At the bottom of the utterly dark Deep Sea, ocean monsters with Level 999 above their heads swam slowly, whispering in hisses.
Their voices were quiet, but full of sincerity and heartfelt fervor. They truly believed that the great Cthulhu would return the world to chaos and disorder.
It was pitch-black, and the water pressure was immense. Anything that was not tough enough simply could not survive in the Deep Sea.
Things like candles were crushed straight into hard, flat discs here, with no hope of salvaging them.
As for incense and the like, with so much seawater around, spreading its fragrance through liquid was one possible approach, but whether it would work was another matter.
It was worth noting, however, that all the sacrificial materials mentioned above were requirements proposed by Black Ghost.
The Level 999 Seafood served Cthulhu directly. They felt that these materials were unsuitable for sacrifices in the Deep Sea. A different sacrificial method was needed under such immense water pressure.
And so they kept experimenting, trying to break through the boundaries of space with sincere emotion and offer sacrifices directly to Cthulhu.
They held Spacetime Stone ore crystals. Yes, that was right: the Level 999 Seafood were holding ore crystals, not powder.
Spacetime Stone Powder was mineral material ground out of assorted rubble and slag, but in the mineral veins beneath the sea, Spacetime Stone existed as extremely hard ore crystals.
A Level 999 Seafood sincerely called upon the great Cthulhu, holding Spacetime Stone ore crystals in its tentacles. The stones flickered with light, and as its calls grew longer and continued, that great will finally descended into the pitch-black Deep Sea.
Ke Meng looked around with his consciousness. There was nothing but impenetrable darkness.
Even with his innate darkvision skill, he could only see