Human-Faced Jade Infant Fruit Tree, Strange Person?

The allure of an entire Human-Faced Jade Infant Fruit Tree filled Bai Yu with motivation.

Over the next stretch of time, Bai Yu encountered quite a few Fierce Soul Puppets along the way.

To save time, Bai Yu directly sent Black Charcoal and the Yin Mosquito Gu into action. Beneath the black shadows that blotted out the sky and covered the earth, some of the Fierce Souls blocking their path had not even managed to display their strength before the Yin Mosquito Gu drained all the ghostly power from their bodies, reducing them to nothingness!

Unlike the Blood Mosquito Gu, the Yin Mosquito Gu had not only completely inherited every attribute of the Blood Mosquito Gu, but its offspring Gu possessed even stronger physical bodies and had gained the ability to consume Sha Qi and ghostly qi.

Against these Fierce Souls without sentience, the Yin Mosquito Gu was their natural nemesis.

After proceeding like this for half an hour, Bai Yu and the other directly passed through the dense white mist before them.

The surrounding environment was terrifyingly silent. On the open ground not far away stood a great tree like obsidian.

Its trunk was covered in savage human faces, while its withered branches bore fruit after crimson fruit.

The fruits were like glazed crystal, shaped like plump infants, continuously releasing black particles.

Even stranger, countless corpses were piled around the Human-Faced Jade Infant Fruits—human and beast alike. They seemed like nutrients offered to the great tree; their crystalline bones had already crumbled into powder, turning to flying ash at the slightest touch.

"It really is a Human-Faced Jade Infant Fruit Tree!"

Those seeds were both a means of reproduction and sweet bait used to lure living beings into nourishing it.

Looking at the Human-Faced Jade Infant Fruit Tree, which stood a full three meters tall, Bai Yu's eyes grew ever more excited.

It seemed that if he had not been following that stream of green qi, even he would have found it difficult to pinpoint this thing's location within the white mist.

No wonder such a treasure had remained safely here even after so many people had searched this place layer by layer.

"Now, this thing is mine."

Just as Bai Yu was about to uproot the Human-Faced Jade Infant Fruit Tree, a disturbance suddenly arose within the surrounding white mist. Then, a man slowly emerged from the fog.

"Junior, put down my opportunity!"

A bedraggled middle-aged Daoist with a longsword on his back emerged from the white mist, holding a compass in his hand. The moment he saw the ancient human-faced tree before him, his eyes lit up.

Then, seeing Bai Yu and the other on guard, he put on a stern face and spoke seriously.

Hearing the man's words, Bai Yu narrowed his eyes, a trace of killing intent surfacing on his face.

Judging by his appearance, the man's strength had already reached Foundation Establishment. More terrifyingly, with the aid of the Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes, Bai Yu saw that a vast amount of death qi swirled around him.

An ordinary person surrounded by such death qi would likely have died beyond all hope long ago, yet this fellow was still alive and well.

"What are you staring at?"

"Don't you know that on the journey to the mountains, strength is the most important thing?"

"I'm in a good mood today. Get lost!"

"Otherwise, I'll slap you to death!"

Zhang Baidao's eyes widened as he looked at Bai Yu, his gaze brimming with arrogance. With his hands behind his back, he strode forward, a flash of greed appearing in his eyes when he looked at the Human-Faced Jade Infant Fruit Tree.

Just as he reached out, about to stroke the fruit tree like a lecher, an icy aura suddenly surged up around them!

Boom!

With an explosive bang, a black figure flashed forth, its right hand clenched into a fist as it smashed straight down at Zhang Baidao's face!

Zhao Yun moved with incredible speed, striking at full force from the outset. By the time Zhang Baidao reacted, that icy fist had already smashed into his face.

Pfft!

He spat out a mouthful of blood, his body flying away like a kite with its string cut. He finally crashed heavily onto the ground and rolled several times before coming to a stop.

"A Golden Core-level Yin-Yang Corpse?"

Zhang Baidao's body trembled. He hurriedly got to his feet and looked at the menacing Zhao Yun in shock.

"Hmm?"

"Not dead?"

Bai Yu narrowed his eyes at the sight of Zhang Baidao. The cultivation the other party had displayed was, at most, only at Foundation Establishment.

Zhao Yun's punch just now had been a full-force strike, and it had been a sneak attack to boot. Even a Golden Core expert would be severely injured, if not killed outright, by that punch.

Yet this old Daoist had merely spat out a mouthful of blood and did not even seem to be seriously hurt.

At this sight, Bai Yu's wariness rose to its peak.

"You're just a piece of trash at the Qi Refining realm—how do you possess something like this?"

"Could you be a descendant of that old bastard from the Heavenly Demon Sect?"

Zhang Baidao stared at Bai Yu in shock.

But in the next moment, the only things that greeted him were Zhao Yun's fists and Gu insects flooding the sky!

"Fuck, I miscalculated!"

Seeing the Yin Mosquito Gu swarming over the sky and earth, mixed with Evil Earth Stone Gu and Black Charcoal, Zhang Baidao's eyes bulged. With a shout, he immediately took out his compass. As streams of light surged from it, he vanished from the spot in an instant.

"Hm?"

"The power of a Gu... that compass was actually a Gu!"

Bai Yu was somewhat startled. After Zhao Yun lunged and grabbed nothing, the old Daoist's furious voice suddenly rang out from the direction of the Human-Faced Jade Infant Fruit Tree.

"You little bastard, just you wait! One day, I'll personally go to the Heavenly Demon Sect and hold you accountable!"

As his voice fell, Bai Yu quickly turned his head, only to see that half of the twenty-three Human-Faced Jade Infant Fruits on the tree had vanished in an instant.

"Fuck, that old bastard!"

Watching the old man's actions, Bai Yu's mouth twitched. There was something strange about that old bastard...

Pushing the effects of his Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes to their limit, Bai Yu cautiously swept his surroundings. Only after confirming that Zhang Baidao's aura was nowhere in the surrounding outskirts did he finally let out a breath.

Though he had lost half the Human-Faced Jade Infant Fruits, the tree was still there. It was frustrating, but on second thought, there really was nothing he could do to that old fellow.

After all, that guy was tough as hell.

Letting out a heavy breath, Bai Yu had Black Charcoal and the Yin Mosquito Gu act at the same time, digging up the Human-Faced Jade Infant Fruit Tree as quickly as possible.

Only when the fruit tree entered the grotto-heaven and landed steadily beside the pond did he finally relax.

"From here on, I need to be more careful. I can't underestimate anyone..."

With Zhang Baidao's lesson fresh in his mind, Bai Yu felt that he had to be even more cautious on the road ahead.

"Young Master, that treasure tree has only just entered the grotto-heaven, and its roots haven't been buried yet. I'll return to the grotto-heaven and deal with it first."

Yu Linglong was still shaken by the experience as well. She had never expected there to be such a bizarre person as Zhang Baidao in this world.

Hearing this, Bai Yu nodded and directly sent Yu Linglong back into the grotto-heaven to handle the Human-Faced Jade Infant Fruit Tree. Once she had buried it, the two of them would continue onward.

At the same time, beyond the white mist, Li Shishi led the remaining members of the enforcement squad as they raced toward the mist.

Aside from Li Shishi, every one of the others was wounded, their expressions grave to the extreme.

"Senior Sister, that ghostly thing is catching up!"

A pale-faced disciple raised his right hand and recalled the jade eyeball floating above his head, urgency in his voice.

"Run! Shake him off! If even one of us can escape, then escape! Take the news out and report it to the sect!"

Li Shishi's face darkened as she gritted her teeth and spoke solemnly.

Just as Ji Ran plunged headlong into the white mist, a dense blood mist swept in behind them, leaving devastation everywhere it passed!