Chapter 3016: Think of a Way

"Ran into a bit of a tricky situation," Jing Ge’er said helplessly, spreading his hands. "Come with me, you’ll understand once you see it."

The fat man carefully stepped forward and helped up the severely injured Liu Mo, who had a look of wrath and unwillingness on his face.

Jing Ge’er led Fang Heng deeper into the twenty-ninth layer of hell.

Before long, they arrived at a cavern.

With one glance, Fang Heng saw that more than twenty demonic seeds had gathered inside the cavern.

The demonic seeds were either lying down, leaning against the cave walls, or hanging upside down from the ceiling.

Noticing that Jing Ge’er had personally brought someone over, many demonic seeds cast curious glances toward Fang Heng.

Most of them were untamed, and their eyes carried a hint of provocation.

"Fang Heng, Echidna is entrenched on the thirtieth layer, guarding the Demon Core. To avoid unnecessary trouble, we need to conceal our aura."

Jing Ge’er gave a reminder, then nodded toward Zhuang Yufei.

Zhuang Yufei snapped her fingers lightly, and a dark light screen enveloped and protected the three of them, including Jing Ge’er.

"Let’s go. I’ll take you to see the Demon Core."

After twisting and turning through the cavern’s passageways, Jing Ge’er led Fang Heng to the entrance of the thirtieth layer of hell and stepped into the passage first.

As soon as they entered the thirtieth layer, a chilling aura immediately filled the surroundings.

Fang Heng furrowed his brow slightly.

Hell usually gave off an oppressive heat that constantly provoked negative emotions.

But the thirtieth layer felt different—it had a chilling aura.

Upon closer inspection, the surrounding cave walls were coated in a faint blue slime-like substance.

Not just the walls—even the surface of the nearby lava pools was covered by a slowly flowing layer of faint blue matter.

"That’s Echidna."

"You may be hearing this name for the first time. Simply put, Echidna is one of the guardians of the abyss of hell and the ruler of layers twenty-one to thirty."

Jing Ge’er continued to explain as he walked forward, "She has already fallen under the control of the Jealousy demonic seed and has become its servant. The Demon Core is currently guarded by Echidna."

Fang Heng noticed how cautious Jing Ge’er was along the way, even concealing their aura, and couldn’t help but ask, "If you’re being this careful, she must be powerful?"

"Not weak," Jing Ge’er nodded. "But the real problem lies with Essekelina, the Tongues of Jealousy."

"Essekelina has placed an illusion of the Tongues of Jealousy here. It can sense everything happening in this place. If any danger arises, Essekelina’s main body can immediately enter through the illusion."

"We can deal with Echidna, but we can’t kill her without alerting Jealousy."

"I see."

Fang Heng gave a small nod of understanding.

Soon, Jing Ge’er brought Fang Heng to a cliff.

In front of the cliff, what should have been a flowing lava pool now glowed with an eerie blue hue and exuded a chilling coldness.

Zhuang Yufei pointed toward the upper part of the lava pool and said, "Fang Heng, it’s up there."

Fang Heng looked up.

Five Demon Cores, each roughly the size of a head, floated high above the icy magma, slowly revolving around a tall central stone pillar.

From the base of the stone pillar, a web of condensed blue fluid extended upward, covering and merging with the surface of the five Demon Cores, connecting the pillar and the cores into a single structure.

"Those are the Demon Cores representing the source of our five powers," Jing Ge’er explained coldly. "The blue magma and all the blue substances we’ve seen along the way are parts of Echidna’s main body."

"The blue slime is spread throughout layers twenty-one to thirty of hell. They are all Echidna’s eyes, capable of sensing the approach of danger in advance."

"Luckily, Echidna’s perception isn’t too strong. We can still hide our aura and observe in advance."

Zhuang Yufei shrugged and said helplessly, "Even so, once we attempt to take the Demon Cores, we will inevitably trigger Echidna, and the Tongues of Jealousy will detect the anomaly."

"See that? That’s the Tongues of Jealousy."

Fang Heng looked up toward the spot Jing Ge’er pointed to in the sky.

Above the rotating Demon Cores, a tongue-like structure drooped slightly from the ceiling and swayed gently.

Upon closer inspection, one could see tiny eyeballs attached to the tip of the tongue.

"Normally, Jealousy controls Echidna through the Tongues of Jealousy. During our last battle with Jealousy, she remotely manipulated the Demon Cores and affected our origin, absorbing our strength massively."

Fang Heng stroked his chin and stared at the floating five Demon Cores, falling into deep thought.

Zhuang Yufei said, "Our plan is to divide into two teams. One team stays here and waits for an opportunity. The other goes out into the various worlds to gather the remaining demonic seeds and attempt to rally their strength. Then we’ll try to draw Jealousy’s attention and take Echidna down while she’s distracted."

"Hmph." Jing Ge’er snorted coldly. "If Jealousy loses the Demon Cores, we’ll have what it takes to crush her completely."

Zhuang Yufei added, "Fang Heng, as you can see, we’re the group staying behind to wait for the right moment. Bai Mu is leading the other team, but they haven’t made much progress yet. You’re the one who found us."

Fang Heng listened to the whole explanation, thought for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "How much time do you need?"

"What?"

"If you don’t factor in Jealousy’s interference, how long would it take to kill Echidna and retrieve the Demon Cores with your current strength?"

Zhuang Yufei and Jing Ge’er exchanged a glance.

"Echidna is very strong. Considering her special abilities, and that she’ll try to use the Demon Cores to resist in a crisis..."

Jing Ge’er interrupted, "Fastest would be three minutes, slowest ten."

"Is that so..."

Fang Heng calculated silently.

Let’s go with ten minutes.

Not too long.

"No need to wait for Bai Mu’s team. Let’s start the operation now. I’ll handle distracting the Tongues of Jealousy and Essekelina—buy you the ten minutes you need."

Fang Heng shrugged and added, "Once you’ve secured the Demon Cores, we’ll regroup and take on Essekelina together."

Jing Ge’er’s expression changed slightly as he stared at Fang Heng.

"So confident?"

Jing Ge’er and Zhuang Yufei both sensed that Fang Heng had grown significantly stronger since they last met, but they hadn’t expected him to be this bold, thinking he could deal with Essekelina alone.

The two exchanged another glance.

Confidence wasn’t a bad thing.

But if Fang Heng failed, their long-planned operation to seize the Demon Cores could fall apart. If Jealousy discovered them, it would be extremely hard to get another chance.

"Relax," Fang Heng noticed their doubt and said, "Don’t forget—there’s no Demon Core here that corresponds to me. Jealousy can’t affect me. I’m the most suitable person for the mission."

Jing Ge’er asked, "What method do you plan to use to attract Jealousy?"

Fang Heng smirked and replied, "Naturally, I’ll be using the power of the Holy Light."

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