The Blood-Red Warship let out a low rumble.
Its bow tilted downward.
The enormous hull slowly descended through the center of the circular pit.
The Dark Gold crystals remaining on the pit walls lit up one after another, opening a passage into the depths for the Giant Ship.
The four Old Ancestors stood by the rails, watching their surroundings warily.
The tendrils of flesh did not appear again.
The farther they descended, the denser the traces of crystallization on the pit walls became. Many areas still retained intact Immortal Court Inscriptions, but blood and corruption covered them, making their original purpose difficult to discern.
The Earth Vein Instrument vibrated even more violently inside Zhou Xuan's Storage Bag.
That pull came from the bottom of the enormous pit.
Zhou Xuan pressed a hand against his Storage Bag, refraining from taking out the Black Iron Case for now.
The Giant Ship continued to sink.
The bloody aura around them gradually thickened, yet it could never approach the hull.
A moment later, the beams in the eyes of the desiccated corpse at the bow slowly went out.
The Giant Ship passed through the final layer of blood mist.
A vast expanse of surging bloody light appeared below.
The great wall of flesh had collapsed completely. Unimpeded, the Giant Ship descended to the Abyssal Depths and stopped directly above a boiling, blood-red lake.
At the center of that lake, a foul-smelling figure with disheveled hair stared fixedly at Zhou Xuan at the bow.
The figure at the center of the Blood Pool did not speak immediately.
Half her body was submerged in bloody water. Her loose white hair clung to the sides of her face, and her once-spacious Black Robe had been reduced to a few scraps.
Black spots covered her exposed skin. Several