Chapter 152: Encounter with Cruz

Within the zero-gravity space.

Gunie, in a state of concealment, flew silently.

He slowly withdrew his gaze from the fluctuations of the victorious battle in the distance.

Having flown in stealth all the way here,

Gunie had already sensed no fewer than four battle fluctuations.

Some were one-on-one battles.

Others were squad-versus-squad battles.

Among them were powerful deities of the Third Realm, and even the Fourth Realm.

The Land of Eumos was clearly far more dangerous than Gunie had anticipated.

Once Gunie engaged in battle, his divine power aura would inevitably be exposed, and many would know his location.

As he pondered, Gunie fixed his gaze on the floating cyan-black mountain range ahead and the "Blue Corrupted Eumos Vines" coiled within it.

In the Land of Eumos,

the multitude of deities was one of the dangerous factors.

At the same time, those blue corrupted Eumos vines were also a danger.

Corrupted Eumos vines possessed extremely aggressive traits.

Once attacked, they would immediately retaliate.

The blue corrupted Eumos vine before Gunie

was formidable even for a Third Realm deity.

And if it were a purple corrupted Eumos vine, even a Fourth Realm deity would struggle to withstand it.

If left unprovoked, these corrupted vines would most likely not attack deities passing through them.

But one had to be wary of others attacking the corrupted Eumos vines, causing them to enter an aggressive state.

Having flown in stealth all the way, Gunie had been concealing his aura for a full eighteen hours.

The massive mountain range coiled by the blue corrupted Eumos vines was now right before him.

As he approached the edge of the floating giant mountain,

Gunie silently slipped into the lush foliage of the Eumos vines on the mountain.

Unlike other deities who feared the sudden retaliation of the Eumos vines,

Gunie's fear of these vines was evidently much less.

His powerful Immortal Sacred Armor, coupled with the World Essence, was enough to easily break free from the attacks of these blue corrupted Eumos vines that threatened Third Realm deities.

And if it came to a real fight,

Gunie's Baro Flame was highly effective against such plant-based creatures.

A single Baro Flame might be enough to completely ignite this colossal corrupted vine.

While flying inside the dense foliage of the blue corrupted Eumos vines, Gunie quietly opened the system's encounter page.

"No encounters."

After a moment, Gunie withdrew his gaze.

"Continue deeper."

Gunie followed the winding path of the blue corrupted Eumos vines and began to delve deeper.

At intervals, he would open the encounter page to check for traces.

Occasionally, he would also use the Cthulhu Compass to see if any Cthulhu flesh was nearby.

Thus, in silent exploration,

unbeknownst to him, four or five days passed swiftly in Gunie's search.

…

One day,

deep within the mountain range coiled by the blue corrupted Eumos vines,

Boom, boom, boom…

Suddenly, powerful divine fluctuations erupted once again.

The intertwining of these two divine powers directly agitated the blue corrupted Eumos vines.

Immediately, the thick vines of the blue corrupted Eumos vines, each over thirty meters in diameter, lashed out, striking toward the two Third Realm deities.

The two Third Realm deities, while fighting, quickly ascended into the air to evade the siege of the blue corrupted Eumos vines.

Inside a massive peak,

Gunie narrowed his eyes, peering through over a kilometer of rock to directly witness the battle scene of the two deities.

Only after the two deities gradually drifted away did Gunie breathe a sigh of relief.

"Good thing it didn't reach me."

"Otherwise, being accidentally flushed out like that would be bad."

As the battle of the two Third Realm deities faded into the distance,

the blue corrupted Eumos vines soon quieted down again.

Within this mountain range, there was not just one blue corrupted Eumos vine; there were many, almost everywhere.

After continuing to lurk for half a day, once the entire area returned to its usual calm, Gunie quietly slipped out along the rock face and resumed his exploration along the planned route.

About five or six hours later,

Gunie abruptly halted, a slight smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

There was an encounter.

Encounter: Cruz Cosmic Divine Power.

Encounter One: Cruz Remains.

Encounter Two: Cruz Cosmic Wall Crystal.

Encounter Two: Cruz Cosmic Divine Power.

"Cruz?"

Gunie quickly recalled in his mind the many pieces of information about this great Cthulhu creature.

As he rapidly reviewed the data,

he soon found quite a bit of information related to "Cruz."

First, it was certain that Cruz was a very formidable Cthulhu creature.

In fact, Cruz was most likely an "Elder God."

After all, information about Cruz existed only in the middle layers of the Emoko Ancient God Mountain.

At the same time, this "Elder God Cruz" possessed a special crystal called "Cruz Crystal."

It was said that many powerful beings who obtained "Cruz Crystals" within the Ancient God Mountain could elevate their divine power to a certain level.

For example, making Third Realm divine power comparable to Fourth Realm Victory, or Fourth Realm divine power comparable to Fifth Realm divine power.

And peak Fifth Realm divine power could undergo further transformation, surpassing the Fifth Realm level.

It was precisely because of this

that the "Cruz Crystal" had become one of the many treasures in the middle layers of the Ancient God Mountain.

Gunie immediately followed the guidance of the encounter system and silently flew toward the so-called [Cruz Cosmic Divine Power] encounter site.

As he flew, Gunie pondered silently.

"Previously, many who obtained Cruz crystals likely got only a very small part, even trace fragments, of the Cosmic Wall Crystal."

"As for the Cruz Remains, not many have taken them, but still a fair number. After all, the name Cruz was derived from exploring those remains."

"But this Cruz Cosmic Divine Power—no one has ever mentioned it."

"A few fragments of the Cruz Cosmic Wall Crystal could already cause those deities' divine power to transform."

"And this Cruz Cosmic Divine Power is clearly a better treasure than the Cosmic Wall Crystal."

"Moreover..."

"The system's encounter guidance does not point to a single location, but to a strange passage."

"It is highly possible that behind this strange passage lies the true place of Cruz's death."

"If that is the case, this Cruz encounter might be enough for me to obtain plenty of treasures."

Gunie said to himself.