At first, Lin Qi thought she was hallucinating from her injuries.
Another slash fell, and the God-Slaying Saber's black, razor-sharp edge actually left a mark on the blood-colored heart.
Thick black-red venom seeped from the small wound.
Though Lin Qi had not touched the venom, she could imagine how terrifyingly poisonous it was.
The God-Slaying Saber turned, then fell again with fierce force.
The cavern shook once more. The wound on the heart widened, and more and more venom flowed out, falling to the ground with sizzling sounds.
The heart seemed to feel pain and began contracting on its own.
The passage shook even more violently.
At first, Lin Qi thought only the passage on her side was shaking. It was not until three more slashes fell, cracks began spreading through the entire passage, and the world seemed to spin around her that she realized—the entire Six Gods Cave was shaking!
Lin Qi widened her eyes at the violently reacting heart before her and became even less willing to leave.
She put away the God-Slaying Saber and switched to the icy Emperor Phoenix Sword.
The moment the Emperor Phoenix Sword appeared, its sword spirit surged with imposing momentum, releasing an invisible pressure of a beast emperor.
The violently contracting heart reacted more and more intensely, as though it were filled with boiling water.
Just as Lin Qi gripped the Emperor Phoenix Sword and was about to slash down, the Human-faced Spider's eight spear-like limbs struck at once.
Lin Qi dodged them one by one, yet she could not evade the webbing that blotted out the sky.
Caught off guard, she was tangled and wrapped in spider silk, then dragged into the heart in the blink of an eye.
This heart was filled with venom.
The instant Lin Qi entered, venom