Chapter 2699 - Fish in a Bottle (1/2)

The incident in Jail Demon Hall had yet to be explained. Although it was suggested that the raging of the Red Blood Demon might have been somehow connected to the Blood Marrow Geno Fluid, the Inspection Department came to no ultimate conclusion. And before the incident, no one had known that the Bone Marrow Geno Fluid could produce this sort of effect. The warehouse frequently offered that type of geno fluid when they ran out of the ordinary ones, so it all seemed like one giant coincidence. No one should have been responsible for what occurred.

But Han Sen thought things couldn’t have been that simple. He firmly believed the event had something to do with Liyu Zhen and Li Xue Cheng. Li Xue Cheng had visited him not long before the lockdown took place. The timing was too suspicious to be a coincidence.

But there was no evidence linking the event to Li Xue Cheng, and that meant Han Sen could not do anything to the man.

“It is a shame that the Red Blood Demon doppelganger will take another six months to regenerate. Otherwise, I could go and kill it again. Maybe that would help me figure out what an incomplete beast soul is,” Han Sen thought to himself as he fished at Underworld Lake. Then he heard Bao’er’s voice shouting to him, interrupting his thoughts.

“Dad! I fished up the sheep head again,” Bao’er yelled as she pulled at the Underworld Silk.

Han Sen looked toward her and saw that she was indeed pulling the Four Sheep Cube toward her. Half of it was visible through the clouds of the lake.

Han Sen had gotten used to this happening. Bao’er frequently caught the Four Sheep Cube on the end of her line, but she was never able to bring it out of the lake.

Indeed, whenever the Four Sheep Cube was on the cusp of being pulled free of the lake’s surface, the Underworld Silk tended to snap. The Four Sheep Cube would sink below the white mists again.

After fishing it up so many times without actually being able to catch it, Bao’er was starting to get angry. As she watched the Four Sheep Cube again, waiting for the moment it fell back into the lake, she decided to try something new. With her free hand, she summoned her little gourd.

She aimed the gourd at the sinking Four Sheep Cube. Then Bao’er tapped the top of the gourd, unleashing a weird power. It was like an invisible lasso had been slung over the Four Sheep Cube. It yanked the Four Sheep Cube in the direction of the little gourd.

Han Sen looked at Bao’er with shock. The things in Underworld Lake were very special, and generally, only strings made of Underworld Silk could affect them. Other powers didn’t really do anything in Underworld Lake.

Until an item left Underworld Lake completely, no types of power should have worked on it. Han Sen had already tried using his own powers to remove the Four Sheep Cube from the lake, but it hadn’t worked. If his power touched the surface of Underworld Lake, the mist would disrupt and render it null.

But the little gourd’s power of suction didn’t seem to be affected at all by the lake. It easily pulled the Four Sheep Cube up and away. Unfortunately, Bao’er didn’t have enough raw power, and she seemed to be struggling to pull the statue free of the clouds.

He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but it felt like the Four Sheep Cube was using its own strength to pull itself back into the lake. It was trying to return to the camouflage of the clouds.

Bao’er gripped her little gourd tightly, and the weight of the statue slowly began to drag her little body toward Underworld Lake. Han Sen’s heartbeat sped up, and he teleported over beside her and grabbed hold of her.

Han Sen sensed that a foreign power had wrapped itself around Bao’er’s body, and it was towing both of them toward the lake.

“What a scary power!” Han Sen’s face paled slightly. He didn’t have time to think, so he simply summoned his peacock king soul robe and used all of his power to remain still. His legs dug into the lakeside soil.

It wasn’t enough. Not even the powerful beast soul could prevent the malevolent force from pulling him closer to the lake. Han Sen’s legs slowly tore a trench through the soil as he was dragged toward the lake.

Han Sen and Bao’er used all of their strength, and Bao’er’s face flushed a deep red. But she couldn’t fight off that power no matter how hard she tried, and she was on the verge of falling into the lake.

Han Sen was about to tell Bao’er to put away the little gourd, but he suddenly felt a new power latch onto him from behind. The powerful force launched them backward, almost yanking the Four Sheep Cube clear of the mist.