"Click... click..."
A slight, continuous cracking sound sounded next to the silent Myriad Poison Pool, which was filled with a faint poisonous gas. It was so faint that it was almost inaudible.
The huge frozen block was corroded day and night by the warm air of Sunset Forest and the poisonous gas mixed with hundreds of toxins evaporated by Myriad Poison Pool, and finally reached the end of its life. The top layer of ice had already turned into dark green poisonous water, soaking into the rotten remains below, causing it to quickly soften and decompose, emitting a fishy odor that was more intense and pungent than the pool water itself.
But now, the cracks are spreading deep into the frozen block.
"Click--!"
A clearer crack opened at the core of the frozen block. The last piece of ice wrapped in Coral Douluo stone fragments the size of rice grains also completely shattered and melted.
The debris, together with the tiny existence inside it carrying the "seed" of Ice Seal, finally broke away from the absolute confinement composed of Far North that lasted for several days.
"Plop."
There was an extremely slight sound of falling water, almost masked by the dull bubbling sound of the pool itself.
That bit of debris was mixed with a large amount of melted and filthy organic matter, and sank into Myriad Poison Pool's dark, viscous, ink-like poisonous water.
The impact of coldness (the last remaining chill) and warmth (the temperature of the poisonous pool).
The ultimate, repeatedly tempered Origin comes into contact with the dirty, chaotic, and aggressive "Ten Thousand Poisons".
And... the extremely weak but extremely tough shell formed in the core of the "seed" in the continuous arctic resonance and high-speed movement stasis, the moment it comes into contact with this rich, active, and corrosive poison--
"Bo."
A slight breaking sound that can only be perceived at the rule level.
The shell is broken.
It was not forcibly broken by external forces, but under the violent contrast between the internal and external environment, and under the stimulation of "poison" and "heat", it completed its mission and dissolved naturally.
And as this shell shattered, the thing that had been sealed, compressed, and tempered repeatedly for an unknown amount of time—
Hungry!
Cold, pure, as if coming from the endless void, enough to swallow stars and annihilate life--
The most primitive and violent hunger instinct explodes like a volcano that has been suppressed for hundreds of millions of years!
"Roar--!!!!!"
There was no sound, but all the existences at the bottom of the Myriad Poison Pool and within a few feet of it - whether it was the slowly flowing viscous poisonous water, or the dirty black Yuni that had settled for countless years, or the poisonous insects hiding in it that were slowly squirming and exuding a dangerous aura - at this moment, the soul level suddenly trembled!
It was as if there was a Ferocious Beast that had been sleeping for eternity. In the deepest part of the nest where they lived, they slowly opened their cold eyes.
The rice-sized piece of coral stone that had just sunk into the mud at the bottom of the pool, with its dim, inconspicuous gray-purple "stain" on the surface, suddenly came to life the moment the shell shattered!
It's no longer a stain, but a group of darkness that suddenly blooms with a deep light that seems to swallow up all the surrounding light and slowly squirms like life - darkness!
Ninth Tentacle is a complete wreckage. The existence that originated from the near Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and possesses the almost "swallowing" Origin is completely separated from Ice Seal. When he felt the rich, pure, and extremely "delicious" ocean of poisonous energy around him, his remaining devouring instinct, which had become more condensed after being repeatedly tempered, finally awakened without reservation and unscrupulously... completely!
"Swallow!!!"
A cold, violent thought ripple filled with endless greed, with that darkness as its core, spread suddenly!
"Buzz--!"
With the darkness as the center, an extremely tiny, but real, invisible energy vortex suddenly formed!
It is not a physical vortex, but a collapse point of energy and rules!
At the bottom of Myriad Poison Pool, Toxic Energy, which has been accumulated for countless years and is mixed with Dugu Bo countless failed poison recipes, poisonous insect corpses, and the essence of highly toxic plant remains, is so rich that it can hardly be dissolved, the breath of death, and corrupt rules are like all rivers returning to the sea, rushing towards that point of darkness crazily and uncontrollably!
The speed is more than a hundred times! A thousand times faster than when we were in the beach pool before!
The dark core, the initially repaired and strengthened remains of Ninth Tentacle, is like a bottomless black hole, greedily and crazily devouring everything that comes in! The dim light on its surface is getting brighter and brighter, and its volume is expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye... no, a speed visible to perception!
From the size of a grain of rice, to the size of a soybean, to the size of a fingernail...
Its form also quickly changed from the initial stain to "Poison Sludge" that was thick, deep, constantly writhing and changing, and seemed to have countless tiny vortices flowing inside!
This "Poison Sludge" is no longer passive, but actively extends countless tentacles that are thinner than hair and almost transparent, piercing into the surrounding Yuni, poisonous water, and even the rotten bones at the bottom of the pond, extracting all energy and matter that can be swallowed more efficiently and more violently!
"Hiss--!"
"Ji--!"
"Gulu..."
Almost at the moment when "Poison Sludge" began to devour it crazily, commotion suddenly broke out in every corner of Myriad Poison Pool that was originally silent!
This is their territory! It is the poisonous pool where they live, devour each other, and struggle to survive! Now, an outsider, a guy with a strange aura, who is so domineering as soon as he appears, and frantically plunders their "food" and survival energy, breaks in!
Yuni surged, and figures that were either slender, bloated, or ferocious emerged from their hiding places.
There are "Rot-Poison Mud Polyp" that are as thick as an arm, covered with disgusting pustules and secreting mucus; there are "Soul-Devouring Water Nymph" that are as big as a palm, with dark and shiny carapace, and ferocious mouthparts; there are groups of "Soul-Devouring Water Nymph" like The "Green Phosphorus Poison Mosquito" larvae are coming like a black tide; there are also "Bone-Eroding Poison Python" lurking in the deeper Yuni, exuding hundreds of years of fluctuations in cultivation and being as thick as a bucket!
They were alarmed by the crazy devouring movement and energy fluctuations, and instinctively felt threatened and angry! This newcomer not only grabbed the "food", but the cold, dead, and everything-devouring aura it exuded made these creatures who have been associated with poison all the year round feel discomfort and fear from the depths of their souls!
"Hiss--!"
The first one who couldn't hold back was the nearest "Bone-Eroding Poison Python" with a cultivation level of about two hundred years. Its thick body suddenly ejected from Yuni, opening its huge mouth full of barbs and sharp teeth, with a fishy smell. The stinking poisonous wind bit hard at the dark "Poison Sludge" that had expanded to the size of a fist and was still devouring it crazily! It wanted to swallow this unknown outsider into its belly together with the energy it devoured!
However--
The moment the smelly mouth was about to touch "Poison Sludge"!
The center of the dark, squirming "Poison Sludge" mass, the core belonging to the remains of the Ninth Tentacle foot, which had been repeatedly tempered and was being devoured crazily at the moment, trembled suddenly!
It's not fear, it's not avoidance.
But a... cold anger of being offended.
Like ants, they dare to bar their teeth at the giant dragon.
The next moment, an indescribable, vast, ancient, desolate, terrifying will filled with the pressure of the endless deep sea and the breath of time, erupted suddenly like a sleeping volcano, or suddenly set off a huge wave of waves on the calm sea surface, with "Poison Sludge" as the core, erupting!
This is not Soul Power pressure, or even a simple mental shock.
This is derived from the life level, from the bloodline Origin, from the soul status... absolute crushing!
It is the former Lord of the Deep Sea who traversed the endless deep sea, swallowed thousands of creatures, and reached the threshold of Hundred-Thousand-Year's cultivation. It is the "Jingtian" that has long been broken, but is still imprinted in the deepest part of the soul. At this moment, it is driven by the instinct and boundless rage that are being devoured by madness, and a trace of the soul mark of "Jingtian" trembles belonging to a true apex predator!
"Boom--!"
Invisible ripples swept across.
The huge body of the Bone-Eroding Poison Python that was charging towards the sky with fierce flames suddenly froze in mid-air!
What is reflected in its cold vertical pupils is no longer the delicious "food", but a deep, dark, boundless, filled with countless wriggling tentacles and greedy mouths... a terrifying phenomenon Sea Illusion! An extreme trembling and surrender originating from the depths of the soul, as if facing a natural enemy, facing an abyss, facing indescribable terror, instantly seized all its consciousness!
"Plop!"
The two-hundred-year-old Bone-Eroding Poison Python seemed to have had all its bones taken away, and fell limply into Yuni. Its body was trembling, and its head was buried deep in the dirty mud. Not even the slightest thought of resistance or escape could arise.
Not just it.
Within a radius of ten feet, all the poisonous insects swept away by this terrifying pressure--
Whether it is "Rot-Poison Mud Polyp" or "Soul-Devouring Water Nymph" who have practiced for a hundred years, or those swarms of low-level "Green Phosphorus Poison Mosquito" larvae...
All the commotion, all the hostility, and all the greed came to an abrupt end at this moment.
This corner of Myriad Poison Pool fell into deathly silence.
Only the dark "Poison Sludge" is still devouring the surrounding energy unscrupulously and crazily, making a "gurgling" and heart-stopping sound. Its size has expanded to nearly the size of a sea bowl, and the dim light it emits is even stronger, and the cold, dead, and all-devouring aura is also more intense.
It even extended a few viscous tentacles, as if it were alive, and slowly probed towards the stiff and motionless Bone-Eroding Poison Python, with a natural and indifferent attitude, as if it was assessing the quality of this "food".
Bone-Eroding Poison Python felt the tentacles approaching, and his body shook even more violently, but he didn't even have the courage to dodge.
Finally, the tentacles stayed on the poisonous anaconda's head for a moment, seemingly dissatisfied with the mixed energy and toxicity in its body, and then slowly retracted, continuing to pierce into Yuni, swallowing the purer Toxic Energy.
It seems to be saying, "You are so bad. You are not worthy."
That dark mass of "Poison Sludge" is like the new and undisputed Kings at the bottom of this poisonous pool, coldly, greedily, and unscrupulously expanding its territory and devouring everything.
And those original "aboriginals", whether they have been cultivated for hundreds of years or hundreds of years, can only tremble under this terrifying pressure, huddled in their own corners, not even daring to breathe, let alone step forward to fight for "food".
Nearly Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast The remaining trace of Origin pressure, even if it is broken, even if it is weak, is an insurmountable, abyss-like suppression of blood and soul for these poisonous insects that are no more than a few hundred years old and have low intelligence!
The mouse got into the rice vat?
No.
It was a hungry dragon that fell into the shallows full of fish and shrimps.