Teosinte Corn Nightmare gradually regenerated. The leaves on its body slowly pieced themselves together, and the kernels restored themselves one by one. Soon, an intact Magic Plant appeared.
Teosinte Corn Nightmare panted.
"Luckily, people these days always have some skills to rely on. That old bastard clearly never imagined that I possessed the ability to regenerate. Hahahaha! I'll tear him to pieces. He said he wanted to save me and purify me? What an overconfident fool..."
"Hm? Where did that old bastard go?"
Teosinte Corn Nightmare searched around. It turned in confusion, yet failed to find any trace of that human in the Emerald Dream.
Its pair of scarlet eyes immediately turned toward the only other person present—Locke Augustine.
Locke Augustine sized up the Magic Plant from head to toe.
"So that's how it is. I originally thought some of the crystallization experiments had failed, causing a large number of Magic Plants to die. But now it seems that isn't the case. If even Teosinte Corn, famous for its ability to regenerate, would die during this kind of experiment, then there's only one possibility. The crystallization experiment itself causes considerable harm to Magic Plants."
Teosinte Corn Nightmare asked, "Who are you?"
"Where's that person from earlier?"
"Tell me the truth..."
Teosinte Corn Nightmare's scarlet eyes widened in terror. The Heaven-Piercing Jujube in Locke's hand suddenly extended infinitely forward, toward it, piercing straight through its body.
"How is that possible?"
"That speed?"
"So fast!"
"A wizard!"
Teosinte Corn Nightmare began to sneer.
"You want to purify me too? But aren't you wizards the group that has polluted the most plants? What do you have to say in the face of your own crimes? I'll take revenge on every wizard. I'll enter the Wizarding World and slaughter my way through it. I..."