The Otherworldly Adventures of a Super Naive Girl

421: Heartbeat

The sea god sat on his throne expressionlessly as his palace became splattered with blood.
His eyes remained closed but as the smell of blood built up, his heart appeared.
No one noticed the beating sound it made because they were all too preoccupied with fighting.

Only the few staying out of the melee noticed.
Their expressions immediately changed and they moved even farther back as those who fought kept fighting.

“Mine! This one is mine!”

“No way! I saw it first!”

“Don’t try to snatch it from me! It’s mine!”

“Hand it over or I’ll kill you!”

Badump, badump, badump.
The beats soon came faster and even those blinded by treasure noticed.

“What is that sound?” Someone timidly asked.

“It sounds like a heartbeat.”

“Yes, it is a heartbeat, and it’s coming from the sea god. . . ”

“Could the sea god still be alive?!”

The guess successfully frightened a bunch of people.

“Stop guessing crazy.
The sea god died thousands of years ago.
If he was still alive, why would he build this kind of tomb in the human world instead of going to the heavenly realm?”

It was a reasonable argument.
At least now they knew for sure the sea god wasn’t buried alive.

“But then how does a dead person have a heartbeat?!”

The beats were getting louder and stronger and perhaps it was just in their minds, but their own heartbeats felt like it was speeding up as well.

In any case, why would a dead person have a heartbeat? Only the living had heartbeats.
Once dead, the heart stopped beating and became silent.

“Yeah, that’s weird.
Why is that?”

They didn’t understand and because they were frightened by the heartbeats, they didn’t dare move to grab any more items off the sea god’s body.
Their eyes were uneasy as they took another step back away from the throne.

“Ah! How is this happening?”

“My heart!”

“Make it stop! The throbbing hurts!”

People held their hands protectively to their chests as the heartbeats got louder.
Quickly afterwards they collapsed to the ground in a cold sweat from the pain.
The pain was so strong it felt like their hearts were exploding! It was like they could see death approaching.

Ming Xi and Feng Wu weren’t much better but they did manage to stay upright.
All their hearts were beating abnormally fast.
They would die if this kept up!

Ming Xi had the blood of gods, so although he wasn’t a god himself, it did shield him from the full impact of the sea god’s power.
His face and lips were pale, but the pain was bearable.

Feng Wu was worse off.
She had Xiao Chun, but Xiao Chun’s ability was purification, so he couldn’t do anything about the current situation.
The sea god wasn’t using any kind of evil power so there was nothing Xiao Chun could attack and purify.
All he could do, though it didn’t lessen her pain, was send out a pure white light to protect Feng Wu’s heart.

Unlike Ming Xi, Feng Wu didn’t have the protection of divine blood, so she experienced a lot more damage than he did.
Too much more and her heart would give out.

Ming Xi looked at Feng Wu with a pained expression.
He knew if he didn’t do something, she and the others would all die inside the tomb.

He used his long sword for support and pulled himself up.
Just as he was about to do something, two unexpected voices sounded beside him.

“Seal release!”

The familiar voices were the two siblings: Margaret and Matheson!

Ming Xi turned to look and saw both of them had markings between their brows.
Margaret had a peach while Matheson had a camelia.
Their appearance was completely different as well.

The corner of Margaret’s lips was curved in a charming smile.
She was now wearing a white cheongsam and her hair had turned deep red.
A green staff engraved with exotic flowers and plants fell from above and into her hand.
It was the Hundred Flower staff, the physical representation of the God of Spring.

Matheson’s appearance also got an upgrade.
He changed from a good-looking young man to a handsome looking young man with deep-brown hair.
He had on a long magic robe and the sword he previously carried was gone.
In its place was an entirely gold staff completely engraved with gold vines.
Each leaf had power representative of the God of Fall.

“Spring flowers and autumn moon!” A slight breeze blew into the hall and carried a peach blossom to the sea god as Margaret recited her chant.

The sea god opened his vacant eyes.
It didn’t matter how awesomely he behaved just a moment ago, he was still dead.
A dead person. . . how could there be emotions behind their eyes?

“Fall! Take these guys and get them out of here first!” Margaret frowned slightly as she spoke to Matheson without looking over her shoulder.

“Alright Spring.
You be careful!” Matheson responded.
Then with a wave of his staff everyone else in the hall disappeared.

Matheson took a small jump and was about to leave the tomb when he sensed something and changed course.
He landed by a lotus pond in the garden.

Zo held the heart of water excitedly in his hands.
He’d done it! He succeeded in getting the heart of water before Zi Cheng.

This time, he would make sure she would never get her hands on it.
Not just the heart of water, but any of the other hearts as well.
He would not let her people get them either.