Chapter 59 Dragon Blood Forged an Evil Heart
As Chen Yao continued his descent amidst the boundless energy of interwoven ice and fire, he lost track of time, gazing at the increasingly darker colors of the surrounding landscape, utterly bewildered.
Suddenly, however, Chen Yao felt a violent tremor around him, followed by a blur before his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, the surrounding scenery had undergone a complete transformation.
The magnificent spectacle of interwoven ice and fire had vanished, replaced by an endless darkness—cold, oppressive, and deathly silent.
Chen Yao's expression changed, a sense of panic rising within him, unsure of what had happened.
Just as he was at a loss, after floating and descending for an unknown amount of time, he suddenly felt a solid weight beneath his feet.
Chen Yao was immediately surprised, looking down to find himself standing on a patch of pitch-black earth.
This earth was extremely strange, perfectly smooth, like a mirror, without a single pit or bump.
Seeing this, Chen Yao's eyes flashed with a strange light. He tapped the ground with his toe, instantly stirring up a cloud of black dust.
But miraculously, this dust visibly settled back down after a short while.
The land Chen Yao had previously damaged was restored to its original state, flawless, black, and perfectly smooth.
It was like a place straight out of a bizarre nightmare, filled with eeriness and distortion.
However, at this moment, Chen Yao, standing in such a place, felt strangely calm, without panic, and even felt a strange sense of familiarity.
With this question in mind, Chen Yao followed the inner calling and slowly lifted his foot, walking towards the endless darkness ahead.
Along the way, Chen Yao encountered nothing else; the scenery remained unchanged: a dim sky, a black earth, no progress whatsoever, and he had no idea where he was going.
But Chen Yao walked with increasing peace of mind, his steps firm.
He didn't know how long he had walked when suddenly his eyes flashed. He noticed
a black dot at the end of the path ahead, a tiny, raised dot appearing abruptly on the perfectly flat ground.
At the same time, the feeling deep within his martial soul intensified with the appearance of this black dot.
Chen Yao raised an eyebrow, and without hesitation, quickened his pace, walking forward.
As he drew closer, the black dot gradually enlarged, its blurry outline becoming clearer.
"This is..."
Finally reaching it, Chen Yao's eyes widened and his mouth gaped open when he saw what it was.
It was a black lotus, as tall as a person!
The black lotus was entirely dark, its outward-extending petals and leaves covered with dense, subtly shimmering patterns, eerie and mysterious.
What shocked Chen Yao the most was that this black lotus was exactly the same as the Nine Nether Immortal Lotus recorded in the immortal herb book!
"Gulp!"
Chen Yao swallowed hard, filled with disbelief, and trembling, he reached out, wanting to follow his impulse to touch the pitch-black lotus petals.
But the next moment, he stopped himself.
He was clearly in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, yet he was inexplicably sucked in by the spring, drifted for several days, and arrived here.
Everything about it seemed strange.
Although he knew that if this was a trap, and someone really wanted to harm him, with his strength, he would definitely not be able to resist anything,
his innate caution still made Chen Yao dare not act rashly in this unfamiliar place.
However, as if sensing Chen Yao's hesitation, the Nine Nether Immortal Lotus seemed to come alive. Its petals extended like tentacles, and in an instant, it completely enveloped Chen Yao, like a silkworm cocoon.
Then, wrapped in a cocoon, the petals slowly closed and gathered on the lotus seat.
Thus, this twisted place returned to its deathly stillness.
...
Outside, within the Heavenly Dou Great Forest, beneath a cliff face, a deep pit was revealed. The soil of the pit was still slightly damp, as if it had just been excavated.
Looking deeper into the pit, one would discover that it contained a pool of scarlet blood!
Amidst the pervasive stench of blood, bubbles continuously rose and expanded on the surface of the pool, bursting and splattering blood everywhere.
Simultaneously, a heartbeat could be heard emanating from the bottom of the pool, as if something was being conceived within.
"Tap tap..."
Just then, a slightly muffled footstep, as if carrying a heavy load, sounded beside the blood pool.
Then, a graceful, slender figure appeared beside the pool, carrying the enormous corpse of a ferocious soul beast.
"Bang!"
The massive corpse of the soul beast slammed heavily onto the ground, producing a violent sound and tremor.
Without the concealment of the soul beast's corpse, sunlight streamed down onto her figure, dispelling the shadows on her face.
She was a woman with long, dark red hair and eyes of an eerie, bewitching crimson.
Her face was exquisitely beautiful, with graceful lines that seemed crafted by divine hands, leaving one in awe.
However, the gloomy aura seemingly etched into her very bones sent chills down one's spine.
This person was none other than Liu Erlong, who should have been in Martial Soul City!
Yet here she was in the heart of the Star Dou Great Forest, in such a bloody place.
At this moment, she exuded a strange, ominous aura, as if some terrifying force was constantly brewing within her.
Standing by the blood pool, Liu Erlong looked at the soul beast at her feet, its death extremely gruesome, its face twisted and contorted, as if it had suffered some terrifying ordeal in its previous life.
"A three-toed earth dragon, although its dragon bloodline is thin, it barely meets the standard..."
Liu Erlong's face was gloomy, her eyes flashing with a dangerous light. She murmured, then released her martial soul.
"Boom!"
With the surge of soul power, a giant beast's phantom materialized behind her.
However, her martial soul's manifestation was now vastly different from before.
The originally blazing, brightly colored fire dragon's skin had turned a dark, purplish hue.
Its previously majestic dragon eyes had turned scarlet, carrying a bloodthirsty intent.
An evil aura surrounded it.
After her martial soul appeared, Liu Erlong's beautiful eyes narrowed, her dark red hair moved without wind, and her skirt fluttered.
Her jade hand transformed into a deep purple dragon claw, pressing hard on the head of the three-toed earth dragon on the ground.
Then, a ball of purple energy condensed in her claw, accompanied by a howling, eerie wind.
The corpse of the three-toed earth dragon began to decompose, turning into strands of pure blood that gathered in the blood pool.
This caused the blood pool to overflow, almost reaching the bottom of the unknown pit.
Once the corpse had completely become part of the blood pool, Liu Erlong withdrew her hand.
"The time is almost right. We can begin. The first divine test, Dragon Blood Forging an Evil Heart..."
At this moment, Liu Erlong looked at the pool of blood, her eyes dark, and murmured.
Then, a wicked smile appeared on her lips, and she strode towards the blood pool...
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