That question was undoubtedly the voice he had dreamed of hearing. He had overestimated Gelong; before he could even crawl out of Kazilan's Continental Core, Gelong had already called out.
But Li Ziran remained steady. Without haste or impatience, he helped Kazilan repair the messy problems within her core bit by bit before slowly crawling out.
A surgery could not be rushed, nor could one's heart be impatient—especially at a time like this.
Only after everything had been settled at rock bottom did he look at Gelong and say quietly, "We can begin now. But Mr. Gelong, there is no anesthetic. During the cutting, there will be pain beyond prediction."
"Don't worry, I'll cooperate with you." Gelong spoke extremely quickly, and that date-paste-like Continental Core had already begun to squirm.
Hippo Ancient City pressed against it, and the entire core naturally spread apart like seawater. The other party was highly cooperative, but also more conservative, as though sufficient cooperation would allow the task to be completed without suffering the slightest pain.
Trying to be clever!
That was Li Ziran's only assessment. Void Heart's connection point had already sunk completely into the Continental Core. If it was to be cut, the connection point had to be sliced alive from flesh and blood. No matter how clever Gelong was, he could not avoid it—unless he had already sensed the connection point's existence and could control his own body to split it off alive.
Unfortunately, Gelong did not possess that level of ability. On the contrary, the more superficial his cooperation was, the more horrifying the pain he would endure.
Pain could be adapted to. Just like Barto: he endured the pain when his belly was cut open, so he managed to withstand it when the connection point was severed as well.
But