Chapter 749 - 748: Hell Three-headed Dog! The Land of Death for All Cultivators
Chapter 749: Chapter 748: Hell Three-headed Dog! The Land of Death for All Cultivators
After refining the Fire Rock Ghost Vine, Gu Yuexi continued deeper into the passage.
The further she went, the higher the temperature in the passage became.
The air itself seemed to twist and distort from the heat.
Gu Yuexi had no choice but to activate the Law of Water.
A faint blue light enveloped her body, warding off the searing heat that rushed toward her.
After walking for about another five minutes,
the passage ahead suddenly opened up into a massive, circular clearing.
In the clearing,
a dozen or so Cultivators were scattered about, manipulating their respective Magical Treasures as they battled a gigantic Demon Beast.
The Demon Beast was over ten meters tall.
It resembled a powerful, massive dog with three ferocious heads, its entire body wreathed in scorching flames.
’A Hell Three-headed Dog?’
Gu Yuexi frowned slightly and stopped in her tracks.
According to Immortal Venerable Shi Xi’s memories, a Hell Three-headed Dog possessed a Cultivation of at least the Celestial God Realm.
’That’s not right.’
Gu Yuexi scanned it with her Divine Thought.
’It’s not the Hell Three-headed Dog’s true body, just a Divine Thought avatar.’
’Its actual strength is only around the Void Refining Realm Third Layer.’
Even though it was only at the Void Refining Realm Third Layer,
it was still far beyond what a Profound Understanding Realm Cultivator could handle.
The bodies lying strewn across the ground were the best proof of that.
’Of all the Cultivators who took this path, only these dozen or so are left.’
Gu Yuexi thought to herself as she glanced at the surviving Cultivators on the field.
’I wonder how things are going for Mosquito.’
If such a powerful Demon Beast avatar could appear on her path,
then Chu Sheng’s Ice Passage would surely be no walk in the park either.
’But with his strength, no trial should be able to stop him, right?’
Gu Yuexi glanced at the Outer Body Avatar Chu Sheng had left on her shoulder and suppressed the urge to contact his main body and ask about his situation.
’I should take care of my own side first.’
The battle in the clearing was still raging, seemingly having reached a fever pitch.
In reality, it was a complete one-sided slaughter.
The Hell Three-headed Dog’s middle head suddenly dipped and spat out a mouthful of pitch-black flames, which swept in a fan shape toward the dozen Cultivators before it.
Wherever the black fire passed, the stone ground melted into lava.
Two Cultivators were caught off guard, the edges of their robes brushed by the black flames.
In an instant, the fire spread across their entire bodies, engulfing them completely.
They frantically channeled their Power of Law, swatting at themselves in an attempt to extinguish the flames.
But the flames were like a poison that gnawed at the very bone; once touched, they couldn’t be shaken off. The more they swatted, the more fiercely it burned, even searing straight through their Protective Spiritual Qi.
"Help me!!!"
"Save me!!!"
The two Cultivators let out miserable screams and ran toward their companions.
However, their companions retreated without hesitation, keeping a great distance from them.
It was obvious they had already experienced the terror of the black flames firsthand.
To touch it was certain death!
In just a short while, the two Cultivators were burned until only charred skeletons remained.
Even their Divine Souls were burned to nothingness.
But it wasn’t over.
The Hell Three-headed Dog’s left head took a deep breath.
Then, it exhaled a cloud of sickly green, poisonous gas.
It instantly enveloped the three closest Cultivators.
"Watch out! It’s Soul Poison! Don’t touch it!"
A Cultivator outside the toxic mist shouted a warning, but he didn’t dare to step forward and help.
The three Cultivators immediately held their breath and sealed all the pores on their bodies, trying to prevent the poison from entering.
However, this poison was anything but ordinary; it didn’t enter through the nose or mouth.
Instead, it passed directly through their skin and Spiritual Energy Shields to corrode their Divine Souls.
Although the three Cultivators had sealed their senses and pores, they still couldn’t escape the Hell Three-headed Dog’s toxic mist.
They felt as if an invisible pair of hands was throttling their Divine Souls, creating an intense feeling of suffocation.
Involuntarily, they reached up to claw at their own throats, tearing their necks until they were drenched in blood.
But even if they tore their throats to shreds, they couldn’t break free from the poison’s grip.
In a matter of moments, under the corrosion of the toxic mist, the three’s eyes rolled back in their heads, and they all collapsed into pools of their own blood.
"Damn it! This beast is too twisted! Everyone, focus your fire on its left head!"
"Kill this beast, or we’ll all die here!"
The remaining Cultivators’ eyes turned red with fury as they roared and pushed their Magical Treasures to their limits.
Powers of Law of all colors rained down upon the Hell Three-headed Dog in a dazzling display of light.
A series of muffled THUDS rang out, loud enough to make one’s ears go numb.
But when the light faded, everyone’s hearts sank, and a chill went down their spines.
Their all-out Attack had done nothing more than leave a few shallow scorch marks on the Hell Three-headed Dog’s fur. They hadn’t even singed off a single hair.
None of the Attacks had managed to inflict any substantial damage on the Hell Three-headed Dog.
The gap in power between them drove all the Cultivators to despair.
"It’s no use! We can’t break through this beast’s Defense at all!"
"If we keep fighting, we’re just throwing our lives away!"
"Then what do we do?!! We can’t just wait here to die!"
The remaining Cultivators were panic-stricken, stumbling backward to put some distance between themselves and the Hell Three-headed Dog.
They stared at the corpses littering the ground, completely at a loss.
They had been fighting for so long, yet their enemy was unscathed while their own side had been almost completely wiped out.
Their numbers had dwindled from several dozen down to less than ten.
One Cultivator could no longer bear the terror in his heart. His mind snapped, and he turned and ran back toward the entrance passage.
He had barely taken two steps when the Hell Three-headed Dog’s right paw shot out like lightning.
Its sharp claws easily pierced his Protective Spiritual Qi and pressed against his body.
Then, the Hell Three-headed Dog lifted him into the air, its claws slowly tightening their grip.
"AHHH—!"
The fleeing Cultivator struggled in agony, his bones CRACKING and CRUNCHING within the paw’s grasp, but he couldn’t break free.
In the end, he was squeezed into a bloody pulp by the Hell Three-headed Dog, blood dripping between its claws to the ground in a gruesome display.
They couldn’t win, and they couldn’t escape.
The last few Cultivators fell into complete despair.
They kept backing away until their backs were against the corner of the wall.
They dared not advance, nor did they dare to flee again.
The Hell Three-headed Dog didn’t kill them immediately. Instead, it licked the blood from its claws.
Its three heads turned in unison, staring intently at them.
Even a fool could see the mockery and amusement in its eyes.
It was savoring this feast of slaughter, deliberately keeping them alive to toy with them slowly.
Just like a cat playing with a Rat.
"ARGH!!! I’ll fight you to the death!!!"
A Half-Step Divinity Transformation Realm Cultivator, unable to bear the mental torment any longer, roared with bloodshot eyes and charged forward.
The Hell Three-headed Dog snorted contemptuously and swatted casually with its left paw.
With a dull THUD, the Half-Step Divinity Transformation Realm Cultivator was slammed against the stone wall behind him, his body deeply embedded in it.
By the time he slid down the wall, his bones had been crushed to dust. He was utterly dead.
"Sob... We’ve all been tricked!"
"This isn’t some land of opportunity!"
"It’s clearly a death trap!"
Someone broke down and cried out in despair.
A Secret Realm that only those below the Divinity Transformation Realm can enter.
And yet, the Guardian Beast inside is at the Void Refinement Realm!
That’s two entire Grand Realms higher than the strongest Cultivator who entered this place!
How the f*ck are we supposed to fight this!!!
How are we supposed to live!!!
Just as they were despairingly awaiting their deaths,
they suddenly caught a glimpse of a white figure slowly walking in from the entrance.
It was a Female Cultivator of breathtaking beauty, with a cold and otherworldly temperament.
In this scorching cavern, she was like a flower made of ice and snow, a stark contrast to the bloody scene around her.
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