Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 311 Using the Stomach and Intestines as a Raft

"This river leads to the core area of ​​the Infinite Desert. If they are still alive, can they really hold out for that long?" Yu Tianheng wondered. After all, this place is nearly 10,000 miles away from the core of the Infinite Desert.

Of the twelve people, five were killed for unknown reasons, and of the remaining seven, three were Soul Kings, but they couldn't hold out for long either; their best fate was to be reduced to ashes.

The only thing that remains uncertain is whether they are carrying any toxins that could pollute the underground river and cause problems with the water supply in the area.

"Should we go down and investigate?" Dugu Yan looked at Tang San. Although she and Yu Tianheng were the core leaders of this mission, they trusted Tang San unconditionally.

With a central figure in their lives, their minds have largely given up on thinking.

"Let's go down." Tang San made his decision, but after going down, they first went out to explain the situation to the local branch hall master and asked, "The underground river is in another place, there really isn't any other exit leading directly to the core area of ​​the Infinite Desert, right?"

"I swear on my martial spirit, absolutely not!"

The branch hall master said decisively, "Three hundred years ago, the Spirit Hall organized a large-scale expedition to explore the core of the desert. My great-great-grandfather was among the explorers who were responsible for searching all the passages into the core area."

"After discovering this underground river, he ordered people to pour a huge amount of pigment made from edible purple seaweed flowers into it... Afterwards, the survivors of the Spirit Hall said that as long as the water in the core area turned purple..."

Although this testing method cannot completely prove it, considering that the walls of this underground river are hard and smooth, it is quite possible.

Moreover, the underground river flows too fast, and it's unknown whether there are any hidden currents inside, making it impossible to send people down to explore.

As for powerhouses at the Contra Douluo and Title Douluo levels...

They all possessed the arrogance of the strong, disdaining to engage in exploration. Sending them to that gloomy and repulsive underground river would be far less desirable than challenging a 100,000-year-old soul beast.

"Then during this time, you all stay outside and patrol diligently, just in case," Tang San instructed. "The four of us will go down and investigate."

"Holy Son, Lord Yu Tianheng, isn't this too risky?" the branch hall master asked worriedly.

"No, if there is any danger, I will blast open the top layer of rock and soil of the underground river and take them away safely. With my strength, I can easily kill an ordinary 100,000-year-old soul beast when I unleash my full power." Tang San's confidence stemmed from his strength, which was comparable to that of a Title Douluo in his normal state, and his explosive power, which was comparable to that of an unparalleled being, when he was in the Fusion Ring state!

If there's any danger, we can just overturn that underground river!

Back at the edge of the dark river, Tang San used his Blue Silver Emperor to create a small boat, which he then lowered into the water. He sensed the river's current and found it to be extremely turbulent.

Even a Soul Saint who falls in will be shattered to pieces...

This is no exaggeration.

After the four of them boarded the blue-silver boat, Tang San used his mental power to sense the direction of the underground river's flow and said, "With my current mental power, I can sense an area of ​​about three thousand miles ahead. This underground river is not straight; it has nearly a hundred large sharp turns, as well as some smaller bends. There are also stalagmites and other similar formations emerging from the river."

Yu Tianheng said, "Just break the stalagmite."

"We can't break it." Tang San shook his head. "Although the river is turbulent, the sound of waves crashing is only heard in the larger area where we are. This is probably because there is air flow and interaction between this area and the outside world. The rest of the area is relatively quiet. The sound is too loud, which may cause the stalactites on the cave ceiling to fall off."

"I see." Although Yu Tianheng didn't understand, he and Dugu Yan had entered caves with stalactites during their pursuit of the Fallen in the past two years. If they made a loud noise, the sharp stalactites on the ceiling would fall down... The principle should be similar; you can't make too much noise.

"Sit still. I'm releasing the Blue Silver Emperor from its restraints. Take the Soul Guiding Lamp; it'll provide the light."

Although Tang San has a mental detection ability, it is also very important for humans to maintain a bright field of vision, since there has not been a single ray of light along the way, and there are no glowing crystals or the like on the surrounding cave walls.

As Tang San loosened the Blue Silver Emperor leaves that were wrapped around the platform, the Blue Silver Boat shot forward swiftly along the river like an arrow.

With his martial soul in hand, Yu Tianheng gripped a paddle woven from Blue Silver Emperor wood, constantly alert to potential obstacles and sharp turns ahead.

Dugu Yan, positioned at the stern, also possessed a martial spirit and used the tail of the Nine-Headed Azure Serpent King as a rudder to assist in controlling the direction.

Tang San sat in the middle, connecting the front and the back, manipulating the two sides of the boat to each extend twelve blue silver royal blades, each nearly ten meters long, to sense the river's flow and assist the boat in turning.

Gu Yuna was the most relaxed, sitting in Tang San's lap, holding a soul lamp in each hand to provide light.

If the river weren't so turbulent, the soul lamp could be fixed to the bow of the boat. But if the river is too turbulent, it would be troublesome to replace the soul lamp battery when it runs out of energy, which could easily lead to the boat capsizing. It's best to hold it by hand, so you can inject soul power to keep it running when it runs out of power.

And so the three of them continued on their journey, traveling nearly three thousand miles in the turbulent river over two days, until they came to a cliff face covered with densely packed stalagmites, an area of ​​only about fifty square meters.

Those stalagmites were very small, only about the thickness of a thumb and three or four centimeters long.

Tang San used his Blue Silver Emperor to entangle the stalactites on the top of the underground river, bringing the boat closer to the stone pillar beach.

"This is the corpse of a Fallen One." Yu Tianheng looked at the corpse that was carelessly thrown on the beach. Its abdomen had been cut open, and its internal organs were still there, but its stomach and intestines had been removed. Judging from the stomach and intestine remnants left on the edge of the beach, it was clear that the inside had been cleaned.

Although the air here was odorless due to the underground river, the group still felt a unique sense of nausea, especially Gu Yuena, who gagged in disgust, saying, "These guys are really disgusting... Tang San, you guessed right, they might really be using human intestines to make rafts."

Before setting off, Tang San had guessed that the Fallen Ones might use the stomachs of their own kind to make rafts.

Some animals have stomachs that can be inflated to hold water, and can even function as boats or rafts...

Therefore, in this world, the physical bodies of Soul Masters are nourished by Soul Power, so their digestive systems must be more resilient than those of ordinary animals. Since the Fallen Ones have no humanity, it is not unreasonable to use the digestive systems of Soul Masters as a kind of air raft.

Moreover, the Fallen Ones might possess some secret techniques that could make a Soul Master's stomach and intestines more resilient, allowing them to endure longer.

However, as things stand, there are still losses.

"But why don't the other fallen ones resist?"

(End of this chapter)