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“We may begin, Sakyamuni.”
A few breaths later, the person in black broke the silence. It sounded like he was speaking to someone, but there wasn’t anyone else in the cave, was there?
It was at this moment Ye Qing’s eyes widened. The person in black’s shadow suddenly started growing darker and darker, writhing as if it was alive. Then, it slowly stood up like a living, breathing person.
“Sakyamuni…”
The person in black bowed his head respectfully.
“This isn’t the time. Guard me,” the shadow ordered.
“As you command,” the person in black saluted him and retreated to the cave entrance.
The shadow stretched its arms wide for a moment before plunging them into its chest. Then, it pulled at its rib cages until a bright red heart was exposed.
The heart was covered in tentacles, and Ye Qing could see that they were connected to every part of the shadow’s body. It was almost as if they were the shadow’s blood vessels, though of course blood vessels weren’t nearly this big or disturbing-looking. The heart itself was beating rhythmically...
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