616: The True Face of the Eternal Heart

After Vice Chen Du entered the right door, it was as if he had stepped into the Universe, finding himself in absolute darkness within an infinitely vast space.

Inside, there was only one red sun!

Chen Du only understood after Vice Chen Du had entered.

In the Rank 27 ~ 27.9 track, in that infinitely distant sky, the seemingly unreachable red sun was actually the eternal heart!

Or rather, that was the true form of the eternal heart.

The pink heart previously seen on the Qilin King's star plate was the eternal heart in its disguised or ability state.

Immediately after, the eternal heart merged into Vice Chen Du's body, gradually replacing his original heart, beginning the so-called Fusion.

According to the prompt before entering the door, this Fusion process would take one year, and this time would not be accelerated; it was a genuine one-year wait.

Fortunately, Chen Du still maintained absolute control over Vice Chen Du.

So, after the eternal heart completely merged into Vice Chen Du's body, Chen Du canceled the Crystal Summon.

This meant Vice Chen Du returned to the Crystal Space.

All things considered, 24 times the cooldown period had passed, so he should be able to summon him now.

Chen Du's goal was simple: to use the Crystal Space's mechanism to accelerate the completion of the Fusion!

According to Chen Du's plan, the eternal heart would enter the Crystal Space with Vice Chen Du.

Upon Vice Chen Du's entry, it would trigger the Crystal Space's monster spawning mechanism.

At this point, Vice Chen Du, being in a state of Fusion, would be unable to act and would inevitably be killed by these monsters.

As for whether this act counted as dying in battle and if he would be weakened for a day, Chen Du didn't care; the key was what happened next.

Vice Chen Du would instantly recover under the rules of the Crystal Space and continue the challenge of the 26th wave of monsters.

And what Chen Du was betting on was whether this recovery mechanism could instantly complete the Fusion of the eternal heart!

Logically, the eternal heart already belonged to Vice Chen Du, but since it wasn't fully fused, it was equivalent to a wound not fully healed.

Chen Du didn't know how the Crystal Space viewed this matter, but from his perspective, it should be possible to fuse directly.

And now, it was time to verify.

According to the feedback mechanism, success or failure would be known the moment Chen Du summoned Vice Chen Du.

Then, with a whoosh, Chen Du used Crystal Summon to call Vice Chen Du out.

"Hmm?"

"Why is there no feedback? Was my guess wrong?"

"And it's strange, why is there no memory of Vice Chen Du's time in the Crystal Space?"

Chen Du frowned slightly, muttering to himself.

After Vice Chen Du emerged, he would provide feedback on all his gains inside, not just Martial Skill, but also the scenes he witnessed and his insights into Martial Skill.

And Chen Du's latest data, including his increased Rank and newly acquired abilities, would also synchronize with Vice Chen Du.

Their meeting was equivalent to each gaining what the other lacked, thereby becoming stronger.

A few seconds later, just as Chen Du was pondering why he had failed...

Suddenly.

Thump... Thump... Vice Chen Du's chest began to emit a series of heartbeats.

And each beat was louder than the last.

Thump... Thump... "This..."

Chen Du was momentarily confused, and involuntarily took a step back.

Not only that, he was astonished to discover that not only was there no feedback, but he couldn't even control Vice Chen Du!

"Oh no!"

"Could Vice Chen Du be controlled by the eternal heart?"

"Is an ultimate resource so Heaven-Defying?"

Chen Du said with some disbelief, but the facts before him seemed to confirm his guess.

After all, it was an ultimate resource; anything happening seemed not surprising.

Thump... Thump... The heartbeat continued to grow louder, sounding like the intense dribbling of a basketball in the final minute of a crucial game.

Vice Chen Du, the person involved, stood there as if nothing was happening.

Thump... Thump... The heartbeat continued to intensify; from its frequency, Chen Du felt it was like a machine on the verge of its limit, ready to explode at any moment.

Sure enough.

A few seconds later, Vice Chen Du's left chest exploded, and a heart-sized red sun flew out from within.

Undoubtedly, this was the eternal heart!

With a whoosh, it flew towards Chen Du, and from its trajectory, it was clear its destination was Chen Du's left chest, specifically his heart.

Chen Du's eyes narrowed, and he instinctively drew his longsword, slashing down and splitting the eternal heart in two.

Unfortunately, it was useless; in an instant, the eternal heart, split into two halves, merged back into one.

Could it be that my actions angered the eternal heart?

Or did I violate the rules there?

Chen Du wondered in his heart.

There was no time to think much; facing the eternal heart, which was pouncing like a fierce tiger, Chen Du was forced to activate his ethereal state after a series of attempts proved ineffective.

But even the ethereal state was only a temporary solution, treating the symptoms but not the root cause.

The consumption of the ethereal state, converted into a lethal dose, would allow him to last twice as long as his true body.

20 seconds would accumulate one lethal dose, and seven lethal doses would be 140 seconds.

Adding Chen Du's true body's limit of 10 seconds, he could remain ethereal for a maximum of 150 seconds.

Converted to minutes, that's two and a half minutes!

Chen Du had to find a solution within this short two and a half minutes.

Vice Chen Du dissipated after losing the eternal heart; it seemed he had returned to the Crystal Space, and due to the 24-times cooldown setting, he couldn't be summoned for now.

The short two and a half minutes passed in a blink of an eye.

Chen Du exhausted all his means, but he couldn't stop the eternal heart's pursuit or make it cease.

Just like that, Chen Du no longer had the stamina to maintain his ethereal state, and his true body returned from what he considered the crystal world.

Sizzle!

The eternal heart, like a high-temperature fireball, instantly melted Chen Du's left chest and continued to press in; clearly, its target was his heart!

"Am I going to die like this?"

"To die so simply?"

Chen Du murmured; as someone who had passed the Yellow-haired girl's test, this pain was insignificant to him.

But thinking of his efforts, and seeing everything developing for the better only to face death, a strong sense of unwillingness surged in his heart.

Soon, Chen Du noticed something strange: the pain of his heart being melted was strangely delayed.

Just as he was wondering, a familiar prompt sounded in his mind.

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