Chapter 58 Bizarre Species

Under Ankalu's gaze, Gune raised his hand.

A surge of fresh blood flowed from within his body.

Then it condensed into two blood crystals the size of a fingernail.

He put one away, played with the other for a moment, and then cast it into Ankalu's body.

Ankalu watched Gune's actions from start to finish.

When the fingernail-sized blood crystal returned to Ankalu's body,

"A lot of information suddenly appeared in my head," Ankalu exclaimed in disbelief, looking at Gune.

"I gave you that information," Gune said with a slight smile.

"Those spells in the memories require no source power, only a drop or two of blood, to let you enter the Blood Dream Arena."

"The Blood Dream Arena?" Ankalu was startled.

Over the past year, the Blood Dream Arena had become the most coveted place for transcendents in the Oya Continent.

There, one could not only exchange information but also engage in fierce combat and sparring.

Even more, recently, a wondrous item called the "Blood Dream Ring" had appeared in the arena.

It was said that this wondrous item could bring real-world objects into the Blood Dream World and also bring Blood Dream World items into reality.

This terrifying wondrous item, which enabled remote transactions without consuming much power, caused an uproar throughout the Blood Dream Arena as soon as it appeared.

It seemed that it could only be exchanged for "Holy Source Coins," and it cost a hundred thousand Holy Source Coins for one.

Its price was also exorbitantly high, and no one had yet managed to obtain one.

"Also."

Gune raised his hand, and a Blood Dream Ring appeared in his palm.

"This is a Blood Dream Ring. It appeared in the Blood Dream Arena some time ago. You know about this item, right?"

Staring at the Blood Dream Ring, Ankalu nodded blankly, as if in a daze—this was a supreme treasure.

"Of course I know."

"You have no source power and can't seem to acquire a transcendent profession, but you have blood. A drop or two of blood can activate this transcendent ring."

"This is also for you. I'll inform the Blood Dream Elves in the arena, and they'll prepare ample food for you, stacked at the place where you enter."

"The food you bring out from the Blood Dream World in one trip will last you over ten days."

"Thank you!" Ankalu's nose tingled, and he spoke with a sob.

For so many years, whenever he ventured into the desolate mountains and forests, as an ordinary person, he was either killed or starved to death—his life had been utterly miserable.

Now, at last, he was about to escape the fate of starving to death.

"If you have other needs, you can enter the Blood Dream Arena and recite the spell specifically for me, and I will give you timely help."

"What can I do for you?" Hearing how much help the other was giving him, Ankalu was not one to be idle and gluttonous.

With the other helping him so much, he felt somewhat uneasy in his heart.

"Well, there are actually quite a few things that need you to do, but now is not the time. Once I figure out the peculiar situation here, I'll come back to take you out."

"I think your being trapped here must be related to the strange circumstances here. Only by resolving this situation can you leave here completely. Otherwise, even if you leave now, you'll end up here again after waking up."

"Indeed, if I don't figure out what's attracting me here, even if I leave, I'll come back again."

"Alright, that's basically the gist of it."

"When you're bored, you can enter the Blood Dream Arena to play. There are many people there, and it's already expanded enormously. When you enter, others still won't be able to detect you. You'd better not cause too much trouble or interfere with others," Gune said.

"Rest assured, I won't disturb others."

Ankalu was also afraid that if he interfered with others and suffered backlash, or if the impact was too great, he might have the ring taken back, or be denied food, or be barred from entering the Blood Dream Arena—then he would return to his previous state of wandering and death.

"Mm, stay here for now. I'll go check the main passage over there."

After his exchange with Ankalu, Gune flew forward along the passage.

Investigating what was happening here was the true purpose of Gune's visit.

Following the main passage, Gune soon reached the end of the blood carpet he had left earlier.

He swept his gaze over the blood carpet below.

"Having such a huge impact on me, I want to see what you really are," Gune mused.

Then, Gune moved swiftly along the passage.

Before long, Gune arrived at the barrier at the end of the main passage.

As soon as he arrived, he noticed something unusual on the opposite side of the barrier's end.

Earlier, when clearing the small passages, Gune had also seen the situation in the main passage from a distance.

At that time, the main passage had contained very powerful master-level aberrant stitched monsters.

But now,

the aberrant stitched monsters in the passage were almost nowhere to be seen.

"No more aberrant stitched monsters?"

Gune narrowed his eyes and carefully scanned the passage ahead.

Finally, his gaze fell on a "black mist sphere" floating in the air.

There were no stitched monsters in the passage, but a black mist sphere had appeared in the air.

This black mist sphere was about the size of a basketball, emitting black mist that swirled around it, never dissipating.

"This black mist sphere also has a transcendent rank of eight."

"Some new type of bizarre aberrant creature?"

After a moment's thought, Gune pressed his palm against the energy barrier, opened a door, and stepped inside.

As soon as Gune closed the door,

the eight-rank black mist sphere suddenly changed.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

Thick black mist vapor spewed from the sphere's body, even emitting a whistling sound like a steam whistle.

Under Gune's gaze,

the black mist sphere, combined with the spewed black mist, quickly transformed into a massive black mist demon spider, five meters long and three meters tall.

This demon spider, shrouded in black mist, had limbs and body made of the same black material as the sphere, and its aura was extremely ferocious and violent.

"Hiss!"

Letting out a sharp hiss at Gune, the black mist demon spider charged at him.

It was very fast.

Gune leaped back, trying to retreat.

The next moment, Gune's expression changed drastically.

Because he felt his ability to mobilize source power was so slow, almost stagnant.

Without the use of demonic source power, he could barely exert a tenth of his strength.

"What kind of monster is this, having such a bizarre effect? My demonic source power is its own realm."

"Bang!"

Gune was sent flying by the demon spider, and at the same time, the spider's two sharp front limbs struck Gune fiercely.

Fortunately, Gune's physical defense was strong enough.

Such ferocious piercing power from the limbs only left minor wounds on Gune.

Gune's blood power surged, trying to heal his injuries.

But as the blood power surged, Gune's face darkened.

The blood power also seemed difficult to mobilize.

"What kind of monster is this? The mobilization of blood power is also completely suppressed. Even the Death God Beast energy deep inside me, which I rarely use, can't be mobilized."

"I... have been affected by some strange power again?" Gune's expression grew increasingly grim.