18: Deep inside the Demon Cave, the Dragon Blood Fruit is ripe!

Three hundred miles outside Qingyang City, deep in the old forest.

This is a forbidden zone rarely visited by humans, shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, rampant with poisonous insects and fierce beasts.

Especially that huge mountain shaped like a skull—the Ten Thousand Monster Cave—which is a desperate place that strikes fear into the hearts of countless Martial Artists.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Yet today, this silent forbidden zone welcomed an uninvited guest.

There was no cautious sneaking, nor any probing of strengths and weaknesses.

Only the most violent, straight-line charge!

Gu Yang, carrying the 13,500-jin coiling dragon pillar, unleashed the Extreme Dao Burst Step, resembling a bulldozer driving at full speed, forcibly smashing a path through the dense primeval forest.

Century-old trees along the way were snapped in half, and boulders blocking the path were crushed underfoot.

Wherever he passed, birds took flight in alarm, and beasts fled in panic.

"Arrived."

Gu Yang stopped and looked at the huge cave entrance ahead that was emitting an eerie green light.

A visible stream of five-colored miasma gushed out from the cave entrance; any surrounding vegetation that touched even a speck of it would instantly wither and rot.

If an ordinary Martial Artist in the Viscera Refining Realm were to inhale a mouthful, they would likely turn into pus and blood on the spot.

"This miasma... is potent."

Gu Yang not only didn't hold his breath, but instead took a deep breath.

【Detected highly toxic miasma (Five Poisons Barrier), Hunyuan Golden Body converting...】

【Obtained a trace amount of energy points: 0.1...】

"The air is fresh, and the environment is not bad."

Gu Yang grinned, revealing a set of white teeth immune to all poisons, and strode into this forbidden zone of death.

As soon as he entered the cave, the light instantly dimmed.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak—"

Dense shrieking came from overhead.

Countless pairs of scarlet little eyes lit up in the darkness.

It was bloodthirsty magic bats! Each one was the size of a washbasin, with claws and teeth as sharp as knives.

They smelled the Qi and blood of a living person and instantly swooped down like a dark cloud covering the sky.

"Too noisy."

Gu Yang frowned slightly.

He didn't dodge, nor did he use his fists.

He simply gripped the end of the coiling dragon pillar with both hands, as if holding the handle of a giant windmill.

"Spin for me... spin!!!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

The coiling dragon pillar was swung in a circle by him, starting to rotate wildly.

The 13,500-jin weight, combined with Gu Yang's terrifying monstrous strength, instantly formed a death meat grinder with a diameter of six meters!

The terrifying centrifugal force and wind pressure directly evacuated the surrounding air.

Those swooping magic bats hadn't even gotten within three meters of Gu Yang before being swept into this strangling air current.

Pfft, pfft, pfft!

It was just like tomatoes being thrown into a juicer.

Countless magic bats instantly exploded into blood mists; before they could even let out a scream, they turned into meat paste on the ground.

Gu Yang just kept spinning the "windmill" like this while striding deep into the cave.

Behind him was a path paved with flesh, blood, and broken bones.

Going a thousand meters deep underground.

The surrounding temperature began to rise sharply, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of sulfur.

The view ahead suddenly opened up.

A huge underground karst cave appeared before his eyes, with a lake of churning, golden-red magma in the center.

And in the center of the magma lake, there was a small island no more than ten zhang in area.

The island was bare, with only a small tree growing on it that looked like it was carved from red jade, with three fist-sized, bright red, dripping fruits hanging from it.

On the surface of the fruits, faint dragon-shaped patterns flowed, emitting a strange fragrance that made one's Qi and blood boil.

"dragon blood fruit!"

Gu Yang's eyes lit up.

Even from far away, he could feel the immense energy contained within those fruits.

"If I eat this, I wonder how many points I can add?"

He licked his lips and was just about to use the Burst Step to jump over and pick them.

Suddenly.

Splash!

The calm magma lake instantly exploded.

A huge, crimson figure, carrying a sky full of magma, rushed up from the bottom of the lake!

It was a terrifying giant beast twenty zhang long.

It had a single horn on its head, a mouth full of fangs, and its body was covered in crimson scales, each the size of a millstone, shimmering with a metallic luster in the reflection of the magma.

It had four claws under its belly, clearly having moved beyond the category of a "snake" and was evolving towards a "Dragon."

Crimson Flame Flood Dragon!

The true overlord of the Ten Thousand Monster Cave, a top-tier Yao Beast comparable to a human Grandmaster!

"Roar!!!"

The Flood Dragon coiled in mid-air, its lantern-like vertical pupils staring fixedly at Gu Yang, letting out a deafening Dragon roar.

A terrifying Dragon Aura swept out, causing the entire karst cave to tremble.

"Base human! Get out of this seat's territory!"

It spoke human language, its voice rolling like muffled thunder.

Facing this behemoth that would be enough to scare an ordinary Martial Artist to death, Gu Yang not only felt no fear, but instead... swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

His eyes became incredibly burning.

That was not the gaze of looking at an enemy.

That was the gaze of looking at ingredients.

"What a big eel..."

Gu Yang muttered to himself.

He casually slammed the coiling dragon pillar onto the ground, shattering a rock.

Then, he began to slowly unbutton his top, revealing a body of muscles as sturdy as iron, seemingly containing infinite explosive power.

With his movements, in the Void Realm behind him, a phantom of an ancient dragon elephant slowly emerged, roaring at the sky, and its Aura was not the least bit inferior to that of the Flood Dragon!

"Just right, eating just the fruit is a bit dry."

"Since there is dragon blood fruit, how can there be no dragon meat to go with the wine?"

Gu Yang picked up the coiling dragon pillar again, its thick head pointing directly at the Crimson Flame Flood Dragon in mid-air.

A trace of an extremely dangerous, ferocious grin curled up on the corner of his mouth:

"Hey, you little loach."

"Don't bother turning into a Dragon, it's too much trouble."

"It's better to be straightforward, just turn into my energy points!"