The giant Black Wyvern opened its wings in the sky, distorting the world with its imposing presence. At that moment, a black QI emanated from its entire body, coloring the air black. The sinister aura that formed made everyone's hair stand on end.
In the face of this manifestation, the giant beasts in a vast area knelt on the ground, not daring to resist. They trembled there, prostrated, while the black dragon consumed them one by one without emitting a single sound.
'This is bloodline suppression,' commented Gael, observing carefully.
Although the Black Wyvern conveyed a sense of mortal danger due to their low cultivation, a new bitter sensation infiltrated their bones and blood. The lineage of a dragon was truly terrifying, and even the faint blood of Behemoth in their bodies was being suppressed.
Zanou and Mira, in turn, were pale at that sight. Both trembled before a life form they had never seen before. However, the most intense reaction came from Langrum; her knees trembled as if they were about to give way, and her eyes were red due to her bitter struggle to resist. With two strong bloodlines, she experienced the most intense reaction. Humans, on the other hand, didn't suffer as much, and the whale just seemed slightly bothered.
The black Wyvern devoured more than ten beasts before finally stopping. Its stomach was clearly bloated. With a roar that shook the entire fourth level of the prison, it spread its wings and flew into the depths to the south.
Clearly, the black Wyvern came directly from and returned to the fifth level. The expressions of the whale and the others turned grim. That power wasn't just stronger than the sect patriarch; it seemed to be multiple times stronger than all the patriarchs of the evil cultivators combined.
After the black Wyvern departed, everything returned to its previous state. The surrounding beasts continued to cultivate patiently as if nothing had happened.
'Something seems very wrong.' Gael commented thoughtfully.
'Yeah, this seems like a pasture, but who knows who owns this pasture.' Zane also realized that something was off. The beasts here were dumb; they only slept and cultivated. But that Wyvern came to hunt them and left after finishing its hunt. It didn't want to kill all the others, just what was necessary.
The whale turned around, observing the beasts and contemplating whether to use some of them again. However, Zane and Gael noticed a large dark area a short distance away, where they didn't sense the existence of any beasts.
'We have to cross that place to move forward. And since there are no beasts there, there must be a restriction for them. We have to Walk.' Zane concluded.
"Let's go," Gael then just turned around and spoke directly to everyone, surprising them. There was no more danger in speaking, and it awakened them, making them take slow steps.
There were about eight hours left until the end of the test. With no other choice, they continued on foot for an hour. Then, they saw a dense forest ahead. But this forest seemed even more sinister.
Despite the large grayish light source on the other side of the forest, the vegetation here was all black and seemed to absorb all the light from the world. The light simply seemed to disappear when it reached here.
As they passed through this dark forest, they encountered no attacks. But the atmosphere of decay in the environment became stronger until it became almost unbearable. It felt like each breath of air here was shortening their lifespan. Moreover, the feeling of not being able to sense their surroundings made them feel like they were going to collapse.
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However, they also dared not stop here, nor did they dare to look back. They could only follow the leader forward. They had no idea how far they had gone. Their senses were suppressed, and everything around them turned black. Losing the sense of perception was scary, but this was something very familiar throughout the prison; they knew that the whale could easily guide them.
Although Goku's sense of direction was also lost here, his sense of danger was sharper than ever. It was after a few minutes that Gael noticed everyone starting to sweat and have problems with breathing.
'This death QI seems to have created a natural poison, but our bloodline seems to have a big advantage in this, and we're not having any issues.' Zane analyzed, observing the whale's perfectly fine body.
Then the whale spoke to everyone. " Zanou, ignite all your fire runes to burn the poison in your meridians. Langrum, come close to me." Everyone listened and followed the orders, and Langrum approached them guided by the voice.
The whale touched Langrum's back, making her jump, and a strange groan escaped her mouth.
Zanou, who couldn't see anything like the others, was stunned. Then, with the other hand, the whale touched Mira's head, who was walking beside him.
The Yin and Yang tattoos were useful again; they burned the abyss crystals stored in the inventory, and Gael placed directly in their meridians the purest Yang QI. Even though the poison penetrated, he didn't stop adding more as they walked, and this gradually reduced the effects by neutralizing the Yin poison.
But when that Yang started to penetrate even more into the green woman in front of them, they felt a violent tremor in their hand. And another groan, even stranger than the previous one, came out of her mouth.
"No... hmm!"
'What the hell is this!' Gael and Zane thought at the same time, frightened.
Mira and Zanou, who couldn't see, froze, and Zanou couldn't say anything, but Mira seemed very nervous.
"Master... you must not... you have to control yourself."
The whale cut angrily. "I told you to stop having these wrong ideas, idiot! Langrum is making these sounds on her own. Langrum, what..."
"AH! Hnmmmmm..." She only responded with another even stranger groan.
At that moment, Zane and Gael felt a strange change in her meridians. The two bloodlines within that body seemed to be vibrating slightly, and a great ecstasy seemed to be exploding in her. So, they immediately connected the dots.
'This... is just like when we eat, and behemoth bloodline gets slightly nourished,' Gael spoke mentally. 'It seems that for her, Yang is what nourishes and calms that bloodline in her body... damn, she abuses dual cultivation for this reason, and we're giving her exactly the same thing!'
Langrum seemed to make a great effort to not make any sound; she thanked the heavens that no one could look at her at this moment. It would be a shock for everyone to see her face radiating with the strange pleasure she was feeling. But after a few minutes, everything went downhill, and a much more intense groan came from her.
Zane and Gael were incredulous. 'God... we feel a hungry satiation satisfaction after eating, but she... seems to feel carnal pleasure... why did we get into this.' Gael, who was doing the dirty work, felt even stranger. It seemed like he was really abusing this woman in front of him.
This poison was not of a very extreme level; it was something natural, created by a large concentration of death laws, something Zane and Gael knew well. A large amount of pure Yang could neutralize it. While Gael focused on the tattoo, Zane collected this poison in the inventory. Perhaps it would be useful in the future.
Just like that, they walked for an hour in the forest, and Zane and Gael almost cried blood; they burned almost half of all the abyss crystals they had to keep Langrum and Mira healthy.
The worst part was that Langrum's moans became more intense every minute. They definitely regressed many steps in Mira's trust after this strange event.
Zanou almost fainted several times, but he had no help. If he wanted to be an Alchemist, he should have the minimum basic skills with his runes and fire; purifying this poison was basic, as the fire was almost pure Yang.
So, they finally emerged from the forest, and a grayish light covered the world in front of them, in contrast to the total darkness coming from behind in the forest. Gael thanked every god he knew for finally ending this embarrassing moment for him.
They took hurried and excited steps. Finally, they were close to the fifth and final level. They wanted to know what was waiting for them, impatiently.
Right behind the leader, the trio walked, looking at each other strangely. Mira stared at Langrum intensely, and she struggled to pretend that nothing happened. But after seeing that giant whale in front, she was grateful she couldn't see it before. Just thinking about something strange with the whale already disgusted her, and at the same time, she thought she had never felt something so intense before, even with all her men working hard back in her home.
Zanou, on the other hand, was thinking about much stranger things. 'This whale likes very opposite things. One very young and small, and the other giant and muscular... what a group of strange and unpredictable people.'
As soon as they entered the light and crossed, all that brightness seemed to disappear, and a cold wind shocked their skins. As they took careful steps forward, there was simply an endless abyss. In the distance, there was a giant crack in the air.
A dense death QI was gushing from that crack, flooding this world. It was as if they could see the demonic world through that crack. They could even hear murmurs as if they were voices in lament from the other side.
While gusts of cold wind blew, the aura of decay filled the air. This place seemed to be the entrance to hell. Goku then crouched down and touched the ground. There was a trace of blood there.
"That Wyvern descended into this place. There is blood from its victims here, and its aura still lingers in the air. Let's go down and take a look!"
When the whale said that, Zanou and Langrum turned green. But from the beginning, this whale maintained absolute calm. It was something that gave them an enormous sense of security, but at the same time, all their survival instincts begged them to hide.