"Rumble..."
Fighting over the heart, the five Yin Gods refused to yield to one another, each unleashing all their divine power as they plunged into a fierce melee.
Their furious clash of divine power made the entire world tremble.
"Boom!!"
Though the battle was intense, it did not last long.
Amid a deafening series of qi explosions, in the mere blink of an eye, the shriveled Yin God who had originally been in the lead suddenly sprouted a dozen or so long, thin, insectlike arms from both sides of his body with a bang.
Immediately, those dozen or so arms, gleaming with divine power, slapped, smashed, shoved, and crushed toward the other four Yin Gods together.
"Bang!"
After another tremendous crash, all four Yin Gods were knocked to the ground beneath those shoves and blows.
One even fell straight off the nearby cliff.
The other three rolled down the steps.
"M... mine!"
Then, before the dumbstruck eyes of the Spectating Cultivators, the centipedelike Yin God let out a frenzied roar, and the dozens of arms along his sides suddenly rose together to seize the heart hanging overhead.
"Smack!"
In an instant, the centipede Yin God's dozen or so arms clamped tightly around the enormous, still-beating heart.
"It's... mine!"
After that somewhat indistinct roar rang out.
The Yin God opened his enormous mouth, filled with sharp teeth, and bit toward the heart.
"Whoosh!!"
But before the Yin God could bite into the heart, the thin line dangling from high above suddenly reeled sharply upward.
"Boom!"
In a single instant, the centipedelike Yin God was yanked upward by the thin line like an enormous fish.
Even so, he still clung desperately to the heart, refusing to let go.
However, once the Yin God had been hoisted into the air, the thin cord