Chapter 480: Weaknesses of the Cthulhu Demons

Before the fists could even strike these Cthulhu demons, a large number of tentacles began to appear on the Clones instead.

These Clones were, on the contrary, being deformed by the Cthulhu demons.

"Sunflower Fairy, hurry and sever the connection to avoid being deformed."

The Sunflower Fairy hurriedly cut off the Clones; dense, crowded mouths had already grown all over the bodies of these Clones.

The mouths opened and closed, looking extremely terrifying.

"It seems we don't have much understanding of Cthulhu demons; rushing in rashly has caused us to suffer a loss instead."

"The skill Holy Light works on humans who have been deformed, but it has little use against the demons' true forms."

Facing the surging Cthulhu demons, Ye Bai made a solemn decision.

He decided to summon a Demon God.

To ask about the weaknesses of the Cthulhu demons.

Ye Bai immediately had the Shennong Ginseng use Earth Escape to find a suitable place and began summoning Dankalabi.

A Pentagram mark was carved on the ground, with a large eye at each point of the star.

Afterward, Ye Bai drew a large circle, framing both the pentagram and the eyes inside.

He placed five colorful gemstones on one point of the star as an offering.

"Great Demon God of Hell, Dankalabi, your loyal believer is here to summon your arrival."

Before Ye Bai could finish reciting the prayer.

Dankalabi arrived completely.

"Speak, ask whatever questions you have directly; I still need to go back and get some proper sleep later."

"Dealing with believers lately has left me frazzled."

Dankalabi yawned while rubbing the beautiful gemstones.

"I want to know the origins of the Cthulhu demons and how to deal with them."

Upon hearing Ye Bai's words, Dankalabi loosened the hand that was tightly gripping the gemstones, and the gemstones fell to the ground with a plop.

"What did you say? You encountered Cthulhu too?"

"Oh my, I didn't expect Cthulhu to have invaded here as well."

"Our Hell is currently suffering from a Cthulhu invasion; a certain layer of Hell has been conquered and completely reduced to scorched earth."

"We are currently organizing a counterattack, planning to take that layer of Hell back."

Dankalabi's expression became incomparably grave, lacking its previous ease.

"Lord Dankalabi, do you know the origins of these Cthulhu?"

"They are known as the Great Old Ones."

"What is currently invading the Abyss are merely small fry; there are higher existences still sleeping."

"And let me correct a pronunciation error of yours: those are called Cthulhu."

"That is the Deep Sea Overlord of another plane."

"According to the intelligence we have gathered, the one invading Hell this time is Cthulhu's second son, Y'golonac."

"It mainly uses dreams to corrupt and deform humans or demons."

"The lower the intelligence and the lower the mental strength of the human or demon, the easier it is for them to be infected and deformed."

"Once deformed, they turn into monsters without any ability to think."

"In their hearts, there is only one true lord, and that is Y'golonac."

"And Y'golonac's followers are called Deep Ones, somewhat similar to the deep-sea fish-men of our plane."

Dankalabi rambled on about a lot.

"However, these Deep Ones all have tentacles on their bodies; the higher the degree of deformity, the more tentacles they have."

"Once they are completely deformed, they become monsters without consciousness that only know how to destroy."

"We suffered a huge loss at the beginning because we sent out the Power Demons."

"These brainless demons rebelled on the spot, causing us heavy casualties, until we sent out the Abyss Nagas, and then the situation turned around."

"Now, on the demon battlefield, we all use Enlightenment Spells to keep these demons, who are prone to hot-headedness, calm."

Dankalabi said so much, but the core meaning was only one: the higher the mental strength, the easier it is to judge through Sanity Value, and the less likely one is to be deformed.

"I understand, Lord Dankalabi. I have one question now that I hope you can answer: where is the weakness of Cthulhu?"

"We found that traditional light-attribute skills seem unable to cause any effect on Cthulhu demons."

Dankalabi let out a long sigh: "I cannot answer this question for you either; we are also researching it."

"The weaknesses of every type of monster are different; we are also in the testing stage right now."

"However, for the Deep Ones, electric-type skills will provide a counter."

"And according to my research, these Deep Ones have a thin film of water to breathe above the sea surface; I suspect it is precisely because of this water film that the Deep Ones are able to be immune to light-attribute skills."

"Aren't you best at experiments?"

"You can completely capture a Deep One to conduct research."

"Additionally, I'll give you one more piece of news: Deep Ones are not good at space-type skills."

After Dankalabi finished speaking, his body turned into light and departed.

The information revealed by Dankalabi this time was useful, but not by much.

The most important thing now is to cut off the space gate, making these Deep Ones who entered Blue Star like duckweed without roots.

If the Deep Ones were to gain a foothold and establish a massive R'lyeh Undersea City, it is estimated that all of humanity would have to unite to engage in a difficult battle to remove this thorn that is Cthulhu.

Ye Bai knew the importance of the situation, so he passed this intelligence to the higher-ups.

Just at this moment, countless tentacles emerged from the ground: "Found you, humans of Yan Country."

The Heaven-Swallowing Pelican used a teleportation, and with it, Ye Bai departed from this place.

They arrived above the small island and discovered that the entire island was surrounded by fish-human shaped Deep Ones.

Wind Demon Kojiro was holding a giant shuriken the height of a person in his hands, standing on the head of a giant fish-human.

The head of this giant fish-human was covered in dense, thick tentacles.

Ye Bai noticed that Wind Demon Kojiro's upper body was human, but yellow tentacles had grown out of his lower body.

"It seems you have truly abandoned humanity and chosen to become a monster."

"I wonder if you will regret your choice."

Ye Bai said to Wind Demon Kojiro from a high vantage point.

"Hahaha, when I was still a human, I was often bullied by humans, never having enough to eat or wear; I lived that kind of life for many years."

"I endured the cold looks of humanity and wanted to live for myself, so I chose to discard my human body and became a monster."

"I feel that the current me is the real me, and I am very happy."

Ye Bai looked at the incomparably crazed look in Wind Demon Kojiro's eyes and knew that he had already completely become a follower of Cthulhu.

No matter what he said now, he would not listen.

"That's great, but I must emphasize one point: you are from Sakura Country, and you should launch your revenge against Sakura Country."

"After all, such bad memories were also brought to you by the people of Sakura Country."

Ye Bai said with a smile; regardless of whether he listened or not, Ye Bai had to say this sentence.

"I know, but I also know that as long as I wipe out Yan Country, Sakura Country can be broken at will."

"You don't know much about Cthulhu, but I know you all very well."

"You cannot defeat me; you will only be deformed by me and become a pathetic wretch with a head standing on its butt."

"Go, Deep Ones, use the Deformity Ritual."

The Deep Ones stood together, opened their mouths, and emitted some low-frequency sounds from within; this kind of sound could make people feel inexplicably irritable.

At the same time, this sound would also affect a person's Sanity Value; if Ye Bai's Sanity Value check failed, he would be gradually deformed.

"You have fallen for it; the moment I knew your weaknesses, I had already thought of a way to defeat you."

"Go, Myriad-Change Butterfly, transform into the Thunder Butterfly Emperor form."

The Myriad-Change Butterfly split into seven Clones, all of which transformed into the Thunder Butterfly Emperor.

Summon Lightning Bombs gathered on their bodies, gradually converging into individual Thunder Balls.

Seeing them flap their wings, the Thunder Balls spread out in all directions, forming a dense lightning net.

As the Deep Ones raised their harpoons one after another, wanting to struggle and resist, they were struck squarely by the crackling electric current the moment they touched the lightning net.

Many of the Deep Ones' scales were scorched black by the electricity; they spat out black smoke and appeared very disheveled.

"Holy Light shine."

Before Wind Demon Kojiro could react, holy light shone directly over the entire island.

It turned out the Myriad-Change Butterfly had shifted from the Thunder Butterfly Emperor form to the True Light Goddess Butterfly form.

The lightning net broke through the water covering the Deep Ones, and having suddenly encountered the erosion of the Holy Light, many Deep Ones were transformed into piles of white bones under the intense illumination.

However, Ye Bai suddenly discovered one thing: even though these Deep Ones had turned into white bones, their Souls had not yet perished; instead, the bones gathered together to become an even more massive existence.

The strength of these Cthulhu-style demons was also constantly increasing.

At this time, on the sea surface not far from the Abyss Gate.

The Heaven-Swallowing Pelican appeared suddenly; it flapped its wings and gathered energy to unleash a space storm.

The giant Deep Ones responsible for guarding the Abyss Gate raised their weapons one after another and looked toward the Heaven-Swallowing Pelican.

"Don't even think about destroying the Abyss Gate we worked so hard to establish."

"You bunch of humans are too much of an eyesore."

At this moment, the Heaven-Swallowing Pelican, having gathered energy for a long time, unleashed the space storm.

Endless Hurricane roared past, and cracks appeared in the surrounding space.

Space was gradually stripped away, and the space near the Abyss Gate became faintly unstable.

The bodies of the giant Deep Ones struggled to hold on under the space storm.

Their bodies were Cut into countless small pieces, but they were still alive.

Only a 'Crack!' sound was heard, and the originally incomparably solid space gate actually developed a fissure at this moment.

At this time, Wind Demon Kojiro, sensing the abnormality of the Abyss Gate, looked at Ye Bai with a murderous gaze.

"I was wondering why you were so calm; so you were waiting for me here."

"Hmph, you want to destroy the Abyss Gate? We will build one for every one you destroy."

"We have already transferred enough of an army into Blue Star; we can build another City of Alaya."

"This way, we can summon our master, the Sleeping God, the Lord of Alaya, and let Blue Star become Cthulhu's God Kingdom."

These gods were one more crazed than the next; Cthulhu wanted to corrupt the entire world, turn this world into a deformed world, and turn it into its God Kingdom.

With these humans on Blue Star supplying faith, Cthulhu could potentially become the most powerful existence among the Old Ones.

Under the ravages of the space storm, the Abyss Gate split directly into countless pieces; many fragments were swallowed into the belly of the Heaven-Swallowing Pelican, and a portion was snatched away by the Deep Ones.

After these Deep Ones saw the Abyss Gate destroyed, they all dived into the deep sea and disappeared.

Ye Bai also took the opportunity to capture a portion of the Deep Ones.

He had the Ice Glass Dragon freeze the Deep Ones and imprisoned them within the System Space.

The remaining Deep Ones Departed together with Wind Demon Kojiro, but Ye Bai felt they were brewing an even deeper conspiracy.

When Ye Bai returned to the Pet Beast Guild in Yandong Province, Yellow Dragon Marshal directly demanded that Ye Bai go online to report the matter of the Abyss Gate to them on the spot.

"Ye Bai, give us a report regarding the matter of the Abyss Gate."

Ye Bai recounted everything that had happened, and when the Six Marshals heard that the Abyss Gate had been destroyed, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ye Bai, your intervention this time was very timely; we will reward you."

Ye Bai shook his head: "The matter is not over yet; there is one very serious point right now, as we are largely unaware of the abilities of Cthulhu-style demons."

He concealed the fact that he had summoned Dankalabi, because the Marshals had always been resistant to the idea of cooperating with demons.

Ye Bai did not find it appropriate to bring this matter out into the open.

"Therefore, I have captured some Deep Ones and am preparing to conduct experiments to test their abilities."

"The abilities of these Deep Ones are somewhat similar to those of ghosts, and I think we can bring ghosts in to study them together."

"To see if the rules of ghosts have any effect on the Deep Ones."

"Additionally, we must attach importance to the matter of the Deep Ones escaping; as everyone can see, Wind Demon Kojiro was directly mutated into a monster."

"I also saw mutated humans on the small island; these humans are easy to deal with, and only light-element skills are needed to destroy them."

"But the Deep Ones are not like that; according to my understanding, there is a thin film of water on the surface of these Deep Ones' bodies."

"It is precisely through this water film that they evade attacks from light-attribute skills."

"If the water film is not destroyed, light-attribute skills are completely useless against the Deep Ones."

"I suggest blockading the coastline, strictly inspecting for Deep Ones, and equipping all Pet Beast Masters who go to the seaside to carry out missions with Spiritual Power Potions."

"At the same time, install a spiritual power detection system; once their spiritual power is found to fluctuate, isolate and investigate them immediately."

Regarding how to guard against the erosion of Cthulhu, Ye Bai offered several suggestions.

"Ye Bai, this Cthulhu is currently listed as the most important experiment, codenamed Deep Sea Hunting Project."

"Please conduct research on these Deep Ones and find their weaknesses; I have a premonition that Cthulhu-style demons may evolve into the greatest catastrophe for Blue Star."

After all, even if gods or demons were to occupy Blue Star, they would need the power of human faith, and most humans would be able to survive.

But Cthulhu-style demons are different; once mutated, they are no longer orthodox humans, and at the same time, they will become loyal believers of the Cthulhu masters and become their pawns.

(End of this chapter)