I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts

Chapter 442: Chapter 341: The Arrival of Contamination

”Kuafu has long been dead? What do you mean!”

As Han Zhan spoke, his gaze was directed at Li Wu.

The reason was simple; compared to a newly acquainted Li Heng, he trusted Li Wu more.

Li Wu, feeling Han Zhan’s gaze, understood his intention and took the initiative to respond:

”That’s right, Kuafu, as a Great Power of the Jiuli Race, has been dead for a long time.”

”Every Great Power of the Jiuli Tribe is a well-known formidable figure, and Kuafu was no exception.”

”According to the records of the Jiuli Tribe, Kuafu encountered a bottleneck in his Realm. To seek a breakthrough, he chose to enter the Blood Pool, but after his last entry, he never came out.”

”He became a polluted one.”

Kuafu, a polluted one?

Recalling the first encounter with Kuafu, his entire body was encased in a black Blood Embryo, and upon careful reflection, it wasn’t entirely impossible.

”So, you really met Kuafu?” Li Wu stepped forward and asked with concern.

What happens after encountering a polluted one in the Blood Pool is unknown to anyone.

Because those who knew could never relay the information back.

Han Zhan, surviving an encounter with a polluted one and living to tell the tale, was indeed unprecedented.

”Are you alright?” Li Lingzhen, having listened to their conversation, asked worriedly.

”No problem.”

Han Zhan shook his head.

He knew his own body best.

After helping the Bodhi Treasure Tree absorb the golden particles, instead of feeling polluted, he felt a comforting sense of cleansing.

Thus, he first ruled out the possibility of being polluted.

So, as a polluted one, was Kuafu showing him the last moments of his life?

The Special Substance had long been integrated, leaving only those golden particles hovering over the Blood Sea, which was the truth he should see.

”What exactly did you experience, and what did you see?”

The Jiuli Tribe only knew Kuafu last entered the Blood Pool, and what happened afterward was unknown.

Li Wu was curious, and Li Heng, like him, looked at Han Zhan.

”Kuafu, chased the sun to his death.”

Recalling the vision he saw, Han Zhan said calmly.

”Chasing the sun to death.”

Li Wu pondered the meaning of the phrase and repeated it quietly.

Both fell silent.

”Enough about me, let’s talk about what happened to you guys after entering the Blood Pool.” To alleviate the somber atmosphere, Han Zhan shifted the topic.

”Wasn’t there a limit to entering the Blood Pool? Why haven’t we seen any other Jiuli Clan people besides you three on the way?”

The limit to the number of entries was true.

But it’s hard to believe there were only four spots?

To this, Li Heng explained.

”The Blood Pool has many different regions, and where we are only occupies a very small part.”

”You may find it hard to believe, but usually, a Jiuli Clan person might enter the Blood Pool and leave without meeting anyone else. That’s the normal situation.”

Li Heng implied that the current situation of the four of them meeting was somewhat odd.

However, since encountering the polluted one, Kuafu, normalcy could hardly describe things anymore.

”Did you discover any Special Substance?” Han Zhan posed another question.

All three shook their heads at the same time.

”We’ve searched from the edge of the Blood Sea and found no trace of the Special Substance.”

”Your tone doesn’t sound disappointed at all.”

Han Zhan noticed that not only Li Wu but even Li Heng and Li Lingzhen didn’t show disappointment or frustration.

Li Lingzhen, holding Han Zhan’s arm, explained, ”The total amount of Special Substance born in each active period of the Blood Pool is fixed. Not finding it in the edge area proves that this time’s Special Substance will be unprecedentedly large.”

”Exactly, the less the quantity, the larger the size. This is a hallmark of the Blood Pool’s Special Substance,” Li Wu added.

”Just as some of the Jiuli Tribe’s Great Powers assert, the Special Substance contains Divine Insight. The volume of the insight is directly linked to the material capable of carrying it.”

Upon hearing this, Han Zhan immediately understood.

”You mean the ’larger’ the Special Substance, the higher the possibility it can aid in breakthroughs?”

”Yes, exactly.”

”Divine Thought Enlightenment is complex; it may be useful, or it may not, depending entirely on the individual. But having a sufficient quantity of Divine Thought Enlightenment greatly increases the probability of success.”

Both Li Lingzhen and Li Wu, as well as Li Heng, knew this very well.

More importantly,

if those golden particles are indeed, as Han Zhan judged, carriers of Divine Thought Enlightenment, then finding that oversized Special Substance would correspond to obtaining a vast amount of golden particles?

This filled Han Zhan with considerable anticipation.

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The four continued exploring in the Blood Sea as a team.

With Han Zhan’s strong assistance, they no longer drifted cautiously in the Blood Sea.

For Han Zhan, using the Nuwa Stone of Heavenly Origin to conjure one Light Brick or four made little difference in terms of consumption.

The Ancient Resentful Sunset Array remained unsolved, with billions of Izaki Young Snake Battle Spirits continually exploring the Blood Sea’s borders, searching for Special Substance.

In Han Zhan’s perception, many Izaki Young Snake Battle Spirits, swimming well, would inexplicably disappear the next moment, losing contact.

They weren’t dead but transported elsewhere, unknown.

Li Heng hadn’t deceived him; the Blood Pool contained countless such regions, each entirely independent, and one careless move could transport someone to another area.

It made the Blood Pool resemble a gigantic maze with teleportation functions.

The disappearance of Izaki Young Snake Battle Spirits indirectly increased the difficulty of Han Zhan’s search.

However, to some extent, Han Zhan wasn’t left unrewarded.

Apart from three known locations, Han Zhan identified two others with traces of golden particles, from which he extracted Golden Beads for the Bodhi Treasure Tree to absorb.

Currently, after absorbing five Golden Beads, the Bodhi Treasure Tree had sprouted more branches and leaves, radiating a sacred brilliance.

Just as Han Zhan absorbed the fifth Golden Bead, an unexpected event occurred.

The Light Brick under Li Heng suddenly dimmed, leaving him stepping into thin air and losing balance, plunging into the Blood Sea below.

In the Blood Sea, an Abyssal Mouth abruptly opened wide.

Pollution, descending!