Chapter 1394: The Blood Oil Reservoir
“Be careful. The fact that those Alien Parasites hid this spatial coordinate so meticulously must mean there’s a significant secret here. This place is definitely not simple,” I warned.
We stepped on the tender muscle tissue of the monster and slowly crawled out from its abdomen. At the opening, a large amount of blood oil was already pouring in.
I had a very bad feeling, so I quickly shouted, “Be careful! Don’t touch the blood oil; it will corrupt you with negative energy!”
However, the monster’s corpse seemed to be submerged in an oil pool. The viscous blood oil continuously surged, and upon contact with Via’s blood cocoon, it emitted a crimson mist, seemingly corroding it.
“Quick, crawl out!” Via said. Sherris wasted no time and used her claws to pry open the incoming passage, then squeezed out.
We followed suit. As Sherris tore open the wound, the blood oil poured in even faster, and the magic power within the blood cocoon was rapidly being consumed.
However, I ended up yielding to Older Brother Jayad, letting him go first. I was the last one to crawl out.
Outside was a Sea of corpses and seas of blood. Black and red grease and monster remains were everywhere. We swam upwards, desperately and quickly reaching the surface of the oil.
The moment we poked our heads out, the blood cocoon on our bodies vanished. Our bodies were immediately soaked in blood oil. Before I could fully surface, I gulped down several large mouthfuls. It was a disgusting taste composed of corpse stench, the smell of blood, and a pungent oily odor.
I have to admire my Gluttony Talent here. I actually swallowed it all. After several large gulps, I emerged from the oil, completely unchoked.
Wiping the oil from my eyes, I saw the scene before me, which was truly disgusting. All I could see were corpses soaked in grease. The entire pool of blood oil was churning endlessly, with many bubbles rising. It was probably due to gases contained within the corpses being delivered from outside.
Even after emerging from the oil, the air here was extremely poor. The acrid smell of oil made it almost impossible to breathe.
Looking up, I saw a semi-circular metal ceiling, as if we were inside some sealed container. The surrounding corpses were not just those of monsters but also a large number of Humans, Otherworldly beings, and even animals.
All these corpses were covered in grease, many deeply decayed and incomplete. Thinking about that, did I just drink…
“Cough, cough, cough!” The thought made me unable to hold back anymore. I coughed violently, as if trying to spit out all the blood oil I had just swallowed.
But I sadly discovered that my Gluttony Talent was too powerful. The blood oil had long since entered my stomach and been digested and absorbed. I couldn’t cough any of it out.
I had swallowed such a disgusting thing. The taste was the worst I had ever eaten, but aside from the psychological difficulty in accepting it, there were no physiological adverse reactions.
“Parul, calm down, it’s okay,” Older Brother Jayad hugged me, comforting me as he pulled me onto a monster’s corpse.
Actually, floating in this blood oil pool wasn’t difficult. The blood oil had a very high density, so moving our hands and feet would keep us afloat. The real difficulty was the psychological pressure of being in such a place.
Via simply flew up. Sherris and Older Brother Jayad also climbed onto corpses. Their clothes were all covered in blood oil, and this blood oil seemed alive, constantly wriggling on our bodies.
“Heavenly Fire!” Older Brother Jayad waved his cane, and Holy Fire instantly erupted from him, burning fiercely and igniting all the grease on his body.
Logically speaking, in a pool full of oil like this, open flames should be strictly forbidden. Even a tiny spark could ignite the entire pool of blood oil, causing a massive explosion, incinerating everyone inside to cinders.
However, Older Brother Jayad controlled it perfectly. The Holy Fire only burned on him, completely purifying the filth on his body, without igniting the surrounding blood oil at all.
“Parul, I’ll help you,” Older Brother Jayad said as he reached out. With the Holy Fire burning fiercely, he gently patted my shoulder. Instantly, I too caught fire.
This flame was so warm and comfortable. It gently brushed over my exterior, not hot at all. The greasy, slippery, sticky feeling on my body completely vanished, making me feel as refreshed as if I had taken a bath.
“Ahhh!” Overwhelmed by the comfort, I couldn’t help but cry out. When the Holy Fire finished burning, my legs went weak. Blushing, I had to lean on Older Brother Jayad. It was a bit too stimulating.
Sherris and Via watched enviously. They also wanted Older Brother Jayad to help them burn it off, but unfortunately, they were Undead and could not be directly exposed to Holy Fire. Even with Older Brother Jayad’s precise control, it would still harm them.
“There’s no choice, we’ll endure it. But I can help lick Sherris clean,” Via said, and the blood oil on her body dissipated as a red mist. This was her using her Blood control Talent to extract the blood oil.
“Huh?” Sherris quickly backed away a few steps upon hearing “lick clean.” Just as she thought Via was joking, she saw Via actually approaching. “No! No need, I’ll do it myself!”
“Don’t run away, I can really lick it clean. This blood oil actually tastes quite good,” Via licked the blood oil on the back of her hand. For a Vampire, this was probably considered solid food.
“No! Really no need! I can burn it clean myself!” With that, Sherris ignited dark green corpse fire on her palm and slapped it onto herself.
Corpse fire was a curse without heat, mainly harming enemies with the negative energy composing the flames. Although there were many flammable materials here, the corpse fire did not ignite them. Instead, it clashed violently with the blood oil around Sherris.
This was a fierce conflict between two negative energies, mutually incompatible. The blood oil wanted to extinguish the corpse fire and erode Sherris, while the corpse fire wanted to burn away the blood oil. The result was that the blood oil on Sherris herself was burned clean.
“Sigh, I was really hoping to lick to my heart’s content. What a shame,” Via said regretfully, licking the back of her hand with a sense of unfulfilled desire. She actually found the blood oil quite tasty.
“Via! Don’t eat such dirty things; you’ll be corrupted!” I immediately stopped her.
“Parul (Sister), what are you afraid of? We are Gluttony Believers; our bodies won’t be affected no matter what we eat,” Via said dismissively.
What she said made sense, and I couldn’t refute it. I had also swallowed several large mouthfuls earlier, and I had no negative reactions at all. It was perfectly clean and hygienic.
“Even so, this is not a place to linger. We need to get out quickly. Where is the exit?” I looked around. If there was no exit, we would have to forcefully break through these buildings.
Via released her bats. When my God’s Eye became ineffective, only her bats could scout in this godforsaken place, even capable of潜入 beneath the blood oil.
“Over there, there’s a filtration outlet,” Via pointed below the blood oil.
