Chapter 1476: Stomach Lake

Sword qi erupted like it was going to cut open the Heavens’ Gate.

This time, there were no more accidents. The voluminous sword qi cut the maggot in two from top to bottom.

At the same time, Danxia Zi made a grasping motion and unleashed ten thousand rays of rainbow light. They exploded out of the maggot’s body and disintegrated the severed halves into dust.

However, they had just destroyed the upraised portion of the maggot’s body. The rest of it was still lying across the ground. Right now, it was flopping and wriggling on the ground violently and causing earthquake-like tremors.

Maybe it was because it had lost its head, but the gigantic maggot was flailing about and rolling aimlessly like a headless fly.

It was at this moment the smaller maggots crawled out of the intestine and into the gigantic maggot’s body. Then, something scary happened. Every time a maggot crawled into the gigantic maggot’s body, it would elicit a horrible chewing noise. The next moment, the severed part of the gigantic maggot began growing at an unbelievable rate.

It wouldn’t be long before it regrew its destroyed head and body part.

“Joyless, now!”

Feng Qingyou hurriedly warned.

What was she telling Ye Qing to do? Escape, of course.

The maggot was as gigantic as it was tenacious. It would take a stupid amount of time and effort to kill it completely. Besides, who was to say that a bigger monster or a new threat would rear its ugly head after they killed it?

𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Their current objective was to scout the place. There was no need to engage in unnecessary combat.

Ye Qing did not hesitate. The Ghost Dragon Boat propelled toward the distance at top speed.

It still took seven to eight minutes before the hill-sized clump of intestines finally disappeared from everyone’s view. Even so, they could hear distant rumblings and feel the occasional shockwaves of demonic fire.

Luckily for them, the maggot did not give chase.

“That maggot’s ability is quite unusual.” On the Ghost Dragon Boat, Danxia Zi let out a small sigh. The maggot’s ability was extremely strange. Just looking at it or even thinking about it was enough to catch its god awful stench. They could not harm a hair on it either.

It wasn’t until Feng Qingyou gave them the right instructions that they were able to block out the stench and kill it.

Without her help, they wouldn’t have been completely helpless, but they certainly couldn’t have overcome it this easily.

This was why Danxia Zi saluted Feng Qingyou and said, “Thank you for your timely aid, Miss Feng.”

“You’re welcome, Reverend.” Feng Qingyou smiled. “I just happened to witness a Stranger with a similar ability before. I wasn’t sure if my method would work either. But it did, so all is well.” “Hahaha... You are too humble, Miss Feng. Without your warning, everyone’s nose would be ruined by the end of this adventure!” Old Man Profound Firmament laughed heartily.

“Now, let us continue.”

Although they were made to ponder about the meaning of life repeatedly, they didn’t actually lose much energy or take much damage at all. So, they continued forward after just a brief rest.

This time, they didn’t travel far before they arrived at a lake. It spanned from end to end, and they could not see the other side of the lake. It was almost as big as the sea.

Strangely, the lakewater was yellowish green in color. It was also smelly and filthy. Bones and bodies could be seen floating on the lake surface.

Some of the remains looked humanoid, and some of them didn’t. However, they were all tremendously huge and oddly-shaped. They also gave off a terrible aura despite having decayed into corpses and bones.

“This is the stomach, isn’t it?” Old Man Profound Firmament said thoughtfully.

“I believe so.” Danxia Zi nodded. They were travelling upward from the intestine after all. It was only a matter of time before they arrived at the stomach.

Therefore, these yellowish green, smelly and dirty lakewater could only be stomach fluid.

“What a big stomach!” Ye Qing remarked from the bottom of his heart.

The group pondered at the edge of the lake for a bit to scan for dangers. Once they confirmed that there was nothing, they flew above the stomach fluid toward the other side.

The lake of stomach fluid—or to put it simply, the stomach lake—seemed perfectly still and silent like a body of dead water. The bodies and bones floating on the surface made the air feel even more oppressive.

At the beginning, the smelly, bitter and acidic smell permeating the air was still pretty thin. But the further they traveled, the thicker the stench became. It eventually got to the point where there were thick, yellowish green fog in the air.

The fog was extremely corrosive not just to the physical body, but also the mind and spirit. If a Trueman or Grandmaster was passing through this fog, their body would melt into a puddle, and their mind would fade out of existence in less than an hour.

Of course, no one here was a weakling. The yellowish green fog failed to affect them much.

“Why are we getting closer and closer to the stomach lake?” A moment later, Old Man Profound Firmament suddenly noticed something, “Joyless? What’s going on?” “We’re sinking?” Ye Qing answered.

“Sinking?” Danxia Zi frowned. “I don’t sense any sort of attraction or even unusual signs from this lake though?”

“It’s not the lake. It’s the Ghost Dragon Boat who has become heavy.” Ye Qing was wearing a stern expression on his face. Before, he could manipulate the Ghost Dragon Boat like an extension of his arm. But now, it felt as heavy as literal mountains. Even at his current strength, he could barely keep it from falling further. Lifting it into the air was probably beyond him.

The worst part was that he sensed nothing—not even a bit of discomfort—until it was too late.

“I’ll help you.” With a thought, Old Man Profound Firmament channeled his force and wrapped it around the entire Ghost Dragon Boat. It was only then he realized what Ye Qing truly meant when he said, “The Ghost Dragon Boat has become heavy.”

No wonder Ye Qing didn’t lift the Ghost Dragon Boat higher. He literally couldn’t. Even with his added strength, they just barely managed to lift the Ghost Dragon Boat by ten meters. Worse, the higher they climbed, the heavier the Ghost Dragon Boat became. At some point, even Old Man Profound Firmament was straining to maintain the effort.

Seeing this, Danxia Zi lent a hand as well. A rainbow-colored cloud appeared underneath the Ghost Dragon Boat and supported its weight.

But once again, the Ghost Dragon Boat only rose another ten meters. That was the highest they could lift it.

The Ghost Dragon Boat’s weight inevitably affected its speed. A teatime passed, and they only traveled several kilometers. Worse, the Ghost Dragon Boat was growing heavier by the second. It eventually got to the point where even the three of them were straining to keep it afloat.

The weirdest part was that they still could not find the reason why the Ghost Dragon Boat was growing heavier. The stomach lake was as dead and still as before, and the yellowish green fog was just as smelly, bitter, and acidic. Nothing had changed since the beginning.

This was the first time either of them had encountered such a strange phenomenon.

To be honest, they did not fear any Stranger or deadly creature. At their strength, it was just a matter of how they could crush all of them. Strange incidents with seemingly no rhyme or reason behind it like this one though, it was a very different story.