Tumor Sword Immortal

Chapter 203 Blood River

Pei Xia came and went quickly, waiting for Sai Jiu at the meeting point.

He thought that "taking some time" would only take a few hours at most.

Unexpectedly, it took more than a day for Sheng to return, and he looked exhausted.

“Found it.” He said succinctly.

Pei Xia spat out the dried mushroom from her mouth and reached out to lift the boat.

The so-called underground hole is more like a white pipe embedded in the ground, a large, round circle that forms a smooth, downward-facing cavity.

Pei Xia squatted down nearby and pinched it; the texture was somewhat like the beef tripe used in hot pot.

Sai Jiu stood to the side and pointed down: "Slide down the cave wall, and you'll reach the Blood River."

Pei Xia nodded, then turned to look at Lu Li. Lu Li was holding another talisman in her hand. She sensed it with her mind and confirmed that the one in Cao Heng's hand could guide the way. She nodded to Pei Xia.

There was no time to lose, and there was no point in delaying any longer. Pei Xia clasped his hands in farewell to Sai Jiu.

Sai Jiu was also a simple and honest person. Although he always had some reservations about the people on Earth, he had gotten to know them after all along the way. Seeing them go on adventures while he couldn't follow them, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

Taking a deep breath, the murloc hunter said, "I will wait outside the gate for seven days. If you do not come out after seven days, I will return to the village alone and report to the elders."

Pei Xia patted his shoulder, then kicked the wooden boat next to them, grabbed Lu Li, and jumped in.

Once on the boat, it glided down the slippery cave walls without any obstacles. Pei Xia only needed to carefully control her speed with her spiritual power to avoid falling into the blood river unexpectedly.

Pei Xia wasn't sure exactly how long they slid down, but as he caught a strong smell of blood, he knew they were close to reaching the so-called Blood River.

Sure enough, as far as the eye could see, the white tube ended, and below the wide exit was a viscous surface of blood.

"Sit tight."

Pei Xia gave Lu Li some instructions, then grabbed the front of the wooden boat with one hand. The 720 qi within her body resounded loudly, and with the support of the spiritual power of the refining cauldron, they transformed into four qi flying swords, which slowly dragged the rapidly falling boat, and finally gently landed in the blood river.

Blood is blood, and it doesn't taste any sweeter just because it comes from a great demon beast in the Void Realm.

The pungent, fishy smell lingered around their noses, causing Pei Xia and Lu Li to frown involuntarily.

“Spiritual energy, such rich spiritual energy…” Pear couldn’t help but exclaim.

Unlike humans, demonic beasts are transformed through the savage infusion of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, without any systematic utilization. This results in more thorough changes in their bodies, such as flesh, blood, skin, and fur, which can all be considered rare and precious treasures as long as their cultivation level is high enough.

Pei Xia's twin spiders were crafted from the carapace of a Heavenly Sense Beast. As a Su Shi (a type of cultivator), Lu Li had previously extracted the blood of a Worm Beast back in Mengshan to practice drawing arrays.

"It's a pity I don't have any bottles on me," Lu Li sighed.

A powerful demon beast at the Void Returning Realm! If I had two bottles of her blood, the arrays I draw in the future would definitely be much more effective.

Pei Xia didn't feel it was a pity. His spiritual perception was more acute: "The Sea Patrol Goddess is too big. Although the spiritual power in her blood is rich and abundant, it is also impure. I think it is three-tenths poisonous. It would probably be very difficult to use it."

No wonder Sai Jiu said he needed a boat.

Even disregarding the abstract task of swimming in blood, just considering the impurities in the blood... Pei Xia is hard to say, but Pear definitely wouldn't be able to handle it.

Pei Xia stretched out her hands and gently pressed them on both sides of the boat, slowly activating her spiritual power.

He dared not go too fast, and could only slowly push the boat forward.

Pear held the talisman in her hand, occasionally pointing out his direction, and the boat on the Blood River began to become stable.

Moving slowly, Pei Xia looked around. Just as Sai Jiu had said, this crimson blood was boundless, like a windless sea in the Nine Provinces. Perhaps because of the spiritual energy, this sea itself also emitted a faint red glow, stretching out in patches, illuminating this boundless underground sea.

Looking up from here, you can see the seemingly massive continent you've traveled all this way.

It hangs above the River of Blood, and compared to the dark brown of the earth's surface, which is similar to soil, looking up from here, you can see the unreserved flesh and blood essence of this continent, bright red, soft, with tiny veins running through it, trembling slightly.

At first, they didn't feel anything, but as the journey continued, the vast river of blood began to spread a deathly silence, silently eroding their spirits.

Shaking her head to shake off the negative emotions, Pei Xia turned to look at Lu Li: "Are you getting closer?"

Lu Li nodded quickly: "Not fast, but it is indeed getting closer."

As long as the direction is right.

As if to combat the deathly silence, Pei Xia deliberately said, "This sea god is so enormous, I wonder if the world inside the earth's surface is the whole thing?"

Pei Xia had already seen the Oral Lake when she arrived, and now she saw the Blood River underground. Logically, there should be other areas deep within the body of the Sea God.

"Fungi, trees, and wild animals can grow on the ground, do you think this River of Blood might..."

Pei Xia was speaking when Lu Li suddenly exclaimed from behind, "Pei Xia! Up ahead!"

Ahead, beneath the crimson, glowing river of blood, a slender black shadow swam swiftly toward their small boat!
Oh dear, what a jinx!

Before Pei Xia could slap herself, she spun her left hand, and two spiders shot out.

The two black blocks merged into one, and the moment the black shadow darted out from the blood, they rushed forward!
"Boom" sounded muffled.

The impact itself wasn't strong, but because the small boat was flimsy, it still slid quite a distance.

Pei Xia then turned her head to look at the object.

This was an extremely ugly monster, with a long, thin, bright red body and only a toothless mouth in front of its head, from which a faint, eerie red light flickered.

It looks somewhat like the worm-like monster we encountered in the caves of Mengshan.

"Not bad, but the level isn't high." Pei Xia breathed a sigh of relief.

That's outrageous! The parasites inside the monster's body have all become monsters themselves.

The insect opened its mouth as if to roar, but perhaps because it hadn't evolved vocal organs, it could only stretch its toothless, round mouth to its maximum.

Facing its next attack, Pei Xiagang formed a sword from his inner energy and cleaved it in two.

Just as the worm's body split in two, a point of red light slid out from between them.

Pei Xia subconsciously reached out and took it.

At first, he thought it was the inner core of a demon beast, but then he felt that the monster was too weak and should not be old enough to condense an inner core.

After examining the item in his hand closely, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

This is a thumb-sized, crystal-clear red bead, which is definitely not an inner elixir, but rather resembles some kind of special organ.

Pei Xia held it in her hand and could vaguely feel the blood energy permeating the surrounding air, which seemed to be slowly gathering towards this thing.

Furthermore, while absorbing blood and qi, it can also isolate the mixed toxins mixed in with it.

Pei Xia suddenly realized that this was a feeding organ that a demon beast developed during its metamorphosis in order to adapt to its environment.
Is that worm used to filter out the mixed toxins in the blood of the sea god?
(End of this chapter)