Time passes day by day.
Three days later, the lower reaches of the Blood River suddenly shone brightly, and countless souls were continuously drawn out of the Blood River, and then merged into the star array on the bank.
In the star array, the giant red tree seemed to be mutating, and every branch seemed to be digesting a soul.
Outside the star formation, among the group of alchemists, the Countess was even more arrogant, as if she had the entire secret realm under her control.
The development of the situation did not seem to be as Anderson expected.
At least that star array obviously works, and is not worth mentioning or needing to worry about as Anderson said.
The uncle hurriedly found Fang Ning to discuss how to deal with this matter.
"This Anderson is so unreliable. He said that he would definitely fail, but in the end, he was about to succeed. Fortunately, I didn't look for him much before. It is more reliable to be a rich man." The uncle said angrily.
"Well, it's too early to draw conclusions now. Let's not get into trouble. Send spies more quickly and keep an eye on the movements in those places, especially William. I hope he can find something." Fang Ning gave advice.
"It's so troublesome. It was not this difficult to capture those secret realms before. What is going on?" The uncle was very depressed.
"That's because the previous secret realm appeared too early, maybe it wasn't mature enough..." Fang Ning speculated.
"Ah, that's right. Just like me before, I was easily fooled. Now this secret realm is obviously in a mature stage and is not easy to manipulate." The uncle suddenly said.
"That's right. Take your time. Compared to this, I have a huge worry." Fang Ning said worriedly.
"What are you worried about?" The uncle was puzzled.
"We have been here for quite some time and have been isolated from the outside world. I'm worried that something might change." Fang Ning said worriedly.
"Hey, when we entered that inheritance place before, weren't we delayed for a long time? Nothing will happen." The uncle didn't believe it.
"You are so naive. You are no longer as good as before. If our existence had one influence on the world before, now it is one thousand. What do you think the outside world will look like without our existence?" Fang Ning
Worried.
"You are so unfounded, what does that have to do with us?" The uncle said indifferently, "According to what you say, uncle, I can't leave the earth yet? I am a hero, not a nanny. Anyway, we have important belongings and important followers. , Either carry it with you, or just stay in the city of righteousness, and you are not afraid of the unexpected changes at all."
"Hmph, I knew you would say that." Fang Ning said helplessly.
… …
A place of bloodshed, in a mountain forest.
William is exploring a new bloody stream. The source of this stream seems a bit weird, coming from a mountain spring somewhere.
Just when he was about to go deeper, he saw a red light rising into the sky in the distance. In his eyes, in the red light, there were countless ghosts wailing and crying, as if they were facing a desperate situation.
"No, I have to speed up, otherwise, I'm afraid it will be too late." He was secretly anxious, then gritted his teeth and jumped into the mountain spring.
Then comes endless darkness...
And where the red light shot into the sky, Countess Barito was looking at the star formation with satisfaction.
It is absorbing the power of this blood river to strengthen itself, and the stronger it becomes, the faster it absorbs, thereby achieving positive iteration.
At the end of the iteration, it will drain the power of the entire blood river in an instant, and then condense into the crystal of the secret realm.
That's when they will succeed.
This path is clear and direct, far more effective than other people’s unreliable methods.
"Ah, I want more power, I want to eat them."
The giant red tree roared.
Half of the star array is arranged on the shore and half is arranged in the water. The giant red tree is in the center of the array, serving as a sacrifice and a transfer station for power.
"Don't worry, I will make sure you have enough to eat, Master Abraham..." Countess Barito sneered.
This old guy has always thought of himself as noble, but he didn't expect God to bless him... By the way, this guy doesn't believe in God, he believes in nature.
Unfortunately, his nature did not bless him. But nature itself will not protect anyone.
"What a precious soul. There are hundreds of millions of souls. I really don't know where these souls come from? Damn it, that vigilante A was causing trouble before. Otherwise, with the help of hundreds of millions of Americans, we would have been able to refine the Philosopher's Stone a long time ago." The countess smiled darkly.
"Your Excellency, according to our refining, we found that they are not from some mysterious place, but are us people on earth..." an alchemist replied.
"Hey, please quickly analyze the origins of these souls, and most importantly, the time of their death..." The Countess sensitively grasped the key point.
"We'll do it right away."
A few hours later, a surprising fact emerged.
"Reporting to Your Majesty the Count, these souls are of different ages, but the earliest death time was 20 years ago. In other words, when these souls died, it was already the beginning of the Age of Vitality." An alchemist replied.
"As expected, I have a bold guess. It seems that this secret place needs our existence and is destined to be owned by us." The countess said proudly.
Strangely, none of the alchemists asked her what she thought.
"Well, if you work harder to refine this blood river, I think the fire gate will open soon."
"yes."
During the conversation, these people did not realize that in the river, a fish with lively eyes heard everyone's conversation.
Before long, it nimbly avoided all the dark shadows and headed upstream against the current.
The fish swam and swam, and after a few hours, it finally found its owner.
"This is your spy. He's quite clever." Fang Ning looked at the swimming fish communicating with Knight A through the system's perspective.
"Of course, I have learned this through a lot of experience, and my wisdom is no less than yours." The uncle said proudly.
"You're talking nonsense to me again. How can it be smarter than me?" Fang Ning said disdainfully, "Tell me, what news does this stupid fish bring?"
The uncle then told all the alchemist's discoveries without hiding anything.
"So that's it. I was wondering how this secret realm was formed and what the source of its power is. It turns out that the endless souls in the river really come from the earth. According to rough estimates, I remember that tens of millions of people can die on the earth in one year. In 20 years, If it comes down to it, it will be more than 1 billion, which is not a small amount." Fang Ning said suddenly.
"I don't understand. What's the significance of this?" The uncle asked confused.
"Of course it makes sense. It means that this place is the real place of reincarnation! No, it should be said that it is the place of end. It wants to destroy all the dead souls and turn them into nourishment for its own growth. It is indeed cruel enough, even if It is the Age of Vitality, and it does not give anyone hope of the afterlife. In the past, we thought that after the Age of Vitality opened, there would be an afterlife and reincarnation. This is not the case at all. If you enter this place, you will only have to kill again and again, and finally integrate into this place. A piece of heaven and earth." Fang Ning said with lingering fear.
"What's this? In the previous era, there was no such thing as a soul. Once a person died, it would immediately dissipate and nothing would remain." The uncle said without caring at all.
"Forget it, after much thinking, we have to find a way to establish contact with the outside world." Fang Ning suggested.
"Why?"
"When it comes to understanding the soul, who knows better than Bodhisattva?"
"You can find him, but this time, don't give up your place again." The uncle said plausibly.
"Know."