301: Chapter 31 The Four Pillars Seal!

Immediately afterward, something astonishing happened!

The originally violent, flowing Blood River suddenly parted on its own about ten feet in front of Qin Yan!

Forming a short-lived passage free of blood-red water!

At the same time, a large amount of blood-red water surged from the Blood River on both sides, quickly condensing and covering the surface of Qin Yan's body.

It formed a thin yet resilient blood-red film shimmering with a dark red luster, wrapping his entire body within!

The moment the Blood Film formed, Qin Yan felt his vision darken. Immediately after, he was pulled by a gentle yet irresistible force, following the parted passage and vanishing into the vast Blood River ahead! His figure completely disappeared from everyone's sight.

The entire process took no more than two or three breaths, so fast that people couldn't react in time.

On the Blood Sacrifice Square, there was a deathly silence.

All the geniuses were stunned, staring blankly at the spot where Qin Yan had disappeared, and at the blood-red river that had closed back up and continued its roaring gallop, as if the scene just now was merely a collective hallucination.

"He... he went in?"

"The Blood River didn't reject him? It even took the initiative to guide him in? How... how is this possible?!"

"Who is that person?!"

"Quick! Investigate! Go and find out that genius's identity immediately!"

After the shock came a massive uproar and countless speculations!

Qin Yan's smooth entry was like a huge boulder thrown into a calm lake, completely stirring the emotions of all the geniuses on the square.

Envy, jealousy, doubt, greed, urgency... all sorts of emotions spread through the crowd.

The inheritance of the Blood God Hall no longer seemed out of reach, and that mysterious human youth became the focus of everyone's attention.

...

Wrapped in the blood-red film, Qin Yan also felt a bout of dizziness.

He felt himself traveling at high speed through the viscous blood-red water, unable to discern his direction.

He was surrounded by an extremely thick bloody aura and violent energy, but everything was perfectly kept out by that seemingly thin Blood Film.

On the contrary, it felt warm and comfortable inside the Blood Film.

After an unknown amount of time, the sensation of traveling suddenly stopped.

The soft Blood Film wrapping his body rapidly receded like a tide and dissipated.

His feet stepped onto solid ground once more.

Qin Yan steadied himself and immediately scanned his surroundings with vigilance.

He was currently standing within an incredibly magnificent and empty blood-red hall!

The height and breadth of the hall were far beyond imagination. Its height was estimated to be over a hundred zhang, and its length and width were even harder to gauge.

The floor, walls, and dome were all constructed from a type of dark red metal and blood-colored crystals.

The metal surface flowed with a liquid-like luster, while countless tiny blood droplets were sealed within the crystals, each rotating slowly and emitting a faint light.

The entire hall was illuminated in a dark red by the light from these Blood Crystals, and the light refracted off the metal surfaces, creating a hazy and dreamlike halo.

And in the very center of the hall—

A massive blood pool, over several dozen zhang in diameter, sat quietly.

The edge of the pool rose several feet above the ground, also made of that dark red metal.

The "blood" in the pool was not ordinary blood, but a viscous, mercury-like, translucent dark golden liquid that emitted a thick aura of life and a faint pressure.

Occasionally, fine golden specks of light drifted and flickered within it.

Around the blood pool, four giant metal pillars, each requiring several people to encircle with their arms, stood at equal distances.

From the top of each of the four giant pillars, an energy chain extended—blood-red, golden, silver, and black. The four chains were pulled taut, their other ends sinking deep into the dark golden liquid of the blood pool below, as if collectively binding and sealing some existence at the bottom!

The entire hall was silent, save for the occasional bubble rising from the dark golden liquid in the blood pool, making a soft "pop" sound that added a bit more eeriness and oppression.

Qin Yan tried to walk toward the edge of the hall to find an exit.

However, as he approached the walls, he discovered that the outer perimeter of the hall was not a solid wall, but was completely enveloped by a solid, slowly flowing blood-red energy barrier!

The aura of this barrier shared the same source as the surging Blood River outside, but it was even more condensed and heavy.

He raised his long spear and tentatively shot out a wisp of Destructions End Spear Qi!

Chiii!

The dark red Spear Qi struck the blood-red barrier, only creating a faint ripple before vanishing like a stone dropped into the ocean. The barrier remained unmoved!

"I can't get out..."

Qin Yan's brows furrowed. "What exactly was the purpose of that Blood Film bringing me here?

Could this be the true starting point of the Blood God Hall's inheritance? Or... is it some kind of trap?"

His gaze involuntarily turned once more toward the massive blood pool in the center of the hall, which emitted a mysterious and ominous aura.

As well as the four giant pillars of different colors with flickering runes and the energy chains reaching deep into the pool.

A strong sense of curiosity and a faint unease intertwined in his heart.

Qin Yan took a deep breath, suppressed his stray thoughts, gripped his long spear tightly, and began to approach that eerie blood pool step by step with extreme caution.

As he drew closer, the fluctuations of the dark golden liquid in the blood pool seemed to become clearer.

Finally, he reached the edge of the blood pool and cautiously peered into the bottomless depths.

The inner walls of the pool were covered with dense blood-red runes, each finer than a strand of hair.

These runes were like living creatures, moving and flickering on the pool walls.

The water was calm and without ripples, its depths a patch of darkness, as if connected to another world.

Just as Qin Yan was fully focused on observing the runes on the pool wall, trying to find some clues—

"Roar—!!!"

A low, hoarse roar filled with tyranny and resentment, sounding as if it came from the deepest depths of the Nine Serenity Purgatory, suddenly erupted from the bottom of the blood pool!

Accompanying it were heavy, muffled thuds: "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The sound pierced through his soul, making Qin Yan's blood and qi churn and his eardrums ache. He subconsciously retreated several steps, his expression changing slightly!

"What was that sound?! Is there some living creature... sealed beneath the blood pool?!"

This thought had just surfaced, and before he could react further, a voice rang out without warning from beneath the empty dome of the hall.

The voice carried a sense of vicissitudes and indifference from endless ages, yet it also held a faint hint of exhaustion and surprise?

"To think... someone has come here again."

The voice seemed to come from all directions at once, echoing throughout the empty hall.

Qin Yan was startled. He immediately held his spear and looked around, his muscles tensed and his Spear Qi ready to strike. He shouted sharply, "Who is it?!"

The voice did not answer his question, but simply continued to speak to itself.

"Since you have come, it is fate. It just so happens... this seat lacks a 'Variable'.

You, come down as well."

The moment the voice fell—

"Hualala!!!"

Within the blood pool, the calm dark golden liquid suddenly churned violently!

In the center, a massive vortex formed out of thin air, spinning at high speed and generating an incredibly terrifying suction force that instantly enveloped Qin Yan, who was standing by the pool!

Before Qin Yan could even mount any effective resistance or evade, he was swallowed by the blood-red vortex and dragged into the bottomless blood pool!

The dark golden pool water instantly submerged him. His vision became an intertwining of blood-red and dark gold, and his ears heard only the frantic whistling of the swirling water, along with the low roars and heavy thuds from the depths of the pool that were getting clearer and closer...

The blood-red hall returned to a deathly silence once more.