Excessive ferocity due to caution

Zhao Yi's short sentence immediately piqued Chao Fei's interest:

"Do you know him?"

Zhao Yi replied:

"most."

"I observed those eyeballs in the blood waterfall before. They clearly had no consciousness, and nothing was binding them. The tentacles attached to their bodies only served to transmit power."

"But under such circumstances, they did not engage in internal strife, did not attack each other, and even cooperated in a very purposeful and orderly manner, which makes me very curious..."

"What exactly is controlling them?"

"I thought of a peculiar possibility, so I used some special means to examine them..."

At this point, Zhao Yi smiled slightly:

"Guess what I found?"

Chao Fei was curious:

"What did you discover?"

Zhao Yi:

"The power of faith".

"How interesting. Why would a group of mindless power storage devices possess the power of faith?"

"It was clearly the being at the end of the blood waterfall that deliberately transmitted it to them in order to control these eyeballs (power storage devices)."

Ji Chen looked towards the end of the blood waterfall in the distance, his eyes still filled with lingering fear.

"But... what does that prove?"

Zhao Yi replied:

This illustrates two points—

"First, the thing at the end of the blood waterfall has sentience."

"Secondly, it worships some kind of deity."

"Those who generally believe in deities are often members of organizations similar to churches."

"As luck would have it, I happened to know an extremely powerful church organization in the world outside of the Abyss."

Ji Chen's breath hitched:

"Could it be such a coincidence?"

"Can forces outside the Infernal Realm infiltrate so easily?"

Zhao Yi replied:

"It's been there for a while, you just didn't know it."

Chao Fei's expression first turned serious, then gradually returned to normal, though his tone was rather enigmatic:

"Are you sure you want to follow me to the end of Blood Falls?"

"Have you thought it through?"

"You're basically safe leaving now, but if you come with me to the end of Bloodfall, I can't guarantee your safety..."

Zhao looked at him, smiled, and lit a cigarette.

Seeing the cigarette, Ji Chen moved closer again.

"Can I have a piece of chewing gum too?"

Zhao Yi shifted his gaze slightly, thought for a moment, then took out a cigarette and offered it to Ji Chen. Just as Ji Chen reached for it, Zhao Yi withdrew his hand. Ji Chen, puzzled, looked up at Zhao Yi, only to hear him say calmly:

"Take my cigarettes and come with me."

Upon hearing this, Ji Chen immediately shrank back.

"I...I'm not going!"

"That place is very dangerous!"

"Are you kidding me?"

As he spoke, he pointed one finger to the end of the waterfall of blood, his emotions becoming somewhat agitated:

"That sleeping guy is very likely a peak-stage late-stage god!"

Do you know what this means?

"This means that even the people of the underworld will find it extremely difficult to capture him!"

"Even Senior Chao Xian was defeated by him, so why should we go and join in the fun?"

"If we really encounter danger, we might even cause trouble for Senior Chao!"

Chao Fei nodded as well:

That's true.

"If we really encounter danger at the end of the Blood Falls, I may not be able to take care of you."

Zhao Yi stuffed the cigarettes back into the cigarette case.

"Isn't it asleep?"

"As long as we don't wake it up, it should be fine, right?"

Chao Fei remained silent for a long time:

"That's how it is in theory."

"But in places like ancient battlefields, accidents are not surprising."

"If you insist on accompanying me to the end of Bloodfall, be prepared to lose your life at any time."

"You don't have the mark of a god on you, you should think this through."

Zhao Yi:

"I came to Wujian this time at great risk, largely because I wanted to uncover secrets related to the church."

After speaking, he glanced sideways at Ji Chen:

"You should leave Bloodfall first."

"If you're a little worried, you can wait for us outside. If all goes well, we'll be out in no time."

Chao Feng nodded:

"That's true."

"You can go out first and wait for us outside for three to five days."

"If we haven't come out in three to five days, then it means we must have died at the end of Blood Falls."

Ji Chen glanced at Zhao Yi, then at Chao Fei, his expression shifting between anger and uncertainty. Suddenly, he gritted his teeth and extended his hand to Zhao Yi:

"Damn it!"

"Give me some chewing gum, and I'll go with you!"

Zhao Yi looked up and smiled in surprise:

Are you afraid to be alone?

Ji Chen snorted coldly:

"Young master, I... I just wanted to smoke some gum!"

Zhao Yi flicked a cigarette at him and gave another pack to Chao Fei.

Ji Chen was displeased:

"Hey! Hey! Hey!"

"I risked my life to accompany you, and you only gave me one stick, but gave Senior Chao a whole box? What does that mean?"

Zhao Yi said calmly:

"Will you lead the way?"

Ji Chen choked.

Chao Fei waved his hand:

"Okay, okay!"

"Since you've already made your decision, let's not waste any more time..."

"Be careful. If you are attacked, focus on defense and don't rush to retaliate!"

The two agreed.

They walked upstream along the Bloodfall, heading deeper into the area.

Upon reaching this point, the Bloodfall becomes a River of Blood.

The large amount of blood below began to boil.

The enormous skeletons of some unidentified creatures kept surfacing and sinking amidst the boiling blood...

It was shrouded in intense curses and resentment, which even ordinary rulers could not resist!

The deeper one goes, the deeper the resentment in the river of blood becomes, and the wider the river grows, eventually turning into a sea of ​​blood...

There were no more eerie eyeballs here, only countless tentacles plunged into the sea of ​​blood...

The three stood in the void, the sea of ​​blood stretching as far as the eye could see, and the biting, bloody wind that blew in even carried an ominous curse!

The black of the sky and the red of the sea of ​​blood meet at the edge of the horizon.

"Senior Chao... what exactly is that thing in the sea of ​​blood?"

Ji Chen stared at the unfathomable sea of ​​blood, feeling the terrifying aura within, and his legs went weak!

Heaven knows how much misfortune and terror is buried in this sea of ​​blood.

"It's a huge head."

"What kind of creature's head?"

"I don't know, maybe it's a person, maybe it's..."

Chao Fei took out a mirror from his storage bag.

"The Three Emperors Mirror!"

Ji Chen exclaimed in surprise, his eyes wide open.

"Isn't this the ancient artifact recorded in the 'Fragments of the Ancient Wilderness'?"

"Senior Chao, you...you...how do you have this?!"

Zhao Yi frowned:

"First artifact?"

Ji Chen was absolutely certain:

"I have no doubt about this crack; it belongs to the legendary artifact, the Three Emperors Mirror!"

Chao Fei coughed lightly, facing the intense gazes of the two men.

"Um... I carved the crack myself. I thought the Three Emperors Mirror in the book looked really cool, so I made a replica..."

The two rolled their eyes.

Chao Fei shrugged ( ▔, ▔ )ㄏ.

"Hey, what's with those expressions?"

"If I possessed a divine artifact, would I have been sealed in the Blood River for so many years?"

"Besides, the existence of 'pre-gods' disappeared long ago in the Chaotic Era... There are no pre-gods left in this world!"

As he spoke, he activated the mirror in his hand.

A ray of divine light appeared in the crack of the mirror and shone on the sea of ​​blood.

The mysterious power within the mirror unfolded, unleashing the full power of a post-god even without the mark of a post-god!

The originally viscous sea of ​​blood became clear and lucid when illuminated by the divine light in the mirror.

The three looked down and saw, in the area where countless tentacles had gathered beneath the sea of ​​blood, a huge, rotting head covered in pustules...

The head was no longer recognizable as to what kind of creature it belonged to.

"It looks like a human head..."

Zhao Yi frowned.

He felt the head was familiar.

I feel like I've seen this somewhere before.

After searching his memory for a moment, a glint flashed in his eyes.

"It's it..."

P.S.: First update.