We agreed to set sail, so you'd become the ruler of the deep sea?

Chapter 95 The Truth of the Blood Moon Secret Realm
Beneath a sky riddled with cracks.

Countless sludge giants are endlessly changing and wriggling, rising and falling like ocean waves.

But the object they chased was a human figure that was so tiny it couldn't be any smaller.

laugh!
A crimson sword flashed in the darkness.

A ten-meter-tall flesh and blood giant, its legs severed at the root, collapsed downwards with a crash after losing its support.

After clearing away the obstacles in front of him, Xia En raised his head and looked into the distance, but his pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly.

On the bloody plain, there stood a small mountain of corpses.

Among them were blood slaves with mutated bodies, pale-faced vampires, and burly pirates...

Besides them, there were also quite a few people in the mountain of corpses, dressed in ancient clothes and looking like ordinary civilians.

"...Who are they?"

Xia En's heart skipped a beat as he suddenly thought of something.

The main body of the Blood Moon Secret Realm is a city.

Although there are quite a few vampires in the city, they are significantly fewer than the city's population.

The empty, abandoned, low-rise houses in the city undoubtedly prove this point.

So, where did the original owners of these houses, or rather, the ordinary people of this city, go?
Xia En had assumed that they had all become food for the vampires.

But now it seems that it's not just that?
The corpses not far away, without exception, all appeared pale and shriveled, reminiscent of insect corpses that had been injected with digestive fluids by spiders and then sucked clean.

To be precise, they were just fragile empty shells.

In the center of the mountain formed by the empty shells, there is a tall, strange "tree".

Its skin is dark red and very rough, with veins that pulsate slightly on it, as if transporting some mysterious nutrients.

Despite being called a "tree," it has no leaves and its surface is completely bare.

Only numerous fibrous "branches" extend from the main trunk.

At the end of each "branch" hung one or two relatively fresh corpses, like heavy fruits.

Once it "matures," it will fall to the ground and become one of those empty shells.

"Is this the trunk of the [Crimson Ancient Tree]?"

"No, it's more like... some kind of organ for absorbing nutrients."

Shane sped up again, dodging the attacks of several flesh giants, and came to the side of the "tree," gently reaching out to touch it.

The roots of the deep red ancient tree

[Type: Material]

[Quality: Epic]

[Description: The roots of a deep red ancient tree, buried deep within a secret realm.]

[It draws upon the power of flesh and blood and the Secret Sea day and night to sustain the existence of the "Blood Moon Secret Realm."]

Legend has it that the primordial "Crimson Mother Tree" gave birth to the first vampires—the Crimson Lord.

Therefore, the offspring of the "Crimson Mother Tree," the "Crimson Ancient Tree," has always been revered as a sacred tree by vampires.

This ancient tree has possessed powerful, mysterious energy since ancient times.

If a large amount of flesh and blood were sacrificed to it, it could even hide in the cracks between the "Secret Sea" and reality, right?

"So it really is a root..."

Xia En was shaken, and at the same time, a realization dawned on him.

The information in this description completely connects all the previous clues!
Since the vampires need the bloodstone secreted by the Crimson Ancient Tree as food, why would they place its trunk in this exiled land?
And the roots... are clearly buried deep underground.

This is combined with information such as its extreme proximity to the [Secret Sea] and its location as a major waste accumulation site.

The truth is about to be revealed—

This space is located on the back side of the [Blood Moon Secret Realm]!

Deep underground in the city, across an extremely long distance, you can reach this place!
The vampires used a special method to continuously dump corpses into this place, "fertilizing" the roots of the Crimson Ancient Tree. The drained waste and empty shells accumulated here generation after generation, transforming into "Desecrated Flesh and Blood" under the influence of the Secret Sea.

It is precisely because of this layer of "desecrating flesh and blood" that it acts as a barrier.

Even if the membrane separating the [Secret Sea] cracks or even thins and disappears, the vampires will not care too much.

After all, nothing that happens in this land of exile will affect their lives on the surface.

In fact, Xia En had already guessed this before.

I was still skeptical for a while because of the reversal of gravity.

"And... the crimson ancient tree... sacrificing flesh and blood... hiding in the crevices..."

Xia En glanced at the empty shells that appeared to be civilians and confirmed another thing.

When the "Great Flood" came, different kingdoms and cities used different methods to continue the flame of civilization.

This group of vampires then held a grand and bloody ritual, sacrificing all the civilians in the city.

This is how the entire city was submerged in the [Secret Sea], transforming it into a secluded [Secret Realm].

As time passed, some of the vampires left the Blood Moon Realm and settled on Silver Moon Island.

Perhaps it's because they don't want to leave their homeland, or because the environment here is more suitable for vampires to survive, or perhaps for some other reason...

There are also a large number of vampires living in the [Secret Realm], unwilling to leave.

In order to meet their survival needs, and also to maintain the existence of the [Blood Moon Secret Realm].

The vampires who left first fabricated the lie of the "Night of the Blood Moon" to lure treasure hunters at sea into their trap.

"This must be the whole truth..."

Xia En's mind raced as he silently processed this shocking secret.

However, compared to these truths...

What he cared more about was whether his bold idea would succeed.

Xia En looked at the thickest and tallest root in front of him, its end already submerged in the shattered sky, vaguely connected to the [Secret Sea] outside.

Could this root contain the power of the [Secret Sea]?
The subtle attraction I sensed seemed to confirm this.

On the other hand, this [Crimson Ancient Tree] seems to have an extremely powerful background and is probably not so easy to provoke.

"Give it your all! Take a gamble, and your bicycle could become a motorcycle!"

Without much hesitation, Xia En gritted his teeth, picked up his greatsword, and slashed hard at the tendril.

clang!
The roots of the 【Crimson Ancient Tree】 were unusually hard, and they even emitted a sound like metal and stone resonating.

Shaun's sword, powerful enough to cleave the flesh giant's body, left only a shallow wound on its surface, from which a drop of deep, viscous blood seeped out.

"Good heavens, it's so hard!"

Just as Xia En was feeling sentimental, an extremely angry roar rang in his mind.

The roar was ancient and weathered, carrying a terrifying power that made Xia En shudder.

Immediately, the root began to tremble violently, and a strange, mysterious power expanded outward.

next moment.

The empty corpses that had been lying around the roots suddenly opened their eyes.

Those chaotic, scarlet eye sockets were filled with madness and chaos!
The viscous, filthy [desecrated flesh] surged wildly into their bodies, giving them a new lease on life and vitality.

At the same time, more flesh giants were rising from the ground around the roots.

They wriggled, flowed, and coalesced, emitting nauseating murmurs, eventually forming a figure tens of meters tall, which strode over.

The ground shook incessantly due to its movement.

Xia En's expression changed slightly, and he only had time to reach out and touch that strange drop of root blood.

boom! ! !
With a deafening roar, the flesh giant, imbued with immense force, stomped down on him!

(End of this chapter)