In his black eyes, the fog flowing in the forest seemed to be soaked in blood, just like the Crimson Disaster Spider's body, which was filled with the same curse and venomous crimson.
Whoosh …
The cold wind blew past. Yarlin narrowed his eyes and stared at the corpses at his feet. Then, he glanced at the corpses in the pitch-black col. Their bellies were swollen, as if they were all pregnant. Red shadows appeared on their bellies, as if there was a blood-colored baby wriggling in their bellies.
His gaze continued to move downwards. Yarlin saw the open stone mouth in the deepest part of the col. After a while, he retracted his gaze and stared thoughtfully at the corpses that were arranged in a staircase. "Interesting. The way these corpses are arranged can't be for the sake of pleasing the eye, right?"
Whoosh!
A black line swept through the air and bit into the belly of one of the corpses. The thin, swollen skin was immediately cut open, and the crack grew bigger and bigger. Countless ferocious insects burst out, intertwining into a strange fog that crept towards Yarlin.
His stomach had been peeled open, revealing that his organs had been completely devoured. The empty flesh walls were covered with tens of thousands of tiny insect eggs. Even with Arlen's cold temperament, he felt a wave of disgust wash over him and frowned slightly.
"Hodgdon, archaeologist?"
Ya Erlin furrowed his brows. He raised his hand, and countless black lines surged towards the red mist like a tsunami. He walked towards the valley without any hesitation. Insect corpses exploded one after another, their viscous juices splattering onto the black mud.
Bang bang bang …
The corpses exploded one by one, and the ground seemed to have been flipped over by something. A red tide drilled out, and countless insects piled up in layers, as if they were covering the sky and the sun.
In the red shroud that covered everything, a terrifying airflow suddenly erupted from within. Countless black lines bloomed and shot into the walls of the col. The crisscrossing black lines were like an airtight spider web, cruelly interspersed with countless insect corpses.
Yarlin's left hand was connected to his entire arm, and endless black lines seeped out. From afar, it looked as if half of his body was being torn apart by the black lines. It was a horrifying sight. Layers of terrifying spider webs were stacked from the outside to the inside. As his feet pushed forward, the whole col seemed to have been invaded by the black spider web. Piles of insect corpses fell to the ground, crunching under his feet.
A gust of wind blew past, and the insect corpses on the spider web seemed to have weathered away. The crimson carapace and flesh were assimilated into nutrients by the spider web and transported into Yarlin's left palm.
In every breath, it seemed as if thousands of insect corpses were being decomposed and devoured into nutrients. The sea of insects under his feet was strangely receding, and the ground seemed to have turned back into black mud. However, the black lines seemed to have smelled the scent of a feast, and were not satisfied with this appetizer. The black lines that pierced into the black mud greedily seeped into the depths of the mud. Invisible to the naked eye, countless black lines fell from above and chased after the retreating insect tide.
Mental Strength: 20
Nerve Conduction Rate: 20
Bone Hardness: 70
Muscle Activity: 70
Blood Density: 40
Complete Body – Seed Breaking Stage (Progress Bar: 845110000)
Absorption Distribution Points (35.3)
The progress bar on his retina jumped rapidly, increasing by tens of units in every breath. Obviously, this insect swarm that had been entrenched here for hundreds of years was suffering an unprecedented blow, and Yarlin took advantage of them to become nutrients for the growth of the Mother Nest.
The growth rate of an insect was minuscule, but it could not withstand the terrifying number of insects. Many a little makes a mickle, and the growth rate became abnormally impressive.
In just a few short steps, when Yarlin stood in front of the stone mouth and touched the stone carved teeth with his finger, the progress bar had already broken through 9000 points. The speed slowed down a little, but still maintained a decent rate of increase.
"What an unexpected surprise!"
Yarlin's lips curled into a smirk. He squinted his eyes, obviously having no clue about the decryption mechanism engraved on the teeth, but this did not stop him from using another method to decipher it.
His fingertips gently scraped against the teeth, producing a grinding sound that made one's teeth ache. After the stone was scraped off, a greyish white cold light was revealed. It seemed to be a door made of some kind of creature's bones and metal, and the texture was abnormally hard.
* Boom! *
Yarlin slammed his fist into the door, leaving a dent in his knuckles. He grinned and swung his fists like a machine gun, leaving behind a series of afterimages. With his 70 points of bone hardness and muscle density, there were very few metals in this world that he could not break.
The door caved in inch by inch, and cracks appeared on its surface. In the next moment, Yarlin's right arm punched through the door, creating a hole. He pulled back his arm, grabbed the edge of the hole, and tore outwards. The door began to wrinkle and distort, and was violently torn open to allow him to pass through.
Behind the door was a stone staircase that extended downwards, and the collision of air produced a ghost-like sound. The Crimson Spider suddenly stood up, and the human face on the spider's back seemed to come alive, revealing an expression of hatred and fear. Yarlin's pupils contracted slightly. He could feel the strong emotions conveyed by the Crimson Spider. It was a mixture of anger, fear, resentment, and a trace of uncontrollable desire.
"Is there something inside that's attracting you?"
The Crimson Spider was a lingering resentment that he had absorbed from the Coin of Misfortune. Its origin was quite strange, and could even be said to be more mysterious and rare than the Devil's Fruit. It was as if there was no trace of it. At least, Yarlin had not found another Coin of Misfortune or something similar.
The dusty air had a decaying and eerie smell. Yarlin walked down the stairs. There were some broken mechanisms on both sides of the staircase, and dust fell from the cracked walls. He walked down the stairs, and the progress bar on his retina started to slow down, finally stopping at 9771. He was just a little bit away from breaking through to the next level.
The cobwebs in the valley began to disintegrate layer by layer. Countless black threads shot back into Ya Erlin's body in satisfaction as if they had eaten their fill. A black gust of wind blew through the tunnel.
"Someone's coming in?!"
Hodgdon heard the dull echoes in the corridor, and his expression changed slightly. He looked away from the carvings on the ceiling of the stone hall, and then quickly walked towards the coffin under the stone statue in the middle. The statue was carved of a long-haired woman. Her cheeks were lifelike, and a pair of eyeballs seemed to have been dug out, leaving only two eye sockets. It gave people a strong sense of horror.
Hodgdon pushed open the coffin. There was a layer of dust inside, and there was no corpse. He was stunned for a moment, and then reached into the coffin. Soon, he found two round things in the dust. He took them out and looked at them. They were two things wrapped in tree sap, and had long been corroded beyond recognition by time.
He crushed one of the tree sap, revealing the cracked and blackened crystal inside. Then, Hodgedon seemed to have realized something. He suddenly looked at the stone statue and reached out his hand to grab the face of the stone statue as if he was caressing his beloved lover. He murmured, "Refine!"
Kacha!
Yarlin walked into the stone hall, and looked at the man beside the stone statue with a pair of strange red and blue eyes. He grinned and said, "Found you!"
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