This Spiritual Energy is Lethal!
Chapter 354 My Heart is a Gun (Volume Two Complete)

Chapter 354: Chapter 354 My Heart is a Gun (Volume Two Complete)

In Chen Ke’s view, an information box appeared next to the black stone.

[Category: God-like being]

[Form: Energy Body]

[Status: Restrained]

"Combine/Ally, go out/survive."

The voice in his mind resounded again; clearly, it had always been the black stone calling out to him.

This thing... it was actually a god-like being...

Chen Ke had witnessed god-like beings twice before, but this time was the closest.

He reached out to grab the stone. Just then, Wang Ailin’s shout came from the doorway.

"Don’t touch that thing! Everyone who has touched it has died violently!" Wang Ailin yelled from the edge of the hall’s door frame, nervously watching Corrigan.

Chen Ke looked up in surprise toward Wang Ailin, who had unexpectedly come down herself.

"It’s very..." Chen Ke had only half-spoken when he was suddenly airborne.

Corrigan’s bone claws grabbed Chen Ke’s ankle, flipping him high into the air and then it began to scream wildly.

"AAAAAAAA!!!!"

Along with the sharp, piercing screams, waves of blue Magic Power spread around it. Over a dozen white orbs formed in the waves and flew towards Chen Ke in the air.

At that moment, a cluster of ashes flew up, enveloping Chen Ke and swiftly accelerating to alter his descending trajectory, dodging the orbs’ attack.

Chen Ke landed on his feet and switched from the Moonlight Greatsword to Cassandra’s battle spear.

Parker also landed nearby, looking at Chen Ke uncertainly, not knowing what to do next.

"What should we do?!" Parker asked.

Chen Ke didn’t answer. After Corrigan transformed into his Clan form, all nearby magic would automatically be nullified. Furthermore, the Holy Relics with magical effects seemed to lose their effectiveness.

Earlier, when Chen Ke had struck Corrigan’s head with the Moonlight Greatsword, it was as if he had chopped at iron with a spicy strip.

Charging toward Chen Ke, Parker turned into ash and flew away, while Chen Ke forcefully hurled Cassandra’s battle spear at Corrigan’s chest.

The spear flew swiftly toward Corrigan, but right when it was about to hit him, it seemed as though it had struck an invisible wall and spread out, reverting to the Holy Diamond and falling to the ground.

Corrigan’s claws dragged fiery trails across the floor as he lunged at Chen Ke’s abdomen, wanting to maul his innards.

Even wearing armor, Chen Ke couldn’t help but tense his abdominal muscles, sensing the approaching malevolence.

Right as Corrigan was about to reach him, Chen Ke snapped his fingers, repelling his foe from a great distance.

If not for the outbreak of Spiritual Energy, Chen Ke had no idea how to deal with Corrigan. Both the Holy Relics and An Helei’s ashes had failed to harm Corrigan, so why did Spiritual Energy work? Chen Ke was unsure.

"This thing is impervious; we can’t handle it," Chen Ke said.

"Ah... then what do we do...?" Parker had never heard Chen Ke sound so desperate.

"You take Wang Ailin upstairs first; I’ll hold him off for a while... and then come up to find you," Chen Ke said.

"No... people who say that usually die," Parker refused.

"You can’t help here," Chen Ke sighed.

Parker was right; that’s how it always went in movies. But Chen Ke could revive, something those protagonists couldn’t match.

"Become friends/partners, potential benefits/mutual needs," the black stone seemed to whisper right next to his ear.

"I’ll go find you guys, I promise." Chen Ke said, looking at the black stone on the ground.

It was a restrained god-like being, yearning for freedom, wanting to venture into the outside world.

Wang Ailin had just warned that the stone could cause people to die violently, but did she mean dying just once? Or...

If it was only once, he still had the courage to give it a try.

While Corrigan was still recovering from the powerful concussion, Chen Ke turned to look at Wang Ailin. She was hiding by the door, showing only a leg and her head, having been silent to avoid attracting Corrigan’s attention.

"Wang Ailin... what is that thing?" Chen Ke asked.

"That’s Containment Item No. 1... it emits a signal that attracts certain people to make contact... Everyone who has touched it has died violently, it instantly disappears and reappears within the heart of the person who touched it, crushing their original heart. Don’t go picking it up!" Wang Ailin warned Chen Ke, terrified of him picking up the stone.

"Contact means instant death? How did you contain it then?" Chen Ke couldn’t help asking.

"There is something in this world called a mechanical arm," Parker added.

Chen Ke swallowed, he originally had no heart...

"I understand, but this is the only chance," Chen Ke said, snapping his fingers at Parker.

Parker was startled and instantly pushed to the side of the hall door.

"What are you doing?!" Wang Ailin exclaimed.

Chen Ke ignored her, and Corrigan in the distance stretched out his claws, grabbed the ground, and then exerted force, pulling his body over swiftly like rubber.

Chen Ke picked up the stone, and time around him instantly paused.

The stone no longer spoke, but instead conveyed its thoughts directly into Chen Ke’s mind. It was a strange sensation; Chen Ke could clearly perceive two things.

One thing was that he was silently reciting something. The other was that this silent recitation was beyond the will of Chen Ke himself.

In other words, something was controlling Chen Ke’s mind to speak to itself, and Chen Ke could clearly sense that this spontaneous self-talk was the stone using his brain to speak to him.

"I/Gungnir/once. I/Zeus’s Thunder/once. I/Sword of the King/once... Too many/ignored, I/your weapon/now," the stone said.

"What’s the price?" Chen Ke asked.

"Lifespan/yours/each time," the stone replied.

"My lifespan is not quite like normal people’s..." Chen Ke said.

"90% limit/each service/not less than last/time depending on strength," the stone stated.

"90%... limit..." Chen Ke was startled.

This deity was a weapon used by gods in human legends, and every time it appeared, it looked different; it could be a sword, a spear, or some other object.

But each use would drain a lifespan that Chen Ke could not afford... 90% of the lifespan limit every time!

It seemed that the stone had also grasped the secret within him the moment it contacted him... It could even see the countdown.

It even understood the workings of the countdown, because not only did each use consume ninety percent of the lifespan, the next time it would have to be even more...

Moreover, it wasn’t something that could be used whenever desired; if the opponent’s strength was too great, one’s own lifespan might not suffice...

Simply put, the stone meant for Chen Ke was an exchange of one life for another... Seeing whose life was tougher... Killing 10,000 enemies at the cost of 8,000 of one’s own... Much like a life-consuming insurance in an arcade game...

"Partners/each time = heroes/exceptional achievements," the stone declared.

According to this stone, every "partner" it sought out was someone destined to make a significant impact...

"I have no choice, this fate has found me..." Chen Ke said.

"Heart/guest room." The stone vanished from Chen Ke’s hand in a flash.

Suddenly, Chen Ke felt something extra within his chest... Something heavy, but fulfilling.

He clutched his chest, still feeling no heartbeat, but he knew that he was no longer a man without a heart.

"Your weapon/customized/specially made," the stone declared.

Chen Ke looked at Corrigan, with time still paused around him, his movement frozen halfway through his charge.

King Arthur swung the Sword from the Lake, Zeus hurled thunderbolts, but times had changed, and Chen Ke needed only a gun.

He extended his right hand in a gun-holding gesture, aiming at Corrigan who was charging toward him.

Time resumed around them. Corrigan charged straight at Chen Ke, and in Chen Ke’s hand, a black pistol appeared.

The gun had a simplistic design, with a wooden revolver handle and no trigger guard; the entire body was a simple black rectangle.

Chen Ke pulled the trigger, and the countdown timer at the top right corner of his vision jumped sharply, the number plunging from 156 hours to 14 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds.

At the same time, his right arm felt a violent recoil, a chilling blast of energy erupted, and a blinding white flash flickered before Chen Ke’s eyes!

A rapid white beam shot out, piercing Corrigan from head to toe.

Corrigan was cleaved in half; the inside was no longer human anatomy but a large puddle of black, unidentifiable organs splattered on the ground, like black mud.

And the ground bore the scorched marks of the beam’s path. The spherical wall of the detention facility opposite Chen Ke was also pierced by the beam.

The power of this shot continued beyond the facility, leaving a deep, unfathomable cavity in the underground structure outside...

"Warning, facility structure compromised..." An alarm sounded in the facility.

The gun in his hand had fulfilled its purpose; the next second, it returned to Chen Ke’s heart.

"Chen Ke...?" Wang Ailin and Parker looked at Chen Ke, their faces bearing expressions of shock and concern.

Chen Ke turned to look at them.

After a long while, he murmured, "I have... a heart now."

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