for a long time, quickly destroying the entire underground chamber.

  Not only that, but the explosion also ignited other objects inside the stone castle, and with a loud roar, the entire stone castle was reduced to nothing.

  Jack, who had come all the way from Paris in a flash, heard the explosion from far away. With his heart burning with anxiety, he drove at a top speed of 230 kilometers per hour, but when he arrived at Stone Castle, he realized that everything was too late.

  The entire stone castle, which was originally towering high, has turned into a pile of ruins, and everything has become nothingness.

  "No! It can't be!" Jack rushed frantically through the rubble, searching "Garo, you bastard, come back! You can't be dead, come back!"

  The sky, at some point, started raining, a few hours of madness, had completely exhausted his energy, the cold raindrops fell on his face, so sorrowful.

  "Why... why do you want to learn soul alchemy? Didn't Grandfather tell you that the ultimate result of soul alchemy is an equivalent exchange? Even if you succeed, God will take away a corresponding price from you... Why..."

  Jack could no longer bear the grief and exhaustion, his body curled up in a ball, mourning the loss of his best friend.