"Damn it! He's not a living man! He is dead!
Run!"
Austin screamed abruptly.
"Humph! You're not going anywhere unless you take me with you," the old Taoist snorted coldly, dropping the act and revealing his true colors.
In an instant, countless black swords appeared out of thin air. Strong murderous aura filled the space.
Austin and his companions froze; they couldn't move an inch due to the murderous will.
'We're done...'
A sense of despair enveloped everyone's heart.
At that moment, Austin caught a glimpse of the marks on the stone coffin through the corners of his eyes.
Each of the marks emitted a faint sword aura.
"Master, lend us your strength!" Austin shouted to the sky.
He raised his hand and unleashed several bright streaks of sword aura.
The next second, the marks on the stone coffin began to tremble, and immense sword aura emanated and leaked from it.
The powerful sword aura gathered within Austin's body and then started gushing out from him.
The overwhelming sword aura formed a dome covering Austin and his companions, engulfing them under its protection. The black swords couldn't break the dome or reach them.
Austin mustered up his courage and made a call. "Everyone! Follow me, now!" he said to his companions.
With that, he jumped into the blood inside the stone coffin.
"Austin, what are you doing?" Otis asked with a hesitant expression.
The other divine gods also hesitated and wondered if they should follow him into the blood.
"If you want to leave this terrible land of death, jump now!" Austin exclaimed.
As he spoke, his body sank slowly into the blood.
"Come on!"
Otis said, and the other divine gods gathered their courage and jumped into the blood.
"Don't move! Stay right there!
Take me with you!"
the old Taoist roared.
By that point, Austin and his companions were already in the blood.
The blood began to riot as if it got angry.
Soon, the entire stone coffin began to shake violently.
Blood oozed out of the stone coffin and dyed the sky red.
Austin and his companions, who were now completely inside the blood, could see nothing but red blood all around.
They were frightened at first, but soon, calmed down.
"Oh!" one of them exclaimed. "I feel fantastic! It seems like the blood is acting like a tonic!"
"Yes, it contains a shocking amount of energy!"
"My body is not listening to me; it's absorbing the energy from the blood. My strength is rising sharply!"
Austin was astonished by the effect of the blood too.
"If I have to guess, I would say that the land of death was a test. We passed it, so we're being rewarded with the blood.
Come on! Absorb as much of the essence of the blood as you can!"
Austin declared.
The Fallen Divine Valley was a mysterious place; all kinds of dangerous places seemed to have been deliberately arranged inside it.
And if one passed the test, they would be rewarded accordingly.
Taking the cue from Austin, Otis and the others stood still and began to absorb the essence of the blood.
'I should hurry up and absorb more essence of the blood while I can, ' Austin thought to himself.
He then readied himself to absorb the energy.
But before he could do that, a strong teleportation force blasted forth from the sky and enveloped Austin within its rays.
He was caught unawares and couldn't react.
By the time he recovered from his shock, he found himself being transported elsewhere.
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