On the right side of the passage, a flight of steps wound around the rock wall and led straight down to the bottom of the cavern.
Apart from Lao Hu and Fatty,
everyone remained in the passage, quietly waiting for the battle below.
Lao Hu and Fatty crept down the steps to the pool at the bottom.
The pool's surface was perfectly calm.
Not a ripple stirred.
Lao Hu and Fatty exchanged a glance.
Then Lao Hu quietly approached the pool, pointed the Immortal-Brew Gourd at it, and began pouring gasoline into the water without stopping.
Lao Hu's suggestion had been adopted after all.
But they would not light it yet.
His heart in his throat, Lao Hu poured for nearly an hour before finally emptying all the remaining gasoline from the gourd.
A thick layer of gasoline covered the entire surface of the pool.
Now, a single spark would set the whole surface ablaze.
After pouring out the gasoline,
Lao Hu set the gourd down nearby.
Then he took out his flashlight and waved it at Gu Cheng, who was still at the mouth of the passage.
Gu Cheng received the signal.
He positioned the cut he had made on his hand beforehand over the pool below and squeezed hard, forcing a dozen or so drops of blood into the water.
A moment later,
the surface began to churn.
It looked as though the water had come to a boil.
Lao Hu and Fatty hurried backward, putting as much safe distance between themselves and the pool as possible.
The water churned more and more violently!
From down below, they could not see it.
But from above, Gu Cheng could see everything clearly.
At the bottom of the pool, an enormous head was slowly rising!
Its surface looked as though