Unless, of course, Chu Xian himself deliberately reverted to his original form and then, while avoiding their notice, burrowed in.
But that reason didn't hold water.
Chu Xian was indeed a bit naive and his talent was a bit lacking, but that didn't mean he was an idiot.
How could he wander around recklessly in a completely unfamiliar place?
And then there was Jing Xiu.
Where had she gone? In this disappearance of the two of them, who had abducted whom?
As he pondered, Shao Feng and Yan Hua were already preparing to shrink their bodies and descend.
Qi Yu and Si Qing followed behind.
The group collectively shrunk their original forms to the smallest size and, through the opening, leaped into the bottomless abyss.
The abyss was very deep. After jumping down, a distinct smell of decay and a metallic tang could be detected.
It took nearly two hours.
Qi Yu finally landed on the ground. kuAiδugg
A flame ignited in her palm, illuminating the surroundings. She looked down and saw that her feet were treading on rotten seaweed and mud.
The West Sea Dragon King squatted down and reached out to touch.
He picked up a dragon scale.
It carried Chu Xian's scent.
"It's Chu Xian's bloody smell," Qi Yu's face changed.
Dragon scales were indestructible. Unless stripped off in an extremely brutal manner, they wouldn't fall off from a mere fall.
Moreover, Chu Xian's cultivation was not strong.
The situation was dire.
The West Sea Dragon King's hands trembled. He clutched the single dragon scale in his palm, then crawled on the ground to search carefully, and found more than ten more.
The West Sea Dragon Queen's heart ached terribly.
The West Sea Dragon King's voice trembled as he held the pile of dragon scales and looked at Yan Hua, Yu Yuan, Jin Yan, and Chen Xi, his voice pleading, "Please, save Chu Xian. How could so many of his dragon scales fall off? Has something happened to him..."
Shao Feng couldn't bear to see it. "Don't be like this. We all came down here to find him. We will definitely find him."
The West Sea Dragon King and his wife nodded, but their faces were pale.
Meanwhile.
The Thirteenth Heaven.
Yu Zhen held his breath, standing beside the Blood Demon Fiend.
Chu Xian was hung in the center, his back covered in blood.
Jing Xiu lay to the side with her eyes closed, appearing to have been knocked out and unconscious.
The Blood Demon Fiend looked at Chu Xian and lifted his chin. "The main reason for inviting you from the deep seabed to the Thirteenth Heaven is that I have something I need your help with."
Chu Xian's feet were covered in scales that had just been peeled off alive. The pain made his fingertips tremble.
The Blood Demon Fiend, as if he hadn't noticed this, continued, "I need to borrow your body for some matters. I hope you will willingly hand over your body."
In fact, the Blood Demon Fiend could have forcibly taken Chu Xian's body through possession. However, anything forcefully obtained would eventually lead to backlash from the magic arts.
The outcome was entirely different from Chu Xian willingly offering his body.
The Blood Demon Fiend hoped Chu Xian would agree to offer his body voluntarily, which would make his future actions more convenient.
Chu Xian was dizzy from the pain. His screams had made his voice hoarse, and even speaking hurt.
The Blood Demon Fiend looked at Yu Zhen.
Yu Zhen acted, tearing off Chu Xian's dragon scales.
Chu Xian let out a pained scream, his whole body trembling.
"Daddy..." Chu Xian weakly called out to the West Sea Dragon King. Unable to maintain his human form, he reverted to his original form and fell into the pool of blood.
His small dragon claws were still retracting.
Yu Zhen, as if numb, showed no reaction, madly tearing off Chu Xian's dragon scales, one after another.
Chu Xian struggled in pain, but he was already weak and powerless.
He raised his bloodshot eyes and looked at the Blood Demon Fiend, his voice choked with tears, "My Daddy will come to save Jing Xiu and me. I won't let you use my body to do evil..."
Before Ling Ruo had used a trick to knock him out and revert him to his original form, Chu Xian had not seen Ling Ruo, in Jing Xiu's guise, attack him.
Therefore, after being ambushed by Ling Ruo and thrown into the abyss beneath the sea trench cave, Chu Xian had always believed that Jing Xiu, who was unconscious nearby, had been captured along with him.
Little did he know that the one who had knocked him out, brought him into the sea trench abyss, peeled his scales in the abyss, made him painfully respond to the West Sea Dragon King's summons, attract Qi Yu and the others' attention, and then brought him back to the Thirteenth Heaven, was all Ling Ruo disguised as Jing Xiu.
In the entire Thirteenth Heaven, only Chu Xian was the victim.
"That's hard to say," the Blood Demon Fiend said, crossing his arms. "If I'm not mistaken, your father, Qi Yu, and Si Qing should still be in that deep-sea trench, searching for you in every cave based on your scales."
"How would they know that there's a secret passage at the bottom of the abyss in that cave that leads to the Thirteenth Heaven?"
As the Blood Demon Fiend said this, a cold smile curled his lips. He looked down at Chu Xian, who was already semi-conscious but still unwilling to offer his body, and his patience began to wear thin.
"Chu Xian, I'm just borrowing your body for a few days, and I'll return it to you later. If you refuse no matter what, then I'll have to be impolite."
As the Blood Demon Fiend spoke, he walked to Chu Xian's opposite, raised his foot, and ruthlessly broke Chu Xian's spine.
Chu Xian let out a piercing scream.
The Blood Demon Fiend continued to stomp, and seeing Chu Xian's breathing weak, yet his face still resolute, refusing to willingly offer his body, his patience finally ran out. After crushing the last inch of Chu Xian's spine, he turned and waved to Can Xue not far away.
"Deal with this dragon cub for me. I originally thought that although his talent was a bit lacking, he was close to Qi Yu and the others, so he might be useful. I didn't expect him to be so disobedient. Later, find me someone else. I remember Qi Yu and Si Qing have other friends, don't they?"
Can Xue looked at the almost bloody and mangled Chu Xian, swallowed hard, and responded with a subtle "yes." He bent down, picked up the dragon scales from the ground, held Chu Xian in his arms, and turned to walk outside.
Just as Can Xue, under the pretense of dealing with Chu Xian, reached the gate of the Thirteenth Heaven and attempted to descend to temporarily house Chu Xian, Yu Zhen ran up from behind.
"Can Xue! Master's order was for you to eliminate Chu Xian," Yu Zhen stepped forward. "Where are you taking Chu Xian?"