Chapter 126: Hidden

After passing three consecutive forks in the road,

Gunie finally figured out one thing:

that not only had he lost track of the deity Mozi, but he had also gotten lost within the Ekma Grand Passage.

At this moment, all around him, including behind him, there were a vast number of creatures from various races.

Winged flying snakes.

Bloodthirsty bats with fangs.

Grim-faced flying apes wielding war spears.

Malicious winged elves skilled in various spells.

And many other creatures whose names Gunie did not know, densely filling the passage, killing any creature that entered.

And now, their target was Gunie.

Because there were no other creatures nearby—only Gunie himself.

Suddenly, Gunie sensed intense battle fluctuations coming from the passage to his left front.

With a leap, Gunie flew directly in that direction.

Even if he had lost track of the deity Mozi, finding another team would be good.

But before Gunie had flown for even half a minute,

seven or eight demigods flew toward him with ferocious momentum.

Sensing them slightly, Gunie's expression changed sharply.

Behind them, a strange and fierce divine aura rampaged toward them.

Damn it!

Gunie immediately turned and fled.

If he encountered demigods, he could still escape.

But if he encountered a deity, he would almost certainly die.

In his flight, Gunie quickly took a fork in the road to put distance between himself and the seven or eight demigods.

The deity was chasing them, not Gunie.

Gunie had no reason to be hunted by the deity along with them.

Enduring various attacks all the way, Gunie charged recklessly.

During this time, he also encountered two teams of powerful beings with divine auras.

But unfortunately, these divine teams only consisted of demigods and deities, and they were being hunted by deities within the Ekma Grand Passage, in complete chaos.

Gunie guessed that they themselves had lost their sense of direction; following them in flight, who knew if they would end up in a dead end.

After repeatedly failing to find a team,

Gunie began to travel alone through the Ekma Grand Passage.

Compared to the explosive divine power of others,

Gunie, a mere Saint at the fourth level, was completely inconspicuous.

The demigods within the Ekma Grand Passage had little interest in Gunie.

Only those creatures below the demigod level had the desire to hunt him.

But Gunie's speed was far greater than theirs.

He could easily shake them off.

...

Half an hour later,

in a relatively narrow cave passage,

after killing seven or eight demon rats, Gunie finally had a chance to stop and catch his breath.

Am I lost in the Ekma Grand Passage? Gunie smiled bitterly.

At least I'm lost here, not dead here—that's much better than others.

Gunie perked up again.

I can no longer determine my current location. I still know too little about the Ekma Grand Passage.

But based on my World Essence's perception of the world dimension of the Ekma Grand Passage, I can still judge the direction I came from and the general direction of the exit.

As long as the direction is right, and I am careful enough, I can still pass through the Ekma Grand Passage and reach the Emoco Ancient Divine Mountain, given enough time.

With this thought, Gunie took out a Star Soul and cast it into this world.

After more than ten minutes of recovery, Gune once again flew through the passage.

At this moment, the Ekma Grand Passage was as chaotic as ever.

Battles erupted everywhere.

Gune paid no attention to these battles.

He flew toward the exit according to his own planned route, navigating by himself.

After every certain distance, Gune would find a hidden area and drop a Star Soul.

Thus, even if Gune were killed by a deity, he could promptly resurrect at a distant location and continue seeking a way out.

Soon, Gune encountered a group of deities advancing ahead.

But this group of deities was already locked in a bitter struggle.

A full seven dark angel-like, hideous creatures exuding divine aura were locked in combat with the three deities of the group.

Gune silently skirted around from the side.

As Gune moved forward silently and steadily,

unnoticed, more than two hours had passed.

…

Inside a passage,

Gune advanced swiftly.

By now, Gune had already passed through the widest area of the Ekma Grand Passage.

And that place was where deity-level combat was most intense—everywhere in the sky and on the ground, battles raged.

In the chaotic battle state, a transcendent like Gune, who had no divine aura and moved extremely fast, could cover a long distance in a moment if others were not paying attention.

Thus, Gune passed through the widest area with danger but no mishap.

After leaving two Star Souls in succession,

Gune had now entered the latter half of the Ekma Grand Passage.

The area Gune was in now had clearly not been traversed by anyone yet, and there were no traces of corpses on the ground.

As he was moving through the passage,

Gune suddenly felt a sense of alarm, his hairs standing on end.

The next moment!

"Chi!"

A sharp gleam that Gune could barely perceive directly pierced through his body.

It shattered Gune's "Soul Source Core."

"A deity's ambush!"

In the instant of death, Gune judged.

Gune did not wait long there; he immediately reincarnated toward the location of the nearest Star Soul.

Inside a narrow passage,

Gune was reborn and revived.

"In this latter half of the passage, there is no large-scale melee."

"If I go directly like this, the early bird gets the worm—I'll definitely become a priority target. It seems I need to wait a while."

Gune pondered silently.

"And..."

"My Immortal Holy Armor can withstand attacks from demigod-level experts, but it still cannot defend against attacks from deity-level experts."

"After all, I am only at the fourth level of the Saint realm, without even divine power, and my Immortal Holy Armor is only level one."

"No rush. I'll wait a moment until the many experts behind me clear the way, then I can continue forward."

Then, in this narrow passage, Gune entered a stealth state, waiting for the battle among the experts in the latter half to unfold.

At the same time, Gune opened his Adventure System.

Unfortunately, there was nothing good nearby.

But even if there were, in this dangerous Ekma Grand Passage, Gune would find it hard to obtain.

After waiting for over an hour,

feeling it was about right, Gune swiftly flew out of this hidden cave.

Sure enough, during the long time Gune had waited, many deities had already cleared the way ahead.

Following the previous method, Gune once again began his journey forward silently.