Baby with Daoist Monarch System-Chapter 525 - 204: Core Area, the Third Treasure

The group quickly followed after witnessing the scene.

The river they traveled twisted and turned for quite some time before they finally arrived at the entrance of a gigantic cave.

This cave towered ten meters high and spanned five meters wide, utterly pitch-black, resembling an abyss that seemed to draw one in with a single glance.

At the entrance of the cave, there was only a small river channel about ten centimeters wide, perpetually flowing with thick black liquid.

Xu Ran saw this and said, "This should be the origin of the river."

Tiger Girl, feeling a bit apprehensive, looked at the seemingly light-devouring cave and said, "Big brother, is this the entrance to the deep underground of Planet of Resentful Beasts?"

Xu Ran nodded and said, "It should be."

Tiger Girl took a deep breath and said, "If that’s the case, let’s go down."

Everyone nodded and together entered the pitch-black cave entrance.

Upon entering, the torches inside ignited automatically, illuminating the entire cave, and revealing its structure.

Countless black vines spread across the cave walls, full of thorns.

At the center of the cave, there was a spring no wider than five centimeters.

From this spring, "glug glug," foamy black liquid continuously bubbled out, flowing along a narrow channel out of the cave.

This tiny spring was the source of the planet of Resentful Beasts’ vast river.

At the deepest part of the cave, there was another entrance, and upon looking inside, there was a staircase with a depth matching the surrounding underground.

Xu Ran saw this and said, "This is it, let’s go!"

Tiger Girl and the others exchanged glances, nodded in agreement, and followed Xu Ran’s steps down the staircase.

The staircase was not long; after walking for five minutes, they reached the end.

Simultaneously, "tap tap tap," a sound reminiscent of falling rain echoed in their ears, accompanied by a waft of sourness.

"Hmm? Why does it feel quite cool here?" Tiger Girl’s perplexed voice echoed.

"Indeed! This place should be within the planet of Resentful Beasts close to the crust. A bit deeper and it would be magma, but it’s unexpectedly cool." Zhu Yuheng questioned in confusion.

In Demigod Kindergarten, it was taught that deep within a planet was generally magma with extremely high temperatures, scorching even divine-level beings.

But now, instead of feeling their body temperature rise, they felt an odd coolness, which was quite peculiar.

Xu Ran’s gaze sharpened, and he pointed with his right hand, a talisman emitting light suspended above, specially used to illuminate the darkness for days on end.

When the place lit up, revealing everything before them, they finally understood the source of the cool sensation.

Before them lay an endless-looking passage, with neither ordinary stone walls nor magma on the sides, but layers of writhing black flesh.

These black fleshy masses consistently squirmed, dropping black viscous liquid onto the ground.

The formerly heard "tap tap tap" sound was the liquid hitting the ground.

Tiger Girl and the others saw this scene and were deeply shocked, feeling slightly nauseous.

They had adventured with Xu Ran through many secret realms and had tiptoed on the line of life and death many times but had never seen such a bizarre sight.

At that moment, they seemed to be standing within some colossal creature’s belly, with the black liquid droplets like stomach acid.

"Bro...brother, are we still on the planet of Resentful Beasts?" Tiger Girl asked.

This query echoed in the others’ minds as well.

Xu Ran contemplated and responded, "We are still here."

"When descending the staircase, no spatial fluctuations were felt; there’s no chance we were transported elsewhither!"

"Thus, this is indeed the depths of the planet of Resentful Beasts!"

With Xu Ran’s validation, everyone accepted this reality, as not even the planet of Resentful Beasts could deceive Xu Ran’s senses for spatial fluctuations.

"Being one of the three Exotic Stars, being a tad strange is normal," Zhu Yuheng remarked.

Moreover, their primary goal was treasure hunting.

Just as they prepared to step into this pulsating black flesh, the previously slow-moving mass began to convulse rapidly.

Amidst the crevices of the layered meat mountain, a torrent of concrete liquid pollution burst forth like a breached dam.

What shocked them most was that this pollution didn’t drop to the ground but defied gravity, ascending towards the fleshy ceiling, slowly dissipating.

Their first encounter with such a spectacle left them momentarily stunned.

Xu Ran quickly regained his composure, rubbing his chin thoughtfully, "This must be the pollution source of the planet of Resentful Beasts!"

"That pollution should ascend to the cave spring, flowing across the entire planet of Resentful Beasts."

"Another part of the pollution turns into fog, dispersing into the air."

The pollution recently emitted was extremely potent, making even Xu Ran with divine-level cultivation somewhat apprehensive, fearing harm even with mere contact.

Should it reach Tiger Girl and the others, it might pose a life threat.

"We need to eliminate the pollution here to proceed further!" Xu Ran advised.

Moreover, this place could be considered the planet of Resentful Beasts’ core; obliterating the flesh here would disable the planet’s pollution production entirely.