Chapter 147: Blood Dream Arena

Manipulating source power, Gune carefully stepped onto the altar.

Gune, who weighed about two thousand jin in the Oya Continent, now weighed roughly sixteen thousand to seventeen thousand jin in this Holy Feather Dark Source large-scale transcendent world.

If he stepped directly onto it,

this small altar would likely collapse instantly.

After stepping onto the altar, Gune composed his mind and chanted in a low voice: "O source of fear above the stars, immortal lord who reverses life and death, unnameable master of nightmares, hear my most devout call. I offer my blood to serve you!"

As Gune chanted,

the demonic sub-soul within the blood sea had already heard the sound of this "sincere" call.

With a thought, the demonic sub-soul manipulated the power of the blood sea, wrapping it with the power of the Dominator's flesh, and gently guided the sacrificial power over.

Immediately, the milky white light pillar of the small altar turned blood-red in an instant, and a terrifying power faintly bloomed within.

Gune knew that was the power of the Dominator's flesh, but to him, it was neither dangerous nor oppressive.

Of course, that was for Gune; for others, it might not be the same.

"Hmm, when the sacrifice takes place, aside from the strong who can stay near the altar, those transcendent masters and below should keep their distance to avoid accidental injury."

Sensing that the sacrificial channel had been opened by the demonic sub-soul,

Gune began to drop a blood crystal into the altar's light pillar.

As the blood crystal entered the altar, blood light spread, and the altar's power effortlessly allowed the demonic sub-soul to collect it.

Then the demonic sub-soul placed it into the system storage space, and with a thought, Gune took it back into his hand.

The sacrificial item made a full circle and returned to Gune's hand.

Then he threw it back into the altar's blood light.

It was again taken by the demonic sub-soul.

Then it reappeared in Gune's hand.

After repeating this five or six times, Gune stopped the "matryoshka sacrifice."

Taking the blood crystal back into his hand,

Gune carefully sensed it.

"First, the sacrifice does not consume the offering itself; this blood crystal remained unchanged after five or six sacrifices."

"What is consumed is only the energy within the altar."

"Essentially, sacrifice is just another form of item transmission."

"The stronger the altar, the farther the transmission distance."

"A divine-level altar's sacrifice can span vast stellar distances."

"Moreover, I will reinforce this altar's sacrificial channel with offerings, so even after I leave, they can still make sacrifices to me."

"Overall, there is no issue with the sacrifice."

Then Gune pondered for a moment.

"So... the next question is: what can I give them? How can I make them enthusiastic about sacrificing?"

This was undoubtedly a very important and practical question.

If no rewards were given for sacrifices in the short term, it might not matter.

But over time, if they found no substantial gain from sacrifices, they might not dare to stop due to the name of the great being, but they would certainly become perfunctory.

And the longer it went on, the worse their sacrifices would become.

If rewards were given, ordinary items would not reflect the great being's status.

But if they were valuable treasures, Gune would not find it worthwhile.

After all, by constructing the great "Nightmare Master" persona, Gune aimed to gain benefits from sacrifices, not to incur expenses.

"Something that both reflects the great being's status and stimulates their enthusiasm, so they continuously sacrifice flesh, bones, blood, etc., to constantly strengthen my blood sea and enhance my power."

"It seems..."

As he thought, Gune vaguely had an idea.

And the idea lay in the "Blood Dream Arena" he had constructed.

"Now, my blood-source innate divine ability has reached level five, and its power goes without saying. Even the soul attack alone, at level four, could easily kill top geniuses at the sixth-order peak who practiced the Codex of Principles."

"This powerful innate divine ability allows me, even from the extremely distant 'Holy Feather Dark Source large-scale transcendent world,' to easily pull pirates from the Oya Continent into the blood dream space using their blood crystals and kill them effortlessly."

"Moreover, after 'Blood Source · Great Blood Dream Curse' reached level five, being pulled into the blood dream world has changed."

"At level one, it only pulled projections, causing minimal harm."

"At levels two and three, the blood dream world could already kill people, clearly showing that the blood dream world is not mere illusion but a peculiar layer between dream and reality."

"At level four, I could fully exert my strength in the blood dream world."

"Now that Blood Source · Great Blood Dream Curse is at level five, naturally, I can easily unleash all my power in the blood dream world."

"If I wish, I can even relax their abilities, allowing those pulled into the blood dream world to fully use their spells, martial skills, and other abilities."

"Just like me now, many of my means can be freely used in the blood dream world, and the strength I display there is nearly the same as in the real world."

"If I greatly reduce the 'death damage' in the blood dream world through the spell,"

"then after dying there, they would only lose a tiny amount of blood qi, so little that it might go unnoticed."

"If I greatly increase the death damage, they would lose a massive amount of blood qi upon death, and the unlucky ones might even lose part of their soul, suffering fatal injuries."

"In this way." Gune narrowed his eyes.

"As long as I grant them sufficient permissions, the blood dream world can become a huge arena for honing combat skills for those transcendent beings who enter this layer."

"In reality, there are few occasions for all-out combat."

"Even when fighting, one must be cautious and avoid real life-and-death struggles."

"But in the blood dream world, it's completely different; since death damage is low, they can fight with all their might without restraint."

"And such opportunities for unrestrained life-and-death combat are quite rare."

"This alone holds great appeal."

"Even more, if promoted, my blood dream world will attract a large number of geniuses."

"Clashes between geniuses are very rare, and the rarer they are, the more people will actively join."

Thinking this, Gune chuckled softly.

"If it only covers a small area, it wouldn't be much of a trick."

"But the problem is, the 'blood dream space' I opened in the blood dream world has an enormous range."

"Not to mention the future, even now, from the Holy Feather Dark Source large-scale transcendent world, I can easily pull pirates from the Oya Continent using blood crystals."

"Clearly, the entire range of the Gulongtan large-scale transcendent world group, where the Oya Continent itself is located, is basically within the radiation range. Even this transcendent world might be within range."

"And as my power grows and the divine ability level of Blood Source · Great Blood Dream Curse increases,"

"a virtual blood dream arena in the form of an internet radiating countless transcendent worlds will fully take shape."

"Everyone can beat others online."

"Want to engage in life-and-death combat with geniuses from other realms? Come on, kid! Join the virtual blood dream arena, and the 'Nightmare Master' will make your dream come true."

"A flood of transcendent beings will pour in, and each time they die, they will contribute a small amount of blood crystal to me."

"When the numbers are large enough, the daily contribution of blood crystals will be immense."

As his thoughts fully unfolded, Gune couldn't help but laugh.

"Using the blood dream arena as a reward is clearly very good. If I explain it, Sogra Kadlec should understand its importance."

"In the future, they might even compete for the right to enter the blood dream arena."

"Then... this will lead to another problem." Gune rubbed his forehead.

"How can I make them willingly enter the 'blood dream arena' I constructed?"

This was undoubtedly the key issue, and it would also be the key to the development of the blood dream arena.