With the offspring of that Bloodthirsty Medicinal Vine rooted in her body, Mei Ran could not so much as twitch a finger, apart from moving her eyes.
At that moment, Liu Dongqing sent down a Divine Vine Pill Sigil. Mei Ran wanted to evade, but there was nowhere to hide.
She could only watch helplessly as, the instant the pill sigil fell, an exceedingly fine vine suddenly began growing from the very top of the precious pearl embedded in her navel.
In the blink of an eye, the slender vine grew into a miniature fruit tree as tall as a person's forearm.
Immediately after.
A woody node on one of its branches bulged ever more prominently.
Very soon.
A white flower, faintly streaked with blood, bloomed.
From bloom to withering, it lasted only a few brief breaths.
Soon, a crimson pill fruit condensed upon the branch.
At that moment.
Watching a vine fruit tree grow from her own body, Mei Ran could no longer maintain her composure. A helpless expression of utter disbelief appeared on her face.
But that helplessness swiftly turned to panic.
For during the fruit tree's growth, she clearly felt the roots embedded throughout her meridians forcibly and frantically drawing upon the pure spiritual power she had cultivated through the Little Scarlet Light Incantation.
The sensation of that spiritual power being siphoned away through her meridians.
Even made her feel a thread of chill radiating from the core of her body outward to her extremities.
At the same time.
A point of scarlet light shone between her brows, followed by nine layers of interlocking halos.
Upon closer inspection, the outermost ring's glow had dimmed by the slightest degree.
Thus.
When Mei Ran looked again at that crimson pill fruit, nothing remained in her eyes but pure terror.