Zhou Huai's face showed no surprise upon hearing this voice.

While on the island, Zhou Huai had already deduced that some kind of consciousness existed within the ruins.

It was this consciousness that was guiding everyone step by step.

From the initial bronze key to this call that now resounded directly in the Soul.

The other party's purpose was already abundantly clear.

Come find me?

Thoughts raced through Zhou Huai's mind.

Who is he?

Why should I go look for him?

This didn't sound like guidance; it sounded more like the whisper of some demon.

Luring everyone towards an even more terrifying, even more unknown abyss.

"Who?!"

"Who's speaking?!"

Karen's wary exclamation interrupted Zhou Huai's thoughts.

He looked around, his charred face full of vigilance.

Zhou Huai looked at him in some surprise.

"You can hear it too?"

Karen and Gandalf exchanged confused glances.

"You heard it too?"

"What was that sound? It's chilling."

Zhou Huai's brows furrowed slightly.

So it wasn't just those who activated the key who could hear it.

Everyone inside this beast could hear it.

Which meant.

Thor and Polina had heard it too.

Just then, a look of wild joy, without warning, appeared on Karen's charred face.

He suddenly widened his eyes, as if he had discovered a new continent.

"I... I think I know where the Divine Artifact is!"

"Hmm?"

Zhou Huai exclaimed in surprise.

The next second, a strange sensation also appeared in his mind.

It was an incredibly clear spatial coordinate.

Like a lighthouse in the dark night, it pointed him in the direction of advance.

Gandalf and Karen almost simultaneously lowered their heads.

Their gazes, by chance, fell on the dark passage in the lower right corner.

Go in that direction!

...

At the same time.

In another passage within the giant beast's corpse.

Thor was leading Polina and the other two, wandering aimlessly.

He frowned, his face filled with unconcealed irritation.

"How big is this damned place anyway?"

"It's all these disgusting passages, and not a single ghost in sight!"

"Where exactly is the pendulum of life?!"

Yingsi Lan, behind him, was silent for a moment before speaking up.

"How about we split up?"

"That way, we might be more efficient."

However, as soon as he finished speaking.

Polina shook her head without hesitation, refusing.

"No."

"This place is full of strangeness, and the danger is still unknown."

"It's better if we act together; at least we can look out for each other."

Just then.

The four of them stopped in their tracks without warning!

Each person's face showed an identical look of shock.

"Did... did you hear something?"

Thor asked in a deep voice, frowning.

Polina and the other two nodded in unison.

Thor looked around, lightning flashing in his azure eyes.

He suddenly took a deep breath and shouted loudly at the pulsating flesh walls around them.

"Who are you?!"

"Where do we find you?!"

However, no one answered him.

The old and majestic voice seemed to have never appeared.

The next second.

The four of them stiffened again.

They simultaneously lowered their heads.

Their gazes fell upon the bottomless passage beneath their feet.

"The pendulum of life... is down there!"

...

On the other side.

Gandalf and Karen had already entered the downward passage without hesitation.

The passage here was much narrower than the previous one.

At its narrowest, it could barely accommodate one person.

The strong stench that had surrounded them had long since disappeared.

In its place was an even more pungent smell of blood.

That was the unique scent of the beast's fresh blood.

A fishy, rusty, and decaying smell furiously drilled into their nostrils.

Zhou Huai speculated that the passage they were currently in was likely the giant beast's blood vessel.

Now, the blood in the vessel had long since dried up.

Yet, the strong smell of blood had persisted for tens of thousands of years, refusing to dissipate.

"This damn place... smells really nauseating."

Karen followed behind Gandalf, muttering complaints as he walked.

"You think we didn't end up in this beast's intestines, did we?"

Zhou Huai found it a bit amusing upon hearing this.

"Don't worry, even if it's intestines, it's better than a steel door."

The two continued forward smoothly.

The passage also began to become steeper and more vertical.

Eventually, the soft flesh walls beneath their feet completely disappeared.

In its place was a bottomless darkness.

The two were constantly falling downwards in this vertical passage!

Whoosh—!

The whistling wind was in their ears.

Their bodies were rapidly falling.

This feeling of weightlessness lasted for a full minute.

Finally.

The two completely fell out [N O V E L I G H T] of the narrow blood vessel.

Although they were still falling.

Before them, it was no longer that oppressive, narrow space.

But a wider, grander world!

Relying on the strange, glowing seaweed around them.

Zhou Huai clearly saw his surroundings.

They were currently in a terrifying space so vast it was impossible to describe in words!

The top and sides of the space were constantly pulsating, dark red flesh walls.

They were covered with dense, strange patterns like spiderwebs, resembling massive blood vessels intertwined together.

And below them.

Was a vast, endless white land made up of countless stark white bones!

The skeletons were each larger than the last.

Some were like mountains, others like Dragons.

There were even some with strange wings and claws that Zhou Huai had never seen before.

Clearly, these were all prey devoured by the giant beast in its lifetime.

And in the center of this boneyard.

Was a vast, boundless dark green lake.

Bubbles constantly rose from the surface of the lake with a "gurgling" sound, emitting a corrosive aura that made one's teeth ache.

Zhou Huai speculated that it was likely the giant beast's stomach acid.

However, what shocked Zhou Huai the most was not the terrifying, Hell-like scene before him.

But directly above the dark green lake.

A massive, dazzling golden pendulum was quietly suspended in mid-air!

The pendulum was made of an unknown golden metal, its design ancient and imbued with a sacred and solemn aura.

Upon the pendulum, countless profound and complex mysterious runes were carved, slowly flowing as if they possessed life.

A vast, majestic, and terrifying pressure, full of the aura of life, erupted from the pendulum!

Just a glance made one's Soul tremble uncontrollably, giving rise to an impulse to prostrate oneself in worship!

Without a doubt.

That was the pendulum of life!

"Found it!"

"We finally found it!"

Although his body was still rapidly falling, Karen couldn't help but let out a frenzied cheer.

"This pendulum of life! This is absolutely the true pendulum of life!"

Zhou Huai's consciousness, within Gandalf's body, also nodded in agreement.

That's right.

This is what a Divine Artifact should look like!

Compared to this behemoth, the golden pendulums found on the island before were simply inferior.

Seeing that the two were about to crash heavily onto the stark white boneyard.

Zhou Huai controlled Gandalf and calmly raised the eternal sanction in his hand.

An invisible current of water appeared out of thin air, like two gentle large hands, lightly supporting their falling bodies.

Finally, they landed steadily on the solid ground.

"Hahaha!"

As soon as Karen landed, he let out a triumphant laugh.

He immediately flew into the air, circling the vast space once, carefully observing the surroundings.

A moment later, he landed back on the ground, his charred face filled with unconcealed excitement.

"No sign of Thor and them!"

"Clearly, they haven't found this place yet!"

"We need to hurry and take the pendulum of life!"

Zhou Huai controlled Gandalf and nodded.

He looked up at the golden pendulum, which was as large as a three-story building in the distance, but his brow furrowed slightly.

If such a large item couldn't be put into storage space.

How would they take it out?

However, as Gandalf slowly approached the direction of the pendulum of life step by step.

Zhou Huai suddenly let out a soft exclamation.

He noticed something was wrong.

The massive golden pendulum was not simply suspended in mid-air.

At its four corners, and at its two middle ends, it was actually tightly bound by six terrifyingly thick, pitch-black chains!

The chains, made of an unknown material, were entirely black and emitted a chilling aura that made one's heart palpitate.

The other end of the chains was deeply embedded in the constantly pulsating dark red flesh walls around them, as if they had grown from it.

Zhou Huai possessed a Clone that was a Great Master of Formations. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

With just one glance, Zhou Huai saw the clue.

The arrangement of these six chains, and the profound runes carved on them, clearly formed an extremely sophisticated Seal Formation!

The purpose of this Formation seemed to be to firmly Seal the pendulum of life here!

Zhou Huai's brow furrowed even deeper.

Why?

Why would there be a Seal Formation here?

Wasn't the pendulum of life a legendary Divine Artifact?

Why would it need to be Sealed?

Just as Zhou Huai felt something was subtly off.

The old voice, without warning, sounded again.

This time, Zhou Huai heard it clearly.

The voice was coming from the direction of the pendulum of life ahead!

"You..."

"You're finally here..."