119: Chapter 119 The Origin of the Heart

"Shen Yi?!"

Lin Mo's eyes narrowed slightly.

How could Shen Yi be here?

Her figure flitted across the battlefield like a ghost, moving so fast she was a blur.

The next second—

She appeared behind the Mimic with the severed arm.

"You..."

The Mimic tried to turn around.

But his voice came to a sudden halt.

Because Shen Yi's palm had already pierced through his chest!

"You... you are..."

He looked down at the palm protruding from his chest, his face filled with disbelief.

"Shen... Shen Yi?!"

"Correct."

Shen Yi's voice was ice-cold.

"Unfortunately, there is no prize."

She withdrew her blood-stained palm, and the Mimic's body crashed to the ground, dead.

An instant kill!

A Rank Five powerhouse had been insta-killed just like that!

"Shen Yi!! You traitor, you actually betrayed Lord Cao Shen!!"

The remaining three Mimics let out a roar of rage.

"Lord Cao Shen will not let you get away with this!!"

"Cao Shen?"

Shen Yi gave a cold laugh.

"When I have time, I'll personally go and catch up with him."

"For now—"

She turned toward the remaining three Mimics, a cold light flashing in her eyes.

"You go on ahead."

As her words fell, Shen Yi's figure instantly became blurred.

Black mist surged from her body, transforming into countless black blades that shot toward the three Mimics.

"Domain of Darkness!!"

A massive black domain expanded across the battlefield, enveloping all three Mimics within it.

Inside the domain, the speed of the three Mimics dropped abruptly.

"Damn it!!"

"This is her Talent Domain!! Break it, quickly!!"

The three Mimics roared.

But Lin Mo didn't give them the chance.

"Shen Yi!"

He shouted.

Shen Yi glanced back at him, a smile curling at the corner of her lips.

"Leave it to me."

In the next instant, both moved simultaneously.

Lin Mo's figure flashed across the battlefield like lightning, while Shen Yi's movement was eerie to the extreme, her black silhouette flickering through the domain as she harvested their lives.

The coordination between the two was incredibly seamless, as if they had fought side-by-side countless times.

"Ah—!!"

The third Mimic was seized by the throat by Shen Yi.

"No—!!"

Lin Mo caught up with a flash, his blade piercing the Mimic's heart from behind.

In just a few breaths' time, only two of the five Rank Five Mimics remained.

"Retreat!!"

The remaining two Mimics let out desperate howls.

"Retreat, quickly!!"

The two Mimics exerted every ounce of their strength and finally burst out of the range of the Domain of Darkness.

"Should we chase?"

Shen Yi looked at Lin Mo.

Lin Mo shook his head.

"Forget it."

His face was somewhat pale.

"My Spirit is too depleted... I can't hold on much longer."

Shen Yi glanced at him and then nodded.

"Fine, then we'll spare their lives!"

The two Mimics stumbled away into the darkness and soon disappeared.

Peace returned to the battlefield.

Only corpses and bloodstains remained scattered across the ground.

...

Half an hour later.

Jiang City Defense Force Temporary Command Headquarters.

Lin Mo leaned against the wall, his Spirit having mostly recovered.

Half an hour later.

Lin Mo leaned against the wall, his Spirit having mostly recovered.

Shen Yi sat opposite him in a lazy posture, having produced a cup of tea from somewhere, sipping it slowly.

She was perfectly clean, without even a single scratch on her.

Those four Rank Five Mimics had fought for their lives and hadn't even managed to touch the hem of her clothes.

“Are you okay?”

Lin Mo asked anyway.

Shen Yi set down her teacup and glanced at him.

“Do I look like I’m not okay?”

Lin Mo fell silent.

She certainly didn't.

Of the five Rank Five Mimics, Shen Yi had killed two by herself.

This woman was even stronger than when they last met.

“How did you end up there?”

Lin Mo changed the subject.

Shen Yi’s fingers lightly traced the rim of the teacup.

“I’ve always been around.”

She looked up at Lin Mo.

“Those Mimics were sent by Cao Shen. Their target wasn’t Jiang City, it was you.”

She glanced at the ring on Lin Mo’s finger.

“Cao Shen wants to take back what’s inside your ring.”

Lin Mo subconsciously touched the ring.

“What exactly is that heart?”

Shen Yi was silent for a few seconds.

Then she turned around, walked back into the room, and sat down in a chair.

Moonlight shone through the window, falling on her face.

“That is the heart of a Fallen One.”

“We call it the source of corruption.”

Lin Mo’s pupils contracted slightly.

“Fallen Ones? That sounds like they might have some connection to you Mimics?”

Shen Yi nodded.

“In truth, we Mimics are all vassals of the Fallen Ones.”

She looked at the ring on Lin Mo’s finger.

“Their very existence is a form of pollution. The most powerful Fallen Ones can even turn the people of an entire city into Mimics.”

Lin Mo’s fingers tightened slightly.

“What does Cao Shen want with this thing?”

Shen Yi laughed.

“How do you think those Mimics came to be?”

She stood up and walked to the window.

“Many years ago, Zhou Xiong found the remains of a Fallen One!”

Her voice was as calm as if she were telling a story that had nothing to do with her.

“Using those remains, he created the first batch of Mimics.”

Lin Mo’s pupils shrank violently.

“So...”

“Yes,” Shen Yi interrupted him.

“The Mimics you encountered in Nanling were all created by Zhou Xiong using the power of the Fallen One.”

She turned around and looked at Lin Mo.

“Now you know why Cao Shen wants that heart, right?”

Lin Mo remained silent.

“A complete heart of a Fallen One...”

Shen Yi’s voice was very soft.

“Is enough for him to create an army of Mimics in Lingwu City.”

“Cao Shen’s plan has reached its final stage. He’s been waiting for this opportunity—waiting for the beast tide to distract everyone, waiting for you all to be pinned down by that Earth Roar.”

She paused.

“If he succeeds, I’ll be the first one to die.”

Lin Mo was silent.

He knew Shen Yi was telling the truth.

Cao Shen was one of the twelve perfect First Generation Seeds, but he wasn’t the strongest. The reason he’d survived until now was because he’d always hidden in the shadows, not daring to expose himself.

Once he broke through and became a true Rank Six Perfect Body, the first thing he would do is devour the other First Generation Seeds.

And Shen Yi was his easiest target.

“So you’re going to stop him.”

Lin Mo said.

Shen Yi laughed.

The smile was faint, even carrying a hint of mockery.

“Stop him? I don’t have that kind of ability.”

She turned around and looked at Lin Mo.

“I just don’t want to die.”

Under the moonlight, her eyes were very bright.

“The thing Cao Shen wants is inside the Martial God Secret Realm. If he gets his hands on it, no one will be able to stop him.”

“So I’m going to beat him to it and take that thing away.”

She paused.

“Or destroy it!”

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