The sound of roars grew closer from afar.

A blood-red demon shadow, wielding two curved hooked sabers, leaped into view!

The Demon General Ghost Leather!

The Forbidden Spirit Pillar had been broken by the Demon General Ghost Leather—it was, of course, on orders from the Owl, who covertly directed the energy supply to the Forbidden Spirit Pillar to be cut.

The Demon General Ghost Leather didn't even need the Owl to send bait to lure it over.

It locked onto the lingering scent of the Black Emperor's True Blood on Bai Pu and pounced directly!

The Demon General's Hunting Scythe let out an unintelligible howl as well. It quickly communicated with Ghost Leather, and they understood the target.

Instantly, four fierce blood-red eyes focused on Bai Pu—

But Bai Pu had already run off without a trace. He bounded down the stairs, leaping several steps at a time, straight to the first floor!

The two Demon Generals lunged forward, crashing through the floor like cannonballs, pursuing even faster than Bai Pu.

The Owl breathed a sigh of relief and gleefully watched the three-story building, which now resembled a ruin—now only two and a half stories were left.

The Awakened of the Superstar Alliance dared not enter.

But they were all certain that Bai Pu was doomed!

The Owl opened his personal information terminal to report the news to the senior officials of the Superstar Alliance.

A light screen unfolded, and the image of a cold-looking man with snake-like pupils appeared.

"Master Hidden Snake, mission accomplished!" As soon as the video call connected, the Owl hurriedly presented his achievement.

The lips of the snake-eyed man, Hidden Snake, were very thin, giving off a sharp, knife-like impression. He spoke coldly, his voice somber:

"Where is Gangxin's body?"

"Uh... I haven't seen the body yet, but Gangxin is definitely dead!" The Owl saw Hidden Snake's gaze turn icy cold, and felt cold sweat trickle down his back even through the light screen!

He hurriedly explained, "I lured those two Demon Generals to chase Gangxin all the way to the central building! Gangxin escaped from the third floor to the first floor, with nowhere left to run! If he doesn't want to die, he will have to leave the Boundary Land, where the experts waiting outside the Alliance can seize the opportunity to capture him!"

Hidden Snake's gaze turned suddenly cold as he cursed, "Idiot!"

...

First floor.

In the face of danger, Bai Pu's mind was as cool as ice.

He didn't care about the terrifying momentum of the two Demon Generals breaking through the floor and roaring in. Instead, he crouched on the ground, slightly closing his eyes, and extended his spiritual power like a fine line into the depths below.

The thin line of spiritual power passed through the soil layers, suddenly penetrating into a vast space.

"As expected... the Primordial Heart Tissue is not upstairs, but... underground! The switch to open the underground space... is right here!"

Bai Pu's eyes suddenly opened wide.

Earlier, when he entered the first floor, he had activated spiritual detection, but not in the form of extending fine lines of spiritual power to accurately probe a direction, so he hadn't discovered it.

The two Demon Generals came howling, Ghost Leather's curved hooked saber, and the Scythe's sickle claws, both struck at the same time!

However, at the instant of contact, the floor on the first floor suddenly flipped down, and Bai Pu's figure sank without warning! The attacks of the two Demon Generals simultaneously missed their mark.

The two Demon Generals almost simultaneously experienced a sense of having been tricked! Previously, they were distracted by Bai Pu and pushed into the Dark Abyss by Dongbo Cheng's [Dancing Wind Secret Swordsmanship Mystical Arts: Vacuum Shattering].

However, the current situation was somewhat different from then.

Dongbo Cheng's [Vacuum Shattering] mystical arts skill was extremely domineering, infusing Wind Power into the opponent's body upon being hit, causing complete paralysis for a short period, like being hit by a Throwing Skill, with no resistance.

Without these, the two Demon Generals could have used some means to save themselves from falling into the abyss.

Like now!

Before falling, Ghost Leather abruptly extended a long tongue, wrapping it around a column on the first floor like a frog with a "pop". The long tongue then retracted, pulling Ghost Leather out of the trapdoor and onto the first-floor ground.

The Hunting Scythe also had a special move; its shell suddenly opened, extending two pale, tendon-like bone claws that shot upward like grappling hooks, hitting the broken ceiling of the first floor!

The tendons then retracted, and it flipped up as well.

The trapdoor switch remained open for only about three seconds. As the two Demon Generals recovered from their initial shock, a "pop" sounded as it closed again.

The two Demon Generals landed next to the trapdoor switch, exchanging puzzled glances.

Having suffered once before, they couldn't determine whether inside was a trap or an escape route for Bai Pu!

But the lingering scent of Black Emperor's True Blood and their seething hatred for Bai Pu incessantly drew them inside, compelling them to investigate further.

After all, in essence, they were still demons, and their bloodthirsty craving was a deeply ingrained instinct! It was only because they were Demon Generals with higher Spirit Attributes and greater self-control that they hesitated at all.

At this point, patience was at its breaking point, and the two Demon Generals didn't hesitate long before gritting their teeth and shattering the trapdoor, leaping in one after the other.

After all, having already entered the Dark Abyss, they could no longer return to the Black Swamp. Even if there were traps below the trapdoor, the outcome wouldn't be worse than now.

...

Underground space.

A pale green mist slowly rose.

Bai Pu, in a half-kneeling position, slammed onto the ground with a roll, absorbing the impact of the fall.

Bai Pu felt a "sinking" sensation underfoot, followed by the sound of water lapping.

It turned out there was a Green Lake underground here!

The Green Lake was not large, with a diameter of about twenty to thirty meters. Bai Pu's landing point was a ten-meter diameter circular island in the center of the lake.

It seemed like this island was suspended within the Green Lake. Bai Pu's impact caused the island to sink slightly and, once the force dissipated, it naturally floated back up, giving him the illusion of "sinking" underfoot.

The surrounding green mist was vapor rising from the lake. Bai Pu took a few breaths and suddenly his complexion changed!

[You have inhaled a neurotoxin, current layer: 1, up to a maximum of 10 layers.]

[Neurotoxin Effect: Each layer of neurotoxin reduces your Power, Agility, and Endurance Attributes by 5% for 600 seconds. The effect's priority is 10.]

It was an extremely rare attribute-reducing toxin!

And the priority was as high as 10!

As a Daoist Alchemist, Bai Pu originally had some antidote potions, but it was unnecessary to embarrass himself now. He instantly activated Adaptive Evolution: Deactivated Blood Image.

The priority of the Heart of Evolution Talent was extremely dominant; once the Deactivated Blood Image was activated, even a toxin with a priority of 10 had to give way! Its effect and duration were forcibly halved.

The duration was negligible since Bai Pu still needed to breathe and would continue to inhale the neurotoxin.

But halving the effect meant Bai Pu's attribute loss was reduced by half! Fully stacking 10 layers of neurotoxin, from halving attributes, became a 25% reduction.

Bai Pu felt like he was moving with shackles on, somewhat sluggish compared to usual, but fortunately, the impact was not too significant. He moved his limbs, inspecting the small island, trying to find the Primordial Heart Tissue.

However, the island was bare, showing no signs of any conspicuous place where the Primordial Heart Tissue might be stored!

Bai Pu attempted to dig the ground, but the core of this island was extremely hard, and after digging a foot deep, he couldn't dig any further! The lower layer seemed like some kind of continuous calcified shell.

Bai Pu's expression slightly changed, attempting to release spiritual power lines for probing. But the green mist here seemed to interfere with spiritual detection; Bai Pu could only vaguely perceive that this suspended island was definitely not large!

"Could it be this isn't an island? But rather..."

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