Chapter 178: Surprise or Nightmare?

Gunie was at the center.

Arush and Andru guarded on both sides.

The three Cthulhu Dominators advanced in this formation toward the Cosmic Star Temple not far away.

It seemed not far.

But the three were in battle, and had to be wary of sneak attacks from the powerful Origin Mimic Beings.

Thus, their progress was not particularly fast.

After about ten days of fighting,

they had only closed a third of the distance to the Cosmic Star Temple.

If Gunie had traveled alone, a single Light Bridge jump would have taken him directly there.

He could, but there was no need.

After all, countless deities were throwing away their lives around them.

Yes, in Gunie's view, it was suicide.

As Gunie absorbed this sea of Origin Calamity deities,

his Blood Sea began a new round of extreme expansion.

After all, previously, most of what Gunie absorbed was very low-level energy and matter.

These Origin Calamity beings were all at the deity level.

For Gunie, they were a great tonic—the more, the better.

Cosmic divine power was inexhaustible.

Gunie's spirit had long since transformed into a million cosmic stars.

When one grew weary, it directly collapsed, replaced by the next soul star.

And the moment it collapsed, it would reconverge and reform the next second.

It seemed that for Gunie, the only weakness was physical fatigue.

After all, endless battle also consumed physical strength.

This level of light combat could be recovered from.

But over hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years,

the body would gradually decline.

Even Cthulhu beings, in prolonged continuous combat, would consume physical strength.

But the problem was, Gunie was a spellcaster.

He didn't need his body to participate in battle at all.

In fact, Gunie could let his body enter a semi-sleep state while fighting.

Gunie could fight on eternally without rest.

Perpetual motion machine—that described Gunie.

Steadily advancing, Gunie felt the Blood Sea within him slowly expand step by step.

Every bit the Blood Sea expanded, Gunie grew stronger by that much.

In just these ten days of battle, his Blood Sea had already expanded by about 5%.

This meant Gunie's strength had grown by another 5%.

"If I fight without limit, my power will increase without limit."

"In fact, my growth rate in battle is faster than in secluded cultivation."

Perfectly attuned to these Origin Calamity beings, Gunie had no fear of such endless attrition warfare.

"Gunie, if you manipulate the Blood Sea so recklessly, you probably can't last long. Why not shrink the Blood Sea's range so we can fight longer?"

During the battle, Andru's voice suddenly came through.

Manipulate the Blood Sea recklessly?

Consume power?

Not happening!

Gunie replied lightly.

"Senior Andru, don't worry about my soul power."

"Not just hundreds or thousands of years, even ten thousand years of nonstop battle is no problem. My soul is special."

Gunie's words stirred Andru and Arush inwardly.

In their view, Gunie's Blood Sea bloom was comparable to their own regular attacks, and would also have some consumption.

But they hadn't expected Gunie's soul to be so special that he could sustain such intense combat for so long.

"Mm, that's good. You need to maintain this rhythm of battle yourself."

"No problem."

After this brief exchange, the three continued steadily advancing toward the Cosmic Star Temple.

Unnoticed, twenty days flew by.

Every day of battle, Gunie enjoyed the growth of his soul.

Even in his spare time, Gunie's demonic sub-soul managed many matters in the Blood Dream World, including the Blood Dream Arena sacrifices.

As they neared the Cosmic Star Temple,

the fighting gradually intensified.

The most obvious change was that more Origin Calamity beings attacked them—more than three times the previous number.

At the same time, some Divine General-level experts began to join the battle.

But for Gunie, Divine Generals might break through the outer layers of blood wave tentacles, whirlpools, and barriers,

but once they entered the inner region, even fiercer blood wave tentacles, whirlpools, and barriers became their grave.

When the hidden Origin Mimic Beings saw that the addition of Divine Generals forced Gunie to intensify his control over the inner region, they apparently thought this would drain more of Gunie's power.

When Gunie advanced another dozen or so hours, drawing closer to the Cosmic Star Temple,

a large number of Divine Generals began to enter, charging the formation built by the three Cthulhu beings.

Previously, among the attacking Origin Calamity beings, only about one percent were Divine General-level experts.

Now, the proportion of Origin Calamity Divine Generals had reached ten percent.

For Gunie, this naturally increased the difficulty of control.

For a single soul star, the consumption increased.

But for all of Gunie's souls, nothing changed.

With the influx of many Origin Calamity Divine Generals,

some attacks began to land on the three from a distance.

The attacks were very weak, not even enough to wear down the three powerful Cthulhu Dominators.

But they did it anyway.

The goal was simple: attrition, endless attrition.

In the past, the Origin Beings' strategy was always like this.

Using their numerical advantage and decent strength, they would wear down the Origin beings and then kill them.

This strategy might work against other Cthulhu beings,

but for Gunie, it might not be effective.

"Be careful, the Cosmic Star Temple is ahead. They might make a move."

At that moment, Andru's voice sounded low.

"Gunie, how is your defense?"

Then Andru looked at Gunie and asked.

"Defense?"

Gunie had never worried about his defense.

Earlier, he had cultivated the Cthulhu scripture [Immortal Holy Armor], plus the support of the Blood Sea.

Gunie's body was already incredibly strong.

Later, while searching through many Cthulhu scriptures,

he had obtained the core divine ability of a Cthulhu Old One named "Ximulo."

A powerful divine ability called [Divine Endowed Body], specialized in strengthening the body, enhancing its vitality, and fortifying it.

Moreover, both scriptures had reached level 31.

With the support of these two divine abilities specializing in defense and life,

Gunie even doubted whether these so-called Origin Beings, even after growing stronger, could truly harm him.

"My defense should be very strong now, but I don't really know exactly how strong." Gunie replied.

Gunie spoke sincerely.

But to Andru's ears, it clearly meant something else.

"Cthulhu beings all have strong physical defenses, but you're a spellcaster and haven't been a true Cthulhu Dominator for long. Your physical strength probably isn't as strong as you imagine."

Andru transmitted.

"So you need to be more careful."

"Our current formation is centered on you."

"Those Origin Beings will definitely try to ambush you first."

"I know. I'll be careful."

As Gunie finished speaking,

"Ssshhh—"

A barely perceptible sharp sound suddenly rang out beside Gunie.

A streak of sharp blade light, tearing through space from the depths of dimensions, slashed directly toward Gunie.

Space, dimensions, and even the cosmic level of principles were all torn apart by this slash.

This showed the immense power of the strike.

"Watch out!"

Andru, ten thousand meters away, immediately shouted.

"Die!" A gloomy voice came through leisurely.

Though it was not any language Gunie knew,

as a Cthulhu being, Gunie clearly understood the meaning.

Gunie looked up, not intending to defend, but to examine this suddenly ambushing [Origin Mimic Being].

This was the first Origin Mimic Being Gunie had encountered, so naturally he wanted to take a good look.

After all, it would soon die.