"Could the passage really have become diseased to this extent?
If not for the bonfire Mr. Olman had raised at the cave entrance, these tentacle-like things would probably have already crawled out in swarms, invading the entire Holy Grail Mountain and even the nearest Gentleman Transfer Station.
Mr. Olman had actually been able to monitor the place alone under such pressure for an entire year, all so that the younger members of the organizations would have more opportunities to travel to the Old World and obtain relics."
As Yi Chen felt awe, he also remained wary of the passage before him, which was completely rotted and sprouting bizarre tentacles.
These tentacles looked more like fleshy strands. Most of them were black, with gray ones being rare.
They grew from the rotting flesh walls of the passage and swayed in the air.
Even when severed, other stringlike tentacles soon grew out again. Some even showed an obvious inclination to burrow into Yi Chen's body.
Of course,
Yi Chen's Gentleman's Attire could completely block these wormlike tentacles from the outside.
As for Jin, things were even simpler.
The tentacles seemed to possess a function for identifying flesh. They could clearly sense Jin's terrifying body, which incorporated Cancer Cells, and did not dare approach him, much less showed any desire to parasitize him.
Jin stepped across the malignant passage,
wielding the Blood Infant Sword in his hand to casually sever a black tentacle. Then, working with the Cancer Cells in his palm to devour and analyze it, he revealed a curious expression beneath his mask:
"A parasite? It can actually completely parasitize even the connecting passages between worlds, and can even use the 'membrane' between two worlds as food.
Although that kind of food is difficult for them to digest, they can continuously