To be successful, one must first be filled with confidence in everything they do—this is the foundation of success.
“Master... is there any other way we can try...”
“Mas...ter...”
Seeing that Ethan Clark seemed unaware of the seriousness of the situation and agreed without any hesitation, both Emily Harris and Olivia Smith looked at Ethan Clark in pain.
“I know very well what’s at stake. Isn’t it just superior spirit pills and elixirs? As long as this world has them, then nothing is a problem.” As he spoke, Ethan Clark took out the mutated Spider King’s inner core and tossed it to Olivia Smith: “First use this to detoxify Fourth Brother, then help Third and Fourth Brother heal their internal injuries.”
After Ethan Clark finished speaking, not allowing Olivia Smith or Emily Harris to say anything more, he had already taken hold of Lucas Walker’s arm. He took out some “external medicine” from his storage pouch and began to reattach Lucas Walker’s severed arm. With true essence and external medicine, combined with special techniques from the cultivation world, he quickly reattached Lucas Walker’s arm.
It took less than an hour for Ethan Clark to finish reattaching Lucas Walker’s arm. The cultivation world was simply incomparable to the modern society Ethan Clark knew. After the reattachment, Lucas Walker’s hand already had sensation, though it was not very flexible.
The scars at the joint had also disappeared. If not for the need for further cultivation, this kind of external medicine could already restore a severed arm to a normal state in a short time.
But for Lucas Walker, this was still far from enough.
“What’s the problem?” After helping Lucas Walker reattach his arm, Ethan Clark looked over at Olivia Smith and the others, only to see the two of them standing beside Benjamin Clark with worried faces.
Holding the mutated Spider King’s inner core with a bitter expression, Olivia Smith said, “Master, this inner core is very effective. We’ve already detoxified Fourth Brother just now. However... this mutated Spider King has already reached the Nascent Soul stage, and its inner core has undergone many changes. The effect of using this to treat Third and Fourth Brother’s internal injuries would also be great, but we can’t activate an inner core that’s already reached the Nascent Soul stage. And right now, Third Brother’s true essence is in chaos, and neither Second Sister nor I can control it.”
What should have been a simple matter was like a thin layer of paper on a window—if you’re not strong enough, knowing it’s just a thin layer is useless.
“Give it to me.” Ethan Clark walked over to Benjamin Clark, reaching out for the mutated Spider King’s inner core.
Second Senior Sister is already at the mid Airborne stage, and she just tried but couldn’t do it either. Can Master really do it? Lucas Walker was full of doubt. Master had changed a lot, and with his arm reattached, Lucas Walker stood by coldly observing.
Olivia Smith hurriedly handed the inner core to Ethan Clark. Both he and Emily Harris had the same expression, their faces full of anticipation as they saw Ethan Clark about to take action.
Although Master can use lightning techniques, his strength is still only at the mid Airborne stage. Even if he can activate the inner core, the injured Benjamin Clark is at the late Airborne stage.
After taking the inner core, Ethan Clark examined it. The core was filled with life and energy, and could work wonders for alchemy, healing, or even cultivation. As for how effective it would be, that depended on the power contained within.
Earlier, Emily Harris had also tried. Although she had just reached the mid Airborne stage, she was already at its peak, just one step away from the late stage. But to open the mutated spider’s inner core with this alone was clearly impossible, so Ethan Clark decided to use lightning techniques directly.
Ethan Clark’s hand flickered faintly with lightning, and the flashing light gradually enveloped the inner core, the power intensifying as it penetrated inside. Earlier, Olivia Smith and Emily Harris couldn’t even break through the outer layer, but Ethan Clark managed it right away—though he didn’t relax.
Because he knew the real challenge wasn’t this. When Ethan Clark used his lightning power to control the force inside the inner core, which was still only at the late Airborne stage, and tried to guide it into Benjamin Clark’s body, that’s when the trouble started.
Lightning techniques, the power of thunder, are the most violent—so lightning attacks are the strongest among powers of the same level. Ethan Clark’s lightning technique, used to control the power inside the inner core, directly destroyed much of the uncontrollable energy, making it seem like the two sides were fighting.
Fortunately, the power Ethan Clark infused wasn’t much or very strong, otherwise he would have blown the inner core apart.
Ethan Clark slowly withdrew his lightning energy. His lightning technique had not yet reached the level of being perfectly rounded and unified, where hardness turns to softness. Even at his peak in the modern world, he had only barely touched the edge of this. In the cultivation world’s terms, he would need to reach the “Heaven” realm to touch the threshold of “hardness turning to softness,” and to truly perfect it, he would probably need to reach the “Void” realm.
In other words, his lightning technique was now at level eight; only after reaching level ten could he achieve this.
If it was just taken orally, the effect would be much weaker—reaching even a third of the effect would be good. If the power inside the inner core could be controlled and guided, maybe it would be enough for both Third and Fourth Brother to use at the same time, but if taken directly, it might not even be enough for one person...
Thinking of the simplest method—oral administration—Ethan Clark suddenly thought of something.
“You all go out first,” Ethan Clark waved for Olivia Smith and the others to leave, then began his experiment.
He first used a lightning strike to open a hole in the inner core, then poured about a tenth of the viscous liquid inside into Benjamin Clark’s mouth. Immediately, he began to use another ability: healing.