"Activate the Devil Altar?"
Ron sat in the passenger seat, hearing the words spoken by the devil heart.
He stared at the black devil heart hanging outside Kevin's chest, like a shriveled black plum. Its black sheen was gradually fading, seeming about to vanish as the entire heart fell silent.
Ron still had many doubts and concerns. White, icy energy instantly surged from his hand, enveloping the heart at Kevin's chest and forcibly fixing its steadily dissipating black glow in place.
Then he asked in a low voice, "Don't fall silent yet. Explain yourself. Does the Devil Altar seal powerful devils like you, or something else? Are there any other methods?"
"You know we can't possibly release devils. And what is Lucifer's situation now? Why hasn't he come after us yet?"
The devil heart's final trace of black light was bound to its surface, continuously circulating over it before it finally conveyed a stream of information. "Lucifer is trapped within Golden Jar Company's territory, but your time is limited. You have no more than twenty-four hours!"
As those words were spoken, the black glow Ron had forcibly restrained seemed to have weakened to its limit.
In mere moments, it turned into specks like shattered stars and vanished completely, leaving behind only an unremarkable black heart.
"Ugh!" Ron immediately let out a sigh. He knew he had lost his chance to question it.
He controlled the grayish-white mist within his body, turning it into a scalpel. He cut into Kevin's chest and sliced off the devil heart hanging outside it.
A section of blood vessel dangled from Kevin's chest like an infant's umbilical cord, leaving a bloody hollow in the outer part of his chest cavity.
Through the wound, they could see inside his chest. The broken stumps of blood vessels