"Follow me …"
After a few seconds of silence, Lord Nether River finally spoke. He stood up and walked towards one of the entrances of the cave.
It did not feel good to be on someone's chopping block. However, Xia Pingan could only grit his teeth and follow Lord Nether River to the other side of the cave.
After walking for a few minutes in the dark cave, Xia Pingan heard the sound of waves. Then, a huge pool appeared in front of him.
The pool seemed to be connected to the sea outside, and the sound of the waves came from outside the cave. The water in the pool was bottomless, and a ray of sunlight shone down from the top of the cave, illuminating the water in the pool. The pool was blue and bottomless, and the blue light waves swayed slightly, causing the entire cave to flash with blue light.
"Five days later, I've arranged a competition for you at the bottom of the sea to the north of Crouching Dragon Island. It's a battle of life and death in the water. Your opponent will be a ferocious merman. Mermen don't know how to use sorcery, but they are very agile in the water and are good at fighting. Your task is to kill that merman in the water without using any sorcery. If you do, you will be killed by the referee …"
Xia Pingan was dumbfounded. "Senior, why did you make such an arrangement?"
"You'll know when the time comes!" Lord Nether River said coldly.
"If I don't use sorcery, how can I compete with a merman in the water?" Xia Pingan naturally knew how to swim, and he was good at it. However, he did not think that he could compete with a merman who lived in the sea.
"That's why I asked you to come here!" Lord Nether River took out the flood dragon's blood soul crystal that he got from Thousands Treasure Hall and threw it to Xia Pingan. "This is a flood dragon's blood soul crystal. It's also a treasure. It's not easy for ordinary people to get it. After you eat it, it will strengthen your bones and muscles and enable you to move freely in the water without using any sorcery. You'll gain the ability to move underwater like a merman. After eating it, you'll feel hot all over. After eating it, you'll have to go into the water immediately. You can't come out of the water until you've completely digested it …"
Looking at the flood dragon's blood soul crystal in his hand, Xia Pingan gritted his teeth and could only swallow it.
As soon as that thing was thrown into his mouth, it softened and turned into a stream of heat that spread to his limbs and bones. Xia Pingan's entire body was steaming hot. It was as if there were countless furnaces burning in his body. Even his blood was boiling. His skin was as red as a prawn in a steamer and was abnormally hot.
Looking at the deep blue hole beside him, Xia Pingan quickly took off his clothes without any hesitation. Wearing only a pair of underpants, he plunged into the water, letting the seawater come into full contact with his skin.
The water in the blue hole was extremely cold. After plunging into the water, Zhang Tie's body temperature dropped at once. Instead of feeling uncomfortable, he felt warm and comfortable all over.
After more than 10 minutes, Xia Pingan popped his head out of the water. After taking a breath, he quickly sank back into the water.
After more than 10 minutes, he popped out of the water again to take a breath.
After Xia Pingan popped out of the water for the third time to take a breath and sank back into the water, Xia Pingan found that he didn't need to pop out of the water to take a breath anymore. His skin started to replace his lungs and started to exchange oxygen in the water like a fish. That was amazing.
At the same time, the burning sensation inside his body became stronger and stronger. Additionally, all his bones started to feel hot and itchy. The closer he got to the bottom of the blue hole, the lower the temperature of the seawater and the greater the water pressure, the more comfortable he felt.
Xia Pingan unconsciously swam towards the depths of the blue hole. As he swam, Xia Pingan found that his flexibility in the water was unparalleled. It was not his body that was driving the seawater, but his mind. As long as he thought about it, the seawater would flow around him along with his body. The seawater became familiar to him and he didn't fear it at all. He actually felt very comfortable in the water.
The blue hole became deeper and deeper. After diving several hundred meters, the entrance of the blue hole became invisible like a blurry starlight. As Xia Pingan continued to dive, the water pressure became stronger and stronger. He could even hear his bones cracking due to the terrifying water pressure as if they were going to shatter at any time.
But strangely enough, the burning and itching sensation in his bones actually became comfortable under the terrifying water pressure and was no longer uncomfortable.
Xia Pingan didn't care anymore as he continued to dive until he reached the bottom, which was over 10,000 meters deep. He found that there were two bowl-sized sea eyes at the bottom of the blue hole. Additionally, the seawater at the bottom of the blue hole had already frozen.
After sneaking here, Xia Pingan sat on a large piece of ice and felt his entire body completely comfortable. Although there was still a burning and itchy feeling in his body, it was already bearable.
'F * ck, am I still human?' 'It's impossible for a human body to dive so deep into the sea and still be fine …'
After diving here, Xia Pingan was shocked by his own ability. After looking at his hands and skin, he found that there were not many changes. Therefore, he let out a sigh of relief.
…
Xia Pingan stayed in the water for three whole days. After three days, when the burning sensation and itching in his bones had completely disappeared and he had completely adapted to the water environment, Xia Pingan moved his body like a rocket and rushed towards the entrance of the blue hole.
…
Splash …
The blue hole's water surface exploded with a splash. Xia Pingan flew out from under the water and landed steadily outside the pool.
Hands clasped behind his back, Immortal Minghe stood outside the pool as if he had expected that Xia Pingan would come out of the water at this moment. The other two summoners who failed to integrate with the Tiger Supporting Realm Bead that day were also standing beside Immortal Minghe obediently.
No matter what Immortal Minghe wanted him to do, the flood dragon blood soul crystal was indeed a treasure. After digesting it, he had gained a lot. Xia Pingan hurriedly put on his clothes and bowed to Immortal Minghe, saying, "Senior, thank you for the flood dragon blood soul crystal. I feel like a flood dragon in the water. I can move freely in the water without using any skills!"
"Hmm!" Immortal Nether River nodded as he said calmly, "You still have two days. You can adapt to your fighting ability in the water. Only when you can kill male mermaids in the water with your physical strength can you pass the test in the water!"
"Yes, thank you for your reminder!"
"In the next two days, the two of them will accompany you to familiarize yourself with your fighting skills in the water!"
Xia Pingan glanced at the two people beside Immortal Minghe and cupped his hands, saying, "Please give me your guidance, brothers!" The two men nodded lightly and didn't say anything else.
"Well, you should be able to summon assassins, right?" Immortal Minghe asked directly.
"Yes!" Xia Pingan nodded.
"Summon them for me to see!"
Xia Pingan didn't hesitate and nodded. A black mist flashed in front of his eyes as Xia Pingan summoned his Rank 3 Assassin.
"Level 3 assassin?" Immortal Minghe saw through Xia Pingan's assassin at a glance.
"Yes, I haven't fused with many assassin realm pearls, so I can only summon a Level 3 assassin!" Xia Pingan said.
"A Level 3 assassin might be very strong in other places, but this is the Godslaying Bug World. The weakest summoner here is at the Six Sun Realm. Your Level 3 assassin won't be of much use. You're still two levels away from a Demon Slaying Assassin!"
Xia Pingan scratched his head, not knowing what to say. Immortal Minghe didn't say anything else. He just waved his hand and left after saying that. "Alright, you guys continue with your training. If you have any questions, you can ask the two of them!"
After Immortal Minghe left, only Xia Pingan and two other people were left in the cave.
"May I know your name, brother?" At this moment, the scholarly summoner smiled and cupped his hands at Xia Pingan, asking politely.
"I'm Long Huan. May I know your names?" Xia Pingan asked.
"You're too polite. I'm Meng Ziqi!" The scholarly summoner introduced himself. Then, he pointed at the bamboo-like guy beside him. "He's Ren Zhu …"
"Why are you two here?" Xia Pingan asked directly.
"You also have the Soul-Stealing Gu in your body, right? Why are you here? We're the same!" Ren Zhu said coldly.
This answer slightly surprised Xia Pingan …
Meng Ziqi let out a sigh as he said faintly, "Don't be surprised. We were not the only ones here. There were nine people here in total. Now, only the two of us are left. Including you, there are three of us …"
Ren Zhu added, "Don't be too happy. Actually, not everyone can absorb the flood dragon's blood soul crystal. Some people would explode and burn into ashes after eating the flood dragon's blood soul crystal. Two people have already died in this pool …"
Seeing Xia Pingan's slight change of expression, Meng Ziqi smiled again. "But don't worry. We've gained something here. Two days later, when you survive the underwater fight with the mermaids, you'll be able to absorb two more assassin's realm pearls and have the ability to summon demon-slaying assassins!"
"You've also experienced this?" Xia Pingan asked.
Meng Ziqi and Ren Zhu nodded.
"Why did Senior Minghe do this?"
"Senior Minghe might want to use our abilities to do something that he couldn't do himself!"
"I feel that Senior Minghe is a bit anxious these days. He goes out more and more often. Perhaps in a few days, we'll know what Senior Minghe wants us to do. Of course, the premise is that you can survive until then …"
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