The Butterfly Star Beast flew away, but Lu Ye's expression changed aboard the Star Boat. As that dust fused into his body, he unexpectedly sensed a strange resonance arising between himself and the gradually departing Butterfly Star Beast.
Under that strange resonance, he vaguely felt as though his body was slipping beyond his control.
The Talent Tree suddenly reacted. Upon inspecting it, he saw flames blaze across its trunk as thick black smoke rose up.
Lu Ye's heart tightened. He knew that the Talent Tree had reacted because an outside force had invaded his body.
Could that be poison? If so, with the Talent Tree protecting him, he might escape disaster. But Wan Guliu, Tao Yan, and Zhou Xingzhi would likely be doomed.
While fully urging the Talent Tree's power, he turned to look at Wan Guliu and the others.
The expressions of all three had begun to turn panicked. Wan Guliu cried out, "That dust is poisonous!"
As he spoke, he suddenly stood up. Yet his movements were incomparably stiff, as though invisible threads had bound his body and were controlling his actions, turning him into a puppet at someone else's mercy.
Wan Guliu's face was clearly filled with panic, yet under Lu Ye's gaze, he spread his arms and began fluttering them up and down like a butterfly beating its wings. As he fluttered, he paced about the Star Boat. At first glance, it looked as though he were conducting some bizarre ritual.
Panic turned into bewilderment.
"What is going on?" Wan Guliu sang in utter confusion. He had never intended to make these movements, yet his body was completely beyond his control.
It was not only him. Tao Yan and Zhou Xingzhi beside him were the same, each fluttering their arms up and down. Their faces were