"Impossible!"
Wang Xiujie's eyes widened.
"He's absorbing the power of Saint Lord-level monsters?!"
Lu Feng and the others were too stunned to speak, able only to stare at the scene in terror.
They suddenly realized what kind of monster they had been hunting.
Gu Sheng's body slowly floated upward. The black-red beam gradually receded, but the suction of the vortex between his brows grew stronger and stronger.
The Blood River began forming a massive whirlpool around him. The river water, spiritual energy, even the light itself were twisted and devoured!
"Run. Run now!"
Wang Xiujie was finally afraid, his voice trembling.
"Get out of the Blood River! Immediately!"
The battle formation changed direction and charged madly toward the surface.
Lu Feng and the others came to their senses as well, using all their strength to swim upward.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Deep within the Blood River, enormous monsters exploded one after another. The shockwaves from the blasts hurled the blood-red water within a hundred meters into the air.
Scarlet river water poured down, making the entire sky tremble.
Amid the chaos, Gu Sheng suddenly opened his eyes.
The scarlet world was reflected in his pupils, while the bulging vortex on his forehead slowly faded away.
He raised a hand to touch the space between his brows and felt a black spirit stone coursing with blood-red light there.
It was the relic he had obtained from Qing Sheng City Lord.
"This is..."
Gu Sheng examined himself internally and discovered in shock that spiritual power surged through his body. His cultivation had actually broken through the shackles of the Earth Palace Realm and reached the Heavenly Palace Realm!
Even more astonishingly, the strength of his physical body had surged to the level of the mid-to-late Heavenly Palace Realm!
"The Blood River... actually has