Boom--
A tremendous explosion erupted in a burst of blinding fire. A huge hole was blasted through the thick outer wall of keratinized tissue mixed with connective skin, expelling a large amount of scattered fluid and billowing vapor. Hao Ren and Vivian's figures rapidly broke through the final layer of obstruction and vanished into the chaos.
Demon God Vivian felt a faint prick of pain beneath her "feet." The kilometer-tall Blood Demon God froze for a moment, then slowly lowered her head to look at the enormous organ fused with her body. But she saw nothing.
Like a robot that had suddenly lost its target, the Blood Demon God abruptly entered standby mode. She remained motionless and fell silent. Gushing blood began to pour from the surrounding Firstborn tentacles, repairing the damaged parts of her body. Those wounds had all been inflicted by Hao Ren and the others with magic, bullets, grenades, and even small rockets, but they had not achieved the slightest effect.
More Firstborn tentacles reached over from the surrounding chaos. Hissing strangely, they connected to the giant organ beneath Demon God Vivian's body, fusing with or replacing the severed nerves and muscular tendrils. Soon, everything was restored to its original state. The fleshly organ that resembled Evil God's Palace quietly floated in the dark-red space of chaos as it had at the beginning, surrounded by countless tentacles that bound and secured it. The only difference was that the "Evil God's Palace" now bore a gigantic female body formed from blood. The body remained expressionless and silent, revealing no trace of rational thought.
Lily and the others temporarily rested on a safe island some distance away. Heiserana had one wing broken in the earlier battle, Duncan and Cassandra had been contaminated by poisonous blood, and Nangong Sanba had