The water flow was still accelerating.
Before long, the Players were completely scattered, swept into the depths one after another.
Their front was no longer the deep blue sea water, but rather surging, bright yellow currents appeared.
The moment the two distinctly separated liquids touched, Cheng Shi clearly felt an inexplicable force squeezing towards him from all directions, beginning to frantically corrode his skin.
It was acid!
How was that possible?
With such a massive amount of seawater pouring in, how could there still be such a high concentration of acid?
"The giant beast's stomach acid?"
"No! This isn't acid! This is the pull from the Void!
Void Maw Swallowing Whale!
How is that possible?
They are the darlings of nothingness living on the boundary between Void and reality, how could they appear here!?
No, that's not right!
How could they possibly die!!??"
Cheng Shi was startled hearing Gao Yu's exclamation.
Void Maw Swallowing Whale were somewhat related to Cheng Shi, because this type of creature was a subordinate of nothingness, born in the 'Void-Reality Boundary', the fringe area between the Void and reality, tasked by nothingness to devour existence.
They had two invisible tentacles growing from the top of their heads, which could sense where reality was weakest, then travel through the Void to that location and devour it, turning it into new Void.
As for the Existence swallowed into their bellies, it would gradually disappear under the pull of the Void.
As for how these things that are half-Void, half-reality could die...
Sorry, don't forget, this is the Trial of annihilation.
For creatures that blur the boundaries between existence and nothingness, perhaps there is no concept of life, but there definitely exists the state of annihilation...
But none of that was important; now was not the time to think about such things.
Cheng Shi didn't have time to ponder, and immediately cast two more healing spells on all the teammates he could see within his limited vision.
However, the grim situation did not improve because of these two healing spells.
The vines on the raft began to decompose rapidly, and the Players' skin also gradually developed ulcers.
nothingness was 'dissolving' them into new Void in a way they could understand.
"Can't go any further, the pull of the Void is still intensifying!! Everyone, break out!"
Zhao Qian roared, his entire body turning red and hot, his hands spinning frantically like two propellers, pushing himself to swim back the way they came.
"Old Cui, follow me closely!"
Cui Dingtian responded and immediately followed Zhao Qian, but his speed was clearly not as fast as Zhao Qian's, not only because his rotation speed wasn't enough, but also because he was dragging a burden behind him.
Su Yida!
This colleague of Cheng Shi's had somehow bumped into Cui Dingtian and hadn't gotten off him since.
Tao Yi and Gao Yu were also trying hard, but it was clear that at this moment, Mages were far less efficient than Warriors and Hunters.
Even though they cast spells with all their might, they still couldn't change the situation of being dragged deeper by the suction force.
At this point, everyone's condition was extremely poor; not to mention their clothes which had long disappeared, even their hair and skin had begun to ulcerate over large areas.
The pulling force of the Void was like a sharp razor, inscribing its mark on their bodies without any pattern and without mercy.
"Pull me!"
Gao Yu was anxious; he shouted loudly, using all his strength to pull out a piece of metal material and frantically hammered it in the water.
Tao Yi was right beside him, her face unrecognizable; she gritted her teeth, held onto him with one hand, and constantly summoned nearby usable things with the other, however, the speed at which these external objects corroded was far faster than her spell casting speed.
"Quick! I can't hold on!"
Tao Yi cried out miserably, Gao Yu's eyes turned red, and his speed increased by a third.
The small hammer was also gradually disappearing under the pull of the Void, but he still hammered the material in his hand into a long-handled spiral drill bit, mixing it with blood, and fiercely plunged it into the inner wall of the giant beast beside him.
"The pressure is too great, we can't swim up, come on! Let's dig our way out from here!
They evolved from nothingness, different from traditional life; their bodies are very thin, there's hope!"
The duration of the underwater healing was almost up, and the ulceration on everyone's bodies accelerated by a few points.
The few who were still swimming forward with all their might, feeling the immense resistance, had no choice but to decisively give up and turn back towards Gao Yu.
Cheng Shi seized the opportunity to grab Gao Yu's foot, and also grabbed Tao Yi, who was being pushed deeper by the rapid current; he mustered his strength and cast a healing spell on everyone.
Cui Dingtian saw that Gao Yu's efficiency was low, immediately snatched the drill bit from his hand, and frantically began to excavate.
Zhao Qian pressed close to the inner wall of the giant beast nearby, attempting to open another passage with his hands.
However, neither their hands nor the tools in their hands could cause much damage to the inner wall of the giant beast.
But this intense consumption caused their condition to decline even faster.
"Priest!!!"
Zhao Qian roared with all his might, hoping Cheng Shi could be a bit more effective, at least to save everyone's lives before they could chisel through the giant beast's inner wall.
However, Cheng Shi did not respond to him.
He gritted his teeth and didn't cast a single healing spell; instead, he used his legs to hold onto Tao Yi, freeing up his right hand, eager to try something.
"Priest!!! Heal me!!!"
"Damn it, no time!"
Cheng Shi roared, made up his mind, and threw a fierce punch, hitting the 'wall' in front of his face.
Of course, he wasn't trying to compete with Zhao Qian to see whose hand was stronger, but because he had a secret move!
3.5 S From God Relic:
lelers bone servant ring!
The moment the demonic red ring on Cheng Shi's hand touched the inner wall of the giant beast!
"Boom--"
World-destroying Thunder exploded in everyone's ears.
The Thunder light roared and shot out from his hand, instantly blasting through the 'thin-skinned' giant beast, even illuminating the entire inner cavity of the giant beast for a moment.
Everyone was startled by this sudden Thunderclap; seeing 'fresh' seawater beginning to surge into the gap in the giant beast's inner wall, they were overjoyed, burst out with their last bit of strength, and rushed towards the gap.
It broke through!
Cheng Shi inwardly thought he was lucky.
Thanks to the fear emotions generously contributed by his teammates.
And thanks to Fear Mother Tree Leliel; her first time working, she saved his life.
Looking at the gap close at hand, Cheng Shi did not move rashly.
He first gave everyone an underwater healing spell to stabilize the situation, and then struggled to cast a few spells to restore mental energy, all targeting Cui Dingtian.
As for why, it was because he found that this Old Man had surprisingly few wounds on his body, despite everyone else being ulcerated to the point of almost seeing bone!
The erosion from the Void seemed to have slowed down on his body.
But precisely because of this, Cheng Shi felt that he must heal him first!
When everyone is deeply stuck in the mud, the first person you should save must not be the one about to be swallowed, but the one who is easiest to get ashore!
Only in this way can the person who gets ashore find ways to pull everyone out!
No matter how much the people in the mud struggle, it's not as effective as someone on the shore pulling hard!
Cui Dingtian suddenly felt his condition rapidly improving and immediately understood Cheng Shi's meaning.
He suppressed a cough, flicked his right hand, and threw a thin white rope outside the flesh and blood gap.
Then, his left hand also began to swing; with high-frequency swinging, another white rope quickly shot out and tied up Cheng Shi and the other two.
Just at the moment before Cheng Shi was about to break Gao Yu's ankle, Tao Yi's waist was about to be crushed, and the three of them were about to fall into the deeper area, Cui Dingtian wrapped them up like zongzi with the rope.
"Zhao Qian, grab on!"
Cui Dingtian shouted loudly and began to rush outward.
Hearing this, Zhao Qian immediately twisted his body, fiercely pushed off the inner wall, used the recoil to get close to Lao Tou, and tightly hugged his waist.
However, the moment his hand touched the Old Man's waist...
He was stunned.
He didn't feel any skin texture on Cui Dingtian's abdomen; it seemed the Void had completely pulled away his skin.
But just now, he clearly saw that Cui Dingtian was completely unharmed!
How could this be!
Zhao Qian looked up in surprise, only to find that Cui Dingtian, who was close at hand, was swimming forward with almost his entire body's muscles and fascia completely exposed!
Only at his wrist joints, there was still a trace of complete skin covering them.
As for the other end of the skin...
He looked down in shock at the three people bundled together at his feet:
The white rope binding the three was close at hand, pulled taut.
Even if the seawater was murky, if you looked closely, you could still see that it was clearly not a rope at all, but a thin...
Skin!
Cui Dingtian had actually shed his entire body's skin layer by layer, turning it into thin ropes, and held everyone!
Whether it was the skin that extended extremely long, or the flesh and blood that was as hard as rock, he seemed able to resist some of the erosion from the Void.
"Hold on tight! This Old Man is about to exert force!"
The skin rope thrown outside the gap seemed to have found a reliable anchor point; Lao Tou's face lit up, and the muscles all over his body began to contract.
With the rapid contraction of the skin, Cui Dingtian carried everyone against the immense pressure of the rapid current and rushed towards the outside of the gap.
Feeling the Void pull on their bodies gradually receding, the three people whose flesh and blood were pressed tightly together showed bitter smiles after escaping death.
It was too miserable.
Excessive Void pull had made their wounds deep enough to see bone; the rotten flesh was stuck together, making it impossible to distinguish whose was whose.
Cheng Shi was somewhat exhausted from excessive consumption, but he still held on, casting a healing spell on the two people in front of him.
Flesh, skin, and hair were recovering visibly.
Seeing his wounds beginning to heal, Gao Yu's tense expression finally relaxed.
But contrary to this, Tao Yi's expression became somewhat strange.
At this moment, she was pressed tightly against Cheng Shi's back, and her physical sensation slowly recovered.
"Cheng Shi... you..."
Cheng Shi had been highly nervous just now, not daring to relax at all; now that he finally caught his breath, his nerves suddenly relaxed, and he didn't realize what had happened at all.
He smiled gently, thinking Tao Yi was concerned about his condition.
"It's okay, I can still hold on."
"I... Oh, forget it..."
Cheng Shi was momentarily stunned, suddenly realizing that Tao Yi might be afraid of Birth's gaze; he laughed heartily and said:
"Don't worry, you won't get pregnant."
However, after saying it, he knew he had misunderstood.
Thanks to the effect of Grace of Sharing Gods, the sensation on his back also began to slowly recover, and a special pressure came from behind.
"..."
"..."
Gao Yu was tied in front of Cheng Shi and naturally didn't know what was happening behind him; he noticed that both of them had strange expressions and nervously raised his head to ask:
"What's wrong now?"
Cheng Shi curved his lips, slightly unable to hold back a smile.
"Nothing.
I was just thinking, some celebrities look quite good on TV, but actually... in reality, it's hard to describe.
Do you think this counts as padding to deceive customers?"
"Huh?"
Gao Yu seemed a bit unable to keep up with Cheng Shi's rambling thoughts, but Tao Yi behind Cheng Shi completely calmed down from her restrained mood because of this sentence.
She rolled her eyes and said:
"Which celebrity do you like?"
"Didn't follow, don't know, can't say I like or dislike."
"Then that's it; since some people aren't the target audience, why care so much?"
"..."
Ah, indeed, what does it matter to me?
I'm just blowing the whistle for the vast number of deceived fans; if you're not that celebrity, then stop pinching me!
Gao Yu wasn't stupid; when he heard these two saying strange things here, his expression also became strange.
"What the book says is true, disaster is a catalyst for love."
"..."
"..."
Damn little brat, what the hell do you know?
Just as the three of them were relieving their mood with irrelevant chatter, Lao Tou's roar came from ahead again!
"Attention, we're about to exit the water!"
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