Chapter 144: Escape to the Sky

The battle came quickly and ended just as fast.

In the one second when Gune and the two crossed paths.

The battle, suddenly begun, had already fallen.

Sensing the swift escape of that demigod.

The two gods at the early third realm both wore extremely grave expressions on their faces.

In that brief one or two seconds of battle.

Both of them had already sustained considerable injuries.

Whether it was the strange black flames or the peculiar black light that directly tore through space and seeped in, both posed a great threat to them.

Fortunately, they had divine artifact armor; otherwise, they would have suffered greatly.

More importantly, that demigod's defensive ability was simply terrifying.

When their attacks landed on him, he acted as if he didn't see them.

He directly bore their damage and charged forward fearlessly, unafraid of any attack.

Fortunately, that demigod had no intention of fighting, only fleeing with all his might.

Otherwise, if they really fought to the end, only the two of them would die.

At this moment, the two third-realm gods finally understood somewhat why there had been a very brief battle ahead earlier.

Clearly, that Otto Li had also had a brief clash with this unusually powerful demigod, and the battle had ended with the demigod's escape.

Since Otto Li hadn't pursued the demigod, the two of them naturally had no intention of chasing either.

Entering deep into this Cthulhu cave was the priority.

After all, they had guarded outside the cave for two years; now that the cave was open, they had to go in and take a look no matter what.

After passing by the three powerful gods ahead.

Seeing that they had no intention of pursuing, Gune also relaxed a lot.

If third-realm powerhouses didn't chase him, then those second-realm and even first-realm gods posed even less threat to him.

Although after this battle, when the many gods entered and found no powerful treasures.

Coupled with the fact that he had fled swiftly, they would most likely guess that he had taken the treasure and run away.

But by then, it wouldn't matter anymore.

After this battle, Gune would definitely find a remote place far away, then devote himself to cultivation and directly ascend to godhood.

Once Gune ascended to a holy spirit, not to mention fourth-realm gods, even fifth-realm gods would not frighten him.

At that time, in this Emoke Ancient God Mountain, Gune would be completely safe.

A moment later, Gune saw seven or eight second-realm gods flying together toward him.

With a thought, Gune charged straight at them.

A few seconds later.

After heavily striking these seven or eight second-realm gods and killing two of them, Gune swaggered away.

Leaving behind a group of dumbfounded second-realm gods.

Then Gune encountered this group of over forty first-realm gods.

This was even easier; he simply charged through them.

None of these first-realm gods could withstand Gune's current attacks.

More than an hour later.

The Summit Desert.

Whoosh—

Gune landed with a leap.

Then Gune looked around.

At this moment, there were no other gods nearby.

Apparently, all the gods that could be around had already entered earlier.

With a thought, Gune concealed his form and then flew swiftly in one direction.

Needless to say.

Over by the mysterious crystal glass tree, the battle must have already turned the place upside down.

But their battle was destined to be futile.

Gune flew for a full three days and three nights.

He didn't stop until he reached near the middle region of the Emoke Ancient God Mountain, close to the outer barrier.

This place was relatively close to the middle region of the Emoke Ancient God Mountain, and also near the barrier at the edge of Emoke.

It was essentially an area where no one would come.

Cultivating here in seclusion was the safest.

After secretly patrolling this area and confirming that no gods were nearby.

Gune found a very concealed spot.

Then he hid inside, sealed the passage, and completely isolated himself from the outside world.

Inside the sealed passage chamber.

Gune sat cross-legged and let out a long breath.

"Huh... finally escaped."

"Fled so far, to such a remote place."

"Even if they sense something, it should be hard for them to find my trail."

"Moreover, within this Emoke Ancient God Mountain, although there are many divine powerhouses, most are scattered like loose sand; not too many will come searching for me."

"Once this storm passes, the matter will probably be mostly forgotten."

A hint of a smile curled at the corner of Gune's mouth.

"And I..."

"Only need to stay here, steadily cultivate, and ascend to the divine realm."

"Although it's a pity I didn't get the massive Cthulhu remains under the mysterious crystal tree."

"But obtaining those nine mysterious fruits is already enough."

"Currently, the Cthulhu remains inside me are sufficient."

"Before, they could last about twenty years; now, my cosmic force scouring speed has increased to about three times the original."

"Basically, they can last about seven years."

"And as the Cthulhu embryo inside me grows, this time should shorten a bit."

"Such a long time is more than enough for me to ascend to the divine realm."

"Moreover, I still have the mysterious fruits from the crystal glass tree."

"After ascending to godhood, my strength will skyrocket; then I can go out and search for more Cthulhu remains without delay."

"The only pity is that during this time, I haven't obtained any new Cthulhu scriptures, so I can't learn any more powerful techniques."

Then Gune gradually calmed his mind.

"I wonder how effective the crystal glass tree's fruits really are?"

"Let's find out by trying."

With a flip of his hand, a fruit as large as two meters in diameter, like a small sun, radiated light.

As this fruit was taken out.

Instantly, the entire cave was illuminated as bright as day by its glow.

The mysterious energy it emitted surged into Gune's body, and he immediately felt a gentle ripple in his soul.

"Truly wondrous," Gune murmured softly.

He glanced around.

The entire cave had been sealed by Gune multiple times, so the commotion from taking out the fruit would not be sensed by the outside world.

With a single inhale toward this small-sun-like mysterious fruit.

The fruit, two meters in diameter, was directly swallowed by Gune into his stomach.

As a demigod-level existence with a powerful physical body, Gune naturally had ways to easily accommodate such a large wondrous fruit.

As soon as the fruit entered his stomach.

Instantly, pure and dense energy blossomed throughout Gune's body; he could feel that under the operation of the Hanging System's cultivation of the Dusk Star Source Code, he began to absorb the small-sun fruit frantically.

His demigod realm was also improving at an extremely fast pace.

More importantly.

The Cthulhu embryo inside Gune was also growing at an indescribable speed at this moment.

This growth rate was a hundred times faster than before.

"It really does have an effect on my Cthulhu embryo, and most of the power is acting on it."

"After all, this thing grew from the powerful Cthulhu corpse and absorbed energy for who knows how many years."

"This single fruit might be enough for me to ascend to the divine realm!"

Gune thought to himself.