Chapter 1512: Human Plant (16)
It was real!
Though the sight was intensely shocking, no one present was so easily frightened.
What was truly astonishing was that the thing had managed to stay hidden so well.
It had not only evaded the self-purification of a professional, but had even stayed concealed right in front of their group until now.
The one called Anke was one thing, but the other three were all high-order Transcendents. And this former dean of the Academy had been rumored to have a chance at reaching the Second Order for years...
Aiko glanced instinctively at Li He. Despite the sudden turn of events, she hadn't forgotten his earlier instructions and didn't act rashly.
"Get it out of him, now!"
Unfortunately, Lui, the one directly involved, wasn't nearly so composed.
The wail that Old Master Li's sword strike had briefly silenced soon turned into a terrified roar.
As a professional purifier of corruption, Lui was a Transcendent whose rank, in Fu Qian's estimation, was no lower than his own. He shouldn't have been so unsettled.
But perhaps being a professional purifier made the sight of something like this happening to him all the more shocking.
Lui had managed to steady himself, but now he was staring fixedly down at his lower abdomen. Gray-white hair, along with a small, head-like sphere beneath it, had already squeezed through the incision.
Then came ten fingers, soft as tentacles, gripping either side of the wound and pulling it apart with all their strength.
"I really didn't notice it before."
Yet faced with this grotesque sight, the midwife who had already made the incision didn't hurry to continue. Instead, he called for an impromptu consultation.
As if sensing Aiko's confusion, Old Master Li confirmed the most astonishing possibility the moment she