Chapter 139: If You Can't Take It, Cheat

With a whoosh,

the long, mediocre passage that had taken over four hours to fly through

was finally traversed by Gunie.

"Finally made it across." Gunie let out a long breath.

Then, composing himself, Gunie looked toward the end of this massive passage.

At a glance, Gunie saw deep within this mysterious space a colossal tree, towering ten thousand meters high.

This tree was unlike any he had ever seen.

Its entire body was nearly translucent, like a body carved from crystal glass.

At the same time, the flow of energy within its trunk was clearly visible.

Energy from deep underground was absorbed by its roots, slowly converging and flowing upward.

Along the main trunk, it coursed toward the many branches.

Meanwhile, the sky above this mysterious region resembled a starry night sky.

Those strange, star-like shining entities emitted starlight that turned into trickling streams, absorbed by the enormous crystal-glass tree.

After surveying the giant crystal-glass tree for a while,

Gunie's gaze was drawn to nine fruits on the tree, dazzling like small suns.

These nine sun-like fruits

each radiated a pulse that stirred the heart.

Each contained pure, strange energy comparable to a powerful deity.

A miraculous crystal-glass tree.

Nine mysterious fruits radiating infinite light and energy like small suns.

Clearly, these fruits were the core treasures of this Cthulhu treasure site.

After staring at the mysterious fruits for a moment,

"Huh..."

Gunie exhaled softly, trying to calm his mind.

He did not rashly fly over.

A Cthulhu treasure site was not as safe as one might imagine.

First, Gunie glanced back at the ray-annihilation passage.

The destructive energy within was as stable as ever.

"This annihilation energy probably won't disappear anytime soon. I can't be reckless."

After hiding a Star Soul in a corner,

Gunie opened his Adventure System.

But to his surprise,

the Adventure System page was completely empty, with no adventure content.

"The treasure is right before me. Is it because I'm too close?"

"Or is it..."

Gunie closed the system and looked at the mysterious giant crystal-glass tree.

"...because of that strange barrier, preventing me from obtaining it?"

In his perception,

around the enormous crystal-glass tree,

an invisible barrier completely enveloped the entire tree.

Gunie could sense the existence of the invisible barrier using his World Essence.

With a thought, Gunie flew toward the crystal-glass tree.

As he flew, he simultaneously observed his surroundings.

One by one, passages identical to the ray-annihilation passage he had entered were discovered by Gunie.

"Including the one I came through, there are nine ray-annihilation passages in total."

"Fortunately, the annihilation energy in these passages is stable. I estimate no one will enter until the annihilation energy rays inside disappear."

"But once the threat in the passages is gone, top-tier deities will soon fly in."

"For me, it takes four hours to fly through. For those top-tier deities, it won't take four hours—half an hour, or even a dozen minutes, will suffice."

As he pondered, Gunie stopped at the edge of the invisible energy barrier surrounding the crystal-glass tree.

Gunie lightly raised his hand.

A giant hand condensed from divine power appeared in the air and then touched the invisible energy barrier.

Upon contact, Gunie felt an invisible resistance preventing the divine hand from entering further.

"Completely blocked. Can't get in."

After a few attempts, he gave up.

He tried with his physical body, but it was also repelled, unable to advance an inch.

World Essence, Dark Essence, Destruction Essence, and various other means were all employed by Gunie in an attempt to penetrate the invisible barrier.

Yet the invisible barrier seemed to completely cut off any possibility of crossing.

Even his Star Soul projection could not pass through the invisible barrier.

After a series of attempts, Gunie gradually withdrew.

"Since I can't get in,"

"let's try breaking it."

Black flames flickered in Gunie's eyes.

Whoosh!

Barrow flames blazed fiercely on the invisible barrier.

Even a sizzling sound continuously emerged.

After several minutes, the Barrow flames gradually died out.

Gunie's eyes narrowed slightly.

The power of the Barrow flames went without saying.

But after these minutes of burning, the invisible barrier remained unmoved.

The Barrow flames could not inflict any effective damage on it.

The next moment.

Hum!

The Divine Annihilation Light, which could originally reach a diameter of 300 meters, was condensed by Gunie to a diameter of just three meters.

The space-rending Divine Annihilation Light descended from the sky and struck the invisible barrier.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...

The space barrier also crackled.

After a dozen seconds, the Divine Annihilation Light dissipated.

The invisible barrier remained intact.

"Can't break it?"

Gunie frowned slightly.

"This is getting troublesome."

If Gunie couldn't obtain these Cthulhu treasures in advance,

then his advantage of entering early would be completely lost.

"The Cthulhu treasures themselves possess extraordinary power. My attacks are strong compared to ordinary deities, but against Cthulhu treasures, they are ultimately too weak."

"I must find a way to open it, or once those powerful deities arrive, I won't have the qualifications to compete with them for these Cthulhu treasures."

After thinking for a while,

Gunie turned his gaze to the base of the giant crystal-glass tree.

Then, divine power radiated around Gunie, and with his World Essence fully integrating him into space, he flew downward.

As he was about to touch the ground,

Gunie's body seemed to enter an alternate dimension, directly sinking into the earth.

Following the edge of the invisible barrier, Gunie flew deep underground.

As a Cthulhu creature, Gunie could sense deep within the soil a very massive aura.

Undoubtedly, deep underground lay the remains of an extremely powerful Cthulhu creature.

To pass through this barrier, relying solely on Gunie's essences and attack methods was certainly impossible.

So Gunie needed to find a way using the remains of this powerful Cthulhu creature.

Within the soil layer, Gunie descended continuously.

After two or three minutes, deep in the soil,

Gunie saw the enormous Cthulhu remains.