Gustavo was unaware that he had just come to the attention of the Prison Lord.
He was completely immersed in the vast ocean of Sealing Studies.
Previously, despite Logo leaving behind a wealth of knowledge about Sealing Studies.
However, Gustavo did not seriously study and absorb this knowledge, nor did he make it his own.
Ultimately, Gustavo's foundation lies in the Dao of Devouring.
Unlike Logo, he did not possess an extraordinary or unparalleled learning ability.
The knowledge they possess is boundless.
Therefore, we can only select a portion of the knowledge base left by Logo for in-depth study.
Gustavo chose runic literature and apotheosis.
The former allows him to master a wide variety of methods, while the latter is mainly used to concoct powerful toxins.
Gustavo did not delve too deeply into the Sealing Studies.
However, thanks to the knowledge left behind by Logo, Gustavo's mastery of Sealing Studies skyrocketed in a short period of time.
In a very short time, they jumped up a level.
In less than a month, his knowledge of Sealing Studies reached the level of Upper God.
At this point, the rate of level progression dropped sharply, and Gustavo realized that the knowledge and memories left by Logo were also becoming less effective for him.
Gustavo decisively chose to specialize in "Abyss Sealing Studies," putting aside all other types of Sealing Studies.
As a result, the previously drastically reduced learning speed increased again.
But Gustavo was not satisfied.
He didn't want to waste too much time studying "Abyss Sealing Studies." Opportunities like the Demon-Hunting War were rare and precious, and he had to seize them.
Fortunately, Gustavo possessed a Miracle Divine Artifact.
Using the power of the Scale of Exchange, Gustavo transformed a large amount of Fortune into ethereal enlightenment, which he then bestowed upon himself.
In an instant, his mastery of the Abyss Sealing Studies increased dramatically once again.
Gustavo is still not satisfied.
After some thought, he set aside some time to accelerate the absorption and control of the Divine Law power of those God Level Demons of the Abyss.
These Divine Law powers are mostly rooted in the fundamental rules of the Endless Abyss, and therefore can be collectively referred to as the Abyss Law, or the Abyss Divine Law.
As Gustavo gained a deeper understanding of the Abyss Law, his knowledge of Abyss power also became more profound.
At that moment, the ancient characters written on the first page of the book [Sealing Studies] suddenly popped into his mind.
Insight, understanding, and control.
This is what the Prison Lord considers the essence of Sealing Studies.
Gustavo initially seemed to understand, but not quite.
However, after he used the Abyss Law, which he had mastered through Devouring Divine Law, to study the "Abyss Sealing Studies,"...
He suddenly understood the true meaning of the Prison Lord's words.
"The prerequisite for sealing is insight and understanding."
"Only by truly understanding something can one be intimately familiar with its core structure, thus enabling one to prescribe the right remedy."
"All things in the world have their counterparts, and within ten steps of a venomous snake, there is always an antidote."
"Sealing Studies are like shackles. Different types of things require corresponding shackles to firmly restrain them; this is what is meant by control."
"If you try to use the shackles that bind a giant elephant to imprison a mosquito, you will surely fail."
"In other words, the Prison Lord's true meaning is most likely that to master Sealing Studies, one needs the right approach."
Thinking of this, Gustavo's eyes suddenly brightened; he suddenly remembered his Devouring Divine Law.
Once you've mastered a certain type of law, you can quickly learn the Sealing Studies corresponding to that law.
Wouldn't that make me perfectly suited to learn Sealing Studies?
Other True God in the Law System, whose so-called mastery of all things is essentially leveraging the power of a single Divine Law to manipulate the power of all laws.
The laws that were manipulated were illusory and ethereal, far inferior to the fundamental Divine Law controlled by the True God himself.
But Gustavo is different.
The Devouring Divine Law allows for deep control over other Divine Law.
It is almost identical to the Divine Law control that one cultivates oneself.
Wouldn't it be much more efficient to learn the corresponding Sealing Studies based on these Divine Law?!
"If I can master the Sealing Studies corresponding to thousands of Divine Law in the future, wouldn't that mean I can easily seal all things!" Gustavo murmured.
He trembled uncontrollably.
It wasn't fear, but pure excitement.
Within his body, the Devouring Divine Law was slowly trembling, seemingly cheering with joy.
Faintly visible, a black road, covered with countless sealing patterns of different colors, unfolded behind Gustavo, disappearing in a flash.
None of the observing Main God noticed this scene.
This includes the Lord of Demonic Machinery has focused much of his attention on Gustavo.
The only two beings to witness this scene were the Black and White Book Spirits, who temporarily took control of the Black Book in place of the Prison Lord.
The two little ones stared wide-eyed at the Gustavo projected in front of them.
"Am I seeing things? The Main God Dao is appearing behind this Dragon-Hunting Spider? Is it about to pave a path?" the Black Book Spirit exclaimed in astonishment.
The White Book Spirit paused for a moment, then shook its head, saying, "It's not about opening up a path. This path to Main God Dao is still very illusory; it should only be in its embryonic form. However... everything is difficult at the beginning. With an embryonic form, at least for him, becoming Main God is only a matter of time."
"Indeed." The Black Book Spirit nodded with a complicated expression, then hesitated, looking at its old partner, "That nascent path of the Main God Dao just now, it shouldn't be an ordinary path, right?"
"Hmm, most likely it's Higher Main God Dao, less likely it's Top Main God Dao." The White Book Spirit sighed, "I really envy these intelligent beings who can cultivate autonomously. Unlike us, although our power is comparable to that of the Supreme God, we have forever lost the opportunity to improve our strength."
"The Top Main God Dao... I hope he can truly open it up, after all, it's an existence that the master has specifically paid special attention to and cared for," the Black Book Spirit said slowly.
"It seems that when it comes to vision, we are still more than a level below our master." The White Book Spirit smiled mischievously.
"Yes, that is, after all, the master, the great Eternal."
Time continues to flow.
In the blink of an eye, two and a half years have passed since the start of the Demon-Hunting War.
At the beginning, Gustavo's ranking in the top 30 on the leaderboard after Slaughter an entire demon of the Burning Ash Plane truly astonished many participants.
Even outsiders are discussing it extensively.
However, as he focused on studying "Abyss Sealing Studies" and stayed in the Burning Ash Plane without moving, his ranking began to plummet.
Today, it has long since fallen to the bottom of the list of Upper God.
Those Upper God- level participants who were ranked lower than him either died or withdrew from the Demon-Hunting War, and their numbers were extremely small.
Many outsiders secretly speculated that Gustavo was most likely seriously injured in the battle with Burning Ash Plane, the lord of the Ashes' Wings, which is why he had to hide away to recuperate.
Therefore, many of the Upper God of the Dragon-Hunting Spider Clan contacted Gustavo to ask if he needed help.
Gustavo declined each offer without explaining what he was doing, only stating that everything was fine and that his people should not worry.
On this day, as Gustavo finally broke through the last remaining doubt about the first volume of "The Abyss Sealing Studies," he finally opened his spider eyes, which had been closed for two and a half years.
"I thought it would only take a year, but it took two and a half years. ' Abyss Sealing Studies ' is truly profound. And this is only the Abyss lineage, and only the first volume..."
"Fortunately, the power of Sealing Studies did not disappoint me!"
Gustavo's will remained deep within his heart.
The once rampaging Mind Beast was now sealed at the bottom of the sea of the mind by crisscrossing spider webs, motionless, like a dead salted fish.
Those spiderwebs were clearly composed of countless sealing patterns, bearing obvious Alchemical Runes characteristics.
Clearly, when learning "Abyss Sealing Studies," Gustavo did not simply copy it verbatim, but rather combined it with his own knowledge, thus giving his Sealing Studies a distinct individual character.
"With complete mastery of the first volume of ' The Abyss Sealing Studies,' the threat of the Mind Beast can be temporarily shelved. Even if it grows to the level of Main God, I am confident I can seal it away for a hundred years!"
"After all, the sea of the soul is my absolute home turf."
"Therefore, the next task is very simple: Slaughter and devour!"
The thought flashed through Gustavo's spider eyes, and a bloodthirsty killing intent flickered within them.
Rumble!!
The earth of the Burning Ash Plane cracked open, and an eight-legged behemoth, bathed in lava, stepped out. Its gaze swept across the area, and it couldn't help but pause in surprise.
The Burning Ash Plane, which he had previously Slaughter, was now bustling with activity once again.
Hundreds of millions of Imp wreaked havoc across the vast continent.
The powerful demon stood bathed in blood, roaring to the sky, using the slaughter of its own kind as sustenance for its own advancement.
They were born in Slaughter, and they perished in Slaughter.
It seemed that this was the Eternity destiny of the demon race.
"No wonder it's called the Endless Abyss, it just keeps coming one after another!"
After his initial shock, Gustavo ignored the newly born, Imp.
Because killing them wouldn't earn much merit.
Gustavo's goal is those big fish that reach God Level.
After devouring all the demons of the Burning Ash Plane, his strength increased significantly, his foundation became more solid, and the number of Divine Law he mastered increased by one-third.
At the same time, he became more adapted to the Abyss environment, and even the Abyss Will began to favor him due to his surge in positive Fortune and two and a half years of silence.
"So easily fooled, no wonder he was completely outmaneuvered by the Lord of Hell back then." After muttering to himself, Gustavo closed his eyes and began to sense things.
He was searching for the scent of his prey.
A moment later, Gustavo's body shimmered with silver light and he vanished from the sulfurous continent.
Another Abyss plane.
Within the spatial interlayers, spiderwebs stretched out from afar. The eight-legged behemoth rapidly climbed along the spiderwebs. The surrounding turbulent spatial currents swept over its hard, spiked armor, like seawater crashing against a reef, having no effect whatsoever, only splashing up a series of water droplets.
Instead, it gave Gustavo a comfortable experience akin to receiving a massage.
"After mastering numerous Abyss Divine Law, my adaptability to the Endless Abyss has indeed increased dramatically."
"Combined with the spatial Divine Law, not only is the speed of merging into the deep space faster, but the energy consumption is also almost zero."
"While it can't compare to the effect of the Wings of Freedom activated by the Nirvana Tower of Logo, it's still a vast improvement over when I first entered the Abyss."
Although the Abyss has a great capacity to contain life forms in the Astral Realm.
But the prerequisite is that you integrate into the Abyss and actively accept the baptism and erosion of the Abyss Power.
Otherwise, venturing into the Abyss would be extremely difficult.
But there are always exceptions.
For example, Gustavo.
He mastered the first volume of "The Abyss Sealing Studies," which allows him to protect himself from the corruption of the Abyss Power and Abyss Will.
However, at the same time, the domineering nature of the Devouring Divine Law also allowed him to successfully control dozens of Abyss Divine Law, thus becoming almost the darling of the Abyss.
Now, within the Abyss, it's not so much like a fish in water, but like a tiger entering the forest, as if it's returned to its own home.
In this situation, putting aside everything else, the Gustavo's endurance alone far surpasses that of other competitors in its class.
He dared to risk serious injury without fear of being corrupted by the Abyss, falling into it, and being controlled by its Abyss Will.
The other participants, however, had various concerns and dared not go all out. With one increasing and the other decreasing, Gustavo's strength was effectively increased again.
"Perhaps I could disguise myself as Demons of the Abyss and assassinate those powerful God Level demons... Hmm, that would be possible under other circumstances, but a quarter of the Demon-Hunting War has already passed, so forget it. I need to Slaughter quickly and accumulate strength."
"Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of time to learn ' Abyss Sealing Studies '?"
He suppressed the thought of becoming the sixth child in his mind.
Gustavo continued his advance through the spatial interlayers, ready to unleash carnage at any moment.
After wandering aimlessly for a short while, the spider web stretching into some unknown place began to tremble slightly, and abnormal spatial fluctuations were transmitted from it, quite noticeably.
"Hmm? There's been a battle, and it's at least at the Upper God level!"
Gustavo immediately perked up and rushed over following his senses.
soon.
Four figures engaged in fierce combat above the vast icy plains came into view.
"Two Metallic Dragon and two demons? Heh, excellent ingredients, let's kill them!"
"There's no need to hold back against the True Dragon Clan! Even if we lose battle merits, it doesn't matter. Just eating them is enough to break even. What's more, we can also receive bounties from forces like the Treacherous Destruction Continent or the Dragon Hunting Association."
The God Level powerhouses participating in the Demon-Hunting War would not easily take action against the True God gods of other factions.
However, the irreconcilable mortal enemies like the Dragon-Hunting Spider and the True Dragon Clan are not included in this category.
If you encounter them, there's not much to say. If the difference in strength isn't significant, just fight it out directly, which saves you a lot of trouble.
Defeat? Only death awaits! What's there to be afraid of!
It all happened in the blink of an eye, from sensing the spatial fluctuations to Gustavo arriving at the edge of the battlefield and deciding to join the fight to kill the four Upper God- level powerhouses before him.
He has already launched a surprise attack!
The first thing to spread was a dense, all-encompassing spider web.
Countless spider silks wove together a sealing pattern as brilliant as stars, instantly sealing off the entire icy plain.
The four Upper God, who were engaged in a fierce battle, were originally giving it their all, using various God Level skills and spells to try to kill each other.
But as the spiderweb descended, the two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding, suddenly separating and warily looking around, ready for battle.
The Demon-Hunting War has been going on for two and a half years, and there have been far too many people reaping the rewards.
He felt little resentment at being defeated and killed in a direct confrontation; he was simply outmatched.
To be killed by a third party who steals your credit—that's what it means to die with regrets.