Chapter 66 Psychic Energy Boiling <TOC> Chapter 68 Goss
Translator: SumTLMan
Li Mu looked at the large sword embedded in the rock wall, the entire sword fitting seamlessly into the wall as if it had grown there.
He reached out and barely grasped the remaining half of the sword handle. With a single pull, he easily pulled out the entire heavy sword, weighing over forty kilograms. He swung the sword and its weight was light in his hand, as if he were swinging a stalk of rice.
He stored it and the half sword handle in the Exile Realm, and after a moment, he took them out again, the sword handle already repaired.
For him now, the sword was still a bit light, but it was much more comfortable to wield than the ring knife.
The heavy curse-blood iron was very suitable for forging weapons for strengthening-type awakened ones, and he planned to have the blacksmith in the Exile Realm recast a ring knife with curse-blood iron when the time came.
Footsteps could be heard in the passage, revealing the figures of Shen Luoyan and Li Mei. Shen Luoyan had already equipped her mechanical arm, still stained with blood.
“It seems like you’ve also taken care of your opponent. Me and Xiao Mei have killed all the remaining cultists. But we haven’t found the remaining titled cultist.”
With her strong combat power, it was easy for her to take down a soul sect cultist of the same level.
Li Mu released the boiling state of his psychic energy, and the black light on his arms slowly dissipated.
“It seems like you have good talent in psychic energy cultivation.”
Shen Luoyan’s watery eyes gazed at Li Mu’s upper body with a charming look. She remembered giving the White Steel Broken Stream to Li Mu just a few days ago. She didn’t expect that Li Mu had already mastered the external display of psychic energy, something that even some fourth-level awakened ones might not be able to do.
As expected, his innate affinity for psychic energy was very high.
“Quickly take out a new piece of clothing to put on. Aren’t you afraid of catching a cold?”
Li Mei held her rifle and spoke in a cold tone.
“How could my body catch a cold?”
Li Mu spoke, then noticed Shen Luoyan’s gaze, silently taking out a coat from the Exile Realm to put on.
“Laji, where are the Blood Snake cultists usually located?”
Laji had been following Shen Luoyan and Li Mei, watching as even those cultists who were on guard were easily killed by Shen Luoyan’s light beam. He had long been numb to it, not even reacting when he saw Chewba’s body split in half on the ground.
He had seen too many similar scenes.
“Blood Snake cultists are usually in the deepest part of the Pool of Source Blood. They are obsessed with creating new blood beasts, and there is no special reason for them to leave.”
Laji held the baby carefully and spoke softly.
Among the many cultists, Blood Snake cultists were the most feared by reserve cultists and followers, even more so than the Night Owl cultists who liked to feed their reserve cultists to Blood Owls.
Li Mu raised his guard. With the enormous number of blood beasts and Blood Snake cultists in the Land of Source Blood, the trouble level was definitely greater than the sum of its parts.
“Li Mei, you clear out all the remaining reserve cultists and followers on the upper level, then come to meet us at the Land of Source Blood. As for you, Laji, stay here with the baby and don’t go anywhere.”
Naturally, the Blood Snake cultists cannot be allowed to calmly set up in the Land of Source Blood, and Li Mu was prepared to go down with Shen Luoyan.
The remaining reserve cultists and followers in the monastery were also a hidden danger, and it was a good opportunity for Li Mei, who could not reveal her full strength, to deal with them.
The passage to the Land of Source Blood was much narrower than the other passages, more winding and twisting, all the way down, as if leading straight to hell.
Based on that notebook, Li Mu had some understanding of the blood beast transformation. Implanting soul worms and psychic radiation would cause serious damage to the human body. If measures were not taken, the survival rate of blood beasts was pitifully low.
Nearly eighty percent of blood beasts would die in painful agony. Even higher quality reserve cultists had a survival rate of only sixty percent.
To increase the survival rate, soul worms had to be implanted in the souls of the test subjects and immediately immersed in the Land of Source Blood.
The Land of Source Blood was a great miracle bestowed by the Soul Lord to his followers. If a soul was parasitized by a soul worm, immersion in the Land of Source Blood was like returning to the mother’s amniotic fluid. It would continuously provide energy and strengthen the body. If a life without a soul worm came into contact with the Source Blood, it was like being coated with sulfuric acid, and life force would be continuously eroded by the Source Blood, finally becoming a puddle of Source Blood back in the Land of Source Blood.
With the Land of Source Blood, the survival rate of blood beasts was raised to eighty percent.
After walking for a long time, the two finally reached the Land of Source Blood. This was the largest cave in the entire monastery, several kilometers in diameter. There was no electricity in the cave, only a red blood pool at the entrance emitting a faint red light.
Through the light of the blood pool, one could see a tall, eerie stone temple built in the cave, with a huge Soul Lord statue standing inside the temple.
This was not the first time he had seen the image of the Soul Lord, but the other statues and murals would never give such a strong sense of discomfort.
The image of the Soul Lord was like a cocoon, only the outer shell was covered with disturbing folds.
An ugly head grew on the top of the cocoon, with a slender neck. The carving technique of the statue was very exquisite, even the semi-transparent fleshy material of the neck was vividly portrayed. There were no bones in the neck, just a pile of flesh bags filled with parasitic eggs.
This disgusting scene is enough to evoke the most instinctual fear in humans.
Li Mu tightly grasped the cursed blood iron sword with both hands, walking in front of Shen Luoyan. He had already entered a state of boiling psychic energy, and his arms were shining with a faint black light.
In the darkness, the sound of fine claws scratching on gravel could be heard. The blood beasts were attracted by the fresh scent of blood on the two.
But they seemed to be afraid of something and didn’t dare to approach.
Shen Luoyan frowned and raised her arm directly.
A dazzling beam of light shot out from her palm, piercing into the darkness. The originally deep cave was instantly illuminated, revealing jagged rocks, teeth-like protrusions, and layer upon layer of pale stalactites.
Piles of bones were scattered among the strange stones.
A thirsty blood beast the size of a swamp giant crocodile was directly pierced by the beam of light, and it was cut into two without a sound.
The beam of light slowly dissipated, and the cave once again fell into darkness.
The stimulated blood beasts let out uneasy roars, accompanied by the sound of teeth grinding and tearing. Those blood beasts were eagerly devouring the corpses of their kind.
“We didn’t find the Blood Snake cultist.”
Li Mu was very confident in his eyesight, and he indeed did not see anyone in the cave.
“Could he be hiding in the upper level?”
Shen Luoyan said with some concern. Li Mei was alone now, and she might be in danger.
“He may also be in the Pool of Source Blood!”
Li Mu waved the big sword in his hand.
“Boom!”
The originally calm Pool of Source Blood suddenly exploded, and the viscous source blood poured down like a rain towards the two.