Ryan had already mutated just now. Thus, it wasn’t hard to believe that the eclipse spiritstone was his flesh and blood.
“Even if the eclipse spiritstones were formed by Ryan’s blood and flesh, what’s the problem with it? Why did you say I cannot live more than three days?” Jackson asked again.
“The eclipse spiritstone has already been contaminated. You’ve seen Ryan’s condition just now. He suddenly became crazy, lost his sanity, and mutated.
“The eclipse spiritstones were formed by his blood and flesh when this happened. Do you think it’s safe?” Dustin explained seriously.
“Dustin, this is your mere speculation. I’m afraid you can’t convince others about something as serious as this. Do you have any evidence?” Jackson asked.
The members of the Embersteel Order had picked up eight sizable eclipse spiritstones. Thus, it could be said they would have a handsome profit.
If the eclipse spiritstones couldn’t be used, they would be facing huge losses. Thus, Jackson couldn’t accept such an explanation without concrete evidence.
“There’s a trace of dark energy in every eclipse spiritstone. It’s difficult to notice it from the outside. You can find it after I refine the spiritual energy from it.”
While saying that, he opened his palm and revealed the eclipse spiritstone in his hand. After that, he tapped the crystal softly with another hand.
A crisp sound echoed.
The eclipse spiritstone, the size of a fingernail, instantly burst open. And rich spiritual energy oozed out from the middle.
Dustin was well prepared. After slightly curling his fingers, a transparent energy barrier appeared and enveloped the surging spiritual energy. The spiritual energy was milky white and incredibly dense. It was swirling around constantly like mists.
If a marital artist were to absorb all of it, it would provide a lot of benefits to their cultivation.
“Look closely at it. What is hidden inside this cluster of spiritual energy?” Dustin reminded. When Jackson and others took a look, they widened their eyes.
They were shocked to discover that there was a wisp of black gas hidden inside the white spiritual energy.
The thread of black gas was deeply hidden, surrounded by the milk-white spiritual energy. Thus, it was difficult to notice if they didn’t look closely.
Fortunately, Dustin had channeled out all of the spiritual energy.
If the thread of black gas had been concealed in the eclipse spiritstone, nobody would have been able to notice as it blended right into its color.
“What is this black mist?” Jackson tried asking.
“This is the dark energy that caused Ryan to go berserk,” Dustin explained.
“It looks normal. Can such a tiny bit of dark energy be so powerful?” Jackson stepped forward and tried to look more carefully at it.
“Don’t underestimate it. This is what it’s like when it’s calm. It’ll become different when it’s provoked.”
While he spoke, he clenched his fingers and caused the energy barrier to compress and deform.
Soon after, the black gas became restless as if it had been threatened.
It darted around and constantly attacked Dustin’s energy barrier, trying to escape.
After several unsuccessful attempts, the black gas suddenly inflated and rapidly devoured the white spiritual energy around it.
It was like a tiger stumbling on a flock of sheep.
In just a few seconds, all of the milky white spiritual energy was completely engulfed and assimilated.
In the end, what appeared before everyone was not the dense white spiritual energy. Instead, it was the black dark energy that carried an aura of death and destruction!
