I searched for corpses in the Wuding River to extract entries

However, when Maha asked how to enter the blood prison, Black Viper did stutter a little.

After all, for them priests, the people imprisoned in the blood prison are basically dying.

If anyone trespasses, even Black Viper will be killed.

"Black Viper, don't waste my time." Seeing Black Viper hesitate, Maha said frankly that he couldn't wait to rescue Atu.

"Give me the route to the Blood Prison and the token that proves your identity as a priest."

He leaned forward, his aura suddenly surging.

Black Viper's body trembled involuntarily, and his face showed extreme reluctance and fear.

He was torn between his conscience and his desires. On the one hand, he was afraid of Maha's powerful strength, and on the other hand, he didn't dare to reveal the route to the Blood Prison.

After all, if something happened to Maha, he would also suffer.

Black Viper stood aside, his eyes flickering: "Sir, the guards of the Blood Prison are all the temple's death warriors. They only recognize tokens and not people."

Seeing that Maha did not respond immediately, Black Viper swallowed and continued: "Once we are exposed, then..."

He didn't finish his words, but the implication was obvious.

Maha slowly turned his head, his eyes piercing into Black Viper's heart.

Black Viper's heart suddenly tightened when he was glared at by this gaze, and he involuntarily took a step back.

"I know my limits." Maha's voice was low and cold.
"You just need to remember to cooperate well, otherwise, you will be the first to die."

Black Viper lowered his head quickly and said tremblingly, "Yes, sir, I understand. I will cooperate with you to the fullest."

However, under Mahana's gaze that seemed to devour him, his resistance seemed so pale and powerless.

After hesitating for a long time, Black Viper finally gritted his teeth and reached into his arms.

When his hand reappeared, it was holding a bone token.

The token is dark grey in color, with a lifelike snake pattern engraved on the surface and two dark red gems inlaid in the snake's eyes.

"My lord, this is the token of the priest's identity required to enter the Blood Prison."

The Black Viper's voice was trembling, as if it was making its last struggle.

"The entrance to the blood prison is located on the third floor underground of the temple. To get in, you have to pass through three secret doors. Each door needs to be activated with a drop of priest's blood."

Maha stretched out his hand and grabbed the token in an instant.

His fingers gently stroked the snake pattern on the token, feeling the eerie aura coming from it.

"You'd better not play any tricks." Maha said coldly, without a trace of emotion in his voice.
"If I find out that you're hiding something, you know the consequences."

Black Viper lowered his head quickly, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, "I dare not, how dare I deceive you."

He secretly prayed in his heart that Maha would die in the blood prison and not implicate himself.

Maha put the token in his arms and looked at the black viper again.

Then he turned and walked towards the depths of the temple.

Black Viper stood where he was, looking in the direction where Maha left, gritting his teeth.

The corridors under the temple were filled with a disgusting stench.

Maha looked straight ahead, but the scene around him made him feel cold.

The damp stone walls were covered with prisoners' body parts, broken arms and legs.
There are even twisted heads with painful expressions that tell of the despair they once experienced.

The flesh on the stumps had begun to rot, emitting a foul stench.
Mixed with the damp and musty smell, it makes people want to vomit.

Not long after walking forward, two tall guards were standing in the middle of the corridor, holding bone spears.

Their eyes were cold, like two sharp blades, piercing straight into Maha's heart.

"Stop! Who dares to trespass here?" The voice of one of the guards was low and hoarse.

Maha looked calm and unhurriedly showed the bone token engraved with snake patterns in his hand.

However, the guards did not relax their vigilance. They looked at each other, and a hint of suspicion flashed in their eyes.

"A token alone is not enough. According to the rules, you need to cut your palm and drip blood to verify your identity." The voice of another guard was equally cold and emotionless.

Maha was secretly alert in his heart, but remained calm on the surface.

Before coming, he had already swallowed the blood of the black viper.
At this moment, he secretly activated the power of Shanbao to simulate the dark red and sticky blood of the priest.

He raised his hand, drew out the stone knife from his waist without hesitation, and lightly scratched his palm.
A wound appeared instantly, and dark red blood slowly flowed out.

The blood dripped onto the ground, making a slight "tick-tick" sound.

The guards bent down and observed the blood on Maha's palm.
After a moment, they nodded to each other, and the suspicion on their faces gradually faded.

"Go in." A guard waved his hand, signaling Maha to pass.

Maha put away the stone knife and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
But he knew that this was only the first step and there would certainly be more dangers ahead.

After successfully passing the inspection of the two guards, he continued to move towards the blood prison.

He stepped onto a sunken stone staircase. The air around him became increasingly cold and damp, filled with a pungent stench of decay.

In the dim light, he could vaguely see stone slabs engraved with runes all over the ground.

Maha recalled the Black Viper's previous description and became secretly alert.

He knew that one wrong step would trigger the poison arrows hidden under the stone slab.

He walked cautiously along the wall, twisting his body flexibly like a snake.
Keep your eyes fixed on the stone slab beneath your feet, avoiding the center of the rune.

He was extremely cautious with every step he took.

Finally, he arrived at the entrance of the blood prison.

Four guards stood at the entrance, wearing scale armor and holding torches burning with green flames.

The leading guard saw Maha coming alone, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.
He took a step forward, staring at Maha, and said, "What you are wearing... should be a witch doctor's robe, right?"

"No witch doctor has ever entered the blood prison alone before. I wonder why you are here this time?"

Maha's heart tightened, but he didn't show it on his face.

He stared coldly at the leading guard, showing his token and scolding him:

"Are you qualified to ask about the High Priest's secret orders? If it delays something important, can you afford it?"

The leading guard was intimidated by Maha's aura, his body trembled slightly, and he lowered his head involuntarily.

Although he still had doubts in his heart, he did not dare to say anything more.
He could only wave his hand to signal the other guards to step back and allow Maha to enter the blood prison.

Maha strode forward, and just as he was about to step into the bloody prison,
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the leading guard secretly crush a piece of bone.

He sneered in his heart, knowing that the guard must have gone to inform the police.
But he didn't care. At this moment, he had only one goal in mind.
That is to find Atu and rescue him.

As for whether to expose yourself or not,

He was confident that he could fight his way out with the power of the Giant Ape Mountain God.

He stepped into the bloody prison, and the scene inside was even more gloomy and terrifying.
In the dim light, one could faintly hear the sounds of painful groans and the clanging of iron chains.

Maha took a deep breath, calmed himself, and walked towards the depths.

At this moment, a strong stench of decay hit me in the face, as disgusting as if it were real.

He frowned subconsciously and scanned the dim environment.

The light in the blood prison was dim, illuminated only by a few oil lamps emitting a faint green light.

Black blood oozed from the walls, flowing down the cracks in the stone and gathering into strange pools of stains on the ground. There were not many prisoners in the blood prison, and almost all of them were dead or waiting to die.

Therefore, Maha quickly found Atu's location.

When his eyes fell on a stone pillar, he saw Atu hanging by iron chains.

Ah Tu's body was shaking weakly, his limbs were nailed into bone nails engraved with spells.
The bone nails were deeply embedded in his flesh, and blood kept flowing through the nail holes, staining his clothes bright red.

The most shocking thing was that a transparent crystal pillar was inserted into Atu's chest.

According to Black Viper, that was the witchcraft "Soul Locking Pillar" of the Jingyuan Temple.

It is keeping Atu alive and not letting him die easily.

A feeling of anger and pity surged in Maha's heart, and he quickened his pace and approached the stone pillar.

Hearing the footsteps, A Tu reluctantly raised his head.

Ah Tu said in a voice that was almost like breathing: "Maha...it is you indeed."

Maha walked up to Atu and looked at the scars all over his body, feeling a pang of pain in his heart.

"Atu, hold on." Maha whispered, "I'm here to save you."

Ah Tu shook his head slightly and panted, "I have been imprisoned here for a month... The Jingyuan Temple wants our mountain treasure."

"They were afraid that they wouldn't be able to find you if I died, so they used this soul-locking pillar to keep me alive..."

His words were intermittent, and it seemed as if he had used up all his strength to say each word.

There was a glimmer of ruthlessness in Maha's eyes: "They killed our people and captured you!"

“They’re going to pay for this.”

"I will definitely take you out and make the Jingyuan Temple regret what they have done."

After saying this, Maha also realized that the situation was critical and there was no room for hesitation.

He concentrated his mind and controlled Shanbao to wrap the transparent crystal column that was inserted into Atu's chest.

As the mountain treasure seeped in, the golden liquid began to tremble slightly, and then boiled violently.

The boiling golden liquid quickly turned into wisps of mist and was greedily absorbed by Shanbao.

In just a few blinks of an eye, the crystal column could no longer withstand the force and shattered with a bang.

The moment the Soul Locking Pillar shattered, the power that bound Atu disappeared.
Atu fell heavily to the ground like a heavy sandbag.

Without the support of the Soul-Locking Pillar, Atu's body changed rapidly.

His skin dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye, becoming as rough as tree bark.
Wrinkles quickly appeared on his face and his hair turned gray and brittle.

Maha was horrified when he saw this.
Without having time to think, he immediately cut his palm and bright red blood gushed out.

He quickly pressed his palm to Atu's mouth, letting his blood flow into Atu's mouth.

According to Black Viper, he knew that the blood of someone as powerful as himself was also extremely powerful.

His blood is also comparable to a treasure.

"Atu, hold on!" Maha whispered.

But at this moment, Maha had no idea that danger was approaching quietly.

In his arms, the snake bone talisman that Black Viper had presented to him earlier had begun to heat up.

Outside, Black Viper took a deep breath and lowered his voice to a bone charm:
"Xinrao was transformed from an alien species, entered the blood prison, and rebelled."

As his voice rang out, the bone talisman began to vibrate more violently.

A smug smile appeared on Black Viper's face, as if he had already seen the scene of Maha being killed by the high priest.

At this moment, the high priest was sitting on the altar with his eyes closed.

When he felt the unusual movement from the skull magic weapon, he slowly opened his eyes, and a sinister light flashed in his eyes.

"Humph, it's just as I expected." The high priest sneered, his voice low and cold.
"If you dare to do something wrong on the territory of my Jingyuan Temple, I will make sure you never come back."

"But...if it's an alien species, it's better to capture it alive!"

"Just in time... the Moon Dark Festival is coming soon."

He raised his hand slightly, waved it lightly towards the void, and gave an order: "Blood Puppet, you go!"

In an instant, the "blood puppets" hiding in the darkness of the blood prison received orders and surrounded the exit of the blood prison.

These blood puppets are all transformed from corpses, and their physical fitness is indeed comparable to that of ordinary alien species.

At the same time, the high priest activated the Taigui Soul Locking Formation under the altar.

Once anyone touches this "Tai Gui Soul Locking Formation", all the blood and energy in the body will be drained and they will turn into a skeleton.

Inside the blood prison, Maha was kneeling on one knee to treat Atu.

His hands were shaking slightly and there was a hint of anxiety in his eyes.

At this moment, a burst of dense footsteps like drumbeats came from outside the blood prison, breaking the brief silence.

The footsteps came closer and closer, becoming clearer and clearer.

Maha's body tensed up instantly, and a hint of alertness flashed in his eyes.

Then, the guard who had sent the message earlier returned with a group of ferocious men.
Their footsteps were messy and heavy, accompanied by their shouts and curses.

The guard had a ferocious look on his face, raised his weapon suddenly, and shouted loudly:

There is an alien invasion! Search for me!"

His voice echoed in the blood prison like thunder, causing the dust on the stone walls to fall.

Maha's heart tightened, knowing that the situation was extremely critical.

He squatted down without hesitation and carefully carried the weak A Tu on his back.

Ah Tu's body leaned limply on his back, without a trace of strength.
Maha could feel his weak breathing and prayed silently in his heart that he could hold on.

"Sir, the Soul-Locking Pillar is missing..."

A guard's voice sounded.

At this time, the guards outside had already noticed something strange in the blood prison, and they immediately quickened their pace.

They rushed towards Maha like a group of hungry wolves.

Maha knew in his heart that they didn't have much time left.

With his strength, it might not be difficult for him to kill himself.

But at this moment he was still carrying the weak Atu on his back, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty of escape.

He gritted his teeth and secretly thought of a countermeasure in his mind.

However, at this moment, the door of the blood prison fell with a bang, and a huge noise echoed in the blood prison.

The door was thick and solid, with runes painted all over it.

A hint of caution flashed across Maha's eyes.
He knew that this gate was a trap set by the Jingyuan Temple.

No matter how powerful he was, he didn't dare to touch these runes casually.

At the same time, Black Viper's disgusting voice came slowly from outside the door:
"My Lord, I'm sorry... The temple cannot tolerate traitors." (End of this chapter)