250: Assessment ends early

Li Yang's eyes were like torches, and he steadily caught the ion cannon flying towards him.

Without the slightest hesitation, he quickly shouldered the ion cannon, skillfully adjusted the angle, and aimed the muzzle precisely at the giant blood heart that was desperately trying to escape.

"Disgusting thing, come on, look at the camera!"

As his finger decisively pressed the trigger, a dazzling, immense energy, containing the power to destroy the world, roared out from the muzzle, heading straight for the giant blood heart.

"Boom!"

A deafening roar instantly erupted, shaking the entire space with its powerful energy.

The light produced by the massive explosion was like a small sun, instantly illuminating the entire dark space, and a powerful shockwave spread wildly from the epicenter, destroying everything in its path.

The entire space was completely enveloped by the ion cannon's powerful energy, covering the giant blood heart, the Flesh and Blood Creatures, and Li Yang's Squad...

On the surface of the eerie Flesh and Blood Planet, the previously calm space suddenly rippled, and several spatial tunnel devices emitting a faint glow appeared out of thin air.

Light flickered within the tunnels, and immediately after, Li Yang and the others, like discarded rag dolls, tumbled out of the tunnels and fell to the ground in disarray.

"Cough, cough, luckily we had enough energy saved up before..."

Li Yang struggled to prop himself up from the ground, coughing violently as he spoke with lingering fear.

Just as the space where the giant blood heart was located exploded, at that critical moment, Li Yang decisively activated the spatial tunnel device on his battle armor with his teammates, narrowly escaping.

"I wonder if that thing is dead or not?"

Hill lay weakly on the ground, his face etched with exhaustion.

After a series of intense battles, he felt as if all his strength had been drained.

At this moment, the battle armor's energy display showed only a few degrees remaining; without external replenishment, relying solely on natural recovery, based on past experience, it would take at least ten days to half a month, but by then, the assessment would likely be long over.

"Something's not right... Look!"

Just as everyone was catching their breath, Vivienne suddenly widened her eyes, looking at the ground made of flesh and blood beneath their feet, and cried out in terror.

Upon hearing her, everyone's hearts tightened, and they quickly followed Vivienne's gaze.

They saw that the originally vibrant, slightly wriggling flesh and blood ground was now rapidly shrinking at a visible rate.

The flesh and blood on the ground shriveled as if life had been drained from it, and cracks quickly spread.

At the same time, a huge, nauseating smell of decay began to permeate the air, as if emanating from countless rotting corpses piled together, almost suffocating everyone.

This sudden change left everyone looking at each other, their faces filled with confusion.

"From the looks of it, that blood heart should be completely destroyed..."

Li Yang furrowed his brow, a thoughtful expression on his face, as he slowly squatted down and gently stroked the constantly shrinking flesh and blood ground beneath his feet, as if trying to uncover more secrets from this fading sensation.

"I just didn't expect that destroying the blood heart would turn the entire planet into this..."

His voice carried a hint of emotion, but more so, it was filled with confusion about the unknown...

"What? The blood heart has been destroyed?"

Far away in the Command Center, Wan Yi's face was filled with disbelief the moment he received the news.

After all, the blood heart was hidden extremely deep, its location like the most mysterious core of this Flesh and Blood Planet, shrouded by layers of flesh and blood.

If not for the reports from the previous Squad members, finding the blood heart's location would undoubtedly be like searching for a needle in a haystack, extremely difficult.

"The blood heart has been destroyed? Then what about the assessment?"

Minister Sha, standing nearby, also looked surprised, a hint of anxiety in his eyes.

It's important to know that the blood heart was the source of power for all Flesh and Blood Creatures on the entire Flesh and Blood Planet; once the blood heart died, it would be like removing the spine of all Flesh and Blood Creatures on the entire planet, and they would instantly lose most of their combat power.

As such, this originally challenging assessment would become meaningless, and all plans would seemingly need to be re-evaluated and adjusted.

"Sigh, what else can be done? We can only end the assessment early. Oh, right, do you remember the previous Squad's report mentioning that besides them, there was another Squad active in that area?"

Wan Yi frowned slightly, his gaze turning to Minister Sha, and he spoke with a serious expression.

"Are you saying... the blood heart was dealt with by that other Squad?"

Minister Sha looked astonished, and countless conjectures instantly surged in his mind.

He never expected that the blood heart might have been destroyed by a Student Squad; this was truly far beyond his expectations.

"Otherwise?"

Wan Yi spread his hands helplessly, his tone carrying a hint of certainty.

"On the entire planet, besides the Students, there are only Flesh and Blood Creatures; there are no other people. So, it's highly probable that the Students inadvertently completed this arduous task."

Seeing this, Minister Sha knew that the matter had come to this and there was no other way, so he could only sigh helplessly and quickly issued an order to recall all Students.

After all, the top priority was to find out which Student or Squad was so brave as to successfully eliminate the blood heart, and the process and reasons behind it urgently needed to be investigated...

"Assessment ended early?"

Upon receiving the news, Li Yang and the others were instantly stunned, their faces full of disbelief, looking utterly bewildered.

Just a moment ago, they were racking their brains trying to figure out how to continue the assessment mission with their battle armor out of energy. Who would have thought that the assessment would be announced as ended early? This sudden change left them somewhat at a loss.

"Could it be because of that blood heart?"

Hai An slightly narrowed his eyes, a thoughtful expression on his face, and slowly spoke.

After all, they had just expended immense effort to destroy that giant blood heart, and then immediately received news that the assessment was ending early. The timing between the two was too coincidental, making it impossible not to feel suspicious.

"It's possible... Maybe that thing was the final BOSS of this assessment. Think about it, if the BOSS has been eliminated by us, then this assessment naturally has no meaning to continue."

Hill nodded thoughtfully, agreeing with Hai An's statement.

However, they did not know that, from the beginning to the end of this assessment, the academy, including Commanders like Wan Yi, had no intention of having the Students eliminate the blood heart.