176: Rats inside, come out and face your death!

The deepest part of the Black Mountain Forest Area.

The scene here was already completely different from the outside world.

The light here had been completely cut off, but not because of the dense tree canopy.

Instead, it was swallowed by a dark substance that was thick as ink and seemed to possess life.

The air was filled with a thick, nauseating, fishy-sweet scent, mixed with the smell of sulfur, rotting flesh, and something ancient and evil.

At the center of the nest was a relatively open clearing.

The ground was no longer fungal mats, but a strange, dark red material that seemed to be solidified from blood, emitting a heart-palpitating energy fluctuation.

In the very center of the clearing, a massive heart, the size of a millstone, pitch-black, and covered with twisted, vein-like patterns, was shockingly suspended!

"Thump... thump... thump..."

The heart beat slowly and powerfully; with every beat, it stirred the energy tides of the entire nest space.

An indescribable, terrifying aura, mixed with extreme evil, greed, and pure desire for destruction, permeated from the heart, pressing down so heavily it was suffocating.

This heart was the source of the mutation in the entire Black Mountain Forest Area, the terrifying "Demonic Nest Core"!

At this moment, hundreds of Demonic Evils of various forms, all exuding powerful auras, were sitting in a circle around the heart as if on a pilgrimage.

Their eyes were tightly closed, and Evil Energy surged around their bodies, forming streams of dark red energy.

Like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, they continuously poured into the beating black heart in the center.

Directly in front of the heart, three Demonic Evils with the most majestic auras and the most hideous forms stood solemnly.

They were the outsiders who had arrived here several months ago, used absolute power to integrate the scattered Demonic Evils tribes, and orchestrated all of this.

One was a three-meter-tall lizardman covered in dark golden bone armor, standing like a giant lizard, holding a giant axe—the Golden Armored Lizard King.

Another was the Shadow Demon Lord, floating in mid-air, shrouded in distorted light and shadow, appearing to have no fixed form, with only a pair of cold eyes flickering.

The last one was the Thousand-Faced Poison Venerable, crawling on the ground, shaped like a centipede magnified a thousand times, with corrosive venom dripping from its opening and closing mouthparts.

Their strength had shockingly reached the Peak of the sixth rank, just one step away from the seventh rank!

"The ritual is proceeding very smoothly."

The Shadow Demon Lord emitted an ethereal voice, its cold eyes watching the beating heart, revealing a look of satisfaction.

"The power absorbed by the 'sacred heart' is becoming increasingly vast; it is one step closer to fully awakening."

The Thousand-Faced Poison Venerable moved its hundred legs across the ground, making a teeth-grinding "rustling" sound, and let out a shrill laugh:

"Thanks to the power contributed by these believers, although weak, the quantity is sufficient, making them qualified as nourishment."

The Golden Armored Lizard King spoke in a low voice, sounding like muffled thunder:

"When the sacred heart fully awakens, our master's will shall descend."

"This land, and even the wider world, will become our hunting ground!"

"When that time comes, these believers who contributed their power can become our master's vanguard army; it is their supreme glory!"

Their words were filled with condescending indifference and cruelty.

In fact, just as they said.

Several months ago, the Demonic Evils of the Black Mountain Forest Area were just scattered sand, weak and unbearable.

They were hiding everywhere under the cleaning operations of the Spiritual Energy Bureau, living in constant fear of their demise.

It was their arrival that suppressed and integrated them with absolute power, and spread the power.

The Demonic Evils that gained power saw their strength skyrocket in a short period, and the tribes grew rapidly.

Because of this, the Golden Armored Lizard King and the others were revered as "Holy Envoys," receiving the fanatical worship and absolute obedience of the entire tribe.

And these Demonic Evils that gained power needed to regularly hold rituals to inject power into this strange heart known as the "sacred heart."

Although they were unclear about the specific origin and ultimate purpose of the "sacred heart," for the Demonic Evils tribes that had gained power, the orders of the "Holy Envoys" were the supreme will.

They executed them devoutly, looking forward to the full awakening of the "sacred heart" and the arrival of the glorious future spoken of by the "Holy Envoys."

At this moment, feeling the increasingly terrifying pressure emitted by the beating of the "sacred heart," all the Demonic Evils participating in the ritual were filled with fanaticism and anticipation in their eyes.

Power! More powerful strength is about to descend!

However, just at this moment—

"No... not good!"

A Demonic Evil responsible for perimeter security rushed in, scrambling and panicked.

"Holy Envoys! A... a powerful enemy has broken in!"

The Golden Armored Lizard King scanned over with its huge vertical pupils, carrying a hint of displeasure at being disturbed, and its voice was low:

"What are you panicking about? A mere intruder, just send people to deal with it. Do you want to die for disturbing the ritual?"

The Demonic Evil was trembling all over, saying with a face full of fear:

"We can't deal with it. Demon Ape Commander, Poison Sting General, and... and the brothers outside are almost completely wiped out!"

"What?!" The human face patterns on the Thousand-Faced Poison Venerable twisted violently. "Wiped out? How many people did the other side bring?"

The Demonic Evil's voice carried a crying tone as it continued:

"Only one person, a human, he... he is too terrifying!"

"He killed the Demon Ape Commander with a wave of his hand, and wiped out the vanguard army with one move!"

"He is now killing his way toward the core area; we can't stop him at all!"

Upon hearing this, the Shadow Demon Lord's eyes flickered, and for the first time, its tone carried a hint of surprise and doubt: "One person? A human?"

The Golden Armored Lizard King's pupils also constricted slightly.

They looked at each other and saw a trace of solemnity in each other's eyes.

Demon Ape and Poison Sting were both sixth-rank leaders they had personally elevated, and their strength was not bad.

Together with numerous elites, they were actually instantly defeated by one person?

The newcomer is definitely not ordinary!

Just as they were filled with shock and doubt—

"Hum—!!!"

An indescribable, terrifying pressure.

Like a tangible tsunami, it suddenly swept in from the direction of the nest entrance!

This pressure was domineering, majestic, and carried a supreme will that suppressed all evil and cleansed the universe!

In front of this pressure, even they felt their minds shake violently, and the circulation of Evil Energy in their bodies appeared to have a hint of stagnation!

And those Demonic Evils who were holding the ritual felt as if they were being pressed down by an invisible giant mountain.

"What... what is this power?!"

"So terrifying! My Soul is trembling!"

The Demonic Evils were terrified, and the ritual was instantly interrupted!

The Golden Armored Lizard King, Shadow Demon Lord, and Thousand-Faced Poison Venerable all changed color simultaneously!

They could clearly feel that the outskirts of the nest.

The auras of the layers of defenses and guards they had set up were disappearing madly at an astonishing speed!

It was as if they were being easily wiped away by an invisible giant hand!

That intruder was pushing straight toward the core area at an unimaginable speed!

The newcomer is not here with good intentions! Their strength far exceeds their estimates!

"What should we do?!" The Thousand-Faced Poison Venerable was a bit panicked, its hundred legs moving uneasily on the ground.

The Shadow Demon Lord's eyes flickered rapidly, seemingly calculating something quickly.

The Golden Armored Lizard King's expression was gloomy to the extreme.

It stared fixedly at the direction of the nest entrance, and the energy on its giant axe began to flicker.

The gestation of the sacred heart was at the most critical moment and could not afford any mistakes.

But the terrifying existence outside the door was clearly not something they could confront head-on.

Flee?

But the sacred heart could not be moved now; how could they hand over the lifeblood of their tribe for hundreds of years?

Moreover, the opponent's terrifying pressure had already locked onto this place, so where could they flee to?

Just as they were in this dilemma and an atmosphere of despair began to spread—

"Thump!"

A muffled, loud noise, as if a heavy object had struck a wall, suddenly came!

The entire nest shook violently!

The Demonic Evils present were all startled.

Immediately after, a calm, indifferent, yet supremely majestic voice.

Clearly penetrated through layers of obstacles, instantly reached the depths of the nest, and resounded in the ears of every Demonic Evil:

"Rats inside."

"Will you roll out and die on your own."

"Or wait for me to go in and tear your dirty nest apart together?"