Chapter 765: The Star Spirit Realm and the Sealed Power of the Eclipse
The star spirit world.
Under the leadership of Loki, Kira, Erza and their party came here through the time and space portal.
What meets the eye is a sky full of stars, shining brightly and colorfully, some real and some big. Erza, Wendy, Natsu, Gray and the others are all shocked by the scene before them, which is like a girl's dream.
"Ohhhh!! The Celestial Spirit World is so beautiful!!"
"This is my first time in a place like this."
“Who isn’t…”
"Hey, Rocky, are those stars real? Can I touch them??"
The harpy flapped its wings and flew towards the nearest star. While asking this question, its movements had already sped up. However, it unexpectedly discovered that the higher it flew, the greater the resistance it encountered. In the end, it seemed as if there was an invisible soft wall blocking it.
"I can't fly... I can't fly out..."
Seeing the harpy's body being intercepted by the invisible gravity, a fat face squeezed out of the air, and speaking with a familiar rolled tongue sound, Rocky couldn't help but feel ashamed.
"Every star in the Star Spirit Realm has a special force field. These force fields will form an invisible barrier between the stars. This barrier is difficult to break. Therefore, even if two stars are very close, they cannot travel directly between them by flying."
After hearing Rocky's explanation, everyone realized that there was such a saying and asked again: "Then how do you travel between the stars?"
"Well... there are special passages between the stars!"
Kira spit out, "The traffic must be really bad!"
There are two ways of traveling in the Star Realm. One is inside the stars. Since each star is not very big, it basically relies on walking and swimming. The other is between stars. It is probably a special channel condensed by the Star King or someone else using the power of the stars, and it is mainly used for the star spirits to travel between stars.
The latter is manifested in the form of a magic teleportation array, which is like the subway in a first-tier city, criss-crossing and densely packed, more complicated than a spider web.
As an office worker who once suffered from subway commuting, and as a wizard who has conducted in-depth research on magic, Kira knows how difficult it is to design such a magic circle.
You know, there are 88 stars! Even if it is 88 subway stations, at least three lines are needed!
After Loki's explanation, Kira also learned that there are not only three magic transmission lines in the astral world, but 12, and the center of each line is the star where the zodiac is located.
Kira commented on this: "Although this is the first time I've heard of using a magic circle to teleport and then change stations, for me, this setting doesn't seem to be difficult to accept..."
On the other side, after listening to Rocky's explanation of transportation in the Celestial World, Natsu and Wendy were obviously relieved: "Anyway, when traveling, it's not enough to just take transportation..."
If they can find Lucy, they will accept it even if they have to walk, even if it means breaking their legs. Even Wendy is willing to use her short legs in stockings. But as a means of transportation? Sorry, we don't know Lucy... Ahem, we do know each other, but we are very resentful. We must make Lucy compensate us in the future.
Fortunately, they are now traveling by magic circle, not by means of transportation, so the only drawback is that it takes a little more time, so the two of them will definitely be able to accept it.
"So where are we going after we build this magic teleportation array?" Natsu asked curiously on the way to the magic teleportation array.
Rocky replied: "We are now going to the palace where the Star Spirit King is and get the power of the eclipse, which is necessary to make a tracker!"
"Eh~ The Palace of the Celestial Spirit King? It sounds like a palace. Which star is it on? The biggest one ?"
Rocky patted Natsu who was looking around and said, "You can't see it here! The Celestial Spirit King is different from the rest of us. He is not in the eighty-eight stars in the sky, so his palace is not here either. Instead, it is on an independent star. The only star that is directly connected to it is the star where the twelve zodiac signs are located!"
Erza smoothed her long hair, looked at the surrounding environment with a pair of bright eyes, and asked: "Then what planet are we on now...?"
"It's the star of Leo. My people live here."
After the explanation, everyone realized that Rocky was not the only lion-man in the Star World. He was just the one , so he was chosen as the representative of the Leo Star World.
If Loki died, this position would be taken by the strongest of his tribe. This also explains why in the original work, even though he was a Celestial Spirit of the Zodiac, he was exiled to death by the Celestial Spirit King when he killed the Contractor Kallen.
"I don't know why, but I feel like your status has dropped a lot all of a sudden..."
Listening to Kira's undisguised complaints, Rocky was angry but dared not say anything. He just looked at him and said through gritted teeth: "I'm really sorry! I disappoint you!"
Amidst the chat of "settings supplements", Kira and the others were brought by Loki to the palace where the Celestial King was. After learning that they were coming to take the power of the eclipse, the Celestial King did not dare to be careless and showed up on the spot.
"The power of the eclipse is of great importance, so don't take it lightly! But for my friend, I can lend it to you..."
It was also the first time that Kira saw the Celestial King. He habitually compared the difference in strength between the two in his mind. As a result, he found that this Celestial giant, who had lived for who knows how many years, had the blessing of the power of the stars. His strength in the Celestial World could only be described with the four words "unfathomable". It was impossible to use a certain person as a unit of measurement for strength. If he had to say, he could only be barely classified as a high-level shield. Even if he left this environment, the lower limit would be at least Holy Ten.
With the permission of the Star Spirit King, Kira was the first to step forward and watch.
The power of the solar eclipse was condensed by the Star King into a black magic ball and bound with special magic. It looked similar to the globe placed in front of the university gate, except that this ball could move and glow, and the special effects might be worth more than a million.
After careful perception, Kira quickly analyzed the characteristics of the power of the solar eclipse: darkness, corruption, greed, hunger, just like a zombie that has lost its mind, with its mind filled with endless desire to eat, and nothing else.
It is not difficult to imagine that once one is infected by such a thing, a darkening of personality is the least severe. The most terrifying thing is that one will become a beast that only knows how to expand outward and devour, just like the Celestial King in the animation who went berserk after his mind was devoured by the Solar Eclipse.
Kira also discovered another bright spot in the power of the eclipse, so he asked, "Is the magic power of this eclipse ball increasing?"
Kira's words made Rocky and others stunned: What? ? The power of the eclipse is still increasing? !
However, what everyone did not expect was that in response to Kira's question, the Star Spirit King actually gave a positive answer: "Yes! Although the human helped us force the Eclipse out of his body and restored the starry sky to its original appearance, he could not stop the growth of the Eclipse's power!"
"During the time I was sealed here, the power of the solar eclipse has been intensifying, and I can't find the specific source at all..."
Everyone was stunned again.
If the source cannot be found, it cannot be cut off, and we can only watch the power of the eclipse continue to expand. Even the most solid magic circle will eventually fail to maintain its power. At that time, the excessive accumulated eclipse magic power will explode in an instant, swallowing up the entire Star Spirit Realm, leaving no room for recovery!
“Even the Star Spirit King can’t find the source?” Rocky asked hurriedly, suppressing his shock.
He is a Protoss himself, so this matter is more important to him than to others. However, the Protoss King just shook his head regretfully without saying a word, but this was already a clear answer.
At this moment, Kira suddenly said in a faint voice: "As for the source, I have a guess!"
"!!?" ×N
"Kira, do you really know the reason why the power of the eclipse is growing?"
After getting along for many years, everyone in Fairy Tail knows Kira's character very well. Unless he is deliberately playing a prank, he has always been a person who adheres to the principle of "know what you know, and don't know what you don't know".
In other words, you won't lie unless you do it intentionally.
However, now the matter involves the survival of the Celestial Realm and the whereabouts of Lucy, so the few of them still have some trust in what Kira said.
"First of all, it is certain that the Eclipse magic power comes from the time chaos caused by Lucy pushing open the Eclipse Gate. Now there is a problem with the Eclipse Gate, and it is connected to a parallel world. The only explanation is that this power comes from the parallel world!"
Kira's inference can only be said to be mediocre, but for these wizards who have always limited their vision to a single world, it is already a fantasy idea.
The Celestial King was not too surprised by this. As the Lord of a world, he had already thought about it before, saying, "I have also thought about this possibility. But if it really came from a parallel world, what caused it to flow into this world? And how did it get here?"
As we all know, a path is needed to travel from place A to place B, which is completely different in geographical location. If the two places are one meter apart, a one-meter path is needed; if they are ten meters apart, a ten-meter path is needed; even if there is a space wormhole between the two places that can be reached instantly, at least traces of the space wormhole will be left at the original place.
However, there are no similar traces around the eclipse force in front of him, so it gives people the feeling that it will reproduce and grow on its own, which is why the Star Spirit King cannot find its source.
But it is also well known that energy is conserved, and this also applies to the magical world, so the power of the solar eclipse will not increase for no reason. The additional power of the solar eclipse must have an energy source!
