"You only have one chance to escape every month, and each time, you only have one minute before the illusion disappears." Shan scowled. "That woman chose to run away when Angor was fighting the undead creatures. She tricked us. Damn it!"
"Complaining won't do us any good. If we don't want to die, we need to find Erdus' core and kill it."
Although everyone was a little uncomfortable, Keely was right. It was useless to complain now, so they might as well do something.
"But we don't know where Erdus' core is. We won't make it if we try our luck."
The problem now was that they had to find the core as soon as possible. Time was running out, and so was the pressure on Angor.
"Meow, meow!"
Angor heard Luna's voice and suddenly remembered that Luna wasn't affected by illusions. Maybe it could … He looked back and saw Luna grabbing onto Keely's clothes. Because the current was too strong, it was almost washed away, so it meowed in fear.
Angor reached out a hand and pulled Luna into his arms.
Luna was finally able to catch its breath and sit down in Angor's arms.
Keely was a little surprised. Luna never liked to be touched by anyone other than herself. She didn't expect Luna to tolerate Angor's touch in just two days.
"Luna, do you know how to find Erdus' core?" Angor asked.
The others also remembered Luna's existence and looked at her curiously. Luna was the only one who didn't fall for the illusion. Angor would have fallen for it if he didn't eject his soul.
Luna didn't expect to become the center of attention all of a sudden. It felt a chill down its spine. Luna let out a "meow" and jumped away from Angor's arms to land behind Keely. Luna stuck its head out from Keely's feet and shook its head.
"Luna said it can't find the core. The smell here is too strong. It can't tell anything apart," Keely translated.
"How about we follow the current? Since it's going to enter Erdus' body, we might be able to find the core." Nausica thought about how Luna floated in the water and suggested, "Let's follow the current.
"That's a good idea. We're in between the shell and the body. Following the current is a good way to get inside." Angor nodded. "But if we follow the current, we won't be able to find the core. Maybe we'll get digested by the stomach."
"What else can we do?"
The more urgent the situation was, the greater the pressure on him would be. A normal person would have a mental breakdown because of this. However, he did not let the pressure affect his mind. Instead, he became even calmer.
"I have an idea. But first, we need to follow the current into Erdus' body." Angor turned around and dashed into a hole.
The others followed him.
After flowing in the cave for a while, Keely's Nether Flame drove away the darkness. Everybody could see that the cave walls weren't gray anymore. They were now orange-red like flames.
"Erdus' body.. Angor checked the color of the hole and estimated its location. "You're the only one who can find the core now."
"Me?" Nausica frowned.
"There are still illusion nodes around here, so we can't sense anything. Your mechanical arm, on the other hand, will not activate any illusion nodes. You can only rely on your own heartbeat to determine the location of the core, "Angor explained.
Nausica thought for a moment and understood what Angor was trying to do. During this trip, she had been taken care of almost all the time. It was rare for her to be able to contribute, so she naturally had to perform her best.
Nausica nodded. "Sure. Leave it to me."
At first, they were worried that the plan might not work. But as Nausica led the way, they found many hidden passages.
These hidden passages were all protected by strange illusion barriers, which even Angor couldn't see through at times.
Nausica played an important role in this plan.
After taking two more turns, they finally left the water and arrived at a tunnel covered with "spider webs".
While walking, Gank accidentally scraped a spider web. Everyone felt a trembling aura, as if there was an earthquake.
"There should be nerves in these webs. Be careful. Don't touch them," Angor said after observing for a while.
According to the Duon who committed suicide, Erdus had been sleeping for thousands of years. If Erdus woke up because of their carelessness, their journey would be even more difficult.
After a while, Nausica found herself standing in front of a blood-colored membrane.
She reached out her mechanical arm to touch the membrane.
"I think it's inside. I can feel a strong heartbeat. It's only separated by this membrane."
Angor also tried to touch the barrier with his hand. But before he could touch it, he felt his body shaking.
The shaking wasn't temporary. It would only get worse as time went by.
Luna also began to meow.
Keely's expression changed when she heard what Luna said. "Oh no, Luna said Erdus is waking up. We have to hurry!"
Angor thought about it carefully. Erdus was a super monster. If someone was moving around its heart, it should be waking up soon.
If they broke the membrane, Erdus would wake up right away.
Once Erdus fully awakens, its aura alone will be enough to deal with them. They didn't have much time left. They had to destroy the heart as soon as possible.
With that in mind, Angor decided to give it his all.
Without any hesitation, he broke the membrane.
As the membrane broke, Erdus began to writhe in agony. Everyone inside the monster's body could barely stand still. Meanwhile, the sea outside was getting more and more turbulent. Dark clouds were rolling in the sky while tornadoes were spreading in all directions.
In a cave far away in the Final Destination, the Ancestral Duon raised its head and looked at Erdus. "Erdus has awakened as well … Sigh … Such is fate …"
The Duon sighed with a lot of emotions.
Meanwhile, a young man with a longbow on his back was quickly writing something down in a notebook. Occasionally, he would take out his transmitter to record the voice of the Duon Ancestor.
Everyone returned to Erdus' body.
Following the undulating ground, they entered the blood-colored membrane one after another.
Nausica didn't need to tell them anything. They could already hear her heartbeat as soon as they entered the room.
They were in a spacious chamber where a giant heart with countless blood vessels connected to it was floating in the air. The heart kept beating like a pump that never stopped.
Everyone could already feel the pressure coming from all directions. Without hesitation, Keely unleashed her most powerful spell. Countless wisps of Nether Flame poured out of her oil lamp and burned the heart.
The flames burned the heart, and the blood-red heart gradually turned into a dark black color.
Nausica jumped several times and pressed her right wrist with her left hand. She then unleashed a vortex of energy from her palm and struck the surface of the heart.
However, as soon as Nausica's hand touched the surface of the heart, she was repelled by a soft force and fell to the ground.
However, the spiral energy was extremely ferocious. It directly opened a hole in the heart, and the heart blood that was exuding rich energy gushed out.
Shan was performing an unknown sacrificial dance. Gank suddenly grew several times bigger and began to smash into the hole created by Nausica.
In just a few seconds, the heart was severely damaged.
At this moment, along with the strong pressure, everyone lost their strength and knelt on the ground.
Taking advantage of the moment she fell to the ground, Shiliew pointed at the gushing blood and shouted, "Oil of the Underworld!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the bright red blood that was filled with energy turned into the dark green Nether Bone Oil.
Keely's Nether Flame was ignited by the Nether Bone Oil. It was just a normal flame, but now, it was burning fiercely.
Almost instantly, more than half of his heart turned black.
Only half of the heart was left, but it was still beating. At the same time, the pressure that was suppressing everyone became even more violent due to the damaged heart.
Everyone spat out a mouthful of blood.
Angor was the one who suffered the most damage. He collapsed on the ground and felt dizzy. He had no choice. Even Nausica was much stronger than him.
"What should we do? There's still half of the heart left."
Angor clenched his fists and chanted Spirit Mantra.
It was extremely difficult and dangerous to eject one's soul at a time like this. Without the support of his soul, his body would suffer even more damage under the immense pressure, and his vitality would vanish even faster.
Angor had no choice but to take a gamble. He hoped that he could break the heart before his vitality disappeared.
He tried to sense the source of gravity in his soul.
Since he had been using the sequence of gravity for a long time, the source of gravity in his Source Orb was extremely weak. He wasn't sure if he could succeed.
He took a deep breath and poured out all of the gravity power in the Origin Bead. He aimed at the heart and shouted, "Stop it!
"Explode!"
"Explode!" It was not only Angor's shout, but also the last hope in everyone's eyes.
Rumble!
All the gray veins wrapped around the heart. Erdus screamed in agony as the heart shattered into pieces.
It shattered into pieces. It was like a rain of blood, staining everyone's clothes, swords, lanterns, and faces …
Blood gushed out from the broken veins.
In an instant, a fountain of blood was formed in the center of the hall.
Shiliew looked at the rain of blood in a daze. "Did we do it?"
"The pressure is gone. I think we did it?" Keely stood up. The pressure on Erdus' heart was completely gone.
"Great!" Even though her emotions were suppressed, Shan still jumped up with a smile on her face. "Great, we did it!"
Angor also landed on the ground and returned to his body with a smile.
As soon as he returned to his body, he felt pain all over his body. But compared to the pain he felt, the pain was nothing. If he could kill Erdus, then the pain was nothing.
Finally, we made it to the Altar of Demise before the time limit … Angor sighed.
Suddenly, his body froze, and he shut his eyes.
"Wait! The illusion nodes are still there! "
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