113: Chapter 113 Immortal Blood Dark River

Immortal Burial Abyss, fifty thousand feet underground.

After his Breakthrough to the Late Nascent Soul Stage, Lin Que was in no hurry to rush straight to the valley floor.

Cultivation was like rowing upstream; while a sudden surge felt exhilarating, his body also needed time to adapt to the explosive millions of catties of brute force and the vast, sea-like True Essence.

"Drip... drip..."

The surrounding immortal fall miasma had grown so dense it had turned liquid, forming a grey-gold "miasma rain."

The space here was extremely unstable. Black spatial rifts opened in the void without warning, like the invisible maws of giant beasts; a moment of carelessness would see one ground into meat paste.

"Young Master Lin, the spatial Laws here are so chaotic. My Divine Sense can't even leave my body for more than three feet."

Su Qingyu pressed close behind Lin Que, her small face pale.

If not for the protective shield Lin Que had sustained, she likely wouldn't have survived a single breath.

"It is a giant pit smashed out by an Immortal, after all. It's normal for the feng shui to be a bit poor."

Lin Que walked ahead with a leisurely pace.

He didn't even use True Essence to resist the extremely dangerous "miasma rain" and "spatial rifts."

He merely activated the Major Achievement Demon God Body within him.

A faint, almost tangible purple-gold halo covered the surface of his body.

Those spatial rifts that could shred even an ordinary Nascent Soul Perfection Magic Treasure only made a clanging sound like iron striking iron when they scraped against Lin Que's skin, leaving not even a white mark!

The Physical Body becoming a saint, impervious to all Laws.

This was the source of Lin Que's current confidence.

The two descended for about another half-hour.

In the previously deathly silent darkness ahead, a muffled, thunderous sound of rushing water suddenly echoed.

Lin Que stopped. Purple fire flashed in his left eye, piercing through the thick fog.

He saw a subterranean hidden river hundreds of feet wide stretching across their path!

What was hair-raising was that the water in this river wasn't transparent at all, but a bizarre dark gold!

As the river water churned, it emitted a nauseating smell of blood and a gravity Law that was heavy to the extreme.

"This is... the Hidden River of Immortal Blood!"

Su Qingyu gasped as she saw the river's true face.

"Ancient texts say it was formed from the waste blood flowing from fallen True Immortals! A single drop of this water weighs ten thousand catties and contains extremely overbearing resentment. No bird can fly over it, and even a swan feather won't float. If a Soul Transformation Stage powerhouse falls in, they'll be instantly dragged to the bottom and corroded to dregs!"

"One drop weighs ten thousand catties? Did this Immortal grow up eating lead shot?"

Lin Que walked to the riverbank, looking at the churning dark-gold water with interest.

He could feel that this river was like a natural barrier, firmly sealing off the path to the core of the Immortal Burial Abyss.

Just as Lin Que was prepared to draw his saber and force his way through...

"Gurgle... gurgle..."

The previously calm Hidden River of Immortal Blood suddenly began to boil violently!

In the center of the river's surface, a massive dark-gold whirlpool quickly took shape.

Immediately after.

"Roar—!!!"

Accompanied by a terrifying beast roar that shattered eardrums, a monstrous beast over a hundred feet long, covered in dark-gold scales with a single horn—looking like an enlarged deep-sea demon whale—burst out from the blood river!

The Immortal Blood Dragon Whale!

Originally an ordinary abyss Yao Beast, it had mutated after years of soaking in and devouring True Immortal waste blood. Its Physical Body and cultivation had been forcibly raised to the terrifying level of the Middle Soul Transformation Stage!

Its two massive eyes, like red lanterns, locked onto Lin Que and Su Qingyu on the shore.

In its simple logic, these two intruders emitted an incredibly tempting aura of fresh blood and Qi, especially the man's blood (the Demon God Body), which was a hundred times more delicious than Immortal blood!

Boom!

The Immortal Blood Dragon Whale didn't hesitate; it opened its bloody maw, which was large enough to swallow a mountain.

Innate Divine Ability—Rebellious Chaos: Immortal Blood Devour!

In an instant, a terrifying suction force that could warp even the void erupted from the giant whale's mouth!

This suction didn't just target the Physical Body; it targeted the essence blood and True Essence within a Cultivator. Even hiding behind Lin Que, Su Qingyu felt the blood in her body was about to burst out. Terrified, she quickly hugged the god-sealing jade bowl.

"A Middle Soul Transformation Stage mutated Yao Beast? You dare try to play the Star-Sucking Art with me?"

Lin Que stood on the shore, the fierce wind whipping his black robes.

He didn't draw his saber, nor did he expand his heteromorphic fire Domain.

Facing the devouring whirlpool that could suck a Peak Nascent Soul dry in an instant, Lin Que instead opened his arms, bared his chest, and flashed a very "kindly" smile.

"System."

"This big fish wants to eat me. Arrange an emetic meal for it."

[Detected high-tier Yao Beast Law (Soul Transformation Rank Devouring Power) lock-on!]

[Analysis: The enemy intends to forcibly extract the Host's Demon God Body essence blood and God-Demon Nascent Soul Origin.]

[Logical Reorganization initiated—Reverse Gastrointestinal Peristalsis (Frenzied Vomiting) Mode!]

[Operation 1: Tampering with the spatial devouring channel! Reversing the suction pipe into a 'high-pressure injection pipe'!]

[Operation 2: Modifying instructions! Forcibly changing 'Devour External Objects' to 'Vomit Internal Core Essence'!]

[Target Locked: The Immortal Blood Dragon Whale's stomach and Demon Core!]

"Come on, open wide and spit it out."

Hum!!

The System's overbearing and unreasonable rules descended instantly.

Mid-air, the Immortal Blood Dragon Whale, which had been opening its mouth to comfortably enjoy Lin Que's blood and Qi, suddenly stiffened!

In its blood-red eyes, human-like bewilderment and extreme terror instantly appeared.

"Blegh—?!"

It discovered in horror that the massive devouring force it had released had suddenly performed a 180-degree turn in mid-air!

Not only did it fail to suck a single drop of Lin Que's blood, but it turned into an invisible hand that reached deep into its own belly and squeezed hard!

"Waa—blegh!!!"

Under Su Qingyu's dumbfounded gaze.

This peerless Vicious Beast, comparable to the Middle Soul Transformation Stage, was like a drunkard with extreme seasickness. It suddenly lowered its massive head and, toward Lin Que, frantically... vomited!

Crash—!

What it vomited wasn't river water.

But fist-sized crystals radiating brilliant golden light—Immortal Blood Essence Crystals!

That was the purest Immortal path essence it had painstakingly refined in this river for ten thousand years to temper its own Demon Core!

Usually, it would ache for half a day over losing a single drop, but now, like dumping trash, they uncontrollably sprayed toward Lin Que's hands in a waterfall!

"No!! My Origin! My Immortal blood!! Blegh—!!"

The Immortal Blood Dragon Whale let out a shrill wail, trying desperately to close its mouth, but how could it resist the System's rules? Its mouth couldn't close at all, so it could only cry while vomiting wildly.

"Thanks, big brother. This 'home delivery' service attitude is really not bad."

Lin Que stood on the shore, having already produced an extra-large storage sack at some point, comfortably catching the incoming Immortal Blood Essence Crystals.

As each crystal landed in his hand, he could feel the extremely gentle Immortal path Origin within, which had already been refined once by the Yao Beast.

This was a top-tier strategic resource for forging high-quality Magic Treasures for an army!

In just ten breaths of time.

Thump.

The Immortal Blood Dragon Whale's body was completely hollowed out. With teary eyes and rolling whites, it crashed from mid-air back into the hidden river.

The Immortal blood essence it had cultivated for ten thousand years had been squeezed dry by Lin Que's System through "physical emesis." Its aura instantly plummeted from the Middle Soul Transformation Stage to the Early Nascent Soul Stage.

Burp...

The Immortal Blood Dragon Whale despairingly blew a final bubble, weakly trying to sink to the riverbed to escape.

"Trying to leave after the delivery? You can't just freeload without paying."

Lin Que stowed the sack full of essence crystals, a cold, sharp killing intent flashing in his eyes.

His right hand gripped the starfall mo dao on his back.

The vast True Essence of his newly achieved Late Nascent Soul Stage, combined with the millions of catties of brute force from his Major Achievement Demon God Body, erupted completely at this moment!

"Divine Ability—Frozen for Ten Thousand Miles!"

Lin Que drew his saber with a snap. He didn't slash at the Dragon Whale but instead thrust the blade deep into the Hidden River of Immortal Blood beneath his feet!

Hum—!!

On the blade, the pure white Bone Spirit Cold Fire, representing extreme cold, exploded with a violent intensity!

Crack crack crack...

That dark-gold river, which originally wouldn't even float a swan feather and contained terrifying gravity and Immortal resentment.

Under the full-force strike of the Late Nascent Soul Lin Que, it actually ceased flowing in an instant! A layer of forest-white ice, a hundred feet thick, spread frantically along both ends of the river from where Lin Que's saber was plunged!

In the blink of an eye.

This hidden river hundreds of feet wide was completely frozen by Lin Que's solitary strength into a crystal-clear white glacier road!

Thump!

The Immortal Blood Dragon Whale, which hadn't had time to dive, was frozen directly within the thick ice, turned into a massive ice sculpture.

In those despairing eyes, there remained a silent accusation against this man for not following the rules of combat.

Lin Que pulled out the long saber and lightly flicked the blade.

Crack!

The Immortal Blood Dragon Whale frozen in the icy river shattered instantly into a sky full of ice powder, and along with its Demon Core, it completely dissipated from the world.

With one saber strike, he severed the river and executed a Soul Transformation being!

The movement was smooth and flowing, without any hesitation.

This was the absolute dominance of the current Late Nascent Soul Demon Sovereign!

As long as he didn't encounter a legendary Peak Soul Transformation or a Half-Immortal, Lin Que could now walk sideways through the Central State like a crab!

"Let's go, Green Fish. The bridge is built."

Lin Que shouldered the Mo Saber and stepped onto the glacier road he had forcibly frozen.

Su Qingyu hurried to keep up, stepping on the hard ice and looking at the frozen dark-gold river water beneath her feet. Her adoration for Lin Que had reached a point beyond measure.

The two followed the frozen river, crossing this final natural barrier.

When they crossed the hidden river and pushed through the final dense miasma ahead.

Lin Que's footsteps finally stopped.

The space ahead opened up suddenly. It was no longer a narrow abyss rift, but a vast, subterranean space that seemed like a world of its own.

And in the very center of that space.

An ancient altar ten thousand feet high, cast entirely from white bones and bronze, stood silently in the darkness.

At the top of the altar, nine dark-gold chains as thick as water vats tightly locked a bronze ancient coffin ten feet long!

The coffin was covered in dense Immortal path runes.

But now, those runes were oozing threads of black blood.

All the miasma, pressure, and broken Immortal path Laws of the Immortal Burial Abyss were being emitted from this coffin!

"Is this that... True Immortal who fell from the heavens?"

Su Qingyu looked at the bronze ancient coffin suspended in mid-air, feeling her Soul tremble; she couldn't help but want to kneel and worship.

"True Immortal?"

Lin Que stood beneath the altar, his gaze like a torch, staring fixedly at the bleeding coffin.

The corner of his mouth suddenly curled into an extremely excited, even slightly crazed smile.

"I don't care if he's a True Immortal or a Fake Immortal."

"Lying in a coffin and still daring to emit toxic gas and pollute the environment."

Lin Que flicked his wrist, the starfall Saber pointing diagonally at the ground, as he stepped onto the ten-thousand-foot-high bone altar one step at a time.

"Today, I'll play the part of a Tomb Raider."

"Open the coffin, examine the corpse!!"