648 The Third Level! (1/2)
The lit area below was another new world altogether!
It looked creepy and was drastically different from all the worlds that Wang Baole had seen. Even the Vast Expanse Dao Palace Main Star that had been annexed by the Never-Ending Clan hadn't been as shocking a sight as this place!
The skies of this world were black. In fact, they were covered by a thick fog that was black. Thick veins woven from flesh and blood extended from the fog, running downwards towards the land!
There were thousands of such veins in this world. They cluttered the skies and converged at a single point on land!
The convergence stood on pitch-black land… an incredible, towering and sturdy pillar that spanned a hundred thousand feet wide!
The pillar was similarly formed from flesh and blood, and contractions traveled slowly down the pillar. Thousands of veins connected to it and each contraction seemed to suck the blood and flesh pulp inside the thousands of connected veins!
One could see the top of this round pillar but not how deep it went underground. Beyond the pillar were black soil and countless fleshy lumps, and within each lump was nested a fetus. They didn't seem to be fetuses of Never-Ending Clan members but of a breed of monsters!
There were clear signs that the world had been reformed. The veins were a terrifying sight to behold. There was a protective sheen of light a hundred thousand feet around the huge pillar that radiated a blue glow and seemed to serve as a defensive barrier against intruders.
A similar blue sheen could be found around every vein. The veins, alongside the pillar, seemed to form a world onto themselves. Another world seemed to exist outside the blue defensive barrier.
Rumbling sounds continued to resonate in the air. Wang Baole's heart raced at the sights and sounds assaulting his senses. After a long while, he took a deep breath and fell into a thoughtful silence. He clenched his jaw and began climbing down the vein. He passed through the clouds and finally saw the world with his own eyes.
The entire world seemed to revolve around the pillar. The glowing blue barrier protected the pillar, and anything beyond couldn't enter. Wang Baole had somehow been lucky enough to locate a vein inside the millstone and climbed his way into the world. He had ended up on the right side of the blue barrier!
His heart raced, and his breathing grew uneven. He sprawled inside the vein and looked around. In his eyes, the pillar resembled a silk larva that was sucking nutrients that came from the millstone. The things that Wang Baole had seen inside the millstone led to his conclusion that there was a great likelihood that another world existed on the other side of this pillar, underground!
If the corpses formed the first level, then this is the second level… Wang Baole narrowed his eyes. The image of the battleship surfaced in his mind. He remembered it was formed from three huge circular disks.
There was a fourth disk connecting the three disks, which was likely the battleship's main body. It was layered under the other three intersecting disks and sat in the center of the disks.
Going by that logic, if the fourth disk is the second level, then both Mie Liezi and Daoist You Ran should be here! Wang Baole rubbed at his forehead as he stared into the distance. The world was so vast that Wang Baole couldn't see its end.
He pondered for a while before abandoning the thought of crossing over to the other side of the blue defensive barrier. Since he had already found himself on the inside of the barrier, he should now be many steps ahead of the rest. This might seem dangerous, but it might also be a safer place for him to be.
Wang Baole narrowed his eyes at that thought. He raced down the vein, took a sudden leap, and landed. He went to the edge of the blue barrier and released a puppet. He discovered that, while there were difficulties in crossing the barrier, it wasn't an impossible feat. However, it was nearly impossible for the puppet to return to the inside of the barrier. Having concluded that, he then turned towards the gigantic pillar before him.