Chapter 121: Chapter 121: Underground Blood Pool
A few minutes after Su Hao’an died, Shang Mingyi and Li Qi were awakened by a phone call.
It was then that they learned Su Hao’an had violated the rules by sneaking into the warehouse at night, and had now been dealt with.
Upon hearing the news, Shang Mingyi found it hard to believe. He knew Su Hao’an and thought he wouldn’t do such a thing, while Li Qi immediately understood that it must have been the egg the master gave him that had come into play.
An hour later,
another newcomer arrived at the factory, someone Li Qi recognized, another member of the Shadow Division, Li Si.
From the name alone, it was clear that Li Si ranked above Li Qi, with a slightly higher Spiritual Ability Level, Tier Four, Three Stars.
Li Si was a silent and reticent person, and after arriving at the factory, he didn’t communicate with Shang Mingyi or Li Qi.
Just like that, the three of them continued to guard the factory, but from then on, the warehouse became a forbidden area, and even during the day, the three of them would not set foot into the warehouse.
Whoosh~
The convoy drove into the factory,
robotic arms placed the sealed iron boxes from the back of the car onto the conveyor belt, and then, one by one, the iron boxes were transported into the warehouse.
Bang~
The iron door of the warehouse closed, and inside it was pitch black.
In the shadows, a massive figure stood up—it was a canine creature, five meters tall, with black fur, blood-red eyes, exposed jagged teeth like a steel saw, exuding a menacing and evil aura.
The lethal hound swung its paw.
There was a thud as one of the iron boxes was violently flipped open, releasing a thick stench of blood.
Then, a barbed tongue curled around the corpse of a spirit beast and sent it into its mouth.
Crunch, crunch, crunch
Sounds of chewing and bone cracking echoed in the warehouse.
After a while, the feeding was finished.
The lethal hound placed its paw on a disc, and black and red Spiritual Energy poured out, followed by a wave of space fluctuation, causing all the iron boxes to disappear.
After everything was done, the lethal hound turned its head toward the iron door of the warehouse, its intimidating aura erupting, instantly killing a few ants by the door gap.
"Huff~"
The lethal hound licked the flesh from its teeth and lay down to sleep.
......
"Is that a spatial array?"
In the distance, Qin Tian opened his eyes. Through the ant’s perspective, he had witnessed the entire process inside of the warehouse.
It turns out that the spirit beast corpses delivered to the warehouse every day were all transferred elsewhere by a spatial array.
Space is the rarest and most mysterious of all Spiritual Energy elements.
Apart from a few rare bloodlines, Spiritualists find it exceedingly difficult to master the Power of Space.
However, some top-notch technologies can achieve remote spatial transmission, like warp jumps and star gates.
Subspace navigation of large ships is also related to space technology.
Close-range spatial transmission can be achieved through Spiritual Energy formations.
However, whether through technology or Spiritual Energy formations, they are not something ordinary people can access. Even Wen Zhongli, as the continental head, does not have this privilege.
"Ha, poor father and son, played for years without a clue."
Qin Tian’s lips curled into a cold smile. In the memory of the young man in white, the Wen family father and son were just a pair of fools; someone else was truly in control of the Wen family.
"To employ spatial arrays means hidden things are certainly extraordinary."
Qin Tian stroked his chin, thinking that the more the enemy wanted to accomplish something, the more he needed to disrupt it. Additionally, he had a hunch that what lay beneath the warehouse might be an opportunity for him.
......
The next day, the convoy drove normally toward the factory.
In the back of the vehicle, a Black Gate quietly emerged.
Qin Tian entered the compartment and opened a small Black Gate, leading into the iron box.
Behind the Black Gate was the massive corpse of a spirit beast. Qin Tian placed his hand on the spirit beast’s mouth, and black liquid flowed from his palm into the spirit beast’s body.
Then, he repeated the process compartment by compartment, ensuring each spirit beast contained the toxin.
Once the convoy drove into the factory, he exited the compartment through the Black Gate, hovering over the factory, and his consciousness descended on several ants, secretly crawling through the door gap of the warehouse.
Clang
The warehouse’s iron door closed.
The lethal hound habitually opened an iron box, curling its tongue to place a spirit beast’s corpse into its mouth, chewing with force.
Crunch, crunch, crunch
The sound of bones breaking echoed.
For some reason, the lethal hound had an unusually good appetite today. A few corpses in one iron box weren’t enough, so it broke open three iron boxes in succession, devouring a dozen spirit beast corpses before it felt full.
Woo~~
The lethal hound yawned, a strong drowsiness washed over its mind.
It placed its paw on the disc, releasing Spiritual Energy to activate the array plate, then immediately fell into a deep sleep.
At the moment when the array plate lit up, a silhouette suddenly appeared in one of the iron boxes, tightly nestled against the spirit beasts’ body.
At other times, the lethal hound might have sensed the slightest anomaly, but now it was too tired to perceive anything.
......
One thousand meters underground,
a dozen iron boxes suddenly appeared in the culvert, plummeting downwards.
At that moment, one of the boxes exploded, and a figure broke out, with Black Wings flapping, flying into the air.
"Hiss~"
As Qin Tian witnessed the scene before him, he was thoroughly taken aback.
The first thing that caught his eye was the central circular Blood Pool with a diameter exceeding 20 meters.
The thick, ink-like blood within the pool surged slightly, exuding a nauseating sweet scent.
Using the Blood Pool as the origin, one after another, black runic chains twisted like sinister pythons, coiling toward the surroundings. These runic chains, each stretching over a hundred meters, were etched with mysterious runes that seemed to whisper forbidden secrets.
At that moment, dozens of heavy iron boxes descended from above, plunging into the Blood Pool.
The shock caused some of the blood in the pool to overflow like a rushing tide.
The spilled blood seemed to come alive, quickly spreading and flowing along the runic chains, like a blood snake swiftly swimming towards the ends of the chains.
As time passed, when all the runic chains were suffused with this eerie blood, the Blood Pool suddenly emitted a blinding light.
This light was a deep, almost demonic red, painting the entire culvert with an infernal glow. Subsequently, the previously indestructible iron boxes, under the radiance, appeared to dissolve rapidly, akin to being submerged in a vat of boiling acid, melting visibly to the naked eye.
The spirit beast corpses within the boxes also dissolved subsequently into the Blood Pool in the blink of an eye, transforming into pools of viscous blood water.
In no time, the culvert was filled with surging Blood Qi, so thick it was almost suffocating. This malevolent aura, like an invisible mist, hovered in every inch of space, penetrated every corner, as if to devour all that was pure and beautiful in the world.
Looking down at the Blood Pool Array beneath him, Qin Tian felt an eerie Mental Energy permeating the entire cavern, evoking a profound sense of inner fear.
Fortunately, [Spiritual Wisdom Divine Authority] rendered him immune to 90% of mental attacks, and the Ice Condensed Divine Jade helped him remain calm, so he didn’t feel too overwhelmed right now.