Chapter 66: A Challenge from a Strongman!

Long ago, Gune had planted the overlord-level creature 'Hurricane Mother Tree' on his planting plot.

After nearly a year of time, with acceleration amounting to about fifteen hundred years.

The Hurricane Mother Tree finally bore the 'Wind Spirit Fruit'.

With a flip of his hand, Gune took out a Wind Spirit Fruit the size of a fist, like blue crystal.

As soon as he held it, a powerful hurricane force formed around the fruit.

Whoosh, whoosh...

The entire secret chamber was filled with a howling wind, very strong.

If Gune hadn't held on, the Wind Spirit Fruit would have flown away on the spot.

But the chamber had been completely sealed by Gune, so it couldn't escape.

Gune inhaled the Wind Spirit Fruit in one gulp.

The entire water-blue Wind Spirit Fruit was directly sucked into his stomach and began to be digested.

"It's been a long time since I condensed a Holy Shadow Rune; it's time to condense some."

Gune mused silently.

While digesting the Wind Spirit Fruit, Gune didn't idle.

He calmed his mind and began condensing Holy Shadow Runes.

Previously, Gune had condensed three Holy Shadow Runes.

This time, Gune intended to condense ten, or even over a dozen Holy Shadow Runes.

That way, speed would not become his weakness but rather his advantage.

With the improvement in realm, the strengthening of his physical body, and the expansion of his blood sea.

Gune's capacity to accommodate runes had increased manifold.

Accommodating ten Demonized Runes was naturally no problem.

The fourth and fifth were quickly condensed.

When Gune had condensed five Holy Shadow Runes.

A subtle feeling of lightness surged into Gune's heart; he seemed to merge with the surging air around him.

While condensing the sixth, Gune sensed the effect of the fifth.

"The condensation of the fifth makes my body more agile and light; the base speed increase should be the same as before, about 25% per Holy Shadow Rune."

"However, these five Holy Shadow Runes have reached a critical point, making the body light and agile; the effect might reach 30% or more."

"I'll need to fly properly to know the exact effect."

"Once I finish condensing, I'll test the flight speed."

As time passed.

The sixth! The seventh!

Gune condensed one after another rapidly.

When the tenth was successfully condensed.

"Boom!"

A rather rich wind spirit power burst forth from Gune's body, from every limb and every cell.

Instantly, the entire secret chamber was filled with ethereal and surging wind spirit power.

At the same time, the wind spirit power Gune had obtained from digesting the Wind Spirit Fruit also burst forth.

The wind spirit power from condensing the tenth Holy Shadow Rune was five or six times greater than that from the Wind Spirit Fruit.

However, obtaining wind spirit power from two sources was naturally better than from one.

Moreover, the Wind Spirit Fruit would be源源不断 in the future.

"I feel that unleashing this wind spirit power can double my current maximum speed."

"Indeed, wind spirit power is a good thing! Known as the darling of wind power."

"Ten Holy Shadow Runes are clearly not my limit; I'll continue condensing."

Immediately, Gune began to condense further.

The eleventh.

The twelfth.

The thirteenth.

The fourteenth.

When condensing the fourteenth, Gune vaguely felt he was nearing his limit.

Sure enough, when condensing the fifteenth Holy Shadow Rune, Gune felt some pressure.

Fortunately, his now vast and mighty blood sea greatly enhanced his capacity to bear.

Bearing the pressure, Gune still smoothly condensed the fifteenth Holy Shadow Rune.

When Gune had condensed fifteen Holy Shadow Runes.

Gune felt that his wind spirit power was probably ten times richer than when he started condensing.

After stabilizing the Holy Shadow Runes, a smile appeared on Gune's face.

"Let's go test it."

Immediately, Gune used the Blood Source Great Blood Sky Dream Curse to enter the Blood Dream Arena of the Oya Continent.

Flying recklessly in the Blood Dream World of Saint Haigar would surely be discovered.

If those strongmen saw his astonishing speed, that would be unfortunate.

But in the Blood Dream World of the Oya Continent, there was no such issue.

From the Blood Dream Arena, Gune directly entered the Blood Dream World.

With a leap, Gune's speed soared.

At this moment, Gune's speed directly increased to five times his previous speed.

"Before, I needed the Mechanical Angel Battle Armor to increase my speed, but it didn't add much, since I was already at the peak of the Ninth Order Transcendent."

"Now, with the condensation of Holy Shadow Runes, my speed has surged fivefold; the Mechanical Angel Battle Armor has become a complete burden, unable to provide any help."

"Let's try unleashing wind spirit power."

With a thought, wind spirit power burst forth from Gune to the extreme.

Gune's speed, already at its normal limit, began to soar.

The Blood Dream Earth below rapidly passed beneath Gune.

"About six times the previous limit speed."

"That means the current speed is thirty times that of the previous Ninth Order peak."

"This speed rivals that of Divine Envoy Ancestral Spirits, and is even a bit faster."

"These Holy Shadow Runes are truly formidable."

After flying freely in the Blood Dream World for a while, Gune exited the Blood Dream World, his consciousness returning to Saint Haigar.

Just as he was about to go into seclusion again.

"Buzz, buzz!"

Gune's Arena Medal vibrated slightly.

With a flip of his hand, Gune took out the Arena Medal.

After a careful inspection, Gune's expression shifted.

"A challenge letter?"

During this period, with twelve consecutive battles, Gune's star rank had reached four stars.

But Gune's battles were not continuous.

After all, Gune also needed to go into seclusion to comprehend rune mysteries.

And there were other matters to handle.

At the same time, Gune intentionally left some free time so that others could challenge him.

Sure enough.

Today, the challenge letter arrived.

"Interesting!" Gune chuckled lightly.

"Since it's a challenge, it shouldn't be a suicide mission. Normally, matching with me means a high chance of death."

"Challenging to die and matching to die are essentially the same."

"It won't change the odds for both sides, meaning no one would use this method to manipulate the odds."

"I'll check the odds later to determine the specifics."

"In short, the one challenging me should be a super strongman."

As he pondered, Gune directly clicked accept.

"I'll study the odds later to see how strong this guy is, and then decide whether to win or lose this match." Gune mused silently.