Luo Feng looked toward the fruit tree—or rather, toward the monkey. The monkey was also looking at Luo Feng, seemingly smiling.
"Kid, come over," the monkey called out directly.
Luo Feng looked at the monkey, but he could discern nothing from its eyes. Still, his instincts told him that this monkey was anything but simple. If it wanted to kill him, it could probably do so with ease. So even if he refused to obey, there would be nothing he could do if the other party truly intended to kill him.
This monkey was very likely the one behind the Black Emperor Palace. It looked exactly like the one in the Black Emperor Palace and had even appeared within the Ninth Layer palace.
Luo Feng immediately flew over.
As he sensed the monkey, it felt utterly ordinary, without the slightest hint of anything special. Yet it was precisely because of this that Luo Feng found it terrifying.
Luo Feng sensed a familiar yet subtle aura from the tree before him. It felt much like the Ten Thousand Souls Ancient Tree, except it looked smaller, like a miniature version.
"Luo Feng greets you, Senior," Luo Feng said politely.
Anyone capable of appearing here could not possibly be ordinary, so Luo Feng did not dare show the slightest disrespect.
At the same time, Luo Feng realized that he had yet to hear that voice this time. It seemed the main "manager" of this layer was this monkey.
The monkey watched Luo Feng with a half-smile. When Luo Feng and the others had entered, each of them had briefly lost focus. During that moment, the Black Emperor Palace had probed into everything about them, replicated their abilities, and used certain puppet techniques to create mirror bodies. The Xiao who had attacked him earlier