Everyone had thought the bottom of the pit would be solid stone, but the instant their gazes fell downward, their hearts tightened.
The pit's bottom was no ordinary rock. It was clearly a texture like living flesh, its surface suffused with a murky dark red.
Threads of crimson liquid slowly seeped from between that fleshy texture, flowing along the pit walls like blood, dripping down the rock face one drop at a time.
The red streams crisscrossed, spreading and intertwining along the uneven stone walls, quickly weaving into an impenetrable blood-colored net that completely trapped Jiang Lu's group within the pit.
A thick, fishy stench spread with the flowing liquid. A cold, decayed aura rushed at them, raising a layer of fine goosebumps all over their skin.
No way!
Everyone's expressions instantly turned incomparably grim, and a hair-raising suspicion abruptly rose in their hearts.
It seemed they were not in an ordinary underground cavern at all, but inside the body of some colossal creature.
As though confirming their thoughts, the entire space suddenly began to tremble. They could clearly hear the sound of a pulse beating within this space.
Heavy, muffled tremors traveled from the rock beneath their feet through every limb and bone.
Clear, rhythmic thudding echoed between the four walls. It was the pulse of a giant beast, each beat deafening, like a living heart pounding heavily inside its chest.
With each beat of that heart, the dark-blue crystals embedded in the cracks of the stone walls suddenly stirred.
Like venomous insects that had lain dormant for ages, they crawled out from holes in the rock walls, transforming into long, slender blue bodies. Dense beyond counting, they hung over everyone's heads, gently swaying with the giant beast's pulse.
The dense blue shadows dangled in midair, and their writhing