182: You want to take my core?

The next day.

The storm was still raging, and the entire White Bone City was shrouded in a gray, hazy Death Qi.

However, the atmosphere in the room was exceptionally strange.

After waking up, the three disciples discovered they were wrapped around their Revered Master like octopuses, their faces red as monkey buttocks.

But no one was willing to let go.

It wasn't until Su Lin kicked them off the bed one by one with a dark face.

"Pack up, get ready to leave."

Su Lin tidied his robes, his voice cold and hard.

"Where to? The storm hasn't stopped yet." Luo Ximei asked, rubbing her eyes.

"It doesn't matter where, as long as we leave this place."

Su Lin didn't want to stay on this bed for even a moment longer.

"We're going to the Red Lotus Blood Sea."

He took out the pitch-black world core, sensing the direction it was guiding him.

"There is a second fragment there."

"And..."

His gaze became profound.

"In the hands of that Blood River Ancestor, there might be something that can help you completely stabilize your Realm."

Upon hearing there were benefits, the three disciples immediately perked up.

"Blood River Ancestor? Just the name sounds like he's a bad guy."

Su Hongling shouldered her great sword, radiating Evil Qi.

"Perfect, I wasn't full last night, let's go raid his home today!"

"Blood Sea..."

Chu Weiwei's eyes lit up. "There must be many poisonous blood beasts there! I want to catch a few to bring back and soak in wine!"

Luo Ximei touched her right eye, lost in thought.

"Blood River... a place of filth. It's perfect for tempering my Purifying World Eye."

The three exchanged glances, rarely reaching a consensus.

"Let's go! Time to raid his home!"

...

Outside White Bone City.

White Bone Madam stood on the city wall, watching the four figures heading away against the storm, a playful smile curling on her lips.

"Red Lotus Blood Sea... that is a place that eats people without spitting out the bones."

"However..."

She touched her heart, which had resumed beating, a trace of anticipation flashing in her eyes.

"If it's this man... perhaps he really can create a miracle."

She turned and instructed the maid behind her:

"Pass down the order, seal the city for three days."

The journey to the Red Lotus Blood Sea was not as romantic as one might imagine.

Especially when you were accompanied by three disciples who were staging a "palace intrigue" at any given moment, and you had to brave a Bone-Eroding Storm capable of blowing a Mahayana Stage Cultivator bald.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey! What kind of crappy wind is this! It's full of bone shards!"

Su Hongling walked at the very front, waving the great sword no edge like a fully automatic windshield wiper, swatting away the gray gangfeng blowing in their faces and the crushed bones mixed within.

The red Qi and blood shield on her body shone like a giant lightbulb, protecting Su Lin tightly.

"Old Man, shrink back behind me. This wind is a bit evil; it specifically blows at delicate skin."

Su Lin had a dark face as he watched his Second Disciple shielding him like a mother hen protecting her chicks, then looked to his left and right.

On the left, Luo Ximei had erected a black and white Devilish Qi barrier, her white-gold right eye scanning the surroundings vigilantly, still muttering:

"Third Senior Sister, can you stop scattering poison powder into the wind? The wind is blowing back at us; are you trying to poison us?"

On the right, Chu Weiwei held a small green bottle, looking innocent:

"I'm just taking precautions, what if there's something in this wind?"

Su Lin sighed, feeling like a high-security prisoner being escorted by three bodyguards, not only lacking freedom but also forced to listen to them bicker.

"Everyone, be quiet."

Su Lin spoke, his voice still clear amidst the howling wind.

"The Red Lotus Blood Sea is just ahead."

Hearing this, everyone looked up.

At the end of the storm, the sky changed from dark purple to scarlet.

A thick, inseparable smell of blood, mixed with a sickeningly sweet stench of decay, rushed toward them with the wind.

"Slurp."

Su Hongling sniffed.

"Smells good... like spicy blood curd soup."

"..."

Su Lin and the other two fell silent simultaneously.

Is this how a Body Cultivator's brain works? Faced with such a desperate situation, the first reaction is actually spicy blood curd soup?

"Second Senior Sister, is your stomach made of steel?" Chu Weiwei covered her mouth and nose in disgust. "This is clearly the smell of corpse rot."

During their conversation, the four finally walked out of the storm zone and arrived at the edge of the so-called Red Lotus Blood Sea.

This was indeed a sea.

But the seawater was viscous fresh blood, and as the waves rolled, it didn't reveal white foam, but dark red blood bubbles.

On the sea surface floated countless giant lotuses made of rotting flesh and white bones.

In the center of these lotuses burned ghostly blue ghost fire, illuminating this dead, silent sea area.

"Is that the lair of the Blood River Ancestor?"

Luo Ximei narrowed her eyes, light swirling in her different-colored pupil.

"What a dirty place. Revered Master, just leave the dirty work to me and Hong Ling later. You stay on the shore and watch, don't dirty your shoes."

"No need."

Su Lin shook his head, looking at the sea of blood with a profound gaze.

"This sea of blood is a living grand array."

"If you want to get the core, you not only have to kill, but also... break the array."

"Break the array?" Su Hongling shouldered her great sword. "I know this one!"

"Crude." Chu Weiwei rolled her eyes, dozens of colorful bottles appearing in her hand. "Watch me. As long as I turn this sea into a sea of poison, let's see if that old monster doesn't come out!"

"Don't move yet."

Su Lin stopped the two eager saboteurs.

He took out the core he obtained from Bone Madam from his bosom.

The black core felt the aura of its kin and began to vibrate violently, emitting circles of invisible ripples.

"Gurgle... gurgle..."

The originally calm sea of blood suddenly boiled at this moment.

Countless blood bubbles burst, and monsters clad in blood armor, holding tridents, crawled out from them.

There were thousands of them, densely covering the sea surface. Each one had the cultivation of the Soul Transformation Stage, and the leaders among them had even reached the Body Integration Stage.

"Human Race... daring to trespass into the Forbidden Ground of the Blood Sea!"

A cold, shrill voice came from the depths of the blood sea, carrying an echo, as if countless people were speaking at the same time.

"Since you've come, stay behind and become my blood slaves!!"

"Boom!"

As the voice fell, the entire sea of blood rose in thousand-foot-high waves, slamming fiercely toward the four on the shore!

"Blood slaves?"

Luo Ximei laughed, laughing until she swayed, yet radiating Killing Intent.

"In this world, apart from Revered Master, no one dares to treat this venerable self as a slave!"

She took a step forward, and the Demon God Manifestation behind her appeared with a boom.

But this time, the manifestation did not use a weapon, but opened a mouth large enough to swallow the sky.

"Swallow for me!"

The black and white Qi turned into a giant vortex, directly meeting the thousand-foot blood wave.

"Sizzle, sizzle—"

Those highly corrosive blood waters were forcibly refined into the purest energy the moment they touched the Devilish Qi vortex.

"My turn!"

Su Hongling shouted and jumped directly into the middle of the blood shark guards.

"Just in time, I need some punching bags!"

"Big windmill—spin, spin, spin!!"

She grabbed the hilt of the great sword with both hands, and her whole body spun like a top.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"

Those pitiful blood shark guards were like meat thrown into a meat grinder, instantly turning into clusters of blood mist.

"So disgusting... it splashed all over me."

Chu Weiwei stood beside Su Lin, erecting a green poison miasma barrier, blocking all the filth outside.

She didn't rush to act, but kept a close watch on the movements around Su Lin.

"Revered Master, be careful, there are parasites in this blood water."

As she spoke, she poured a bottle of purple potion into the sea.

These invisible Gu insects spread like a plague the moment they entered the water.

Any blood shark guard that came into contact with the Gu insects immediately began to turn black and swell, finally exploding with a bang, turning into even more Gu insects.

An angry roar came from the depths of the blood sea.

Apparently, that Blood River Ancestor hadn't expected these intruders to be so ferocious.

"Court death!!"

Rumble!

The sea surface cracked.

A thousand-foot-tall blood-colored giant slowly stood up from the bottom of the sea.

It had no fixed facial features; the whole face looked like a giant vortex, and its body was covered with the severed limbs of various creatures.

Mahayana Stage Peak!

And it was fighting on its home turf, a Mahayana Peak with the support of the endless blood sea!

"Old Man! This thing looks tough!"

Su Hongling rushed out of the blood mist, landed back beside Su Lin, shook the flesh off her sword, and looked excited.

"Can it be eaten?"

"...It's all rotten meat, you'll get diarrhea if you eat it." Su Lin ruthlessly shattered her fantasy.

"Tch, that's no fun, let's dismantle it then." Su Hongling pouted.

"Arrogant child!!"

The blood-colored giant let out a roar, and its giant palm, carrying the force of Mount Tai, slammed down fiercely.

This palm not only contained infinite power but also carried a power of decay Law.

Anything it touched would instantly age and rot.

"Dodge!"

Su Lin shouted, activating the Space Law, and instantly teleported himself and the three disciples several miles away.

"Boom!"

The original shore was directly blasted into nothingness, and even the rocks turned into a pool of pus.

"Such powerful poison!" Chu Weiwei's eyes lit up. "This decay Law... if it could be extracted and refined into poison, even a True Immortal could be poisoned to death, right?"

"Forget it, kill it first!"

Luo Ximei shouted, and the Demon God Manifestation behind her extended a thousand arms.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!

Countless black light orbs bombarded the blood-colored giant like a rainstorm.

"Petty tricks!"

The blood-colored giant waved its hand disdainfully, and a massive amount of blood water turned into a shield, blocking all the attacks.

"Here, I am God! I am immortal!"

It laughed wildly, the blood sea surged, and countless blood dragons drilled out of the sea, pouncing and biting at the four.

"Immortal?"

Su Lin narrowed his eyes.

He held the Deathly Silence core in his hand and was rapidly calculating the nodes of this grand array.

"All things have their mutual generation and destruction. Bone Madam's Deathly Silence Law perfectly counters this Blood River Ancestor's decaying vitality."

"Hong Ling! Attack its lower base! Cut off its connection with the blood sea!"

"Ximei! Use your Purifying World Eye to burn its head!"

"Weiwei! Scatter all your poison into the sea, I want to make this sea toxic!"

Su Lin calmly gave the instructions.

"Received!"

The three disciples immediately acted.

Su Hongling didn't say a word and dove straight into the sea.

"Cut it for me!!!"

She swung her great sword on the seabed, hacking fiercely at the blood-colored giant's ankles.

Every sword strike triggered an underwater earthquake.

Although the blood-colored giant had extremely strong recovery power, under this high-frequency violent dismantling, its movements became sluggish.

"Damn bug!"

The blood-colored giant wanted to stomp Su Hongling to death, but Su Hongling was as slippery as a loach and couldn't be stepped on at all.

Meanwhile, in mid-air, Luo Ximei formed seals with her hands, and her white-gold right eye erupted with unprecedented light.

A thick white beam of light descended from the sky, accurately bombarding the vortex on the blood-colored giant's face.

"Sizzle, sizzle!"

That was the confrontation between the power of purification and the power of decay.

White smoke billowed, and the blood-colored giant let out a painful howl.

And the most insidious one was Chu Weiwei.

She didn't hold back this time, moving all the large vats from her storage ring and pouring them all into the sea.

This wasn't ordinary poison. It was something she had specially crafted by combining toxicology.

"Gurgle, gurgle..."

The originally viscous blood sea actually began to solidify after coming into contact with this poison!

It was like blood encountering a coagulant.

The blood sea for a hundred miles was turning into a giant, foul-smelling block of blood tofu at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"My blood sea! Why can't my blood sea move?!"

The blood-colored giant discovered in horror that its speed of drawing power had slowed down.

"Now!"

Su Lin's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

He fiercely threw the core in his hand into the air.

The black core instantly grew larger, turning into a giant black hole, hovering above the blood-colored giant's head.

A terrifying suction force erupted, targeting not the flesh, but the decaying core belonging to the blood-colored giant inside its body!

"No!! That's mine!!"

The blood-colored giant felt the vibration of the core and struggled desperately.

But with Su Hongling cutting its legs below, Luo Ximei burning its head above, Chu Weiwei's poison tofu blocking the surroundings, plus Su Lin's spatial imprisonment.

It was like a giant tied up with five flowers, only able to watch helplessly as its source of power was stripped away bit by bit.

However, right at this critical moment when victory was in sight.

The blood-colored giant's vortex face suddenly stopped rotating and let out an eerie laugh with overlapping echoes.

"Hehehe, do you think you've won like this?"

"Want to take my core? Then come inside and take it!!"

Boom!

Its massive body suddenly exploded.

It turned into a sky full of blood mist, instantly covering a thousand miles.

This blood mist was extremely dense; Divine Sense couldn't penetrate it at all, and even Su Lin's spatial perception was blocked.

Su Lin shouted, "Everyone, move closer! Don't get separated!"

But it was one step too late.

This blood mist had strong spatial displacement attributes.

Su Lin only felt a blur before his eyes, and the scenery around him changed instantly.

It was no longer the battlefield, but a quiet sea of flowers covered in mandarava flowers.

And beside him, there was no one.

"Hong Ling? Ximei? Weiwei?"

Su Lin called out tentatively a few times.

No one answered.

Only the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the sea of flowers.