Chapter 71: Cemetery Layout

Inside the dark and silent carriage.

Apart from feeling a slight jolt,

the howling wind outside could not be heard at all.

And naturally, any sound from within the carriage could not escape either.

Gunie raised his hand, and a bottle of mid-grade refined source power potion appeared in it.

This bottle of mid-grade refined source power potion would soon replenish most of the source power Gunie had consumed.

And in the following minutes, it would still provide substantial recovery.

The aftereffect of the mid-grade refined source power potion lasted much longer than that of the mid-grade source power potion.

Then, Gunie looked at the third-order shadow impersonator.

After a moment's deliberation, Gunie suddenly struck.

With a 'rip!' sound,

the impersonator's robe and cloak were torn open directly.

This was not a real transcendent equipment robe and cloak, but ordinary clothing.

As the cloak and robe were torn, the impersonator's graceful figure was revealed, along with the dark red magic copper-grade leather armor on her body.

Under her armpits were two sharp magic copper-grade daggers.

Two magic copper daggers plus a magic copper-grade leather armor were worth at least around fifteen hundred gold pounds.

Gunie quickly looted the leather armor, daggers, and sheaths into his bag.

“Pity, no transcendent storage bracelet or ring or anything like that,” Gunie thought to himself.

Transcendent storage equipment was not something every transcendent could possess.

To ensure nothing was left behind, Gunie searched the impersonator's entire body.

During the search, the impersonator trembled all over, her eyes fixed on Gunie with murderous intent, as if to say 'I will kill you,' but she could not move.

The powerful control exerted by twenty high-order spell puppet secret threads rendered this third-order impersonator completely immobile.

When Gunie finished searching, the carriage's jolting began to intensify.

It seemed the carriage had entered a muddy path.

With the jolts, through the occasional gaps in the carriage curtain, Gunie could see that a thin layer of snow had accumulated outside, and the crimson moonlight was tinging the snow with a red glow.

On both sides of the road, low houses had disappeared, replaced by lush weeds, high and low hollows, and rows upon rows of—tombstones.

The carriage had entered the cemetery in the southern suburbs of Sugg Ruins City.

The carriage coming to this cemetery was not the impersonator's idea, but Gunie's.

The driver was a second-order blood-ear elf.

While controlling the third-order impersonator and isolating the carriage compartment,

Gunie also took control of the second-order blood-ear elf.

Compared to the difficulty of controlling the third-order impersonator,

controlling this second-order blood-ear elf was much easier.

By touching the other's blood with the puppet secret threads, Gunie knew the driver was a second-order blood-ear elf.

Gunie had come into contact with blood-ear elf blood before.

Now, with another blood contact, even without seeing the other person, through the perception and touch of the blood, Gunie was very clear that the other was a blood-ear elf.

Knowing what kind of creature the other was through blood was far too simple for a blood curse master.

As for this third-order 'impersonator,' although Gunie had detected her blood,

since it was the first time he had encountered it, he could only determine with high probability that she was a 'dark elf.'

Dark elves are elemental elves, born with the ability to contact dark elements; they can be said to be natural dark elementalists.

But Gunie sensed more than just dark elemental power within her body.

There were also many bizarre and twisted strange powers.

This impersonator's power was not pure; this was already the beginning of 'corruption.'

All elves who worship evil powers and willingly become slaves to them can be called corrupted elves.

The carriage swayed along the muddy road.

A few minutes later, the carriage stopped on a desolate and remote cemetery path where mud and snow mingled.

Woo...

Outside the carriage, the cold wind raged.

Inside the carriage.

Gunie toyed with the dagger looted from the 'impersonator' in one hand, while the other hand was inside his robe, gently rubbing as he cast a spell.

At this moment, his source power had fully recovered and was overflowing, so Gunie naturally would not waste it.

The spell he cast was 'Puppet Secret Thread,' placed about twenty meters around the carriage.

Soon, crisscrossing puppet secret threads were arranged around, forming a large net for vigilance and defense.

Gunie had long sensed a threat.

This heightened ability to perceive unknown dangers had appeared ever since Gunie severed the shackles of fate. Clearly, severing the shackles of fate had also released the constraints on his super-senses.

Earlier, ever since he boarded the carriage, that threat had been present.

Gunie had thought it was the fake 'Black Luo' and the driver posing the threat.

But after he controlled these two,

the danger still existed.

Only then did Gunie realize that someone else was following in the shadows.

Through subtle perception and a mysterious intuition, Gunie determined that the other party was a powerful fourth-order existence.

Currently, Gunie's foundation could be considered that of a second-order transcendent.

Moreover, Gunie possessed various powerful spells, a sufficiently strong body, and other trump cards.

Facing that fourth-order powerful existence, if Gunie prepared in advance, he might not be unable to fight.

So, Gunie controlled a second-order and a third-order elf, luring that mysterious existence all the way to the suburban cemetery.

Mainly because the open terrain here was more suitable for battle.

At the same time, in this desolate area, if he lost, he could still resurrect without being discovered.

Once the puppet secret threads were arranged,

Gunie put away the dark red magic copper dagger with a flip of his hand, then took out a 'spirit shortsword' that gleamed like crystal.

This spirit shortsword was given to him by Veya.

As long as he crushed it, Veya would sense it and rush over quickly.

But...

This time, those blood-ear elves were not only connected to 'Black Luo's' family,

but also involved dark elves.

And they had cleverly set this time on the full moon night, which was 'theoretically' when his strength was weakest.

With such a large-scale layout from the other side,

the pressure on Veya was probably much higher than his own.

Perhaps, on this blood night, the forces hidden in the shadows might launch a large-scale attack.

Those heretical cults and alien races gathering in Sugg Ruins City would certainly not behave.

Although Gunie could roughly infer the current situation,

he still had to crush the 'spirit shortsword.'

Having backup was better than none.

“Crack!”

Gunie squeezed hard, and the spirit shortsword instantly shattered into numerous crystal fragments that fell to the carriage floor.

Having done all this,

Gunie held the Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Curse in his hand, waiting patiently.

Now, the carriage was parked here.

And that fourth-order guy was outside, yet he had not made a move.

Clearly, that guy had not realized that Gunie had silently used high-order spells to control these two second- and third-order elves.

After all, it was hard for anyone to imagine that a first-order spellcaster could silently see through a third-order impersonator's disguise.

And even more so, without any commotion, directly control a second-order and a third-order elf.

So, if the other party noticed the carriage had been sitting still in this remote cemetery for a long time, they would most likely come to check.

And as long as the other party came close enough to touch the puppet threads, Gunie could instantly cast the prepared Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Curse on them.

In a battle between an exposed fourth-order assassin and a powerful spellcaster with a second-order foundation who could cast spells instantly, Gunie did not think his winning chances were lower than the other's.