novelODS Chapter 650: Departure from the Outer Battlefield
Chapter 650: Departure from the Outer Battlefield
Looking at the pulsating heart before him, Chen Lan was unsure of its intentions. Did it truly want him to devour it?"Devouring Demon God Body, if I devour you, the energy from both constitutions might make me explode."
[No, it won't. Enduring hardships won't make you exceptional, but consuming me will. If you eat me, your constitution will undergo a transformative change, allowing you to kill more of the Evil Race.]
"How do you know I want to kill the Evil Race?"
[I can see and hear, but I don't want to waste energy talking to those people. I beseech you to eat me and set me free.]
Chen Lan hesitated, unsure whether to devour the heart.
[If you don't kill me, you'll never be able to leave because this Outer Battlefield was created to imprison me. If I die, it will naturally disappear; if I live, it will remain forever.]
[Actually, we've met before, haven't we?]
Chen Lan was taken aback: "Met before? When?"
[In the Demon Dao Challenge Space, I was the Demon Dao's first place.]
Chen Lan froze, recalling the words spoken by the number one Demon Dao then, who said they would meet again soon.
He hadn't expected to meet here.
"How do you know I would definitely come?"
[I didn't know. At that time, my words were just meant to make me appear profound.]
"..."
Chen Lan was speechless, taking a deep breath as he looked solemnly at the pulsating heart: "Eating you will allow me to leave here, right?"
[Yes, you'll become stronger, but I'm uncertain if you'll handle that power—just a guess.]
"Alright, I'll try." Chen Lan spoke in a deep tone, slowly flying towards the heart.
He placed one hand upon the heart, silently reciting the formula for the Devouring Demon God Technique, activating the Devouring Demon God Body.
Instantly, a majestic Demonic Qi erupted from within him, soaring toward the heart and enveloping it.
Thump thump thump!!!
The heart's beat abruptly accelerated, echoing throughout the space.
"Are you alright?" Chen Lan asked, surprised.
[I'm fine, continue!]
Though saying it was fine, the strained voice was enduring. One could tell it was painful.
In that case, let's hasten the process!
Chen Lan exerted his full force, more Demonic Qi surged toward the heart. Since it was painful, better short pain than long agony—better end it soon.
Thump thump thump!!!
The heartbeat became faster as if it were about to explode.
Simultaneously, Chen Lan's own heart was pounding fiercely; he could feel terrifying energy accumulating within.
"The power of two Devouring Demon God Bodies is too strong, I'm afraid I can't withstand it!" Chen Lan clenched his teeth tightly.
[You can do it. Try directing the energy elsewhere, like into a Magical Treasure.]
Upon hearing this, Chen Lan thought of the Celestial Eye. If he used this energy to transform the Celestial Eye, it would become an incredibly powerful Divine Technique, wouldn't it?
Chen Lan began guiding the energy towards his head, to the space between his brows where the Celestial Eye was. He intended to completely remodel the Celestial Eye!
As more energy was absorbed, Chen Lan's body began to crack, resembling ground fissures. Splits appeared everywhere, akin to a mirror about to shatter.
Strands of Demonic Qi leaked through the cracks, resembling evil spirits trying to break free.
Thud.
Chen Lan half-kneeled, his Celestial Eye ached terribly, as if bitten by ten thousand ants, as if it were forcibly pried open—excruciating pain.
His body gave him a sense of being better off dead, two Devouring Demon God Bodies were repelling each other. His task was to merge them.
After an indeterminate period, Chen Lan's consciousness began to fade; he felt dizzy, his body ached unbearably, a longing to succumb to slumber!
[Just a little more!]
Upon hearing this, Chen Lan abruptly snapped awake, staring at the wildly bouncing heart before him, shouting furiously: "Swallow!"
His body shattered completely, more Demonic Qi erupted outward, rushing toward the heart, enclosing it entirely.
Instantly, no more heartbeat sounds were heard, no heart visible, only a constant flow of energy pouring into Chen Lan, healing his body, shattering it again, repeatedly—a cycle of agony.
Only when the energy ceased did Chen Lan gradually feel less pain.
"Did it work?" Chen Lan murmured to himself.
[Yes, it succeeded, thank you, goodbye.]
Before Chen Lan could speak, the heart wrapped in Demonic Qi suddenly burst out in brilliant white light, dazzlingly blinding him.
Boom boom boom!!!
The heart suddenly exploded, unleashing terrifying energy that surged explosively outward.
Outside, at the center, a crack abruptly exploded, releasing an energy wave sweeping swiftly across the Outer Battlefield, reaching the edges!
Countless races felt terror at the energy wave, afraid it might annihilate them, yet found nothing happened.
Until they saw the surrounding space speckled with starlight, as they themselves transformed into starlight, they were stricken with panic.
Gradually, as everyone, all planets turned into starlight and vanished in that instant, they returned to their initial path, coming from somewhere returning there, only the changes to them or the planets allowing remembrance of having once been to the Outer Battlefield.
Amidst the boundless cosmos, a solitary figure floated—he was unconscious, yet his body faintly emitted light, his inner flesh regrown, heart unceasingly beating!
Thump!
Thump thump!!
Thump thump thump!!!
The heartbeat reverberated through the cosmos, heard by all worlds as bizarre and strange, shocked by it.
Who was it!
Who could have a heartbeat that traveled such distances?!
They did not know—a new constitution was quietly emerging.
Countless days passed, that person continued floating in the cosmos, yet the heart still beat continuously, innumerable entities seeking its source but finding nothing.
Until one day, the person floating in the cosmos suddenly opened his eyes, releasing radiant Divine Light. Terrifying energy erupted from within, resonating through the Ten Thousand Realms, obliterating countless stars, distorting and collapsing the space!
"My Devouring Demon God Body has strengthened."
Chen Lan sensed the alteration within—it was nuanced. He now felt he could consume an entire cosmos!
With this thought, as Chen Lan's mind moved, innumerable stars in the cosmos rushed toward him, madly consumed into his body, instantly refined.
In a moment, he restored to peak state.
"It seems I am but a step away from Emperor Dao's realm."
Emperor Dao's realm isn't about strength—it's about heart!
This heart—no one knew what it was, Chen Lan was clueless too. Perhaps only encountering the true Emperor Dao's realm could reveal it all.
But now, there's something more crucial for him to address—it's time for the Evil Race to utterly vanish from this universe.
Chen Lan gazed toward a distant point—that place was the heavens.
He had returned—he had emerged from the Outer Battlefield!