Less than three seconds.
[Time Bestower (Off)] [Sanity: -3...115/120]
Lu Yuan shut off the acceleration and grabbed Wolf by the shoulder, dragging him back.
Wolf was still resisting.
The dark red patterns flickered, like red-hot iron struggling repeatedly in cold water.
His teeth ground loudly, veins bulging at his temples.
"Back off!" Lu Yuan roared into his ear.
Wolf's eyes snapped toward Lu Yuan. Then the dark red patterns flared brightly, as if the furnace flames had burned through something in one go.
He staggered back several steps, leaving the fruit's range.
He panted heavily, his face drenched in sweat.
"...What was that?" His voice was hoarse.
Lu Yuan did not answer.
He looked at the sphere. It had visibly shriveled after releasing the flowers and fruit, and its pulsing had grown weak.
[Detected target: ?...It has released temptation toward all living creatures...] [Note: The Fungal Hyphae spores within the fruit can invade a host's nervous system in an extremely short time...Contact means infection...] [Forbidden Studies—Seeker: +0.8...16.6/100]
"Everyone, fall back to the entrance! Don't get close to the fruit!" Lu Yuan's voice echoed through the Water Collection Chamber.
"This thing's seductive effect seems to have very little effect on me?"
Lu Yuan looked at the two fruits in the small bottle in his hand, then turned his wrist and slipped it into the satchel at his waist.
Ever since learning that this strange "organism" could evolve things, Lu Yuan had set his sights on it.
Especially after activating Time Bestower, approaching the fruit, and realizing that his sanity had held steady.
He decisively used an alchemical sampling vial, a small accessory from the set of professional equipment Laurina had given him. Its seal was excellent.
He used the copper sword