Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

Chapter 860: Chapter 426 Counterattack Begins!_2

——No good!

It might look fine for a long time, but I can’t wait!

Shen Ye sighed, barely managed to get up from the ground, used the knife as a support, and slowly walked to the side.

The illusion on his body started to move as well.

It appeared as if a monster was crawling to the other side of the street with extremely slow movements.

Shen Ye quickened his pace.

About a dozen seconds.

He looked back and saw that the monster was still stationary, only that its head had turned.

——It’s still watching me!

What should I do?

Shen Ye’s gaze moved around.

The street was overgrown with wild grass.

The ground rose abruptly, like a slanted slope, densely covered with skewed buildings, half collapsed, half barely standing.

No one else in sight.

This is a dead city.

Shen Ye walked a few more steps and then couldn’t go any further.

At this moment, a minute was nearly up.

He was panting heavily and found a house by the roadside, he barged through the half-open door and rushed in.

Quite miraculous—

He entered the house, but the attached illusion stayed at the door.

——The illusion blocked the entrance of the house, providing cover for Shen Ye.

Taking this opportunity.

“Gate.”

Shen Ye whispered sharply.

The Gate of Heaven quietly appeared. He pushed it open and dashed inside.

Time’s up.

The illusion at the door gradually dissipated.

The monster immediately moved.

Almost in an instant, it charged towards that house.

It formed a big mouth full of eyeballs mid-air—

The house.

Along with everything directly behind it, turned to nothingness.

After completing this, the monster stopped mid-air, its long tentacles spread out as if sensing something.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

No signs of life stirring anywhere around.

Only then did the monster land back on the ground.

Rain kept falling.

Lightning and thunder alternated.

The monster stood still on the street, as if it would stand there until the end of time.

On the other side.

Darkness.

Deep in darkness.

A floating big wooden box.

Shen Ye sat on the wooden box, continuously gasping for air.

This should be safe.

“You activated the Gate of Heaven.”

“Current barrier setting: the distance to a safe location.”

“Crossed this distance.”

“Gate” originates from the ultimate power “Heaven Connecting Technique” of the Fourth Epoch, and “Gate” is the ultimate power of the Sixth Epoch.

Combining the two, finding a temporarily safe place shouldn’t be a problem.

Shen Ye cautiously looked around.

Suddenly.

Specks of faint light lit up, illuminating the darkness.

It turned out to be a completely enclosed space, mostly filled with water, with the wooden box floating on the surface.

No people, no light, no sound.

Seeing this situation, Shen Ye couldn’t care more and lay on the wooden box to rest.

After a few minutes.

The specks of light gradually formed into alert symbols:

“Survived until the fifth minute.”

“Status determined as: Free.”

“Beginning transmission of information.”

Information about the Primordial Ruins finally arrived!

Gradually, Shen Ye’s mind was filled with sudden enlightenment, as if someone was constantly imparting knowledge to him.

“So that’s how it is…”

He murmured softly.

——This place belongs to the domain of the Seventh Ultimate Creation, the “White Night Demon Cage.”

It is also the ruins of another, the Twenty-First Ultimate Creation, “Multilayer Universe.”

All living beings have been killed, devoured.

The laws and the power of the world were also being drained.

Leaving behind just the useless ruins.

This place is guarded by stray monsters, sporadically searching to ensure nothing valuable or secretive is missed.

So.

After obtaining a disguised identity from the Primordial Ruins, the purpose of sending myself here is—

“Publishing a Primordial-level task now:”

“Scavenging.”

“Description: This is the corpse of another ‘Multilayer Universe’, you need to find some unusual things from the ruins and bring them back.”

“——Although hope is slim, hope is still hope.”

“You have 24 hours to stay.”

“If you can successfully complete the task, you will receive a new reward after the evolution of the Primordial Ruins.”

“Guaranteed to be absolutely worthwhile.”

Shen Ye took a cold breath.

Absolutely worthwhile?

What could the reward be?

But…

I still need to recover my physical strength.

He sighed, and suddenly heard the voice of the Big Skeleton beside his ear:

“Are you ready?”

“Ready for what?” Shen Ye asked.

“Strange, you don’t know?”

“Know what? Stop beating around the bush.”

A bony hand stretched out from the void and dove into Shen Ye’s pocket, pulling out a gemstone.

This is the gemstone given by Norton!

“Quick, complete the contract. He is the last Demigod of the Human Race, almost of the same status as me, and his healing abilities are unmatched,”

the Big Skeleton said.

Shen Ye looked at the gemstone, and lines of tiny characters had already appeared on it:

“Divine Contract Stone.”

“Sacred object.”

“Description: Using this gemstone will allow you to sign a contract with the Human Race Demigod Norton (Technique Spirit), and henceforth you will be able to summon him and use his strength.”

Shen Ye was momentarily stunned.

“Wait, Norton is also a Technique Spirit?” he quickly asked.

“All beings of the Nightmare World come from the dream worlds created by Heavenly Technique; we are naturally beings of ‘Technique’.”

The Big Skeleton patiently explained.

Shen Ye opened his mouth wide, unable to find any words to refute.

Right!

The Nightmare World itself originates from a Technique!

It isn’t a real world!

He took the gemstone from the Big Skeleton, thoughts stirring in his mind.

A large gate suddenly appeared.

This was Shen Ye’s own gate power!

Above the gate, etchings of various runes emitting golden light formed two pointers, one pointing to the newly appeared golden small characters:

“Scion of Celestial Bloodline, Holy Hall Knight, Fire Transmitter, Favored by the Healing Goddess Norton.”

As for the other pointer, it pointed to a row of small characters emitting white light:

“??? Shen Ye.”

The pointers and dual names continued to emit light, lasting for a few breaths, before slowly fading away.

This was just like the first time he made a contract with the Big Skeleton!

The contract was made!

A line of small text popped up:

“Do you wish to summon your second Technique Spirit?”

“Summon,” Shen Ye said.

The void stirred.

Norton, clad in a full suit of steel Battle Armor, leaped out from the void, landing on a large wooden box with a “thud”.

He drew his treasured sword energetically and proclaimed loudly:

“Pei Qi! I am the embodiment of handsomeness and justice, wielding— What the heck?”

The entire large wooden box couldn’t bear his weight, along with his full suit of armor, and started slowly sinking into the water.

As for Shen Ye lying on the wooden box—

He was already covered by the water surface, bubbles gurgling out of his mouth.

“Are you trying to kill him?”

The Big Skeleton shouted.

“How would I know the situation was so bad!” Norton also shouted.

“Quick, save him!”

“I can’t swim.”

“Damn it, doesn’t your Human Race King know how to swim?”

“Is now the time to discuss this? Pei Qi seems about to drown!”

“Damn it!”

Before their words fell,

Norton and the Big Skeleton leaped up, bodies clinging to a nearby steel wall.

Once they left, the large wooden box finally bobbed back to the surface.

Shen Ye reemerged above the water.

He spat out a few mouthfuls of water, gasped for a good while before weakly saying:

“If it really doesn’t work, you guys should just go back.”

“I can still fight,” the Big Skeleton jumped down from the wall, standing back on the wooden box.

The box sank a bit.

“It was a mistake just now, Pei Qi, believe me,” Norton said.

He also jumped back onto the wooden box.

The box sank again—

Before Shen Ye could say anything else, Norton began to rapidly chant a spell.

A series of Technique waves spread through the darkness.

Then, an old voice rang out:

“Frost Bind!”

Just before the wooden box completely sank, it suddenly halted.

—The entire surface of the water was frozen by frost.

Torches illuminated the surroundings.

Figures were everywhere.

Shen Ye looked around at everything, his eyes gradually widening.

Meanwhile, Norton had already started issuing commands rapidly:

“Priests, continue treating Pei Qi!”

“Royal Knight Order, responsible for vigilance!”

“Court Mage Group, responsible for examining the surroundings and researching strategies for the current situation.”

“Attendants, prepare a roast whole lamb, bread, wine, and whatever else, Pei Qi and I haven’t eaten yet today.”

The crowd immediately bustled into action.

Shen Ye was also lifted onto a small, intricate healing Array platform.

The priests began their incomplete treatment on him.

Norton walked around once, arranging everything in an orderly manner, then with his hands behind his back, came to Shen Ye:

“How about it? Pei Qi brother, as a king among Technique Spirits, I did quite well, right?”

Shen Ye had nothing to say, he could only give him a thumbs up.

—To have a meal of roast whole lamb in such a dangerous place is really something else.