In the ensuing silence, the blue lizard spoke through the alchemical golem, asking:
"As you said, Wens shouldn't be that stupid, right?"
Nuowa nodded in agreement.
"Perhaps the fish genuinely didn't know it was a trap, but maybe it was simply enjoying the game of wits with the angler?"
Before anyone could speak, Nuowa continued:
"Moreover, often, as long as the bait is tempting enough, fish will still choose to try it even if they know there is danger."
"If Wens is greedy for even a moment, we'll have a chance."
Noya looked at Nuowa through the alchemical golem:
So, do you have enticing bait?
"There really is."
Nuowa nodded, then snapped his staff in half... no, he disassembled it.
The most high-end staves often require only the simplest joining techniques. Nuowa's staves are unparalleled in their choice of materials, and as for the craftsmanship...
It's not even as good as two pieces of self-adhesive tape.
Nuowa held the enormous amber-colored jewel in his left hand, and with his right hand pushed forward the pale, slightly weathered, milky-white staff he was clutching.
"Use this one."
"This is?"
A large group of alchemical golems swarmed around, completely enveloping the staff like fans seeing their idol.
"This is Vanessa's spine, containing a portion of her power."
"As long as I break the seal on it, Wens will definitely sense this aura; that's the perfect bait."
Noya looked at the spine and couldn't help but marvel:
"Wow, this is the spine of the vampire duke! And what is that jewel?"
"It's Aeldra's heart."
Nuowa said with a smile.
No wonder he's so cold-blooded.
The blue lizard clicked its tongue twice.
"So it was because you had no heart."
After a brief discussion, Nuowa forcefully swung Vanessa's spine in his hand, and everyone heard a sound that resembled shattering.
That was the strange sound produced on the Psionic Energy level after the seal was broken.
Vanessa's spine was unsealed, and a strong stench of blood instantly filled the nostrils of everyone present.
Even the Blood Pool below seemed to boil over in that instant.
Nuowa first held Vanessa's spine in his hand like a javelin, weighed it in his hand, then sighed and gave a wink to Liya beside him.
Liya sheathed her elven twin swords, took the spine from Nuowa, and awaited further orders.
"Like a spear, throw it into the deepest part of the Blood Pool."
Nuowa said seriously:
"Remember, you only get one chance, and it lasts only a moment."
He whispered to himself:
"A moment is enough."
Willow and Noya both nodded. One began chanting, while the other manipulated the remaining alchemical golems to transfer all their Psionic Energy to the golem with the highest output.
Nuowa, holding the jewel, nodded to Liya beside him, and then prepared for battle.
Liya lifted Vanessa's spine high, took a deep breath, and suddenly unleashed tremendous power from her seemingly slender arms.
"Drink up!"
She cried out, a rare occurrence, and at the same time, the spine in her hand was thrown out at an extremely fast speed.
"Whoosh!"
The pale spine sliced through the air, almost creating a stream of flames at its tail, before slamming viciously into the Blood Pool, pointing towards its deepest point.
"Boom!"
Beneath the water's surface, Wens felt a sudden tremor, then saw something flash past in front of him before plunging into the rocks at the bottom of the Blood Pool.
The next instant, a huge impact slammed into him, sending him flying backward.
The massive amount of steam generated by the violent collision spread rapidly outward under the influence of the shock wave, and the entire blood lake was lifted up in an instant, forming a strange scene where the upper layer was gas, the middle layer was nutrient-rich blood, and the bottom layer was compressed steam.
With the blood cushioning the impact, Wens ' injuries were not serious.
But he had some doubts at this moment.
These guys know they're invincible in the Blood Pool Blood Pool, so are they planning to poke a hole in it?
Wens had never seen anything like it before. His nutrient-rich blood was distributed in all the crevices of the surrounding rocks, and besides, there were no large caves underground.
Therefore, the scenario of smashing a hole in the ground and blood gushing out is not realistic.
What's the point of this behavior?
Before he could think it through, he immediately sensed that the projectile was unusual.
A familiar scent of blood wafted over, not from Antos, not from Rosalind, but from...
He had smelled that scent just minutes before—it was Vanessa!
Those are Vanessa's own bones!
How is that possible?
The Grand Duke's remains contain a portion of his powers; if he could obtain that, wouldn't he be...?
Wait, this is a trap, this is definitely a trap!
Wens' right arm had just reached out when it was grabbed by the left hand, but in the blink of an eye, his greedy thoughts took over for a very short time.
With such a strong impact, according to their own logic, they would definitely use Blood Escape to enter the bloodstream. They would never have imagined that they would dare to take such a risk!
Yes, that's it!
Wens ' eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and he accelerated to the limit in a very short time, rushing towards the intact vertebra just a dozen meters away like a streak of light.
Just before he was about to touch Vanessa's remains, a dim yellow light suddenly shone down from above.
A spherical orb, resembling a sun about to be extinguished, landed at the top of that spine.
The speed was very slow, and Wens could see it clearly, but he was completely unable to react.
"This is..."
Wens felt that not only his movements, but even his thinking had become much sluggish.
In the air, Nuowa formed hand seals, continuously channeling surging Psionic Energy into Aeldra's Heart of the Amber Dragon, allowing the time-slowing effect to spread throughout the Blood Lake area.
The nutrient-rich blood that was directly stirred up by the huge impact seemed to have been put on pause, showing no sign of flowing back down.
At this moment, despite his mind being filled with chaotic thoughts and external influences, Wens still realized his problem.
In some ways, Wens' ability to transform life force into nutrient-rich blood is somewhat similar to that of [ Whale Tail ].
The deceased [ Whale Tail ] senator was an absolute top-tier fighter in the ocean.
And Wens is practically invincible within his own Blood Pool.
But just like [ Whale Tail ] died a humiliating death on the riverbank, Wens' combat power will also plummet once he leaves the Blood Pool.
He was unaware that his opponent would use this move; he only felt that he would immediately return to the Blood Pool after making his move.
But now, with the Blood Pool above and himself below, the Time Slow Domain has reduced his ability to summon blood by dozens of times, making it completely impossible for him to obtain any replenishment in a short period of time.
broken.
Wens felt a sense of foreboding; everything went black for a moment, but then suddenly everything went bright again—
Willow's lightning struck again!