Chapter 179: Formidable Means

This was a bizarre creature, about seven or eight meters tall.

It had a single head with three faces, four arms, a pitch-black body, and was covered in mystical runes.

It closely resembled the Four-Armed Tribe of Saint Haigar, but was far more powerful and ferocious.

This Qiyuan mimicry creature exuded an aura that surpassed the level of a Divine Controller.

It was already at the level of an early-stage Cthulhu Dominator.

And this blade of his—

It tore through space, dimensions, and even the ontological layer of the universe.

It far exceeded the level of an early-stage Cthulhu Dominator.

Reaching the level of a late-stage, even peak-stage Cthulhu Dominator.

If this blade struck, even Andrew and Alush, if they failed to dodge in time,

and took the blow squarely, would be injured.

At this moment, this early-stage Dominator Qiyuan creature, seeing that Gunei was small in stature and a Cthulhu spellcaster,

clearly assumed Gunei's physical body was weak.

This strike was obviously aimed at killing Gunei.

"Chi!"

The blade, tearing through space and dimensions, slashed fiercely onto Gunei's body.

The blade was so swift and sharp.

But even more terrifying than the blade's swiftness was the strange destructive force it contained.

A destructive force that suppressed Cthulhu Dominators.

Gunei even felt that this blade could sever a certain amount of vitality from a Cthulhu lifeform.

This would directly cause a decline in the physical might of the Cthulhu creature.

If that were the case, it would affect the combat ability of the Cthulhu creature.

However.

When the blade, extremely sharp and filled with bizarre destructive power, slashed down fiercely,

it was blocked before even touching Gunei's body.

A dark golden shield appeared in front of Gunei, blocking this terrifyingly destructive strike.

Among the many texts Gunei had searched,

there were naturally Cthulhu texts of the shield type.

Though they were only ordinary Cthulhu texts,

they were at least at the level of Cthulhu power, and these texts had been trained to level 31.

Their defensive strength was naturally not something a single strike like this could break.

Not only did this strike fail to break Gunei's Cthulhu shield,

but the energy consumption was negligible.

The slight energy consumed by this strike in the previous moment was already erased by the shield's own energy absorption in the next.

A formidable strike.

Yet, it was a useless strike.

The blade fell without even touching Gunei's body.

This was something this early-stage Cthulhu Dominator Qiyuan creature had not expected.

"How does he have such a powerful shield?"

Seeing the shield on Gunei,

not only did this Qiyuan creature startle, but even Andrew and Alush in the distance, and the many Qiyuan creatures watching this stunning strike from farther away, were also startled.

At their level,

shields were far inferior to one's own defensive capabilities.

Thus, no strong practitioner trained in such useless shields.

But this weak Dominator actually had a shield, and it seemed quite formidable.

The strike was ineffective; Urmit reacted in a flash.

"Retreat!"

His body leaped, about to vanish and hide into the deeper layers of dimensional space, then leave.

"Want to leave?"

Gunei sneered.

"Since you're here, there's no need to go."

The clockwork gears in Gune's eyes, symbols of the order of time, began to rotate.

This move was not yet secure; at the same time, Gune gently beckoned.

An invisible force directly imprisoned the Qiyuan creature around it.

A dull thud of "Bang!"

Urmit directly slammed into a barrier like crystal glass.

"What's going on? My deep-space traversal was actually blocked. An ordinary Cthulhu creature's abilities are completely unable to block my traversal."

Urmit's expression instantly darkened.

Then, around Urmit, a sphere like crystal glass, about a hundred meters in diameter and only half a meter thick, emerged.

Completely trapping Urmit inside.

Even his innate divine ability could not penetrate this strange crystal glass barrier.

After ambushing and severely wounding this spellcaster Cthulhu creature, he would directly traverse away.

This was the plan Urmit had set beforehand.

Yet he hadn't even accomplished the first step.

And the second step of escape was also directly prevented.

It seemed he could not escape.

"Break for me!"

With a fierce roar, the pitch-black war blade in Urmit's hand slashed fiercely at the seemingly not-so-thick crystal glass barrier.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The barrier remained motionless.

Urmit was completely trapped inside.

"Open for me."

Urmit, with a ferocious expression, roared in fury.

The war blade in his hand turned into a漫天刀光, hacking at the crystal glass barrier.

However, such a sharp blade falling on the crystal barrier was entirely useless, unable to shake the crystal glass barrier in the slightest.

"It seems I was overthinking."

His gaze sweeping over the Qiyuan mimetic creature inside the crystal cage, Gune said softly.

"It can't even break this ordinary level 31 Cthulhu scripture crystal cage, so there's no need for my time order."

Gune gently beckoned.

The crystal cage rapidly shrank.

At the same time, the mimetic Qiyuan creature imprisoned inside was completely suppressed and sealed as the crystal cage shrank.

In a moment, the crystal had turned into a glass ball the size of a palm, held in Gune's hand.

And that Qiyuan mimetic creature, like a small bee solidified in amber, was motionless, even the ferocious expression on its face clearly visible.

Then Gune directly cast it into his own Blood Sea, storing it away.

Powerful defense, effortlessly imprisoning a Qiyuan mimetic creature with the strength of an early-stage Cthulhu Dominator.

This seemingly small Cthulhu spellcaster was actually far more terrifying than imagined.

Even, this Cthulhu spellcaster might be the most powerful among the three Cthulhu creatures.

"Continue forward."

Gune said.

The Blood Sea surged violently.

Even when fighting the Qiyuan mimetic creature earlier, Gune had not let go of his control over the Blood Sea.

Andrew and Alush both looked at Gune deeply, then exchanged glances and both smiled.

This Gune was far more powerful than they had imagined.

If that ambushing Qiyuan mimetic creature had attacked the two of them, they both might have been injured.

But Gune easily neutralized it and even captured it alive.

The huge gap between them was extraordinary.

However, the more so, the better.

They could rely on Gune to clear out the increasing number of Qiyuan mimetic creatures.

"Two seniors, I have a very good plan."

While advancing, he suddenly transmitted a message.

"Hmm?" Andrew and Alush's hearts stirred slightly.

"That Cosmic Starry Sky Temple is not far from us..."

Gune quietly narrated his plan.