220: Chapter 220 Cross-Domain Treasure Hunt Begins

The shadow of death enveloped him in an instant, and Su Changge felt the blood in his entire body freeze solid.

The phantom's palm, with its ghastly finger bones emitting a terrifying power capable of tearing through space, magnified rapidly before his eyes, now barely ten centimeters from his chest.

At this moment, his mind was free of all distracting thoughts; only the instinct for survival burned like a wildfire.

Fight! This was his only chance.

In a flash of lightning, Su Changge reached out almost instinctively.

The withered bone of the Great Emperor, bearing the eternal aura of extinction, was gripped tightly in his hand.

The warm heart of the realm lay quietly in the palm of the withered bone, emitting an ancient and holy light.

The moment his fingertips touched the heart of the realm, a long and surging vitality instantly poured into his palm, while the withered bone was as cold as ten-thousand-year black ice, its bone-piercing chill threatening to freeze his Divine Soul.

Without caring for anything else, Su Changge pulled hard, forcibly snatching the heart of the realm from the withered bone's grasp!

"Go!"

With the heart of the realm in hand, Su Changge moved like lightning, turning sharply to drag the dazed Lin Waner as he sprinted backward.

The phantom's attack did not miss; the palm, containing Imperial Might, whistled past Su Changge's back.

Even though it did not strike him directly, the lingering force of the palm wind, which had torn through the Void Realm, caused his Qi and blood to churn, leaving him barely able to stand.

He felt a sharp pain in his back, as if he had been struck hard by an invisible giant hammer.

Behind him, the heavy stone seat that had originally held the withered bone shattered under this unparalleled palm force, countless rock fragments splattering like a rainstorm, instantly turning the once solemn hall into ruins.

"Run!" Su Changge urged sternly.

Ignoring the churning Qi and blood in his chest, he clutched the heart of the realm tightly, dragged Lin Waner along, and rushed toward the depths of the tomb passage at the fastest speed of his life.

Lin Waner was so terrified by this sudden turn of events that her Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering; her pale face devoid of any color, she only knew to follow Su Changge blindly, her legs moving mechanically.

Behind them, the phantom stood on the ruins of the stone seat, the Imperial Might radiating from its body turning instantly violent.

It let out an angry shriek that shook the universe, the sound wave hitting them like a physical impact, almost shattering their eardrums.

Immediately after, all the stones in the entire tomb chamber, regardless of size, were controlled by the phantom's will, as if endowed with life, and came crashing down toward Su Changge and Lin Waner with overwhelming force.

The threat of death followed them like a shadow.

Su Changge's mind raced as he sprinted, calling out to the System in his heart.

"System, redeem acceleration special effect, the faster the better!"

【Special effect redemption successful, consumed 300 emotion points.】

A surging spiritual power instantly poured into Su Changge's limbs and bones.

Everything around him instantly blurred, wind rose beneath his feet, and his originally heavy body now felt so light that it seemed he would fly into the air.

He felt the wind whistling in his ears.

Lin Waner's frail body was almost dragged by him, staggering as she moved, yet she could only follow closely behind this sudden burst of power.

Their speed increased several times over in an instant, like two arrows released from a bow, speeding through the long, narrow tomb passage.

Behind them, huge stones fell like meteors, smashing against the rock walls of the tomb passage and emitting deafening roars.

Rocks crumbled, dust flew, and the entire tomb passage shook violently, as if it might collapse at any moment.

Su Changge dared not look back, all his senses strained to the limit, staring only at the faint exit ahead.

When Su Changge's figure rushed out of the tomb passage, the heavy stone door ahead had already begun to close slowly.

Holding the heart of the realm, he used almost all his strength to pull Lin Waner with him, rushing out just in the nick of time before the stone door closed.

"Clang!"

With a dull, loud thud, the stone door slammed shut, completely isolating the phantom and all the incoming giant rocks inside the tomb chamber.

Su Changge leaned against the cold stone door, gasping for air, his chest heaving violently.

The clothes on his back were soaked with cold sweat, clinging tightly to him.

He felt as if those few short moments had exhausted half of his life's energy.

If not for the System's special effect, he would likely have died in the Yellow Springs this time.

Lin Waner sat slumped beside him, her face also deathly pale, her breathing rapid, her eyes dazed and helpless; she was clearly terrified and unable to recover for a while.

Su Changge looked down, gazing at the heart of the realm in his arms that emitted a faint white light.

This object felt warm to the touch, and a pure and vast vitality circulated in his palm, dispelling the lingering cold and fatigue in his body.

Although the light was not very dazzling, it gave people a sense of peace and tranquility, as if it contained the most fundamental power in the world.

He was almost moved to tears, a monstrous wave surging in his heart.

Finally... finally, he had obtained the heart of the realm!

He had finally escaped the shadow of death and found hope for continuing his life!

Su Changge moved his mind and called up the System panel; the countdown displayed above jumped into his eyes.

【Remaining time: 52 days 8 hours】

He exhaled a long breath of stale air, and the heavy stone in his heart finally landed.

There was still enough time; he still had hope of living.

Leaning against the cold rock wall, Su Changge closed his eyes to rest, silently recovering the Qi, blood, and mental energy he had consumed so violently just now.

Half an hour later, Su Changge felt his strength had recovered a little.

He carefully tucked the heart of the realm into his robes, the warm vitality still clearly perceptible through his clothes.

He stood up, walked to the stone door, bent down, and pried the complete stone tablet that had been embedded in the groove of the stone door out of the recess.

The stone tablet felt slightly cool to the touch, and its ancient surface now displayed a new map and blood-red characters, pulsing like a living thing.

Su Changge leaned in to look closely; on the map, a location was clearly marked—the deepest part of the Void Region.

And that line of big blood-red characters was like a basin of cold water, dousing most of the hope he had just ignited.

"The second heart of the realm fragment is hidden in the core of the Void Region."

Su Changge's mind roared, and he felt the world spinning.

The second heart of the realm fragment?

Was this piece he was tightly guarding actually only one of them?

He rubbed his eyes hard and carefully scrutinized every word on the stone tablet again.

The blood-red characters were extremely clear, plainly stating "The second heart of the realm fragment."

So the heart of the realm was not unique, but composed of two parts?

One piece was hidden in this Tomb of the Defeated, and the other was hidden in the extremely dangerous core of the Void Region?

And only by combining the two fragments into one could the Blood Abyss Realm be thoroughly purified and saved from peril?

Su Changge's face instantly fell.

"Damn it..." He almost cursed out loud.

After all that effort, risking his life and facing danger at every turn, he had only obtained half of it in the end?!

What was even more fatal was that the second fragment was hidden in the core of the Void Region!

The core of the Void Region, what kind of dangerous place was that?

In the Blood Abyss Realm, it was a notoriously deadly place; even some old monsters in the Body Integration Stage dared not easily set foot there, as a slight carelessness would lead to their death and dissipation.

And he, a mere Cultivator at the Qi Refining First Layer, going to such a place, wasn't that just walking into a trap and seeking his own death?

Su Changge roared wildly in his heart, and a sense of despair and powerlessness surged like a tide.

"What kind of crappy setting is this! Can't you just give me a way to live?!"

Lin Waner, who was beside him, timidly approached.

She looked at the blood-red characters and map appearing on the stone tablet, her face full of confusion and bewilderment.

"Fellow Daoist... are we... still going to the deepest part of the Void Region?" Her voice trembled noticeably.

Su Changge sighed and held the stone tablet in his arms.

What else could he do if he didn't go?

This was no longer a simple task, but a death trap involving his own life.

Only by obtaining the complete heart of the realm could he truly survive.