Chapter 8

Zhu Jiu, following the connection in his soul, hurriedly traveled deeper into the plain for nearly two hours, yet still did not see the strange beast he was looking for.

However, the golden talisman in his mind, which was connected to the strange beast, became increasingly evident.

Rapidly crossing the low hills before him, a pungent, foul smell hit him. The scene behind the hill left Zhu Jiu in shock.

Below was still a vast plain, with an unobstructed view. A winding river flowed through the plain, over three hundred yards wide, extending to the distance at both ends, seemingly endless.

What was shocking was that the river water was as dark and thick as blood, with countless floating bones and corpses on the surface, numbering in the hundreds at a glance.

The sight of bones and blood forming a river was a terrifying and unbelievable scene. Zhu Jiu stood on the small hill, a sense of indescribable shock surging in his heart.

After a long time, Zhu Jiu realized that the connection with the strange beast in his soul was coming from the blood river.

In the past day, he had encountered many strange events. Zhu Jiu felt his nerves were already extremely tough, but seeing such a shocking scene for the first time, he still could not help feeling fear. After a brief moment of composure, he lightly lifted his feet and walked towards the location of the blood river.

As he gradually approached, his sense of fear grew. When the roaring sound of the blood river reached his ears, Zhu Jiu was less than a hundred meters from the riverbank.

Getting closer, Zhu Jiu stood by the blood river, his brows furrowed. He felt that the strange beast's aura indeed came from deep within the blood river. Could this creature live in the blood river!

This was a bit difficult to handle. Normally, he could patiently wait for the strange beast to come out, but now time was tight, and the surroundings were full of danger. Zhu Jiu was left with only two choices.

The first was to give up on this strange beast and find a suitable demon corpse within two days.

The second was to find a way to enter the river and search for the strange beast.

As for waiting and observing before making a decision, it would likely waste precious time, and the strange beast might not appear, leading to a failure in the assessment, which was not a wise choice.

Zhu Jiu stood by the riverbank, watching the corpses floating on the surface of the blood river, listening to the thundering sound of the river water rushing away. He turned his head and saw many demon corpses lying by the riverbank, greedily drinking the blood river water. He thought to himself:

"The best strategy in the current situation is to successfully communicate with the strange beast and make it appear on its own. However, the connection through the talisman is one-way; I can sense it, but it doesn't know I'm here. If I slowly figure out how to use the talisman to make the strange beast appear, time might not allow it. The second option is to find a way to enter the river. Hmm! This place is desolate with no usable materials. If it were a normal person, they would be at a loss, but hey! I have a method to try."

After careful consideration, Zhu Jiu finally decided to take the risk and enter the river. The reason was that the strange beast's formidable and intimidating presence had a significant impact on him, making him unwilling to give up and determined to capture the strange beast as his first demon corpse.

Furthermore, Zhu Jiu carefully considered that although the strange beast had extraordinary combat power, it was still at the zombie stage. Since it could enter the blood river, even if there were dangers in the river, he might be able to handle them. This gave him the courage to decide to enter the river.

Zhu Jiu had a vague feeling that the strange beast's origin was significant, and missing it would lead to future regret.

Another factor that prompted him to finally enter the river was that others might be helpless in the current situation. There were no diving equipment, and even good swimming skills would not suffice to rashly enter the river.

However, Zhu Jiu had a sudden idea. In his previous life, he had learned a corpse-driving technique that included a talisman to avoid water. This talisman, when attached to a corpse, prevented it from decaying during the long journey. In the modern world of his previous life, where the earth's primordial energy was depleted, this talisman had little effect, but in this world, hehe!

Zhu Jiu wanted to try whether the talisman in his mind, which could absorb and evolve, could absorb the water-avoiding talisman and undergo some changes, allowing him to enter the blood river and search for the strange beast.

Taking out the last piece of soul-stabilizing green copper, Zhu Jiu had no hesitation. He tightly gripped the evil spirit pen and steadily drew the water-avoiding talisman on the green copper. When the last stroke was completed, the talisman in his mind indeed changed.

With the experience from the last time, although Zhu Jiu was excited, he remained calm, focusing his mind. He sensed that the talisman in his mind had absorbed the new water-avoiding talisman strokes, forming a more complex new talisman.

As the new talisman changed in his mind, many strange phenomena occurred. Many images of demons and evil spirits appeared around the golden talisman, bowing and worshiping it, occasionally kneeling on the ground. A faint, mysterious voice from the sky repeatedly said "life and death."

The strokes on the talisman intertwined silently, filling in the gaps, and after a long time, they stabilized into a complex, bright red talisman, with many demons and evil spirits bowing in worship.

At the same time, in the demon corpse world where Zhu Jiu stood, the soul fires of all the demon corpses within a thousand meters flickered, sensing a sudden descent of heavenly authority, which quickly disappeared.

When the talisman finally stabilized, Zhu Jiu seemed to hear the cheers of many demons and evil spirits in his mind. Slowly, these images of demons and evil spirits faded, and his mind returned to peace.

The newly formed talisman in his mind was still yellow with red characters, rectangular in shape, undulating and floating like waves in his mind.

Each stroke was as bright red as fresh blood, the yellow background emitting a golden glow, sacred and majestic, while the red strokes of the talisman were eerie and fierce, exuding a powerful and overwhelming aura.

For some reason, the newly formed talisman, composed of thousands of strokes, had an irregular shape, making it difficult to determine what it was, but it could be clearly sensed that the talisman had become more powerful and spiritual.

Just as Zhu Jiu was about to withdraw his consciousness from his mind, he suddenly noticed a bright red drop appearing in the center of the talisman, like a full drop of fresh blood.

This drop of blood slowly rolled, pushed by the combined force of the strokes, and eventually bloomed into a small, bright red flower at the bottom of the yellow background, about the size of a thumb. The flower slowly opened, looking as real as life, and when it reached its peak, it quickly withered and transformed into a bright red pill.

The round, red pill rolled on the talisman and suddenly fell from the yellow surface, disappearing into the endless darkness of his mind.

The disappearance of the pill startled Zhu Jiu, and he could no longer maintain his focus, his thoughts flooding out of his mind.

Zhu Jiu opened his eyes and suddenly felt something was different. Looking down, he saw the red pill that the talisman in his mind had finally formed in his right hand. This was strange!

What was this thing for? Zhu Jiu stared at the pill in his hand. The pill was as bright red as fresh blood and had a unique sweet and pungent smell. The surface of the pill was imprinted with many strokes of the talisman in his mind. It looked good, but its function was unknown, so he carefully put it away.

He raised his left hand and looked at the soul-stabilizing green copper in his palm, which now had the water-avoiding talisman. The green copper emitted a deep, mysterious glow, and the blood-red water-avoiding talisman had perfectly transformed into the new talisman in his mind.

Not knowing if the new talisman could really avoid water, Zhu Jiu squatted down, enduring the intense, pungent smell, and gently extended the green copper.

A miraculous scene unfolded before Zhu Jiu. The blood river water "whooshed" and retreated, creating a space of several feet. When he retracted his hand, the thick river water quickly returned to its original state and continued to flow.

Zhu Jiu's heart leaped with joy. The effect was even better than he had imagined. The water-avoiding talisman, which could only勉强防潮 in his previous life, could actually avoid water here. Was it because of the material, the combination with the talisman in his mind, the abundant primordial energy in this world, or all three?

Silently standing up, he looked at the blood-red river water before him. Zhu Jiu gathered his courage, tightly gripped the water-avoiding green copper, and took a step towards the blood river. The river water indeed retreated, maintaining a space of several feet around him.

Turning his head to look behind him, he suddenly turned back and took a big step into the blood river. His small figure gradually disappeared as it was covered by the blood river water.

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