Chapter 1380 1366: Repelled

Taoist Master Chuyun walked steadily toward the lake, cold light flickering in his eyes.

For a moment.

He flicked his horsetail whisk, and it seemed as if countless streaks of light flashed out, falling into the lake water like raindrops.

At this moment.

The constantly swaying vine-tree finally stopped its strange movements; every vine drooped weakly, hanging down into the lake.

The Effect was immediate!

Seeing Taoist Master Chuyun make a move and resolve the lake's problem so quickly, the people all around began to grow excited.

Truly a professional.

However.

Next, Taoist Master Chuyun said, "The lake beneath this vine-tree is extremely dangerous to enter. It's very likely it will directly claim the lives of any who intrude. I don't know the exact dangers, but we can't just rush in like this.

Pump the water.

Drain the entire lake dry, and that will do!"

The people from the Investigation Bureau and the Anti-Insurgency Bureau had already been prepared. As soon as Taoist Master Chuyun finished speaking, Shi Xianyue immediately gave the order, and members of the Anti-Insurgency Bureau and the Investigation Bureau hauled out many high-powered water pumps from who-knows-where.

They also set up diesel generators at the side.

The rumbling roar started up.

As the pumps kept working, the water in the lake receded at a speed visible to the naked eye, and very soon it was completely drained.

Inside the gradually exposed lakebed.

Black sludge came into view, along with the great tree deeply rooted within the lake. Its roots were an interwoven tangle, with vine after vine spreading in all directions, as if weaving a carpet of vines across the lake's bottom.

Only.

Looking more closely.

Beneath those vines lay many bones—human, one pressed against another. Most were bare white skeletons, but some were wrapped in roots and had not decayed, as though this tree was using those roots to absorb the nutrients from the corpses. The ones who had been dragged into the water by the vines earlier were here as well, wrapped tightly by root after root.

The scene.

For a moment made everyone's hair stand on end.

This tree.

Who knows how many people it has killed over the centuries.

"Look, the middle of that tree!"

At this moment.

Someone shouted loudly.

Everyone instinctively looked over.

They saw a heart, gray-black in color and constantly pulsing, wrapped in countless roots. It thumped heavily, again and again, emitting an extremely powerful Blood Qi that even Zhou Yi could feel from far away.

The Tyrant's Heart.

The instant everyone saw this thing, they understood at once: this was the Tyrant's Heart they had been desperately seeking.

Indeed.

Even from far away, they could sense the throbbing Blood Qi on that heart.

It was immense.

If one cultivated by this lake for years on end, it would definitely increase the Blood Qi within their body, letting it far surpass that of ordinary people.

Only.

For such a heavy treasure, if it could be Fused through some other method, the improvement to the body would surely be even greater.

For a moment, blazing heat burned in everyone's eyes.

Taoist Master Chuyun's expression shifted slightly, and he thought to himself that this was bad. With the Tyrant's Heart exposed so nakedly, it would surely provoke struggles and slaughter, and these people clearly could not truly control this heart. Most likely, they would instead be controlled by it and become walking corpses.

Taoist Master Chuyun immediately said to Shi Xianyue, "Miss Shi, clear the field at once. If these people grow greedy and try to fight over it, I fear a great calamity."

Shi Xianyue frowned.

Looking at the surrounding civilian Awakened, she did indeed notice that something was off about their condition.

At once.

Shi Xianyue hesitated no longer, immediately marshaling personnel and beginning to clear the area.

Naturally, this move provoked a lot of dissatisfaction. Some even cursed the Investigation Bureau and Anti-Insurgency Bureau under their breath for their arrogance and high-handedness, but no one dared to make a move.

One or two who refused to accept it.

After using their Abilities at lightspeed were still subdued by people from the Investigation Bureau and Anti-Insurgency Bureau. How could these civilian Awakened compare to the Awakened of the Investigation Bureau and Anti-Insurgency Bureau, who had undergone professional training and possessed systematic Cultivation methods?

Their resistance didn't last long.

They were taken down in an instant, cleanly and efficiently.

Then.

After the clearing operation was completely finished, Shi Xianyue, Taoist Master Chuyun, Boss Bei and the others began formally exploring the lake.

Opportunities like this were rare.

Although Zhou Yi did not join in, he stood on the bank, carefully watching to see how they would handle this place.

Very soon.

The few of them approached the vine-tree at the center.

According to Taoist Master Chuyun, this vine-tree was an ancient异树 that should have long gone extinct, yet had unexpectedly appeared here. It was an ancient remnant variant and very difficult to deal with.

However.

Merely difficult to deal with, not impossible to solve.

"This kind of opportunity is rare. Watch closely; it's best not to get distracted, or you might miss such a good chance." At this moment, Ning Ying suddenly appeared beside him, speaking with a straight face.

Zhou Yi was startled. "How did you just pop up, you maniac? Do you have to be this creepy?"

Ning Ying's expression stayed calm. "I just appeared like this."

"How do you feel? How's the absorption of that Nine Revolutions Celestial Mist Pill going?"

Zhou Yi asked.

They had fussed about for quite a while at the Xu family's villa, and in the end Ning Ying had gained the most. Her sense for opportunity was really sharp—truly a Spiritual Element Awakened, able to sense her own fortunes.

"Uh, it's temporarily suppressed. This matter is a bit troublesome. That Nine Revolutions Celestial Mist Pill isn't meant to be taken orally and Fused…"

For a moment.

Ning Ying looked a bit embarrassed.

It seemed she must have used it the wrong way.

Zhou Yi asked, "What's wrong?"

"I can't suppress the power of this thing; it keeps rampaging around inside my body. I've only just managed to temporarily press it down, but to fully resolve it, I'll have to slowly grind it down with my own body." Ning Ying sighed. "In the end, the Nine Revolutions Celestial Mist Pill is still a Deceitful Object. How should I put it… it's basically about subduing this Deceitful Object, only the process of subduing it might be a bit difficult."

Zhou Yi took a deep breath.

He could feel Ning Ying's difficulties.

After all, the Nine Revolutions Celestial Mist Pill was clearly a Deceitful Object of especially high grade; mastering it was easier said than done.

Most likely.

The road ahead for Ning Ying would be long and arduous.

While Zhou Yi and Ning Ying were talking, Taoist Master Chuyun and the others had already reached the great tree.

To be precise.

They had approached the Tyrant's Heart and were not far from it.

Their next move should be to seal this Tyrant's Heart; the only question was what method they would use.

At this moment, Shi Xianyue took a small black wooden box from a member of the Anti-Insurgency Bureau standing beside her, then opened it. Inside was something extremely delicate, like a fruit knife.

"Taoist Master Chuyun…"

Shi Xianyue signaled to him.

Chuyun nodded, rolled up his sleeves, and took that fruit-knife-like item into his hand.