A dull heartbeat sounded.
Su Shi'er felt as though an invisible sledgehammer had slammed viciously into his chest.
Within his chest cavity, the heart transformed from Phoenix Agate trembled violently.
The True Yuan that had been surging and circulating came to a brief halt at that instant.
"Pfft!"
He spat out a mouthful of blood.
Su Shi'er's body flew backward uncontrollably.
Yet the Devil Body did not pursue.
It merely stood where it was, Demonic Qi streaming like threads between the fingers of its right hand, still locking the Innate Five Swords firmly in place. A faint smile rested on its lips.
"The pull of the heart was never something only you could feel from me."
"Since you wish to reclaim this heart, then properly experience what, over all these years... I have refined it into!"
As the words fell.
The Devil Body pressed its left hand against its chest.
All the Demonic Yuan within its body surged toward the Original Heart.
"Thump! Thump! Thump..."
One heavy heartbeat after another rang out rapidly within the Immortal Pool of Returning to True.
With every beat.
Su Shi'er's body shuddered violently.
The heart formed from Phoenix Agate in his chest began to show fine cracks under the impact of an invisible force.
As cracks appeared in the Phoenix Agate.
Su Shi'er's aura rapidly weakened as well.
The heart was the key to the circulation of blood and vitality within the physical body.
Though Phoenix Agate was not a true heart, over the years it had long fused with the blood and vitality throughout his body.
Should it be destroyed, the consequences would be no less severe than having his heart shattered.
"Su Shi'er, resign yourself to fate!"
"Though this physical body of yours has cultivated quite a few body-refining techniques, it has