Chen Rui tried to bring the leftover fruit pit into the galaxy garden, and the pivotal fairy immediately flew over to take care of it. Sure enough, there was a system prompt: Unknown plant, maturing period: 10 days. Fruit will wither automatically after picking. Seeds can be used to continue planting. Daily consumption of energy dust: 10. Current state: Immature.
It seemed that devil pomeg fruit was similar to aura fruit tree. The aura overflowing was weaker than aura fruit, and the aura provided was also half. In addition to the aura, the refreshing effect felt very good. It was really a rare thing.
Chen Rui thought of the system prompt that "Fruit will wither automatically after picking". He ate the remaining fruits while picking them. It was quite similar to the scene of Master Wukong wreaking havoc in the peach garden back then. Unfortunately, there was only one "peach tree", and there were only a dozen "peach of immortality".
As expected, every time a fruit was picked, the devil pomeg fruit tree would wither a little. After the last fruit was picked, the devil pomeg fruit tree had completely withered. The previously vibrant aura couldn't be felt from the scorched branches.
Chen Rui burped. He felt that the "cleansing" effect spread all over his body. It was extremely enjoyable. His spirit and five senses seemed to have undergone some subtle changes.
This kind of enjoyment could be felt again after 10 days because those fruit pits had been planted into the galaxy garden. After planting 5, the rest were handed over to the pivotal fairy.
The devil pomeg fruit was an unexpected harvest. Now that the fruit trees in the Luray Valley had withered, Chen Rui's biggest purpose for coming today had been achieved. Without stopping, he immediately ordered the Scarlet Guards to leave the Luray Valley quickly, "Brothers, the enemy's reinforcements are coming soon. Let's disperse and evacuate first. Then, we will gather at the north of Town Leia to focus on breaking through. There will naturally be reinforcements by then!"
With the fruit tree in hand, the plan was close to success. As for the reinforcements in the north, this was what "Barnacle" said, and it had nothing to do with Chen Rui. Maybe the "higher-ups" would really send someone to help by then.
As soon as the members heard that, they quickly began to retreat. On the way, they really encountered the defense team led by Ross who came as reinforcements. There was a chaotic battle between the two sides. Chen Rui quietly disguised as a defense team member. While "chasing" the Scarlet Guards, he "conveniently" headed toward Town Leia.
At this time, in the mansion of the mayor of Town Leia, the people who attended the banquet had left the hall and were restrained in the courtyard. Old Kander tried his best to run his own power to control the poison in his body. He felt his head getting dizzier and dizzier. Bean-sized beads of sweat dripped from his forehead. Even the dragon's incense that usually refreshed the mind had lost its effect.
"Mayor! The Scarlet Guards have already retreated from the Luray Valley and encountered Ross' defense team on the way. "
Old Kander came back to his senses and asked the most anxious question, "How is the devil pomeg tree?"
"What devil pomeg tree?" The reporting guard obviously didn't know the secret of the Luray Valley.
Old Kander was anxious, "Idiot! It is the thing that the Luray Valley protects! "
"This … there is no relevant news."
"Idiot, go and find out!" Although the ominous omen in his heart was getting closer, Old Kander still had a glimmer of hope.
After a while.
"Mayor! Sir Larks has already caught Ross! "
Old Kander hurriedly said, "Quick! Ask him to bring Ross here! "
Larks grabbed Ross and walked in. When Ross saw Old Kander, he quickly said, "Mayor, I'm leading the defense team to chase after the Scarlet Guards. Why did you dismiss me from my duty?"
"Chase? You're covering for him, right? "Old Kander panted as he walked forward and twisted Ross's shirt in front of his chest," Speak! What poison did you use? What is the antidote? "
"Mr. Mayor, I don't understand what you're talking about." Ross was puzzled by what he heard.
"You still dare to pretend at this time!"
A loud slap landed on Ross's face. He suddenly saw stars. Although Ross was already an intermediate Higher Demon, he was still defenseless in front of Old Kander's Demon King-level strength. If Old Kander didn't want to force him to give out the antidote, he would have died just now.
"Ross, I can let bygones be bygones for hiding the Purple Flame Heart. I can also forgive you for colluding with Barnacle and secretly taking Nalini away. However, you must hand over the antidote to me!" Old Kander's roar could even be heard by the people outside the yard.
Ross then realized how serious the crime was on his head. He immediately cried out in injustice, "I have nothing to do with Nalini anymore. The Purple Flame Heart is not in my hands! It's impossible for me to collude with Barnacle! Someone must be framing me! "
Old Kander threw a letter at his face. Ross immediately read it and his face became uglier, "Mayor, please believe me. I can confront Culia face to face!"
At this moment, someone came to report, "Mayor, Sir Robert found Barnacle in the Scarlet Stronghold. When he tried to arrest him, he was seriously injured by resisting arrest. At the same time, Culia's body was found in the stronghold. He should have been killed by Barnacle. Barnacle has escaped now. "
"Very good." Old Kander looked at Ross with an increasingly gloomy gaze, "Now there's no proof. If you don't hand over the antidote immediately, you can confront Culia in front of the Demon God!"
Looking at Old Kander's murderous eyes, Ross only felt an unprecedented grievance. He secretly gritted his teeth: I don't have any grievances with Culia. I rarely even see him, yet he framed me like this for no reason!
This curse is indeed effective. Culia is now "dead".
There's no proof. Based on Ross's understanding of Old Kander, those groundless crimes were almost completely on his head.
There were only a few sentences in the letter from "Culia".
Barnacle launched an attack on Old Kander's birthday to seize something important. Ross and Barnacle colluded to secretly poison Old Kander, take Nalini away, and further plot to seize the mayor's position. Culia was aware of the conspiracy between Barnacle and Ross. He was chased by Barnacle and asked for Old Kander's protection.
It was that simple. However, these few simple sentences sent Ross into the abyss of eternal damnation.
The Scarlet Guards had been in Town Leia for two years. Ross also had some understanding of the internal fight between the two factions, but he didn't expect it to involve him. He kept cursing in his heart, Culia, this bastard! It's fine if you have a grudge with Barnacle, but why drag me into it!
By now, Ross understood that no matter how he explained, he would be regarded as covering up. It seemed that he could only think of another way to save his life.
At this moment, an urgent report came again, "The devil pomeg tree in Luray Valley has withered and the fruit has disappeared! From the interrogation of the captives of the Scarlet Guards captured by Sir Baoliu, it is likely that the fruit was taken away by Barnacle! "
Old Kander was so angry that he immediately spat out a mouthful of purple blood. The blood landed on the ground and corroded into a cloud of purple smoke. It could be seen that the poison in his body was powerful, but Old Kander didn't pay attention to it anymore.
It's over, it's all over!
The devil pomeg tree was very special. It couldn't be transplanted at all. Once it left the ground, everything including the fruit would wither. Otherwise, it would have been transplanted to the capital long ago. The devil pomeg fruit must also be picked and preserved according to a special method. It was said that only the royal family of the Shadow Empire knew that secret method. Otherwise, it would be completely ineffective within five minutes of leaving the fruit tree!
How would Barnacle know that secret method?
Perhaps there were still some doubts in this matter, but now that the devil pomeg tree had withered, everything was meaningless! Even if Barnacle was brought back, it would be useless!
The people from the capital would arrive soon. By then … not only the mayor's throne, but also his little life, even his entire family … would be finished!
Old Kander felt the world was spinning and he spat out another two mouthfuls of blood. He felt that the strength supporting his body had completely collapsed. The poison that had been suppressed instantly spread all over his body. Seeing that he was about to collapse, Larks who was beside him quickly held him up.
Ross suddenly moved. He teleported.
In an instant, he appeared at the entrance of the hall. As Larks was about to chase after him, he heard Ross shout, "Antidote!"
As he said, he threw a bottle of potion to the side. Larks quickly teleported and caught the potion. At the same time, he loudly ordered the guards along the way to intercept him. Larks brought the bottle of potion to Old Kander.
Old Kander trembled as he took it and drank it. He spat out another mouthful of blood and grabbed Larks' hand, "This is just an ordinary antidote!"
"Inform the whole town. If you see Barnacle and Ross, kill them …" Old Kander panted a few times. He felt that his head was as heavy as iron and stone. He could not speak anymore. His hands and body were emitting purple smoke. The surface of his skin had begun to corrode and turn into ashes.
In a haze, he seemed to hear a familiar voice: My soul will curse you forever, until your dirty old body decays and turns into ashes …
Ross had exerted all his potential to the limit. He killed his way out of the mayor's mansion. He did not care about his injuries and ran for his life. As Old Kander's order to kill had not been fully transmitted, no one stopped Ross along the way. They were just surprised to see the defense captain running all the way. However, the town was chaotic enough today. Maybe there was an emergency.
The act of throwing out the "antidote" in front of everyone had already invisibly proven his "crime", but there was no time to think about it. Staying in the mayor's mansion would only mean death. He had to survive in order to have any hope of restoring his innocence and power. This matter was very confusing, and it was very likely that there was a mastermind behind it. As Ross fled, he cursed the guy who framed him with the most vicious language.
A person ran in front of him. This person was wearing a cloak and his face could not be seen clearly. This was a very common Demon Realm costume. He seemed to be in a hurry too.
Ross instinctively felt a sense of danger. Even though his combat power was not the best among the middle-stage high-rank demons, and he had climbed to the position of the defense team captain mainly by currying favor and even selling out his fiancée, he was still a high-rank demon after all.
The sense of danger was getting closer and closer. In an instant, Ross gathered all the power in his body. His strong will to survive allowed him to display his extraordinary strength. Just as the two of them passed by each other, Ross suddenly activated Instant Transmission and moved to a position further ahead.
The man's body paused slightly, but he did not look back and started running again.
In the eyes of an imp on the roadside in front: Ross teleported in front of him. His body just appeared, and he was still in a running posture. Due to inertia, he leaned forward slightly, and his huge head suddenly fell off.
Ross's body fell to the ground. Blood stained the ground, and his head still had a horrified expression.
The imp screamed in fear, but the cloaked man had disappeared.
In fact, the cloaked man heard the news that Barnacle fled to the north, so he went to the north of the town to find the main target. He did not expect Ross to have the ability to escape from Old Kander, and he did not expect to meet him halfway.
Maybe there was some kind of guidance in the dark. The woman in the flame, the teardrop that could not be melted by the fire.
Without any hesitation, he used all his strength. A slash.
This slash did not actually touch Ross. It was just that the invisible sword aura swept past Ross's neck.
But this was enough.
One slash, and he was beheaded.
This was considered his own way to pay tribute to the teardrop in the flame.
He was no longer a powerless weakling whose life and death was controlled by others. Of course, he could not change and could not change the whole world where the strong preyed on the weak. Whether it was this world or another world, it was the same. He just used his own strength to do something that he felt he should do, even if these things were ridiculous or redundant in the eyes of others. This was him, a human reborn in the Demon Realm.
Ross was dead, and the only one left was Barnacle.
After completing this mission, it was time to return to the Dark Moon to face Arux's test. Before that, Chen Rui did not plan to see Athena. After he passed the test of the War Contract without any distractions, he decided to discuss life matters with her in depth.
Barnacle's mood at this time was worse than Ross's just now. He found Culia's body in Bloody's stronghold. Before he could figure out what happened, Robert led a group of people and surrounded the stronghold aggressively. Usually, this Robert would drink with him, but now he turned his back on him. Then, Robert's men found Culia's body upstairs and immediately ordered his men to arrest him.
Of course, Barnacle refused to be arrested without putting up a fight. During the conflict, he injured Robert and escaped with a few captured members. On the way, he met up with some Bloody members who retreated from the Luray Valley and followed them to escape to the north of Town Leia in confusion. On the way, Barnacle finally asked about the ins and outs of the story, and he was suddenly shocked.
The story was roughly like this:
He killed Culia with his own hands.
He received an order from the "higher-ups" to lead the Scarlet Guards to attack the Luray Valley.
He successfully completed the mission and was leading the remaining members to successfully evacuate to the north exit of Town Leia.
That's right, he was indeed "leading" the members to "successfully evacuate" now. The question was, why did he escape with these people? As the "protagonist", he had no idea about the previous events.
Wasn't he going to attend the town mayor, Old Kander's birthday party today? Why did it become like this!
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