Chapter 217 Three? Four!
The sterile walking stick is used to forcefully penetrate the parasite's abdomen.

Anti lifted the parasite up by the skewer. This time he had time to take a closer look at the insect.

"After going deeper, there are also parasites in this place... They all seem to come out from underground, so is the source also underground?" After the parasites that were skewered died and stopped moving, Anti threw them to the ground with his cane.

A claw suddenly appeared and scooped the insect away.

The claws on Handilon's tail were very flexible, and could be used as a fifth claw. He brought the insect corpse to his mouth, opened his mouth and bit it directly, with a crisp sound.

After eating, he squinted his eyes and shook his head, just like a big dark golden cat.

Anti looked up at the scorching sun in the sky, still not knowing where he was lost.

He always felt that if he continued walking and crossed the Longqi Mountains, he would reach the western part of the Hunmeng Realm.

Handilon opened his mouth and yawned, then disappeared again.

Anti didn't care, he found the right direction and continued moving forward.

After spending some time together, he had almost figured out what Handilon's special power was.

space.

An ability that is quite high-end in various fantasy works.

Handilon used this ability to appear and disappear around Anti, sometimes far away and sometimes close, as if he was playing a prank on Anti. However, he was basically ignored by Anti.

Anti didn't have any problem with such a follower. After all, so far, Handilon had not caused any trouble to Anti except for showing his presence in front of him from time to time.

Those who have opinions are loudmouths.

Because Handilon will snatch food from it!
For example, the parasite just now had its tongue snatched away just when it was halfway out.

It has already complained to Anti, but Anti has never cared about Big Mouth's opinion.

The Hand of the Abyss has appeared less and less recently, and Big Mouth thought that his life had become more peaceful, but he didn't expect such a stupid dragon to show up halfway.

Beware of cruel office competition!

Anti was paying more attention to pondering the characteristics of this parasite with the potential to wander.

When these insects are not in a group, they are not that aggressive and may even be a little timid. They will not attack other things unless they have to.

At this time, the parasite's deep desires are not that strong, and it will not rush to chase after some powerful blood. Basically, it will be satisfied as long as it can find a host to replenish its blood.

Anti encountered several of them. They were parasites that had already found a lower-level dragon host and started to live a lazy and day-to-day life.

However, if a better host is presented, the hostless parasite will still be easily attracted.

Therefore, if Anti encounters the parasite alone, he will still be hit in the face.

Although Anti had realized that when these parasites initially pounced on him, they might not have been trying to attack him, but to suck his blood and parasitize him.

However, after they gathered together, their already limited brains completely evaporated, and their aggressiveness increased significantly. Coupled with Anti's counterattack, they also caused the opponent to launch an excessive attack.

The actions of these parasites are called parasitism, but from some of the situations that Anti has observed so far, they are actually mutually beneficial symbiosis.

All the parasitized dragon species have been strengthened to a considerable extent, and some lower-level sub-dragons have even been strengthened to the point where they can compete with higher-level ancient dragons to a certain extent.

This amplitude can be said to be quite considerable.

But there are already enough weird things on Anti, so he doesn't plan to add more of them.

Considering the amount of blood that needs to be sucked first when establishing a symbiotic relationship, Anti felt that he would be drained first when a group of insects pounced on him.

Although this power does come quickly and conveniently, when we think about the potential of these insects to become wandering gods after gathering in large numbers, the uncertainty behind it still needs to be carefully considered.

Following the traces of human activities, Anti began his search.

As he went deeper into the valley, he was surprised to find that there were more and more traces of human activities here.

There have been a lot of signs of human activity in this valley recently, including traces of armed conflict, which is quite fresh.

Anti is now following these clues to find the real culprit, and he will take it as soon as he finds it.

When the physical traces were interrupted, Anti, who continued the "hunting" miracle, was still able to track more.

But soon, although the special aura did not stop, the road in front of him came to an end. The cliff stood in front of him, and the aura penetrated into the mountain but could not find a way out.

After groping for a while without any clue, Anti decided to just break through the cliff in front of him.

It might alert the enemy, but Anti didn't care much.

At this moment, the feeling of closure suddenly approached, and Handilon appeared beside Anti, pointing in a direction with the claw on his tail.

"Ok?"

Under Anti's puzzled gaze, the claws gently groped on the cliff wall, and finally stopped at one place and made a light scratch.

The claws tore open a crack, which floated in front of the cliff. It was not a real crack, but the influence of spatial force.

"Hmph—" Handilon snorted confidently.

"Awesome." Anti praised casually and walked into the crack.

Handilon followed happily.

After both of them entered the crack, the crack closed and no trace was left on the cliff, as if the man and the dragon had never been there.

After passing through the crack, everything in front of me was suddenly dark, and I didn't know where I was. There was no special sense of enclosure around me, and I didn't know where Handilon had gone, and he was still elusive.

With a light sniff, it was easy to detect the strong smell of blood in the place. After groping a few steps, a bright red flame appeared in front of me.

There were torches hanging on the wall, and a large part of the bloody smell came from these torches. The scarlet flames seemed to be burning blood.

"The secret base was discovered." said Anti.

Footsteps were heard from behind, and Anti used Hunting Shadow to hide himself.

Several people passed through the aisle.

"It seems that the team that escorted the sample out was completely wiped out?"

"Yes, it's expected. It would be best if we can send it out. If we can't send it out, it can also draw Rocky's attention to the outside world a little bit, reducing the pressure on our side."

"To put it bluntly, it's just suicide."

"We've all come here to offer blood, and we're all the same."

"I hope we can really extract the divine blood from those insects this time. How many times have we failed in the past few decades?"

"This time is different from the past. Even if we can't extract the divine blood, being able to get some of the power of the blood from those dragon species in Lokidu can be considered a reinforcement for us. Moreover, this operation is intended to prepare for the subsequent goals."

"You mean to say that we are really going to 'Xuan Shang' soon?"

"It has been decided. Most of our compatriots are heading there or are preparing. It is not a paradise. It is said that the situation there is even worse than in the northwest."

When the voices of the group of people faded away, Anti finally showed up: "It seems that I heard some incredible news as soon as I came in."

The name of this group of people's force is "Blood Sacrifice", which I have heard before.

As the name suggests, they are a group that pursues the power of blood.

The target of this trip is the so-called divine blood.

Thinking of the introduction of the miracle of "corrupted blood" in his hands, Anti didn't know whether the divine blood they were pursuing was the wandering god of rotten blood, or the pillar of "blood" that was closer to the source.

But in any case, the activities of parasites are indeed closely related to them.

Rocky has also been secretly fighting with them recently.

And their base is actually located in this breeding valley, which really makes the best use of the darkness under the lamp.

Although I also encountered some troubles accordingly.

Anti continued his operations in this stronghold.

I found that in many places here, a "red water drop ripple" totem was outlined with blood, which seemed to be their symbol of belief.

The smell of blood almost numbed his sense of smell.

There were pools of blood in many places, and everything was covered in scarlet.

However, it was also while pursuing the source of the strongest smell of blood that Anti saw a wide room after a long time. There was a deep pool of blood in this room, and only a stone bridge led to a platform in the middle of the pool. From time to time, those parasites flew in and out of the pool.

On the platform in the center of the blood pool, a white transparent crystal in the shape of a teardrop was suspended, and most of it had been dyed bright red.

[Blood Drop: It was created by a craftsman who pursued pure blood with a devout faith. The creator already had a very thorough understanding of blood. As long as the sample was sufficient, the most pure essence of the blood could be traced back, and even a drop of God could be reached...]

This is the prop they use.

Anti looked around.

Although there were no protective measures in sight, Anti didn't think they would just leave this precious item like that.

After a brief and symbolic thought, Anti cast the Hunting Shadow, walked straight into the room, and walked onto the narrow bridge.

In an instant, a fishy wind whistled past, passing by Anti, carrying his breath and spreading to the entire stronghold!

Without thinking too much, Anti quickly ran forward for a distance and reached out to grab the blood drop.

But when he was about to touch it, he realized something was wrong and withdrew his hand in time.

A bloody blade flashed before his eyes. If he had withdrawn his hand half a second later, his hand would probably have been taken by the boss.

The blood pool was boiling and a large number of parasites flew out of it, but they did not attack Anti. Instead, they hovered over the blood pool, as if they were disturbed.

A huge skeleton suddenly jumped out of the pool of blood and landed in front of Anti, separating him from the blood drops.

This was the skeleton of a wild beast, with a bloodstained rag covering its head and eyes. There were a lot of skin and flesh scraps stuck to its body, and some of them were hanging down from the ribs that were clearly spread out. Its two claws were unusually large, and when it opened its mouth and roared, it brought up a fishy wind.

Anti's eyes widened as he looked at the bloody beast.

[“Bone and Blood Beast”: A beast of nothingness born from bone and blood, a monster born from a curse connected by blood, a sinful beast born from a human. One incarnation of the “Blood Source Wandering God”. When the beast’s blood boils, humanity disappears, leaving only a desire for blood.]

The, the third… ?
In this Lokidu incident, among the wandering gods that Anti has encountered, the one in front of him is the third one, and none of the three wandering gods are the same.

wrong.

Anti was distracted and thought for a moment.

If we take into account Handilon's Heaven and Earth Hand.

That’s four!
...Can it get any more lively here? ?

(End of this chapter)