"So this is the shortcut you mentioned for entering the forbidden land's core?"
Before them, countless rotting corpses had piled together without sinking, stacked one atop another across the pitch-black, viscous surface of the lake, giving off an overpowering stench.
These corpses clearly looked as though they had been dead for a long time, yet their decay remained relatively fresh, as if they had only recently died. There was something strangely unsettling about them.
This was an enormous lake, where One-Eye had led Yang An after taking a small path that had not triggered any rule power.
But looking at this lake, Yang An could not help doubting whether One-Eye was telling the truth.
Could they really enter the forbidden land's core from here?
Could it be that this fellow intended for him to dive into this foul-smelling lake?
If so, it was not impossible for the sake of entering the forbidden land's core... At worst, he would just have to take a trip through the stench. In any case, this was already a commonplace sight for Yang An, nothing unusual.
"You may not know this, but this Blood Lake leads directly to the forbidden land's core. However, one does not dive into the Blood Lake itself. There is another method."
"What method?"
Although One-Eye was under Gong Niang's control, his manner of speech and thought remained intact. He actually started playing coy.
"This Blood Lake has accumulated filth throughout the years. Over time, it has reached the point where it can defile all things in the world. If one rashly dives into it, one will only suffer corruption and defilement as well.
"However, within this Blood Lake is a guardian of the forbidden land: a great fish called Corrupted Collapse.
"Corrupted Collapse remains in the depths of the Blood