I'm a proper student; I only take nine kinds of potions every day.

Although Richard and his group in the distance had basically cleared out the mutated potions, they were now studying how to sabotage the facilities here.

But Ether doesn't care; it's hoping the process will slow down and cause more problems so it can reap the benefits.

After confirming that Evan was completely under control, Ether's body began to move gradually.

Then, from its chest, a bony monster resembling a snake emerged.

The monster resembled a human spine, but it had numerous tiny tentacles around its body, and at the very top were a pair of jet-black eyes and a pair of fangs.

It possesses a very strong extraordinary aura, and it appears to be the essence of ether.

At this moment, Ivan gritted his teeth and asked, "This is your true form!?"

The next second, Ivan tried to struggle to get up, but as if he had been electrocuted, he stumbled and knelt back down on the ground.

Ether here was quite confident in his methods: "You activated the full Bloodthirsty Species characteristics in such a short time, and the flaws in that are terrifying."

"Give up the resistance, and you'll feel a little better!"

The sound came from the monster's mouth, and then the monster quickly attached itself to Evan's head.

Tentacles, resembling blood vessels, were about to pierce through Evan's eyes and ears.

"Now, all the secrets in your head belong to me!"

But in that very instant...

Then Ivan suddenly raised his head, and his body, which had been completely restricted, suddenly burst open.

He instantly grasped the skeletal monster in his palm, and was about to crush it.

However, Ivan was surprised to find that this thing actually had a transparent protective shell around its perimeter!

Even after I gripped it with my terrifying strength, the guy didn't budge an inch!

"Telekinesis!?" Ivan immediately realized the possibility.

Faced with Evan's sudden outburst, Ether showed a hint of surprise, then snorted coldly.

"Since you're courting death, don't blame me for being impolite!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ether's body produced the red sunstone.

It is because of this Sunstone that Ether dares to so recklessly reveal its true form.

"This is..." Evan was taken aback when he saw the sunstone.

Then, as the sunstone was activated, an incredibly hot and dazzling light burst forth in an instant.

The light was so terrifying, so intense, that it instantly illuminated this dark, putrid void as bright as day.

Under the sunlight, Ivan suddenly let out an extremely miserable scream.

"Ahhh~!"

Ether knew that Evan, who had just been cursed by the sun, wouldn't survive more than a few seconds under such sunlight.

Its main body then swiftly moved forward, attempting to grab Evan's head.

"Unfortunately, there's no way to study this guy's bizarre body structure now!"

Just as Ether was filled with regret, he suddenly sensed that something was amiss...

It discovered that the hand gripping its body did not weaken during the process; instead, it grew stronger.

The screams that had just been heard had now turned into a strange laugh.

"not good!"

Just as the eerie, potion-like shell of Aether was about to launch its attack...

It heard a strange cry.

"Give it to me!"

Finally, the terrifying force tore its skeletal body directly out of the potion's shell.

"Do not!!!"

Confident in his own backup plan and wanting to uncover the secrets in Ivan's mind, this body, which was about 1.5 meters tall, had just extended to over 1.2 meters.

The remaining connection between the tail and the potion's shell was already quite fragile.

Meanwhile, Evan grabbed Aether's skeletal body with one hand, and with the other hand, he grabbed his lower back, and a Colt revolver appeared out of thin air.

With the final shot, the pre-made poison bullets were fired.

Splat!

The shattered copper bullet fragments, along with the poisonous blood, entered the ethereal potion's body.

In an instant, the magical potion's body, which had just been in a rather strange and strong posture, was covered with a large number of purple spots.

These spots spread rapidly outwards, soon turning into pools of black, foul-smelling, viscous organic matter that collapsed onto the ground.

"You!! You!!!"

At this moment, the ether was filled with indescribable shock and terror.

The sunstone had already burned out, yet Evan, who had seven silver spikes driven into his body, appeared to be completely unharmed!

Even his bronzed skin had a luminous quality.

It's as if it absorbs the sun's energy and converts it into its own nutrients!

Ivan grinned and said, "You know, it's really the big organizations like yours that get the purest stuff!"

"This intense, compressed sunlight feels so good on the skin!"

!!!

Looking at Evan's innocent, sunny, and even somewhat foolish smile, Ether's previously confident spirit was plunged into deep self-doubt.

"I... lost to someone like this!?"

"My carefully prepared backup plan... is completely useless!?"

Thinking of this, Ether began to scream hysterically.

"No! Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

"I've definitely lowered your silver resistance! Why are these silver nails having no effect on you at all!"

The 1.5-meter-long monster, resembling a bone snake, which was being held in Ivan's hand, struggled desperately.

However, once detached from that powerful potion shell, the aether no longer posed any real threat!

"And why aren't you afraid of the sun! Damn it! Why aren't you afraid of the sun?!"

At this moment, Aether was completely breached and even went mad, its roars becoming distorted.

"You are clearly under the curse of the sun! You are clearly under the curse of the sun!"

Ether's roar at this moment had lost all logic; it was merely an outburst of fear and anger.

Ivan, holding its simulated original form, chuckled: "So you young people are useless at practicing Transformation of Strength. I'm the one who practiced Transformation of Strength."

"You young people should train with all your might!"

Ether, who already couldn't understand Evan's ramblings, felt even more strongly that the other person was mocking him as he was now on the verge of a mental breakdown.

Although its skeletal body was enveloped in a layer of telekinesis, it no longer possessed any combat capabilities.

His body writhed as he roared, "Who the hell are you?!"

"You're definitely not a Bloodthirsty Clan!"

"Who the hell is a Bloodthirsty Seed, who can withstand the baptism of the Sun Stone so easily, even though they are already restrained by the sun and cursed by the magic artifact!"

"You're not a witcher! You're a knight! You're a demon! You're a prophet!"

With a roar, Ivan could tell that this aberrant potion called Aether had gone completely insane.

What had just happened completely shattered its understanding of this extraordinary world.

After all, who would have thought that Evan, with his extraordinary bloodthirsty traits, would have 19.5% silver resistance and 178% solar affinity?

Under normal circumstances, the Bloodthirsty race has no resistance to silver and the sun.

Even through special rituals and related methods, the defects can only be barely smoothed over.

To enable them to live relatively normal lives, so that they don't suddenly die in their daily lives.

If this situation is further exacerbated by a reduction in related resistances, the damage from attacks from the nemesis will be even more severe due to the double effect.

This is the basis for Ether's confidence.

This is also why the current ether is so distorted and insane.

It was well prepared, and the timing of its use of the relevant methods was perfect.

It can be said that even a master-level Bloodthirsty Seed has almost no ability to resist when facing Aether.

Unfortunately, today Ether encountered Evan.

A pure numerical monster!

At this moment, Evan was too lazy to argue with this guy. After a thick fog of brain plague rushed over, Ether immediately fell into a daze.

Although this guy possesses strength that is almost on par with a master, he is still an expert in terms of status.

This allows Ivan's Fog Brain Plague to be used with ease.

As Aether ceased thinking, the almost instinctive telekinetic protective layer on its body also disappeared.

After a moment's thought, Evan crushed Aether's head, then shoved the rest of his body into his lower back and vanished instantly.

"Unfortunately, the Silver Key can only be used once a week to steal memories."

I just used the Silver Key to steal the mind of the burrowing worm yesterday.

Evan had just considered that consuming live aether directly might yield some good results.

But at this stage, we are in the midst of a major war, and Ivan doesn't know what will happen in the future.

The previous burrowing bug has already taken up two slots of Nine Dragons Power. What if it eats the Ether and takes up two more slots?

Any attribute improvements can only be made after the current crisis has passed.