'Abyss... Shadow...'
Ian gazed at the crystal, his thoughts turning to the prying Shadow Energy. An idea was gradually taking shape.
He carefully used a pair of special tweezers to pick up the smallest fragment, placing it on the insulated tray in the center of the Alchemy Platform.
Then, he started taking a few items from his materials cabinet.
A small vial containing a residual extract of a Shadow Pattern Viper's chilling blood. He had used this back when he was practicing the Bloodline Purification Technique; it had a strong affinity for Shadow Energy and was excellent at retaining its signature.
A few grams of Silent Dust, an inert powder capable of absorbing and temporarily storing specific energy fluctuations.
Finally, there was a pinch of an extremely viscous, almost solid "inert Spiritual Power adhesive" that he had personally concocted from Blood Essence and a few scrap materials.
