Chapter 23: Origin Dark Sea!

The bold idea grew fiercer and fiercer in Ta Ke's mind.

First!

Ta Ke pried from Yi Deng·Ge Lai Si Dun the true name of the ritual for the Dark Sun God.

And there is an altar here, moreover, a dedicated altar for the Dark Sun God.

That means Ta Ke is qualified to sacrifice to the Dark Sun God.

Anyway, Ta Ke can't take away the deposit in the form of the Dark Sun Black Ball.

Better than staying here and letting the Dark Sun Church folks profit.

Rather, Ta Ke should consume it himself.

Meanwhile, what the Dark Sun God sends down is still quite reliable.

After thinking, Ta Ke took out the second-rank hunter supernatural crystal that had been separated from Ba Sha Mu.

When I came over, I didn't bring anything—uh, I'll just sacrifice you!

He stepped onto the small bloody steps.

Blood-colored gray mist began to coil around Ta Ke, and the wind vortex gradually rose.

Ta Ke vaguely felt that within the utter darkness of the Dark Sun Black Ball, an eye was scrutinizing him again.

Go ahead and look! Anyway, I'm the Bloody Alchemist of the Hunter Guild, Yi Deng·Ge Lai Si Dun.

Until now, Ta Ke still hasn't dispelled Yi Deng·Ge Lai Si Dun's disguise.

Ta Ke intends to make full use of Yi Deng·Ge Lai Si Dun's residual heat.

He ascended the small altar.

Only then did the wind vortex and the feeling of being watched fade away.

Ta Ke placed Ba Sha Mu's dark-fallen hunter sequence crystal, which holds some bloodline power, onto it.

Afterwards, Ta Ke softly chanted.

【Great Sovereign Above the Ashes!】

【Immortal Ruler of the Dark Sun Dimension!】

【Eternal and Indestructible Dark Sun God!】

Your most devout believer prays to you!

I am willing to offer everything I have hoarded.

Pray for the spring pool from the Origin Dimension!

After one round, the god on the altar did not respond to Ta Ke's prayer.

Ta Ke was not surprised at all.

A great god is not customer service.

It's not that just because you pray, you'll get a response.

So, multiple prayers are needed—dozens, even tens of times.

What? You don't want to pray multiple times?

Then what faith are you talking about, you blasphemer!

One round after another.

Ta Ke kept praying.

When Ta Ke practiced spells himself, there were incantations, gestures, movements.

Hundreds, thousands of repetitions—practiced day and night without rest.

Standing here, it's just a soft chant—already quite simple.

After a dozen or so repetitions.

Woo woo woo……

The bloody wind vortex appeared again.

The hunter crystal wrapped with Ta Ke's offering disappeared.

At the same time, the black Dark Sun, along with the wind vortex, turned into thick black mist, quickly drifting upward.

There seemed to be a huge abyssal rift there, swallowing everything.

Feeling the spread of the offering's power.

Ta Ke could clearly see that most of the offering's power threads were taken by the Dark Sun God, which is quite normal.

But an abnormal scene opened Ta Ke's eyes.

That is, a small portion of the power threads were not taken by the Dark Sun God.

But rather, they went off along two separate threads.

Ta Ke quickly gathered his focus.

【Accurate】, cut in!

Ta Ke's perception flew off with each of the two threads.

As the two threads extended farther away, Ta Ke's perception became blurrier.

In the end, Ta Ke could not follow the two threads to their destination.

But Ta Ke also vaguely sensed quite a few things.

On the small altar, Ta Ke stood still for a long time.

Afterwards, he opened his eyes, focusing his attention on the altar before him, the item given back by the Dark Sun God.

It is an item roughly the size of a chicken egg, entirely a deep, mysterious azure like the sea's color, in the form of a water droplet.

Faintly, Ta Ke could hear the sound of waves gently lapping the shore within it.

【Seed】.

Strange information surfaced in Ta Ke's mind.

Ta Ke rubbed their brow.

The effect of 【Precision】 in my wizard ecology is becoming increasingly suitable.

Even within the visual context, it can slightly trigger Spirit Touch Perception.

If this keeps up, won't staring at someone get them pregnant?

Ta Ke held this azure-blue 【Seed】 in hand.

It's fine if Ta Ke doesn't recognize it.

Spirit Touch Perception will help Ta Ke discern its essence.

【Primordial Dark Sea Seed】

Note: A seed that helps you open up the Primordial Dark Sea!

"Primordial, Dark Sea!"

Feeling this special seed.

Ta Ke took a deep breath, eyes narrowed to a slit, and delight surged like a volcano.

"I was just trying it out, never expecting such a rare and precious treasure."

"That Anri deity truly exists!"

"This wave is a bloody profit!"

While feeling this Primordial Dark Sea Seed, Ta Ke felt unprecedented joy.

Normally speaking!

For spellcasting superhumans, the 【Source Energy Pool】 they possess is naturally better the larger it is.

Normally speaking, that is the case.

But, in this bizarre world filled with various complex supernatural ecologies.

Ideals are plentiful, reality is meager.

If a superhuman possesses a source pool far exceeding their own level, they are easily affected by the 'World Tide,' 'Source Energy Resonance,' and 'Regional Source Tide.'

Such as.

When the Ashen Lands' 'Ashen Dark Tide' arrives.

A level-20 superhuman with a level-30 source pool will find mobilizing source energy slightly difficult, but not dangerous.

When possessing a level-40 source pool, source energy becomes very difficult to mobilize, even posing danger.

When possessing a level-50 source pool, one's own source pool will undergo tidal resonance with the Ashen Source Tide, tearing the superhuman apart.

But!

If a superhuman possesses a 'Source Energy Dark Sea'.

Then it's completely different.

The Source Energy Dark Sea is unaffected by external influences.

Even if one possesses an immense 'Source Energy Dark Sea,' it remains unaffected by external influences.

Possessing an immense 'Source Energy Dark Sea' is what every spellcasting superhuman dreams of obtaining.

This means one qualifies to greatly expand their source pool, and is unaffected by external influences.

But at this moment, what Ta Ke has obtained is not an ordinary 'Source Energy' Dark Sea.

But rather a 【Primordial】 Dark Sea!

This is a notch above the ordinary 【Source Energy】 Dark Sea.

"The Primordial Dark Sea has far superior recovery capacity and development limit compared to the Source Energy Dark Sea."

"The only drawback is…… it's hard to develop!"

"This tiny Primordial Dark Sea Seed may not be able to develop into a small ocean."

"But…… under the guidance of Precision, it's different."

"Subsequent expansion is also difficult for others."

"But for me, the system's 'Source Energy Experience,' just add it and it's done."

"Before, I worried that there was too much Source Energy Experience with nowhere to use it."

"After obtaining the Primordial Dark Sea, infinite amounts of experience can be filled into it without issue."

Carefully store this Primordial Dark Sea Seed.

Ta Ke then looked around at everything.

"The two veins I just saw are obviously important locations of the Anri Church in Lamor High Tower City-State, possibly even Basamu's online."

"I consumed the offerings accumulated by Basamu, to some extent disrupting their sacrificial rhythm and purpose."

"The other two sides definitely felt it as well."

"This place is not suitable for lingering."

Immediately, Ta Ke swiftly departed from the Hunter Gang's stronghold.

(End of Chapter)