Chapter 540: The Broken Philosopher's Stone

What exactly had happened?

Ivan looked closely at the pages before him, and aside from the words "Silence" at the top, the following pages were filled with ancient magical texts and intricate magical symbols that he was unaware of, with a clear blue light, but they only took up a third of the pages.

Obviously, The Book of Abraham did not record magic in full.

Ivan was confused about the situation at hand and his mind was full of doubts. His research on this book was only superficial.

The only certainty was that The Book of Abraham must be related to evil spirits and ancient sorcerers.

On the first page of the third part, besides the empty portrait of God that had already appeared, the other places were still covered by thick black ink.

The last part only recorded one third of the magic "Silence", and the rest was all blank.

Ivan looked at it again and was still clueless.

He sighed and put the book down, and then he felt that the ruins were different from what he had just seen.

The powerful magic that permeated the air was completely gone, and this place had become an ancient and empty architectural site.

After being recorded in The Book of Abraham, the powerful magic left by the ancient magicians finally lost its effect.

The marble surfaces baptized by the merciless years were full of cracks. Without the protection of magic, they had become the most common stones. They had been eroded for a long time and seemed about to collapse at any moment.

A lot of gravel and dust was still falling, and Ivan could even hear the sound of rumbling from unfamiliar areas.

The place was no longer safe. He had to leave quickly; otherwise he risked being buried alive.

However, Ivan was unwilling to leave. The purpose of this journey had not yet been achieved, but had only added more questions.

Losing the protection of magical power, this relic was about to become ruins.

When that happened, all the secrets here and the magic in the walls would be completely annihilated.

"Damn!" Ivan forced himself to calm down.

He still remembered that, at the last moment, he heard a faint clicking sound coming from the stone platform.

Would it be related to the sudden failure of half of the powerful magical operation that had lasted thousands of years?

His eyes darted to the stone platform, and he pushed the remaining plants away as fast as he could.

After a few tens of seconds, after all the cleaning, Ivan saw the stone platform as it really was.

The center of the stone platform was slightly sunken, showing an irregular circular groove, which was used to place the statue of the evil god.

With this as the center, the golden and dark magic lines intertwined with each other and formed two ancient magic inscriptions of silence under the stone platform.

Above it, there was a smaller irregular groove with a black stone stuck in it. it appeared to be a Philosopher's Stone!!!!!

Ivan blinked and looked at the stone in disbelief.

Yes, absolutely, that was definitely a Philosopher's Stone, a Philosopher's Stone that had lost its power.

Now, the Stone was covered with cracks, and there was no magic in it. It was no different from ordinary stones.

Here was the core of the whole relic, and this Philosopher's Stone was the source of the powerful magic that held the God of Evil.

Ivan remembered that Nicolas Flamel had told him that Philosopher's Stones were powerful magic stones made by ancient sorcerers with alchemy. They were created to supply enough magic to those who were powerful.

He knew that the magic used to summon the evil gods would use the Philosopher's Stone.

He did not expect the magic of this ruined relic to be of that level.

So it seemed that the cracking must have been caused by the breaking of the Philosopher's Stone, which had used up all its magic.

When Ivan's hand touched its surface, the broken Philosopher's Stone turned into countless dust crystals and disappeared.

Looking at the empty groove, he suddenly thought that he could put his own Philosopher's Stone in it.

Obviously, due to the lack of power, the Book of Abraham had not finished recording this ancient magic.

He just had to replace it with a new Philosopher's Stone and give it some power.

But Ivan was hesitant. He didn't know what would happen if he put in the Philosopher's Stone.

Whether it was "The Book of Abraham" or the magic of the ruins, it was all beyond his comprehension. He didn't even know what this magic called "silence" was. Less than a tenth of the remaining magic power is enough to suppress all his magic. If restored to full...

No one could guarantee how powerful the magic left by the ancient wizards was in its full state. Caresius' warning still echoed in his ears.

"Don't play with forces you don't know at all, or you'll get into trouble beyond your wildest imagination!"

However, looking at the magical inscriptions on the third page, Ivan hesitated again.

Intuition told him that he could not just walk away; otherwise, he would lose this magic and the chance to learn the secret of the evil gods forever.

With the passing of less than a minute, the falling gravel was getting bigger and bigger and the horrible crunching sound in his ear was getting louder and louder.

Ivan shook his fist vigorously. He knew he had no choice but to take a chance.

He made up his mind to quickly take the Philosopher's Stone out of the Reliquary and place it in the slot above the stone platform.

Although the shape of the Philosopher's Stone was very different, it exactly matched the slot on the stone platform.

Ivan held his breath, looked nervously at the Philosopher's Stone in his hand and gently inserted it into the slot.

With a click, the Philosopher's Stone and the slot collided.

Ivan looked at the stone expectantly, but nothing happened, was it a failure?

The next second, before he did anything, the room of ancient ruins was shaken.

With the shaking, a huge pillar collapsed and deep fissures began to appear in the floor.

Ivan gasped, his heart rising in his throat.

He couldn't wait any longer, he had to go quickly, but he still hadn't pulled the Philosopher's Stone out of the slot.

Suddenly, he felt powerful magic burst in front of him, and magic burst madly from the Philosopher's Stone in the slot.

It moved along the complex magical runes that surrounded it to both sides of the corridor walls, spreading rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, all the marble floors of the corridor became glowing, and the magic etched into the walls once again fogged over.

These blue mists were much brighter than before. With the support of the powerful magic, the magic symbols and ancient magic texts came off the walls and flew into the air, slowly revolving around Ivan's location.

The ancient magic from a thousand years ago was reactivated, and more powerful magic filled the entire space.

Ivan felt that the power that existed from ancient times was comparable to that of the evil gods when they arrived.

The collapse of the entire room suddenly stopped, everything went silent and Ivan found himself floating upwards.

Gravity seemed to lose its effect and his body floated rapidly upward.

In front of him, the Book of Abraham also floated upward with him. The blue magic whirlpool rolled and gathered itself into him, and the complex ancient texts it contained were quickly recorded. Within seconds, it was half full, and this was still going on.

Not far away was the stone platform, on which the Philosopher's Stone glowed red.

In addition, the lush vegetation of the garden was all floating, even the dust and dirt particles on the ground.

The entire relic room seemed to have changed into a scene, not the one Ivan had seen before, but it had become deeper and more mysterious.

All the surrounding walls disappeared and the darkness stretched into infinity.

Then, Ivan realized that he was not floating....