Chapter 137: The Red Light Cavern

Inside the ancient divine mountain of Emoko.

There were many peculiar regions.

And the area where Gune now stood, where the source tide storm raged with unusual ferocity, was clearly one such region.

Gune had heard that within some dangerously extreme source tide storms,

even gods could not keep their footing.

The area before Gune, though not so formidable in power, would still make it difficult for an ordinary demigod to steady themselves.

At the edge of the source tide storm, after carefully sensing for a moment, Gune narrowed his eyes.

"Without a doubt, the region beyond the source tide storm has undergone an extraordinary change."

Gune did not enter immediately but instead carefully sensed his surroundings.

After confirming that no one was spying on him from afar, Gune leaped and vanished into the source tide storm.

The raging source tide storm howled toward him.

The wind spirit wings behind Gune unfurled, effortlessly mastering the狂暴 source tide as he flew deeper inward.

After penetrating about five or six kilometers deep,

the source tide storm abruptly ceased.

Then, what met his eyes was a capped desert, similar to the area where Gune had been before.

In this region, above was a vast, enormous rock ceiling, below was desert, around were wide passages leading in from all sides, and further out was the howling source tide storm.

Such capped deserts were common within this vast territory, nothing unusual.

Yet this particular capped desert was now different from before.

Now, near the rock ceiling above this capped desert,

a passage about a hundred meters in diameter, radiating intense red light, had opened up.

Clearly, this red light passage was the cause of the change in this world, the place that Gune had sensed.

"When I patrolled past this place before, this situation did not occur."

"But now... it has."

Gune narrowed his eyes, pondering.

Combined with the earlier fluctuations, Gune vaguely guessed something.

"What luck, to encounter it directly at the first moment."

A faint smile appeared on Gune's face.

Then.

Gune began to scrutinize this cavern carefully.

"Those red rays permeating the cavern are clearly filled with some powerful annihilating energy."

"It seems one might pass by finding gaps, but in reality..."

"the entire passage is already saturated with destructive energy."

Through his Cthulhu embryo, Gune could sense that the entire cavern contained a mysterious annihilating force.

"Trying to avoid damage by evasion is meaningless."

"The only way is to rely on a powerful physical body to endure the terrifying annihilating energy and tough it out."

"Of course, waiting outside slowly for the rays to dissipate before entering is also possible."

"But I don't know if the destructive energy in the cavern will disappear, or how long it will take."

"For me, there's obviously no need to be so troublesome; waiting here only invites trouble."

"Let's first test the effect of this destructive energy."

With a thought,

Hum!

A golden luster emerged over Gune's entire body, and in moments, he became like a golden man.

Then, a golden glass layer began to form on the surface of his body.

After about two or three breaths, a golden glass layer a full fist thick had condensed on Gune's body surface.

This was the powerful physique and strong armor defense that the seventh-level Immortal Sacred Armor granted Gune.

When fighting those gods, Gune didn't need to manifest his golden body; merely the Sacred Armor integrated with his flesh was enough to withstand their attacks.

If he manifested the golden body and the surface glass Sacred Armor,

Gune's defensive power and physical toughness would rise another level.

With his defenses ready, Gune flew directly toward the cavern.

As soon as he entered,

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!

An indescribably terrifying destructive energy pierced through Gune's body and soul.

At the same time, Gune's body began to emit green smoke.

Even with the terrifying defense of the seventh-level Cthulhu Scripture's Immortal Sacred Armor,

within this peculiar red-rayed destructive passage, he was still in a state of constant annihilation.

After a moment,

With a "Sizzle!"

the star soul Gune had condensed was directly annihilated.

The annihilation of one soul had no effect on Gune.

Feeling the destructive energy in the passage, Gune quickly summarized in his mind.

"Body! Soul! Dual annihilation."

"And it's complete penetration annihilation, completely impossible to block with surface defenses."

"One must resist with a powerful body."

"The same goes for the soul."

"But my star soul doesn't need to be kept inside the body."

"I don't need to worry about soul annihilation; I only need to withstand the destructive energy at the physical level to pass directly through the passage."

Then Gune quickly withdrew from the passage.

In that short moment, even with the powerful body reinforced by the Immortal Sacred Armor, Gune's flesh had been slightly annihilated.

With a thought, the surrounding source force was quickly absorbed by Gune.

In an instant, Gune had recovered to his peak.

Looking at the passage again, Gune narrowed his eyes.

"The annihilating energy is strong, but my Immortal Sacred Armor allows my body to withstand it, and my recovery ability can easily compensate for the damage to my body."

"Entering is entirely feasible."

With a thought, the blue-green wind spirit wings unfurled again.

Ready,

"Whoosh——"

A blue-green flash streaked by.

Gune flew at extreme speed toward the depths of the passage.

As Gune entered the passage and advanced quickly,

in another distant area with numerous aerial rivers,

several gods halted within a deep river curtain.

The direction they were looking was precisely a strange passage emitting red light deep within the water and trees.

The annihilating energy emanating from the passage made even them feel terrified.

"This area has been trembling for a while; sure enough, this treasure site has appeared."

"Indeed."

"But this passage is not easy to enter; the destructive energy is too astonishing."

"Difficult to enter, but we must try, or we'll lose the advantage of discovering it first."

"Of course."

Then, this group of eight gods began their attempts.

In another area of constant thunder,

a similarly huge, hundred-meter-diameter entrance filled with heart-stopping red rays and annihilating energy was also discovered by a group of gods.

In other areas, similar passages appeared one after another.

Soon,

the news of mysterious ray passages appearing in this region spread rapidly.