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Chapter 588 Ai-chan Appears

After this battle, Rune breathed a sigh of relief.

As a punching bag, C'Thun is absolutely qualified. His resistance is not enough to seriously injure Rune, but his tentacles can break through defenses. These minor pains can keep Rune constantly raging.

C'Thun himself is durable enough to withstand a lot of damage, allowing Rune to vent all his pent-up frustration.

At that moment, a powerful force was rising from C'Thun's dissipating body, surging towards the runes like a tidal wave. This was the reward that the Dark Force had previously promised to the runes.

Rune felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows, as if countless cold tentacles pierced his skull and drilled deep into his mind. His telepathic abilities were quickly overwhelmed by the massive amount of information, causing Rune's brain to shut down once again.

The Dark Force is the most generous of the six Forces, so it provided Rune with a massive flow of information. Rune himself had just killed an Old God and was in a relaxed state of mind, which is why this information was able to break through Professor X's mind blockade and Occlumency protection unexpectedly.

The mystery of the Blood Curse exploded in his consciousness first.

Rune saw humanity's ancestors transform from bodies of steel into frail flesh and blood, and the Highborne, propelled by dark forces, into alluring Naga—

The secret of the shadows followed closely behind.

The power of this profound mystery far exceeded Rune's imagination; it was not merely a shallow illusion on the material level, but also related to the dark side of the mind. It was through this power that the Dark Force was able to corrupt everything, and even dared to extend its tentacles toward the Supreme Star Soul.

The Dark Force was so fond of Runes that it transferred such a vast amount of knowledge to them, knowledge so heavy it seemed capable of crushing anyone.

Fortunately, Rune had experienced being overwhelmed by information overload before, so after a brief moment of confusion, he was able to mechanically gather the information into fragments and temporarily surround them around his head.

Even so, it still took Rune a long time to sort through this information.

"I said—couldn't you have told me beforehand that you were going to pay me?" Rune complained after several hours, his mind finally clearing up.

This blessing from the Dark Force is like the blessing of Yog-Sothoth in the Cthulhu Mythos. If Rune hadn't been a mage by nature and his soul came from a higher dimension, this cramming-style instruction alone would have been enough to put him to sleep for years.

Even if their brains weren't completely destroyed, those who miraculously survived would likely be driven insane by the blasphemous power inherent in this knowledge.

But the Dark Force retorted defiantly, "Can you be compared to other mortals? Or are you dissatisfied with these rewards?"

"Uh, no, I'm quite satisfied with your reward—"

He was certainly satisfied. Rune already possessed the power to explore space, and later mastered the ability to transform magic into objects, but creating life had always been a difficult problem for him.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Transfiguration may seem to create living things; in essence, it's just an object imbued with a will. Although they can move for a long time, they don't have the ability to reproduce.

This is an advantage for a companion puppet, but it is actually a disadvantage for Rune's magical path.

He had just learned that creating new objects or concepts in a newly discovered universe could enhance his understanding of the corresponding abilities.

Rune recreated the sun in his world using the body of the sun god, an act that enhanced his understanding of fire magic, which gave him the power to burn the insectoids in the ruins of Ahn'Qiraj.

What if Rune created new life in the universe he created?

"What else is there to say? Remember to give me some special treatment when you take me to the new universe!" With that, the Dark Force left the channel.

The Void Lords who had been watching the battle earlier also left when the runes crashed. The once vast Temple of Ahn'Qiraj now appeared quite desolate.

Rune collected some of C'Thun's body parts as spoils of war. He hadn't learned skills like skinning, so he could only use his magical senses to cut off the parts that were rich in magical energy.

He dared not put all of C'Thun in his workshop, even though the workshop could certainly hold them all, because who knew what consequences C'Thun's blood would cause.

Rune doesn't want to see his workshop turn into a seafood product that then stands up and eats people.

Now that C'Thun has been killed, the next task is to find the Chamber of Heart. Rune bent down and gently placed his shadow-stained black fingertips on the cracked ground.

The Chamber of the Heart is not hard to find. To Rune, that chamber is like a heart beating in the darkness, each beat transmitting a unique frequency to him.

The torrent of consciousness traversed underground, passing countless sleeping corpses and endless yellow sand, until it finally found this secret room.

Rune opened a portal, stepped inside, and was immediately awestruck by everything around him.

The room was filled with a soft, pale blue and light green light. The walls of the secret chamber were made of a strange rock, its surface covered with intricate runes and patterns that shimmered with a faint glow.

Rune didn't know the meaning of these runes, but judging from the patterns, they seemed to be telling the ancient stories of the Titans.

In the very center of the secret chamber stood a colossal Heart Furnace, radiating a warm light and surrounded by flowing halos of energy. Above the furnace, several fist-sized crystals floated in the air, slowly rotating and connected to each other by strands of light as thin as hair, forming a complex energy matrix.

This is the technology of the Titans. While possessing immense power, the Titans also master sophisticated technology. Their long lifespans, coupled with the blessing of the Force of Order, have allowed them to develop worlds that can rival or even far surpass those that primarily rely on technological development.

Yes, World of Warcraft is just that unreasonable.

Rune wasn't good at these things, so he didn't delve into these strange Titan technologies. Instead, he simply said, "Heart of Azeroth, fly here!"

A slightly worn, round piece of jewelry flew over and landed in Rune's palm. This thing had not yet revealed its true power, so it looked like a large, crudely made gold disc.

But Rune was not careless. He held the Heart of Azeroth in his hands and slowly walked towards the furnace in the center of the Heart Chamber. When he raised his hands, the Heart of Azeroth floating in his palm trembled slightly.

It finally revealed its magic, with a halo of pale blue and gilded light seeping from the center of the ornament, instantly resonating with the light of the furnace.

In an instant, the Heart Forge roared. The energy vortex at the heart of the forge suddenly surged, and pale gold and azure light broke through the forge's constraints, transforming into a beam of light that shot straight up to the dome of the secret chamber.

A blurry figure appeared amidst the light.

That was the Supreme Star Soul Ai-chan—and also Rune's true objective for this trip.