Chapter 68: Night of the Full Moon!

The dark clouds on the horizon had already gathered.

The cold wind was raging across the entire Sugg Ruins City.

"Woo... woo..."

Many bare branches wailed in the cold wind.

Sugg Academy of the Extraordinary.

On the sixth floor of the Orov Tower, Gune glanced through the window at the gloomy and oppressive sky outside.

It was only a little past four, yet the sky had already darkened.

Moreover, in the northern sky, large masses of cold air were frantically blowing southward.

"A heavy snow... is coming!"

Gune muttered to himself.

Then, Gune inadvertently glanced at a corner of the sky.

There, the clouds glowed with a strange, enchanting red.

Tonight would be a snowy night.

And also... a full moon blood night!

On the continent of Oya, whenever the moon was full, the moon called "Yam" in the sky would turn blood red.

It was said that during the Dark Age,

the rulers of the Oya continent were still the dark werewolf clans, the blood clans, the witch clans, the elf clans, the spirit clans, and so on.

At that time, humans were still a minor race.

They were used by the blood clans, werewolf clans, and witch clans as labor tools, as sources of food, and as sources of battle soldiers.

For humans under the blood clans and werewolves, the time of the blood moon was always the hardest.

On the night of the full moon, under the blood-colored light, the werewolf clans would revert to their giant wolf forms. Some werewolves of lower ranks, unable to control their rationality, would sometimes go on killing sprees.

And the blood clans would consume large amounts of human blood on the blood night.

However, the dark history of humanity was finally ended by the Church.

At that time, miracles truly existed, and ascetics were devout believers fighting for the light.

Unlike now, where the Church is filled with more charlatans who hope to use the hard-earned money of ignorant commoners to support their own pleasures.

The moon in the extraordinary world of Oya continent was larger than Earth's moon.

Roughly, it would take five Earth moons to match this Yam moon.

And when the blood moon came, this moon, five times the size of Earth's, would radiate a blood-colored light, enveloping the entire land in a luster like a sea of blood.

The dark clouds had already obscured "Yam," but the blood-colored luster still shone above the clouds, reflecting an eerie crimson.

Gune withdrew his gaze and prepared to pack up and leave.

At that moment, Orov walked over from the side door.

"Your recent studies have progressed rapidly. Even in the White Tower of Longyu Mountain, there are few students with such insight and such fast progress."

"Ah!"

Gune looked up at Instructor Orov, startled.

"I thought my progress was slow," Gune said humbly.

"It is already very fast," Orov nodded in affirmation.

"Our human spellcasters' comprehension, memory, perception, and so on, all gradually improve as the soul grows stronger."

"You are now only at the first rank of the extraordinary, yet you already possess such extraordinary understanding. As you gradually advance, it is highly possible that you will achieve something in the world of runic mysteries in the future."

"All of this is thanks to your guidance, Instructor," Gune stood up and bowed to Instructor Orov.

Instructor Orov just smiled gently.

"How is your soul scripture?" he then asked.

"It is a soul codex," Gune answered truthfully.

"A soul codex?" Orov nodded slightly.

"A codex is at least comparable to a high-level soul cultivation scripture."

"Moreover, a soul codex can allow the soul to develop various wonderful abilities. Being able to cultivate a codex is indeed a very good thing for your future path."

"But there is one thing I want to mention to you; perhaps you already know it."

"Among the combat spell scriptures of spellcasters, higher is not necessarily better."

"Common scriptures, transcendent scriptures, secret-pattern scriptures, and even the higher-level forbidden scriptures. These are the four major levels of all spellcaster scriptures."

"You can now instant-cast common scriptures and low-level transcendent scriptures, which is of great help in your battles."

"But if you insist on using secret-pattern scriptures with over twenty syllables in combat,"

"Not to mention whether you can master that powerful secret-pattern spell and successfully hit the enemy, the mere pressure of the secret-pattern spell's power is enough to injure your soul."

"If you make good use of your instant-cast ability to release common spells and low-level spells in battle, that will make your combat power far more formidable than pursuing more powerful spells."

"Mentor, I understand this." Gune nodded in response.

Gune had lived two lives and was no greenhorn; he was well aware of this principle.

"Do you have any doubts regarding cultivation?" After a brief explanation, Mentor Olov asked.

"Hmm..." Gune thought carefully and found that he really didn't have any major problems.

The system's idle cultivation allowed Gune's soul growth, source power growth, physical growth, source pool expansion, and blood enhancement to all progress along the most perfect trajectory without any errors.

Moreover, many insights from idle cultivation blossomed perfectly in his mind.

All these gains from idle cultivation were refined through countless trials, so Gune truly had no major issues in cultivation.

"That's good." Mentor Olov nodded slightly.

"Also, be careful when you go back today. It's the Full Moon Blood Night."

"Full Moon Blood Night."

Gune pondered inwardly, a faint smile curling at the corner of his mouth, unnoticed by others.

During this period of idle cultivation, coupled with the continuous consumption of high-grade premium potions, Gune had progressed quite rapidly.

Now, Gune had already reached the mid-level of a first-rank Blood Curse Master.

His rank hadn't increased much, but his soft power had improved dramatically.

The source power capacity of his source pool had already exceeded a hundred, and with the source power reserve in his body, he had over one hundred and eighty units of source power, which was very close to the two hundred units of a third-rank spellcaster.

For Gune, who currently used common spells as his combat means, this source pool capacity was undoubtedly substantial.

His body and blood grew stronger daily under the effect of the "Blood Curse Codex." Although his blood was still some distance from opening a blood pool, Gune felt it wouldn't be too long.

Around the time he advanced to the second rank, he could use the powerful features of the idle cultivation system to open a "blood pool" for himself.

For a Blood Curse Master, opening a blood pool was the key to a qualitative transformation of this transcendent profession.

A Blood Curse Master without a blood pool was a false Blood Curse Master.

Only a Blood Curse Master with a blood pool was a true Blood Curse Master.

In addition, the two high-level spells Gune had been cultivating through idle cultivation earlier

had also reached the first rank during this period of idle cultivation.

Thanks to the powerful soul-cultivating effect of the "Soul Seal Codex,"

Gune could now perform dual-tasking with considerable proficiency.

While conversing with others, Gune could secretly cast highly covert spells like Puppet Secret Thread.

Moreover, as his transcendent equipment was increasingly nurtured by him, Gune's current strength had greatly improved compared to the last time he hunted Blood-Ear Elves.

If anyone really wanted to take revenge on him using the Full Moon Blood Night, it was uncertain who would suffer the consequences.

"Woo..."

The cold wind still raged.

When he walked out of the Sugg Ruins Transcendent Academy,

Gune suddenly felt a slight chill on his face.

Gune looked up.

A small snowflake twirled and danced in the air, drifting down. Gune reached out and caught it.

The small snowflake quickly melted in Gune's hand.

"It's snowing," Gune murmured softly.

Gune raised his head.

Accompanied by the cold wind, heavy snowflakes fluttered and fell from the sky.

Continental Calendar, Year 9972, Month 10, Day 10.

Sugg Ruins City welcomed its first heavy snowfall since the beginning of winter.