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"Silvinardo's true form... is hidden. I can't find where He is..."

"However... He can't discover me either. After all, this is still a neutral world, not anyone's Divine Kingdom, and He is only at the rank of '7'..."

"It's just that He's hiding very well, so I can't expose myself first."

Sulu discreetly reined in the radiance around him and descended at the edge of a forest.

Once, this had been an inexhaustible treasure trove for the nearby farmers, but now, all it brought was fear.

Its forked branches resembled severed limbs, stretching menacingly in every direction... and hanging from the trees were not sweet, delicious fruits, but all manner of grotesque objects.

For example... bloodshot eyeballs, some of which were still dripping blood.

The entire forest's aesthetic had suddenly become extremely bizarre.

Sulu concealed every trace of his aura and, like an ordinary farmer, stepped across black grass that screamed when trodden on, arriving before a fruit tree.

Three twisted hollows in this fruit tree's trunk formed the shape of a screaming human face.

Smack!

Sulu reached out, plucked down a cluster of eyeballs, and casually crushed one.

"Mm... it smells like grapes. The texture should be pretty good too. Other than driving whoever eats it mad, there are no other side effects..."

He nodded approvingly.

Only then did the fruit tree seem to finally react, letting out a shrill, womanlike scream.

"If you want to take... my fruit... you must... answer me... one question!"

The fruit tree's voice came from its twisted trunk. "What animal... has eight legs in the morning, four at noon... and becomes two-legged at night?"

"Get lost!"

Sulu's expression turned cold. "Using a question like that shows no sincerity at all."

He turned and walked away.

"Despicable thief!"

Behind him, the fruit tree flew