Chapter 664: Chapter 434: The Figure at the End of Darkness

Chen Lun immediately flipped open the book he held, unable to wait any longer.

But the next second, a panel popped up with a message–

[Reading conditions not met!]

[Lacking “Anita Language LV5 (Passive),” “Ancient Wizard Language LV2 (Passive),” “Mystery Pattern Study LV3 (Passive)”!]

Chen Lun was somewhat taken aback.

He flipped through a few pages at random, finding that the text recorded was all tadpole-like strange symbols and some incomprehensible geometric figures, seemingly corresponding to some mystical symbols.

After several seconds of silence, Chen Lun had no choice but to close the book and heave a sigh.

‘Indeed, there is nothing easy on the path to becoming a Saint…’

He stored the precious mythological book carefully and started to ponder.

‘I remember that the Imperial Judgement Group’s exchange has books about these languages and mystery studies skills. Once I have enough merit points, I will exchange them!’

Chen Lun knew this was not Philip’s fault; it wasn’t that the other intentionally made things difficult for him. Rather, mythological knowledge was often like this, requiring a high threshold for reading; otherwise, it was incomprehensible.

Then, he left the abandoned White Tower and did a quick divination to check the time, finding that there was only half an hour left before Lady Sigh would return.

‘There’s not much time left. I still need to journey to the dark end to confirm the source and truth behind the turmoil in the Spirit World…’

Chen Lun flew over Kazt Town and headed at full speed towards the gloomy plains to the west.

According to Philip, the special area where the Dream Realm and Spirit World converge was hidden in a corner deep within the gloomy plains.

Upon entering the gloomy plains, the environment was just like the Immortal Realm. The area was filled with a gray, murky fog, with visibility extremely low.

But the warnings from Spiritual Intuition kept coming, far stronger than in the Immortal Realm.

As if behind the thick fog, something terribly frightening was hiding.

Chen Lun walked with his Silver Staff, using staff divination to correct his direction while carefully moving forward, maintaining speed and remaining vigilant of changes around him.

Woo!!

It wasn’t long before Chen Lun noticed that the fog to his front left began to roll violently, and three elongated, massive blue-black wolf heads emerged from the fog in mid-air.

Nine pairs of pitch-black eyes suddenly rotated and locked onto Chen Lun’s figure.

‘Not good…’

Chen Lun inwardly cursed.

Even Spiritual Intuition failed to capture the creature’s traces, as if the monster had appeared out of nowhere. A strong sense of danger made the hair on his body stand up reflexively.

He probed first with Peek Life, but the result left Chen Lun greatly surprised.

The creature revealed only a very small amount of information!

This meant its level was much higher than his!

‘A true Moonless Shadow… a half-mythical level of corrupted creature!’

Without a second thought, Chen Lun used Instantaneous Movement, bypassing the three-headed monster and running towards the front.

However, the creature reacted incredibly fast. Its entire body split into three instantly, turning into three dark shadows that relentlessly pursued Chen Lun, quickly blocking his way and reassembling.

Roar!!

The massive three wolf heads opened their jaws wide, lunging straight down at Chen Lun!

The blur of the pitch-black eyes flickered with hatred and ferocity, along with an intense desire to kill… The dense, irregularly arranged sharp teeth in the wolf’s mouth gave off a ghastly sight.

Chen Lun did not hesitate and immediately entered the “Pale Knight” form.

Boom!!

The silver broadsword blocked the bite of the three wolf heads, and Chen Lun, raising his right arm, wrapped around the necks and bodies of the enemy with serpentine Pale Hands.

Yet even so, Chen Lun still felt the violent power assaulting him through the blade; he couldn’t help taking two steps back.

Narrowing his eyes and showing no emotion, Chen Lun suddenly exerted force, pushing the monster away.

Then, he swung the broadsword with all his strength to strike.

Clang, clang, clang!

Gray fog surged, rolling in all directions, as two giant figures–one black and one white–flashed by, clashing fiercely.

In just tens of seconds, Chen Lun didn’t know how many strikes he had made, while the monster in front of him was left without a scratch… Its power and speed were greater than his, and its mastery over shadows was perfect.

The strikes not only failed to hit their target but were also entangled by the shadows. Multiple times, Chen Lun was nearly penetrated by the omnipresent shadows sneaking into the gaps in his armor.

‘This creature’s strength far exceeds that of the ordinary Mid Sequence Transcendent. It touches the level of Mythical… In comparison, a typical Incarnation of the Saint would probably be crushed head-on.’

While Chen Lun used the broadsword and Pale Hands to duel with it, he estimated the strength of both sides.

‘If I use all my trump cards, I could probably kill it, but it’s not possible in a short time… and Lady Sigh is almost back. I can’t afford to be dragged down here.’

He immediately used Blink, creating distance from the monster.

The next second, three massive shadows chased after him like bloodhounds, and Chen Lun indifferently glanced backward, then with a flick of his finger, a bright red king of spades suddenly appeared.

He threw it with a flip of the wrist.

Swish!

Booming explosions erupted behind him, with countless gray fogs, along with the three shadows, all swirling together like coffee in a cup, before being blown away by an unstoppable Repulsive Force.

Chen Lun took the opportunity to use Instantaneous Movement again, and after a few flickers, he completely threw off the monster’s chase.

A moment later.

He arrived at the edge of a pitch-dark pool.