The Heart Hollowed Out by the Evil God (3)

In short, the Magic Power fluctuations after the Spatial Teleportation Magic Array was released were deliberately blurred and disrupted, causing Saya Nicholas to make serious errors when judging the approximate coordinates based on the Magic Power fluctuations.

Saya Nicholas searched the Snowlink Mountains for a long time without finding anything before realizing this.

The thought that she, a dignified Dark Witch, had been so fooled by a mere Hero and had suffered hunger and cold for so long on this Snowlink Mountains, filled Saya Nicholas with rage.

This isn't over yet.

When I see Qin Chu again, I must teach this treacherous and cunning fellow a lesson.

Kasidal Truro Great Forest!

Qin Chu, Heloise, Ieta, and Antia were searching in the forest.

Although some locations were roughly recorded in the fragments of Jello's Soul Fragment, it was only known that they were in the Kacidar Forest, but the exact location within the forest was vague, with only a general description.

The Kasidar Forest is one of the largest forests in the entire Skyvault Continent, so finding your target here is no easy task.

Even though the group was quite capable and had been searching for a long time, they hadn't found much.

Laugh...

A scarlet dagger suddenly appeared from behind him and pierced straight towards Qin Chu's back.

Before Qin Chu could react, a long spear pierced the air beside him, instantly penetrating the crimson shadow behind Qin Chu. Then, the spear trembled.

The strange corpse was instantly flung away.

The ground emitted strange squeaking sounds, and its body twisted in an odd way before it died a few seconds later.

This must be the strange creature that the thief adventurer encountered in the great forest, which Carlos deliberately revealed to curry favor with Natia.

It doesn't look like a human at all; it looks more like a skinny monkey that has been drained of its blood.

Its entire body was covered in mold-like fuzz, making it look like a whole, moving, rotten, and moldy piece of meat.

Yet these bizarre creatures were draped in tattered pieces of cloth, and clutched in their hands weapons of fairly high quality, the kind of weapons found only in human society.

There were daggers, bows and arrows, swords, spears, and staffs...

Some of these strange creatures even have traces of storage rings on their fingers.

These bizarre monsters were none other than the human powerhouses who had once ventured into the Kasidar Forest to explore, search for so-called treasure, and pursue greater power or even immortality.

They perished in this mysterious great forest.

But death was not the final end for them.

Their corpses still roam and wander in this great forest, just as they had been hunted before, now hunting other creatures that venture into the forest.

This directly resulted in similar monsters being everywhere in this forest, in astonishing numbers. No one knows how many lives have been lost here over hundreds or thousands of years.

But today, these wandering ghosts in the jungle have encountered a jinx.

As they marched on, they left behind a trail of corpses.

Qin Chu discovered that Ieta was actually a bit of a miser; she removed all the storage rings from every dead adventurer, and each ring made Ieta beam with joy, indicating that she had reaped quite a good harvest.

Hmm, it shouldn't be too much to ask Ieta to confiscate a small portion and take only 70% for myself.

The group of four is still moving forward.

Saya's figure silently emerged from behind Qin Chu.

Her gaze swept around, and she realized that they seemed to have entered the heart of the Kasidal Forest.

A thin, reddish mist can be seen among the towering trees, growing thicker as you get closer to the center.

It was like writhing blood, filled with a pungent, fishy smell.

"Be careful..." Saya's voice carried a hint of seriousness.

"I can sense that we seem to be getting closer to what we're looking for."

Here's the second update. Let's see if we can get back to five chapters a day.

Chapter 356 The Heart Hollowed Out by the Evil God (3)

Saya's words put Qin Chu on guard.

Saya has had more contact with the Evil God's Blood, so she is relatively more sensitive to it.

Looking at the increasingly dense, scarlet fog around him, Qin Chu knew that he was on the right track, but the closer he got to the core, the greater the danger would be.

Qin Chu didn't want to turn into one of those baboons covered in fur.

"Be careful, we're almost there," Qin Chu said in a deep voice, taking a deep breath.

Antia, who had been exploring the surroundings, quickly appeared beside Qin Chu upon hearing this, and even the Snow Woman Heloise and the Blood Elf Ieta dared not neglect her.

Qin Chu didn't do what's shown in horror movies—split all the team members to explore dangerous areas. That would be tantamount to suicide. In this situation, the only safer option was to keep everyone together.

Just as Saya had predicted, once they entered the fog-shrouded area, the number of those eerie assassins increased, and their strength grew stronger.

Every now and then, a stray arrow or a burst of magic would whistle in from the side.

Qin Chu and the others' perception abilities seemed to be severely suppressed by some mysterious force. Fortunately, their strength was quite good, and although it was dangerous, they were able to intercept the sneak attacks from the shadows every time.

The increasingly thick fog also blocked the sunlight overhead, making it impossible to tell exactly how much time had passed.

I don't know how far we've gone, but through the thick red mist in front of us, we suddenly see a scarlet beam of light piercing through the mist, connecting the sky and the earth.

The pungent smell of blood spread in waves, like a tsunami.

At this moment, the oppression had reached an extremely terrifying level.

Qin Chu and Antia were still able to endure it, but Heloise and Ieta had long lost their original ease. Their faces were pale, and their little hands gripped their weapons tightly, not daring to relax even for a moment.

This hasn't even reached the core yet, but it's already becoming unbearable for beings at the level of Grand Sage.

No wonder so many human masters perished in this great forest of Cardassia.

At this moment, lightning even began to appear in the sky, with streaks of scarlet, branch-like light flashing across the horizon, temporarily tearing through the thick, scarlet fog and increasing visibility slightly.

Strangely, all that could be seen was lightning, but no sound could be heard.

The whole world was as silent as a dead zone.

Creak, creak, creak...

Just then, a strange chewing sound entered everyone's ears.

Hearing such a sound in this environment, almost everyone's skin involuntarily broke out in a fine layer of goosebumps.

It's terrifying.

Ieta was walking on the far left, suddenly seemed to sense something and her little head snapped to look towards the left front.

Not far ahead, there was a withered tree trunk, with emerald green vines wrapped around it, bearing some bright red, crystal-clear, and juicy fruits.

From Qin Chu's perspective, it looks a bit like a cherry tomato from Earth.

Ieta felt a sudden dryness in her throat, and her abdomen throbbed slightly; she seemed to feel hungry and thirsty.

As if some unseen force was drawing her along, Ieta instinctively walked towards the fruit, swallowing hard as she went.

Her long, fair neck gave her a somewhat alluring look.

Her body had even turned into a stiff puppet.

However, she had only taken a couple of steps when something suddenly pierced Ieta's shoulder.

A spurt of blood shot out.

The excruciating pain caused Ieta to let out a scream.

Turning his head, he was shocked to find it was Qin Chu, whose fingers were already embedded in his shoulder.

Ieta was startled; she didn't know why her master would do such a thing.

Since Qin Chu snatched the ring that controlled him and Heloise from Daiaboliq, it has become his new master.

Ieta was well aware of her Magic Creature identity. If she wanted to gain the Hero's protection, she had to demonstrate her value to the Hero. During this time, Ieta wouldn't say she had devoted herself entirely to the cause, but she had at least done her best.

It always tries its best to fulfill any request from its owner.

Why did my master attack me at this time?

In an instant, the Blood Elf's little mind was filled with confusion; she couldn't understand what had happened.

Just then, Ieta saw his master raise his arm once more, swing it forcefully, and a beam of sword light shot out.

With a hissing sound.

Something has been severed.

But it's not my own body.

Ieta looked down in a daze, only to discover that what Qin Chu had severed was a cluster of scarlet tentacles. One side of the tentacles was wrapped around her body, while the other side led in the direction she wanted to go.

Looking again, there were no lush green vines, only a tall, twisted monster covered in scarlet fur.

There were no bright red, juicy fruits either.

The enormous, robust monster had a corpse beneath its feet, a corpse that closely resembled the monkey that had attacked them earlier.

He casually tore a claw off the corpse, stuffed it into his mouth, and crunched it.

The eerie chewing sound originated from this.

Hiss!

Ieta's body trembled violently for a moment; she felt as if her scalp was about to explode. Her stomach was spasming intensely, and acid was almost gushing out of her throat.

If her master hadn't pulled her back in time, she would probably be that monster's food by now.

"Thank you for saving me, Master." Ieta quickly thanked Qin Chu after regaining her senses.

The fear of this place grew stronger, and even someone as powerful as himself, at level eighty-something, couldn't help but fall into a hallucination.

Qin Chu nodded slightly, then shook his head. "It's alright, but I'm sorry, Holy Light could probably awaken you, but..."

Holy Light is the bane of Magic Creature and cannot be used on Ieta.

Ieta gave herself some basic treatment. Just then, the strange and enormous monster opposite them seemed to have noticed the intruders.

He suddenly turned his head, his hairy face covered in reddish-brown liquid.

He was wearing sturdy armor, suggesting he must have been a very brave and powerful warrior in life.

He must be War God. Right next to him was a huge battle axe, with patterns engraved on it that were somewhat similar to those of the Storm Cathedral from a thousand years ago.

With a whoosh, it grabbed its battle axe, its enormous eyes rapidly rolling in its pupils. It uttered human language, yet the mannerisms were completely unlike those of a human.

"Intruders..."

"Intruders!"

"Intruders!"

Suddenly.

Beneath the monster's armor, something seemed to be writhing violently, emitting a constant hissing and rubbing sound, like countless venomous snakes slithering about.

Immediately afterwards, whoosh whoosh whoosh.

One after another, scarlet, ribbon-like things emerged from the gaps in the armor, writhing and transforming into a Gorgon covered in hair.

With a whoosh, along with the tentacles that Qin Chu had previously severed, they all swarmed towards Qin Chu, Ieta, Heloise, and Antia.

Just by looking at the scene, Qin Chu was completely certain that the monster had been infected with the same kind of corruption as Wadsworth.

However, this monster's strength was far inferior to that of Wadsworth.

As the dense tentacles wrapped around him, Qin Chu twisted his waist and raised his arm.

The longsword he had previously obtained from Lex, which had had its mechanisms cleared by Saya Nicholas, appeared in his palm... It wasn't that Qin Chu couldn't handle it in his bare hands; it was just that this thing was so disgusting that Qin Chu really didn't want to touch it.

Laugh!

The sword tore through.

A surge of sword energy erupted.

The sounds of "plop plop plop" continued in succession as strips of meat were sliced off and fell to the ground.