hsntnovel Chapter 663 Mermaid Lamp Oil, Demons and Monsters
Chapter 663 Mermaid Lamp Oil, Demons and Monsters
The tunnel continued downwards, its slope becoming increasingly steep, as if it were leading to the depths of the earth's core.
In the damp, cold air, the cloyingly sweet smell of blood almost solidified, making each breath feel sticky.
Mixed within this thick, almost overwhelming aura of blood was another unique, sweet, and exotic fragrance.
It seeps stubbornly into the lungs, thread by thread.
Lin Mo's gaze swept across both sides of the passage and he discovered the source of the strange fragrance—oil lamps embedded in the stone walls.
The lamp flame was an eerie, ghostly blue, only the size of a bean, yet remarkably stable, casting a dim, yellowish halo onto the rough stone wall.
He leaned closer to one of the lamps, wanting to get a better look.
The sweet aroma suddenly became stronger, filling the mouth and nose.
Suddenly, a strong sense of disorientation surged into his mind like a tidal wave, and the scenery before his eyes seemed to sway.
"Don't smell it!"
Tianjue's voice rang out, carrying a rare hint of solemnity.
Lin Mo held his breath instantly, and his internal energy circulated on its own.
The dizziness quickly subsided like the tide.
He turned around, his expression unchanged, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Tian Jue's eyes flashed with a strange light as he gave Lin Mo a deep look, seemingly surprised that he could get rid of the influence so quickly.
He said in a deep voice, "These oil lamps are lit with mermaid lamp oil."
"Mermaid lamp oil?"
Lin Mo raised an eyebrow slightly.
He had heard of this name.
It is said that only a small amount is needed to keep it burning for a thousand years.
It is the preferred choice for eternal lamps in many imperial tombs and is priceless.
Unexpectedly, the Blood Demon has such a grand scheme, acquiring such a valuable item.
Tianjue assumed he didn't know what it was, so he patiently explained, "This is corpse oil made from the flesh of the mermaids of Penglai in the East Sea."
When burned for a long time in a confined space, its fragrance can bewitch the mind and spirit.
Small amounts can cause hallucinations, while large amounts can cause people to faint and become unconscious on the spot.
"Luckily, your mental strength is extraordinary. If an ordinary person had gotten that close, they would have been completely bewitched and reduced to a walking corpse."
Lin Mo nodded slightly, seemingly lost in thought.
In the dim, flickering light, he noticed that more and more strange, seemingly naturally formed dark red patterns were beginning to appear on the stone walls on both sides.
These patterns seemed to possess a life of their own, pulsating slightly and emitting a faint glow and an eerie aura.
Ahead, the faint gurgling sound became increasingly clear.
It was no longer a single gushing spring, but more like a boundless sea of blood slowly churning.
It also resembled the slow, powerful heartbeat of some enormous creature.
dong... dong... dong...
The sound echoed in the confined and cramped space, striking people's eardrums and disturbing their minds.
"The blood pool where the Blood Demon is in seclusion is just ahead."
Kid, have you thought this through?
That place is a true den of demons; once you step inside, there is no turning back.
It's not too late to turn back now.
Tianjue's voice rang out again, sounding particularly somber in the narrow passage, carrying a final, somber warning.
Lin Mo still did not answer.
But his actions have already provided the clearest answer.
"Om-"
A fierce and unparalleled aura suddenly erupted from his body!
A condensed, tangible killing intent surged into the sky, transforming into an invisible blade that forcibly pushed aside, cut, and shredded the dense bloody aura surrounding him!
An invisible storm seemed to be blowing through the passage.
The eerie blue flames of the oil lamps on both sides flickered violently under the pressure of this aura, their light fading unpredictably.
Even the pulsating dark red patterns on the stone wall seemed to have dimmed slightly.
Soon, the passage finally came to an end.
A huge, ancient stone gate, covered in dark red grime, stands at the end.
In the center of the stone gate, there is a hideous and lifelike demon head carved.
The demon's eyes were wide open in anger, its fangs bared, and its expression was one of pain and malice.
What's most chilling is the seven orifices of this ghostly head—
Thick, dark red liquid was slowly seeping from its eyes, ears, nostrils, and its gaping maw.
Like blood and tears that never dry up, they meander along the surface of the stone gate, leaving shocking marks.
It eventually flows into a shallow ditch at the bottom of the stone gate, disappearing into the deep darkness.
The stench of blood and evil emanating from behind the door was incredibly strong.
It seemed to transform into a tangible wall, heavily pressing down on every nerve of the visitor.
Lin Mo stopped and began to circulate the Blood Demon Art within his body.
Instead of feeling any discomfort, he took a deep breath of air that was enough to cause an ordinary person to suffer heart and lung failure instantly.
His chest heaved slightly, but his eyes were as sharp as a hawk eyeing its prey, fixed intently on the eerie stone door.
Without the slightest hesitation, he clenched his right fist slightly.
The knuckles produced a subtle yet clear popping sound due to the concentration of force.
A faint golden light began to flow over the fist.
An extremely powerful and domineering force is rapidly brewing and compressing.
Just as he slightly lowered his waist, preparing to smash open the strange stone door with a punch—
"Boom——!"
A deep, muffled roar, as if it came from the depths of the earth, exploded without warning!
The massive stone door seemed to have a life of its own, slowly opening inwards on its own with a grating scraping sound!
Behind the door, instead of the expected pitch blackness, there was an indescribable, swirling, dark red light.
Like the wriggling organs inside a giant organism.
An even more turbulent, almost solidified, thick stench of blood, like a miasma that had accumulated for millennia, transformed into a viscous shockwave that suddenly rushed towards us!
"Jiejiejie——!"
Accompanied by a sharp, piercing laugh, several blood-red figures suddenly burst out from the depths of the dark red light behind the door!
Their shapes are elusive, like twisted shadows, or like boiling blood congealed.
Filled with murderous intent, he rushed straight at Lin Mo, who was standing at the door!
"You demons and monsters, how dare you approach me?"
Lin Mo snorted coldly.
Faced with the approaching crimson demonic figure, he simply raised his right hand casually.
Palms facing forward, fingers slightly spread.
"Thunder in the Palm!"
There were no complicated incantations, no lengthy charging up.
With his cold, low shout, blinding white lightning suddenly burst forth from his palm!
That was not natural lightning, but thunder formed from highly concentrated pure yang energy that dispels evil!
"boom!"
The lightning swept out in a fan shape, like the scorching sun melting ice and snow.
The blood-red demonic figures that rushed towards them didn't even have time to let out a scream.
It instantly disintegrated and evaporated under the impact of the supreme yang thunder.
It turned into a foul-smelling rain of blood, which fell in a drizzling down.
There seemed to be an invisible wall of energy in front of Lin Mo.
All the blood rain was deflected and slid off by a gentle yet resilient force three feet away from his body, failing to stain his clothes in the slightest.
Meanwhile, Tianjue casually blew a breath at the falling blood rain.
"call--!"
An invisible gust of wind arose out of nowhere, whipping up the filthy rain of blood.
As if controlled by an invisible hand, they were all flung toward the rock wall on the other side of the passage.
Blood rain splashed onto the rocks, making a hissing, corrosive sound and wisps of smoke rising from them.
The passageway fell silent for the time being, with only the dark red light behind the stone door still swirling uneasily.
Lin Mo thought to himself, "This place truly lives up to its reputation as the Blood Demon's lair; it's certainly got a lot of tricks up its sleeve."
But that's it.
Just as Lin Mo composed himself and stepped into the stone gate!
"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"
A few crisp footsteps, carrying a certain rhythm, came clearly from the darkness deep within the stone gate.