The blood stretches out endlessly, besides the statues and other rubble, there's nothing remotely land-like... You wade through the blood, taking more effort the deeper it becomes. It's a lot of the same thing, rubble, creepy statues staring at you, and blood. Both gain 1 Perseverance for your efforts! At least you two are stocking up now, right?

Just when you start to feel too exhausted to keep trudging through, there's something sticking straight up from the lake. Just a glimmer of gold on the end of some sort of stick or rod, submerged but for a couple inches.