Inside the Reef Cave.
Violent ripples kept surging through a broad, pondlike stretch of water deep within it.
An enormous pillar of flesh formed from pure lifeblood stood rooted in the center of the water like a desecrated sacred tree.
Pulsing veins covered its gelatinous surface, blue to the point of eeriness. Each contraction oozed droplets that were crystalline yet deadly.
The Blueblood Demon Pillar.
It was a twisted creation born of prolonged accumulation and the nourishment of countless lives.
Any ordinary bug would have been terrified out of its wits by the sight, but the Vessel was not.
It had been born to confront the sins of gods that ordinary bugs could not withstand.
Boom!
"Eee!!!"
Sensing the creature before it draw a blade against it, the enormous chimera of lifeblood vines let out a furious roar.
Countless gashes instantly tore open across the enormous flesh pillar, spraying viscous liquid at the Vessel.
Unlike Primordial Essence, which could enhance living beings, this slime was highly corrosive.
The blue corrosive fluid hissed and smoked the moment it hit the ground.
The Vessel used its Mothwing Cloak to keep darting around the cave.
The blue flesh pillar tracked its movements, spraying more corrosive fluid all the while.
The cave air instantly filled with salty, bitter vapor and the peculiar, cloying scent of lifeblood.
Had the residents of Lakeside Village smelled it, they would have recognized it immediately.
Yes, besides water vapor, the mist over Misty Lake also contained trace amounts of lifeblood vapor continuously expelled by this creation.
After prolonged exposure, the corpses in the lake had become the first infected sacrifices.
Bloated bodies covered in blue vines-these were all signs of the false life forcibly fashioned by lifeblood.
Had Lin Jin's expedition arrived even a little later, the residents of