Chapter 118: Heart Beats Like Thunder

The chaotic Longlin Star finally attained long‑awaited tranquility.

All combatants, even the Dead Spirits that usually ignore Subspace, chose to contract en masse, staring at the scene in terror.

After all, when the sky split open a rift that tore reality, it emitted six‑colored Divine Light.

Even though the eyes beyond the rift did not look at them, the crowd still felt an uncontainable terror deep within.

The overwhelming majority of mortals did not know what existed beyond the rift; they could only instinctively fear.

But Chaos Astat, who understands these beings, simply cowered in panic, unable to comprehend how he had gotten so lucky today.

He could actually see six full Evil Gods appearing in the same place.

What?

Did you all arrange a meeting today?

Especially Abadon, standing inside the Ominous Sign Ark, had lost count of how many times he'd frozen.

He could only watch those Evil Gods, who would even give up their faces to snatch Xisi, clenching his teeth in frustration.

The only slight consolation he could find was that, compared to last time, there was one fewer.

Abadon always managed to find a reason for himself.

But on the other side, Bilake, also trying to give his mortal enemy Washituoer a hard time, stared at the rare sight as if meeting the gods for the first time.

He stood on the outer high ground far from the core firefight, watching the Six Gods tear open the rift almost simultaneously, his gaze turning complex as he looked toward distant Xisi.

"This even tops what I had back then, and adds more nonsense..."

Bilake was among the earliest Four Gods Selection and the first human to pledge to Chaos.

Back then, Bilake was also in the limelight, being fervently courted by the Four Gods.

Yet even compared to his own brightest moments, Xisi now far outshone him in desirability.

Even as the rifts opened almost simultaneously, Bilake thought of more than the others.

"Opening together like this, those six old things probably never took their eyes off!"

Saying that, Bilake, who also ignored the Evil Gods, couldn't help spitting silently:

"The whole galaxy is so vast, yet you all focus your attention on this kid."

"What? You've even abandoned your own kin and mounts?!"

Bilake mocked the Evil Gods' shamelessness, then, irritated, tried to move his body that Washituoer had bruised; but in this silent world, he wasn't sure if he was afraid of disturbing the soul that Xisi was about to leave his body.

Bilake moved his front leg, only to have his hind leg receive four massive slaps of evil energy.

Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack!

After four left‑right head‑shakes, Bilake was stunned, then erupted in fury, raising his head to curse, and after those four slaps, he suddenly took two more.

But the latter two, perhaps out of habit, came without restraint; this time Bilake wasn't just head‑shaken but was flung outright, even being turned mid‑air in a relay.

"Even more nonsense?!"

Bilake seethed, and when he prepared to rage, the six pairs of eyes that had been fixed on Xisi finally shared a hint of 'discontent' toward Bilake.

And the Four Gods, who had always indulged Bilake, finally, for the first time, showed genuine murderous intent toward him!

Moreover, two Alien Gods gathered a massive green evil energy above Bilake's head; if Bilake dared utter another word and disturb the return of their beloved little one Xisi to the Green Skin family, they would crush him outright.

Faced with such exaggeration, Bilake's cheeks twitched a few times before he gritted his teeth and fell silent, then his gaze turned to the distant dead Xisi, shocked that these Evil Gods would try to kill themselves for a mortal!

But then, looking at a towering crimson figure on the other side, Bilake suddenly felt it might not be unacceptable.

Because even Terror, who had dispatched Angelon to "welcome" Xisi's soul, had made Angelon unusually "tame".

Indeed tame, for when Bilake kept eyeing Xisi, Angelon faced Shiwang, who stared at the scene like a wooden chicken; though his eyes burned with rage, he dared not move a step, his wide eyes only saying "I've truly never seen this."

No!

Angelon!

This kid actually has a quiet day?!

Then Shiwang, also unwilling to move, forcefully turned his gaze toward that inexplicably "suicidal" mortal.

The entire Longlin Star fell into utter dead silence.

Because the Six Gods feared disturbing their own "baby" returning home, they were tricked into the wrong door by others, and the battlefield was forcibly frozen by the Six Gods, pinning everyone in place.

Everyone could only stare at each other, muttering in their hearts about what kind of nonsense this was.

On such a massive battlefield with so many factions, all because of one person, everyone had to play "standstill" together?

Actually, it wasn't that no one wanted to move, but when someone dared to shift, the even more audacious Bilake set a perfect example for the crowd.

Especially now, Bilake, as one of the strongest beings, was being slapped repeatedly like a doll, spinning wildly in mid‑air.

The others merely transferred that force onto themselves, their bodies trembling, cold sweat seeping from their foreheads, deciding it was best to stay put.

After all, even the distant Dead Spirits only dared look in horror at these Aspace Evil Gods, regretting why they had run here.

Even Dead Spirits who specialize in anti‑Subspace, upon seeing the six arriving Evil Gods, felt no desire to resist at all!

Then, in the dead silence, the Six Gods, after waiting for Xisi for ages, found his soul still intact.

At this moment, Xisi seemed to be entering a state of death without dying.

Meanwhile, under the Six Gods' increasingly puzzled gaze, the Ancient Short Dagger at Xisi's chest visibly began to melt away.

The entire dagger transformed into purest energy, fully merging into Xisi's heart.

Time ticked by, and when everyone's nerves peaked, the long‑awaited movement finally reverberated, centered on Xisi, instantly echoing deep within every soul.

That...

was a heartbeat!

Hearing that heartbeat, not only did everyone beside Xisi widen their eyes instantly, but the entire Longlin Star, amidst its bloody carnage, also opened its eyes in an instant.

On the ground, battlefield smoke spread across the sky.

Fanluosi, clad in Power Armor and wielding a Power Hammer, faced the overwhelming enemy forces ahead, his eyes blankly staring behind himself.

And opposite him, Bilake, who had been staying still on the spot, not daring to make any movement, also slightly lifted his eyelids, first looked at the sky, then his gaze wavered, and he looked back down.

In the silence, only Bridge Abadon's whisper spoke, voicing the hearts of everyone on this planet at this moment:

"Where......"

"Thunder?!"