After a series of explosions, all of the flying swords pointed at one point and stabbed into the thin membrane. The membrane shook violently and was gradually blocked by the flying swords. A dent appeared on the membrane.
Wang Lin's eyes lit up and the crystal flying swords flew out and stabbed into the dent. Soon, the dent became deeper and deeper.
At this moment, the snake-like creature noticed something was wrong and began to writhe. Wang Lin became very anxious. He waved his hand and the hundreds of flying swords began to attack again.
Finally, with a bang, the membrane broke and a thick, fishy smell came out. Wang Lin moved his body close to the meat wall and held his breath. The pill in his mouth immediately took effect and blocked out the fishy smell.
After the fishy smell disappeared, Wang Lin immediately charged in. The snake's body had already withered. Wang Lin had a feeling that this giant snake wouldn't be killed so easily. If there was a small snake inside the giant snake, then could there be another snake inside the small snake?
More importantly, Hunchback Meng said that this snake-like creature was a desolate beast, equivalent to someone at the peak of the late stage of Soul Formation. It has to be said that someone at the peak of the late stage of Soul Formation is the strongest person in a rank 4 cultivation country.
Unless the Ji Emperor and company were also at the peak of the Soul Formation stage, but according to what Hunchback Meng said, Wang Lin didn't think they were at the peak of the Soul Formation stage. At most, they were at the mid stage of the Soul Formation stage.
As a result, there was no way to fight; they could only run for their lives. Originally, Wang Lin wanted to do this, but after looking at it for a while, he found that aside from its thick skin and the fact that it could spit out poison gas, it didn't seem to have any other abilities. This made him very surprised.
He looked at the people around him and found that although none of these old fellows spoke, there were hints of doubt in their eyes.
Wang Lin had a bold guess in his heart. This creature only had the body of a desolate beast, but it didn't have the abilities of a desolate beast at the peak of the Soul Formation stage.
This guess reached its peak when another snake head emerged from the snake's mouth. It was because of this guess that he finally made up his mind to extract the marrow from the desolate beast's mouth!
From his point of view, this Desolate Beast was just a facade. If they were inside, there would definitely be no danger.
There was even a strange thought that surfaced in Wang Lin's mind. Could this desolate beast be a strange creature? It was a type of snake that had small snakes within it, and small snakes within small snakes, until the final tiny snake that was hidden within an unknown number of snakes was the true desolate beast!
As for the physical bodies on the outside, they were just decorations for it to hide itself. That was why it only had the body of a dire beast but no powers of a dire beast.
Thinking about this, Wang Lin's heart skipped a beat. He quickly arrived at the place where the snake's head and neck connected. There was no thin membrane here, so half of the white bone could be seen. Wang Lin's right hand pressed down on the bone without any hesitation. Under the control of the attraction force technique, the snake's body shook and began to roll around.
At the same time, there was a flash of black light from the snake's head and the skin quickly melted. Hunchback Meng's face was filled with terror as he jumped out. He was in a sorry state as he quickly flew toward the snake's head at an extremely fast speed!
When he passed by the snake's head and neck, he immediately saw Wang Lin. After hesitating for a bit, he quickly shouted, "Quickly go!
This is a parasitic dragon. There are a total of nine snakes inside its body, and the innermost one is its main body. It has the power of a desolate beast! "
With that, he hit the wall of flesh with his right hand. The wall of flesh that couldn't be damaged by a flying sword suddenly turned black. The snake felt pain and opened its mouth. Hunchback Meng immediately charged out.
Wang Lin's eyes lit up. Not only did he not leave, but he stuck close to the wall of flesh and hid himself.
Just at this moment, a small red dragon charged out from the dried up snake's body. Its body flashed like lightning as it chased after Hunchback Meng.
Wang Lin stuck close to the wall of flesh and didn't move. After Hunchback Meng and the dragon flew far away, his eyes lit up. Hunchback Meng didn't have good intentions. He told Wang Lin all this while he was escaping. He must have wanted Wang Lin to leave with him to divert the attention of the dragon.
Wang Lin sneered in his heart. He didn't want to get involved with these people. If he opened the third trial, it would be fine, but he knew that he didn't know any death spell. If he didn't open the third trial, these demonic cultivators would definitely kill him to vent their anger.
And even if he did open the third trial, he would no longer have any value. Even if he didn't get killed immediately, he would definitely become the target of Six Desire Devil Lord's demonic attack. Wang Lin clearly remembered the confusion of young people.
Originally, Wang Lin planned to find an opportunity to leave in the first two floors. If he didn't find an opportunity, then he would cause a ruckus in the third floor. Then everyone would escape together and wouldn't have time to keep an eye on him.
But now, Wang Lin changed his mind. Since the red dragon had already chased him, the snake's body should be the safest place.
His eyes lit up and his right hand sucked hard on the snake's spine. The giant snake suddenly shook. Wang Lin felt his blood rush up and his body involuntarily flew up.
His face was gloomy. He circulated the spiritual energy in his body and stabilized his body. The feeling of blood rushing up continued. Wang Lin spread out his divine sense and looked through the gap between the snake's teeth. When he saw what it was, he was stunned.
The giant snake-like creature's body was descending at an extremely fast speed. In the blink of an eye, it had sunk into the dark void.
After about half an hour, the speed of its descent slowed down. Finally, the snake's body shook and a muffled roar came from outside. After a long time, everything became silent.
Wang Lin took a deep breath and continued to absorb the bone marrow without a word. At this moment, the giant snake was no longer trembling and there was nothing abnormal.
Gradually, a drop of golden liquid floated out of the spine and a faint fragrance came out. Wang Lin's expression was serious. He slapped his bag of holding and a jade bottle flew out.
After carefully putting the golden liquid into the jade bottle, Wang Lin let out a deep breath. He put the bottle into his bag of holding and immediately flew toward the snake's mouth.
From the gap between the snake's teeth, Wang Lin flashed out.
In front of him was darkness without any light. Wang Lin's hands formed a seal and he shouted, "Go!" Suddenly, a head-sized fireball silently appeared in front of him and floated forward.
Using the fireball's light, Wang Lin looked around. Gradually, his expression became strange.
To be more accurate, this was also a rock floating in the void. However, this rock was hundreds of times bigger than where he was before.
The giant snake-like creature's head was resting on the rock and its body was hanging down. It was unknown where it had extended to. This snake-like creature's eyes were closed and there was no aura coming from it.
Wang Lin carefully looked at it and analyzed it. This snake-like creature must have lost its vitality because the red dragon left its body. It was like a cultivator's Nascent Soul leaving their body, so it temporarily lost its vitality and fell down.
This also explained why the creature didn't move when he extracted the marrow.
Wang Lin looked at the giant snake. His eyes lit up a bit and he let out a sigh. He finally gave up on his plan. The giant snake lying there was like a mountain of treasure in front of him. Just its brain and snakeskin were priceless, but Wang Lin didn't let these things get to his head. Not to mention whether or not he could pierce through the shell of the snake's brain and remove its skin, the red dragon could return at any time. If it were to hit Wang Lin, then even if Wang Lin had 100 lives, he would still die in an instant.
Wang Lin looked at it again and took out the pill Hunchback Meng gave him. The pill had already shrunk by half, but Wang Lin still carefully placed it in his bag of holding.
Without a word, he put out the fireball and jumped into the air. In this dark void, the firelight was simply too bright. For safety's sake, Wang Lin could only fly in the dark.
Gradually, his eyes got used to the darkness. Although he couldn't see everything around him clearly, he could at least make out some of the outlines.
Aside from the fact that the rocks were 100 times larger, this place was pretty much the same as the one above. However, the speed at which the rocks were moving was a bit faster.
Apart from that, a sense of danger was constantly coming from all directions.
Wang Lin was very careful and slowed down. Every time he moved a few dozen feet, he would carefully observe his surroundings before moving again. At this moment, he had just landed on a rock when his body suddenly froze. In front of him, a black shadow flashed by.
Wang Lin held his breath. His body didn't move as he stared ahead. He gradually saw the outline. At the center of the rock, there was a black shadow. This black shadow was about 1,000 feet wide and had countless tentacles on its body. These tentacles were very long and were swaying without any pattern.
The black shadow that flashed by was one of the tentacles.
After Wang Lin saw it clearly, he backed up a bit. For this strange creature to be able to survive here, it must be very powerful and not something he could provoke.
After slowly backing up a few dozen feet, he had already backed up to the edge of the rock. Wang Lin stared at the creature, then he suddenly backed up and flew into the distance.
It wasn't until he was several thousand feet away that Wang Lin took a deep breath. He looked up at the endless void and couldn't help but wryly smile. Only by going to those stones from before would he be able to find the ring of light that would lead him out.
Wang Lin pondered a bit. He didn't dare to spread out his divine sense too far. Otherwise, if he provoked a powerful creature, he would be in danger. He slowly flew up and saw a large black shadow above him. He quickly stopped and looked at it for a long time. After confirming that it was a conical rock, he slowly flew closer.
But just at this moment, a red light suddenly appeared from above. It let out a strange whistling sound as it quickly charged down. Wang Lin's body immediately flashed. He stuck close to the conical rock and remained motionless.
The red light flashed past the rock and disappeared without a trace. Wang Lin's scalp went numb. In that split second, he vaguely saw that the red light was the dragon that flew out of the snake-like creature to chase after Hunchback Meng.
Now that the dragon had returned, he didn't know if Hunchback Meng and company were dead or alive.
Wang Lin sneered. He left the rock and slowly flew up. After flipping over the rock, he carefully observed his surroundings.
This was a rock with no living creatures. After carefully observing for a long time, Wang Lin let out a sigh of relief. He sat down cross-legged, drank a mouthful of spirit liquid, and carefully looked down.
Once the red dragon returned to its body, it would definitely notice something was wrong. Wang Lin pondered a bit and then immediately sank into the rock. He hit his forehead and the heaven defying bead appeared. His eyes lit up and he immediately entered the heaven defying bead's space.
Not long after he entered the heaven defying bead's space, an angry roar came from the depths below. The red dragon immediately flew out like lightning and smashed several thousand feet of rocks. Its eyes were cold and its body flashed as it searched the surroundings.
This dragon already had a certain level of intelligence. It knew that the person who killed it hadn't gone far, so it ferociously searched the area. After a long time without finding anything, the dragon let out a few more roars and unwillingly laid down on top of a rock. It slowly calmed down.
But soon, it charged out toward the black shadow with countless tentacles that Wang Lin saw on top of a rock.
The moment the dragon charged at it, the tentacles quickly moved and tangled together to form a cone. It faced the red dragon without any fear.
Bursts of explosions came from below. At the same time, there were flashes of light and powerful waves of spiritual energy swept the area like a hurricane. The rocks shattered one by one. Even the rock Wang Lin was on was affected. Almost half of it was destroyed.
This battle lasted for about a day before it slowly calmed down. The black shadow that had been enraged by the flood dragon was finally defeated. As for the flood dragon, it was also heavily injured. After roaring a few times, it finally calmed down.
Ten days later, Wang Lin left the heaven defying bead's space. His body flashed and he appeared on top of a rock. The moment he appeared, he immediately spread out his divine sense and carefully observed the surroundings.
There were obviously fewer rocks around, but there were more small pieces of gravel.
After a long time, Wang Lin let out a sigh of relief. After pondering for a while, he immediately flew up.
After flying past a few rocks, Wang Lin suddenly stopped and stared in front of him. Just a moment ago, he saw a piece of gravel suddenly disappear in front of him.
Wang Lin's expression was serious as he slowly retreated. At the same time, he waved his right hand and a few pieces of gravel immediately flew over. Wang Lin pointed to the front and whispered, "Go!"
The gravel immediately flew forward. This time, Wang Lin stared in front of him and saw that the gravel didn't fly far before it suddenly disappeared.
Wang Lin took a deep breath. He clearly saw that the place where the gravel disappeared suddenly split open. Because the speed was too fast and his vision wasn't clear, it looked like half of the gravel had suddenly disappeared.
Wang Lin silently stared in front of him. He slapped his bag of holding and a flying sword appeared in front of his chest. His right hand touched the sword and it immediately flew forward.
In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the place where the gravel disappeared. Suddenly, the black hole appeared again. The moment the flying sword appeared, Wang Lin's right hand suddenly formed a seal and he shouted, "Break!"
The flying sword let out a bang and shattered into pieces. The moment the black hole closed, the flying sword shot out in all directions. Wang Lin's eyes were fixed on the flying sword as he waved his right hand. One of the pieces changed direction and returned to his hand.
Wang Lin stared at the few drops of black liquid left on the flying sword fragment. Around the black liquid, the flying sword fragment had traces of decay.
"It's not a spatial rift!"
Wang Lin immediately confirmed. The reason he had been so cautious and tested so many times was because he was worried that there might be a spatial rift here.
If there really was a spatial rift, then the danger level of this place would increase by another level.
After all, Wang Lin was no longer a Fragrant Soul, but a fleshly body. If a spatial rift tore through it, everything would be destroyed.
Wang Lin let out a sigh of relief. He spread out his hands and waved them. Immediately, all of the surrounding gravel gathered around him, forming a ring of gravel around him.
He flew horizontally for a long distance before continuing forward. Along the way, as long as the gravel disappeared, he would immediately change directions. Gradually, Wang Lin was able to confirm that the existence that was devouring the gravel like a spatial rift was actually a strange creature that couldn't be seen with the naked eye.
This creature's body structure was extremely strange. Even Divine Sense couldn't detect any clues about it. Wang Lin had only been able to come to this conclusion based on his years as a Fragrant Soul in the Outer Realms and his understanding of spatial rifts.
Along the way, Wang Lin was extremely careful. This place was filled with danger, and the slightest mistake could lead to his death. To a Core Formation Cultivator like him, this was no different from a dragon's pool or a tiger's den. The slightest mistake could lead to death.
After so much time had passed, Wang Lin calculated that he had traveled less than five hundred kilometers. Normally, he would have been able to travel this distance in a flash. But now, it had taken him several days.
Wang Lin had no way of calculating how many days it had taken him. All of his energy was focused on being on high alert.
Time slowly passed. Wang Lin didn't even know how long he had been flying. He had been on high alert for a long time, allowing him to narrowly escape danger after danger.
On this day, Wang Lin rested on top of a rock. He didn't use much spiritual energy, but his mind was extremely tired. Luckily, before Wang Lin entered this place, he was used to being cautious. Otherwise, if it was anyone else, they would've been tortured to the point of exhaustion and died.
After resting for a while, Wang Lin took a deep breath and stood up. His right hand pointed in the air a few times, and a crystal flying sword appeared. It circled around the rock like crazy. Gradually, large pieces of gravel were cut off and floated in all directions.
Wang Lin stretched out his hands and the gravel immediately condensed.
These past few days, Wang Lin had been using gravel to clear a path. Every time he ran out of gravel, he would cut some of it off.
After the gravel formed a ring, Wang Lin immediately jumped forward and slowly flew forward.
Gradually, after he flew a certain distance, Wang Lin frowned. His body stopped in the air and his eyes flashed as he observed his surroundings.
The darkness here had dissipated a lot. The higher he went, the more light he could see from all directions.
As for where this light came from, Wang Lin didn't have time to care. He was staring at his surroundings and had a bad feeling.
His eyes had already completely adapted to the darkness. In addition to the slightly glossy environment, he could basically see everything clearly.
He did a rough calculation and found that there was only one rock floating in the air within a radius of ten thousand miles.
All of this didn't make sense. In Wang Lin's experience, these pieces of gravel would often appear every few miles. Even if the stone was broken, there would still be some gravel and dust.
But here, there was not the slightest bit of it.
There were only two explanations for this. First, an intense battle had just taken place here, causing the hurricane to surge. Apart from that one, all the rocks were blown far away. That was why there was such a scene.
The second reason was that there were countless creatures that resembled spatial rifts here, and they devoured all of the stones over the years, leaving nothing behind.
Wang Lin had evidence for this. He had personally seen a giant conical stone being devoured by a large mouth. In just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the conical stone had disappeared without a trace.
Wang Lin hesitated for a bit. If this was really the case, then he had to go around. Otherwise, once he entered, he would immediately be in danger.
After pondering for a bit, Wang Lin pointed at a piece of gravel in front of him. The gravel slowly floated forward and soon entered it. It floated far away and didn't disappear.
Wang Lin muttered to himself for a bit. Then he pointed at the surrounding gravel a few times. Suddenly, all of the surrounding gravel began to move forward.
Wang Lin wasn't in a rush. He quietly stood in place, watching the gravel slowly move forward. After a long time, the gravel arrived near the only giant stone in the surrounding 5,000 miles.
Near that stone, one of the gravel suddenly disappeared.
Wang Lin's pupils shrank as he stared closely. A moment later, another gravel disappeared. Soon, more and more gravel disappeared. Finally, when they passed by the giant stone, all of the gravel had disappeared.
Wang Lin's eyes flashed as he committed those points to memory. Based on his experience over the past few days, Wang Lin knew that these spatial rift-like creatures couldn't move. It was as if they could only stay in a fixed position.
However, that didn't rule out the possibility that they could move. Wang Lin pondered for a long time before giving up on entering. This place was too strange. He would rather spend more time to go around than take the risk of entering. After all, the price of failure was something he couldn't afford.
After making up his mind, Wang Lin retreated. He once again used the crystal flying sword to cut off a large amount of gravel. After forming a circle around him, he flew off to the side.
Gradually, Wang Lin's expression became even more gloomy. He had already flown far away, but this empty space seemed to be endless, as if there was no boundary at all.
If this empty space was like a white belt, then it was like it could pass through the void. After flying for a few days, Wang Lin had no choice but to give up on going around it.