CHAPTER 973: CHAPTER 558: THE SECRET OF THE THREE-HEADED SNAKE DEMON GOD (PART 2)

After the black crystal snake head swallowed the box, the other two heads intensified their attacks on it.

This time, the black crystal snake head did not retaliate but emitted an immensely dense abyssal aura.

This abyssal aura even escalated to the law layer, making the red and blue heads wary of approaching easily.

After the black crystal snake head erupted with dense abyss energy, it did not attack the red and blue heads but suddenly turned and dashed toward the dark world, opening its massive maw to bite into it.

The red and blue heads immediately lunged to intercept, positioning themselves as if to protect something.

Lu Heng had seen this scene once before.

The first time he saw the internal conflict of the three-headed snake demon god on detection images, the black crystal snake head consistently attacked something within the dark world, while the other two heads protected that thing.

Only, this time the situation was somewhat different.

The black crystal snake head did not shoot toward the position protected by the red and blue heads but charged in another direction, snapping its jaws.

With a single bite, it severed the base of the serpent’s body, biting down the part connected to itself.

In this way, it completely detached from the dark world, but its body was incomplete, only half of the serpent.

This action of the black crystal snake head clearly surprised the other two heads.

The red and blue heads looked at the black crystal snake head with eyes full of astonishment and pain, revealing a hint of death in those eyes.

Even though the three heads had a conflict, they were unwilling to become independent, indicating that the three heads shared one body and also one life.

The black crystal snake head biting off its own half serpent body normally meant death.

However, Lu Heng felt that things won’t be this simple.

Sure enough, after the black crystal snake head detached from its body, it burrowed into the chaotic sea, turning over intensely there.

The object it swallowed into its body began to take effect, emitting a scarlet blood glow.

Through his demigod vision, Lu Heng suddenly saw a red organ writhing in the abdomen of the black crystal snake head, precisely the object that was originally stored in the box.

This red organ rapidly wriggled, piecing itself into the body of the black crystal snake head, starting to continuously provide energy.

Seeing this scene, Lu Heng finally understood what was happening.

The three heads of the three-headed snake demon god possess independent brains, hence independent wills, but they share a body, most importantly, a shared heart.

Any head detaching from the body, losing the energy supply from the heart, would die.

And the box Azik brought contained a heart, a demon god’s heart.

The black crystal snake head swallowed the demon god’s heart, blending it into its body, replacing the original shared heart.

Thus, the black crystal snake head emerged independently from the original body, becoming an independent black snake demon god.

What Lu Heng could understand, the red and blue heads could naturally understand as well.

The red and blue heads wanted to catch up, but the black snake demon god turned toward them with a space-rending roar.

The red and blue heads immediately halted their movements.

The two sides faced off, but neither acted.

The reason for their inaction was both complex and simple.

The complexities lie in their relationship, and the simplicity is that they were originally one entity.

This situation is like three brothers sharing one body.

One of them leaves the body, becomes independent, and whether the other two brothers should pursue it is questioned since they originated together; perhaps letting it go is the ultimate choice.

After a prolonged standoff, the red and blue heads slowly retreated to the edge of the dark world.

Having completed the heart fusion, the black crystal snake head finally became an independent existence, moreover, a demon god-level existence.

After driving away the body’s two heads, the black crystal snake turned to the two star realm ships.

Lu Heng saw its vertical pupils, his heart sank.

Sure enough, the black crystal snake suddenly lunged forward, heading for the star realm ship where Lu Heng was, opening its massive maw to swallow the entire ship.

Though the divine power of the black crystal snake was certainly not as potent as before after it detached from the body, a demon god is nonetheless a demon god, and not a common life form can contend with it.

Just then.

The crimson snake head opened its mouth and roared, issuing a demon god’s suppression, warning the black crystal snake, "I let you go, so leave quickly; being so audacious, you won’t be able to leave."

Upon hearing this warning, the black crystal snake abandoned its attack and turned into the chaotic ocean, vanishing.

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Everything happened too fast; every twist exceeded expectations.

Lu Heng took several deep breaths, digesting today’s events.

From what he had seen earlier, each head of the three-headed snake demon god indeed has an independent consciousness.

And the black crystal snake head being tainted by the abyss ultimately chose to swallow the demon god’s heart, detaching from the body, becoming an independent entity.

After the black crystal snake head left, the remaining two heads would be free from abyssal corruption.

This means the remaining two heads belong to the anti-demonic camp, instilling a certain degree of trust.

At least when the black crystal snake attacked the star realm ship, the other two heads stopped its actions, indicating a degree of friendliness.

Following the departure of the black crystal snake, Lismavi quickly piloted the star realm ship over to Azik’s vessel.

Lu Heng followed, finding Azik already unconscious on the bridge.

Lismavi checked further and said, "Luckily, there’s no immediate life threat."

The two demon god snake heads hovering in outer space beyond the dark world began to sink, preparing to return to their world.

Lu Heng hastily spoke to stop them, asking, "Presumably, the black crystal snake can continue using the eye of the demon snake to control my friend in the future, right?"

The crimson snake head paused for a moment and replied, "Yes, I can help him remove the control of the eye of the demon snake."

As it spoke, a beam shot from its crimson vertical pupil, illuminating Azik’s chest area.

Having solved this issue, the two heads prepared to return to the dark world.

Lu Heng flew to the edge of the dark world, speaking again, "Can we talk?"

The red head was silent for a moment before asking, "You want to know why we let it go, right?"

Lu Heng indeed wanted to ask this question: "The black crystal snake took your divine power; from a divine power standpoint, you shouldn’t have let it go."

Both the red and blue heads sank into a protracted silence before the red head finally spoke, "You know nothing."

Lu Heng slightly tilted his head, looking toward the position they had protected earlier.

The red and blue heads had been protecting something, which couldn’t be seen clearly before due to the distance.

Now the distance was close enough, under demigod vision, Lu Heng finally saw what the red and blue heads were protecting.

In the position they shielded, a new head appeared unexpectedly.

A semi-transparent white crystal head, glistening and extraordinary.

Is this... a fourth head?

This white crystal snake head was quite small, only one-tenth the size of the other heads, seemingly just recently grown.

Seeing this newly born white crystal snake head, Lu Heng was momentarily stunned.

This white crystal snake head seemed frightened by the previous events, coyly hiding behind the other two heads, with its chin resting on the blue head’s back.

Could it be that the "thing" the black crystal snake head had been attacking was indeed this newly born white crystal snake head?

Lu Heng immediately conjectured a possibility: "Have you had internal conflict because of this newly born head?"

The crimson snake head was somewhat impatient, snorting fire from its nostrils, and remarked, "That’s not something you need to know."

The blue head followed, "Better to tell him the truth. Suspicion will eventually lead to bigger troubles."

Only then did the red head emit a wave of spiritual energy to explain the truth of the matter.

Having received this spiritual information, Lu Heng finally understood why they let the black crystal snake go.

The black crystal snake was initially not black but white crystal-colored.

Indeed, the original color of the black crystal snake was the same as this newly born white crystal snake head.

It turned black because it absorbed abyss energy.

The world in which the three-headed snake demon god resides is not large; the whole world is just their body.

Therefore, their body was subjected to abyssal corruption.

To prevent the entire body from being corrupted by the abyss, the black crystal snake head actively absorbed abyss energy, taking all the abyssal corruption into one head, preserving the cleanliness of other parts.

That is to say, the black crystal snake head initially sacrificed itself to protect the other two heads.

Only, due to its independent consciousness, when tainted by the abyss, the black crystal snake head’s thoughts and disposition began to change, eventually leading to internal strife.

Until the body grew a new white crystal snake head to replace its position, the dispute reached a point of irreconcilability, culminating in the recent events.