Chapter 110: Dark Shepherd Lantern Island

"What's going on?"

Gunie tremblingly and with difficulty raised his hand.

His entire body felt like an old, rusty machine; even with all his strength, he could only lift his hand to chest level, unable to go further.

"My physical body is strong, but it's not obeying me."

Gunie's face grew darker.

The noisy human-faced lantern drifted closer.

Many faces clamored to eat Gunie, and some threatened him not to run away.

Gunie quickly manipulated his source power, blood sea, and wind spirit power, trying every means to free himself from this bizarre situation.

The source power seemed to have failed, having no effect at all.

The failure of source power greatly diminished his ability to cast spells.

With a thought, Gunie used his soul power to directly draw source power from the surrounding world, condensing it into a great thunder flame spell.

"Zzz..."

A black lightning bolt struck the human-faced lantern.

The lantern merely shook a little, showing no sign of injury.

Ignoring my spell?

This strange sight made Gunie even more alert.

Then, Gunie released a magic annihilation corrosion blade.

"Shii~"

The magic annihilation corrosion blade passed through, and the surface of the human-faced lantern rippled like water, remaining unharmed.

"Indeed, attacks have little effect."

"Perhaps it's not that they have no effect, but that I lack the corresponding countermeasures."

After several attempts with little result, Gunie stopped trying.

He began to activate the blood sea power and wind spirit power.

When Gunie's blood sea power burst forth,

"Rustle..."

As the blood sea power surged through the surrounding space, Gunie, empowered by the blood sea, felt as if lubricant had been added to his joints, allowing his body to move.

He tried to take a few steps; though his body still felt mechanical, he could now move.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Then, the wind spirit wings on Gunie's back unfurled, and an intense wind spirit power enveloped him.

Gunie's body gradually rose from the ground.

At that moment, Gunie breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Still able to fly—that was a rare piece of good news.

With the wind spirit power surging, Gunie flew in the opposite direction from which the human-faced lantern had come.

The speed of the human-faced lantern was only a bit faster than an ordinary person running at full speed.

And Gunie's speed was clearly much faster than the lantern's.

However, Gunie did not assume everything was fine just because he was faster.

Instead, his brow furrowed even more.

Because he had already noticed that many lanterns from all directions had detected the commotion and were converging on him.

While flying, Gunie quickly pondered in his mind.

"According to the information and what I learned from Senior Sogra,"

"this place called Dark Shepherd Lantern Island is not within the radiation range of the Emocuo Ancient God Mountain region."

"Nor is there any record of Dark Shepherd Lantern Island being in a bizarre and eerie environment."

"But as soon as I arrived, I fell into this strange scene."

"None of this has ever appeared in the records."

"Has something happened on Dark Shepherd Lantern Island?" Gunie frowned slightly.

"It must be."

"Earlier, I didn't feel any force enveloping me; even my recovery was relatively normal."

"When these strange human-faced lanterns discovered me, I lost control. Did some peculiar power inherent in them imprison me?"

"Or has Dark Shepherd Lantern Island already become like this, and after I entered, that strange power subtly influenced me?"

After some thought, Gunie still had no clear idea.

"Fortunately, my speed is fast enough now. With some time, I can gradually shake them off."

"After I lose them, I can find a hidden spot to recover my strength first. Right now, I only have half of my peak power; both my blood sea power and wind spirit power can only be unleashed at half strength."

"Once I fully recover, at least my speed will increase significantly."

"Then, if I encounter these eerie lanterns again, I won't have to fear them as much."

"What I'm afraid of is..."

Gunie's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked into the deep, oppressive, boundless darkness.

"There might be other strange creatures in this deep darkness."

With beings like the human-faced lanterns, it was hard to guarantee there weren't other bizarre creatures.

Given Gunie's current strength,

if he encountered a powerful strange creature, his chances of survival were not high.

As he pondered, the darkness principle gradually unfolded.

Gunie quickly merged with the darkness.

The effect was not great, but at least it allowed him to avoid some potential dangers.

Looking back, the human-faced lanterns were still persistently chasing him; even though he had merged with the darkness, they still seemed to sense his exact location.

After putting some distance between them, Gunie slightly calmed his mind and gently activated his Eye of Fate.

As the Eye of Fate opened, the surrounding night and world seemed to be coated with a layer of color.

Some areas were dark red like blood, inspiring fear.

Some areas drifted with crimson, as if danger permeated.

And some areas were light blue.

Deeper blue areas made one feel at ease.

The Eye of Fate perceived danger; this was one of Gunie's methods.

However, as Gunie's strength increased, the consumption of the Eye of Fate also grew accordingly. Overall, the duration of use had increased compared to before.

After activating it for about ten seconds, Gunie felt his eyes slightly dry.

He immediately turned off the Eye of Fate and flew toward a deep blue area.

But even though he was flying toward a deep blue area,

Gunie did not let down his guard.

The black leaves and mist of Dark Shepherd Lantern Island were full of strangeness and eeriness. Who knew what dangers lurked in the depths?

While flying, Gunie, concealed by the darkness, also unfolded the world principle as his vision to clear the way.

In ordinary dark environments, everything was clear to Gunie's sight, no different from daylight.

Gunie's powerful vision was completely useless here, just like an ordinary person facing darkness.

Here, Gunie's strong vision was of no use.

Only by unfolding the world principle could he see clearly within a hundred meters.

Beyond that, Gunie could not see clearly.

In this region of Dark Shepherd Lantern Island, both the world principle and darkness principle were greatly disturbed.

After flying all the way and shaking off all the dozen or so eerie lanterns chasing him,

Gunie finally landed in a pile of rubble.

"I need to recover my strength as soon as possible."

Gunie sat down cross-legged and began a new round of recovery.