Chapter 2678: The Nether River
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Fang Heng had already made up his mind and then looked at the two beside him, “This exploration ends here. I will control the Bone Dragon to send you back first.”

“Brother Fang? Aren’t you coming back with us?”

“Mm, I plan to try and venture into the Nether River area. It’s too dangerous for you to come with me, and I can’t guarantee your safety.”

“Let’s split up. I will be careful.”

With that, Fang Heng condensed a mark in front of him and summoned a new Bone Dragon, quickly leaping onto another Bone Dragon.

“Whoosh!!”

The Bone Dragon spread its wings and flew high into the air, carrying Fang Heng.

It would be extremely difficult to break through the encirclement of so many Disaster creatures and infiltrate the Nether River.

However, Fang Heng still decided to give it a try and sneak in to assess the situation.

The Disaster creatures only flew at low altitudes, and once Fang Heng reached the high sky, the white fog of the death realm would help him avoid most of the Disaster creatures’ perception zones.

At the same time, the high-ranking members of the undead council were also observing Fang Heng’s situation through the stone slab he was carrying.

It seemed he was still determined to force his way into the Nether River area to investigate.

His instructors were even more nervous than Fang Heng. The assistants had already begun preparing to record all the information Fang Heng encountered during this journey.

The Nether River was far from the battle zone between the Dark Clan and the Disaster creatures. Even the Bone Dragon, flying at high speed, took a full seven hours to arrive.

Fang Heng stood on the back of the Bone Dragon and issued a command to fly downward.

As the white fog gradually thinned below, Fang Heng saw the corrupted black land.

The land was now covered with red tumor-like Nest of Disaster formations.

New Disaster creatures were constantly emerging from these Nests of Disaster, quickly flying toward the front lines.

Fang Heng’s face became serious.

Before he could locate the exact position of the Nether River, the Disaster creatures sensed the presence of an external invader and quickly flew toward the Bone Dragon.

Reversal summoning!

Fang Heng didn’t want the demigod-level creature he had painstakingly obtained to die here. He quickly condensed a mark in front of him.

Whoosh!

A magic array rapidly spun in front of him, and the Bone Dragon instantly vanished within the magic array.

In mid-air, without the Bone Dragon, Fang Heng began to fall toward the ground.

A large number of Disaster creatures gathered around him.

“Humph!”

Fang Heng let out a cold hum, and stars of light flickered around his body.

Secondary space projection!

As he continued to fall, his figure quickly slipped into the secondary space projection.

The Disaster creatures immediately lost their perception of Fang Heng. After circling in the air for a few moments, they gradually dispersed.

Fang Heng landed in the secondary space projection state.

Just like his previous tests, the Disaster creatures couldn’t sense any being within the secondary space projection, and with their intelligence, they were also incapable of realizing the existence of the secondary space projection.

This provided him with some maneuvering space.

After landing, Fang Heng quickly surveyed his surroundings.

From the ground, the Nest of Disaster appeared even larger, standing over two meters tall, pulsating as if it was nurturing life inside.

Fang Heng stared at the Nest of Disaster outside the secondary space projection and suddenly had a thought.

Life?

Did this thing possess life?

He remembered that in previous instances, when a Nest of Disaster exploded, a red liquid resembling blood would emerge.

Could it be that it could be targeted for blood manipulation?

Fang Heng suddenly became intrigued.

Having successfully advanced to the Vampire King bloodline and mastered spatial science at the master level, Fang Heng was now able to stay longer in the secondary space projection and even simultaneously use his blood manipulation abilities!

A layer of blood light appeared in his pupils as he fixated on the Nest of Disaster in front of him.

Boiling Blood!

“Thump! Thump! Thump!!!”

It’s coming!

Under the influence of his Blood-Boiling skill, the pulsing speed of the Nest of Disaster visibly accelerated!

Faster! Even faster!

With Fang Heng’s mental strength urging it, the pulsating speed of the Nest of Disaster continued to increase, and the speed at which it generated Disaster creatures also picked up until it reached its limit!

“Boom!!!”

The Nest of Disaster suddenly exploded right in front of him!

It worked!

Fang Heng scanned his surroundings and noticed that the Disaster creatures hadn’t realized what had happened. They continued to spawn and rush toward the front lines as usual.

Interesting.

Fang Heng turned his attention to a large cluster of Nests of Disaster to his right.

Thump! Thump!! Thump!!

Effective!

Under his Boiling Blood skill, several Nests of Disaster began to pulsate faster, affected by his control. However, as soon as the skill was spread over multiple targets, its effectiveness rapidly decreased.

After three minutes of continuous use, the affected Nests of Disaster began to explode one by one.

Fang Heng shook his head.

With his current blood control abilities, he could only manage to trigger the self-destruction of a single Nest of Disaster at most, and that too only after a certain amount of time.

This method couldn’t be used as a regular combat strategy.

The instructors from the undead council observed the exploding Nests of Disaster with surprise in their eyes.

It seemed that Fang Heng was trying to find a way to deal with the Nests of Disaster, and he appeared to have made some progress.

“Whoosh!”

Fang Heng had nearly reached the upper limit of the secondary space projection’s duration and was forced to temporarily exit.

Immediately, the surrounding Disaster creatures sensed his position and rushed toward him.

“Tch, what a hassle!”

Fang Heng once again activated his blood manipulation skill.

The Disaster creatures approaching from all directions, upon getting within range, were affected by the Blood-Boiling skill and froze in mid-air.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!!!”

The Disaster creatures, influenced by the skill, exploded in mid-air, shattering into bloody fragments!

Fang Heng wasted no time and, under the assault of the Disaster creatures, quickly moved deeper into the Nether River region.

Not good! The Disaster creatures were too numerous.

In the beginning, when only dozens or hundreds of Disaster creatures were attacking him per minute, he could handle it. But as more and more creatures poured in from all sides, his blood manipulation ability was stretched to its limit, and his mental strength couldn’t affect so many creatures at once.

“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!!”

Once the Boiling-Blood skill lost its effect, the Disaster creatures that got too close to Fang Heng immediately exploded!

Large groups of Disaster creatures self-destructed in a frenzy, and Fang Heng couldn’t keep up. His health rapidly dropped by large chunks.

This was bad!

Seeing his health drop to around one-third, Fang Heng stepped back into the secondary space projection.

The Disaster creatures lost their perception of him and ceased their self-destruction. After a moment of confusion, they scattered once again.