Journey Of A Legend

Chapter 207: Blood River

While walking slowly in the sky blue desert, Eliana looked around and asked, "So the God's Tree is in the middle of the Flake Zone?"

"That is right.", nodded Jay slightly as a reply.

Eliana hearing this glanced at Jay, and after thinking for a while she asked, "And how were you able to find it? The Flake Zone inside the Frost Desert is not a place where anyone could go and explore. Even us experts on the God rank need to act with great carefulness if we don't want to die."

When Jay heard what Eliana said, he knew she was right. He knew that inside the Flake Zone not only the desert was extremely dangerous because of the desert's unique properties, but also because the space inside there was insanely unstable.

Almost every minute, a space fluctuation occurs, making the space to form absurd cracks, tearing anything into pieces instantly. And what was even scarier that all of this happened without any sign.

The only thing one could do after stepping foot inside the Flake Zone to pray not to be the one who gets killed in a way like that.

Even experts with the element of space attempted to try their luck, however, the result was absolute. No matter how strong one was, there was no way at all to counter something that came at you without any warning.

Also, it was even harder if this all happened inches away from your body. Just imagine that you were walking on the street and suddenly out of nowhere, a bomb appeared before your face and got detonated without a warning.

You had simply no time at all to react.

And because knowing all of this, Jay knew what Eliana wanted to know, so he turned his gaze before him and started to explain.

"I can't really explain it clearly either, but when I lost my wife, I became depressed by the fact just how weak I was, so as a result, I started to look for ways to become stronger."

After taking a small pause, Jay looked at his palm and said, "Among the years I have spent alone isolated away from the outside world and my own daughter, I looked for several ways to become stronger."

"And under those years, you found out about the legend that was about God's Tree?", asked Eliana calmly from behind Jay.

"Yes.", said Jay and continued, "Because at that time, I was still on the Soul Collector rank, I have had even more reasons to find that tree. After exploring the world by myself for a few more years, I accidentally found a small ruin at Blood River."

Blood River... The moment the two heard Jay say Blood River they looked surprised.

Blood River was an extraordinary location because of the place it came from. Just as its name indicated, it was a flowing river of blood, but with the exception that it flowed out from an active Dimensional Zone.

It was a common fact, that until the zone does not collapse, nothing could come out from there. However, there was an exception.

There was one single Dimensional Zone in the whole Federation that was active and at the same time, the environment inside it could escape. And that was none other than the Blood River.

And what was even more surprising, that anyone who drank from the river would become stronger by a huge margin. Not in a way where they could surpass ranks, but in a way where their foundation, their physical strength, and power would go under a great change.

However, there is no free meal in the world and that was true for the Blood River. Maybe after drinking from it made one stronger, but if one drank more than a few sips, one could die instantly.

Just like pouring water into a glass through a small gap, if the glass is not strong enough it will break. 

Also, there were a few who tried to just lick the blood water, yet the moment they gulped down the drop, their body exploded like a bomb. It showed also, that not anyone could drink from that river.

Luckily there were no creatures inside the Dimensional Zone which could escape, resulting in anyone going into the Dimensional Zone where Blood River came anytime.

Even Eliana and Zane were there once, but they didn't find any ruins in the proximity, so hearing he found one there was surprising.

Jay knew what the two were thinking, so he just smiled and said, "I didn't find the ruins around the Blood River but inside the Dimensional Zone."

"!"

When the two heard this they looked at each other immediately. 

"Inside the... Dimensional Zone? How? It was told that inside there is nothing more but a vast blood ocean. There is no solid ground inside there nor bottom of it, so how?"

Jay heard Zane's question nodded and said, "That is what I thought too, but because at that time I was chased to be killed, I had no choice but to hide inside there."

"So how did you find the ruins? Did it just popped out of nowhere?", asked Eliana with a slight frown.

However, to her surprise, Jay nodded as a reply, making her to look stupified.

"Are you for real?"

"Yes.", said Jay and continued, "When I entered the Dimensional Zone, the same sight invited me that you have just said not too long ago. A vast and neverending ocean made out of not water but pure blood."

"I have spent days in there, and because I couldn't leave because of the ones I have been chased by, I have also decided to try to explore the interior of the zone. Yet the moment I started to explore, a bizarre phenomenon happened. From below the blood ocean, a small town emerged."

"A town?", asked Eliana.

"Yes, a town. However, because it was insanely old and aged, it was better to be called as destroyed ruins instead of a town."

"And that is the place where you found the way to find the God Tree?", asked Zane calmly from Eliana's side.

Jay hearing the question nodded and took out a scroll.

"I have found this scroll about 2 years ago there, but because it has been written in codes, I was not able to figure out where the true location of God's Tree was. Only after I have arrived into Mythbreak was I able to solve it and come here to check it out if it was true or not."

"But because you found out that it was in the middle of the Flake Zone, you came back for our help, right?", asked Eliana, instantly knowing why Jay decided to tell them this.

However, Jay didn't reply at all but simply shrugged, making Eliana to believe that her guess was right.

Zane on the side wanted to ask another question from Jay when suddenly Jay stopped and pointed forward.

"We have arrived."

When the two experts heard Jay's voice they stopped too and glanced where he was pointing at.

Just like any other part of the Frost Desert, everywhere they looked, what they could see was vast blueness, but with the only exception that the air vibrated everywhere.

Naturally, that vibration was the exact sign that space there was extremely in stable, so from this point on, they need to be insanely careful.

"From here on follow each of my steps and do exactly what I say. Or at least until you want to survive. The decision is completely yours.", said Jay calmly.

As he said that, Jay took out the scroll. After reading it for one last time, he put it away, and without any hesitation, he started to walk forward slowly.

Zane and Eliana knowing they shouldn't act recklessly and needed to follow Zane no matter what if they wanted to reach God's Tree in one piece, they stayed silent and followed him from behind.

Just as Jay said, the two stepped to the exact same spot where Jay did, while even their movement looked the same as Jay's.

After walking for a small while, Jay suddenly stopped and said instantly, "Don't move!"

*BAM!*

Immediately as he said those two words, the air around them shook crazily, and with a sound that was quite similar to an explosion, thousands of small cracks formed in the air all around them.

"Space Cracks!", said Eliana instantly and with a curious glare, she started to examine them.

Because this was the very first time ever that she saw a Space Crack in the Flake Zone and because of her nature which was to learn as much as she could about the unknown, she made sure to understand the crack's mysterious nature as much as she could.

Of course, she knew she couldn't touch or move closer to them because she would be done for sure, so she just simply looked at the cracks not far away from her with great curiosity.

After several minutes passed, the cracks started to slowly shrink in size, and without any sign that they were there, they vanished into thin air.

Seeing this, Jay sighed, and glancing behind him at the two experts he said calmly.

"Let's go. We need to reach the next safe point before the following Space Fluctuation."

Without waiting for the two to respond, Jay leaned forward and with a crazy speed, he burst forward instantly.