Chapter 121: Cthulhu Tome

He opened the Cosmic Potential Gate within his body.

Gunie cast the remains of Akhtov, which were the size of half a bedroom, into his own body.

Immediately, the cosmic potential began to surge.

At the same time, Gunie felt the Cthulhu embryo deep within his body begin to wash over and absorb the flesh of the dominator, growing anew.

“Fortunately, I possess the Cthulhu embryo, which makes my body and soul extremely powerful; otherwise, I would have struggled to escape from this demigod’s attack.”

Calming his mind, Gunie turned his hand and produced a black bead about the size of a fist, playing with it.

This black bead was Akhtov’s relic.

It was also the core of this adventure’s gains.

After a moment of thought, Gunie slowly let his mind penetrate into it.

As his mind seeped in,

“Buzz!” His soul trembled.

When Gunie steadied his mind, he found himself in a vast, boundless starry sky.

Around him floated nine dim planets.

Directly ahead, an enormous, indescribably massive monster with a bull’s head and black horns crouched in the starry sky.

Its body stretched endlessly backward, beyond Gunie’s sight.

It seemed a grotesque creature of a bull’s head and a serpent’s body.

“This must be the so-called Akhtov.” He had seen Akhtov before.

The colossal Akhtov slowly lowered its head, looking at Gunie, who was like a tiny ant compared to its size.

“What an astonishing Cthulhu embryo.”

The bull-headed serpent’s words were in no known language, yet Gunie understood them perfectly.

“Greetings, Senior Akhtov!”

Gunie said respectfully.

“You know me?” Akhtov looked at Gunie.

“I have seen your majestic form in ancient historical records.”

Without the system, Gunie naturally would have had no way of knowing Akhtov’s true name.

After gazing at Gunie for a moment, Akhtov asked softly, “Have they succeeded?”

Gunie knew what Akhtov was asking.

From Andrew, Gunie had learned that one of the goals of some powerful Cthulhu was to use Cthulhu remains to birth new Cthulhu creatures.

And Gunie, possessing a Cthulhu embryo, closely resembled a newly born Cthulhu creature.

No wonder Akhtov asked this.

“As far as I can see, there has been no success in the Saint Haigar region. My birth is special—I was not born specifically from Cthulhu remains. As for whether the great Cthulhu in other regions have achieved anything, I have no way of knowing.”

“Such a long time without birth—it must have failed,” Akhtov said, his tone utterly flat.

Then Akhtov spoke calmly.

“Since the birth of us Cthulhu creatures, though our kind is terrifyingly powerful, you must understand that Cthulhu creatures are not perfect.”

“To be precise, we are too strong, which leaves us lacking in potential for growth.”

“Does that sound contradictory?” Akhtov looked at Gunie.

“Perhaps because the great Cthulhu have already reached the upper limit of majestic power,” Gunie replied after a moment’s thought.

“That is not the case!”

Akhtov sighed.

“For Cthulhu creatures, the growth of power is not static.”

“Beings as mighty as the Three Pillar Gods are born strong, yes, but they also grew step by step.”

“It’s just that our race has wandered the cosmos for so long that we have forgotten to grow stronger.”

“At the same time, the great Three Pillar Gods have not changed for far too long.”

"The ancient gods and old gods stronger than us have also remained unchanged for a very, very long time."

"We were born strong, but over the long river of time, we gradually solidified and remained unchanged, let alone adapting to this world."

"When I said that we needed to adapt to this world,"

"my words became a laughingstock among my kind."

"We are already strong enough; we don't need change, and we certainly don't need to adapt to this world. This world needs to adapt to us—that is the perception of the strong among our kind."

"Blind, ignorant, arrogant! That is my assessment of our kind."

"If Cthulhu creatures remain unchanged, they will eventually be replaced, won't they?"

Gune couldn't help but widen his eyes.

It was hard to imagine that Ahtov, who had reached the pinnacle of power, possessed such profound insight.

"Your wisdom is as bright and transparent as holy light," Gune praised sincerely.

In fact, Gune had already realized the disaster brought by the Na Yuan creatures and the even more powerful Qi Yuan creatures that entered later.

Compared to the strength of Cthulhu creatures,

Gune thought that this new generation of Qi Yuan creatures might not be powerful.

But they would have endless potential to grow.

If Cthulhu creatures could not annihilate them all, then only the Cthulhu creatures themselves would die.

"They are too confident in their power."

Ahtov shook his head gently.

"So confident that they believe the world must revolve around us."

Ahtov sighed softly.

"When those Qi Yuan demons descended, I vaguely sensed something was wrong, but no one would listen to my words."

"And in the end, we all tasted the bitter fruit."

"So we began to create Cthulhu creatures to expand our kind."

"However, we who never sought change, and who ourselves had little change, how could change come so easily?"

"Our flesh, like our thoughts, was too rigid to give birth to stronger life."

"Fortunately, there were still some results."

Ahtov spoke as if recalling.

"The 'Controller Gods' we created—they possess half a Cthulhu body, wield divine power, comprehend mysteries, and learn a little of our Cthulhu strength. The powerful among them can even rival Dominators."

"However, that is not enough," Ahtov shook his head.

"What we need is to give birth to kin stronger than ourselves."

"Although the luster shining on you is unique, you are too similar to us. You must know that being too similar is not necessarily a good thing."

"But regardless, your birth is indeed an extraordinary breakthrough, which is good."

"Compared to the birth of kin, my research in another direction also hopes to provide some help to my kind."

"But the disaster came too quickly."

"I had not yet achieved results before I died."

"Fortunately, my life form is quite special; after death, I can still maintain some mental activity."

"This is a peculiar means of us Cthulhu creatures—a defensive technique that utilizes source power, divine power, and even the physical strength of our Cthulhu bodies."

"After studying this peculiar and powerful defensive technique, I fell into a slumber."

"After all, if I did not sleep, over time I would enter true eternal death."

"Now, I will pass on this defensive technique I have studied to you, and I also hope you will teach this powerful defensive technique to more people."

At this moment, Gune finally understood what relic of Ahtov he had touched.

It was a powerful defensive technique of Cthulhu creatures.

With this thought, Gune became serious.

After all, this was a powerful defensive technique developed by Cthulhu creatures.

One of Gune's purposes in coming to Mount Emoke Ancient God was to obtain such powerful offensive or defensive techniques.