Chapter 137: Winter's End · Blood Night

Trembling.

A slight trembling.

Gunie, standing on the snow, trembled all over.

Gunie stiffly tore his gaze away from the sky.

"Huff..."

Gunie gasped for breath.

At that moment, his trembling body gradually calmed, and the fear deep in his heart slowly dissipated.

"Those damned bastards... they're summoning... some kind of terrifying existence!" Gunie roared in his heart, shivering.

Earlier, inside the hall, Gunie had noticed the snow outside faintly tinged with a surging dark red glow, like flames burning.

At the time, he thought it was reflected from the fire indoors.

In reality, this glow like burning flames was not caused by the indoor fire.

But rather... by the terrifying and grotesque existence in the sky.

Now, the sky over Sugg Ruins City.

No night, no stars, no oppressive clouds.

Instead, there was a boiling, churning sea of blood.

The boundless, vast surface of the blood sea was inverted directly above the entire Sugg Ruins layer.

Gunie could even clearly see the surging waves of the blood sea, and some grotesque fish-like creatures, resembling ancient marine life with shells, swimming within.

As if the blood sea truly existed there.

What terrified Gunie the most was...

Within that blood sea, a pair of enormous, indescribably vast golden eyes rose and fell, overlooking the entire Sugg Ruins City.

Just gazing at the mysterious existence in the blood sea made Gunie feel a tremor from the depths of his heart.

Some terrifying existence, responding to a mysterious summons, was slowly descending upon Sugg Ruins City.

A catastrophic disaster was brewing.

"Breathe... breathe..."

Gunie took deep breaths to steady his mind.

Then, with some understanding, he looked toward the location of Event 9970 in the distance, which was also one of the main deployment points of the Transcendent Association.

Just as Gunie looked over.

A dazzling blaze shot into the sky, and even from a great distance, Gunie could clearly feel the brilliant light of the flames.

After seven or eight seconds.

Rumble~~~

Shockwaves rolled in like thunder.

With the explosion, the entire Sugg Ruins City seemed to tremble.

Gunie could even see the source energy of the entire Sugg Ruins City stirring restlessly.

Then, those hidden transcendent alien races and heretics of the evil god cults seemed to have received the news.

Boom...

Boom...

Boom...

...

Seven or eight violent explosions burst forth in succession.

The explosions bloomed like fireworks in every corner of Sugg Ruins City.

On this 'Winter's End Night.'

Those heretics of the alien evil god cults finally bared their long-hidden claws and fangs.

At the same time, standing on the thick snow, when Gunie saw the violent explosion at the main location of Event 9970,

Strangely, a sense of calm settled in Gunie's heart.

"They..."

Gunie murmured softly.

"Are indeed searching for the mysterious components of the Trinity."

"The mysterious black light crystal involving the soul, the indescribable flesh, and the Bone Cave whose location I still don't know."

"If nothing unexpected happens, that Barbarian Saint and the offspring of the evil god should know where these things are."

"And they..."

Gunie glanced briefly from the corner of his eye at the terrifying golden eyes in the blood sea of the sky.

Even a brief glance made Gunie's heart race inexplicably.

"Want to use these things to call upon or summon those terrifying existences to descend upon Sugg Ruins City, to achieve some goal."

"The indescribable flesh of the Trinity is in my system space; they definitely can't get it."

"If they can't get it..."

Gunie again glanced briefly at the surging blood sea hanging upside down in the sky, avoiding looking at the terrifying existence within.

"Will that terrifying power descend?"

"And if that terrifying power descends halfway and finds it can't come down, then... those summoners will obviously face backlash..."

"That scene... I think it should be quite beautiful."

Just as Gunie was pondering,

"Boom... boom..."

Dull impacts accompanied by sharp blade sounds suddenly erupted in the ruined hall behind Gunie.

"Already fighting?" Gunie's heart tightened.

Such battles between veteran Transcendent Six-Stage powerhouses were not something Gunie could participate in at his level.

Then Gunie quickly scanned the snow-covered ground around the castle, illuminated by the blood sea's glow.

His source energy vision quickly activated.

There seemed to be no enemies hidden in the darkness.

"Go!"

Without hesitation, Gunie swiftly dashed toward the depths of a small alley across the street from Deep Castle.

Just as he reached the entrance of the alley, Gunie stopped.

The alley was quiet, with thick snow.

Under dark vision, it appeared to be a safe path.

However, under Gunie's source energy vision,

Deep in the snow, dozens of chilling 'poison spirit snakes,' about a meter long, lurked.

Though small, these poison spirit snakes were not low in rank, all uniformly Transcendent Second-Stage.

At the same time, these snakes possessed extremely potent toxic transcendent traits—'strong poison traits.'

In his study of secret pattern potions, Gunie had often encountered such traits.

Even a small amount of toxic transcendent traits entering the body could cause fatal injuries to a transcendent.

A single bite from these Second-Stage 'poison spirit snakes' could kill not only Second-Stage transcendents but even Third- or Fourth-Stage ones.

And here, there wasn't just one poison spirit snake, but over a dozen.

Silently, Gunie cast a Blood Shield on himself.

Gunie estimated that the scales beneath his skin could withstand the bites of these Second-Stage poison spirit snakes, but such an attempt was clearly unnecessary.

A shield was the perfect defense against these venomous snakes.

With the shield on, Gunie became even more alert and cautious.

"So many Second-Stage poison spirit snakes with strong poison traits—clearly, some powerful contractor has set their sights on me."

"The Third-Stage Flame Demon explosion, the Sixth-Stage Flame Demon's sneak attack, and now this poison spirit snake trap—a thorough encirclement, it seems..."

Knowing he was targeted, Gunie didn't act rashly but cautiously surveyed his surroundings.

"There are quite a few enemies in the darkness."

Unfortunately, his source energy vision still didn't detect any trace of those enemies.

Either too far away, too well hidden, or their concealment methods were too advanced—Gunie couldn't rely solely on source energy vision to find them.

"But..."

Looking around, Gunie's killing intent grew stronger.

"Do they really think I'm just an alchemist without combat ability, someone who needs protection?"

"Alchemy is just my hobby and a way to make money. My true identity is a powerful curse caster, unmatched among my peers."

With a slight sneer, the terrifying creature in the blood sea of the sky loomed over all of Sugg Ruins City.

Tonight, no one could stay out of it.

If he didn't kill all these evil god cult heretics, they would surely turn Sugg Ruins City upside down.

This once peaceful Winter's End Night would inevitably become a night of slaughter and death.

He twisted his neck slightly.

Crack, crack...

A crisp sound came from his bones.

"Do you think fusing the transcendent blood of the Death Beast makes a Blood Curse Caster a pleasant profession?" Gunie murmured lowly.

At the same time!

A bloody, viscous, violent, bloodthirsty, and cruel aura radiated from Gunie.

At that moment, Gunie looked exactly like a bloodthirsty Death Beast.

"A bloody transcendent profession like the Blood Curse Caster... is very eager for slaughter!"

Gunie licked his crimson lips, a ferocious excitement blooming.