177: Deep into foreign lands

Her red eyes were filled with morbid anticipation, as if Su Lin's bite would not be an act of harm, but some kind of sacred ritual.

"Bite me..."

She urged, leaning forward until she was almost pressed against Su Lin's face.

Watching her act like a pig that doesn't fear boiling water—and even wants to jump into it—Su Lin felt a deep sense of helplessness rise within him.

This girl cultivates the Dao of Strength; I fear her head is filled with nothing but muscle.

"Snap."

Su Lin raised his hand and flicked her on her smooth forehead.

The sound was crisp, even echoing slightly.

"Ouch!"

Su Hongling clutched her forehead, took half a step back with teary eyes, and looked at Su Lin with an accusatory expression.

"Old Man, what are you doing! If you don't want to bite, then don't, why flick me! I am at the Mahayana Stage now, my skull is very hard. What if you hurt your hand?"

"You know you're at the Mahayana Stage?"

Su Lin withdrew his hand, annoyed; his fingertips were indeed a bit numb.

"If Revered Master actually bit down, I'm afraid my teeth would shatter. Are you trying to make it so I can only drink porridge from now on?"

"Ah, this..."

Su Hongling paused, clearly not having considered this problem.

With her current Physical Body strength, let alone Su Lin, even a Divine Artifact would get a chip in it if it took a bite.

"Then... should I drop my defenses? Make my flesh a bit softer?" she asked tentatively.

"Enough nonsense."

Su Lin stood up and straightened his collar, which she had messed up, his expression returning to seriousness.

"This game of biting each other ends here."

A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering boom instantly shook the ten-thousand-year-old frozen cave, making it teeter on the verge of collapse.

Amidst the flying snow and rubble, two murderous figures descended from the sky, wrapped in earth-shattering fury.

"Su Hongling! Take your filthy hands off Revered Master!!"

Luo Ximei's voice was so sharp it felt like it would pierce the eardrums. Where was the composure of the Devil Head she usually possessed?

In her white-gold right eye, divinity and devilish nature intertwined as she locked onto Su Hongling.

"Second Senior Sister, you have some nerve, actually daring to elope with Revered Master?"

Chu Weiwei followed close behind, pinching dozens of poisonous needles that shimmered with a ghostly blue light. The smile on her face was so sinister it sent chills down one's spine.

"Since you don't want to live, then Weiwei will grant your wish and refine you into an obedient drug-human Puppet!"

Before the words even faded, the two didn't waste any breath and immediately unleashed their strongest killing moves.

Luo Ximei raised her hand and unleashed a beam of black and white light, carrying a terrifying power capable of decomposing all matter, aiming straight at Su Hongling's back.

Chu Weiwei's fingers danced, and countless purple poisonous vines burst from the ground, like countless vipers, instantly sealing off all of Su Hongling's escape routes.

This combination was enough to instantly kill anyone at the Peak of the Body Integration Stage, and could even severely injure an ordinary Mahayana Stage cultivator!

However, Su Hongling didn't even turn her head.

She maintained the posture of offering her neck for Su Lin to bite, only frowning in annoyance.

Then, she waved her hand backward extremely casually.

A wave of pure, terrifying energy erupted from her, spreading backward in a fan shape.

It was the embodiment of the Law of Strength.

There were no flashy techniques, just absolute crushing power.

"Crack!"

Luo Ximei's beam of black and white light, capable of annihilating all things, collided with this energy wave and, like glass hitting a hammer, instantly shattered into specks of light filling the sky.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Chu Weiwei's ferocious poisonous vines were shattered inch by inch under the impact of this power, turning into a pile of purple sludge on the ground.

Luo Ximei and Chu Weiwei's expressions changed drastically, as they felt an overwhelming, mountain-toppling force rushing toward them.

The two didn't even have time to assume a defensive stance before they were forcibly blown away by the energy wave.

"Bang! Bang!"

With two dull thuds, the two formidable Female Demon Lords were slapped neatly into the glacier cliff hundreds of feet away, like two posters, unable to be pried loose.

"Cough, cough..."

Luo Ximei struggled to pull her head out of the ice, her face filled with shock.

She had fused with the True Immortal Origin and believed her strength had skyrocketed; even if she wasn't as strong as Second Senior Sister, she should at least be able to trade a few blows.

But now... a single slap? A slap without even turning around?

"Is that it?"

Su Hongling finally turned around, hands on her hips, looking with disdain at the two Junior Sisters embedded in the wall.

"Number Five, is that eye of yours just for lighting? Number Three, did your poisonous herbs expire?"

She lifted her chin, arrogant beyond compare.

"I am a Mahayana Stage Body Cultivator now! In the face of absolute power, those flashy things of yours aren't even enough to scratch an itch for me!"

"You!!"

Luo Ximei was so angry she vomited blood, and Chu Weiwei nearly shattered her teeth from grinding them.

But they had to admit, the strength of this violent maniac, who usually only had a brain the size of a walnut, was now truly despair-inducingly strong.

"Come again!"

Su Hongling's Battle Intent soared high. She drew the great sword [no edge] beside her, ready to charge up and give these two who interrupted her good time a little lesson in love.

"It's a good chance to practice on you two, and let you know who the real Second Senior Sister is!"

Just as she was about to make her move and completely suppress these two Junior Sisters, a strange vibration suddenly came from the Storage Pouch at Su Hongling's waist.

Immediately after, a dazzling crimson beam of light pierced through the fabric of the Storage Pouch without warning and shot straight into the sky!

This red light carried an aura of savagery and the scent of blood, instantly dyeing the sky over the snowy mountains a bloody red.

"Hmm?"

Su Hongling's movements paused, and she stopped. Luo Ximei and Chu Weiwei on the wall were also attracted by this sudden phenomenon, temporarily forgetting to struggle.

"What is this thing? Such heavy Evil Qi."

Su Lin frowned slightly; he felt a fluctuation of power from that red light that did not belong to this world.

Su Hongling scratched her head, blankly untied her Storage Pouch, and dumped everything inside out in one go.

Various leftover bones, shiny stones, a few changes of clothes... Finally, a scroll made from the skin of an unknown creature was radiating scorching heat, lying quietly on the snow.

"This is..."

Su Hongling blinked. "Oh! I remember now! This fell out of that pile of broken armor when I hammered that Purple-Gold Three-Eyed Monster to death earlier. I saw the skin was quite sturdy and thought about whether I could bring it back to make a pair of boots for the Old Man, so I just stuffed it in my bag."

"..."

Everyone was speechless. Using a treasure carried by a Mahayana Stage alien commander to make boots? You really are something.

Su Lin stepped forward and picked up the skin scroll. It was warm to the touch, with an extremely tough texture, and it was a complex map drawn with blood and some kind of black energy. In the center of the map was a huge black vortex, surrounded by many twisted alien characters.

Su Lin's fingers brushed over the warm, seemingly breathing skin scroll. As he touched it, the twisted black lines on the scroll suddenly came to life, converging into a ferocious pattern.

It was a huge single eye devouring the heavens and earth, and deep within the pupil of the eye, coordinates were marked.

【Triggered S-Rank Hidden Dungeon Quest: Deep into the Alien Realm, Strike at the Dragon's Den.】

【Quest Description: Passive defense has never been the Host's style. Since the aliens dare to tear through the world barrier, then launch a counter-invasion and burn the flames of war right under their thrones. Travel deep into the Alien Realm to find the "world core" capable of completely repairing the Host's Mahayana Stage Dao foundation.】

【Quest Reward: Cultivation level directly restored to Great Perfection of the Integration Stage; obtain the Divine-Grade Magic Treasure Myriad Heavens Star Chart.】

Su Lin looked at the quest panel in his mind, his eye twitching slightly. Great Perfection of the Integration Stage. For him right now, this was too tempting.

Furthermore, the System also mentioned a Divine-Grade Dual Cultivation module... Su Lin glanced at the three female disciples beside him, their eyes glowing green, ready to tear him apart and devour him at any moment, and felt that this reward might be even more important than cultivation. That was a life-saving talisman!

"Revered Master, what kind of ghostly scribbles are drawn on this?"

Su Hongling leaned in, her big head almost resting on Su Lin's shoulder. Her red eyes stared at the map for a while, and she began to feel dizzy.

"It makes me want to vomit looking at it, like thousands of bugs crawling around."

"These are coordinates," Su Lin said in a steady voice, putting the skin scroll away. "Coordinates leading to the alien lair."

He stood up and his gaze swept over the three people in front of him. "You had fun fighting just now?" "Killed five Mahayana Stage cultivators and think you're invincible?"

Su Hongling puffed out her chest, looking proud. "Of course! I can punch and shatter a mountain right now!"

Luo Ximei also lifted her chin slightly; although she didn't speak, that air of arrogance could not be concealed.

Only Chu Weiwei was slightly more restrained, though she was still secretly brandishing her poisonous needles.

"Then come with Revered Master to a good place." Su Lin pointed to the sky above, which, although repaired, still exuded a trace of cold aura. "Go to their home and kill to your heart's content."

"Go to the Alien Realm?!" The three were stunned for a moment, and then— "Yay!!!"

Su Hongling was the first to jump up, her great sword smashing a pit into the ground. "I've wanted to go for a long time! Those few just now weren't even enough to warm me up! I'm going to go smash their nests to pieces!"

A sharp light flashed in Luo Ximei's eyes. "The Alien Realm... means it's a lawless place not under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Dao. In other words, there, whatever I want to do to Revered Master... I don't have to worry about being struck by lightning?"

She extended the tip of her tongue to lick her lips, her smile gradually becoming perverted.

Chu Weiwei's eyes shone as she pulled out a dozen empty large vats. "Alien poisonous herbs! Alien poisonous insects! And those durable alien bodies... they're all top-tier experimental Materials!"

Su Lin: "..." He suddenly felt that bringing these three disasters to the Alien Realm might not be unlucky for him, but rather for the natives of that world.

The former site of Juejian Pass, at the Void Realm node. This was the weakest point of the barrier between the two worlds, and also the passage for the previous alien invasion. Although it had been repaired by Su Lin, with that human skin scroll as a key, opening a door from the inside was not a difficult task.

"Are you ready?" Su Lin stood at the center of the node, the skin scroll floating in his hand, emitting an eerie red light.

"Always ready!" Su Hongling shouldered her door-sized great sword, eager to try.

"Rest assured, Revered Master." Luo Ximei was shrouded in devilish aura, having already set up isolation Formations around them.

"Potions are prepared." Chu Weiwei gave everyone an anti-poison pill.

"Open!" Su Lin gave a low shout, pointing his finger at the skin scroll.

The skin scroll instantly burned, turning into a torrent of black-red energy, which, acting as a guide, slammed fiercely against the Void Realm node.

Space trembled, and the previously healed barrier was forcibly pried open by a force of Law. A black vortex with a diameter of ten zhang slowly took shape.

Unlike the previous teleportation Formation, there was no starlight or Spiritual Qi in this vortex. The sound of the wind sounded like billions of wronged souls screaming.

"Go." Su Lin did not hesitate and stepped in first. The three disciples followed closely behind, and the four figures were instantly swallowed by the darkness.

The world spun. A severe sense of weightlessness, accompanied by the tearing of spatial turbulence, made one's Divine Soul feel a sharp pain. But this feeling only lasted for a short dozen breaths.

"Bang!" The sound of a heavy object landing. Su Lin landed steadily on a piece of hard and somewhat sticky ground.

He immediately unleashed the golden light of the [Immovable Wisdom King Body] to protect his whole body, and then his Divine Sense spread out like a tide.

However, when he saw the scene before him, even he, with his Mahayana Stage state of mind, couldn't help but shrink his pupils.

This was the Alien Realm. A world twisted by despair and madness.

The sky overhead was a dark purple, like the color of clotted blood; thick clouds, like rotting flesh, piled up in the firmament, slowly squirming.

Through the gaps in the clouds, three incomplete moons shone through. One was a ghastly bone-white, one was an eerie blood-red, and another was a deathly gray-green. They hung in a triangle, and the light they cast shrouded the entire world in a morbid filter.

There was no sun. The light source here came from huge, phosphorescent spores floating in mid-air, as well as rivers of magma flowing on the ground.

"Ugh..." A retching sound came from beside him. Su Hongling covered her nose, her face turning green. "What is this smell! It's too stinking! It's even stinkier than the failed poisons Number Three brewed!"

The air was filled with an extremely complex stench. It was a poisonous gas mixed with sulfur, rotting flesh, rust, and a cloying, flower-like scent that made one nauseous. If it were a Mortal, they would die from lung rot after a single breath.

"Here..." Luo Ximei frowned, her white-gold right eye scanning the surroundings, her expression grave. "The Laws here are chaotic."

That's right. In the Cultivation World, the Five Elements are orderly, and Yin and Yang are in harmony. But chaos is the only rule here.

The group was currently standing on a vast, boundless wilderness. But the ground of this wilderness was not soil.

Su Lin squatted down and touched the ground with his fingers. It felt slippery, tough, and slightly elastic; he could even feel an extremely faint pulse.

"It's flesh." Chu Weiwei walked over, holding a small knife, and skillfully cut an opening in the ground. No soil was turned up, only black, viscous liquid oozed out.

"This entire land... is made from the flesh and remains of some kind of creature."

Looking out, this land, known as the [Flesh Wilderness], was endless. There was no grass on the ground, only clusters of dark red vines protruding like blood vessels. They twitched gently in the breeze, with fruit shaped like eyeballs growing on their tips, greedily watching these four intruders.

In the distance, there were no mountain ranges. Only mountains of bones, piled up from huge, grayish-white skeletal remains. Those bones were astonishingly large; a single rib was a hundred zhang long, piercing straight into the sky, as if it were a graveyard of ancient giant gods.