195: Chapter 194 Dragon Blood Body Refinement

Within the Forbidden Ground, there was a world of its own.

On both sides were steep, crimson cliffs towering into the clouds, covered in dense, countless holes, each faintly shimmering with crimson light.

These were the outlets for the subterranean fire.

The entire Forbidden Ground was the interior of a massive volcano.

The deeper one went, the higher the temperature.

At first, it was merely warm, like the sunshine of a summer afternoon.

After walking for the time it takes an incense stick to burn, that warmth turned into scorching heat, as if standing beside a furnace.

After another incense stick's time, the scorching heat became searing, and with every breath, he could feel the burning air scorching his lungs.

The Lihuo True Flame automatically manifested around Jiang Hanzhou, isolating him from the scorching heat.

He did not stop his steps and continued forward.

Half an hour later, the path ahead suddenly opened up.

A blood pool, ten zhang in circumference, appeared before his eyes.

The blood pool was circular; the pool water was dark red and thick like syrup, its surface churning with countless fine bubbles. As each bubble burst, a wisp of dark red mist rose from the pool.

Within the mist, there was an indescribable pressure—that was Dragon might, pure Dragon might.

As the pool water churned, countless fine bone fragments could be vaguely seen floating and sinking within it; these were the jiaolong remains cast into the pool by the experts of the Dragon Abyss Palace through the generations.

Deep at the bottom of the pool, a massive Formation pattern could be vaguely seen. The pattern wound like a Dragon, slowly rotating, continuously injecting the power of the subterranean fire into the pool to maintain the boiling state of the water.

Jiang Hanzhou stood by the edge of the pool, looking at the churning dark red blood water, and took a deep breath.

He could perceive it.

The Dragon Blood Baleful Qi in the pool water was surging wildly, as if it had sensed the arrival of this "intruder," and was impatient to erode him, tear him apart, and turn him into a part of the nutrients in the pool.

He took off his outer robe, leaving only his undergarments.

Then, he stepped into the pool.

The moment he stepped in—Boom!!!

An indescribable, intense pain exploded from the soles of his feet!

That feeling was not ordinary burning, but as if countless red-hot steel needles were simultaneously piercing into his skin, his Meridians, his bones, and his bone marrow!

The Dragon Blood Baleful Qi in the pool surged towards him like a living creature, crazily pouring into his body through his pores, every acupuncture point, and with every breath he took!

His skin instantly turned dark red!

Those dark red patterns, like countless tiny blood snakes, wound their way across the surface of his body. Wherever each blood snake passed, his flesh spasmed, trembled, and was eroded!

Jiang Hanzhou gritted his teeth and walked step by step toward the center of the pool.

The pool water grew deeper and deeper, from his ankles to his knees, from his knees to his thighs, from his thighs to his waist, and finally submerged his chest.

He sat down cross-legged, leaving only his head above the water surface.

The pool water churned, surrounding him completely.

Those Dragon Blood Baleful Qi, at this moment like floodwaters finding an outlet, crazily poured into his body!

His skin and flesh were the first to bear the impact.

The moment the Evil Qi drilled into his skin, countless fine cracks appeared on the surface, with dark red blood beads seeping out from the cracks.

As soon as those blood beads seeped out, they were washed away by the surrounding pool water, replaced by even more frantic erosion.

The Meridians followed right after.

The Evil Qi drilled into his Meridians through his pores, rampaging within them. Every impact caused the walls of his Meridians to tremble violently, as if they would tear apart at any moment.

Those originally tough Meridians, under the erosion of the Dragon Blood Baleful Qi, became incredibly fragile, like threads soaked in strong acid.

Then it was his flesh.

Those Evil Qi drilled out of the Meridians, invading his flesh and blood, clashing fiercely with his Qi and blood.

With every collision, a patch of flesh was eroded, torn apart, and dissolved. Those eroded pieces of flesh, under the influence of the Evil Qi, turned into countless tiny fragments of flesh, carried by the Evil Qi, and rampaged wildly within his body.

And then, the bones.

The Evil Qi flowed along the blood to the bones, attaching to the surface of the bones, and then slowly penetrated them bit by bit.

The process of penetration was like countless ants crawling, gnawing, and drilling holes in his bones.

With every gnaw, a wisp of bone marrow was extracted, carried by the Evil Qi, and merged into the churning pool water.

Finally, the bone marrow.

That was the most unbearable of all the pains.

Because the bone marrow is the Origin of the human body, the source of Qi and blood, and the core location of life force.

The moment the Evil Qi invaded the bone marrow—Jiang Hanzhou's body suddenly trembled violently!

That pain was not the stinging pain of skin and flesh, not the tearing pain of the Meridians, not the burning pain of the flesh, not the gnawing pain of the bones, but—scraping the bones and washing the marrow.

Truly scraping the bones and washing the marrow.

Deep within every bone, it felt as if countless sharp blades were rotating, cutting, and scraping.

With every rotation, a wisp of bone marrow was scraped out, carried by the Evil Qi, and fused, entangled, and battled with the inflowing Dragon Blood Power.

His face was completely distorted.

Veins bulged on his forehead, his hands were clenched tightly, his nails dug deep into his palms, and blood seeped out between his fingers, then was washed away by the pool water.

But he did not make a sound.

He just gritted his teeth, gritted them tightly, until his gums bled and his mouth was filled with the metallic taste of blood.

The Lihuo True Flame within his body erupted at this moment!