Earth Vein

At the instant the patterns dissolved, an intent countless times clearer—carrying the weight and ancient vicissitudes of the earth—surged out from that gap. "Save... me..."

That intent was weak, yet it rang directly within everyone's minds.

Chu Ming's spirits lifted. He immediately wrapped an even purer aura of Primordial Dew in the power of order and carefully extended it through the gap, probing into the interior of the Heart Core.

The scene before him suddenly opened up.

The inside of the Heart Core was not solid, but a miniature "earth vein space" formed from pure earth laws.

At the center of the space floated a bright yellow orb of light, like the purest amber.

Within that orb, a blurry humanoid figure made of pure earth and stone could faintly be seen curled up.

At this moment, the bright yellow orb was tightly bound and constricted by countless pitch-black, viscous "tentacles."

Those tentacles had burrowed deep into the orb, ceaselessly sucking away at and contaminating the earth spirituality within.

The orb's glow had already grown exceedingly dim, while the humanoid phantom was nearly transparent, as if it could disperse at any moment.

When Chu Ming's order power carrying the aura of Primordial Dew entered, those black tentacles reacted as if they had encountered their nemesis, convulsing and recoiling wildly! The bright yellow orb trembled violently, and the humanoid phantom laboriously raised its "head." Two faint yet joy-filled thoughts projected toward him. "Or... der... the aura... of the Primordial... Are you... here to save me?"

Chu Ming responded with his mind. "I am. Who are you? Why are you trapped here?"

The phantom conveyed a fragmented stream of information filled with pain and sorrow:

"I am... the last mountain-guarding spirit of the ancient Earth Empress Sect... the Earth Vein Spirit... My true