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Life Stones are fine; replenishing life force is like giving someone a blood transfusion—as long as the blood type is the same, there's no major problem.

But the soul is different; everyone's soul is unique.

Once the Soul Stone bears the mark of that creature.

If someone uses this raw stone to repair their soul, it will become tainted with the marks of other souls.

At that time, the soul becomes turbid, and at best, one will be unable to make any further progress; at worst, one will become demented and stupid.

In more serious cases, one's soul is devoured by an external mark, and one is reborn by another.

So, back then, Nicole VIII...

Whether it's your body or your soul, they're all intertwined.

The separation step is omitted, allowing us to focus on the extraction process.

To ensure that the extracted energy is pure enough and contains the biological imprint, the elixir of immortality will not have side effects.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Zicomo abandoned the two methods of using raw stones.

Inspired by the idea of ​​an enhanced version of the Philosopher's Stone, his purification problem was also solved.

That is, first make the container that serves as the outer shell, and then engrave the magical runes for filtering and absorption on it.

The stone will be inserted directly into the organism's body, and the process will be completed.

This way you can obtain pure raw stones.

Putting all that aside, his priority now is to create the enhanced version of the magic stone.

Or you could call it an empty shell of an enhanced version of the magic stone.

After all, it does not contain the life and soul of any living being.

The material must be of very high quality to accommodate the souls of gods and demigods.

Zicomo thought of a suitable material—golden tree.

Of course, not the one at the border.

It was the one behind him in the garden.

The golden tree itself can absorb all kinds of energy, so vitality and soul are naturally abundant.

Moreover, it itself originated from the seed of the golden tree at the border.

Since they share the same origin, the step of shielding the boundary planet is unnecessary.

With this in mind, Zicomo immediately took action.

To this end, he did not hesitate to cut off one of the main roots of the small golden tree.

After all, plants absorb nutrients through their roots.

It uses the roots and stems of the Golden Tree as the main ingredient, supplemented by various materials for crafting magic stones. This includes a large quantity of magical ores and herbal plants.

In the end, he obtained a golden gem the size of an egg.

It's described as a gemstone, but it's actually made of wood.

Although it is described as wood, it is actually harder than steel.

Moreover, in order to facilitate its implantation into the bodies of those gods and demigods, Zicomo specially made it into a spindle shape with two sharp heads.

"々｀ It's finally finished. I'll call you Magic Crystal."

Thinking of the magic crystals in a certain magic awakening game, Zicomo simply named it after them.

It was past Hogwarts' mealtime, and Zicomo was too lazy to go to the dining hall.

Cook right here in the 'Zen Garden'.

After finishing dinner, he was going to test the stone's effects.

Zicomo's chosen target was naturally the powerful demigod, 'Starbreaker General' Rataen.

No matter how much he regrets it, Zicomo is destined to stand against Ratahn.

After all, he needs to enter the Eternal City, which requires the stars to start turning again.

Moreover, killing Ratahn was also his own wish.

He was consumed by Marlenia's crimson corruption, but still retained a sliver of sanity.

He lay in slumber on the Gobi Desert behind the Red Lion City.

He spread the word, waiting for one person, or perhaps a group, to arrive who could kill him.

He ultimately wanted to die as a warrior.

Unfortunately, Zicomo may not be able to realize his wish.

Zicomo needs his vitality and soul.

Naturally, it was impossible for him to show himself and fight him.

As for why Zicomo didn't choose another demigod.

One reason is that he hasn't yet explored the areas of the other demigods.

Oh, no. He's already taken down one of those traitors, Greck.

Secondly, as Lani's brother, Ratahn's life and soul energy would naturally be more suitable for Lani.

So, I'm sorry, brother-in-law, I'll take good care of Lani and my mother-in-law for you!

Go ahead and rest assured!

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Chapter 45 Hermione's triumphant advance, and Zicomo's preparations to send her brother-in-law on his way.

The camera then shifts to Hermione, who is now dressed as an explorer and approaches Harry and Ron.

Ron couldn't help but complain, "Come on, what are you trying to do by dressing up so weirdly?"

Hermione rolled her eyes and said, "What do you know? I call it a sense of ritual. How can you go on an adventure without wearing an adventure suit?"

“At least it looks very strange to me,” Ron said with a shrug.

"Then I think you should learn more about the world of Muggles."

Hermione offered her advice.

Harry nodded in agreement, agreeing that the Muggle world had many good aspects as well.

He was even a little envious of Hermione for having such professional equipment.

After all, while the Hogwarts uniforms are nice, the robes are ultimately somewhat inconvenient for movement.

"Alright, enough chatting. Time's of the essence. We need to get going," Harry urged.

He worried that if he arrived too late, Snape would steal the Philosopher's Stone.

Snape, who was sleeping: Thank you! I didn't even know I could sleepwalk and steal the Philosopher's Stone.

The group arrived at the room on the third floor, opened the door, and saw Lu Wei lying there.

Perhaps the noise of the door opening was too loud, because Lu Wei was already showing signs of waking up.

"not good!"

"Transform quickly!"

Hermione quickly waved her wand, conjuring a harp out of thin air.

The strings were gently plucked, soothing music began to play, and Lu Wei fell into a deep sleep again.

Indeed, learning more things can be very useful sometimes.

Otherwise, if you play something completely off-key right now, do you think it will give you the face to go to sleep?

Hermione silently thanked her former vocal teacher.

"Let's go, keep moving forward."

The little witch gradually became excited after the adventure began.

Even the way he walks is powerful and energetic.

Arriving at the trapdoor, he opened it and, unafraid of the darkness below, jumped straight down.

Harry and Ron were left staring at each other in bewilderment.

"Shall we go down too?" Harry suggested.

“Okay, but I’m scared.” Ron swallowed hard.

"Then let's go together."

Without waiting for Ron's reply, she grabbed his hand and jumped down.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

A long, drawn-out scream echoed throughout the underground.