Chapter 136: Terror Descends

As his injuries rapidly healed,

Gunie's sight and hearing returned.

Gu Nie, who had recovered more or less, pushed himself up from the ground and stood.

What met the eye was a figure that was not particularly burly, yet whose presence loomed like a towering mountain range, standing before Gune.

Gunther was very familiar with this figure; it was the butler, Flesch.

After a slight shock, Gune quickly composed himself.

As the butler managing many affairs here, Frees had access to the most core and confidential matters; it was inevitable that he possessed formidable strength.

"Are you alright?" At this moment, the butler Frees asked softly without turning his head.

"Mm, with the recovery from the life spring water, I'm almost fully healed," Gune said.

"That's good." The butler Frees nodded slightly.

At this moment, the butler Frees was also extremely astonished inwardly.

Although he had blocked part of the aftermath of that strike just now, it was not enough to let Gune die.

But he had not expected Gune to get up so quickly.

However, recalling the purple scale chainmail on Gune and the astonishingly robust life force emanating from his body,

the steward Freys roughly guessed that Gune's physical defense was far stronger than he had imagined.

"Truly a man who walks an unconventional path."

"Perhaps it is precisely because he walks an unconventional path that he has achieved what he has today."

"Not only is his defense formidable, but the power of his spells is also astonishing—stronger than those of many third-tier or even fourth-tier spellcasters. Moreover, his single-second overlap frequency is so high, and his soul reaction speed is equally impressive."

"Already at the second tier, he possesses such profound spell foundations. This Gune becomes more and more unfathomable. Not to mention his talent and skill in secret pattern potions."

He was very, very clear about the matter of the secret pattern potion, so Gune absolutely must not come to any harm today.

In fact, besides himself, a peak sixth-tier powerhouse on the surface,

Nigel also had another sixth-tier powerhouse who would take turns patrolling Deep Castle in secret.

There was even an eighth-tier 'Transcendent Master' in contact with him. If a danger arose that he could not handle, he could flee with Gune and promptly seek help from that Transcendent Master.

On the surface, the defensive strength of Deep Castle seemed not very strong, but in secret, the Pioneer Group placed great importance on protecting it; the matter of the secret pattern potion could not afford any mistakes.

Freys' gaze briefly swept over the chilling dark red blood color outside the window.

Tonight, the Sugg Ruins City would likely not be peaceful.

Woo~

The cold wind continued to howl wildly into the hall of the ruined building.

Gune's gaze passed over Freesh and fixed on the mysterious strongman who had just attacked him.

The mysterious strongman before him was also a 'Transcendent Flame Demon'.

However, this Flame Demon had not a trace of flame on its body, nor the faint crackling sound.

The red scales on its body faintly emitted a blazing heat wave.

From that body radiating scorching heat, Gune sensed great danger.

This was a sixth-rank Transcendent Flame Demon.

This high-rank Flame Demon clearly had much greater control over the energy radiating from its body than the third-rank Flame Demon.

At this moment, the high-rank Flame Demon, which made Gune feel dangerous, had already gathered the head and shattered source core of the third-rank Flame Demon that Gune had slain, piling them together.

Then, the high-rank Flame Demon lightly rubbed its sharp claws, and sparks fell into the broken head and source core.

Rustle...

A blazing dark red flame burst forth.

Then, Gune clearly sensed that the aura of the third-rank Flame Demon was reviving within the flame.

"This... resurrection from the dead?" A look of surprise emerged in Gune's eyes, then he narrowed his eyes and stared intently.

Resurrection from the dead!

In the supernatural world, this was almost impossible.

Even those terrifying evil gods with indescribable power could hardly revive after eternal annihilation.

Throughout history, countless powerful supernatural beings had sought various incredible means to attempt resurrection from the dead.

Some for family, some for loved ones, some for ambition and aspiration, and some purely for the study of supernatural mysticism.

The most common attempts were undoubtedly those bizarre, ancient, peculiar rituals and incantations directed toward the mysterious unknown.

But the outcome of seeking help from such unknown mysterious beings was often disaster and death.

Even those incomprehensible, maddening, and twisted incantations, along with bloody, cruel, and inhumane rituals, might summon certain terrifying and unspeakable entities.

This behavior, seemingly testing the limits of death, precisely attracted those supernatural beings obsessed with resurrection.

But no matter how they tried,

throughout the tens of thousands of years of supernatural history in the entire continent of Oya,

no one had ever risen from the dead.

Even if there are records, they consist of only a few words and cannot be verified.

So Gune did not believe that the man he had killed could come back to life; this completely defied common sense.

"Not coming back to life, but... that third-rank Flame Demon hasn't died completely."

Just as Gune was pondering this, Freish's voice suddenly rang out.

"Not dead completely?" Gune was startled.

After thinking for a moment, Gune understood.

"True, my Demon Blade Cursed Seal has strong cutting power, but its penetrating and destructive properties are insufficient. It's good that it cut open its source core."

"But it didn't directly destroy its 'soul consciousness'; 'soul consciousness' is the true source of its life."

"The source core is just a carrier, just as my head is the carrier of my current soul consciousness."

"Originally, with the source core shattered, its death would have been a matter of seconds, but..."

"This powerful sixth-rank strongman forcibly pulled it back from the brink of death."

Gune's gaze once again fell upon the powerful Flame Demon.

Facing this powerful Flame Demon, if Freish hadn't been here today, Gune wouldn't have been able to escape even with thirty lives.

Watching the third-rank Flame Demon rapidly recovering its aura within the flames,

Gune narrowed his eyes slightly.

Should he launch a burst attack and finish it off before it fully resurrected?

After thinking it over, Gune suppressed this bold idea.

Even Freish hadn't acted rashly; a hasty attack on his part would be too reckless.

It was better not to provoke this sixth-rank Flame Demon.

Just as Gune was deliberating, Freish suddenly spoke.

"This Shenjue Castle can't be saved. Leave as soon as possible and find a safe place to hide."

Gune's plan to leave through the passage couldn't be hidden from him. Given Gune's familiarity with Sugg Ruins City, he believed Gune could find a safe enough place.

Looking at the sixth-star, sixth-rank powerful transcendent Flame Demon across from him, and then at Freish,

Gune naturally understood that he was a liability here.

"Then please be careful, Senior," Gune said.

"Mm!"

Then Freish continued.

"You two, quickly notify everyone else to leave this place."

"Yes!" Moran and Dika responded cautiously and swiftly.

They also knew that with the confrontation of sixth-rank transcendent beings, the castle would likely be destroyed.

The two quickly ran around the main castle toward the living quarters at the back.

That was where everyone rested at night.

At that moment, Gune also silently prepared to slip away.

As soon as Gune moved, he felt a gaze like a sharp edge fix on him, a prickling sensation on his back.

"Trying to escape? Do you think you can?"

A cold voice devoid of any emotion came softly, momentarily making it difficult for Gune to take a step.

"Go ahead and try to move. See if I can't kill that third-rank little one in an instant."

When the butler Freish's voice rang out, Gune felt the immense pressure vanish instantly.

"Fortunately, I didn't launch a sneak attack earlier. If I had really killed that third-rank Flame Demon, I wouldn't have such a good chance to escape now."

Gune didn't dare linger.

He turned over and nimbly leaped out through the already shattered glass window.

"Freish, after all these years, you..."

"Woo..."

The howling of the bitter wind and the voice of the Flame Demon inside the room sounded, but Gune had no mind to listen to those words.

At that moment, all Gune thought about was escaping Shenjue Castle. Sugg Ruins City was vast, and it would be easy for Gune to find a safe place.

Outside the castle hall, what met his eyes was a vast expanse of thick snow, nearly as tall as Gune.

Gune cautiously looked around.

No one knew if there were any ambushes outside; it was necessary to maintain a high level of vigilance.

When Gune surveyed his surroundings, he was first startled.

"This..."

Sensing something amiss, Gune quickened his pace, stepping onto the snow, and swiftly reached the open snow layer on the castle lawn.

He saw that the entire Sugg Ruins City was shrouded in a viscous, bloody luster.

Vaguely, Gune sensed something, then slowly raised his head to look at the sky.

As the luster of the sky came into view, an inexplicable fear uncontrollably burst forth in the depths of Gune's soul.