141: Dinner's ready! Billions of vengeful spirits have become my appetizer!

“Poof.”

The feeling of passing through the membrane was like plunging into semi-solid pig's blood.

It was viscous, warm, and carried an overwhelmingly thick scent of blood.

Lin Yuan opened his eyes.

There was no sky, no ground.

He was suspended in a space made of flesh and blood.

All around him were dark red fleshy walls, covered with blood vessels and nerves, pulsating rhythmically like a living organism.

On the fleshy walls, there were also human faces, their expressions tormented, silently screaming.

These were the Souls of those who had been sacrificed.

“Warning: High concentration of negative Mental Energy detected…”

“Warning: Life force field erosion detected…”

The System's alerts flooded his mind.

“I know, I know, stop bothering me.”

Lin Yuan impatiently waved his hand.

He surveyed his surroundings, the silver mask on his face reflecting an eerie red light.

“The decor is quite unique, Cthulhu style? Though the smell is a bit strong.”

He ambled through this space of flesh and blood like a tourist, hands behind his back, exclaiming in wonder.

Just then.

“Om—”

The entire space trembled.

The tormented faces embedded in the fleshy walls all turned in unison, their hollow eye sockets staring directly at Lin Yuan, the uninvited guest!

The next second.

“Roar—!!!”

Countless malevolent roars converged into a Mental EnergyImpact, directly blasting towards Lin Yuan's mind!

From the fleshy walls, faces broke free, transforming into humanoid monsters made of blood—[Blood Grudge Spirits].

They had no facial features, only a blurry humanoid outline, and they lunged at Lin Yuan from all directions!

Any other C-grade expert here would have their mind overwhelmed by this Mental EnergyImpact alone, let alone this endless army of Blood Grudge Spirits.

However.

Lin Yuan merely frowned.

“What's all the noise about?”

“Can't you be quiet when it's time to eat?”

Impatience flickered in his eyes.

Then, Lightning flashed!

“Zzzzz—”

Blinding electric light condensed in his Palm.

[Palm Thunder]!

It was no longer the small electric ball whose power he had controlled for the sake of acting.

This time, it was genuine, high-level C-grade Lightning!

A brilliant, head-sized ball of Lightning shot out of his hand!

Boom—!!!

The Lightning ball exploded directly among the Blood Grudge Spirits!

The violent power of Lightning cleared out half the space in the blink of an eye!

“Oww—!!!”

Amidst the shrill screams, the Blood Grudge Spirits were wiped out in one wave, leaving not even a wisp of smoke!

Lightning was naturally the bane of these sinister creatures!

Lin Yuan's figure darted through the Lightning.

[Lightning Step]!

With every step he took, a circle of electric arcs exploded beneath his feet, allowing him to stroll leisurely through the dense encirclement of Blood Grudge Spirits.

Wherever he went, Blood Grudge Spirits fell like wheat.

“A bunch of cannon fodder, daring to block my way.”

Lin Yuan curled his lips, too lazy to use [Palm Thunder] anymore.

He simply covered his body with the power of Lightning.

Any Blood Grudge Spirit that approached within a meter of his body would be electrocuted into ashes.

Wherever he passed, he carved out a pure land in this fleshy Hell!

Soon.

He arrived at the deepest part of this space.

This was where all the blood vessels and nerves converged.

A head-sized, crystal-clear blood-red crystal was suspended in mid-air.

It pulsed like a heart, “thump, thump, thump.”

Each beat delivered immense energy to the entire Secret Realm.

“Finally found it.”

Lin Yuan's eyes lit up.

This thing was far more authentic than the scraps and appetizers outside!

He could feel the immense life energy and Mental Energy contained within this crystal.

It was simply... a mobile super power bank!

Lin Yuan reached out his hand, slowly approaching.

Just as his fingertips were about to touch the blood-red crystal.

“Om—!”

Countless chaotic, despairing, and malevolent thoughts surged into his mind like a tide!

“…Kill you…”

“…So much hate…”

“…Let me out…”

“…Let's die together!!!”

These were the final obsessions of the sacrificed, forming the core of this crystal.

Lin Yuan's movements froze.

He closed his eyes, his brows tightly furrowed, seemingly enduring immense pain.

A full three seconds passed.

He opened his eyes again, his gaze clear, showing no signs of being affected, only annoyance on his face.

“Are you done yet?”

He uttered these words.

Then, amidst the curses, he grabbed the blood-red crystal!

It was cool to the touch, yet also scalding hot, as if burning his Soul!

“Come here, you!”

Lin Yuan growled, his arm muscles bulging as he yanked hard!

“Crack—!!!”

He forcibly ripped a pulsating heart from a living creature!

The blood-red crystal was pulled from its original position!

…Meanwhile, in the labyrinth hall.

The thick blood mist was rapidly dissipating.

“The… the mist has cleared?”

“What's going on? Where are those tentacles?”

The surviving people gasped for breath, looking around.

Night Crow's face turned incredibly grim.

He looked up.

In the sky, the blood-red giant eye that overlooked all beings was trembling violently!

Cracks appeared on the surface of the eyeball!

“No good!” A warning bell rang in Night Crow's heart, “The core has a problem!”

No sooner had he spoken.

“Roar—!!!”

A roar, mixed with pain and fury, exploded from the sky!

The red tentacles that had been hunting people in the blood mist reappeared!

But this time, their number was more than tenfold!

Hundreds, even thousands, of grotesque tentacles drilled out from the walls and ground in all directions!

They attacked everything in sight indiscriminately, as if insane!

“Swish! Swish! Swish!”

Countless tentacles whipped, swept, and coiled madly!

“Ah—!”

A Wudang Disciple was too slow to dodge and was entangled by three or four tentacles.

“Poof!”

Under the immense pressure, he didn't even have time to let out a scream before his entire body exploded into a mist of blood!

“Run!”

Zhao Junwei was so terrified his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, turning to flee back into the passage.

But it was too late.

All passage exits were blocked by dozens of writhing tentacles!

This place had become a sealed meat grinder!

“No… no!!!”

The survivors watched helplessly as the jungle of death slowly closed in on them from all directions!

Scorpion Sting, the burly men of the Hunter's Guild, the Daoist priests of Wudang… one by one, C-grade experts were now like flies stuck in a spiderweb, their struggles appearing so futile.

They were not killed, but rather enveloped by the fleshy tendrils into individual flesh cocoons.

Night Crow's face could no longer be described as merely grim.

It was ashen.

As one of the stronger combatants in the arena, he received the most “thorough” attention.

A dozen tentacles completely sealed off all his escape routes.

Shadow energy erupted!

His figure transformed into a phantom several times, attempting to vanish into the shadows, but the tentacles followed him like shadows, even the very shadows he tried to enter began to writhe and squeeze!

This space… was rejecting his abilities!

“Poof!”

Night Crow, in an oversight, had his left leg pierced by a tentacle, and he was violently pinned to the ground.

Intense pain struck, and he grunted, looking up.

He saw it.

The blood-red giant eye on the ceiling of the hall was falling.

And the ground beneath their feet was rising!

Heaven and Earth were closing in!

It was over.

These were the only two words left in Night Crow's mind.

All his calculations, all his backup plans, became a joke in the face of this power.

He, along with everyone else here, had been captive sacrifices from the very beginning.

Just as his consciousness was about to be swallowed by darkness, in the final moment.

He heard… a “sizzling” sound of electricity?

A hallucination, perhaps… Night Crow chuckled self-deprecatingly and lost consciousness.