Chapter 1523: Chapter 1518: Human Tree (27)

It actually works?

Though light and slender, the moment that Cosmetic Knife was drawn, it undoubtedly brought a shock comparable to the Sword in the Stone to the team.

After all, Lady Ji Ning’s description may have been somewhat challenging to the imagination, but rather than doubting her perspective, others leaned towards questioning their own understanding.

Thus, it was naturally assumed that this "her" Dagger belonged to the same category of exclusive tools as her attire.

However, in the situation where even Ji Ning herself couldn’t pull it out, the self-assured Anke seemed to do it with little effort.

"Are you sure, Lady Ji Ning, that it’s not one for each person in different colors?"

Yet, it appeared that the involved party was also somewhat taken aback by these developments.

As the blade lightly slid across the palm, Fu Qian frowned and looked at Ji Ning, asking.

"Besides, I don’t seem to feel any changes, nor did I receive the kind of abstract information you mentioned."

"...Of course not."

Ji Ning, having somewhat recovered from the initial shock, denied softly with a vacant look.

This overly smooth scene clearly made her suspicious of Fu Qian’s volunteering.

Even Mr. Li Sr. not far away was more focused on Fu Qian’s face than on the Dagger.

"Like wearing clothes on your body, you need to use it."

But regardless, it was progress after all.

Though doubtful, without any reason strong enough to support any possible conclusion, Ji Ning didn’t waste time, guiding Fu Qian on its usage.

"Cut an open wound and smear the blood on it—"

Wow—

Before the words were finished, another voice interrupted the exploration process.

Accompanied by it, blood was sprayed out.

...

Crying, but not the usual crying.

The sound was evidently much more tragic and literally ear-piercing.

Because the source was right beside them.

Fu Qian turned his head, looking at Luyi, who could barely stand.

The baby’s cry was coming from him.

It wasn’t that he was pregnant with another one so quickly; the sound actually came from the tree.

As if suddenly injected with growth hormones, the already lush Aoki began more exaggerated development and even "blooming".

More than one flower bud-like structure was rapidly swelling on it.

The speed was so fast that the stretching and withering deep red petals seemed to be ripped apart like human tissue, even truly splattering blood.

Within this firework-like scene, smooth-skinned green fruits emerged.

You could even faintly see heads and limbs on them, and the cries were mixing and weaving together from there.

Is it actually a Ginseng Fruit Tree?

This sudden change, though bizarre, wasn’t hard to understand—Brother Luyi’s accumulated erosion had erupted again.

Only this time it manifested on the tree rather than in the flesh, slightly challenging to imagination.

Of course, as were the shapes of those fruits.

"Is it still okay?"

While Fu Qian was sighing inwardly, Mr. Li Sr. asked Anke standing beside him in a low voice.

"...It should still be okay."

Startled for a moment, Aike quickly understood the other’s concern about whether she could handle it again, gritting her teeth and nodding.

In the next moment, without hesitation, she stepped forward and grasped the tree.

In the blink of an eye, the Ginseng Fruits stopped growing.

...

The Demigod Aike’s ability remained miraculous.

The sudden burst of erosion was frozen once again in a similar manner.

However, it was only frozen; the changes that had occurred were ultimately irreversible, leaving Luyi with an abundance of fruits before him.

The only consolation was that the rapidly ripened fruits no longer seemed to be fleshly creations and looked edible.

"Thank you..."

Though looking extremely haggard, the rescued Luyi struggled to express gratitude.

"It’s becoming stronger; I can feel... that voice is planting seeds inside my body."

He then looked at Li He, his tone trying hard to be calm yet failing.

"And not just in the flesh; it’s turning everything of mine into nourishment..."

"A very accurate description; in fact, it’s not just you, I feel the same way."

The implication of Luyi’s words was unmistakably a wish to find a way out as quickly as possible.

Grasping this point, Li He didn’t engage in meaningless consoling, his eyes lowering to his abdomen as he spoke.

"I can feel, something is trying to come alive there, something that transcends flesh, connected to me in a special way."

"Offspring?"

As the tension escalated to its peak, Fu Qian interjected, sharing his opinion.

Hmm?

This time, everyone looked over.

"What’s wrong? From the descriptions just now, I think that’s a fitting term, potentially explaining why it’s so difficult to resist and impossible to eradicate."

Clearly aware his wording was unusual, Fu Qian showed no intention of modifying it.

"Because I once learned a phrase: the highest level of corrosion is always life, and the concept of offspring even represents the continuation of one’s own life, likely making the effect even stronger—"

"Enough!"

...

Under pressure, more people seemed eager to interrupt.

Looking at the suddenly somewhat unsettled Aike, Fu Qian understood his description displeased others.

But a Demigod, how could someone like that be so emotional...

In the next moment, Aike’s originally somewhat pale face turned semi-transparent in his field of vision.

This was similar to when she had been trapped earlier, using a Ghostly Form to counter.

Compared to flesh, this non-corporeal state seemed far removed from the concept of offspring, a good means to resist erosion, alas...

Wow—

In the next moment, an eerie, unreal cry came from Aike’s abdomen.

The level didn’t seem so deep, but transforming into a Ghostly Form didn’t spare her from erosion.

What’s most astonishing was that the cries weren’t singular.

Unlike the mixed cries from Luyi, these layered cries appeared to follow some pattern.

Like a new life within the Ghostly body, enveloping another crying Ghost within, continuing in this loop.

"Aike!"

In this sudden change, Ji Ning’s nearly sharp voice rang out.

The next moment, a special form of the Night Watchman Demigod shimmered like waves, and the overlapping cries quieted down.

It was easy to think it involved a similar mental piercing technique to forcibly suppress such changes.

"I have a question."

After completing this temporary remedy, Lady Ji Ning stood motionless for seconds before turning to Fu Qian and softly asked.

"So why... do you remain unharmed?"

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