Chapter 148

"Thump... thump..." I felt my heart racing uncontrollably. Along with this rapid heartbeat, my entire body felt as if it were about to explode. I looked over at Lu Gouzi and the others. Their faces were flushed, and the veins on their foreheads were pulsing violently. They seemed to be experiencing the same thing. Vaguely, I sensed that something was wrong. This violent thumping was definitely not caused by fear. I knew what it felt like to have a racing heart from fear; that was a sickening, heart-in-your-throat sensation, where my whole body would tremble, my mind would go blank, and my reflexes would slow down. But this was different—it was a physical reality. My heart was genuinely accelerating, feeling as though it would burst at any moment.