A thumping heartbeat echoed up from underground.
It sounded so clear, so real, in Qing Chen's ears.
It even felt strangely familiar.
Big Yu's paintings frantically dug downward. Watching "himself" and "his master" claw through the dirt with their bare hands, Qing Chen could not help feeling that something was off...
"What do you think this underground heartbeat... is?" Big Yu forced himself to calm down. "That day, I saw him burn his life force to advance to demigod with my own eyes. Burning one's life force should be irreversible. Once it begins, there is no way to stop it. So could the heartbeat underground be Zard's?"
Yang Yang asked doubtfully, "Could it be a Forbidden Item precipitated by Zard?"
"It can't be," Qing Chen said. "The fastest record for a Forbidden Item to precipitate is twelve years. If Zard died in that battle, there is no way a Forbidden Item could have appeared so quickly. So it must be Zard. None of us have ever seen the abilities of an Earth Element demigod. He was practically immortal at A-rank. Now that he's a demigod... perhaps there's still a miracle."
More and more Parent's Association heroic spirits and giants emerged from the Key Gate and Shadow Gate. They did not enter the city directly, instead waiting here together.
People gradually gathered by the windows of the high-rise residential buildings at the edge of City No. 7, curiously watching the countless golden heroic spirits.
"They seem to be waiting for something?"
"What are those golden figures? Why have I never heard of them? Are they the Chen Clan's new paintings? Gods and Buddhas filling the skies?"
"They aren't flying in the sky. More like gods and Buddhas covering the ground."
"...You really know how to play along."
By now, the pit