174: Chapter 174 The True Core!

But the hand holding his sword was as steady as a rock, as the spatial rift formed by the Dimensional Cut...

touched the first dark red energy barrier at a speed that defied common sense.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, nor was there a violent clash of energy.

That desperate barrier, capable of withstanding ten thousand soldiers, at the moment it touched the spatial rift...

was sliced open silently from the middle like a hot knife through butter, its edges as smooth as a mirror.

The spatial rift's momentum remained undiminished, piercing through several subsequent barriers in succession!

The pulsation of the dark red crystals experienced a moment of disorder.

The beating of the entire giant heart lost its balance accordingly, and a tooth-aching tearing sound came from the flesh-walled sky and the earth.

“It's working!”

Lu Yin felt his spirit lift as the pressure suddenly weakened significantly.

But just as the spatial rift was about to touch the main body of the dark red crystal, the dark red light on the crystal's surface suddenly erupted!

Countless twisted phantoms gushed out from the crystal, turning into a physical mental shock that slammed hard into Lu Yin's consciousness.

“Ugh!”

Lu Yin groaned, blood seeping from his seven facial orifices.

“Master!”

Yarberna cried out in alarm, wanting to move forward to support him, but she was entangled by more shadow monsters crawling out of the sea of blood.

“My Lord!”

The black flames on Kasa's body erupted again, burning several monsters pouncing toward Lu Yin into ashes.

Lu Yin's expression turned fierce as he summoned all four remaining Legion Commanders.

“Attack the crystal!”

He forced himself to stay conscious and issued the command to them.

“Gospel of the End!”

Hill was the first to raise her staff, the gem at its tip blooming with a grayish-white light.

That light was not dazzling, yet it carried a heart-palpitating aura of the end, as if it were the destination where all things return to silence.

The grayish-white light surged toward the dark red crystal like a tide; wherever it passed, the churning sea of blood instantly calmed.

Those shadow monsters froze as if they were frames in a paused film, then turned into flying ash.

“Arrow of Silence!”

Krausi also drew his bow and notched an arrow; the arrow left the string, trailing a grayish light tail like a meteor announcing the end, accurately shooting toward that dark red crystal.

“Life-Death Covenant!”

Ying and Ye also brandished their short blades and chain-sickles together, forming a terrifying killing move.

The moment Lu Yin issued the command, the four Legion Commanders simultaneously launched their strongest attacks.

The grayish-white light of the end first enveloped the dark red crystal, and the nebula swirling on the crystal's surface slowed down as if frozen.

Immediately after, Krausi's Arrow of Silence accurately hit the crystal core.

The power of the end attached to the arrow caused the crystal to emit a piercing cracking sound.

Ying and Ye's attacks were even more eerie, as the short blades and chain-sickles wove into a net of death in the air.

Every strike accurately cut into the crystal's weakest energy nodes.

“Howl!”

A non-human shriek echoed throughout the heart chamber; it was no longer a whisper, but a roar filled with pain and anger.

Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the surface of the dark red crystal, and what escaped from them was no longer dark red light.

Instead, it was foul black gas. Those black gases twisted and deformed in the air, turning into faces shrieking in pain.

“Keep attacking! It's about to break!” Lu Yin endured the sharp pain in his head and raised the dragon bone longsword again.

However, at that moment, a sudden change occurred.

The dark red crystal suddenly erupted with its final light, and the entire crystal shattered completely.

But what emerged from it was not destruction, but an even more terrifying existence.

A slowly pulsating black heart.

This heart was only the size of a fist, yet it emitted an evil aura several times stronger than the previous crystal.

Every pulsation caused the entire space to tremble along with it.

“Is this... the real core?” Lu Yin's pupils shrank violently.

The black heart suspended in mid-air, its surface covered in eerie patterns, each pulsation releasing a suffocating pressure.

Lu Yin felt as if his very soul was trembling; it was not just a suppression of power, but an absolute gap in the level of life itself.

“Heart of the Ancient God...”

Lin Xiao's voice carried an unprecedented gravity, “I didn't expect this thing to actually exist.”

At the moment Lu Yin was distracted, Chen Yuan suddenly let out a beast-like roar.

The aura on his body surged once more, and the cold light on his tachi almost solidified into substance, even causing Lin Xiao's suppression to loosen.

“Teacher!” Lu Yin called out urgently, only to see the blood-red color in Chen Yuan's eyes grow even denser, his entire being shrouded in a layer of black mist.

The black heart suddenly accelerated its pulsation, and a dark red beam of light shot directly at Chen Yuan.

Lin Xiao tried to block it but was repelled by an invisible force.

“Not good! It's going to completely control Chen Yuan!”

Lu Yin's heart sank as he saw Chen Yuan's body begin to undergo a bizarre transformation.

Patterns similar to those on the black heart surfaced on his skin, and his aura climbed at an alarming rate, quickly breaking through his previous limits.

“I must end this quickly!”

Lu Yin's eyes turned sharp as he fully activated the class characteristics of the Time-Space Sword Master.

The space around him began to warp, and even the flow of time seemed to change.

“Dimensional Rift!”

The dragon bone longsword swung out; this time, the spatial rift was more solid than before, and even light completely disappeared wherever it passed.

However, the black heart seemed prepared, its surface patterns lighting up to form a distorted barrier in front of it.

The spatial rift hit the barrier, making a piercing tearing sound, but it struggled to advance an inch.

“It's useless...” A low voice came from Chen Yuan's mouth, “Before this heart, all resistance is futile.”

As the words fell, the entire heart chamber began to contract violently.

The flesh walls squeezed inward at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the sea of blood churned even more wildly.

“Master, the space here is collapsing!” Yarberna cried out in alarm.

Lu Yin grit his teeth, looking at the transforming Chen Yuan and then at the black heart emitting an ominous aura.

He had to make a choice.

“Sword Demon Form!”

At this critical juncture, Lin Xiao suddenly whispered.

Before Lin Xiao's voice had even faded, his entire person was completely wrapped in a thick black mist.

The black mist flowed around him as if it were alive, emitting heart-palpitating hisses.

When the black mist dissipated, Lin Xiao's form had already changed greatly.

Lin Xiao transformed into a streak of light, stabbing directly at that black heart.

Wherever the god slaying sword passed, space shattered inch by inch, revealing the void of darkness behind it.

The black heart seemed to sense a real threat; its pulsation suddenly accelerated, releasing a thick black mist in an attempt to block him.

However, before the white light, the black mist melted away like ice and snow.

“Now!”

Lu Yin did not hesitate for a second, fully operating the class abilities of the Time-Space Sword Master.

He no longer tried to attack but condensed all his mental power into a single point, shooting it like a sharp arrow toward the center of Chen Yuan's brow.

“Teacher! Wake up!”

This call contained Lu Yin's brand-new understanding of time-space power.

His voice seemed to penetrate the barrier of time, echoing directly in the deepest part of Chen Yuan's consciousness.

Chen Yuan's body jerked violently, and a flicker of clarity flashed through his blood-red eyes.