Chapter 28: 27. Heart of the Island

27. Heart of the Island

In front of the two was a vast underground cavern, the diameter of which could reach hundreds of meters.

The dome and cave walls were covered with fluorescent stones. Because they were closely arranged, and the gaps were filled with various colored crystals and quartz, they were almost connected into one, decorating the entire cavern into a glazed dome flowing with seven-colored rainbows.

Around it were flat-topped small hills about ten meters high, covered with vertical stripes formed after magma cooled, which were common wonders in the island core world, commonly known as "Devil's Towers."

And between the ground and the dome, huge stalagmites and stalactites stood and hung respectively. They were also covered with magnificent crystals, and in the long passage of time, they grew and connected to become narrow, towering stone pillars in the middle, like pillars of heaven supporting the glazed canopy, which could be called a spectacular sight.

The cavern was filled with thick magic power that made breathing difficult, which was guided by a large number of Earth Element spirits. These magic powers accumulated over time, casting everything before his eyes.

All island hearts similar to the one before his eyes were the ultimate manifestation of the Earth Element spirits' influence on this material world.

Li Ang had been to other island core worlds before. From the landscape alone, they might have been even more magnificent than the scene before his eyes.

So the world's ultimate that Li Ang spoke of wasn't the scenery of the earth's core, but the Titan giant snake coiling around this magnificent scene.

Its body could reach hundreds of meters long. Just the head lying on the ground was higher than those Devil's Towers.

It was already dead.

If it weren't for its head facing the direction where the two entered, perhaps Li Ang would have also regarded it as part of the island core scenery.

Its giant scales were like neatly arranged glazed plates inlaid on the solid rock wall. That rock wall was its body that seemed to exist for eternity, and it coiled and lay horizontally into a majestic rock mountain.

Such a body, even if placed among all the Island Kings, was a top-tier existence.

If it weren't for that couple killing it, once it moved with all its strength, the entire Satus Island would be as fragile as rotten soil in front of it. Just by the drilling and coiling of its body, it could easily crush the entire island into dust in the clouds.

As for its head facing the two, its beauty was beyond description. Besides the glazed snake scales, there were several color bands of different colors on its face. After coiling on its head, they finally converged behind its eyes. At first glance, it looked like a veil and a crown.

But its beauty and majesty were all destroyed by the sword mark in the center of its head. It could be seen that a sword had been directly pierced into its brain, completely burying it.

And the power of this sword not only shattered the scales and gems around the sword mark, but also exploded a hole in the back of its mountain-like head. The blood sprayed from the hole had long since solidified.

The giant snake's blood was like flowing gold. They had once flowed in all directions, covering rocks and gems, almost reaching every corner of this island core world, and finally condensed into that gold-like plating.

Only then did Li Ang know that the substances reflecting light along the way all came from this giant snake that could destroy the island.

Its body had several other deep bone-reaching wounds. The bones seen from the wounds presented the texture of granite.

And it didn't possess muscles. The substances filling the body rolled down to all sides with the golden blood flowing from the wounds. They were all kinds of top-tier gems.

Rose quartz, rubies, and sapphires mixed with rutile, shining with six-rayed starlight.

Around the granite skeleton, chrysoberyls were often visible; it was unclear if nature's own hand had polished them, but their smooth, curved surfaces reflected bright bands of color—they were, in fact, precious cat's-eye stones.

In the solidified golden substance, octahedral diamonds were displayed in groups. Red, green, orange, and purple all became common individuals here, while light yellow and transparent needed careful searching.

Not to mention various quartz and fluorite wrapped in silver half-bodies. Peridot, topaz, tourmaline, and beryl rolled everywhere.

Their brilliant light, and they themselves, were the afterglow of the earth's creation. In this golden long river that had long since solidified, the ultimate dreams of people were lodged.

Li Ang turned his head to look at Zoe and waved his hand in front of her, but she had no reaction at all.

This time, she looked truly stupid.

Even he was shocked, whether it was this "Star Soul" giant snake, or the wealth contained in its body, not to mention the little wild cat who had never seen the wonders of this world and was placed among the various stones she liked most.

Letting her digest it slowly, Li Ang drew the Wind-Breath Sword from her waist and came before the snake head.

After truly walking close, the giant body was clearly presented, as if he had really come to a rock wall, only a rock wall inlaid with crystals and gems.

But the giant beast's aura seemed to still linger here. Li Ang's heart was also hard to calm down, so he had to take a few deep breaths, grabbing and stepping on the bumps on the snake head surface to climb.

Coming to the top of the head, walking to the sword mark, Li Ang saw that in the wide sword mark generated by the burst of huge power, the place that was actually pierced was only half a palm wide.

He inserted the Wind-Breath Sword into it, almost fitting perfectly.

As expected.

He had some guesses when he saw the wound.

Although Zoe's dad claimed to be a Legendary Swordsman in his notes, even if he used a treasure, could a Rank 10 Legendary cause such destruction to such a giant beast? Li Ang, who knew Legendary powerhouses, wasn't quite sure about this.

Combined with the information provided by the system—*having once contained a storm capable of swallowing sky islands, after an overload release, it lost most of its spirituality and was in a deep sleep*—Li Ang speculated that he had exhausted most of the spirituality of the Wind-Breath Sword precisely when he killed this giant snake.

When standing on the snake head, he could see the scene he couldn't see before because it was blocked by its body.

Starting from the fatal wound exploded at the back of the snake head, a cone-shaped area that gradually widened from near to far extended on the ground of the island core cavern. In this area, everything had been destroyed, leaving only deep wind patterns after the storm had swept through.

"This is really willing to give up."

Li Ang sighed looking at the smooth and beautiful blade of the Wind-Breath Sword.

Treasures, forged by using materials that construct the world and the purest energy, each one had uniqueness and was a dream weapon for people.

But thinking that her old man did it for his own child, perhaps it wasn't strange at all.

"What is willing to give up?"

Zoe also climbed onto the snake head. She jumped between the sharp scales and came to Li Ang's side.

She also saw the mark of destruction. Li Ang handed the Wind-Breath Sword to her: "Your old man did it."

"Ah? This..." The young girl originally wanted to say something, but the desire to speak was covered by the dullness of digesting information.

She needed to slow down, but Li Ang began battle preparations.

This giant snake had been reborn. It definitely didn't have its original size, but it should be lurking nearby. He wouldn't forget this matter.

He squatted down and picked gems in the solidified golden blood.

He chose some turquoise and malachite. In a situation where gems like corundum and diamonds were everywhere, these two became rare goods instead.

Although Earth Element spirits would condense various gems when interfering with the material world, they preferred to lodge in these minerals and gems with a bit of green, so primitive tribes using ancient witchcraft also favored them, using them to make decorations and magic tools.

Shaman Spell—Elemental Summoning!

Li Ang mobilized magic power to transmit toward the surroundings in the Shaman way. The dense Earth Element spirits immediately gave a response. Floating rock ash and earth and stone flew up from the ground, gathered around Li Ang, and began to construct a four-legged beast shape. ===== CHAPTER 29 =====