Cursed Immortality

Jacob didn't stop with only those two space rings; while he was reaching the surface, he opened every locked space ring in his possession and arranged its contents, throwing away the useless stuff in them.

By the time he was done, he could see the light up ahead. It was apparently day on the surface, and seeing the sunlight after so many years excited Jacob for a moment.

However, his excitement didn't last long, as he knew he wasn't out of the woods. The Ice Fiend Locust Queen might send her army the moment she realized that Jacob was reachable again.

Nonetheless, Jacob was ready. The moment he reached the surface, he stored away the thunder whale, took out the flying ship, and set its destination towards Unique Plains.

After all, even if Ice Fiend Locust Queen sent millions of her minions, only the Unique Rank ones would be able to enter the Unique Plains, and then killing them wouldn't be just his problem, would it?

'Now, I should test that mask. Its importance is too much just to ignore it…'

Jacob's eyes shimmered with anticipation as he flipped his hand. A white faceless mask appeared in his hand, which seemed extremely ordinary. There were no eye sockets in this mask, and it appeared like a mask carved from white wood. It was the Gluttony Mask he got from the treasury of Witch Palace in the Epic Plains!

'According to that palace AI, the Witch Queen found this mask in a no-return zone, and its rank is unknown. This mask has two functions.

'The first one is that it can feed on the corpse of a living being and then polymorph into that exact same being that it devoured. But the moment it feeds another corpse, the previous disguise will be overwritten with the new one.

'The second ability is the most troublesome one. It can evolve its rank by consuming powerful corpses, but apparently, it can also affect the user's mind the stronger it gets and might even devour the user's mind.

'However, I don't think I should have any problem with it since I had already awakened my soul force, and Nyx's soul defense is also there to protect my mind. I would be fine as long as Gluttony Mask won't evolve into Legendary Rank….'

After Jacob made up his mind, he didn't delay. Hex mana started to pour out from his hand, covering the white mask. The process of imprinting the Mystic Signature was quite simple; it exists within the owner's magic energy.

If the user awakens the mystic signature and the items can accept it, the mystic signature will automatically imprint on the items. At least, this was the known method of using the mystic signature.

Furthermore, a powerful mystic signature can easily overwrite a weaker one, and if the previous owner of the mystic signature is dead, the process is even simpler.

Lastly, if the mystic signature owner is still alive and someone else with a powerful mystic signature erased the former's mystic signature, they will suffer a backlash, hence instantly knowing about the destruction of their mystic signature.

Although Jacob didn't know how strong his mystic signature was compared to the others, he was sure that it was quite powerful. After all, he easily got rid of those two quasi- legends' mystic signatures like they were nothing and without much effort.

But still, he needs more input, especially against a mystic signature of a living being. However, few treasures could use a mystic signature since the method of making a mystic signature treasure was strictly controlled by factions or powerful entities.

Even the space rings with mystic signatures were quite rare, and they barely hit the public market before they were already distributed among the high-ranking members.

The moment the hex mana touched the smooth surface of the gluttony mask, it suddenly came alive and trembled as it started to absorb the hex mana like a sponge.

Jacob was a little startled, but he didn't stop and continued to pour more hex mana. At this moment, he noticed something. Dark crimson lines started to appear on the forehead of the mask, slowly forming a peculiar shape.

When the peculiar shape was completed, Jacob was shocked because it was a dark crimson infinity symbol. He found that the outline of this infinity symbol was made with an extremely tiny, complex glyph structure.

'Is this how my mystic signature looks?' Jacob wondered as he saw the mystic signature slowly start to fade away, and the mask stopped absorbing his mana.

Jacob frowned slightly because the mask didn't change at all, and it still looked ordinary. However, right at this moment, the mask trembled slightly, and something foreign suddenly surfaced in Jacob's mind, astounding him.

When he focused on something foreign, he was even more shocked because it was memories related to the gluttony mask. It actually contained the method to use it and even information about its two abilities.

'So, the first ability is called the Gluttony Shapeshift, and the second, the Gluttony Genesis…' Jacob looked at the Gluttony Mask with shining eyes as he wasn't expecting something like this to happen.

Nonetheless, now that he knew how to use it, he didn't hesitate any more and directly put it on his face. The moment the mask touched his skin, Jacob felt as if he was wearing an extremely thin cold membrane. Despite the lack of eye sockets or breathing space for his mouth, he could still see and breathe fine as if he weren't anywhere above them.

When he let go, the mask was directly attached to his face. The next moment, a black flash of light suddenly pulsed on the mask, and it started to fade away, revealing Jacob's face again.

However, Jacob could still feel its presence; he knew the mask was now completely attached to his very soul, and it could only be taken off when he died, or he willingly took it off by removing his mystic signature.

No one would be able to tell its existence unless they could directly peer into his soul, for it was a Soul Artifact!