Chapter 26: Death!

After listening to Black Luo's exposition of the blood curse master's fatal weakness,

Yulai'er felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over her head.

The blood curse master was indeed powerful.

But this fatal weakness—it was truly too fatal.

Moreover, her physical body was not particularly strong.

On the night of the blood moon, if she were a blood curse master, she would inevitably lose her combat power.

A powerful physical body?

Her gaze briefly swept over the face of Gunei, who was not far away.

At this moment, Gunei's face, illuminated by the firelight, was handsome and calm.

It seemed that the blood curse master's fatal weakness did not bring him much worry.

"That's right, this Gunei, his strength is formidable, and his physical body... is also terrifying."

"For him, this might not be a fatal weakness at all," Yulai'er thought silently in her heart.

"This weakness is indeed very fatal."

With a calm expression, deep inside, Gunei also sighed softly.

"But regardless, this is a powerful supernatural profession. Besides... that curse, I may not necessarily lack the means to dispel or even suppress it."

Gune, who possessed a system, naturally had a certain confidence in suppressing the curse.

"Power always comes at a price!"

Gune silently recited this philosophical maxim in his heart.

After a moment of deliberation, Gune slowly spoke.

"Everyone, I have decided to accept the inheritance of the Blood Curse Master超凡职业."

No one was surprised by this turn of events.

They had all witnessed Gune's strength.

Moreover, they had personally experienced the power of Gune's physical body.

It was highly likely that during the Blood Moon Curse, Gune's power had been reduced to only half its strength.

Even so, he still possessed extremely formidable combat ability.

After all, the Blood Curse Master was a very powerful existence in itself. A talented strongman like Gune would certainly not refuse it.

"Just now, Black Luo also said that the Blood Curse Master is a very powerful and special超凡职业."

"Moreover, there is some kind of mysterious curse within the power of blood."

"Although I am confident that my spiritual power is strong and my physical body is not weak,"

"However, to avoid unnecessary casualties caused by hallucinations, mild loss of control, or other accidents during the acceptance of the inheritance through the catalyst,"

"It would be best for everyone to leave here and go to the weapon vault where we obtained many treasures earlier, and stay there for a while. Once I have finished receiving the inheritance here, I will naturally come to inform you."

After hearing this, the few of them did not object.

The inheritance of extraordinary artifacts.

It has always been fraught with danger.

After inheritance, alienation, loss of control, hallucinations, madness, and even death are all normal.

After all, humans are not extraordinary beings.

To master power at a higher level, one must take risks.

"Be careful on your own. If you need help, call out loudly."

"However, I believe that with your abilities, dealing with this minor extraordinary profession should not be a problem." Ai Li said somewhat lightly.

But her expression was not relaxed.

"Once you accept the inheritance of the extraordinary profession, I'm afraid the gap between us will widen even further." The philosophical knight Paul said in a muffled voice.

"Then you'll have to work harder too." Gune teased gently.

"Haha... of course, I'll catch up soon." Paul laughed heartily, somewhat cheerfully, but it could not conceal a hint of guilt.

Soon, the few of them followed the corridor and disappeared into the depths of the darkness.

"Huh..."

Watching their figures disappear into the darkness, after a long while, Gune finally let out a long breath.

When Gune learned that the second adventure could provide guidance for inheriting an extraordinary profession,

He had already planned how to obtain the third adventure, the "Coin of Fate."

Using the excuse of inheritance to send them away, then opening the extraordinary door to obtain the Coin of Fate.

That was Gune's plan.

Returning to the room with the blood curse totem, after pacing back and forth for a while,

Gune directly left the room with the blood curse totem.

Arriving at the stone hall of the living room,

With a thought from Gune, a dozen fire arrows shot simultaneously at the entrance of the corridor.

The sound of flames burning fiercely could mask the slight friction sound of opening the extraordinary door later.

Arriving at the door of the extraordinary room where the Coin of Fate was located,

Gune quickly entered the Lannemir language password on the extraordinary door.

Click, click...

A slight friction sound arose.

After opening it, what came into view was a small study-like secret room, not very spacious.

On three sides were collapsed, rotting bookshelves, and a large number of rotten and damaged books.

Several hundred years had passed here, so it was not surprising that these ordinary books had rotted and decayed.

On the contrary, the interior environment was quite neat and clean, without much dust.

Using the system, Gune spotted at a glance that coin, known as the 'Coin of Fate,' a so-called great work.

This coin was arguably the most important item in this encounter.

After all, the core theme of this encounter was 'The Great Posthumous Work of the Blood Curse Master.'

Stepping forward, Gune picked up the 'Coin of Fate,' which lay inconspicuously in a corner on the floor.

If one weren't careful, they might not even notice the 'great work' in that corner.

'Flick it up and see how your luck fares!'

The moment Gune picked up the Coin of Fate,

a strange thought surfaced in his mind.

Indeed, Gune even felt an urgent desire to flick the Coin of Fate.

'I must not flick this coin.'

Gune grew wary. With a thought, he stored the Coin of Fate into his system space.

At the same time, that strange thought vanished.

'A powerful psychological suggestion.'

'Fortunately, I was on guard and knew this thing was no ordinary item, so I wasn't driven by that suggestion.'

'If I hadn't known this Coin of Fate was extraordinary and had weak vigilance, I might have... actually flicked it.'

'So... what would happen if I flicked this Coin of Fate?'

He glanced around the empty little study.

Gune already had some guesses in his mind.

'The Coin of Fate is extraordinary, yet it was casually tossed in a corner.'

'Then its original owner, the Blood Curse Master 'Gewu,' has likely... met with misfortune.'

'Was it caused by flicking this Coin of Fate?'

'If so... then this Coin of Fate is truly an extraordinary and powerful magical item.'

'When I have more time, I'll need to study it thoroughly.'

Now was clearly not the time to probe the Coin of Fate's secrets.

As he pondered, Gune quickly closed the supernatural door of the little study.

Since the Coin of Fate was already in hand,

the next step was the inheritance of the supernatural profession 'Blood Curse Master.'

Blood Curse Master!

Returning to the room with the Blood Curse totem stone pillar,

Gune examined the totem stone pillar carefully.

After confirming nothing was amiss, he felt somewhat relieved.

He pressed his palm against the Blood Curse totem stone pillar.

Hum! Hum! Hum!

With three faint tremors of runic ripples,

Gune condensed three runes symbolizing 'communication' and 'bridge' in his palm.

The next moment, Gune opened a communication bridge between himself and the supernatural artifact, the Blood Curse totem stone pillar.

Acquiring supernatural texts, even wielding supernatural equipment, required building a bridge.

Similarly, accepting the guidance of a supernatural inheritance artifact also required establishing a communication bridge.

The moment the bridge was opened,

an indescribable dark, bloody, greedy, terrifying, twisted evil curse,

as if a floodgate had been opened,

surged violently toward Gune's body.

This evil curse, nurtured for centuries, mixed with the Blood Curse inheritance, all poured into Gune's body and soul in an instant.

'Not good!'

The moment he opened it, Gune sensed something was wrong.

By the time he wanted to cut off the inheritance from the supernatural artifact, it was too late.

That dark, twisted curse power had already fully surged into the depths of Gune's soul.

His body contorted, Gune let out a shrill, grotesque scream.

'Heh heh~~'

In agony, Gune's body convulsed, and the blood throughout his body began to bubble and boil under the curse's effect.

His entire body swelled rapidly like a balloon.

Gune's heart, at that moment, pounded violently as if gone mad.

Thump thump thump thump...

Beating over a dozen times per second.

'Urgh... help...'

Faced with this sudden turn of events, even the usually calm Gune became panicked.

'Am I going to die... but I have the system...'

In the depths of Gune's eyes, despair and helplessness emerged.

'Bang!'

Suddenly, Gune's heart emitted a dull, bursting sound of rupture.

Then, the color rapidly faded from Gune's pupils.

His entire body, like a mountain collapsing and a jade pillar toppling, pitched headlong into the blood pool beside the Blood Curse totem.

His face was twisted.

His death was gruesome.