Chapter 117: Demonic Runes

Gunie sat down cross-legged again, sinking into thought.

"Earlier, when I advanced consecutively, I never condensed any Secret Crossing Runes."

"Mainly because I needed to reserve enough carrying capacity to bear these Demonic Runes."

"The space I saved before could probably condense about four or five Secret Crossing Runes."

"This time, after five reincarnations, overall, I can probably condense about five or six."

"All in all, condensing ten Secret Crossing Runes should be about right."

"No need to condense too many; just enough Secret Crossing Runes to let me instantly cast the Great Thunderflame Curse with the Witch-冥 Staff."

"I just need to condense six more Secret Crossing Runes."

"The remaining soul-bearing power must all be used to bear the Demonic Runes."

"I just don't know how many I can bear."

With this thought, Gunie gradually calmed his mind.

"In these three to five months, raising my realm won't be a big problem. If it takes longer, I might even advance directly to the fifth rank."

"My soul's defensive strength, through continuously devouring 'True·冥 Source Fruits' during this time, has already become very strong. Coupled with the powerful soul damage tolerance brought by the Demonic Runes,"

"my soul's toughness is about to improve as well."

"Both soul and body possess strong defenses and high damage tolerance—this kind of toughness is the most important."

Gunie mused silently.

"Of course, defense is one aspect; equally important is my offensive ability as a Curse Mage."

"This long time is enough to raise all my curse levels by another one or two grades."

"My AFK system also needs to start selecting core curses as my main combat power."

For a Curse Mage, it is inevitable to strengthen the power of core curses.

"Unfortunately, I currently have no curse scriptures on Rune Mysteries."

As he thought, Gunie opened his AFK system.

First AFK slot: Dark Inscription Arcane Channel (Level 4)

Second AFK slot: Secret Pattern·Bona Source Pool (Level 5)

Third AFK slot: Soul Seal Codex (Level 7)

Fourth AFK slot: Great Thunderflame Curse (Level 5)

Fifth AFK slot: Blood Pool Codex (Level 7)

Sixth AFK slot: Blood Source·Great Blood Dream Curse (Level 2)

Seventh AFK slot: 58%

"In about four more months, this seventh AFK slot will unlock too."

After some deliberation, Gunie replaced the Dark Inscription Arcane Channel in the first slot.

Then he put [True Scale·Armor's Guard] into it.

After the replacement, he browsed through these curses one by one and finally felt at ease.

At this moment, the many curses in the AFK slots were all extremely important and powerful for Gunie.

Some were for cultivation, others for enhancing his core abilities.

"My demonic secondary soul also dropped to the early fourth rank along with my realm."

"Fortunately, it can grow along with my strength."

"Now, begin condensing curses and delving into the mysteries of the world, darkness, and destruction."

Immediately, Gunie focused his mind and began his secluded cultivation.

This sealed land of the Dominator was relatively safe and indeed a suitable place for cultivation.

Moreover, the old wizard Zul·Eremen had told Gunie that when the time came, he would naturally lead Gunie out.

So Gunie had nothing to worry about. He could steadily cultivate here, AFK training and comprehending Rune Mysteries.

Thus, while condensing runes and comprehending Rune Mysteries,

Gunie entered a steady state of AFK cultivation.

Unconsciously, over four months had flown by.

…

One day.

At the entrance to the underground world.

"Splash…" The sound of breaking water.

Zul·Eremen led three Transcendents into the underground world.

After a moment, the old wizard Zul opened the thick energy barrier and flew with the three toward the massive building complex sealing the Dominator.

Flying alongside Zul·Eremen was a "Magic Curse Swordsman" from a foreign starry sky, carrying six "Magic Curse Swords" on his back.

Compared to the development of Transcendent sequences in the Oya Continent,

the "large Transcendent worlds" above the starry sky had more complete development of their Transcendent sequences.

Transcendent professionals in sequences like Combat, Curse, Shadow, etc., all had excellent "Magic Curse Weapons" and corresponding curse scriptures that suited their own Transcendent professions.

But in a medium-to-small Transcendent world like the Oya Continent,

Transcendent professionals only had the most basic professional inheritance.

Curse scriptures, combat scriptures, and shadow scriptures existed in the form of single curses; one learned whatever one encountered, which was relatively chaotic and made it hard to form a strong combat system.

After all, a single curse was easy to construct.

But a complete set of "curse scriptures" and "Magic Curse Weapons" tailored to a Transcendent profession was extremely difficult to construct.

It required many powerful, experienced, and creative Transcendent scholars to conduct research and experiments.

Moreover, it needed a large number of Transcendents to undergo long-term cultivation, tempering in battle, and feedback, before finally forming a complete and powerful professional combat system.

The Transcendent Master carrying the Magic Curse Swords scanned the underground world.

When he saw the light projection in the sky resembling a shadow world, his expression changed slightly.

"A prototype of a higher-dimensional world? That's quite rare!" said the Magic Curse Swordsman "Batalu" with a smile.

"It's just a change in the prototype of a higher-dimensional world in a small area caused by the great Dominator here. This peculiar natural phenomenon is not naturally formed and has no potential to expand."

"If it were truly a prototype of a higher-dimensional world, I'm afraid... more Transcendent powerhouses and more evil gods would descend upon our world, kill us all, and establish new powerful forces."

"Even those calamity creatures would wage war, completely occupy our world, and nurture it into their core world." The old wizard Zul shook his head.

"Haha... That's true. For your world, the eruption of the 'Source Tide' and the starlight blooming among the stars is already a disaster. If your world truly gave birth to a prototype of a higher-dimensional world, tsk tsk... for you, that would no longer be a disaster but a crisis of total annihilation." Batalu said with a laugh.

"Even so, our Transcendent world is not faring well. Those evil gods have already descended, and those heretical Transcendent powerhouses will not easily give up the Transcendent origin of our world."

"This time, I hope you, Sir Batalu, can lend us much assistance." Zul said thus.

"Rest assured, you know from our long cooperation that since your Transcendent Association is willing to give me these Demonic Runes, we will naturally do our utmost to help you."

"Moreover, most of those entangled with the evil gods are not good people. In many large Transcendent worlds, they are wanted individuals. Killing them would be a very good thing." Batalu said thus.

After a moment's thought, Zul looked at Batalu and asked,

"In the past month or two, I haven't gone out to learn more detailed information. How is the situation on the island now?"

"What else? Even more chaotic." Batalu shook his head.

"You should know about the battle three or four months ago. Both sides fought extremely fiercely, with many Transcendents dead and even two Transcendent Masters fallen."

"The entire Mobile Island was shaken by the battle."

"Fortunately, that Strange Sea Old Man stepped in to suppress several Transcendent Masters, or else those several Divine Envoys would have acted."

"But it was precisely because of the Strange Sea Old Man's intervention that those Divine Envoys calmed down."

"The strength of a Demigod—even those Divine Envoys dare not act rashly before him!"

"Does that Strange Sea Old Man truly have Demigod-level strength?"

"Naturally." Batalu nodded slightly.

"But even so, in the past month or two, although the two sides haven't clashed on the island, small-scale assassinations have been ongoing. Meanwhile, in the surrounding seas, both sides have begun patrolling and hunting down each other's reinforcements."

"Although your Transcendent Association is powerful officially, the seas have long been the domain of those evil gods and pirates. Now the two sides are basically at a stalemate."

"But overall, at least until the Elemental Forbidden Land opens, there won't be large-scale battles. Even if there are conflicts, they will be small-scale."

"Mm." Zul nodded slightly, then asked softly, "The Elemental Forbidden Land will open soon, right?"