Chapter 535 - 235: Inside the Body
’If this keeps up, death is certain!’
Qin Fang was keenly aware of this.
He could contend with neither the great fish nor the Golden Light.
Compared to them, he was a mere ant.
And the Great Abyss below him was bone-chillingly cold.
The mere touch of his soles to the water of the Great Abyss had frozen him solid. The cold would surely intensify the deeper he went. If he fell in, death would be certain!
’...But is this great fish a bit stupid? Since it swallowed that thing, why not dive deep into the Great Abyss? It could use the cold to suppress the Golden Light.’
’...Dumb as a goddamn pig!’
’Now I’m stuck in this desperate situation because of it!’
But there was no point in thinking about that now. His mind raced, desperately searching for a path to survival.
The cold and heat tore at his body, growing more violent by the second.
Qin Fang had to find a way!
’I can’t escape. The great fish’s suction reaches for over ten kilometers. There’s no way I can fly that far in time!’
’Out here, the cold and heat are alternating, the great fish is still thrashing wildly, and the churning Gang Wind is getting stronger. My True Essence is almost depleted. I can’t hold on for much longer!’
’The only option is to find a place to hide!’
’The surroundings are wide open. Where can I hide?’
’The Great Abyss is open, but if I go down there, I’d probably be a block of ice in an instant. Deader than dead...’
’And up in the air, with the suction and the swirling Gang Wind, death is just as certain!’
’The only place to hide is...’
Qin Fang looked down at the great fish beneath his feet.
Finally, with a fierce grit of his teeth, he took action.
Hugging the great fish’s body, he began to sprint madly toward its tail.
The great fish thrashed wildly on the surface, its power terrifying. The slightest tremor threatened to fling Qin Fang into the air!
Fortunately, the "suction" was concentrated in front of its massive mouth. Its back was a blind spot... as long as he wasn’t thrown high enough to enter its range.
He ran and flew in bursts, his eyes frantically scanning his surroundings.
Finally, he heard a WHOOSH. A blast of air was expelled.
His eyes instantly lit up!
’I found it!’
This great fish...
’It really does have a respiratory organ!’
’And not gills, but breathing vents!’
Without a moment’s hesitation, Qin Fang flew straight toward the sound!
’Yes, it was too dangerous out here. The Abyssal Water, the great fish’s suction, the Gang Wind, the fish’s own Profound Nether Cold Qi, the heat from the Golden Light...’
Any one of them could kill him!
He couldn’t even hide!
The only path to survival...
Was to enter the great fish’s body!
This great fish was colossal. The part of it above the water alone was two to three kilometers long; who knew how much larger it was beneath the surface.
To Qin Fang, its immense body... was like a massive mountain range!
And he was merely an insignificant insect on that mountain range.
’It might be just as dangerous inside the great fish...’
’But at least it’s a path!’
’...Who the hell knows how long these two will be locked in this stalemate?’
’But they’ll definitely last much longer than I can!’
’My True Essence is almost gone. If this keeps up, I’m dead for sure.’
’Better to risk it all!’
’I’ll bet on it...’
’That it’s safer inside the great fish than out here!’
’Of course, this could also be a path to death...’
’If so, I can accept that.’
’At least I’ll have fought for it!’
A resolve he hadn’t felt since his days as a refugee hardened in his eyes as he moved toward the source of the "whoosh" sound.
Then, he saw a row of densely packed breathing vents.
There were about ten or so.
They were neatly arranged on the side of the great fish’s body.
They were arranged vertically, and nearby, the black skin seemed relatively soft!
Compared to the great fish’s Physique, these breathing vents were not large.
But to Qin Fang’s eyes... they were a dozen or so bottomless fissures and gaping holes!
Qin Fang stopped at a distance, his gaze locked on the vents.
Right now, flaps of skin sealed the breathing vents tightly shut.
’It would be useless to go now... I definitely can’t pry them open.’
He had to wait.
Ice kept crystallizing on his body, only to melt away again... It wasn’t Qin Fang fighting it, but the alternating waves of cold and heat in the air, which were growing ever more intense and scorching!
The great fish’s body thrashed madly, sending colossal waves into the sky.
Luckily, Qin Fang could fly. He anxiously watched the activity near the great fish’s head while keeping his eyes glued to the breathing vents.
’Hurry up, hurry up!!’
Sweat beaded on his forehead.
The Gang Wind grew more violent. In this godforsaken World, even the wind was devastatingly powerful!
Qin Fang clung to the fish’s rolling body like a tenacious parasite, constantly dodging the suction while waiting for the vents to open again.
After more than ten minutes, Qin Fang’s True Essence was nearly gone... Finally...
WHOOSH!!!
A violent blast of Gang Wind erupted.
The dozen or so breathing vents burst open, forcing the skin flaps aside and revealing as many bottomless ’holes’!
Qin Fang’s pupils contracted. His entire body tensed, ready to move...
As the Gang Wind faded, the vents began to widen for an inhale.
Without hesitation, Qin Fang exploded into motion, channeling all his True Essence and charging madly for one of the gaping holes!
’Faster, faster!!!’
His eyes were bulging.
The air around him grew thick as the suction began.
Qin Fang accelerated wildly... He knew he couldn’t wait for the suction to reach its peak, or he’d most likely be torn to shreds by the Gang Wind.
He had to get inside its body before the great fish’s inhalation reached its peak!
SWOOSH!!!
Pushing Mirror Flower Water Moon to its absolute limit, Qin Fang became a black streak of light, finally diving headfirst into one of the bottomless ’holes’.𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞