What was that?
Shen Che forced his exhausted body upright and walked step by step toward the edge of the deep pit.
His gaze locked tightly onto the blood-red crystal at the bottom.
The entire blood pool had been completely purified by the Ice Fire Lotus. All filth and evil had been burned to ashes.
By all rights, nothing should have remained.
Yet this crystal had remained intact.
Even under the scouring of that destructive force, it seemed to have become purer, more crystal-clear.
It was like a flawless ruby, radiating a bewitching and deadly allure.
Shen Che could feel an energy of extreme purity emanating from the crystal.
It was a fusion of pure life energy and soul energy, without any attribute, yet so vast it was alarming.
"Could this... be the core of that blood pool?"
Shen Che's heart stirred.
He guessed that the blood pool's ability to endlessly create blood demons relied on this crystal.
It was like an energy converter, transforming the flesh, blood, and souls of living beings it absorbed into energy that could create blood demons.
"What a treasure!"
Shen Che's eyes lit up.
The energy contained within this crystal was simply too immense. If he could absorb it, his cultivation would undoubtedly rise another level!
However, greed did not cloud his mind.
When something was abnormal, there had to be a demon at work.
The fact that this thing had survived the Ice Fire Lotus alone meant it was far from simple.
He did not immediately go down to retrieve it. Instead, he stood at the pit's edge and observed it carefully.
The blood-colored crystal lay quietly at the bottom, pulsing rhythmically, as though it truly were nothing more than an energy crystal.
Shen Che waited for a while. Seeing no movement from