Second update today: Chapter 1496! 2/4!
Athena's voice came from behind him. Upon hearing her words, Xu Kun did not respond. Instead, he put several steps of distance between them.
Seeing Xu Kun retreat, Athena moved closer as though nothing had happened.
"Don't misunderstand. Yao Yao asked me to ensure your safety, so I have to stay by your side at all times."
"There's no need for that!" Xu Kun could not be bothered with her and turned to search for the Human race's camp flag.
Yet beneath his calm expression, turmoil had already risen within his heart.
Hephaestus, God of Fire!
Setting aside his title as the fourth-ranked forger among all races, Xu Kun recalled that familiar sensation from just now!
The Blazing God's Heart Shard!
Or, more precisely, a fragment of Zhongli, the Blazing God's source!
He had not forgotten what the Blazing God had said: after his death, his source had shattered into four pieces and ultimately become seven portions!
Now, five of those portions belonged to Xu Kun. Another was in the hands of the Son of the Red Emperor, while the final one remained unaccounted for. It was also the shard containing the greatest amount of Blazing God Source. Even the Blazing God had no idea where it was.
The clue he had given Xu Kun was that someone was attempting to refine that portion of his source. Yet its connection with his divine consciousness had not been completely severed, proving that the other party had not succeeded in refining it!
That tremor of the heart just now had come from the Blazing God's Heart Shard!
And while he had been looking at the other party, the other party had also been looking at him. That proved Hephaestus, who possessed the larger portion of