Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 511 - 354: The Heart Hollowed Out by the Evil God (3)

Chapter 511: Chapter 354: The Heart Hollowed Out by the Evil God (3)

Shaye’s words made Qin Chu vigilant.

Having had more contact with the Evil God’s Blood, Shaye was relatively more sensitive.

Seeing the increasingly dense, crimson fog around him, Qin Chu knew he was headed in the right direction, but the closer he got to the core, the more dangerous it became.

Qin Chu certainly didn’t want to turn into one of those creatures covered in fur.

"Be careful everyone, we are almost there," Qin Chu took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

Antia, who had been exploring the surroundings, quickly appeared next to Qin Chu, and even the Snow Woman, Helois, and the Blood Elf, Iyeta, did not dare to delay.

Qin Chu didn’t split up his team to explore the dangerous area like in horror films; that would practically be courting death. In such situations, it was safer to keep everyone together.

Just as Shaye had predicted, once they entered the area shrouded in fog, the number of weird assassins began to increase, and their strength also grew.

Every so often, an arrow or a burst of magic would whizz by from the side.

The perception abilities of Qin Chu and his team seemed to be severely suppressed by some mysterious force. Fortunately, their strength was decent. Despite the dangers, they were able to intercept every attack from the shadows.

The increasingly thick fog also blocked out the sunlight above, making it impossible to tell how much time had passed.

Not knowing how far they had advanced, through the dense red fog in front of them, they suddenly could see a scarlet beam piercing through the fog, connecting the sky and the earth.

Waves of intense blood stench spread like a tsunami.

At this moment, the oppression had reached a terrifying level.

Qin Chu and Antia were still able to withstand it, but Helois and Iyeta had long since lost their composure, their pale faces tight, and their small hands gripping their weapons tightly, not daring to relax even a bit.

This wasn’t even the core yet, and it was already unbearable for beings at the level of the Great Sage.

No wonder so many human masters were buried in this Kadasia Forest.

At this time, lightning even began to appear in the sky, with scarlet, branch-like bursts of light crossing the heavens, momentarily tearing apart the scarlet fog and improving visibility.

But weirdly, the lightning could be seen, but its sound could not be heard.

The whole world was as silent as a realm of death.

Creech, Creech, Creech...

Just then, a strange chewing sound penetrated everyone’s ears.

Hearing such a sound in this environment made almost everyone’s skin crawl involuntarily with tiny bumps.

It was utterly creepy.

Walking on the far left, Iyeta suddenly seemed to sense something and swiftly turned her little head to look towards the left front.

Not far ahead, there was a decayed tree trunk wrapped in green vines, on which hung some bright red, crystal clear, and tempting fruits.

To Qin Chu’s eyes, they looked somewhat like cherry tomatoes from Earth.

Iyeta’s throat felt inexplicably dry, and her stomach gently churned; she felt a bit hungry and thirsty.

As if drawn by some force, Iyeta subconsciously walked towards the fruits, swallowing saliva continuously as she did.

Her slender, fair neck looked somewhat enchanting.

Her body had even turned into a rigid puppet.

However, just as she took a few steps outside, suddenly something stabbed into Iyeta’s shoulder.

A spurt of fresh blood shot out.

The excruciating pain made Iyeta uncontrollably scream in agony.

Turning her head, she was shocked to find it was Qin Chu, his fingers had penetrated her shoulder.

Iyeta was terrified and puzzled; she did not know why her master would do such a thing.

Ever since Qin Chu had snatched the ring that controlled her and Helois from Diaberlic’s hands, he had become her new master.

Iyeta was well aware of her demon identity and knew to gain the Hero’s protection she had to demonstrate her value before him. During this time, Iyeta wouldn’t claim she had worked tirelessly, but she had certainly done her best.

Facing any demands from her master, she always strived to fulfill them to the best of her ability.

Why had her master attacked her at this time?

In an instant, the Blood Elf’s mind was filled with confusion, unable to understand what had happened.

At that moment, Iyeta saw her master raise his arm again and, with a forceful sweep, a blade of Sword Qi burst forth.

With a swish.

Something had been severed.

But not her body.

Looking down somewhat blankly, Iyeta then realized that what Qin Chu had severed was actually a crimson tentacle, one end of which was entwined around her body, while the other stretched in the direction she had intended to walk.

Looking again, there were no green vines; all that was there was a large, distorted creature covered in crimson fur.

There were no tantalizingly red fruits either.

The enormous and robust creature stood atop a corpse, which greatly resembled the monkey-like thing that had ambushed them earlier.

Casually pulling a claw from the body, it stuffed it into its mouth, producing a crunching noise.

The bizarre chewing noise originated from there.

Hisss!

Iyeta’s body shivered violently for a moment; she felt as if her scalp was about to explode. Her stomach convulsed fiercely, and the gastric acid almost surged into her throat.

If her master hadn’t held onto her in that instant, she might have ended up as food for that monster.

"Thank you for saving me, Master," Iyeta quickly thanked Qin Chu, having regained her senses.

Her fear of this place intensified; even someone like herself, a strong entity at Level 80, had inadvertently fallen into an illusion.

Qin Chu nodded slightly and then shook his head, "It’s fine, but I’m sorry, I thought using Holy Light might wake you up, however..."

Holy Light, the bane of demons, couldn’t be used on Iyeta.

Iyeta had given himself a simple treatment when the peculiar and enormous creature opposite took notice of the few intruders here.

Suddenly turning its head, its furry face was smeared with a reddish-brown liquid.

Its body was clad in solid Armor, and in life, it must have been a quite valiant and powerful warrior.

Surely a being of Martial God Level, beside it lay a huge Battle Axe carved with patterns slightly similar to those of Storm Church from a thousand years ago.

It let out a puff and grabbed the Battle Axe, its large eyeballs rapidly rolling in their sockets as it spoke in human language, yet the feel of it was utterly non-human:

"Intruders..."

"Intruders!"

"Intruders!"

Suddenly.

Beneath the monster’s Armor, there seemed to be something writhing intensively, continuously emitting a hissing friction sound, as if countless snakes were slithering through.

Immediately after, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

Numerous crimson tentacles burst forth from the gaps in the Armor, wriggling as if transforming into a Gorgon entirely comprised of snakes for hair.

In a swift motion, along with the tentacles Qin Chu had previously severed, they swarmed towards Qin Chu, Iyeta, Helois, and Antia.

Just by looking at this scene, Qin Chu was entirely certain that this monster was eroded by the same substance as Wozworth.

Only, this monster was far weaker than Wozworth.

As the dense tentacles entwined towards him, Qin Chu twisted his waist and raised his arm.

The longsword, previously adjusted by Shaye Nicholas from Lex’s end, appeared in his palm...and it’s not that Qin Chu couldn’t handle it barehanded, mainly because these things were just too disgusting; he really didn’t want to touch them.

Hissss!

The sharp sword tore through them.

Sword Qi surged.

With continuous plop sounds, the flesh strips were severed, falling to the ground.

But more flesh strips crazily surged forward, like a rolling tsunami.

Qin Chu frowned slightly; his right hand opened, and a dark purple lightning rapidly condensed in his palm.

Seeing this scene, Iyeta and Helois instantly changed their expressions, and in the next instant, Helois spread her arms out, "Ice Shield..."

Crackling...

Robust ice shields instantly manifested in front of them, protecting the figures of the four behind.

This was not to block the incoming swarm of tentacles, but to block the power of Qin Chu.

The next second, Qin Chu raised his right hand.

That thin streak of lightning instantly shot into the sky, and the next second... boom... crack...

The thunderous roar left everyone’s ears ringing, and a terrifying bolt of lightning suddenly tore through the sky from above, making the whole world unusually bright, even scattering the crimson fog for a moment.

Super Order Magic, Annihilation Thunder.

However, this Annihilation Thunder was several times larger than the ones released by a Great Sage.

Indeed, Qin Chu did not want to waste too much time on such trivialities.

For Qin Chu at his current strength, casting Super Order Magic was as easy as drinking water.

The lightning struck precisely at the top of the monster’s head, turning its head into a smashed watermelon, bursting into countless fragments in an instant.

Though its head was already blown apart, one could still hear the monster’s screams and wails, as countless tentacles were directly electrified into charred pieces, writhing and shattering on the ground.

Until at last, there was no sound at all.

The roaring electricity still spread across the ground, striking the Ice Shields and emitting a crackling sound.

The surface of the solid ice shields showed dense cracks.

Iyeta and Helois exchanged glances, both seeing the surprise in each other’s eyes. They too could use Super Order Magic, but they certainly didn’t possess the terrifying capability to obliterate a Martial God Level monster in one stroke.

Truly fitting for their master.

Just behind the monster was a seemingly bottomless canyon, the crimson glow emerging from within.

"Iyeta, Helois, do you two want to stay here?" Qin Chu pondered for a moment before asking.

Both girls shook their heads almost at the same time; they instinctively felt that it was safer to stay beside their master.

Since that was the case, Qin Chu no longer hesitated and resolutely stepped into the void, his body affected by gravity began to fall from the sky.

The depth of this canyon was unknown.

A thousand meters, two thousand meters, or possibly even more exaggerated?

Qin Chu could only feel the cold wind howling beside his ears, free falling for nearly a minute before finally seeing the ground below.

With a wave of his hand, a gale churned under everyone’s feet, steadying their descent and allowing them to land firmly.

Having just entered the canyon, Qin Chu instinctively looked forward.

In the next instant, he held his breath.

Deep within the canyon, there was no pervasive fog.

Several hundred meters away, a massive heart-shaped crystal appeared before Qin Chu, glinting with a blinding red light.

The Evil God’s heart, finally located.

The heart dark red as if one could feel the crimson liquid flowing within it.

But what truly gave Qin Chu a weird feeling was, right in the middle of that heart, prominently was a huge void...

The Evil God’s heart, was hollowed out?