Divine Soul +3!
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Li Yao felt a cool sensation run through his body, while a warm current flowed from the divine spear into his body.
Meanwhile, the various attributes on the panel are constantly increasing.
The ferocious tree demon withered away quickly.
All the branches, twigs, and even the trunk, seemed to have been drained of all their moisture, and began to wither and curl up wildly.
The leaves fell like a torrential rain. After the tree spirit let out its last roar, the entire tree collapsed and turned into a withered tree.
The divine spear can absorb the physical strength, spiritual energy, and soul of living beings and provide them to Li Yao.
Moreover, the Divine Spear itself is also nourished by these attributes.
The shaft of the divine spear gleamed with a deep blue light, rotating gently as if it had eaten its fill, radiating a satisfied glow.
Having dealt with the Crimson-Eyed Pig Demon, the Tree Demon, and countless Yin Spirits, Li Yao rode his spear and flew towards the depths of the Abyss of the Dead.
Soon, an endless expanse of water appeared before his eyes.
This must be the most mysterious and merciless sea among the five seas.
The Blood-Dripping Cave beneath the Abyss of the Dead is located on this merciless beach.
A chilling wind blew in from the merciless sea, gently brushing against Li Yao's neck and cheeks.
He found the sea to be perfectly calm, with nothing unusual in sight.
It seems the Blackwater Serpent hasn't yet noticed his arrival.
Riding his divine spear, he searched along the coast for an unknown amount of time before finally finding a cave hidden by ancient trees.
This cave should be the location of the Dripping Blood Cave.
A relieved smile finally appeared on his face. It was true that hard work pays off; it seemed that his luck was still pretty good.
The Blood-Dripping Cave!
The mechanism here is actually not complicated. Once you know the method, opening the mechanism is easy.
Li Yao was well-versed in the original text and naturally knew how to activate the mechanism.
After triggering those mechanisms, he waited quietly for a while.
Crackling sounds...
With a deafening roar of machinery, the once seamless and incredibly hard stone wall behind the water curtain in front of them retreated completely, slowly but eventually revealing a new opening.
Li Yao went inside without hesitation.
This should be my final destination.
Soon, he arrived at a stone chamber.
On the left side of the stone chamber, there were two huge stone statues.
A benevolent-looking figure stands with a smile, its clothes fluttering in the wind, lifelike, somewhat resembling Guanyin Bodhisattva in Buddhism.
The other statue was completely different, ferocious and menacing, with a black face, demonic horns, eight arms, and four heads. There was even a trace of blood dripping from its mouth, making it a sight to behold.
These two statues should be the Holy Mother of the Netherworld and the Heavenly Fiend King of the Demonic Cult.
Li Yao was naturally not interested in the two statues; his purpose in coming here was to obtain the first volume of the "Heavenly Book".
So he continued walking inside.
Before long, he arrived at a spacious place.
There are no signs of human intervention here; it is a cave with stalactites hanging upside down and strangely shaped rocks standing out.
At the entrance of the cave stands a huge stele with ten large characters carved on it in a flamboyant style: "Heaven and Earth are ruthless, treating all things as straw dogs!"
After bypassing the giant monument, he soon discovered a blue stone platform with a skeleton sitting quietly on it.
This skeleton must be the Black Heart Old Man!
Because Li Yao sensed that the Overlord Divine Spear, which had been forged into a Soul Devourer, was emitting a faint blue light.
Then he continued to delve deeper inside.
Soon, he arrived at a stone chamber.
Inside this stone chamber, one side was lined with shelves, while the other side was piled with weapons, such as knives, swords, and guns, most of which were badly damaged.
Regardless of the consequences, Li Yao touched each item one by one, and according to the system's prompts, he actually found some magical treasures among them.
He threw all the usable magical artifacts into his spatial dimension, copied them one by one, and then disassembled them, obtaining a considerable number of artifact spirits.
Of course, these magical treasures are nothing special. The legendary treasures of the Demonic Sect, such as the "Five Sacred Mountains Divine Halberd," the "Moon-Viewing Rope," and the "Separation Cone," are merely labels without any actual objects.
Although these top-tier magical treasures are not here.
However, Li Yao knew that the original magic weapon of Lady Jinling, the "Hehuan Bell," was located here.
In the original novel, Biyao obtained this Hehuan Bell.
Since Li Yao is here, we should be the first to arrive and take the Hehuan Bell.
After searching for a while, he found a small iron box in the last compartment of the shelf.
He knew that the box contained 'ancient corpse poison'.
Therefore, he dared not be careless.
He used the Overlord Spear to gently tap the lid of the iron box, and a soft 'click' was heard, at the same time a wisp of black smoke emerged.
Instantly, the divine spear emitted a bright blue light, and the black aura was immediately enveloped by the blue light, unable to escape despite several attempts.
After a short while, the black aura gradually shrank, while the green light grew stronger.
Unexpectedly, the Overlord Divine Spear can also counteract 'Ancient Corpse Poison'.
This greatly surprised Li Yao!
Perhaps it was because the Divine Spear had been forged into the Soul Devourer.
Immediately, Li Yao's gaze fell upon the iron box, where he saw a small, golden bell lying inside.
This is the Albizia julibrissin!
Li Yao put away the Hehuan Bell without hesitation.
Of course, he didn't let go of that strange love curse either. Although only women could practice this curse, it still had some reference value.
Next, we'll get to Li Yao's main objective in this operation.
He arrived at another stone chamber, where he saw that the hard stone walls were covered with densely packed stone carvings.
That was the first volume of the "Heavenly Book"!
He immediately placed his hand on the stone wall, and a notification sound rang in his mind.
Without hesitation, he directly consumed a significant amount of his luck points to integrate the first volume of the "Heavenly Book" into the "True Scripture of the Great Dao".
The first volume of "The Heavenly Book" is the general outline of the five volumes of "The Heavenly Book".
Both the Great Brahma Prajna and the Taiji Xuanqing Dao originated from the "Heavenly Book," and commonalities can be found within them.
Therefore, after Li Yao integrated the first volume of the "Heavenly Book" into the "Great Dao True Scripture," he gained a deeper understanding of the cultivation methods in the world of Zhu Xian, which greatly benefited his future cultivation.
Having obtained the first volume of the "Heavenly Book," he did not erase it.
After all, this place was full of traps and obstacles, and he didn't want to leave in a sorry state.
He then restored all the mechanisms to their original state and returned along the same route.
As he returned to the entrance of the Dripping Blood Cave, a sudden, deafening roar erupted.
Chapter 325 Black Water Serpent
As soon as Li Yao arrived at the entrance of the Dripping Blood Cave, he heard a loud noise.
It was as if the sky were falling and the earth were splitting apart, as if mountains were collapsing, as if waves were crashing against the shore.
Li Yao reached out and the Overlord Divine Spear, emitting a faint blue light, flew out suddenly.
He leaped into the air, riding on his divine spear.
Immediately, his gaze fell upon the merciless sea, and his expression changed.
The once calm and merciless sea suddenly began to churn and surge, with towering waves rising more than ten feet high, stretching as far as the eye could see.
Amidst the waves, Li Yao clearly saw two enormous lights.
No!
Those were two eyes as big as lanterns!
His eyes were long and narrow, gleaming with a cold and sinister light, as he stared intently at Li Yao.
Blackwater Serpent!
Li Yao was slightly taken aback, not expecting that this guy would finally show up.
However, he soon became somewhat excited.
This big guy is incredibly powerful!
You Ji, one of the four holy envoys of the Ghost King Sect, once said that the Black Water Serpent was an ancient demonic beast, ferocious and unmatched, and only its natural enemy, the Yellow Bird, could eliminate it.
This shows that the Blackwater Serpent is indeed exceptionally powerful.
The sea breeze was fierce and rushed towards us, but instead of bringing a slightly salty taste, it brought an overwhelming fishy smell that made us nauseous.
Immediately, an enormous black serpent slowly appeared before Li Yao.
Its lower body was coiled up, its body submerged in seawater, with only its upper body and head protruding into the air, reaching a height of tens of feet.
The Fire Qilin's body was already enormous, but compared to the Black Water Serpent before them, the Fire Qilin was merely a small dog.
The Blackwater Serpent was bored and wanted to come out for some fresh air, but suddenly it noticed a figure that looked like an ant in front of it.