At that moment, Gu Jun felt like he was having a million nightmares and the screams of a million madmen rushed into his ears.
The screams were similar to Barcé's scream of terror after his ecstasy. Thousands of eerie shadows tugged at him in the darkness. They pulled him into the void and tore him apart. The immense pain swallowed his mind.
The next moment, he was entangled by more illusions. There was a storm, a wilted tree, endless misfortune …
The shadows that corrupted his mind were not just a form of power.
"Ah!" Gu Jun gritted his teeth to hold on to his last shred of rationality. He drew out the mark that looked like a deer horn in his mind again.
He used his mental power to connect the mark with the rough carving on the stone … It was a connection based on instinct …
The branches on the sides of the Ancient Seal suddenly came alive! In a trance, he saw his whole body's neural network connect with the branches of the Ancient Seal. The thick black fog in his mind was connected as well. The black fog swirled like it was hit by a giant boulder, it fluctuated violently.
Gu Jun knew this was the crucial moment. He steadied his mind and used his mental power to push the black fog towards the branch connected to his right hand, towards the Ancient Seal stone!
'Go, go and face the thing that you hate! ' 'Stain this seal. '
He pushed the black fog away but it also brought with it the most horrifying pain and indescribable hatred. It swirled around his mind.
However, when the black fog reached the branch of the Ancient Seal, it disappeared instantly. The Ancient Seal stone was slightly shaken but it could still hold on …
At the same time, Gu Jun could feel the dark energy that corrupted his mind retreating. Even though it did not convert into his mental power, it was retreating.
Soon, his body reached its limit. Every inch of his skin felt like it was going to explode. His mind felt like it was being stuffed with a mountain. The Ancient Seal stone started to vibrate. This was a signal that it was time to end.
Gu Jun focused his mind again and pulled his right hand away. The connection was suddenly cut off. His whole body twitched violently, and a sharp pain surged through him like a surging tide.
"Ah …" He cried out in pain as he gasped for breath. He discovered that his entire body was drenched in sweat. His right hand was trembling violently, and every single blood vessel was bulging violently.
"Mr. Nightmare Man." Peacock gasped in surprise but before Kathlyn could translate, he did not understand what she was saying.
Peacock and Malachite were shocked, they had never seen such a drastic reduction before; Kathlyn and the rest were stunned. The imprint on the opaline stone on the sofa glowed with rainbow light before it turned as black as filth. Then it disappeared as the nightmare man released his grip.
"What kind of magic is this …?" Catherine asked in astonishment.
"No, it's not magic." Gu Jun took a deep breath and gradually felt much more comfortable. It was a bit like cupping. It was painful when he pulled it out, but his whole body felt much more comfortable after the cupping. He looked at the stone, and his eyes became a little hot. "This is something that can resist magic."
A system notification popped up in his mind.
"Your mental corruption has been reduced, corruption rate -3%, current corruption rate is 21.68%."
3%? Gu Jun's heart leaped with joy. This was much more than 0.3% from the Nightmare Wonder. However, he noticed the difference between the two. This time the corruption rate was reduced while the previous one was digesting. It was like vomiting out the food from one's stomach and digesting the food, but in any case, the corruption rate had decreased.
Fading away the corrosion was even more harmful to the body. He felt that he needed to rest. It made sense to do it once every three days, but he couldn't finish the task in a week.
Perhaps he should take the risk. Once every 2 days? Or last longer the next time?
"What do you mean?" Kathlyn was confused, 'Is this not magic?'
Gu Jun flipped the stone around with both hands to study it. It did not look any different from before but there was something different about it … He believed it could be used repeatedly but there was a limit to its consumption. Like a machine, it would break after being used for too long. But for now, it should be able to last for a while.
The content of the Pnakotic Manuscripts flooded his mind. This appeared to be one of the ways to use the Ancient Seal.
And for this method, the manuscripts mentioned how to choose the stone and how to carve it …
Even though he only had a vague feeling about it and did not really understand the manuscripts, his heart surged. This seal was the spirit medicine!
It was a medicine to cure the 'Seven Cryptical Book of Hsan Syndrome' and 'Spell Usage Syndrome'. It was much more effective than drugs like olanzapine, haloperidol, carbamazepine and lamotrigine.
From the incomplete Carlott College spell books, Gu Jun could confirm that the foreign people would cause mental damage after using spells. There was a price to pay, a sacrifice.
However, he believed the foreign people must have their own way of cleansing, digesting and neutralizing corruption. Perhaps it had something to do with the Fountain of Life.
Otherwise, even if Doctor Carlop was prepared to sacrifice himself at any time, he would not be able to sustain a civilization. He would go mad after a few spells.
This was undoubtedly the biggest problem plaguing Phecda but with the Ancient Seal, it would create a new situation.
However, with Barcé as an example, Gu Jun knew that the Ancient Seal could not help mortals defeat the gods … it could only repel the divine power out of disgust, similar to warding off evil.
"Peacock." Gu Jun said seriously, "This stone is indeed a holy relic." A product that used rationality to counter spells.
"Hmm …" Peacock nodded. When Malachite and Gold heard the translation, they could not hide their 'of course' expressions. Peacock explained the source of everyone's pride, "Mr. Nightmare Man, this was personally carved by the Phecda Hero!"
Gu Jun was silent. He studied the stone again and a strange question surfaced in his mind …
According to the people from the future, this seal was brought from the old world to Dreamlands by the Phecda Hero, it was passed down by the Phecda Hero. If he brought this stone back to Phecda, wouldn't it become his legacy? They said the City of Kindle needed the Pnakotic Manuscripts but now it was Phecda that needed the Pnakotic Manuscripts.
The shadow arranged all this, arranged for him to obtain the manuscripts and the Ancient Seal stone … was it to help him stop the chaos of Phecda?
Gu Jun could not figure it out. He suppressed his confusion and continued to ask Peacock about the uses of the other chapters.
Peacock said the fourth chapter was used to increase mental power and the fifth chapter could summon a larger flying spiritual being. It was similar to the Nightmares of the first chapter, they called it the Great Nightmares. The term was translated but the meaning was still the same. The name was passed down.
She also mentioned a legend, if a person was corrupted by darkness in the third chapter, they could summon a physical Great Nightmares but they would also suffer from the backlash.
Gu Jun frowned, 'A physical Great Nightmares? What kind of power is that? When the mysterious power of the system gives things out of thin air, is that a kind of summoning as well? '
"We have no idea what the sixth and seventh chapters are." Peacock said dejectedly, "We can't cultivate them because there will be some kind of resistance when we get there. We can't sense them."
"Oh hmm …" Gu Jun thought about it. He wondered if it was related to the Ancient Seal … like Wang Ruoxiang, could he continue to cultivate it?
He asked more questions about the scriptures but he could not get any answers. He stood up and told the group, "Come on, we'll go to Warburton to take a look."
With that, the group packed up the Ancient Seal stone and left the hostel.
Since Kathlyn and Tom drove there, the other 3 should have done the same. They searched around the gas station and found a few other cars. They were also the cars that were stolen from the broken windows.
There were 6 of them and they split into 2 cars. Kathlyn drove one and Gu Jun followed behind in the other. The journey from Rock Creek to Warburton was about 4 hours. When he arrived at Warburton, Wu Shiyu would have returned to the headquarters.
The yellow sand was boundless, and there was no one around. Two cars were driving on the empty road not far from each other.
In the driver's seat, Gu Jun placed his hands on the steering wheel and looked ahead.
'Friends, Dirty-minded Yu, no matter what the road is like, I'm back, let's go. '
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