Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 392 Deep Sea Demonic Whale
Song Xian's eyes flickered. He didn't know why the giant beast had swallowed him. It was probably a misunderstanding. The giant beast was probably eating and swallowed him as food while it was swallowing fish and shrimp.

Otherwise, given the giant beast's strength, it could have killed him in a single encounter if it had really targeted him.

Although we don't know the origin of this behemoth, or even have seen its full appearance, judging from the acid spurting from its esophagus and the toughness of its flesh walls, it is definitely a very powerful and ferocious beast.

No wonder the black-tailed python shark, after chasing for a while, suddenly turned and fled without looking back; it must have sensed the aura of this giant beast.

The only reason Song Xian was swallowed whole without noticing or even sensing it with his divine sense is that this giant beast was not only enormous but also extremely fast.

It may have moved from a great distance to his vicinity in the blink of an eye, so he had no premonition at all.

Although the black-tailed python shark wasn't much stronger than him, it was no surprise that it had lived in this sea for many years, was very familiar with this area, and had a unique perception of various sea creatures.

Song Xian stroked his right esophagus, which resembled a black wall. The fleshy wall felt almost identical to a stone, not only extremely rough but also incredibly tough.

The problem now is how to get out. The acid that corrodes food inside this giant beast is released every so often. If he doesn't find a way out, he will only die if he is trapped here.

With this in mind, Song Xian no longer hesitated. The Xuanluo Yin Fire within his body surged forth, condensing into the shape of a giant black snake, and soared upwards.

Black flames burned fiercely inside the pipe, while a giant black snake slammed against the top of the esophagus.

As the black flames burned, a layer of black oil flowed down the fleshy wall of the esophagus.

The next moment, the left and right sides of the esophagus began to shrink towards the middle. Song Xian hurriedly summoned back the Xuanluo Yin Fire and formed hand seals to cast the Flame Wall spell to protect himself.

This time, the left and right sides of his esophagus narrowed even more, less than three feet away from him, while a large amount of yellow liquid poured out from the upper esophagus.

The fiery shields shattered under the corrosive influence of the yellow liquid.

This time, even more corrosive liquid poured out from above the esophagus than before.

Song Xian used the Flame Wall twice in a row to barely withstand it, and then his esophagus returned to its previous state.

After being burned by the Xuanluo Yin Fire, the giant beast's esophagus was not damaged, and there were not even any burn marks. Only a layer of black oil flowed down the fleshy walls of the esophagus on both sides, as if the Xuanluo Yin Fire was cleaning away the filth that had accumulated over the years.

Song Xian dared not try again. He was unsure whether the contraction of his esophagus earlier was a defensive reaction caused by his attack with Xuanluo Yin Fire, but if it happened again, his esophagus might completely contract.

Moreover, the Xuanluo Yin Fire clearly had no way to deal with this iron-hard esophagus.

He had to leave immediately because he didn't know when his esophagus would contract again, or whether it would close completely. He couldn't risk his life on that probability.

After glancing at the narrow intersection at the end of the road, he finally decided to go forward, because the spilled yellow liquid and the corrosive fish and shrimp were all flowing into that passage.

According to human anatomy, the excretory opening is located below the esophagus.

If we can escape by following the excrement of this giant beast, there might still be a glimmer of hope.

Soon, he arrived at the end of the esophagus, which resembled a cliff with a yellow river flowing below. Intersecting the river were numerous black stone pillars, standing densely like the beams of a house.

Without much hesitation, Song Xian leaped down to the bottom of the 'cliff,' where the structure resembled a cave, roughly several tens of feet in size.

Just as he landed, the towering black stone pillars suddenly swayed from side to side, and at the same time, numerous fleshy pillars sprouted from all around, densely packed and thrashing back and forth.

In an instant, the entire cave was filled to the brim with countless fleshy pillars, which rolled back and forth like a meat grinder.

As the black stone pillar swayed, Song Xian sensed something was wrong and quickly leaped back to the esophageal exit above the 'cliff'.

After a period of stirring, the meat column retreated back into the surrounding meat walls.

Seeing this, his heart sank; it seemed that getting through the 'cave' below would not be an easy task.

Given the strength of those fleshy pillars, he certainly couldn't withstand their attacks with his own power.

Forcing his way in would likely be a death sentence. The key issue is that he doesn't know how often this flesh pillar will engage in its meat-grinding operation, or whether the attack will be triggered whenever food enters through the upper esophagus.

If that's the case, then he can't possibly get through this road.

Since there was a risk, Song Xian decisively abandoned the idea of ​​leaving through this exit. He didn't waste any time and immediately headed towards the end of the esophagus behind him.

Soon, he came to the end. In contrast to the exit of the esophagus, there was an upward slope, shaped like a funnel, which became narrower as he went up.

The entire passage was several tens of feet long, which matched his previous prediction.

Going up from here should lead to the entrance of the esophagus, which is where the giant beast eats. Of course, there may be some other passages to pass through along the way.

Having experienced the fleshy pillar below the 'cliff', Song Xian dared not go there rashly again. If he hadn't carefully observed for a while, he wouldn't have been able to retreat back to the esophageal exit so easily.

He took out the puppet from his storage bag and controlled it to go uphill. He continued until the end of the slope without any accidents.

Out of caution, he did not rush to follow, but observed for a while longer.

Just then, the puppet standing on the slope seemed to be hit by something, its body fell down, slid down from above, and came back to the entrance of the esophagus.

He rushed forward to check on the puppet; it had no injuries and had not been hit hard.

That's strange. How could a second-tier puppet with such physical strength fall from there?

Seeing that the puppet was not injured, Song Xian was relieved. He let the puppet walk in front, and he followed closely behind.

Before long, we reached the end of the slope, and looking around, we saw another upward slope, longer and steeper than the previous one.

He manipulated the puppet to continue upwards, but just as it took a step forward, a huge impact suddenly came from above, silent and formless.

It was unclear where it came from, but the puppet's body was instantly sent flying by the impact.

Because Song Xian was far away, he immediately retreated the moment the puppet fell, realizing the danger. Therefore, he was not greatly affected. However, the residual force impacted the defensive light shield that had been formed around him, causing it to vibrate and distort.

The puppet also fell from above and returned to the esophagus.

Although the source of that powerful impact is unknown, getting out of here will definitely not be an easy task.

He tried a few more times, and each time the puppet stepped into the passage, an invisible but powerful impact would come.

After several trials, Song Xian concluded that the probability of getting out from above was extremely low.

So he returned to the esophageal exit and manipulated the puppet to leap off the 'cliff'.

He wanted to test the strength of those fleshy pillars to see if he could force his way through, so he made the puppet stride forward.

As before, after the puppet entered the passage, the black stone pillars standing on either side swayed back and forth like a mortar and pestle, and numerous fleshy walls sprouted from all around, churning it back and forth. With a loud thud, the puppet fell down as it was struck back and forth by the fleshy walls. He quickly manipulated the puppet back to the esophagus exit above, where several obvious cracks appeared on its head and chest.

Fortunately, it was a puppet; if it were a demon beast or a cultivator, such injuries would have already killed them.

Looking down at the churning flesh column, Song Xian felt a glimmer of hope.

Because he saw a flaw. Originally, the densely packed fleshy pillars crisscrossed and rolled back and forth, making it almost impossible to find a foothold in the passage. But just now, by using the puppet, he sensed a gap.

When the flesh pillars attacked the golem, they seemed to sense the food, and the other flesh pillars that were generated also moved toward the golem. This changed their trajectory and caused a gap to appear in the passage.

He could use this gap to slip through the fleshy pillar and leave the passage.

Once the fleshy pillar on the cliff below retracted, he immediately manipulated the puppet to leap down and move forward at high speed.

As expected, many more fleshy pillars emerged from the surrounding fleshy walls and rolled back and forth. The puppet continued to move forward with difficulty despite the attacks from the fleshy pillars, which caused the nearby fleshy pillars to all move towards it.

Seeing that the movement trajectory of the flesh pillar had changed, revealing an opening.

Song Xian took a deep breath, leaped down, and like an arrow, passed through the gaps between the dense fleshy pillars, just as a rabbit swiftly slipped under the legs of a pack of tigers.

In just a few breaths, he reached the end of the passage, where a winding passage came into view. Without any hesitation, he went straight into the inner room.

The winding path resembled a mountain road with countless twists and turns, but instead of rushing forward, he stopped.

Without knowing whether there were any dangers ahead, he certainly wouldn't risk his life.

Before long, all the fleshy pillars in the passage below the 'cliff' returned to the fleshy wall, and the humanoid puppet had been crushed into dust by the attack of the fleshy pillars.

With a thought, the golden-armored ants emerged from the spirit beast pouch and slowly made their way down the winding path.

Song Xian followed behind it, always keeping a safe distance. They walked for quite a while without any accidents happening.

However, the road at the end was blocked.

The black, mountain-like stone wall was completely sealed off, without the slightest gap.

Song Xian's heart sank. He groped along the fleshy wall at the end, hoping to find an exit, but to no avail.

What are we going to do now? Are we really going to be trapped here and die?
He never imagined that the end of this winding passage would be a dead end.

Now, if we want to get back to the esophageal exit, we must sacrifice the golden-armored ants.

The problem is, even if you get back there, you can't escape.

The powerful impact above the entrance to his esophagus was something he simply couldn't withstand and leave.

What to do? What to do? Song Xian was extremely anxious.

His current situation is like that of a caged beast; if he cannot break free, death is only a matter of time.

No matter what, we have to try again.

He clasped his hands together, and the Xuanluo Yin Fire surged out from his body once more, condensing into the form of a giant black serpent, which rushed towards the fleshy wall at the end.

The black flames scorched the flesh walls, but the flesh walls remained motionless despite the impact of the giant black snake, as if an egg had struck a rock.

Seeing that the Xuanluo Yin Fire was ineffective, he then used the Flame Meteor, with huge fireballs continuously smashing against the flesh wall at the end.

The sounds of banging and popping rang out continuously as the fireballs shattered and sparks flew everywhere.

Song Xian roared and unleashed several fire meteor spells in succession. One fireball after another slammed into the flesh wall. Even when his spiritual power was almost exhausted, the flesh wall still did not react.

For this behemoth, an attack of this magnitude wouldn't even be considered a tickle.

He finally gave up completely, and sat down helplessly against the fleshy wall, not knowing what to do.

This is a dead end, and the entrance to the esophagus is blocked by an inexplicably powerful shockwave.

After a long period of silent contemplation, he gradually calmed down. Since this was a dead end, the only option was to take the path leading upwards from the esophageal entrance.

Before that, one must first restore the spiritual energy depleted within the body.

So he flipped his hand, took out the Qi-restoring pill, and swallowed it.

After an unknown amount of time, a series of loud thumping sounds rang out, like the beating of drums.

Song Xian suddenly opened his eyes, looking around with some hesitation and unease. The thumping sounds grew louder and louder. The next moment, the surrounding flesh walls suddenly expanded outwards. At the same time, the flesh wall in front of him slowly opened up, and a large pile of debris surged in with a powerful shockwave.

His body flew backward involuntarily, shooting out like a cannonball through the gap in the open flesh wall.

He was thrown back hundreds of feet by the aftershocks before he finally came to a stop. He was surrounded by darkness, and the warm water enveloped him.

Before he could even react, a colossal creature flew overhead.

Song Xian looked up and was immediately stunned.

It was a gigantic beast, hundreds of feet in size, with a white belly and the rest of its body black. It had a pair of large, red, vertical eyes, and a silver horn that was over ten feet tall on its head.

An ancient ferocious beast, the deep-sea demon whale.

Information about the giant beast immediately flashed through his mind. It was one of the few ancient ferocious beasts in the world, and legend has it that it was a descendant of the dragon.

The so-called ancient ferocious beasts refer to creatures that existed in ancient times, and were already possessing great supernatural powers before humans mastered the methods of cultivation.

These ancient ferocious beasts are different from the current demon race; not only are their cultivation methods different, but their physical structures are also very different.

Modern demon beasts must undergo the tribulation of transformation upon reaching the Nascent Soul stage, while ancient ferocious beasts do not need to transform.

Could it be that I was just swallowed by it? No wonder the spells I used couldn't even break its flesh. These adult ancient ferocious beasts are the most powerful beings in the world, and their physical bodies are terrifying. Even Nascent Soul cultivators would avoid them.

It would be a miracle if he, with his meager cultivation level, could even injure this giant beast.

He had heard that some people had seen deep-sea whales in the boundless sea, but he never expected that they would appear in the South China Sea.

(End of this chapter)