Chapter 1131: Chapter 1129: Drinking in Pain
The current situation was downplayed by Rachel significantly.
For example, while admitting the contamination by Curse Abyss, she did not mention the almost instantly appeared Sea God or the boat that was forcibly damaged during the landing.
"Considering I’ve come here, I’ve brought what I collected first."
During the conversation, Rachel casually pointed in the direction she had come from.
"I have to meet up with them later."
"Only three, use them sparingly, I will bring new ones as soon as possible."
"It’s a pity this time, we almost caught a Mermaid—"
Rachel suddenly stopped speaking.
In what seemed like a frozen view, Li Min actually pulled out three small bottles and smashed them overhead.
The substance known as Blood Dew instantly flowed out.
However, what was magical was, despite being a deep red liquid, the drops compacted into tiny droplets as they fell, making the scene look like a rush of pomegranate seeds scattering.
"What are you doing! Why did you consume all at once?"
Rachel, realizing what happened, abruptly raised her voice.
Undeterred by Blood Dew consumption, Li Min simply discarded the fragments, closing the only eye that seemed useful.
The next moment, vigorous vitality surged from her broken body.
Her body visibly straightened; her previously drooping arm gained strength, and even her other eye sparked back to life upon reopening.
It had the feeling of having taken a powerful tonic, no wonder Rachel had sent this despite facing a slim chance of survival.
Beside her, Fu Qian remarked.
Unfortunately, although the substance was greatly replenishing, it clearly had no dispelling effects.
Now, the chaotic scales and horns on Li Min’s body not only did not reduce, they even looked more vivid and fierce.
"It won’t make much difference to me."
With a leap, she landed gently on the cliff’s edge, her voice sounding much more normal.
"Tell me what happened."
...
"It was a person named Delanlay."
In front of someone who knew herself too well, it was too hard to hide anything.
After years of acquaintance, Rachel fully understood what her friend meant.
She clearly did not believe her own claims of having everything under control.
In a self-proclaimed hopeless situation, she drank three bottles of Blood Dew in one go, hoping to regain some strength temporarily to help herself.
Her eyes were slightly misty, yet she quickly controlled her emotions.
"That guy is not only skilled in various survival skills, but his strength is also remarkable."
"But as a newcomer, Lann didn’t trust him much and asked me to monitor his every move."
"Although I didn’t take it too seriously, he seemed perfectly normal and that was what I reported back."
"Unexpectedly, Lann was right; the purpose of Delanlay joining seems solely to eliminate harm; everyone on the boat got contaminated by the blood of Curse Abyss."
"At the time you captured the Mermaid?"
Li Min listened very carefully.
"Yes."
"Where is he now?"
"He disappeared."
"What happened afterward? This threat alone doesn’t seem enough for you to decisively enter the Sea of Ashes."
It must be said, Li Min’s worldly experience was rich, and her clarity under temporary revitalization was indeed sharp as a tack.
"That’s the strange part, that guy seems strong enough that he even prepared a Sea God in advance, and right after the contamination, we were instantly attacked."
Rachel gave a bitter smile, describing the scene of being attacked twice consecutively by tentacles.
"I am very certain it was a Divine Being, but its behavior was odd, not as vicious as the legendary Sea God, but more like it was taunting us."
"Or driving you away..."
Although her face was hideous, one could still feel Li Min sighing.
Driving away...
In that instant, Rachel felt the confusion in her heart clear up.
"You’re right..."
The next moment she murmured to herself.
"It never intended to kill us, it just wanted to drive us here, every attack was to eliminate our other options..."
"But why? What does it mean?"
"Is it a game of cat and mouse? Or giving us a chance to repent? Honestly, I don’t think It is that merciful."
"I don’t think so either."
Li Min shook her head.
"I’m not even sure what you encountered is the legendary Sea God."
"That thing, although famous, is essentially just a brutal animal, and compared to driving you here for amusement, it would rather burst in and tear you to pieces in the Sea of Ashes."
"So, our decision to hide here was still correct..."
Rachel’s annoyance seemed to lessen a little.
"It was right, but do you think that with that guy’s performance, does it matter to him whether you have the Curse Abyss’s mark?"
Li Min let out a hoarse laugh.
"I’m more than half sure that even if you were clean, It would still be waiting outside."
"It’s okay..."
Faced with the desperate situation described by Li Min, Rachel unusually smiled lightly after a long silence.
"Then I’ll stay here with you."
"You’ve been here so long, there must be many places you can show me around, right?"
...
Lady Ran Hui suddenly became broad-minded, no wonder it’s said that experiences lead to growth; her spiritual state has improved too quickly.
Observing the communication between the two, Fu Qian felt emotional, yet his thoughts drifted to the hunters at the login point.
If they weren’t too disappointing, they must be making similar deductions and reaching similar conclusions.
"No, you can’t rot here like me!"
Sure enough, Li Min strictly criticized this suggestion.
"There must be a way! First, we need to figure out what that thing is..."
"Stay here, don’t go anywhere."
The next moment she appeared to have made some decision, instructing Rachel.
"What are you going to do?"
Rachel was startled, sensing a warning.
"I’m going to take a look outside the Floating Island, to confirm what that thing is."
"No!"
Rachel’s response in her haste was almost a shriek.
"That’s a Divine Being!"
"It’s okay, I’m not afraid of death."
Li Min laughed again.
"Are you staying here, or are you going to be a burden to me?"
...
Knowing her intimate friend’s temperament, Rachel was speechless in face of the two options given by Li Min.
"Don’t worry, I’m indeed very familiar with this place."
Swifter than before, Li Min’s body dived into the water while speaking.
"I’m just going to observe the perimeter, it won’t be too dangerous—"
Before she finished speaking, Li Min’s body jumped back with even greater speed and immediately dragged Rachel to frantically retreat.
The next moment, amidst deafening sounds, the cliff where the two were originally standing was shattered by a giant tentacle.