Chapter 113: Discovery

Gunie sat cross-legged in meditation, and before he knew it, an hour had passed.

Subtly, the seated Gunie sensed something slightly.

But Gunie did not move, nor did he look in the direction from which he felt the disturbance.

The nullification interference barrier was outward-facing, not inward.

At this moment, Gunie, with his mind calm and focused, faintly perceived the trajectory of George's approach.

Suddenly, the nullification interference barrier rippled slightly like a layer of ripples.

Only then did Gunie abruptly look up and see George, whose layers of shadow camouflage had receded, revealing his form.

"How is it?" Gunie's voice remained very low.

"Everything is set." At this moment, a rare hint of a smile appeared on George's face.

"The entrance of the third-order Death Beast's cave has been sealed with over a dozen layers of nullification interference barriers, and this place is very far from there. It basically can't sense our battle here, and even if it does, it will take a while to get here."

"Also, I carefully examined that second-order Death Beast; it is indeed in the midst of transformation."

"I've also sealed its cave entrance. We can go over there and set up an ambush."

"Now is the perfect time to fight."

Gunie could clearly feel George's urgent desire for battle.

From this battle lust, Gunie could deduce why this guy had been so eager to find him earlier, even risking revealing some of his secrets to seek cooperation.

"It seems that as a Time Hunter, he most likely needs to hunt these powerful creatures in the Hunting Layer to 'recharge' his time."

"Otherwise, he wouldn't have exposed so much information or have such a high battle drive."

"Even if it's not as I suspect, this hunt must be extremely important to him."

George, eager for battle, did not notice Gunie's subtle scrutiny of him.

At that moment.

Gunie also stood up.

He twisted his neck slightly.

"Crack, crack..." A crisp sound burst within the fluctuations of Gunie's source power perception.

Gunie's eyes narrowed slightly, and the distinctive blood-red hue of a Blood Curse Master appeared in his pupils. The surrounding source power became clearer before his eyes.

"The battle is about to begin. The moment to test whether my transcendent second-order Blood Curse Master is powerful has come."

Gunie had also made detailed calculations regarding his 'Blood Curse Master' class.

Having resolved the curse deep within his bloodline, it should be considered a relatively powerful six-star transcendent class. But it still falls short of a true seven-star transcendent class.

Moreover, the true strength of a Blood Curse Master lies not in spell curses, but in survivability.

This results in the Blood Curse Master having almost no advantage over other 'Spell Curse Masters' in terms of spellcasting.

Other Spell Curse Masters, as they advance in rank, can gain additional runes such as Acceleration Runes, Amplification Runes, Mystic Passage Runes, Reiteration Runes, or other runes.

Gunie had also heard that powerful six-star and seven-star Spell Curse Masters who lean toward spellcasting could even possess some special 'Rare Runes'.

Although the Blood Curse Master has little to no advantage in spellcasting.

But Gunie was no ordinary Blood Curse Master.

He was a powerful Spell Curse Master who, through diligent 'hard training', had acquired various powerful spell curses.

This time, facing a second-order 'Death Beast' on the verge of evolving into a third-order, a top-tier powerful chieftain or even lord-level creature.

Gunie wanted to see just how far he was from a 'chieftain' or even a 'lord'.

"Follow me." George took the lead.

Gunie followed immediately.

Thus, the two of them, one after the other, sped northward at a rapid pace.

At this moment, the cave passages of both Death Beasts had been sealed, so they didn't have to worry about the noise disturbing the Death Beasts.

More than ten minutes later.

In the darkness, a towering mountain range stood before them.

In the real world, this should be the Otto Mountains in the north.

But in this projection of the Hunting Layer, it looked as if the mountain body had been cleaved by an immense force, revealing half of it before the two.

Moreover, these peaks stood like monuments, towering high, their tops lost in the darkness, making it hard to fathom their height.

"The peaks in the Hunting Layer are very peculiar. At the same time, because the mineral deposits in the real-world mountain ranges possess transcendent properties, when projected into this deep world, these mountains gain extremely high strength, comparable to black iron magic copper alloy." As his gaze swept over these monument-like mountains, George spoke lightly.

Clearly, he was very familiar with the situation here.

"That strong?" Gunie's gaze briefly swept over the monumental peaks visible only in the darkness.

"If we follow the canyon ahead into the mountains, you'll find many oddly shaped and towering rocks, suitable for battle and evasion."

"Later, we'll lure that Death Beast inside. On the plains outside, if the Death Beast counterattacks fiercely, we'll take heavy damage."

"Mm." Gunie nodded, agreeing with this strategic direction.

After roughly setting the battle plan.

Gunie looked at a cave not far from the foot of the mountain.

The cave was about ten meters high, with its entrance shrouded in deep darkness.

"Is that the Death Beast's cave?" Gunie asked.

"Yes."

After staring at the cave for a few seconds, Gunie spoke slowly.

"Didn't you just say that these mountain ranges are extremely tough?"

"Yes."

A hint of a smile curled at the corner of Gunie's mouth. "Maybe we can give that big guy a chain of big gifts."

"Oh? How so?" George looked over.

"Do you know the internal layout of this cave and the approximate position of the Death Beast inside?" Gunie inquired.

"That's simple."

Saying this, George flipped his hand and produced a small, yellowish parchment scroll.

With a glance, Gunie could tell through his source power vision that this parchment scroll, containing a small amount of transcendent properties, was a blank scroll.

One could input source power into it to construct spell curses, runes, or even record graphic information.

Compared to simple text records in ordinary books, this scroll's three-dimensional perception-based information recording was more effective.

Then, George began inputting source power into it.

After more than a minute, George cut off the source power input.

"Accept the medium. I've constructed all the detailed information about this cave and the Death Beast's exact location, as well as the positions of the nullification interference barriers and their interference resistance levels."

Taking the small parchment scroll, Gunie immediately condensed a catalyst rune source power channel.

In three or four seconds, Gunie had fully absorbed all the information.

Seeing this, George's heart stirred slightly. "This guy's soul power is really strong."

Arriving at the cave entrance.

After gazing at the cave for a while and mentally simulating the internal structure in three dimensions.

Gunie nodded slightly.

"The show is about to begin."

Standing about five meters directly in front of the cave entrance, Gunie took out his mithril-grade staff, 'Silver Feather'.

Compared to the more powerful staff 'Witch Nether', Silver Feather was weaker but had been nurtured for a longer time.

Now, Silver Feather had been nurtured and activated with five 'Amplification Spell Curses'.

As for the 'Witch Nether Staff', only one Amplification Rune had been nurtured and activated, with the second still in the process.

For this battle, using Silver Feather was clearly better.

Five Amplification Spell Curses meant a 50% amplification.

Enough to elevate Gunie's fifth-level beginner transcendent spell curse 'Ring Bombardment' to a higher level of power.

After downing a bottle of mid-grade refined source power potion.

Gunie began constructing the spell curse 'Ring Bombardment'.

One after another, rings of Ring Bombardment, each two meters tall, as thick as car tires, and pitch black, appeared before Gunie.

When George saw these thick, black, and sturdy rings appear, he was first slightly puzzled.

"These things... why do they look so familiar?"

After pondering for two seconds, George suddenly thought of something. His pupils rapidly contracted as he looked at the ground beneath the Ring Bombardment.

The hard ground had been deeply indented by the pressure of the Ring Bombardment rings.

"Is this... Ring Bombardment?"

"This Gunie... is that guy."