Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 552 - 392 Shaye’s Origins (1)

Chapter 552: Chapter 392 Shaye’s Origins (1)

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What was that thing, a huge mass of black, cloud-like flesh?

Zimmerman and the others had completely vanished, leaving no trace.

Countless black, wispy things grew from the meat mass, spreading all around and almost filling the entire forbidden area, moving slowly like the finest of tentacles.

The meat mass seemed still alive, quivering occasionally, with each tremor releasing a great amount of black wisps.

The wisps writhed in midair, forming twisted whirls.

Weird, eerie.

An indescribable fear.

Upon witnessing this weird entity, everyone was shocked, but for different reasons; Nadia was shocked because she never imagined that at the depths of Wise Mountain, there laid such a weird and terrifying existence—could this be the secret that Master Zimmerman had been hiding from her?

What in the world was this thing? And where had Master Zimmerman gone?

Even with Nadia’s knowledge, she had never encountered such a weird object. Facing the gigantic meat mass, she instinctively felt fear and didn’t even want to get close.

Just by staring at it for a bit longer, Nadia felt her consciousness in her brain gradually becoming disordered, a weird and indescribable sound echoing in her ears, while shadowy grey and black twisted shapes like ghosts screamed and charged towards her.

Her body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Qin Chu saw her state and quickly stepped forward, placing a hand on Nadia’s shoulder. As Holy Light flooded in, the weird sensations afflicting Nadia gradually dissipated.

For those just being eroded, it was very easy for someone with Qin Chu’s strength to reclaim them.

Qin Chu’s gaze was fixed on the meat mass as well. Compared to Nadia’s pure and instinctual fear from not understanding anything, Qin Chu’s shock was mixed with a strange familiarity.

The heart within him, the one that had devoured the great Evil God Heart, was beating furiously. The speed of its beats increased faster and faster, and the notch on the heart wriggled incessantly, as if it wanted to devour the black meat mass in front of it.

Qin Chu realized something from this behavior.

This huge meat mass was certainly the piece missing from the heart.

But how had it ended up at Wise Mountain?

Could it have been picked up by Zimmerman and his people? Their audacity knew no bounds, daring to bring home any strange and weird thing they came across.

Now, the heart’s violent throbbing was a sign of its yearning to devour the meat mass and fill its absence, instinctively chasing completion.

Qin Chu could feel his body trembling slightly; a mystical force was even attempting to take control, but he forcefully suppressed the fierce quivering of the other heart. He could barely keep the incomplete heart in check; if it were to fully recover, he wasn’t sure he could hold back, and it might even overwhelm him and steal his body.

He did not want to see that happen.

Even if consuming that meat mass could potentially benefit him, Qin Chu would not take the risk without absolute certainty, especially since it involved the Evil God—a single misstep could lead to irredeemable doom.

Speaking of which, why was the heart of the Evil God crimson all over, while this separated chunk of flesh was deep black?

Looking back, the dark red liquid also flowed from the wound at the edge of the gaping hole in the giant heart.

Could it be that even the Evil God Heart had undergone some mutation?

Was it invaded by some other foreign power?

But who could invade the heart of an Evil God?

Unlike Qin Chu’s shocked but somewhat eager reaction, both Shaye’s reactions were different.

Their responses were eerily similar, with virtually no difference.

Their scarlet eyes trembled slightly, and even their cheeks uncontrollably blushed a hint of redness, their hands gently stretched out as if longing to touch something...

They could feel their hearts quivering lightly.

Their breathing became somewhat rapid.

As if the meat mass before them held a strange and powerful allure, both Shaye’s bodies almost involuntarily glided towards it.

Seeing this, Qin Chu wanted to stop them but subconsciously hesitated.

Shaye... to be precise, Little Shaye, as one of the most powerful beings in this world, was stronger than him. If there truly was danger, she would surely sense it.

Both Shayes had stepped into the area filled with the black wisps.

The instant their figures emerged, it seemed as though the dense mass of threads in the sky had finally found their target.

Whoosh, the multitude of grey-black threads surged towards both Shayes at once.

But just as they approached the two Shayes, the dense black threads abruptly stopped... hanging in midair, entangling into a messy knot.

They seemed unsure of which one to choose as their target.

They wriggled in front of Little Shaye, then after a while drifted beside Great Shaye, ultimately only able to hover in the middle, indecisive. They even huddled together as though discussing something.

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Even these weird entities seemed unable to discern any difference between the two Shaye.

The two Shaye glanced at each other, finding the reaction of the grey-black threads somewhat amusing.

The bizarre situation lasted for a very long time until finally, the weird threads seemed completely incapable of distinguishing between them. The threads drooped, appearing somewhat frustrated and annoyed.

They gave up. If they could not discern the difference, then they simply wouldn’t.

Sigh...

At last, a large number of threads rose up once again.

This time they formed a massive vortex, engulfing both Shaye Nicholases in its midst. The black threads swirled rapidly around the figures of the two people, the speed increasing until it resembled the core of a hurricane.

Hiss...

As the threads spun rapidly, a strange noise suddenly emerged. Little Shaye’s black dress was instantly torn to shreds, her black tights, and even her undergarments inside them, all turned to dust at that moment.

Her fair, delicate, and beautiful body was somewhat exposed in front of Qin Chu, although it wasn’t the first time he had seen it.

Then, an even weirder scene unfolded.

After destroying all of Little Shaye’s clothes, the dense black threads began to wrap around Little Shaye’s slender jade foot, starting at the dainty toes as if weaving something. A black trace, similar to pantyhose, began to slowly spread across her fair skin.

Jade foot, calf, knee, thigh... it climbed up to her waist before stopping.

Indeed, it was a pair of black pantyhose.

At a glance, they even shimmered with a crystalline luster.

Through their semi-transparency, one could even glimpse the outline of her undergarments.

Next came the outer garment, still the simple black dress from before, but now the floating hem bore countless intricate and mysterious patterns, adding an air of mystery.

As for Great Shaye, her situation was somewhat different from Little Shaye’s.

It seemed that because they sensed Great Shaye had no real body, just a pure soul, this also caused the black threads considerable distress.

A large clump of black threads entangled, as if in consultation.

A very long time passed, and they seemed to have made a decision at last. A mass of threads tangled and twisted together, forming something that looked like a series of bizarre and weird blood vessels.

One end of the blood vessels was within Great Shaye’s soul body, while the other submerged into a cloud-like black mass of flesh.

In the next instant, energy was being channeled from the black mass, carrying a tint of blood-like color.

For a moment, Great Shaye looked like a girl from a science fiction movie, placed in a nutrient pod with tubes puncturing her body all over.

Under the infusion of this mysterious energy, Shaye’s body became clearer and more realistic.

Qin Chu’s throat involuntarily quivered.

It seemed that for Little Shaye, they were simply preparing a new set of clothes, unquestionably not ordinary ones. Though they looked identical to the ones before, they undoubtedly had special effects.

For Great Shaye, it seemed even more extravagant, as if they were actually crafting a new body for her, weren’t they?

Why?

This group of weird flesh, and even the dense black threads in midair, why were they doing so much for Shaye Nicholas? It all seemed somewhat illogical.

But, in that instant, a flash of lightning seemed to pass through his mind.

He remembered what Shaye had once told him about her origins... the Dark Witch, born from darkness.

"It was pitch-black yet very spacious. My consciousness drifted in that rich darkness for a very, very long time."

"How long exactly, I myself am unclear."

"Then suddenly one day, I opened my eyes."

In that instant, Qin Chu was covered in goosebumps.

Could it be that this dark cloud was the birthplace of Shaye’s consciousness?

So, was that why it did so much for the two Shaye?

But, a nameless fear quickly swept over Qin Chu’s entire body.

He even felt a chill in his hands and feet, and considering the unexplained tremor of the other heart inside him, that huge cloud-like mass of flesh was clearly the missing part of the heart.

That is to say... Shaye was actually a life born from the heart of the Evil God?

Boom... Crack...

As this thought suddenly appeared in his mind, Qin Chu felt as though lightning had struck in front of him, and his whole body trembled.