After the fat worm fell out, Yao Wang and Wu Yue arrived at the passage.
Facing the pitch-black passage beneath their feet, the two jumped down without hesitation.
After the two jumped, the gray space remained quiet for only a few breaths.
Amidst the clanging and banging of fighting, Shen Changhen, sword in hand, pursued Lu Jian and Xuan Qing.
"I entrusted this person to you safely, and you've lost him! Prepare to die!"
The crazed Shen Changhen's eyes were bloodshot, and every slash he made carried a domineering killing intent.
Lu Jian was eager to track down Su Diandian, and he did nothing but evade her along the way.
Xuanqing, flying at the forefront, realized that the surrounding scenery had not changed for a long time, so it had to stop.
"Hey you two, stop fighting!" he shouted, looking around. "Something's not right here."
How could a deep and lasting resentment possibly stop?
The slashing blade energy reached Xuan Qing, forcing him to raise his double-edged sword to parry.
With Shen Changhen's attention diverted, Lu Jian was finally able to see his surroundings clearly.
This gray, hazy space is neither the realm of the dead nor the human world.
Why is the Netherworld connected to this strange space?
Where... exactly is this place?
The experienced Xuanqing, while fending off Shen Changhen, said, "If we keep fighting, we really won't be able to find them."
Upon hearing this, Shen Changhen's already furrowed brows deepened.
He decisively sheathed his sword and said sternly, "If you cannot find Su Dian, I will make you both pay with your lives."
"No need for you to say more, I originally planned to go with her anyway," Lu Jian retorted.
Only Xuanqing calmly used his divine sense to search for Su Diandian's whereabouts.
"Strange, the aura of the scourge cannot be tracked in this area."
He withdrew his divine sense and took out a small bowl from his mustard seed storage bag.
The three men, unusually peaceful, gathered together and stared at the small bowl.
There was a small black fish, about an inch long, swimming around in the bowl.
"Have you two been carrying anything that the scourge has come into contact with?" he asked, looking up at Shen Changhen and Lu Jian.
Lu Jian shook his head gently, the worry between his brows impossible to dispel.
After pondering for a moment with his brows lowered, Shen Changhen raised his knife directly.
"What are you doing?" Xuan Qing subconsciously took half a step back.
Shen Changhen said expressionlessly, "I'll find you an item that Su Dian has touched."
As he spoke, he raised his knife again.
Xuanqing stopped him again, "You're not going to cut off the skin on the face she kissed, are you?"
Shen Changhen nodded heavily.
Seeing him nod, Xuan Qing felt a chill run down his spine.
"I'm really fed up. Don't threaten to slap her face all the time. I have information about things she's been in contact with."
As he spoke, he sheathed his double-edged sword and carefully took a box out of his storage bag with his free hand.
The bowl containing the small fish was handed to Shen Changhen.
Xuanqing used hand seals to break the multiple seals on the box.
The box opened with a "click".
Inside were stacks of letter papers folded into various shapes.
Xuanqing reluctantly pulled out a piece of letter paper folded into the shape of a leaf from inside, and then very carefully tore off a small piece of the edge, about the size of a thumb.
After obtaining the corner piece, he quickly closed the box and re-formed the hand seal to save it.
The small piece of letter was dropped into the fish bowl.
The small black fish immediately grabbed the piece of paper and swallowed it.
After the paper was swallowed, the little fish swam around in the bowl once, finally fixing its head on the rim of the bowl marked with the words "Southeast".
The three men looked in the direction of the little fish's head...
A dark hole in the distance is gradually closing in!
"The direction the tracking fin points is where the scourge is located."
Xuan Qing quickened his pace, "She went into that pitch-black hole!"
As soon as they finished speaking, the three of them transformed into streaks of light and shot off.
At the end of the passage lies the Valley of Poison Doctors.
After Wuyue and Yaowang jumped down the passage, they witnessed an incredibly terrifying scene.
The incredibly venomous, enormous Gu Mother was being devoured by a monster larger than a mountain range.
"High Priest...that...that is..." Wuyue was completely dumbfounded.
Yao Wang's expression turned solemn. "Centipede."
"No...it can't be..." Wuyue stammered, "In this world, where is there such a huge...centipede?"
Both of them have lived in Poison Doctor Valley since childhood, so they know every single insect there.
A giant centipede that can eat the Gu Mother as a snack? This is unheard of!
Furthermore, it is known that ordinary poisons die instantly upon contact with the Gu Mother!
Standing atop the mountain peak, Wuyue stammered, "High Priest, I'm afraid Su Dian can't be saved."
"We have to save him even if we can't save him!" Yao Wang said, and charged straight at the giant centipede.
But by then, the centipede had already swallowed the fat Gu mother whole.
"High Priest...I'm going too!" Wuyue was about to leave when she was kicked.
Shen Changhen, who had just arrived, stepped on his head and asked, "It's you? Where is Su Dian? Have you seen her?"
Wuyue raised her hand and pointed to the thick miasma in the distance.
Shen Changhen looked in the direction he pointed.
In the miasma, a giant centipede, as large as a mountain range, was happily moving its legs.
Shen Changhen narrowed his eyes slightly.
It was that centipede that befriended Su Dian in the small world.
In just a few days, it has grown to this size...
Having recognized the centipede's identity, Shen Changhen heard Wuyue say, "Su Dian was eaten by the Gu Mother, and the Gu Mother was eaten by the centipede. There's no way to save him..."
Sang Huo and Su Diandian, who were being held in the mouth of the Gu Mother, were unaware of what was happening outside.
Su Diandian felt as if the fat worm was struggling desperately.
Is it because her food is too hard to eat or too difficult to digest?
Whatever, I'll just make the best of it. The insect's mouth is quite soft, I'll just lie down and see what happens.
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