Immortality begin with Alchemy Grandmaster Chapter 2618 - 965: Can One Live Without a Heart? (Part 2)

Abruptly, a muffled exclamation rang out.

"Emererge!"

With a surge of power, he yanked the keen blade free and hurled it toward the shadowy nook.

Next, he snapped his fingers, sending a few pills directly into the elderly woman's injury.

Once inside her, the pills were instantly processed, coursing rapidly through her arms, legs, and skeleton.

Though eradicating the Corpse Rot Poison was now impossible, this would at least hold it at bay for the time being.

Hong Ye Granny forced herself upright, gazing at Luo Chen with deep appreciation.

His face remained grave, merely gesturing in Master Li Tian's direction.

Hatred twisted Hong Ye Granny's features as she declared, "The betrayal of that backstab, I'll etch it into my soul forever. As for that Black Coffin, you won't crack it open without a fight!"

Bitterness laced every syllable she uttered.

Over countless years as the Red Leaf Sect's Supreme Elder, she had endured no such degrading agony.

What stung worst was that this shame stemmed from her old confidant, Master Li Tian!

In the instant that followed.

Hong Ye Granny grit her teeth against the searing toxin, operating the Turtle Shell Compass before her, while rays of Liuguang burst forth from the Ten Thousand Array Gu.

These Liuguang didn't aim for the Black Coffin; instead, they dove into all corners, penetrating deep into the Yin Yang Tomb's core.

"Is she drawing on the lingering Array Power here?"

Luo Chen eyed the turtle-shell-like Gu Insect briefly before pivoting away with composure.

At that point, the trio of black-robed Nascent Soul Cultivators, summoned by the Bean Soldier Gu, rushed in hastily, unleashing their Magic Items and hurling Techniques toward Luo Chen.

Against this onslaught, Luo Chen simply advanced one step.

Every assault swerved mere inches away from striking him.

Effortlessly, Luo Chen swept by them.

Sword Qi gleamed sharply from his fingers, slicing through the air so that the forms of the three Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators cracked apart like fractured glass.

Within lay no Nascent Soul forged from Essence, Qi, Spirit.

"Breathing like a Nascent Soul yet lacking its core. Master Li Tian, your tricks fall short."

Luo Chen sneered with derision.

Whoosh!

The Sword Pill launched forward, aiming directly at Master Li Tian's rear.

Shockingly, Master Li Tian offered no defense, allowing the Sword Pill to collide with his form.

Buzz...

An eerie hum resounded, and moments later, to Luo Chen's shock, the Platinum Sword Pill dissolved the instant it contacted Master Li Tian's flesh.

Like a clay ox plunging into the ocean, it disappeared entirely.

Despite Luo Chen's insistent probes with Divine Consciousness, no trace of the Sword Pill could be detected.

"Some spatial Precious Item, or perhaps a enigmatic Divine Power?"

Luo Chen's brow furrowed as he remotely invoked the Fire Phoenix Burning Technique once more.

At the same time, Meng Shentong exerted himself fiercely, escaping the swirling air currents.

As soon as he emerged, he flicked his wrist.

A radiant longsword materialized in his grasp, sweeping sideways in a powerful arc.

The Fire Phoenix Scorches the Plain, a void-rending strike, descended together.

Yet another uncanny sight unfolded!

The two mighty blows evaporated right as they neared Master Li Tian.

Devoured in a flash by an invisible fiend baring its savage jaws.

All chaos faded into oblivion.

Master Li Tian kept his back turned, gaze locked unyieldingly on the Black Coffin.

A subdued command echoed.

"Open!"

Immediately after, the Black Coffin quaked fiercely, its cover sliding aside to reveal a widening fissure.

A glimpse of the coffin's depths emerged.

Revealing a visage split between Yin and Yang, dark and light!

Right then, a piercing elder's cry reverberated across the chamber.

"Not on my watch!"

Shackles burst from the tomb's walls, swooping down on the Black Coffin like eager birds returning home.

The barely parted lid slammed shut in a heartbeat.

Witnessing this, fury at last cracked Master Li Tian's stoic demeanor.

"You all must die!"

With a bellow of rage, innumerable Gu Insects erupted from his frame, swelling to thousands in a blink, beyond numbering.

These countless Gu Insects coalesced into a pavilion revolving around him.

The compact structure expanded outward relentlessly in all directions.

Meng Shentong's countenance paled in alarm.

"That's the Gu House!"

Without a second thought, he dashed for the tunnel's mouth.

But a hopeless sight met him: the passageway twisted and shrank, sealing off any hope of flight.

The mention of "Gu House" brought panic and dread to Hong Ye Granny's features too, halting her command over the array-controlling Gu Insects for a beat.

Master Li Tian capitalized on the lapse, his palms aglow with ghostly fire as he swept them across the chain-wrapped coffin top.

"Unseal it once more!"

A deafening thunderclap boomed, forcing the full black coffin lid ajar.

Therein, a youth clad in a yin-yang Daoist robe materialized for all to see.

He clutched a jade bowl in his grip.

Inside it, a pair of tiny black and white fish glided languidly.

Upon spotting this, Master Li Tian lunged to seize them.

Sparks ignited at his side in that instant.

"Luo Chen!"

Master Li Tian's eyes bulged with fury while the old Demon Heart Gu Emperor swiftly guarded his rear.

Yet Luo Chen, channeling immense energy, executed the Fire Escape Technique to surge close, ignoring all peril, and thrust forth his right arm.

The limb tore through the old Demon Heart Gu Emperor's torso, elongating unnaturally amid enveloping golden fire that stabbed into Master Li Tian's core.

"Your Demon Heart Gu is mine!"

Luo Chen laughed softly, seizing Master Li Tian's heart before yanking it free in a rush!

Phantom fires chased after relentlessly.

Still, the golden blaze flickered without the slightest pause.

Phew...

Releasing a puff of foul Qi, Luo Chen retreated to the edge and examined the prize in his palm, joy sparkling in his eyes.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The vivid heart, detached from its host with severed veins, pulsed with unyielding strength.

Pulsing life force radiated strongly.

"So this is the Demon Heart Gu?"

Nearby, Master Li Tian, with a gaping hole through chest and spine, pivoted slowly, bowl in hand.

He shoved aside the remnants of the old Demon Heart Gu Emperor, which crumpled to the floor, his glare burning into Luo Chen.

"How did you figure out my Demon Heart Gu hides in the heart?"

Luo Chen hefted the organ, quickening its throbs.

Meeting Master Li Tian's slit-eyed stare, he grinned: "Simple deduction—named Demon Heart Gu, naturally it dwells in the heart."

"Mere nomenclature?" Master Li Tian refused to accept such a wild gamble on a hunch.

Luo Chen gave a casual shrug, tone light:

"Back in Fierce Mountain Hall, at your lecture, I paid close attention."

"To enter the Dao via Gu, never view it as just a cultivation aid; grasp its essence, fathom its essence, blend life and spirit in cultivation, ensuring smooth advancement."

"Those were your words, which I absorbed, and I suspect you're embodying them fully."

"In particular, you shared the ’Hundred Poison Body Refining Technique,’ demanding the King Gu be housed in the belly pouch."

"Given that tradition, I'm convinced your Demon Heart Gu fuses with your own demonic heart!"

Finally, with a flick of his wrist, the lively heart disappeared in a flash.

"So now, tell me—can one survive heartless?"

Master Li Tian shuddered, fixing Luo Chen with a venomous glare.

He now grasped the reason behind Luo Chen's swift rejection of the offer: trading the Demon Heart Gu for Meng Shentong's demise.

Luo Chen had long realized the Demon Heart Gu was inseparable from his vital organ.

Who would surrender their own heart?

He wasn't a Divine Transformation Cultivator yet; heartless, his flesh would decay, stranding the Nascent Soul homeless, blocking the path to the Great Dao.

Hence, the bargain was doomed from the outset.

And yet this sly fox still taunts about surviving sans heart?

"Survive? Absolutely!"

Master Li Tian hurled the jade bowl skyward with savage force, as swarms of Gu Insects descended to pluck the twin fish, integrating them into the Gu House.

"I'll endure by ending you lot!"

Instantly, the full Gu House Storm Pavilion expanded, swallowing the Yin Yang Tomb whole.

Additionally, Master Li Tian beckoned, drawing the Corpse Rotting Sword to his side.

From the floor, the vacant Triple Blood Shackles rose unseen, clamping onto the hollowed chest.

Moreover, ethereal fire ignited within him, blazing wildly.

Master Li Tian ascended skyward, sword in hand, wreathed in fire, gazing down at the trio below with their assorted looks of shock.

"Prepare to taste this elder's fury now!"