"Run! Run! Run!!"
The instant Mora sensed something was wrong, he released an extremely terrified spiritual fluctuation, sending a warning into Demon Son Jiang Cheng's mind.
Almost at that very moment, sinister demonic nature and powerful demonic qi erupted from Demon Son Jiang Cheng's body, restoring mobility to his body, which had been as stiff as if frozen.
"No!!"
Jiang Cheng's hair flew wildly as he stared unwillingly at the Earth Crystal Core below, practically within reach. It was a heart covered in golden-red patterns, pounding violently. Yet there was a crack at its center, making it resemble an unopened eye.
The instant he saw the Earth Crystal Core, greed instantly overcame reason.
Jiang Cheng suppressed the fear in his heart, his expression utterly unchanged. He leaped toward the Earth Crystal Core below, spreading his five fingers as he grabbed for it and shouted, "My fate is mine, not yours! Mora, I must obtain the Earth Crystal Core!"
"Fool!"
Mora's remnant spirit roared angrily and was about to forcibly take control of this host body and flee at once.
However, Jiang Cheng had already closed to within thirty zhang of the Earth Crystal Core submerged in darkness below. A terrifying pressure accompanied by suction erupted violently, like a tyrannical storm. It instantly shredded the clothes all over Jiang Cheng's body and swept them downward, followed immediately by Jiang Cheng himself being yanked over.
Buzz—
The crack in the center of the Earth Crystal Core, which pulsed like a heart, suddenly opened. A gleam like flowing golden sand burst forth, instantly enveloping Jiang Cheng's figure as dazzling golden light swallowed him whole.
At the center of that golden-sand-like radiance, a tiny black dot formed by four faces swayed slightly. Each wore a smile—cunning, indifferent, or delighted.
"Human hearts truly are insatiably