Feng Ling opened her eyes, looking dazed.
Everyone studied her expression with concern and asked, "How was it? Where is the Labyrinth Master now?"
Feng Ling recalled what she had just seen, her expression troubled.
"It went back into the tower. It ate the Purple Fruit and has turned back into a clay statue..." She paused before continuing, "The Minotaur Monster has also revived."
"The Minotaur Monster revived?!" Pei Xianjue's voice rose sharply in shock. "We nearly chopped it to pieces back then, and it actually lived?!"
The news dealt Pei Xianjue a severe blow.
Killing a large monster like the Minotaur Monster would have counted as a major achievement. It could have earned her a spot at the commendation ceremony and given her something to talk about in future interviews with reporters. Yet all that work had now been for nothing.
"We only nearly chopped it up. If we had actually chopped it to pieces, this probably wouldn't have happened," Feng Ling sighed.
She was in a bad mood too.
Back then, determined to slaughter the bull, she had put everything into finishing it off. Even after her axe had chipped, she still had not managed to sever its head.
Thinking back on it now, if the white-haired old woman had come out of the tower a little later and given her enough time, she definitely could have separated the Minotaur Monster's head from its body.
Come to think of it, after her Corruption Value had dropped, the Bone Blade seemed to have become slightly less hard and sharp...
It was not obvious, just extremely subtle—and subtle enough to bother her.
"We still need to find a chance to burn that tree," Pei Xianjue paced anxiously back and forth in the main hall. "Only by destroying the tree and