Chapter 41: The Terrifying Creation in the Mist

The 'Holy Shadow Magic Stone' could double Gune's speed.

Moreover, Gune's supernatural talent was extremely profound, so the increase might be more than double.

Combined with the continuously凝聚 'Holy Shadow Rune',

the two together would greatly enhance Gune's speed and agility.

Furthermore, as a physical rune, the 'Holy Shadow Rune' certainly had far more uses than that.

Once these items were obtained, they would be a solid improvement.

Whether fleeing or pursuing, Gune would handle it with ease.

The advantage of speed was crucial in many situations.

Gune could clearly understand the functions of the Holy Seal Rune and the Holy Shadow Magic Stone.

The Ancient Shadow Gate, on the other hand, was a treasure whose significance Gune found rather obscure.

According to the description, the Ancient Shadow Gate itself was a mysterious gate leading to a distant otherworldly space.

Those 'Shadow Beasts' seemed to be projected from that mysterious world.

But the specific function of the Ancient Shadow Gate would only be known after Gune touched it with demonic contact.

He moved swiftly through the dark and silent 'Shadow Island'.

Along the way, Gune sensed varying degrees of danger.

Fortunately, most of these dangerous feelings dissipated after three to five seconds.

As he traveled, on the beach, in the grass, or on some reefs,

Gune saw many corpses.

These corpses were mostly rotted down to bones and the tattered clothes draped over them.

Some ancient remains were partially buried under decaying leaves and desolate debris.

Only the few corroded, tattered clothes and blackened bones revealed their final resting place in despair.

These people had likely come to Shadow Island in search of treasures.

Unfortunately, they all died at the mouths of Shadow Beasts.

Gazing over the bleak, cold remains of those who died miserably, Gune pondered inwardly.

'Those who can land on Shadow Island are all skilled experts.'

'Though they died long ago, their supernatural storage equipment can last a long time, even hundreds of years.'

'Inside their storage equipment, time-sensitive items should have rotted or失效.'

'But supernatural equipment and some gold pounds should still be there.'

'Moreover, these supernatural storage items themselves are quite valuable.'

'I've only seen a small portion; there should be more elsewhere.'

'Just collecting these things could yield at least a million gold pounds, maybe even two or three million.'

'But before that, I need to close the Ancient Shadow Gate, otherwise everyone who comes to Shadow Island will die.'

While thinking, Gune moved forward quickly.

Soon, a massive row of bizarre black reefs, thirty to fifty meters tall, blocked Gune's path, like tombstones or city walls guarding the boundary between darkness and death.

Gune looked left and right; within a visual range of about 150 meters, both sides were entirely these towering, bizarre black reefs.

Upon closer inspection, these black reefs seemed to be formed from countless hideous, ferocious heads and evil, twisted, broken limbs,熔炼 into this massive reef under a giant furnace.

The entire reef exuded an eerie aura.

Just looking at these reefs radiating evil, Gune felt an inexplicable nausea and vomiting sensation churning in his chest and abdomen.

'Huff...'

Suppressing his discomfort, Gune quickly climbed up the huge reef.

When Gune climbed onto these reefs,

at the top of one reef before him, a hand that looked like melting wax, revealing struggle and terror, appeared in Gune's sight.

Its lower part was completely fused with the huge reef, and on the upper part of this hand, a supernatural storage ring was quietly embedded.

Gune's expression shifted.

'This reef... is it eating people?'

Looking again at the deep, dark,森然 reef beneath his feet, an inexplicable fear arose.

Gune's eyes twitched slightly.

Not daring to stay long on the reef, Gune quickly jumped forward to another reef.

When Gune crossed these reefs and stepped onto the gravel ground resembling a desert or Gobi,

Gune noticed that this gravel ground was barren of vegetation.

Slowly raising his head to look ahead,

an indescribable scene slowly unfolded before Gune's eyes and in his mind.

In the deep, oppressive dark mist,

a terrifying creation revealed its tip of the iceberg within Gune's field of vision.

The remains of various creatures Gune recognized or not—some deep-sea octopus with many tentacles, some giant sea monster sleeping on the ocean floor, some giant beast or flying beast hunting in the sky—were all fused together into a wall, or a vast, towering mountain reaching the sky.

Cold purple, blood red, dead black, ghastly white, and other despair-inducing colors intertwined.

Fully displaying the ugly, terrifying, greedy, and evil aspects of those grotesque creatures.

Gune's visual height was only about 150 meters. He couldn't see what larger existence lurked deeper in the darkness.

No one knew what kind of existence was hidden in the darkness and mist.

Just the part he saw was enough to make Gune feel as if a vast mountain pressed on his heart, making him feel as insignificant as an ant.

Even the slightest movement of this terrifying creation could cause his eternal death.

A feeling of powerless weakness grew in his heart.

'Even if I cultivate and become stronger, what then? Facing such a terrifying existence, I would probably die just from bearing its gaze.'

'Like an abyssal chasm, it's not something life can cross. Better to merge into it and become part of the great existence.'

Despairing and pessimistic thoughts grew in Gune's mind, and he even felt the urge to take that step.

Gune suddenly became alert.

'I will become part of you, but not in this form.'

Clenching his fists, Gune said in a low voice.

Vaguely, Gune felt something flowing from the corners of his eyes.

Gune touched it and looked at his hand.

It was bright red blood with a hint of dark gold.

Moreover, Gune felt his eyeballs accelerating in blood congestion.

In fact, within Gune's eyeballs, twisted, ferocious blood vessels were rapidly spreading.

'If I look any longer, my eyes will burst.' Gune withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes.

'Huff... inhale...'

Gune breathed deeply, relaxing his mind, and the despairing feelings gradually faded.

Then Gune opened the system.

This colossal entity in the darkness could not be gazed at for too long.

Fortunately, Gune could still look at it for a few moments.

If others came here and saw this behemoth, they would probably go insane on the spot and throw themselves into its embrace.

Before the bizarre and majestic creations of Cthulhu creatures, even mentally strong supernatural beings who got too close would fall into madness and mental失控.

With his eyes closed, Gune began his subsequent actions according to the system's guidance.