Chapter 132: Mysterious Platform

Two hours later.

The dark mist on both sides of the stone steps grew thicker.

At a distance of nearly twenty meters to the left and right of the stone steps, the dense dark mist seemed to condense into two high walls.

Completely blocking the view.

Although the eyes could not reach the deeper darkness,

Gunie could sense the movements within the mist through his powerful perception.

At this moment, Gunie, standing on the stone steps, was engaged in fierce combat.

Over thirty vines, as thick as a calf and of a earthy yellow color with a few golden veins, surged from all directions, either striking, lashing, sweeping, or entangling Gunie.

They besieged him with various means.

Gunie, his form turning into a flash of blood-red light, swiftly moved while continuously slashing at these thick vines with his demon blade cursed spell imbued with the essence of destruction.

Each attack from these vines with a few golden veins was terrifyingly powerful.

Every strike easily tore through the air, producing a dull, sharp howl.

When they hit the ground, there was a deafening, muffled explosion of "Bang!", the rocky mountain trembled slightly, and碎石 flew in all directions.

By now, the rocks on both sides of the stone steps had been shattered by these vines.

The stone steps themselves were smashed to pieces, no longer recognizable as a staircase.

An ordinary fifth-rank spellcaster or shadow user would be severely injured by a single hit from them.

Besides the thirty-plus vines still fighting Gunie,

over twenty thick vines lay on the ground, cut off by Gunie, writhing and struggling.

That meant there were more than fifty vines in total fighting Gunie at this spot.

Following the stone steps, Gunie had already climbed about two to three thousand meters.

Earlier, Gunie had tried something.

For instance, he tried to outrun the vines by moving at extreme speed.

If I run fast enough, these vines can't catch me.

The idea was full, but reality was lean.

After crossing two vine attack zones in a row, Gunie encountered a large net woven from vines, completely blocking his path.

Clearly, the direct running approach wouldn't work.

Gunie could only slowly kill these vines one by one.

Fortunately, Gunie didn't have to worry about source power consumption.

With abundant source power, Gunie was determined to fight these vines all the way.

As long as you dare to come out, I dare to kill, and I won't leave a single one.

With the essence of destruction integrated into the demon blade cursed spell, its destructive power greatly increased, continuously cutting down one thick vine after another.

Three or four minutes later.

After Gunie cut down the last vine,

the vine battle at this spot was over.

His gaze swept over the devastated ground and the stone steps that were so damaged they were unrecognizable.

Gunie looked upward.

The rugged mountain path, along with the deep mist barriers on both sides, prevented Gunie from seeing where the end lay ahead.

After some thought,

he found a relatively flat spot, took out his cultivation seat, and sat down cross-legged.

Since the vines had been killed, this area was relatively safe.

Having fought all the way,

if there were source power in the surrounding space, the capacity of Gunie's demon source pool could easily maintain its peak state.

After all, Gunie's demon source pool absorbed source power quite quickly.

But now, there was no source power around, and Gunie couldn't recover any source power at all.

"Source power has already been depleted by one-fifth."

"And I don't know how many battles await me above."

"Although releasing the demon blade cursed spell puts minimal mental strain on me, the continuous burst of over a thousand such spells still has a slight effect."

"Let's restore both source power and spirit to their peak first."

With a thought, the cube at the end of the deep source anchor appeared before Gunie.

His gaze swept over the metal cube, then Gunie placed his palm on it.

Immediately,

"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle..."

Pure and thick source power was rapidly drawn into Gunie.

"Those without the deep source anchor must have prepared plenty of source power potions!"

While feeling the pure source power, Gunie mused.

"I heard at Dragon Head Great Harbor that high-grade refined source power potions and high-grade potions have gone up in price."

"That must be due to large purchases by those people."

"But no matter how many source power potions there are, they will eventually run out, while the deep source anchor provides an unlimited supply."

"Moreover, in the future, I can keep the deep source anchor with me. In case I end up in some strange place with no source power, it will be an endless energy source."

When this source power entered the "demon source pool" in Gunie's body,

under the influence of the demonic runes, it first underwent a refinement and transformation.

Only after being transformed into "demon source power" was it deposited into the demon source pool.

This refinement made the source power purer, easier to use and control.

Many people would love to have such an opportunity for refinement but cannot.

The demonic runes above the source pool perfectly achieved this automatic refinement effect.

Moreover, the three demonic runes in Gunie's body refined better than a single one.

"Currently, the effect of three demonic runes hasn't transformed; in fact, even two demonic runes haven't changed much. Three demonic runes are just an enhancement over two."

"I wonder if with five demonic runes, or even ten, there will be significant changes in the soul or the source pool."

"Hmm, I also need to condense the secret transit rune, as it is one of my strongest guarantees in battle and killing."

As he thought, Gunie's soul was fully immersed in nurturing with demon source power.

...

An hour later.

Gunie, sitting cross-legged on the rubble pile, slowly opened his eyes.

Both his source power and spirit had returned to their peak state.

He stood up, waved his hand, and the deep source anchor cube and the cultivation seat were both stored into his system space.

Then Gunie looked up the rugged mountain path.

"Let's go!"

With a step, Gunie moved forward, heading higher up the mountain.

As Gunie advanced along the mountain path,

many transcendents at the Death God's checkpoint, after undergoing life-and-death battles, passed the Death God's trial of life and death and were allowed through.

These transcendents who entered the mountain ridge also encountered the predicament of the twisted realm.

They were trapped inside and couldn't get out.

They could only fight various powerful alien beasts.

Some, through combat or sheer luck, managed to leave the twisted realm's predicament.

Then they arrived at more difficult areas like the "Ridge Road," "Dark Jungle," "Death Bone Forest," "Black Desert," "Wind Canyon," "Weird Corridor," and so on.

Undoubtedly, among these many people, Gunie was the farthest ahead.

...

Following the stone steps, after advancing two to three hundred meters,

the next wave of more violent, thicker, and more numerous vine attacks that Gunie had anticipated did not come.

Instead, after turning a rugged corner,

a platform with faint drifting mist appeared before Gunie.