Gu Xi's gaze was fixed on the ice shield sword, and he dared not look away for a moment.
She watched as all the gems on the ice shield sword, one after another, changed from pure ice blue to an eerie blood red, like eyes soaked in blood, strange and chilling.
What surprised her even more was that the ice-blue gems embedded at the top of her heart seemed to be summoned by some mysterious power, and began to tremble violently, and also began to frantically absorb the spiritual energy of Tar from inside her heart.
The colors of these gems also underwent strange changes as Tal's spiritual power surged in.
They first changed from ice blue to blood red, and then slowly from blood red to deep black, like black holes that could devour all light, exuding a chilling aura.
"Crack... Crack..."
Suddenly, a faint cracking sound broke the silence of the space.
A gem that had turned black could no longer withstand the internal pressure and suddenly detached from the heart.
Under the watchful eyes of Gu Xi, Ai Si, and Yan Lin, it instantly turned into a pile of black powder, which floated in the air.
This was like a signal, and then, a second, a third... more and more black gems fell from the heart, turning into black powder that fluttered down like a black snowfall, eerie yet magnificent.
"Plop! What, what's going on?" Ais stared wide-eyed at the scene before him in disbelief. Although he was the one who threw the sword, he had never expected such a scene to occur.
"Whoosh! Are these gems going to drain all of Tar's mental energy?"
Flame Scale was also stunned. It opened its mouth wide and stammered, "Pfft! Then this heart is doomed?"
Gu Xi remained silent, her brows furrowed, her heart filled with doubt. She had a vague feeling that things weren't so simple.
Not only the upper part of the heart, but also the ice-blue gemstones embedded at the lower part of the heart underwent the same change.
They also began to absorb Tar's spiritual power, then changed color, shattered, turned into black powder, and fell off his heart.
As the gem fell off, the light membrane woven from the hair of the ice shield fish gradually thinned and eventually disappeared completely, revealing the original appearance of the heart.
This heart, stripped of the protection of all its jewels, is exposed naked to the air, like a fortress that has lost all its defenses, becoming utterly vulnerable.
The heart was originally an ugly, pitted, and cratered ball of flesh, covered with black powder, resembling a rotten fruit eaten by worms, exuding an indescribable stench of decay.
Ais didn't speak; his gaze was fixed on the heart, his expression solemn.
A strong sense of unease also welled up in Gu Xi's heart.
She always felt that things wouldn't end there. This heart, though stripped of the jewel's protection, was something more than that.
She rubbed her temples to calm herself down; now was not the time to relax.
"Plop! Look!" Ais suddenly exclaimed.
Gu Xi followed Ai Si's gaze and saw that the heart was absorbing the surrounding star map and text, and countless tiny Tar script characters were rapidly changing.
They seem to be alive, constantly combining and arranging themselves to form complex patterns.
Gu Xi couldn't understand any of these patterns.
But she could sense that these patterns contained a powerful force.
"Thump"
"Plop plop~ This heart isn't finished yet!" Ais pursed her lips tightly, her voice serious, her eyes fixed on the heart that had lost all its protection.
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