Cultivating Through The Game-Chapter 593 - 330: Mind Flayer’s 1st Wave Attack_2

Ye Qingzhou expanded the Void Ring, setting up a solid space barrier around himself, but he was still uneasy and very anxious.

His mentor held a large copper hammer, vigilantly observing the surrounding environment. His Divine Soldier was an offensive weapon with no defensive capability, so he had to rely on his spiritual armor and life-saving Spiritual Treasure to withstand the attacker's assault.

But he was equally uneasy; the deceased mentor also had life-saving Spiritual Treasure and spiritual armor, yet they hadn't worked.

It might be because the attack came too suddenly, leaving no time to activate the spiritual armor, but the life-saving Spiritual Treasure activates passively, making reaction time irrelevant.

Yet the life-saving Spiritual Treasure did not work, indicating that the attacker might not trigger the life-saving protection.

Lu Yu stood up, looking around, his left hand feeling warm. He recalled the thing the Demon General left on his hand before dying.

This attacking creature was likely targeting him, and others were just collateral damage.

Thinking of this, Lu Yu suddenly leapt up and flew into the distance.

Others watched his actions, showing surprise on their faces, not knowing what he intended to do.

"Why did he fly away? Is he trying to escape while the creature is focused on the Core Formation Realm?" someone wondered aloud.

Upon hearing this, a strange feeling arose in the hearts of everyone, wondering if they too could escape now, while the creature was fixated on the Core Formation Realm.

Seeing some people eager to try, Wei Long shot down the notion mercilessly, "Leaving here will only lead to quicker death. It's now hesitant to strike because of our vigilance. If you dare leave alone, you'll die first."

Someone challengingly pointed in the direction Lu Yu flew and said, "Why is he okay? He's already flown far away."

"Yeah, are you trying to drag us down?"

The speakers were from the Fire Wolf squad; originally, they failed their trial and felt discouraged, now with their captain dead, they felt even worse.

Seeing Lu Yu seemingly successfully "escape," their hearts stirred, wanting to seize the chance to flee.

Just as they finished, Lu Yu, who was airborne in the distance, suddenly fell like a powerless bird.

Everyone watched Lu Yu's fall in silence; Lin Qingqing, Chen Qingyun, and others couldn't help but step forward, wanting to speak to Wei Long.

Wei Long quickly transmitted his voice to them, saying, "Don't worry, Lu Yu just told me telepathically that the demon might be targeting him. He's going to lure it out now."

Boom! A loud explosion echoed, with smoke billowing.

Before Wei Long finished speaking, he spread his six wings, rushing swiftly toward Lu Yu to provide support.

He instructed others, "Stay here."

Wei Long took action, Ye Qingzhou and another mentor exchanged glances but remained unmoving.

They weren't sure what was occurring over there, but it certainly had to do with Lu Yu flying away.

Ye Qingzhou guessed that Lu Yu might be using himself as bait to lure out the attacker.

Although he acknowledged Lu Yu's formidable strength, he doubted Lu Yu's decision, not believing Lu Yu could outmatch a seasoned Core Formation Realm.

The mentors were instantly killed; what could Lu Yu possibly do?

Wei Long swiftly pursued the direction Lu Yu flew, speeding to support Lu Yu. On seeing Lu Yu, however, he stopped in shock.

He saw Lu Yu standing on the ground, expressionless, fiercely beating his chest, each strike like pounding on a large drum, producing a thunderous sound.

Lu Yu noticed Wei Long too, while pounding his chest, saying, "Don't come over, that demon is eerie, it's inside my body."

His chest-beating wasn't simply to attack the demon by vibration.

Within his strikes, his Qi Blood and Spiritual Power turned the heart area into a blazing furnace, continuously roasting the lurking, eerie demon inside.

The heart-stealing demon within Lu Yu was also a bit frustrated; after it launched its attack, it realized Lu Yu lacked a heart, rendering its attack method ineffective on Lu Yu. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

The heart-stealing demon relies on extracting the target's heart, along with their spirit and soul, to kill them.

The specifics relate to its ability, not described in detail.

Unless one achieved the Divided Spirit Realm, with an established divine soul, Martial Cultivators below the Divided Spirit Realm faced certain death against the heart-stealing demon.

As its attack is practically unsolvable, extracting the heart equates to extracting the soul.

However, if one reacts quickly enough, at the moment the heart-stealing demon enters the heart, one could thwart its attack and avoid the fatal blow.

Only a few possess such swift reactions, and even Lu Yu only realized after the heart-stealing demon entered his heart and initiated the attack.

Lu Yu was fortunate this time to encounter the heart-stealing demon; had it been a soul-devouring demon from the same category of spirit body demons, at least serious injury, especially to the soul, would have ensued.

During a previous battle with Ghost Hand, one of the Eight Evildoers, Lu Yu's heart was transported by Ghost Hand into an unknown space, existing between illusion and reality.

It did not impede his heart's functioning, yet he couldn't touch it.

The true race of Ghost Hand remains undisclosed, Lu Yu couldn't locate another Ghost Hand to retrieve his heart, since it didn't affect him, he just left it as is.

The heart-stealing demon also couldn't touch the heart hidden by Ghost Hand, thus it could not effectively attack Lu Yu.