130 Dividing the spoils. (2/2)
After gathering and dividing up all the different types of blood, Li Yang was slightly surprised to discover that none of the other orbs of blood contained any Essence Blood, only his fire and lightning blood contained it. Clearly, the Hydra was doing its best to make sure that Li Yang kept his end of the bargain. Tian Zheng looked at the orb of blood floating in front of him, prodding it with one of the unbroken fingers on his left hand and muttering quietly to himself.
”Water huh? Guess it'll at least make a good gift for Junior Brother Meng.”
Tian Zheng specialized in the law of fire and the law of power, he had close to no use for any resources that had the element of water. But as the future patriarch of the Tian clan, he had many subordinates, some which had followed him for many years already, long before he became the future patriarch. He himself couldn't use this blood and the water elemental, but he could at least gift it to his closest subordinates to thank them for their years of help.
The group entered the volcano through the large hole that the hydra had torn in the side when it burst out of it, following the straight path to return to the core of the volcano. Cui Xiuying and Yuan Peng were tending to their injuries while everyone was moving so the speed of the group was pretty slow, it took them almost three hours to once again reach the core of the volcano and spot the seven elementals bobbing around above the gravity well.
Li Yang could still sense the eighth body of the hydra hiding deep beneath the gravity well, it was trembling faintly as everyone returned to the core of the volcano. Li Yang looked at the seven elementals, speaking up the moment the group arrived at the core of the volcano.
”Looking at how much noise we made during the fight I suggest that we all leave as quickly as possible, there's no telling what might come here. Well, if you guys decide to stay here then I can only say that you're retarded and leave you to your business. But don't expect me and Ying'er to stay here, we'll leave for the south as quickly as possible to meet up with some friends of ours.”
Li Yang wasn't exactly lying to them, Zhao Feng was currently located to the south of their group, hiding so that Tian Zheng and the others didn't notice him. If he were to suddenly reveal himself and be friendly with Li Yang and Fang Ying, the other clans might start to believe that the two of them were spies from the demon race all along, and there was no telling what might happen then.
The others thought it over for a short second before nodding their heads in agreement, Li Yang's words made sense. Besides, they all had their own things that they needed to do, they didn't have the time to waste around here.
”You're not wrong, I'll leave to meet up with my sect juniors in the west to repair my puppets.”
”I need to repair my Companion Pouch and tame new Demonic beasts to fill it. I found a few good islands up north filled with Demonic beasts, I'll probably head there.”
”I haven't heard anything from two of the groups I sent to scout out two large islands to the west so I'll probably follow Brother Xieren for a bit before splitting up.”
”Guess I'm the only one heading east then. I found an underwater glacier there that seems to be a pretty good place for me to train, you can find me there if you should need me. Junior Brother Yang, you can use this to contact me if you should need my aid or encounter any groups from our clan that have encountered any accidents.”
Yuan Peng was the last to speak up, throwing Li Yang an eagle-shaped talisman made from yellow jade. Li Yang nodded his head and put away the jade for the moment, it might come in handy one day in the future. The group then quickly headed for the elementals and picked up the ones they had agreed on before, sealing them in bottles made from special metal that prevented their energy from being released wantonly. The people present then nodded at each other as a final farewell and split up, their co-operation ending for now.
But only a minuter after everyone split up and Tian Zheng and the others left the island, Li Yang rode a bolt of lightning and returned to the core of the volcano, arriving in front of the gravity well. He crouched down by the magma that covered the gravity well, coating his hands with golden flames and then plunging them into the magma, pulling it apart and using his fire to make sure that it stayed split apart for at least a few seconds.
Li Yang then swiped his interspatial ring and took out a frozen mass of vines that coiled around each other and formed the shape of a heart, one of the secondary hearts belonging to the Devil's Grasp Vine's he had fought earlier. He dropped the heart down into the opening he had created, directly down to the last of the hydra's body, returning the magma to normal before leaving behind a few words as he left.
”Consider it my thanks for the Essence Blood.”
The secondary heart contained an immense amount of pure lifeforce and energy, it was extremely suitable nourishment for the body of the hydra, it would allow this eighth body to be fully born several years faster than it should have been. Li Yang vanished from the volcano's core after he left behind the words, returning to Fang Ying and Zhao Feng so that the three of them could continue to explore this place.