Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

The Philosopher's Stone gave him a qualitative leap in abilities.

Julia saw the electricity in his hand, but there was no fear in her eyes: "Atlas, even if you obtain the Holy Star, it will still be useless."

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Atolas scoffed at Julia. "Has fear clouded your judgment?"

“I heard from the Amestris officer who injured you that the Holy Star is nothing more than the Philosopher’s Stone, and that their country had already figured out how to produce this stone years ago.”

"What did you say?!" Atolas thought he had misheard.

“They’ve had these stones for ages, Isaac has them too!” Julia shouted. “Even if you get the Holy Star, you can’t do anything! Atolas!”

"asshole!"

Julia's words undoubtedly enraged him.

A five-year plan, a full five years! For five years, he disguised himself as a prisoner and hid in jail in order to obtain this Holy Star, all for the sake of getting out and ruling the world.

Now someone is telling him that this thing already exists in Amestris, and even if he obtains the Holy Star, he cannot obtain this world.

How could this not enrage him?

"You must be lying to me! Go to hell!"

Atolas reached out, and a violent current shot towards Julia.

Julia closed her eyes as she watched the uncontrollable electric current.

"I'm sorry, what she said is true."

boom!

The current spread out directly, and Isaac and Kimberly appeared in front of Julia.

Chapter 354: Yours isn't even as big as the one I hid in my mouth.

"you……"

Julia looked at the back of the person in front of her. The two had been enemies for various reasons, but after discovering Atlas's true colors, she could no longer regard Isaac as an enemy.

"Hey, Miss Julia, I didn't expect to see you here," Isaac said, smiling at Julia. "Nice figure."

Julia then realized that her clothes had been torn to shreds by Atlas, and she was now half-naked.

"Ah!! You pervert!" Julia quickly covered her chest and looked at Isaac with embarrassment and anger.

"Bullshit, I wasn't the one who tore your clothes."

Isaac patted Julia's bare shoulder and slipped a piece of clothing onto her body.

"Th...thank you," Julia said, blushing.

Upon seeing the two, Atlas shouted angrily, "Hey! You said Julia wasn't wrong! What exactly do you mean?"

Kimberly replied, "Of course that's what I mean!"

Kimberly took the Philosopher's Stone out of his pocket; it was a size larger than the one in Atlas's hand.

"What….."

"The Philosopher's Stone you painstakingly created isn't even as big as the one I hid in my mouth when I was imprisoned," Kimberly mocked. "By the way, I was in the same prison as you, just two doors down."

"You bastard..."

Faced with Kimberly's merciless mockery, Atolas's anger had reached its peak. His meticulous plans of the past five years seemed utterly powerless in the eyes of these people.

He angrily swung his hand, and an ice pillar accompanied by red lightning shot towards Isaac.

boom!

The icicles shattered into countless fragments before they even touched the people.

Atolas possessed a Philosopher's Stone sufficient for approximately one hundred people, while Kimberly possessed one sufficient for about one thousand. As for Isaac's body, it contained a staggering amount equivalent to five million people.

It should be noted that during the previous decisive battle, the Philosopher's Stone in the little man in the bottle was only enough for 100,000 people.

"Kimberly, how long will it take you to deal with him?"

“Three minutes,” Kimberly said with a smile.

"too slow."

As Isaac spoke, he snapped his fingers toward Atlas.

Seeing this, Atolas quickly used alchemy to stop it, and an ice shield appeared in his hand. He wanted to use this shield to block Isaac's attack.

boom!!

It turned out to be futile; his body and the shield in his hand were reduced to fragments.

Atolas exploded instantly, and the Holy Star that he had been holding flew to Isaac's feet.

"..."

Julia stared in shock at everything, still unable to process what had happened.

Atlas just... died like that?

The enemy who killed her parents and brother died so easily in front of her.

"What a boring farce. I actually came all the way from Central City for this piece of crap."

“Don’t say that. At least we know that someone in Cletia can create the Philosopher’s Stone,” Kimberly laughed. “What’s next?”

“Is that even a question?” Isaac grinned maliciously. “Destroy Cleta, of course.”

The farce orchestrated by Atlas has come to an end, and the red light that once shone over Tep City has gradually faded away.

The city has returned to its original state.

“Let’s go. Let the commander send someone more competent to manage this city, and then I’ll go to the bottom of the valley…”

Before Isaac could finish speaking, Violet ran into the secret chamber at the bottom of the tower.

"Brigadier General Isaac, there's trouble with Cleta on the other side."

"Ok?"

"The geothermal plant, which was originally built on the border, exploded, and the lava inside flowed into the valley."

"what?"

"What did you say?!" Julia exclaimed.

Cleta's geothermal plant is a large factory built on the border to extract magma energy from underground. Because digging tunnels directly would be too troublesome, it was simply built on the border. The tunnels used for drainage lead directly to the valley floor, thus saving time on drilling.

In order to survive, some members of the Milos tribe at the bottom of the valley work in the geothermal factory. Because the workplace is a tunnel on a cliff, several people die every year.

If such a factory were to explode, lava flowing upwards would spill out and engulf the entire valley floor.

"You Black Bats are really ruthless, not even sparing your own kind," Isaac said, looking at Julia with a sigh.

As the geothermal plant is a property of the Cleta, the only ones who would attack them are the Milos, who have a grudge against them. And the only ones capable of launching an attack are the Black Bats, who are relatively well-equipped.

“No…we know what would happen if we attacked that factory! It was definitely not us!” Julia shouted in protest.

She was still wondering who would blow up that place after hearing about the geothermal plant explosion.

But whoever did it, if no measures are taken soon, all the residents of the valley will perish in the fire.

"Let's go down and take a look first."

Tens of minutes ago.

Inside the Cletta geothermal plant, a man wearing a mask and a respirator, dressed in a Cletta military uniform, is watching the movements in the city of Tep.

Before long, the city of Tep began to glow red.

"The Holy Star has been born. It's time to bury this hateful canyon and usher in a new world." The masked man said, then ordered the people in front of him, "Graz, blow up the tunnel."

"Yes, sir!" The soldier in front acknowledged the order and pushed the control lever.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions continued to occur in the tunnel connecting the top of Cleta to the bottom of the valley. Soon the entire tunnel was blown to pieces, and the magma inside began to gush out.

The lava flowed all the way to the bottom of the valley, rapidly devouring everything in its path like a man-eating beast.

The people at the bottom of the valley were still working when they saw the lava rushing towards them and froze on the spot, then were terrified.

"Lava!! Lava is coming!"

"Quickly notify the residents to evacuate!"

"Run!"

As alarm bells rang incessantly, those living at the bottom of society began frantically packing their belongings, preparing to flee and seek refuge.

But where can they escape to from this valley bottom?

Everyone watched the lava flowing towards them, their eyes filled with despair.

The black bats at the bottom of the valley were also hanging their equipment on the cliff face, looking down at the bright red lava in terror.

"What's going on here!?"

Seeing all this, the masked person unplugged the oxygen tube connected to the bottom of the mask:

"The time has come."

"Lieutenant Colonel?" The other soldiers saw the masked man leave his position and didn't know what had happened.

"You all stay here. I'll handle the rest."

Chapter 355: The Real Ashley

The magma caused the temperature at the bottom of the valley to rise continuously.

When Isaac and his companions reached the bottom of the valley, they could feel the heatwave washing over them from a great distance.

"That's so unfair..."

Julia covered her mouth as she looked at the hellish scene before her.

Soon, lava will engulf the residential area, and the residents will not have time to evacuate.

The black bats that had been hanging on the cliff face discussing their strategy flew over quickly when they saw Isaac arrive.

The woman in the lead questioned, "Did you cause the explosion at the geothermal plant?"