Chapter 495: The Deep One High Priest

Hastur's body underwent Expansion significantly, then it suddenly changed back to its original form.

"Damn it, these items conjured from divine power contain so little divine power."

"It's barely enough for me to recover to the strength I had when I first descended to Blue Star."

Hastur looked sour and said with a bit of gloom.

"I reckon the divine power here has all been extracted by that Deep One High Priest."

"It makes me so mad, it really makes me so mad."

Just at this moment, the door was suddenly opened, and a burly Deep One came in carrying a tray.

It set the tray down and was just about to leave when suddenly, Hastur flew down from above and grabbed the Deep One's head.

Hastur thrust its tentacles toward the Deep One's eyes, nose, and mouth.

The Deep One fell to the ground and began to struggle violently.

But it could never break free from Hastur's restraint, and in the end, it watched helplessly as Hastur burrowed into its mouth.

Before long, this Deep One wobbled as it climbed to its feet.

As soon as Ye Bai saw the cunning look in the Deep One's dead-fish eyes, he knew that Hastur had possessed this Deep One's body.

However, the moment this Deep One took a step, it fell to the ground with a splat.

"Damn it, I've walked with tentacles for so many years, I've forgotten how to walk."

Two streams of nosebleed flowed from the Deep One's nostrils and dripped onto the floor.

"Damn it, I don't believe I can't learn how to walk."

Next, after several falls on the flat ground, Hastur finally learned how to walk with its hands and feet moving in sync.

Ye Bai looked at that bruised and swollen face, which was somewhat unsightly.

"Phew, finally controlled the Deep One's body; we can use it to get close to the Deep One High Priest."

"Then catch the Deep One High Priest off guard and strike."

"But Ye Bai, I originally planned to absorb divine power to release Divine Art."

"Now I can only rely on you."

Hastur was indeed an unreliable deity.

However, Ye Bai had never placed his hopes on Hastur to begin with.

Just then, the door opened again, and the Deep One High Priest walked in from outside.

Behind it were two Deep Ones holding long blades, looking just like the Deep One High Priest's personal guards.

As soon as they walked into the room, Hastur immediately manipulated the Clone and pounced over.

"Ye Bai, I was just joking with you earlier; the divine power I absorbed is still enough to cast Self-Destruct Art and Barrier Art."

"Watch me blow this guy sky-high."

A pale yellow Barrier emerged from Hastur's body, and before long, it spread to the entire room.

This room, developed using space-folding technology, was shaking violently.

The Deep One High Priest saw a ferocious-looking Deep One pouncing in its direction.

Before he could react, he heard a loud bang.

The massive shockwave caused the Scepter in his hand to fly out of his grasp.

And his guards had their armor shattered to pieces by the explosion.

With smoke rising everywhere, the Deep One High Priest looked at the octopus-man before him in a disheveled state.

"King in Yellow, Hastur!!!"

"How could you appear here?"

"Human, was it you who summoned this despicable and shameless Old One here?"

The Deep One High Priest said with great fury.

Hastur and the deity he served, Cthulhu, were mortal enemies.

If Cthulhu were to find out that its territory had actually been invaded by Hastur.

Then his own Soul would be thrown by Cthulhu into the Deep Blue Fire to experience Cthulhu's wrath.

Just as he was about to pick up his Scepter, a yellow tentacle snatched it first.

"Ye Bai, go."

"I want to absorb the divine power on the Scepter; a High Priest without a Scepter is just a dog without teeth."

Hastur's tone was very blunt, as if it were just letting Ye Bai loose like a guard dog.

But Ye Bai did not bother to argue with this crazy Hastur.

"Come out, Myriad-Change Butterfly, Thunder Emperor Butterfly form."

"Ice Glazed Dragon, use Absolute Freezing Qi."

"Dahui, use Thunder God Axe."

Ye Bai summoned three Pet Beasts in succession.

Dahui gripped the Thunder God Axe wreathed in lightning and slashed fiercely at the Deep One High Priest's head.

But at the moment it was about to hit the Deep One High Priest, what appeared before Dahui's eyes was actually a Deep One guard.

Its eyes were wide open, almost popping out.

With its tiny brain capacity, it really could not understand why it had appeared in front of the Thunder God Axe.

Its fine head was severed by the Thunder God Axe, and blood flowed all over the floor.

The fresh blood was all absorbed by the Blood Pool, and the corpse of this Deep One guard was dragged into the Blood Pool; the Blood Flood Dragon could transform powerful Exotic Beasts into blood-colored skeleton generals.

"Damn it, the guard I painstakingly cultivated was just slashed to death by you in a sneak attack."

The Deep One High Priest gritted its teeth and spoke, every word sounding as if it were being squeezed out from between its teeth.

"So what?"

"Deep One High Priest, you should understand that we are born enemies."

Another Deep One guard raised two sharp double-blades and began to fight with the Myriad-Change Butterfly.

Bang, bang, bang.

This Deep One guard's movements were extremely fast; as it engaged in close-quarters combat with the Myriad-Change Butterfly, the sound of weapons clashing rang out.

"My Deep One guards have undergone rigorous screening from the moment they were born."

"Among the same batch of eggs, they must be inscribed with the divine script of Cthulhu; only those eggs capable of withstanding the power of the divine script are qualified to survive."

"After the eggs hatch, we must also bestow blessings upon these newborns, allowing them to possess incomparably Strong bodies."

"They must guard one another, master eighteen types of martial arts, and pass the final assessment before they can become my guards."

"And yet, after all that hard work, you snuck an attack and killed one of them."

"Don't you people of the Yan Country believe in the culture of a gentleman?"

"How could you commit such a base act?"

After descending upon Blue Star, the Deep One High Priest had conducted research on various places.

It considered the Yan Country to be its equal and great enemy, and believed one must know oneself and the enemy to be victorious in every battle.

"We don't talk about sentiment or morality when dealing with enemies."

"Deep One High Priest, if I were you, I would choose to surrender and avoid needless casualties."

The Deep One High Priest looked up and laughed loudly: "When you infiltrated, it meant I had failed in my duty; I actually allowed a human to sneak into the Deep Sea City."

"However, based on your strength, you shouldn't have this ability."

"The divine power of Hastur is also insufficient, so there is only one possibility: someone helped you."

"This person must have entered the Deep Sea City long ago."

"There are coordinates set by her here, which is why you were able to enter the Deep Sea City so easily."

The Deep One High Priest's intelligence was also very high; he immediately deduced how Ye Bai had entered the Deep Sea City.

"If I haven't guessed wrong, it must be that Star Sage."

"I didn't expect my plans to be ruined by this fellow."

"However, it doesn't matter."

"I was once the most heroic warrior of all the Deep Ones; I only put down my blade and picked up the Scepter to inherit this position."

"Do you think I rely entirely on the Scepter for everything?"

"How could that be."

"However, I am a bit hungry now; it is time to eat."

The Deep One High Priest used a flash-step and punched the Deep One guard's head until it exploded.

It began to gulp down the blood of the Deep One guard.

Its body emitted a crackling sound like popping beans.

Its body began to undergo rapid Expansion, and the flesh and blood of the Deep One guard were devoured completely.

The Deep One High Priest held the spine of the Deep One guard and looked at Dahui with a calm expression.

He casually threw the scattered bones of the Deep One guard onto the ground.

"I'm full; now I can stretch my limbs."

The Deep One High Priest used a teleportation and arrived beside the Thunder Butterfly Emperor.

Only a loud bang was heard, and the body of the Thunder Butterfly Emperor was directly blown apart by a single punch.

The Myriad-Change Butterfly's eyes widened.

Wait, what exactly did this guy do? How did its movements suddenly become so fast?

Even my compound eyes didn't see this guy's trail.

This guy felt as if it had appeared out of thin air.

The Myriad-Change Butterfly felt a sense of foreboding; at this moment, Dahui had already donned the Thunder God Armor and began to fight the Deep One High Priest.

"Phew, this guy seems to be the king of the Deep Ones."

"Its strength is quite strong."

Having obtained the Scepter, Hastur was putting all his effort into absorbing the divine power on the Scepter.

"Its close-combat talent is extremely high; it won't be easy to defeat this guy."

Hastur frowned.

"My divine power hasn't fully recovered yet."

"Otherwise, I could make this guy vanish into thin air with a snap of my fingers."

"Although the divine power hasn't recovered, I still have one way."

"I can interfere with this guy's movements."

Hastur used his tentacles to draw a magic array on the ground.

When the Deep One High Priest saw that magic array and wanted to stop it, it was already too late.

A yellow light enveloped its body.

Its body instantly became much heavier.

"Damn it, I forgot about Hastur's existence; being hit by its Divine Art has reduced my strength by about thirty percent."

The Deep One High Priest was extremely furious at this moment.

Within Hastur's Barrier, many of the Cthulhu secret arts it had mastered could not be used; just as it was feeling frustrated from the fight, Hastur was causing trouble on the side again.

It seems I must finish off Hastur first.

The Deep One High Priest slammed its foot into the ground, causing numerous spiderweb-like cracks to appear.

It clenched its fist tightly and smashed it directly toward Hastur's face.

With a loud bang, a deep crater appeared where Hastur had been standing.

"Hahaha, is this all the power the gods have?"

"Having lost your divine power, you can't even use Divine Art."

"This is truly ironic, Hastur. May I laugh at you?"

The Deep One High Priest was full of mockery, but Hastur wriggled its entire body and crawled out from underground.

"Oh my, that nearly scared the life out of me just now; it's a good thing I'm a soft-bodied animal."

"Ye Bai, I have signed a contract with you; if I die, you won't have a good time either."

Hastur muttered.

"Not good."

The Deep One High Priest's gaze shifted to Ye Bai.

"You Pet Beast Master, I've found you an eyesore from the very beginning."

"Since you signed a contract with Hastur, your death will certainly affect Hastur."

"Am I right?"

The Deep One High Priest said with malicious intent.

It vanished before Ye Bai's eyes again, and the next second, a fist the size of a sandbag smashed heavily toward Ye Bai's head.

Bang.

Smoke and dust splattered, and the Deep One High Priest's hand was stuck in a crack.

A look of astonishment appeared on its face.

"Good, you really do have the ability to dodge my attack."

The Deep One High Priest pulled its arm out from the ground.

The bones all over its body made clicking sounds.

"I was just playing around earlier; now I know what my level is."

The Deep One High Priest's body expanded again, and at this moment, it was like a five-meter-tall giant.

In its eyes, Ye Bai wasn't even enough to fill the gaps between its teeth.

It swung its fist toward Dahui.

Dahui blocked with the Thunder God Axe in front of it, but was sent flying away instantly.

"This guy's strength has increased; it's several times what it was before."

Ye Bai saw the clue at a glance.

"Dahui, are you alright?"

The Deep One High Priest's gaze fell upon Ye Bai.

"Instead of worrying about your phantom beast, you'd better worry about yourself."

"Aren't you worried that I'll smash your head open with one punch?"

The Deep One High Priest said with a smile.

"Afraid, how could I not be?"

"But I am different from you; I have Pet Beasts, and I can borrow the power of my Pet Beasts."

"But you are different; you are just a loner, and your guards were all killed by you."

"Go, Sunflower Fairy, Thorn Entanglement."

Countless thorns shot out from the ground, attempting to wrap around the Deep One High Priest's body.

"Foolish human, do you still not understand my speed?"

"Thorns have an effect on me, but not much."

"At this speed, it's too slow."

A look of disdain appeared on the Deep One High Priest's face.

But the next second, a look of surprise appeared on its face.

Before it knew it, its legs had been frozen by ice.

"Damn it."

The Deep One High Priest's face turned livid.

Just as it was about to break free from the ice binding, it was wrapped up by a large number of thorns.

These thorns pierced directly into its skin.

The thorns occupied the Deep One High Priest's blood vessels, and no matter how it struggled, it could not shake off the binding of the thorns.

A large number of blood vessels were blocked by the thorns, which also made the Deep One High Priest unable to catch its breath.

"Damn human, I really underestimated you."

"However, even if I die, you won't succeed."

"Our priesthood has a heritage; after death, these inheritances will teleport into the mind of the next priest."

"It will obtain all my memories, lead hundreds of millions of Deep Ones, occupy the entire Blue Star, and turn this place into our territory."

"I die, and there are countless more of me."

"I will wait for your arrival within the divine body of the Cthulhu god."

Just at this moment, a voice rang out beside Ye Bai's ear.

Ye Bai was stunned for a moment, then he nodded.

(End of this chapter)