Chapter 413

Inside the secret room on Xuanxin Island, the specially made alloy walls emitted a cold and hard metallic luster. In the center was a crystal-clear ice bed.

There were only four people in the whole room: Chen Fan, Ye Wentian, Black Crow, and a tall man wearing a military uniform. The gold star on the military uniform shoulder strap indicated his extraordinary military rank.

"Little Fan, this is Deputy Commander Yao, a Quasi-Saint-level ice-type ability user. In a while, he will be responsible for freezing your blood." Ye Wentian introduced from the side.

The tall man was named Yao Yu, broad-shouldered and thick-backed, with a resolute face, and his whole body was surrounded by faint cold air. He was the famous Deputy Commander of the Zhenyuan Army.

Chen Fan had heard of Yao Yu's prestige before, this was the first time they met, and he hurriedly stood up to pay his respects.

Before connecting the heart, the blood needed to be frozen in advance. This kind of control that needed to be precise to the millimeter could only be done by a Quasi-Saint-level powerhouse. Yao Yu was personally ordered by Ye Wentian to be transferred over.

"I have troubled Deputy Commander Yao!" Chen Fan bowed respectfully. Since the other party was willing to lower his status to help, he naturally had to show humility.

"Don't be polite, being able to take action for the hero who killed Snake Venerable is my honor!" Yao Yu hurriedly returned the salute, his posture humble without the slightest arrogance.

Chen Fan's killing of Snake Venerable had long spread in the army. Although everyone guessed that Chen Fan had bumped into the dying Snake Venerable, that was a Martial Saint after all. Even if dying, it was definitely not something an ordinary ability user could touch.

Not to mention that now it was tacitly agreed in the army that Chen Fan was the successor of the Zhenyuan Army in the future.

"Little Fan, you must focus on controlling that Indestructible Tribulation Heart throughout, be sure to guard your heart and mind, Master will guard by your side throughout, and will never let you have any danger."

Ye Wentian's expression was serious. Ever since he learned that Chen Fan's ability had advanced to God-level, he didn't dare to be the slightest bit negligent about Chen Fan's safety.

"Thank you, Master." Chen Fan said, took off his upper garment, and lay on the ice bed with his upper body bare. The bone-chilling cold penetrated into his skin and texture along his skin, making his teeth chatter uncontrollably.

"I'm ready, start."

Yao Yu walked to the ice bed, pressed his hands virtually on both sides of Chen Fan's chest, and his fingertips emitted a faint blue crystal luster.

The cold air was like fine stitches, drilling into Chen Fan's body through his skin. Wherever it passed, the surging blood actually condensed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This control could be called exquisite. It had to freeze the blood without damaging the blood vessels. Yao Yu's forehead soon seeped with fine sweat.

After a full ten minutes, all the blood in Chen Fan's body was frozen, but his flesh was still soft and elastic—this was the terrifying control of a Quasi-Saint-level powerhouse.

"Chen Fan, keep absolute stillness throughout the next process. Even a slight muscle tremor could cause the blood vessels to shatter." After Yao Yu finished his instructions, he retreated to the side, standing side by side with Ye Wentian. Both of them locked their gazes on Chen Fan, their auras tense to the extreme.

Next, Black Crow stepped forward, holding a dagger that emitted silver light throughout in his hands.

This was by no means an ordinary instrument, but an SSS-grade special small knife from Ye Wentian's collection. The blade was forged from outer-world meteor iron, and its sharpness was enough to cut through the scales of a Tier 9 strange beast.

Choosing this weapon was Chen Fan's own request. After all, his Glazed Bone was extremely hard, and ordinary knives couldn't even leave a mark.

"Master, please endure it." Black Crow's voice trembled, but his hands were as steady as a rock. The scalpel cut into Chen Fan's right chest cavity slowly.

The blade edge slid across the skin, and the moment the flesh and blood broke, it revealed the ribs inside that emitted a glazed luster.

"This is... the legendary Glazed Bone?!" Yao Yu's pupils shrank, and he exclaimed in shock.

He finally understood why Chen Fan could kill Snake Venerable.

Although Ye Wentian had long noticed it, seeing it with his own eyes at this moment still made it hard to hide his shock.

Black Crow took a deep breath and carefully cut open the ribs one by one.

Immediately after, Ye Wentian personally took out that Indestructible Tribulation Heart and placed it slowly into Chen Fan's chest cavity.

The moment it touched the flesh and blood in the body, this Indestructible Tribulation Heart, which had been silent for a long time, shot out brilliant red light instantly. Within the red light, countless fine blood vessels like hair strands sprouted from the surface of the Indestructible Tribulation Heart, spreading crazily like vines, growing wildly in Chen Fan's body.

That feeling was like thousands of insects drilling in the flesh and blood, biting the meridians and gnawing the texture. The extreme pain made Chen Fan's eyeballs full of bloodshot. But he bit his teeth tightly, and his body remained motionless—he knew very well that even a slight tremor could cause the frozen blood vessels to collapse completely.

This astonishing perseverance made Ye Wentian, Yao Yu, and Black Crow feel respect in their hearts at the same time.

This process lasted for a full half an hour. When the last new blood vessel connected with Chen Fan's main artery, a brand-new blood circulation system initially took shape in his body.

"Little Fan, the next step is the most critical, rely on yourself." Ye Wentian's tone was solemn to the extreme, his eyes full of worry.

Chen Fan couldn't answer, he could only mobilize the thunder intent in his body.

"Boom—" The thunder roared through his body, like spring thunder dispelling the cold winter, and the frozen blood vessels thawed instantly.

The next moment, the original heart in his body and the Indestructible Tribulation Heart beat at the same time, and the two different bloods intersected in the blood vessels.

The violent power contained in the Indestructible Tribulation Blood rushed through Chen Fan's limbs and bones like a bursting dam. His skin instantly flushed red, and his meridians faintly showed signs of tearing.

Even more terrifying was that an ancient and vast will pressed toward Chen Fan's sea of consciousness like a tide. This will seemed to want to occupy Chen Fan's body.

Chen Fan was shocked in his heart. Could this be the means prepared by the Beast Worship Cult?

Just as he was about to switch to thunder form and forcibly take out that heart, Ye Wentian's voice sounded, letting him put his heart down.

"Little Fan, don't panic! This should be the residual will of 'Punishment', guard your heart and mind, just endure it!" Ye Wentian's voice exploded in Chen Fan's sea of consciousness like an alarm bell.

"Nine Nether Thunderclap!" Chen Fan roared in his heart. The Primordial Thunder Soul erupted with full force, and the thunder formed a storm in the sea of consciousness, blocking that ancient will firmly.

Inside the sea of consciousness, the thunder storm and the ancient will collided crazily. Chen Fan's soul was like a lonely boat in the stormy waves, and every impact made his head ache as if it were splitting.

Outside the body, his body sometimes emitted purple light, sometimes bright red light. Two extreme forces pulled in his body, and fine cracks were actually shaken out on the alloy walls.

Yao Yu's face changed slightly, and he quietly released his ice-type ability to form a barrier, barely stabilizing the structure of the secret room.

Chen Fan bit his teeth tightly and drove the Nine Nether Thunderclap to the extreme.

This confrontation lasted for a full hour. When the last trace of the ancient will was completely ground away by the thunder, Chen Fan opened his eyes abruptly, and two purple-red light pillars shot from the bottom of his eyes toward the top of the secret room, leaving two charred holes on the alloy wall.

The two hearts in his body beat at the same time, and the roaring sound of resonance resounded through the secret room. The powerful sound waves made Black Crow's face turn pale, and a mouthful of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

"Your physique cannot withstand the aftermath of this heartbeat, get out." Ye Wentian hurriedly ordered.

Black Crow didn't dare to delay, staggered out of the secret room, and only after closing the alloy door to isolate the heartbeat sound did his complexion improve slightly.