Mixed Blessing System

Chapter 838 Space Crystal

Arriving in the depths of the Castle of Shadows, it didn't take Lothur long to reach where something caught his eye.

Crossing the walls of the place, he soon came face to face with a shiny gray gem that radiated a special power that made Lothur feel the hairs on his arms stand on end.

Looking at it without using his sight ability, Lothur saw only a gray spiritual fluctuation emanating from the thing, which seemed to merge with its surroundings like a cloud of energy.

But when Lothur used his sight ability to look deeper, he soon saw a crystal in the small glow, which seemed to control some special power that even he couldn't understand exactly how it worked.

Raising a hand, Lothur couldn't help but touch it to answer the doubts in his heart.

[Space Crystal] [Rank: Quasi-Diamond]

[Origin: This is one of the 5 Immortal Crystals, one of the 30 Magnificent Items, second only to the 7 Singularities. It was born together with the Lost Tree and had deep connections with the Singularities.]

[Characteristics: The Space Crystal can give spatial powers to those who master it. It can be used to make weapons or even integrate with Spirit Bodies as if it were an auxiliary Soul Bone. But it doesn't give any bonus powers in this situation. It just allows you to use it as if it were a bone.]

[Note 1: When absorbing this crystal, the host must be aware that once inside a living body, it can be sensed by other Immortal Crystal hosts.]

[Note 2: It can be forcibly removed from the body once the host has absorbed it. However, similar to the removal of Soul Bones, it is impossible to remove an Immortal Crystal without killing the host.]

[Note 3: The presence of the Immortal Crystal in the host's Spirit Body increases the host's chances of reaching Diamond grade in all of his characteristics.]

Lothur read one of the largest evaluations of the system, if not the largest he had ever seen, and noted that there were many advantages to having it, as well as disadvantages.

From what he understood, that crystal could help him reach the next stage, something never achieved before in history.

After a lot of work in this world, Lothur realized that the qualities of a body were somehow related to its cultivation level.

However, as simple and obvious as this might seem at first glance, it went deeper than that.

That is to say, it wasn't unusual for someone at the 4th stage to have some characteristics of the Platinum grade, which is the equivalent of the 5th level. But someone with all the Platinum-grade traits would definitely be a 5th-stage being.

It wouldn't be possible for a body to have that much quality and remain at a lower level.

So what would happen if someone had all the characteristics of the Diamond grade?

In that case, simple logic would say that this being would reach the 6th stage!

However, this was an unknown level, and even the strongest person in history, the one who combined the 7 Singularities into one body, had only reached the peak of the 5th stage.

When Lothur thought about how close he was to having Diamond-stage characteristics, he was excited about the possibility of more easily achieving further qualitative improvements.

He knew that his progress was already slowing down. As much as it didn't seem to be the case, it was because he had been hunting 4th-stage creatures before, and now he was doing it with Sages.

But even after absorbing the powers of several levels 23 and 24 Sages, he had only improved by an average of 5%.

If it continued to get harder, even if he absorbed the powers of levels 24 and 25 beings in the future, he probably wouldn't be able to reach the Diamond grade in all of his characteristics!

He thought of something and asked the system.

'What would happen if he absorbed all the Immortal Crystals?'

[That person would gain 5 different powers and also increase their chances of advancing to the Diamond grade, or the hypothetical 6th stage.]

'What if it was combined with the 7 singularities?'

[I can't say for sure. According to the legends, such a combination could create a true immortal.]

What was an immortal?

Some people said they were beings who could live continuously without being threatened by time. But could an immortal kill another immortal? 

If the answer was yes, then they were not true immortals but people who were no longer ordinary mortals and were half a step away from attaining true immortality.

Only a completely indestructible being could be given the title of true immortal!

According to the legends of Concordia, there could only be one true immortal. It was a supreme position. Once occupied, the person in that position would prevent anyone else from reaching their level.

But since no one had ever reached that level, not even the lowest level of immortality, all the people of this world knew about it was what the theorists had come up with from some special essences from Concordia.

The system collected all kinds of information to be able to analyze any item from this world, so it was based on known knowledge and couldn't talk about things beyond that.

Lothur wasn't surprised when the system speculated for the first time.

Then he took a few steps back in his questions. 'If I absorb the Space Crystal, it will be traceable to others in the same state as me. But what if I put it into a weapon?'

[The 5 Immortal Crystals can only be sensed when they are in living bodies. In artifacts, they are limited and can only be perceived during the use of their properties and only by those nearby.]

'Perfect.' Lothur smiled as he looked at the Space Belt in his storage item.

'Since this essence won't give me any significant benefits in the short term, I'll leave it to be absorbed after I've rescued my women.' Lothur smiled, imagining that once Viktoria had absorbed her 9th Soul Bone, it would be safe for him to do so and benefit from the Immortal Crystal.

'In the meantime, I'll raise the quality of the Space Belt to the quasi-Diamond grade!' He moved to manipulate the rules of such an artifact and quickly began to increase its properties with the great potential of the Space Crystal.

With his level 25 and extremely high understanding of cultivation, Lothur was able to quickly integrate the Space Crystal into that item!

Amid that fusion, he slightly changed the artifact's shape, creating something completely new.

[Space Watch] [Rank: Quasi-Diamond]

[Characteristics: Can be used to teleport over any distance. It uses the power of the user's soul.]

[Detail 1: It can be used to manipulate space at the will of its user and can only be countered by powers or abilities of the same or higher level.]

[Detail 2: It can be used to create an alternate region of space where the temporal rules don't behave as they do in the natural world.]

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