Chapter 141: Play It Safe

Arriving at the edge of the invisible barrier, Gune pressed his single palm against it.

Immediately, a powerful, invisible repulsive force emerged.

Preventing Gune from advancing any further.

Gune was not anxious; he simply savored the sensation.

Hummm...

After a moment, an invisible force gently diffused between Gune's palm and the comprehension barrier he was touching.

An invisible ripple, like a wave, gently spread across the invisible barrier.

Even the entire massive crystal glass tree faintly emitted starlight radiance.

As this invisible ripple spread,

Gradually, the powerful repulsive force began to weaken.

And grew weaker and weaker.

After a dozen breaths, the repulsive force had gradually disappeared.

At the same time, Gune gently probed forward with his palm.

His arm directly sank into the invisible barrier.

"Huh... I can pass through."

A hint of a smile appeared on Gune's face.

"Although there is still obstructive energy, that obstructive force is the power of the energy barrier itself, and it cannot block my entry at all."

"The plan to assimilate the characteristics of the Cthulhu creature and then pass through indeed works."

With a flicker of his form, Gune entered the barrier.

He slowly penetrated the barrier at a speed of about one meter per second.

After about half a minute, Gune traversed the thirty-meter-thick comprehension energy barrier.

As Gune passed through the thick barrier,

The nine energy fruits radiating dazzling light before him were now within reach.

At this moment, Gune was no longer in a hurry.

Looking at the nine mysterious energy fruits, Gune pondered slightly.

"There are nine fruits and nine passages, likely with some mysterious connection."

"At the same time, this treasure land was born precisely because of this crystal glass tree and its fruits."

"Regardless, if I move these fruits, this place will probably undergo some changes."

"In that case, I need to consider the issue of getting out."

"After these few days, the passages should have been discovered by others."

"Needless to say, many powerful beings are surely guarding the entrance outside. Once the destructive energy decays, a swarm of strong practitioners will rush in."

"The fastest ones can enter in just over ten minutes."

"The previous reincarnation caused all my star souls outside to disappear."

"And after one more reincarnation, I will fall back to the peak of the Fourth Stage of the Dao Saint realm."

"The method of escaping through reincarnation won't work either."

"In fact... I don't even have the qualification to die once."

"If I die, even though I have over eighty chances of reincarnation, they would kill me back down to the level of Grandmaster Extraordinaire."

"The Guying Gate cannot be used here in Mount Emoke, and any teleportation treasure is interfered with by the invisible force here."

"Using the Guying Gate to teleport away is clearly not possible."

"So the only way is..."

Gune's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Fight my way out!"

"My greatest asset right now is my defensive ability."

"It is entirely possible to withstand the attacks of deities and fight my way out."

"Even in this passage over a hundred meters wide, fighting is advantageous for me, after all, the Divine Annihilation Light can cover the entire cavern."

"Thus, within the passage, even if I encounter a powerful deity of the Third Stage, I have the qualification to counter-kill."

Then, Gune looked at the nine fruits and then at the nine passages filled with annihilation force.

"Getting the nine fruits is easy, but getting out is not; I cannot act rashly."

"The best approach is to first cultivate here in seclusion."

"After all, no one knows when the destructive energy in the energy passages will disappear."

"I will cultivate here in seclusion; the longer I delay, the higher my realm will rise, and the higher the levels of my several Cthulhu scriptures will become."

"Overall, my strength will be greater."

"When the passages begin to show signs of activity, or even when they decay,"

"It will take them at least ten minutes to enter."

"That time frame is enough for me to easily take the nine fruits and then fight my way out along the passage I came in."

"Moreover, the longer this passage lasts, the more advantageous it is for me."

"It would be best if it lasted for over a decade; by then I could ascend to godhood."

After roughly drafting a plan in his mind,

Gune first went around the nine fruits for a look.

After sensing the awe-inspiring mysterious energy contained within, Gune left the range of the crystal glass tree again and went above it.

He began to sit in meditation and cultivate in seclusion.

From this position, Gune could clearly sense the conditions of the nine surrounding passages.

Should any unusual fluctuation occur, Gune could sense it immediately and then take action.

At the same time, cultivating in this area,

Gune could also absorb a small amount of the mysterious energy, like starlight radiance, that the crystal glass tree drew from the mysterious starry sky above.

Gune could feel that this mysterious starlight energy not only accelerated his cultivation,

But also sped up the growth of his Cthulhu embryo.

At the same time, his comprehension of the three types of profound meanings became clearer, more thorough, and faster.

The effect of cultivating here was even faster than cultivating outside.

Immersed in this mysterious starlight radiance, Gune once again began his journey of secluded cultivation.

...

While Gune was cultivating in seclusion,

The conflicts in the passages outside, after the first wave of mass deaths, entered a period of stability once again.

With the arrival of the stable period,

Those teams and forces that had not secured priority positions in the passages were naturally unwilling to accept this.

They began recruiting idle deities everywhere to strive for more favorable positions.

Meanwhile, the teams stationed at the passages had to be on guard and maintain their posts.

Naturally, they had no extra strength to recruit people.

With this shift in balance, about half a year later,

A second, larger wave of conflicts and killings over the stationed passages erupted.

This wave was clearly larger and more intense than the first, involving more deity-level experts.

Among them were some top-tier deity experts of the Third Stage, and even the Fourth Stage.

And news of this Cthulhu mysterious passage spread further and wider during these six months.

More and more deities began to learn of the news about this mysterious Cthulhu passage.

Unbeknownst,

Two full years had passed since the appearance of the ray-destructive passage.

Outside, many deities had been fighting and killing each other for two full years.

Meanwhile, Gune, using the mysterious crystal glass tree and the mysterious starlight radiance, had been painstakingly cultivating in seclusion within the passage for two years.