Red lake

== Blood pool ==
=== Qu's memories ===
After an unknown amount of time, a blood-colored pool appeared ahead. Dense mist swirled out of it and into the sky.
The blood-colored pool stretched as far as he could see. When Long Chen approached it, he was shocked to find that this lake wasn't filled with water but was truly formed of blood. Furthermore, it was the terrifying essence blood.
The powerful fluctuations coming from the lake gave Long Chen chills. This kind of power was something he had only sensed from the Alldevil monster's essence blood.
Dense mist swirled out of the lake so that he couldn't see far; however, he saw floating logs on the lake that formed a strange bridge.
This bridge was not steady. There were many random logs in constant motion, and it seemed he was supposed to jump across them to reach the other side. That was very dangerous.
Eventually, Qu Jianying stepped forward to try it on her own. Even after a long time, she didn't see anyone else come to try it.
Qu Jianying jumped onto one of the logs, and it rocked in the water. There was danger of falling in at any moment.
Long Chen guessed that there was no way to fly in this region, or Qu Jianying would have just flown right there.
As he looked deeper into the mist, the water suddenly surged. A strange lifeform jumped out of the water and at Qu Jianying.
It was a humanoid with a fish tail and eight horns on its head. It opened a huge mouth full of sinister teeth as it tried to bite Qu Jianying.
Qu Jianying slashed with a sword. However, it wasn't a true sword but one condensed of her Yuan Spirit energy. She killed the creature in one attack.
As soon as she killed it, the surface of the lake exploded. Countless other blood-colored creatures charged at her.
Qu Jianying quickly retreated to the shore where the creatures were unable to cross. After a few furious roars, they unwillingly retreated.
"Damn, what are these? How could they be so terrifying? Furthermore, that resentment coming from them, they don't seem like a real species. They're quite similar to the resentful spirits in stories."
Qu Jianying didn't dare to touch this lake water. It was too strange. As for those monsters, although they weren't very powerful, at the end, they had come at her in such terrifying numbers that it was all too possible to end up falling into the water.
Qu Jianying didn't dare to try it again. She found a place to hide herself by the shore.
After an unknown amount of time, someone finally appeared. It was a humanoid, but his body was small. He was like a dwarf and was only three feet tall.
He looked at the lake for a long time. It was unknown whether or not Qu Jianying had used some secret art to conceal herself, but he didn't notice her.
After examining the blood lake carefully, he slowly touched the surface of it and immediately let out a shrill scream.
The finger he had used to touch the lake had turned to mist, and that mist continued to burn away the rest of his body. His hand instantly vanished. The speed at which it spread was shocking.
The dwarf immediately cut off his arm at the shoulder. By that time, his arm up to his elbow had vanished.
Less than half a breath's time after his arm landed on the ground, it vanished into mist. The elder's face was pale.
All he had done was touch the lake, but if he hadn't been decisive enough, he would have died.
He stopped by the shore for a long time. His arm slowly recovered. Only then did he slowly jump onto one of the floating logs and continue onward.
At first, things went very smoothly, and he advanced several miles. Just as he was about to vanish into the mist, one of the fish monsters inside the lake attacked him.
Just like Qu Jianying, the dwarf easily killed it. Based on its attack speed, power, and spatial fluctuations, Long Chen estimated it to be around the power of a Soul Transformation expert.
To an expert on Qu Jianying's level, such a creature could be slain with the wave of a hand. However, right after the dwarf killed it, countless more of them suddenly sprang out of the lake, attacking him.
Although the dwarf killed as many as he could, there were too many, and they filled the air.
However, Long Chen noticed one secret. These monsters never touched the floating logs no matter what attack they used.
The dwarf was fighting with all his power and wanted to retreat. However, he had gone too deep, and his path was blocked. Just at this moment, a tentacle wrapped around his ankle.
He was instantly pulled underwater. A miserable cry rang out for just an instant before it disappeared. The lake returned to calm.
Long Chen could feel himself sweating. Fortunately, Qu Jianying had been lucky. She had been attacked just after jumping onto the logs and had time to retreat. 
This lake was too terrifying. Even someone as strong as Qu Jianying was minuscule in front of it. No wonder advancing to the Netherpassage realm was an incomparably dangerous venture. This place was filled with danger.
She once more jumped onto a floating log and continued advancing.
Although he knew that Qu Jianying had managed to pass and advance to the Netherpassage realm, watching what she had gone through still gave Long Chen chills.
Eventually, Qu Jianying was so deep into the mist that when she looked back, she couldn't see the shore. Everything around her was mist. Long Chen couldn't help sighing inside. The path of experts was always so difficult. There were no shortcuts, and they had to face death.
Even someone as strong as Qu Jianying seemed so weak in the face of the ephemeral existence known as fate. However, she still chose to advance.
Eventually, one of those monsters appeared and attacked her. This time, she didn't strike back. Instead, a runic barrier appeared around her.
She stayed motionless as the monster tore at her barrier. It was unknown what kind of special ability it had, but her barrier began to crack.
However, Qu Jianying was not taken by surprise. She slowly passed more energy into her barrier. As long as it was just one, these monsters were unable to harm her.
The monster bit and tore at her barrier for a long time without drawing more monsters. Long Chen suddenly realized that as long as these monsters weren't attacked, it was possible to pass safely.
As expected, after blocking the first one, she didn't draw more. As she advanced, ripples began to appear on the calm lake.
=== Long Chen's odyssey ===
Long Chen quickly reached the end of the blue region. The red lake was ahead. This was the red lake that Qu Jianying had encountered.
Long Chen took out the black boat once more. He found that the primal chaos space's black soil was really miraculous. Even the red lake was unable to do anything to it. Only then did he jump in the boat and start using it again.
He ran into trouble almost immediately after entering the red region. One of the fish monsters attacked him. He had already tested the water and found that it was strangely sticky. There was no way for his thunderforce or flame energy to run across it.
If he fell off the boat, it would probably be troublesome. Furthermore, he couldn't kill this creature, or countless more of them would be drawn over. It would then become difficult to advance.
== Fish monster ==
The fish monster was thirty-meters long. His tiny boat was like a plaything in comparison to it.
The fish monster wasn't trying to eat Long Chen. It was actually playing with the boat, using it as a ball. It threw Long Chen left and right.
This fish monster was very strange. Its upper body was almost humanoid. It had two long tentacles, while its head was elongated and had a horn. Its mouth was full of sharp teeth, and its lower body had dozens of long tails. Each tail ended in a fin.
This thing might not be very powerful, but its recovery abilities were quite amazing while it was inside this lake. As long as it didn't die, it would recover quickly.
== Long-haired lifeform ==
There was a long-haired lifeform in the midst of crossing the red lake. He was blocking the attacks of a fish monster when he saw another strange fish monster speeding toward him. He immediately turned pale.
Although these monsters weren't powerful, they possessed a strange power that ate away at his defensive barrier. Just one was his limit. If another came, he would be doomed.
"Mush, mush! Faster, what are you daydreaming for! My time is precious!"
An arrogant cry rang out. The fish monster shot past him, and then he saw another figure right behind it. The fish monster and the figure shot past him in just an instant.
"Heavens... what was that?" cried out the lifeform.
"Eh, it knows the human language?"
Long Chen managed to catch what the lifeform said. This was his first time encountering a lifeform that spoke the same language as him.
==References==
Category:Nine Springs
Category:Underworld
Category:Lake