“It’s done. Let’s go!” Danxia Zi informed Ye Qing after he was done. Ye Qing nodded and propelled the Ghost Dragon Boat forward once more. Without Heavy Heavy to bog it down, the Ghost Dragon Boat was back to normal. It quickly sped forward at high speed. Thanks to the pepper powder surrounding the Ghost Dragon Boat, Ye Qing and everyone else got to experience the phobia known as trypophobia[1]. The Strangers were everywhere above the stomach lake including the yellowish green fog, and there were so many of them that their skin crawled despite themselves. They had no doubt that they would have taken a huge blow if Feng Qingyou had not recognized Heavy Heavy. Heavy Heavy could not be seen, sensed, or felt. Even if they discovered it by accident, they would not know its weakness and would have been hard-pressed to expel it from their body, much less kill it. They would have been stuck either way. Luckily, Feng Qingyou did recognize the Stranger, so they overcame the situation more scared than hurt. They did not encounter any other danger after breaking free from Heavy Heavy’s influence. They quickly reached the other side of the stomach lake safely. The first thing they saw after passing through the stomach lake was a thick, lush forest. From afar, the forest looked colorful and overflowing with flowers and trees. It was very different from the rotten and anomalous blood vessels, mountain of intestines, and stomach lake. “That’s surprising. I didn’t think that such a beautiful landscape could exist in such a place,” Old Man Profound Firmament exclaimed in astonishment when he saw the distant forest. Ye Qing rubbed his nose for a moment before speaking up, “Er... That’s because you’re mistaken, Elder Profound.” Old Man Profound Firmament asked, “What do you mean? What did you see?” Instead of answering, Ye Qing decided to keep him in suspense for now. “You’ll find out in a moment.” The Ghost Dragon Boat quickly got close to the forest, and everyone fell silent. The forest was vibrant and colorful, yes, but it was completely different from the forests they were used to. The tree roots were human and animal legs. The tree trunks were thick, large bones. The tree branches were intertwined arms. The flowers and fruits were bizarre fingers. In summary, this forest was purely made up of all the limbs and bones of all sorts of creatures. There were humans, Strangers, gods, demons, celestials, Buddhas... they were all dead, they continued to give off colorful lights that joined together to form all sorts of magnificent spectacles. This was why the forest had looked beautiful from afar. Of course, no one thought that it was beautiful anymore. They only felt horrified by what they saw. A few breaths of silence later, Old Man Profound Firmament shook his head regretfully. “You’re right, Joyless.There is no way this place could be normal.” It was at this moment Danxia Zi spoke up, “This is where the liver is, right?” Old Man Profound Firmament looked at Danxia Zi. “Why do you say that?” “It’s just a feeling!” Danxia Zi replied, “Don’t you think that this corpse is very similar to a human’s. First it is the intestines, next is the stomach. It makes sense that the liver would be next.” “The liver is commonly associated with Wood, and this is a forest. Sure, the forest is a little stranger than normal, but it is still a forest, isn’t it?” “Er...” Everyone looked thoughtful after hearing Danxia Zi’s theory. A moment later, Old Man Profound Firmament spoke up, “Your supporting evidence is kinda flimsy, but it does make some sense.” “Dammit, are we really inside a human’s body?” “It’s not just humans. It could be a god demon as well,” Danxia Zi added. A glint flickered in Ye Qing’s eyes as he rubbed his nose. He did not say anything though. Feng Qingyou shot him a curious look before adding, “there’s a very simple way to confirm this theory. We simply need to pass through this forest and check if a heart exists up ahead.” Assuming that this was a human or humanoid body, then the organ that sat above the liver was the heart. If there really was a heart up ahead, then there was an extremely good chance that they were inside the body of a human or a god demon. “Mm. Makes sense. Let’s continue.” Danxia Zi and Old Man Profound Firmament nodded. It was obvious that this forest was abnormal at first glance. In fact, it was probably extremely dangerous. However, the reason they came here in the first place was to scout the inside of the corpse and obtain as much information as possible. So, this was fine. Most importantly, they were confident that they could weather whatever the liver forest threw at them. Naturally, Ye Qing had no objections. He quickly commanded the Ghost Dragon Boat to fly over the forest. Follow current novels on NovᴇlFir(e).nᴇt As expected, the limb roots, bone trunks, and arm branches abruptly came to life as soon as the Ghost Dragon Boat flew over them. The limb roots pulled themselves out of the earth and ran. The bone trunks shook from side to side and unleashed waves of light. The arm branches reached out to snatch the Ghost Dragon Boat out of the sky. For a time, it was as if the entire forest had suddenly transformed into a stormy sea, and the Ghost Dragon Boat was a helpless fishing boat desperately trying to keep itself steady. The Ghost Dragon Boat was neither helpless nor desperate though. No matter how hard the forest raged, the Anomaly could always dodge the attacks by a hair’s breadth. On the boat, Ye Qing, Feng Qingyou, Old Man Profound Firmament and Danxia Zi looked at ease as well. No one here was afraid of a head-on clash. It was so much easier to handle than a threat or danger that happened upon them without warning or trace. Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou didn’t even need to step in. Old Man profound Firmament and Danxia Zi alone were enough to handle everything. From time to time, Old Man Profound Firmament would tap his finger and break the arm branches rushing toward them. As for Danxia Zi, rainbow light washed out of his feet and blocked the tree trunk’s path for an instant. Then, it annihilated them. All Ye Qing needed to do was to keep moving the Ghost Dragon Boat forward. “Something’s not right!” An hour later, Ye Qing suddenly spoke up. “Indeed,” Feng Qingyou echoed in agreement, “this forest is a little too big.” It had been over an hour since they entered the forest, and still they hadn’t managed to leave it. They couldn’t even see the edge of the forest, much less the end. Wherever they looked, there were endless trees. Given how fast the Ghost Dragon Boat was, they should have left it behind a long time ago. After all, they did not waste this much time even when they were traversing the mountain of intestines or the stomach lake earlier. “That’s not all. This forest can regenerate,” Danxia Zi added. He and Old Man Profound Firmament had been attacking the trees since they entered the forest. They hadn’t held back either. The lucky ones were crushed into splinters, whereas the unlucky ones outright evaporated from existence. Logically speaking, this forest should have been more or less destroyed. In reality, it looked just as lush and thick as ever. It did not look damaged at all. “Show me what kind of trickery you possess!” Old Man Profound Firmament and bent his thumb and index finger. The other three fingers were straightened out. It looked like an axe. The next moment, Old Man Profound Firmament swung with his hand, and heaven and earth were split into two by the axe. 1. Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of repetitive patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps. ☜