With the Western and Eastern pillars locked in flawless deep ring, Arthur Vance started the decisive, high-risk Phase Two: linking the Southern Solar Fire and the Northern Earth-Water channels.
This was the ultimate test of Arthur’s comparative beast-doctor tracking data. Managing two ancient elemental vectors was a huge mental burden. Managing four at the same time, while damping the ground-shaking feedback of an entire world-size plate, pushed his neural bandwidth to a never seen before four thousand eight hundred and twenty units.
A faint trickle of crimson blood seeped from Arthur’s right nostril—the body price of channeling four world-size channels through a human soul-palace. Arthur didn’t even pause to wipe it away. His hands remained rock-steady on the control end-post, his Zeiss monocle flashing with millions of data points per second.
“Phase Two: Quad-Elemental Linkage!” Arthur roared through the squad link. “Pip, ignite the Southern Solar Anchor! Titus, drop the Northern Basalt Keystone!”
Pip launched from Arthur’s shoulder with a piercing, triumphant battle-shriek.
The Three-Legged Golden Crow tightened into a golden combat dive. It slammed his three talons directly into the black glass center of the southern basin. Pip didn’t hold back. He let loose the full, unbridled solar majesty of his Nine-Suns Jinwu bloodline.
