Chapter 333: Section 120: The Truth
At this moment, the Fishman youth was in a state of intense shock.
He had never imagined that he would obtain the third Blood Core here, from the body of Mei Lan.
“Blood Cores are supposed to be developed by War Merchants, so why would Mei Lan have one?”
According to what the youth knew so far, even though the War Merchant, as an Alchemy Grandmaster, had developed Blood Cores, he hadn’t fully mastered the method of making them. His method was to use the entire Mysterious Monster Island as a breeding ground, continuously transporting man-made magical beasts to fight each other in order to create Blood Cores.
“The first Blood Core I possess was created through this method.”
“At that time, I fought to the death against the Monkey-tailed Brown Bear, and thanks to Zi Di’s medicine, along with many other factors, this Blood Core was formed.”
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“The second Blood Core I saw was in the underground alchemy factory, inside the Central Tower. War Merchant used this Blood Core to mass-produce man-made magical beasts.”
“I had never thought that I would encounter the third Blood Core… yet it unexpectedly appeared in front of me.”
“Wait a second, could I have fallen into Mei Lan’s Deception Domain again, creating an illusion?”
The pupil of the Fishman youth shrank slightly; even though the actual touch of the Blood Core in his hand was real, he still didn’t dare to be sure.
Fortunately, he now had a way to discern the truth from the fake.
Right away, he put Mei Lan aside and took out the Truth Divine Pupil.
The youth injected Fighting energy into the Truth Divine Pupil.
The Truth Divine Pupil immediately emitted a faint glow.
This was a Demigod-level Divine Artifact, and the best way to use it was by infusing Divine Power, most suitably the Truth Divine Power.
Without Divine Power, both Fighting energy and Mana could be used, but they would consume more and the effects would be diminished.
The Fishman youth had no choice; although he had already opened his own Mana Pool, his Mana was very thin. He could only replace it with Fighting energy for now.
Silver Level Fighting energy was completely incomparable to Zhao Ya’s Legendary Level Fighting energy, or Man Zhuang’s Holy Domain Fighting energy.
The Fishman youth nearly exhausted most of the Fighting energy in his body, which finally allowed the gaze of the Truth Divine Pupil to shine upon the Blood Core.
The Blood Core remained brilliant and unaffected.
“It’s real!”
A sharp glint shot out of the youth’s eyes.
His internal Blood Core had long conveyed to him a strong desire to devour.
“Wait, could it be… The reason I bathed in the Holy Spring was not because of Mei Lan’s Deception Domain, but because of the function of the Blood Core? It allowed me and the other Fishmen to benefit and gain Bloodline enhancements?”
A thought flashed through the youth’s mind, prompting a conjecture.
If it was deception, an illusion, then the Fishmen should have reverted to their original form after leaving the coverage area of the Divine Domain in the trials before.
But in reality, that didn’t happen.
Instead, the belief that one could greatly benefit from the trials of the Fish God became more and more accepted by the public.
“The method to verify this guess is simple…”
The youth immediately used the Blood Core, producing a red light. The red light flowed out of his body, covering the surface of the third Blood Core.
The latter quickly turned into a mass of red light, merging with the previous one, indistinguishable from each other.
The youth withdrew the red light, and the Blood Core officially became one!
Then he used his spirit to probe…
“Just as I thought!” The Fishman youth confirmed his previous conjecture.
Contained within the third Blood Core was a large amount of Fishman Bloodline, including the three Divine Level Fishman Bloodlines such as the Shark Blue Bloodline.
Besides those, the White Eye Bloodline, the Man Yu Bloodline, and the Poison Arrow Fishman Bloodline were all present.
The Fishman youth gently touched his chest while memories swiftly flashed through his mind.
The second layer of the alchemy central, with the Array centered around the Mermaid’s Fairy Tale.
In Sea Eye City, where he gathered intelligence: Mysterious Holy Beasts… the azure giant fish…
The Fishman youth already felt the truth was near, even closer.
It was just behind a paper-thin barrier, and he was nearly able to touch the truth.
Boom!
A thunderous roar, accompanied by the violent shaking of the Deep Sea Monster Fish, interrupted the youth’s train of thought, pulling him back to reality.
Zhao Ya’s Subspace Cold Shadow giant was still attacking the Deep Sea Monster Fish relentlessly.
The Fishman youth quickly picked up Mei Lan and ran to the captain’s room.
“Tower Spirit, counterattack!” The Fishman youth shouted lowly.
“Received order,” the Tower Spirit’s monotonous voice rang out.
The next moment, the exterior of the Deep Sea Monster Fish underwent violent transformation, as huge fish bones, like enormous steel long spears, swiftly extended and plunged deeply into the body of the Subspace Cold Shadow giant.
But the Subspace Cold Shadow giant was not harmed and instead swung its sharp claws, tearing open the belly of the Deep Sea Monster Fish to form several massive wounds.
The Tower Spirit emitted an alarm, controlling the Deep Sea Monster Fish to quickly retract its fish bones, before numerous small holes opened up on the fish’s surface.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh…
The next moment, a torrent of Alchemy Arrows sprayed out from the countless small openings.
The arrows shot out in every direction, like a colorful, torrential rain, with overwhelming momentum.
The Subspace Cold Shadow giant bore the brunt of it, being struck by a multitude of arrows, while also enduring the scorching of flames, the scouring of water currents, the battering of thunder, the corrosion of poison gas, and more.
This counterattack was very effective.
The Subspace Cold Shadow giant ceased its attack and retreated repeatedly, for the first time curling its body to minimize the range it was being hit.
“Tower Spirit, find an exit, full retreat!” the Fishman youth issued another command.
The Deep Sea Monster Fish swiftly went into action but found itself trapped in a small Subspace, its walls extremely tough. The Tower Spirit activated Gold Level cannons, utilizing Gold Level Bombs, only managing to blast out a spiderweb of cracks on the Subspace Barrier.
On the other side, the Subspace Cold Shadow giant regained its composure and charged again.
The Deep Sea Monster Fish was forced into an entangled battle.
After several exchanges, new wounds and dents shaped like fist marks were added to the Deep Sea Monster Fish, while the Subspace Cold Shadow giant was once again driven back by the sky-full of arrows.
Seizing an opportunity, the Deep Sea Monster Fish bombarded the Subspace Barrier again with no significant effect.
“What do we do?” Inside the cabin, the Fishman youth was at a loss.
The aura of the Subspace Cold Shadow giant reached the Holy Domain Level, beyond what he could handle.
“Should I use the Divine Light of Mei Lan?”
The Fishman youth had a very bold idea in his heart, to hold onto the Divine Light of Mei Lan, dive into the Subspace Cold Shadow giant, and use the Divine Light to wreak havoc within.
“This is far too risky!”
As the Fishman youth hesitated, a turning point arrived.
Two of the Subspace Barriers shattered, linking three Subspaces together.
The entities that breached the barriers were the incarnations of deities and the High Priest.
Again, the High Priest on the Shell Divine Seat joined forces with the deity incarnation to launch a ferocious attack on Zhao Ya.
Zhao Ya, hindered in movement, but surrounded by over a dozen Subspace Cold Shadows, big and small, fended off the incarnations and the High Priest, holding his ground.
Meanwhile, he focused his primary efforts on the Subspace Cold Shadow giant.
The frame of the Subspace Cold Shadow giant shrank, its power became incredibly dense, and its combat strength escalated significantly on its original basis.
The situation for the Deep Sea Monster Fish grew increasingly dangerous and difficult.
Its exterior had numerous deep gashes, deep enough to see the cabin inside from the outside.
In the heat of battle, a ghost quickly slipped through a tear, thus entering the Deep Sea Monster Fish.
“I’m in; I finally made it in,” the ghost was the ship ghost.
Previously, he had been schemed against by Cang Xu, left only to clutch onto a Flesh and Blood Ice Sculpture and explosively sacrifice himself.
But this, in fact, was his secret method for a desperate comeback from the brink of death!
“Old Zhong… my ‘dear’ ‘junior brother,’ you’ve deceived me so cruelly…”
“That Magic Book was clearly mine! The Magic Wand, Magic Robe, and that badge should have been my possessions too!”
“Very good, I will surely have my revenge.”
“I may have lost my body, but as long as my spirit remains, there’s a chance for vengeance!”
The ship ghost’s spirit was difficult to detect, and after being betrayed by Cang Xu, he instantly saw Cang Xu madly tearing the Magic Book, employing various Undead Magic Spells.
The Magic Book’s features were so distinctive that he recognized it instantly as his own Magic Book.
All truths were laid bare!
The ship ghost’s heart was filled with overwhelming hatred, but he also knew: now was not the time for revenge, being extremely weak, he needed to recuperate.
He wanted to exit the battlefield but then the Deep Sea Monster Fish suddenly appeared.
Following that, Zhao Ya deployed the Combat Skill Subspace Cold Shadow, entrapping both him and the Deep Sea Monster Fish in the same Subspace.
Initially, the ship ghost had hidden far away, daring not to endure too much residual combat effects. But as the Deep Sea Monster Fish took more severe damage, he sensed the presence of the Soul Crystal.
“Soul Crystal! With the absorption of the Soul Crystal, I could quickly consolidate my spirit, regaining many abilities.”
The ship ghost knew he could not sit idly by, so he took a gamble and really infiltrated the Deep Sea Monster Fish.