"Drip!"
A drop of blood fell into the boundless sea, sending ripples across its surface. Yet wherever the ripples spread, the once-gentle sea of blood became covered in coldness and death.
Rather than gradually fading as they spread like natural ripples, the ripples across the sea accelerated with their expansion. Coldness and death covered the entire surface, after which a consciousness began invading the depths of the blood sea, passing through countless barriers to reach its deepest region.
At the center of the seabed was a heart-like object wrapped in countless blood vessels—the "Blood Fetus" Zhang Chen had traded away. It was currently being temporarily confined here by the Blood Source, awaiting the end of the battle before being taken back to Void Death City for absorption.
As Gu Chen's consciousness approached, he discovered numerous blood barriers surrounding the heart. However, as the cold invasion from the sea's surface reached this depth, the barriers around the heart continuously collapsed beneath the intrusion of icy death.
The moment the barriers shattered and Gu Chen's consciousness touched the surface of the Blood Fetus's seal, his body outside directly thrust a hand through the Blood Source's chest and tore out the Blood Fetus itself by the roots.
"Pwah!" Blood Source Alucard truly spat out a mouthful of blood, signaling that his body had suffered actual damage.
"Your body's core lies even deeper. The Blood Fetus has not yet fully fused with you in such a short time. If I wished to, I could still reach the true core of your body. Since I have recovered what was mine, I will not continue entangling myself with you. We shall settle this in the final battle next time. I can vaguely sense that your current form is not yet your complete body."
Gu Chen's gaze