Chapter 40: A Powerful Treasure

This introduction from the system clearly touched on a blind spot in Gune's knowledge.

It was the first time Gune had encountered such a peculiar creature.

Gune's understanding of shadows was limited solely to the Shadow System.

Masters of the Shadow System had many means and abilities that borrowed from shadows.

Such as shadow teleportation and jumping, and even using shadows to attack.

But compared to 'Shadow Beasts,' the use of 'shadow' power by Shadow System transcendents was still too weak and shallow.

Shadow Beasts.

According to the system's explanation, they were bizarre creatures that fed on shadows.

They could easily devour the shadows of any form of life.

They could devour the shadows of all living creatures.

And when a creature lost its shadow,

within seconds, at most a dozen seconds, it would be washed away by some indescribable force and die.

Moreover, Shadow Beasts completely merged with darkness in dark and gloomy environments.

No one could understand these Shadow Beasts through any means.

And this led to the death legend of 'Shadow Island.'

Every transcendent who set foot on Shadow Island would be gazed upon by a bizarre and indescribable force.

If you didn't leave, every second would bring a judgment of death.

The next second might be the arrival of death.

This perfectly matched the Shadow Beasts in the darkness devouring the shadows of the transcendents who landed on the island.

Moreover, the various attack methods of transcendents had no effect on these Shadow Beasts.

Truly, the more that came, the more died.

No wonder, over the years, within a dozen nautical miles of Shadow Island, not to mention transcendents, even slightly powerful transcendent fish species and transcendent sea beasts dared not approach.

And at this moment, the reason Gune dared to stand here was naturally due to the system's guidance.

With a slight movement, Gune silently submerged into the seawater.

Soon, Gune saw, twenty meters below the seabed, an arch-shaped reef stone gate about five meters high.

Apart from this reef stone gate, the surrounding various reefs, under the influence of a strange power, looked like exotic beasts either crouching, sleeping, fighting, or roaring.

The reef stone gate and these oddly shaped reef stones

were all formed under the effect of the 'Ancient Shadow Gate.'

In particular, this 'Reef Stone Gate' contained the key power to land on Shadow Island without being attacked by Shadow Beasts.

There was more than one reef stone gate, and this was the safest one guided by the system.

Standing inside this reef stone gate,

Gune, following the method given by the system, let the reef stone gate temporarily absorb his 'shadow.'

Thus, Gune would not become a target for Shadow Beasts.

Then Gune could land on Shadow Island.

After Gune, following the system's guidance and using a special incantation, output his source power through the demon-touch channel forty or fifty times into the reef stone gate,

under the system's prompt, Gune completed the process of having his 'shadow' absorbed by the reef stone gate.

'If not for the system's guidance, this method and the special incantation would probably never be known,' Gune thought to himself.

After doing all this, Gune carefully examined himself and found no abnormality.

'Clearly, the level of the shadow's strange power is beyond my perception.'

'After all, it's the ability of a creature with the bloodline of a dominator; it's normal that I can't perceive it.'

'This shadow being absorbed and stored lasts about three hours; I need to act quickly.'

Returning to the sea surface, Gune looked again at 'Shadow Island' shrouded in darkness and mist.

Taking a deep breath, Gune steadied his mind and moved forward swiftly.

Minutes later, crossing the intricate reef area, Gune stepped onto the dark shadowy beach.

The silence of the night, accompanied by the surging seawater, made everything seem calm and serene.

But as soon as Gune set foot on the beach, a faint sense of horror sprouted in his heart.

As if he was being watched by some terrifying creature.

After five or six seconds, this sense of horror disappeared.

'Have the Shadow Beasts already seen me?'

Gune looked around.

His source vision and dark vision were always active.

In the darkness, all was silent, with no sign of abnormality.

'It's said that even a Grandmaster transcendent once explored this island and ultimately died here.'

'Many stubborn high-level transcendents and those who thought they had strong survival skills also died here, and those who escaped never mentioned what the specific creature was.'

'Those strong couldn't see them; it's perfectly normal that I, at the third rank, can't see the Shadow Beasts.'

'This slight sense of alertness is probably due to some special reason of my own.'

'Since the Shadow Beasts have no interest in me and haven't attacked me, that's good.' Gune breathed a sigh of relief.

Steadying his mind, he quickly moved toward the core of Shadow Island, where the treasure guided by the system was located.

From the system's introduction,

Gune could sense that the treasure obtained from this adventure was extraordinary.

It would greatly enhance him, with immediate effects.

Not to mention the Ancient Shadow Gate,

even the 'Holy Shadow Rune' and 'Holy Shadow Magic Stone' would have transformative effects on Gune.

The 'Holy Shadow Rune' was a powerful 'body rune.'

Such a powerful 'body rune' would not appear on humans.

Because the strength and rank of the human body were not qualified to bear such a thing.

Body runes could appear on 'lords' and powerful 'chieftains' with a high probability of becoming 'lords.'

Moreover, not all chieftains and lords possessed 'body runes.'

Only those powerful creatures with unique bloodline talents could possess such 'body runes.'

For instance, the chieftain-level Death Beast with unique talents had a defensive scale rune that easily blocked Gune's barrage of spells.

Gune could clearly feel this when digesting its flesh, bones, and scales.

It was also said that powerful angels, demons, dragons, etc., each had their own unique body runes.

And this 'Holy Shadow Rune' was exactly such a magical rune that only appeared on powerful chieftains and lords.

Its specific effects would have to wait until Gune finished the inheritance and then carefully explore and uncover.

But from the name and introduction, Gune could sense that it should be a rune偏向 agility and speed.

More importantly, the 'Holy Shadow Rune,' like soul spell runes, could be continuously stacked.

The stronger the body, the more it could condense, and the more powerful the 'Holy Shadow Rune' would become.

And the system clearly noted that absorbing the 'Holy Shadow Rune' inheritance had an extremely high fatality rate.

Gune estimated that under normal circumstances, he would most likely be unable to accept the inheritance.

He could only rely on the power of reincarnation.

And the 'Holy Shadow Magic Stone' was even more extraordinary.

The system described it as a 'transcendent treasure.'

But Gune knew better than the system that this thing was not just a transcendent treasure; it was completely a 'legendary treasure' in history.

In the history of the Aoya Continent, the 'Holy Shadow Magic Stone' had appeared twice.

And it successfully created two supreme beings beyond the ninth rank, terrifyingly powerful with the title 'Half-Shadow, Half-God.'

These two were the pinnacle experts of their eras, unparalleled in brilliance.

Their success was clearly inseparable from the powerful effects of the 'Holy Shadow Magic Stone.'

The specific effect of the Holy Shadow Magic Stone was: to allow the body to undergo a 'spatial phase' transformation, and the higher the transcendent talent, the better the transformation effect.

In simple terms, using the 'Holy Shadow Magic Stone' could increase one's movement speed and agility by at least double.

For Shadow System experts, this was a qualitative transformation.

For Gune, it meant a significant improvement in his survival ability.

The increase in speed and agility gave Gune more options when avoiding danger.

After all, being a tank mage didn't mean he had to withstand enemy spells head-on.

If he could easily dodge attacks, who would want to stand still and take a beating?

In fact, many spellcasters were not slow.

For example, Wind System spellcasters were no slower than Shadow System ones and were excellent at escaping.

Another example were those rare spellcasters with 'spatial talent,' who, once discovered, were heavily cultivated.

They could easily traverse spatial phases.

Killing such spellcasters was no easy task.

Gune's speed was not slow, after all, his physical transcendent talent was not weak, and his physical strength was formidable. But you couldn't say Gune was fast either.

Gune's speed could be considered excellent among spellcasters.

However, compared to his own spell power and tankiness, speed alone clearly couldn't be considered one of his core abilities.

But now, with this adventure, everything was different.

Eerie speed and incredible agility would also become one of Gune's advantages.