Hero? Are You Worthy?

This might be the most devout and quickest time Qin Chu has ever recited the praises of the Holy Light.

When the hymn concluded, the mysterious vortex once again appeared before him.

Qin Chu stood silently for a few seconds in front of the vortex, waiting for the Holy Light Little Goddess to pull him into the void... as was always the case before.

It was like an unconscious little game between the two.

Every time he was forcefully pulled over by the Holy Light Little Goddess, seeing the look of dissatisfaction on her face brought an inexplicable joy to his heart.

Qin Chu hoped that this time, too, the Holy Light Little Goddess would drag him over domineeringly... but that scene did not happen again.

A heaviness fell over his heart; such situations were often very dire. Either the Holy Light Little Goddess was still in battle and had no time to pull him into the void, making it very dangerous for him to enter the void now.

Or worse... the Holy Light Little Goddess had already lost the ability to pull him into the void, and might even have... fallen.

After waiting for a few seconds with no movement from the other side of the vortex, Qin Chu no longer hesitated and dived into the vortex headfirst for the first time.

Perhaps because his strength had grown stronger, the dizzying feeling of spinning did not occur this time.

Qin Chu could not judge how long the passage through this void took; he only hoped it would be as short as possible.

At this moment, Qin Chu felt that the process of traversing through this space was too prolonged, like a dream he could not wake from, with no end in sight.

He didn't know how much time had actually passed when suddenly, his eyes could glimpse a scene.

His feet were already standing on the railings of the cage, and his figure had appeared in the cage imprisoning the Holy Light Goddess.

Just as he appeared in the void, Qin Chu didn't even have time to regain his balance, and his body swayed, almost collapsing. Upon looking around again, he took a sharp breath.

The void had clearly just witnessed an intense, even brutal battle.

Outside the cage, a chaotic tide of energy was visible, waves spreading like tsunamis in the void, with large fragments of meteors scattered everywhere, turning this once pure void into a gigantic junkyard.

Such massive meteors in the void shattered into this state, indicating the intensity of the previous battle, likely involving the Star Devourer, that evil god, who hurled meteors to smash the Holy Light Little Goddess.

Qin Chu's strength had reached the Demigod Realm.

Yet even the residual shockwaves made it difficult for him to keep his balance within the cage.

The surface of the cage was still entangled with countless chains, even more densely than before.

The bars of the cage showed large cracks from the previous battle, some almost breaking. If the fight continued, the Holy Light Little Goddess likely couldn't hold on, but the remaining few evil gods in the void were clearly conserving their divine power, possibly due to severe energy depletion, ultimately abandoning their intent to keep attacking.

Qin Chu glanced around and finally found the Holy Light Little Goddess in a corner.

When he saw her, Qin Chu felt a tremor in his heart, wondering if it was an illusion, as the Holy Light Little Goddess seemed even smaller than before.

The small body curled up in the corner, pale to the extreme, with silky golden hair slightly disheveled on the cage floor.

There was almost no hint of any energy from her body, as if she were already dead.

The toll of this battle on the Holy Light Little Goddess was obviously more severe.

No wonder that even when the vortex was open, the Holy Light Little Goddess hadn't pulled him into the void; it was not that the Holy Light Little Goddess was unwilling, but that this Lucia Goddess had entirely lost the ability to do so.

There was no time for shock or hesitation; Qin Chu hurried over and cradled the Holy Light Little Goddess in his arms.

He hoped that she could, as before, rapidly absorb the energy from his body, then with restored spirit, angrily complain that he was late again this time.

But Qin Chu was disappointed.

The body of the Holy Light Little Goddess in his arms was soft, her entire form seemingly devoid of any support from bones.

Even when Qin Chu held her tightly, the Holy Light Little Goddess showed no intention of drawing strength from him.

Qin Chu could feel neither heartbeat nor breath.

This situation caused an unprecedented panic within Qin Chu; he wanted to awaken the Holy Light Little Goddess, but he had no idea how to do it... he tried to heal her using his own blood.

But the scarlet drops of blood from his finger smeared on the Holy Light Little Goddess's lips only turned those pale lips crimson, without any other effect.

Qin Chu's heart sank as if a piece had been hollowed out, leaving him with a deep ache.

His pupils even gradually lost focus.

Having had so few and brief encounters with the Holy Light Goddess, Qin Chu hadn't anticipated that this scene would impact him so profoundly.

His body was trembling incessantly, quivering, his face completely pale, and this paleness even spreading to his lips.