Chapter 113: The Dominator Seal

Following the old wizard, they journeyed forward.

Soon they reached the end of the corridor by the side gate of the great hall.

Ahead lay the sealing ground, vast and towering like a mountain range.

At the end of the corridor, the old wizard stopped.

"I'll see you off here. I've told you everything I need to along the way, especially the aspects I cautioned you about—be very careful." The old wizard spoke softly.

"Rest assured, elder. I will be careful." Gune nodded slightly.

"Then go on ahead. This place is sparsely populated; find yourself a spot and quietly make contact, absorb, comprehend, and condense."

With that, the old wizard turned to leave.

"Elder, I still don't know your name." Gune quickly said.

"Zul Erlemen."

The old wizard said softly.

"Zul Erlemen." Gune committed the name of this wizard elder to memory.

After all, this kindly old man had patiently explained many important things to Gune along the way.

Anyone else would have grown weary long ago.

Some might not have uttered a single word to Gune.

"Elder Zul, when will the Elemental Forbidden Ground open?" Gune immediately asked.

This question was one of Gune's greatest concerns at the moment.

After all, Gune hoped to finish condensing the Demonic Rune and still make it back in time.

"Short term, two to three months; long term, maybe four to five months."

"With your talent, if you condense well, it won't be hard to make it for this Elemental Forbidden Ground battle."

Having said that, the old wizard Zul turned and left.

"Two to three months at the shortest, four to five at the longest—there's no rush."

Then, composing himself, Gune looked toward the massive Dominator Seal, like a giant stone mountain crouching deep in the jungle.

Even standing here, Gune could feel a faint force drawing him toward worship and devotion.

This was the effect of "power worship" naturally emitted by such immense strength.

All life yearns for power. When faced with overwhelming and vast power, life's instinct subtly falls into power worship.

If an ordinary person, lacking sufficient soul resistance, came here, they would fall into fanatical devotion and kneel until death.

Fortunately, as a transcendent, one can easily resist this slight power worship.

Gazing around the jungle and the vast stone mountain, Gune silently moved forward along the edge.

Gune was unlike other transcendent beings who entered.

They came to obediently absorb energy and comprehend the inheritance.

Gune came to touch the great life form.

During reincarnation, Gune naturally needed to find a secluded corner where no one could observe, quietly completing the multiple reincarnation process.

Such a secret must not be discovered by others.

Only by making contact and reincarnating could Gune gain complete immunity to the call of "Kulagru."

Only then could Gune freely condense more Demonic Runes instead of using power to resist the call of "Kulagru."

At the same time,

this multiple reincarnation would elevate Gune's transcendent talent to a higher level.

Last time, merely touching the Dominator's flesh had greatly enhanced Gune's transcendent talent.

Granting him the powerful ability to directly comprehend the "World's Mysteries."

This time, truly contacting this great being, the backlash would surely be terrifying and dreadful.

Yet the more so, the better the effect after reincarnation.

It could even increase Gune's comprehension speed of the World's Mysteries and Dark Mysteries by tenfold or more.

Silently advancing deeper.

After about half an hour, Gune arrived at a small stream beside a mountain stream.

The Dominator's sealing ground, long undisturbed, had undergone changes through mountains and rivers.

The rocks on this side of the mountain stream had piled up with the Dominator's seal, and after erosion, there was a small cave behind a water curtain on one side.

Gune could tell that this cave had been modified by someone using transcendent power.

"Is anyone inside?" Gune called softly.

After a long while, there was no response.

Gune leaped lightly and quietly walked into the cave.

After going twenty or thirty meters deep, the end was a stone room covered in dust.

On one side was the faint sound of a trickling stream.

On the other side was a wall formed by the Dominator's seal.

"No one should be here. The person who was condensing Demonic Runes here before has finished and left."

"This is a perfect place for me to condense and cultivate."

After looking around, Gune smiled.

He tidied up the stone room a bit and blocked the entrance.

After thinking, Gune placed a wooden sign at the entrance: "Someone inside, please do not disturb!"

With all preparations done, Gune sat down beside the Dominator's seal.

Sitting cross-legged, Gune calmed his mind and quietly attuned himself to the surrounding world.

After more than ten minutes, Gune slowly opened his eyes.

"No one is secretly spying on me."

"In front of such a powerful life form, no one would be so bored as to do that."

"For me, I can safely begin my plan."

Gazing at the Dominator's sealing barrier before him.

"Whoosh..."

With Gune's manipulation, the source energy within him surged out, forming tentacles as thick as a thumb to make contact with the Dominator's seal.

The moment they touched,

"Rumble..."

A force like a volcanic eruption burst before Gune's eyes.

It felt as if volcanic lava were about to hit his face.

The world Gune perceived seemed to tremble.

Gune's soul, source pool, and physical body were all in the throes of trembling caused by that scorching force.

This was the fear and trembling of life's essence before a supreme being.

Fortunately, Gune had already learned from Elder Zul what would happen upon contacting the seal.

Facing this terrifying gap in level that caused trembling, he managed to steady his mind.

Rumble...

The violent force surged wildly.

Gune felt as if his entire body were about to be shaken apart.

Fortunately, Gune was not afraid of death.

So Gune gritted his teeth and endured it.

Earlier, Elder Zul had told Gune,

the first step of contact should be slow.

Repeated contact and absorption were needed to eventually adapt to the trembling caused by facing the seal of a great being.

But Gune already had experience and resistance from facing the Dominator's remains and reincarnating.

Plus, he had absorbed so much wriggling flesh.

Gune had enough capital to make contact and adapt faster than normal people.

Normal people needed half a month to adapt.

Some might even have to break contact after the first touch, or they would die.

But Gune, enduring it, found that the trembling only caused discomfort and some pain, without significant lasting damage.

Calming down, Gune slowly adapted to this violent force while gradually absorbing it.

Only by absorbing and digesting the surface force could he enter the next layer and touch the essence of the "Demonic Rune."

The "Demonic Rune" was located in the second layer.

Moreover, condensing the Demonic Rune was far more difficult than absorbing and transforming the energy of the first layer.

Fortunately, Gune had enough time and was not in a hurry.

The energy of the first layer was a special force formed by the outer seal; it was said that absorbing it could slightly refine one's source energy.

Gune naturally would not miss such a good opportunity.

Gurgle...

The surging energy was continuously absorbed by Gune.

And the source pool within Gune, bearing this energy, unknowingly and slowly grew stronger.