268: Crystallized Heart

"Human race?" Jing Xi spoke as if she had heard a joke. "Cheng Siyu, don't be silly. What's all this about being cruel or not? Haven't you studied history? 'A general's success is built on ten thousand rotting bones,' 'the winner becomes king and the loser a bandit'—haven't you heard of those?"

"In the long river of history, which change of dynasty wasn't achieved through killing? Aren't the deaths countless? Why is it that when it's my turn, it's not okay? I just want to achieve something our ancestors never could. What's wrong with that? What's wrong with wanting to unify the globe? What's wrong with wanting immortality?"

Jing Xi's words made everyone cry out that she was a lunatic. What kind of psychotic manifesto was this?

Damn it, if you want to unify the globe, go plague people from other countries. What kind of heroism is it to sacrifice your own people?

Why not take out those nearby 'Little Japs' who don't act like humans, those 'Beautiful Country' folks who like to put on airs, and the scum who once bullied our nation?

Why target and ruin your own people?

"Hehe—"

Ai Yue mocked heartlessly, "Jing Xi, don't think you're so great. Stop talking; it's disgusting! Beyond disgusting! Oh, you want to unify the globe, so we have to be sacrificed? You want immortality, so we have to be sacrificed? Why do you think you're so important? Pfft! What thick skin!"

Jing Xi didn't care about Ai Yue's insults at all. "To achieve these unprecedented feats, there must be Sacrifices. Why can't it be you?

Alright, go to your deaths obediently! I will make our country stand at the top of the world and make everyone bow at our feet!"

Hearing Jing Xi say such chuunibyou words, everyone stopped talking and focused all their attention on dealing with the slimy tentacles.

Looking at Jing Xi, she clearly had mental issues and didn't seem like a normal person. Talking to her was meaningless and would only make them die of anger!

Everyone fought with all their might to block the tentacles, but some were still caught off guard, entangled, and dragged away.

"Xiheng, think of something quickly! I can't hold on much longer!" Cheng Siyu's face was flushed as she persisted, but she was almost at her limit.

Gu Xiheng had a bitterness in his heart that he couldn't voice; he was also struggling greatly now.

It was mainly because there were too many tentacles, and he had to protect Gu Xitian and Cheng Siyu behind him, so he gradually felt overwhelmed.

Gong Qiuqiu also approached Ai Yue's side at this time. While killing tentacles, he asked with a slight pant, "Ai Yue, this isn't a solution. We'll eventually run out of strength. Do you have any good way to escape?"

Ai Yue rolled her eyes and said in a bad tone, "What good way could I have? None!"

Although Ai Yue said she didn't have one, her eyes were fixed firmly on Jing Xi.

With one hand she hacked at the tentacles, while with the other she secretly kneaded all the Superpower in her body into an invisible force.

This force was so powerful that Ai Yue was already reaching the point where she couldn't control it.

She propped up a Light Screen to cover herself, used Extreme Speed to maneuver, dodging the overwhelming tentacles, and with a determined gaze, slammed the energy ball that was about to explode onto the unprepared Jing Xi.

A look of terror flashed across Jing Xi's face. She wanted to retreat and get away from Ai Yue, but it was already too late.

She was hit squarely by Ai Yue's energy ball.

Ai Yue retreated at Extreme Speed, not believing that Jing Xi could survive this unscathed.

Just as she breathed a sigh of relief, Jing Xi stepped out from in front of her, wearing a set of Blood Armor.

Seeing her emerge unharmed, Ai Yue's pupils shrank violently.

That Blood Armor was still twitching slightly, like a living thing, looking extremely sinister and evil.

At this moment, Jing Xi also looked in disbelief at the thing that had suddenly appeared on her and saved her life!

Ai Yue's face darkened. Her strongest move had been dismantled just like that, without any effect!

"You brazen hussy, I didn't expect you to have such a powerful move. I almost got hurt by you."

Jing Xi's face was dark, filled with rage.

After that, everyone fought back and forth several more times, but they still couldn't do anything to Jing Xi. Instead, Ai Yue's side had fewer and fewer people as more were swallowed by the blood-colored walls.

As time passed, everyone looked like they had been fished out of water, drenched in sweat.

As time went on, Ai Yue constantly applied Healing to herself and the remaining people. If not for the help of Ai Yue's Healing, they would have been wiped out long ago.

But the fewer people there were, the greater the pressure from the tentacles.

A hint of anxiety flashed across Ai Yue's face. If this continued, she would have no choice but to abandon them and flee back to her Space.

Just then, Gong Qiuqiu suddenly said, "Ai Yue, look to our left. Has a Hidden Door appeared?"

Hearing this, Ai Yue quickly diverted her attention to look. Upon seeing it, indeed, a new Hidden Door had appeared. This door almost blended in with the surrounding walls; if not for Gong Qiuqiu's keen eyes and attention to detail, no one would have noticed it.

"I just don't know where this door leads."

"No matter where it leads, it's our only chance of survival. Besides, we can't afford to care about that much right now." Ai Yue gathered another ball of her strongest energy in her palm and, without a word, struck the Hidden Door.

With a "pop," the door made of that thin membrane was actually broken. Seeing this, the group ran into the hidden passage regardless of the consequences.

Ai Yue held off the thousands of tentacles at the very back, buying a little time for the others to evacuate.

Ai Yue unleashed another ultimate move and successfully entered the hidden passage. The tentacles that had been following her all stopped in front of the Hidden Door.

Jing Xi was furious when she saw this, but she didn't dare leave the safe zone and step into the tentacles' attack range. She could only watch helplessly as Ai Yue and the others left.

At the same time, the outside and the body of the Nameless Monster were also attacked by the slimy tentacles.

The people outside weren't lucky enough to escape.

Within moments, they were all bound by tentacles and dissolved into the Nameless Monster's body.

Even the Zombies didn't escape.

Once all the 'Sacrifices' had disappeared, those slimy tentacles finally retracted.

The area around the Nameless Monster became empty... Seeing the tentacles disappear, Jing Xi was overjoyed. She quickly walked out of this 'cave' and followed a small path on the other side, twisting and turning until she reached the monster's Heart Chamber.

She looked at the thousands of thick blood vessels around her, with blood flashing with red starlight flowing rapidly inside, constantly being injected into that slowly beating giant heart.

Under the irrigation of those red liquids, the giant heart began to crystallize bit by bit from the bottom.

Seeing the monster's heart crystallize bit by bit, Jing Xi couldn't suppress the joy in her heart, her whole body trembling with excitement.

Finally... after experiencing two lifetimes, she had reached the final stage of immortality.

The crystallization of the heart was a long process.

Although Jing Xi was anxious, she still had to wait patiently on the spot.

On the other side, Ai Yue and the others walked along the hidden passage, fumbling their way forward.