171: Chapter 171 Crimson Heart!

Under Luo Xiu's guidance, dawn sailed towards that deeper, deathly silent dark-red region.

The deeper they went, the more bizarre the scenes outside the portholes became.

Distorted illusions began to emerge within the blood-colored mist, sometimes resembling collapsed palace complexes, other times appearing like mountain ranges formed from countless wailing human faces.

An indescribable sense of sorrow and despair seeped into everyone's hearts through the ship's shields.

"The power of the Mental Protection Device has been raised to its maximum, but it's still facing strong interference."

Chen Yuan looked at the warning lights flashing incessantly on his wristband, his face turning pale. "The curse here carries heavy mental pollution."

Lu Yin remained silent, focusing his mind to the utmost to barely resist the external erosion.

"We're here," Luo Xiu suddenly spoke.

dawn slowly passed through an energy membrane that was almost invisible to the naked eye, and the scene before them suddenly changed.

Before them was a spectacle beyond words.

A slowly pulsating dark-red heart floated in the center of the blood-colored mist.

It was as massive as a small planet, its surface covered in twisted runes and squirming blood vessels, each pulsation emitting a suffocating aura of death.

"Is this... the heart of annihilation?" Chen Yuan's voice trembled.

The Soulfire in Luo Xiu's hollow eye sockets flickered violently.

"No, this is just its shell. The true heart of annihilation should be hidden inside this heart."

Suddenly, countless dark-red tentacles extended from the heart's surface, striking at dawn like living creatures!

"Land! We can't let dawn be damaged!"

Under Chen Yuan's control, dawn was like a fallen leaf drifting in a blood-colored storm.

It made a rapid and precise emergency landing toward a relatively flat area on the surface of the massive, pulsating heart.

"Brace for impact!" Chen Yuan's voice was low and powerful.

Luo Xiu's Crimson Battle Qi surged again, wrapping around the bottom of the ship like a physical substance to form a buffer.

Boom!

The ship shook violently, accompanied by the ear-grating sound of structural twisting.

Finally, it stumbled to a halt on the surface of the incredibly massive heart.

Almost the instant they landed, those dark-red tentacles surged forward like a tide.

They lashed out fiercely at dawn's shields, producing dull explosions.

The shield's light flickered rapidly; it clearly couldn't hold out for long.

"Quickly, leave dawn! Those things only attack living creatures!"

Luo Xiu's hollow eye sockets locked onto the squirming, horrific scene outside. With a wave of his hand, the cockpit door slammed open.

Viscous and malicious air instantly flooded in, carrying a heavy stench of blood and decay.

The intensity of the invisible mental pollution spiked, pouring over their souls like ice water.

"Go!" Luo Xiu growled, being the first to charge out of the door as a blood-red shadow.

He grabbed the air and pulled out a giant sword that seemed to be formed from condensed blood.

Luo Xiu swept his sword across, severing the foremost tentacles.

The severed tentacles writhed frantically like wounded giant pythons, spraying dark-red corrosive liquid.

Chen Yuan and Lu Yin followed close behind.

The protective device on Lu Yin's wrist emitted a piercing white light, barely forming a weak halo around him to resist the mental erosion.

Although his level was the lowest among the three, his Spirit stat was not.

Because he possessed Attribute Conversion, he could allocate some of his attributes to Spirit and Agility at times like this.

This allowed him to keep his mind from being eroded while also increasing his movement speed.

Besides, with his Sovereign-Subject Connection to Luo Xiu, he didn't have to worry about being killed in a single hit.

All around, countless dark-red tentacles swarmed frantically from all directions like sharks scenting blood.

The blood sword in Luo Xiu's hand whirled into a crimson storm, continuously severing the incoming tentacles.

But as those severed tentacles fell to the ground, they quickly melted and seeped into the fleshy layer beneath their feet.

Immediately after, new tentacles grew back even faster.

"These things... they never end!"

Chen Yuan growled, his Tang Sword swinging incessantly, precisely striking the base of the tentacles.

His class was the Mythical-grade Heaven's Scourge Guard, which was also a warrior-type class.

"Don't get bogged down! Find the entrance!"

Luo Xiu's voice carried an unquestionable authority as his hollow eye sockets scanned the area ahead.

In his perception, the fluctuations originating from the core of the heart of annihilation were coming from a specific direction.

"Follow me!"

His battle qi erupted once more, turning him into a mobile fortress that forcibly carved a narrow path through the tide of tentacles.

Lu Yin and Chen Yuan didn't dare to lag behind and followed closely.

The ground beneath their feet was not flat but filled with ravines and ridges, like the folds of biological tissue.

Sometimes, stepping down would even make them feel something pulsating beneath their feet.

The stench of blood and decay in the air had almost condensed into a physical form, making it difficult to breathe.

"To the front left! There's an Energy Rift there!"

Chen Yuan suddenly shouted. Although his wrist detector was suffering from heavy interference, it still managed to capture a trace of abnormal energy dissipation.

The three of them immediately turned.

Sure enough, in a relatively sunken area ahead, a massive crack had appeared in the fleshy layer.

The edges of the rift flickered with an ominous red light, and a thick aura of death was gushing out from within.

The depths of the rift were incredibly dark, as if leading straight to the core of this terrifying heart.

"This is it!" Luo Xiu's Soulfire blazed brightly; he could clearly feel that the source of the summons was down below.

However, the tentacles gathered around the rift were also the densest, weaving into a massive net that blocked the entrance.

Even more terrifyingly, right above the rift, the fleshy layer squirmed violently.

The silhouette of a giant, composed of countless distorted human faces and severed limbs, was slowly taking shape.

It had no specific facial features, only a mass of constantly churning faces of agony.

They emitted silent wails, radiating a mental pressure ten times stronger than that of the tentacles.

"I'll hold it off, you guys find a chance to charge in!"

His pale body suddenly erupted with an unprecedented crimson light; it was his Immortal Battle Intent burning.

Lu Yin also took a look at the bizarre creature.

[Flesh Aggregate]

[Level: 435]

[Strength: ???, Constitution: ???]

[Agility: ???, Spirit: ???]

[Skills: ???]

Aside from the level and name, everything else was a series of question marks.

Lu Yin and Chen Yuan exchanged a glance, both seeing the determination in each other's eyes.

Luo Xiu had already turned into a blood-red stream of light, heading towards the forming Flesh Aggregate.

The Crimson Battle Qi and the terrifying pressure emitted by the opponent collided violently, producing a sizzling corrosive sound.

"Go!"

Chen Yuan gave a low shout, a cold glint appearing on his Tang Sword as he moved like lightning, charging straight at the dense net of tentacles at the rift's entrance.

Lu Yin followed closely behind, and with a thought, he summoned all the Abyssal Monsters he had previously converted.