Zeng Mu returned straight to his room. Kanni was nowhere to be seen, so he guessed the fellow had gone out on duty and probably would not return until late that night. The eve of battle was like the calm before a storm-the most tense moment, when no one could afford to relax. Every knight in the Knights' Order was fully equipped and on alert, ready to spring into action like a tiger pouncing on its prey at the first sign of trouble and drive a sword straight into the enemy's heart.
Zeng Mu picked up a cup of cold water from the table and drained it, then sprang onto the bed. With a flash of green light, he took the special gift Ma Linya had given him out of the Wood Elemental Artifact: the clay jar containing that strange embryo.
He placed it between his crossed legs and began carefully studying its purpose again. This time, however, he relied not on imagination, but on elemental power.
Whoosh! Light surged, gold and purple radiance swirling throughout the room like two suns shining within it. Even the corners were clearly illuminated, yet not a trace of light could be seen outside the window or through the cracks around the door. Having long since reached the Willful Realm, Zeng Mu could clearly control his elemental power with exquisite precision. This was one of the realm's remarkable benefits.
Originally, Zeng Mu had only intended to probe the strange embryo with his elemental power. But when he tried, he encountered something utterly astonishing. His formidable elemental power could not penetrate the clay jar. Even the slightest thread of it was repelled, as though the thing inside was not an embryo, but a stone harder than basalt, capable of completely resisting any elemental power that