Chapter 117 Chapter 117: The Dead Gaze Upon the Ambrosial Arbor
Chapter 117: The Dead Gaze Upon the Ambrosial Arbor
Even though he was completely inside the great hall and couldn't perceive the situation outside, looking at these inexplicably blooming flower buds, Kevin could clearly guess what had happened.
It seemed the plan of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus was being implemented with immense success at this moment. The Ambrosial Arbor, which everyone believed had long been dead, was reviving. Otherwise, the flowers here wouldn't have suddenly bloomed and borne fruit.
And looking at these enchanting yet deadly flowers, the old man's originally dazed expression suddenly regained a bit of vitality—he walked out from the restraints that Kevin had already released, dragging his bizarre body entangled with branches and twigs, step by step towards the blooming flowers.
With each step he took, large swathes of branches and twigs would fall off his body... until he finally reached the flower closest to him, his posture had completely reverted to a pitifully unsightly human form.
He dazedly extended his hand into the flower's stamen, shrouded in golden light where the specifics were unclear, and then plucked from it a fruit that was also entirely golden yellow. It wasn't very large, but in the old man's hand, it seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.
Perhaps at this very moment, he himself mostly didn't know what he was doing, yet there was just that one will supporting this broken body, stubbornly holding on until he reached the flower, thus cradling this fruit of the Ambrosial Arbor in his hands.
"This is the fruit of the Ambrosial Arbor... the thing that can cure all those children?"
Watching this scene unfold before her, Pardo truly didn't know what to say... Even though she had only known him for less than a few hours, and her time on the Xianzhou might not even be a full day, what was presented before her eyes completely overturned her long-held beliefs.
"Legend says that swallowing the fruit of the Ambrosial Arbor can not only transform one's body into that of a long-life species but even grant miraculous abilities like those of the immortals. I wonder if it's really true or not?" Qingque's voice wasn't loud, but it was enough for everyone in the great hall to hear.
She certainly wouldn't touch this thing herself. Never mind that it's just something from legends; even if it were true, she was already a long-life species, around two hundred years old—why bother thinking so much?
As for the so-called miraculous immortal arts... Miss Qingque deeply understood the principle that with great power comes great responsibility. If she really obtained some powerful ability, she'd probably be dragged off to even more dangerous places to do hard labor!
"Right! The fruit of the Ambrosial Arbor! Since it's so amazing... Boss Kevin, it must be able to cure this old grandpa too, right?"
Pardo immediately turned her head to look at Kevin beside her, her eyes filled with hope.
Even though she might indeed understand many things and even have considerable insight and talent in business... Pardo had always remained that simple child from beginning to end, and her straightforward way of thinking had never changed.
But facing her hopeful gaze, Kevin could only silently lower his head and shake it.
"It's useless, Pardo. He's already dead."
After all, that body was already exhausted, its spirit gradually approaching the end of Mara—yet Kevin directly interrupted the transformation process being carried out by the Ambrosial Arbor... Being able to perform such a series of actions again could already be called a miracle.
"Nonsense! Boss Kevin, look, he's clearly still standing there, his eyes are even open. How could he possibly be dead...?"
Pardo roughly rejected Kevin's conclusion, then disregarding the danger, quickly ran forward. Just as she placed her hand on the old man's shoulder wanting to say something, her expression suddenly froze.
"So... so hard?"
She blankly withdrew her hand, staring dazedly at what remained on it... It wasn't even bloodstains left from a wound, but merely one piece after another of dried wood shavings.
Even though he seemed to have completely shed the external branches from his body, the inside of the old man's body had long been entirely transformed. Except for the head that Kevin forcibly severed, the rest could completely be called a vegetable.
But at the very least, he could still be called a human, couldn't he?
"How could this be, Boss Kevin, how could..."
The old grandpa who could still smile and look at her just over ten minutes ago died right before her eyes the next moment. How could Pardo possibly accept such a situation?
Even though she had traveled the universe for several years, she had never seen someone pass away bit by bit right in front of her before?
"If the normal lifespan of a Foxian is truly only three hundred years, then he could already be considered one of the longest-lived..." The moment he froze the other party, Kevin could clearly sense that his lifespan was definitely not just three hundred years. Yet his condition was so abnormally aged. It seemed the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus must have used some other method long ago.
"If you really want to do something, are you just going to watch the fruit in his hand disappear?"
This so-called Ambrosial Arbor fruit held absolutely no attraction for Kevin, but that didn't prevent him from sensing that its originally pure energy was dissipating at an extremely fast rate after separating from its parent body.
"Right, right... At least we must cure those children!"
After receiving Kevin's reminder, Pardo, who was gradually sinking into emptiness, immediately realized what she should do now. She hurriedly took the fruit from the old man's hands and held it in her arms, then turned her gaze to the other blooming flowers.
She even called upon Stelle and Qingque to help. Finally, after completely picking all the flowers in this great hall clean, under Pardo's lead, the group ran towards a sheltered door in one part of the hall—presumably those children were also hidden in a relatively safer place.
But Kevin had no mind to do anything like taking care of children anymore. He gently waved his hand forward, and the already departed elder was encased by him in an ice coffin. Even his brows and eyes had softened, appearing like a soul laid to rest in a coffin after passing away peacefully from old age.
After doing all this, Kevin stepped out of the great hall, looked up at the sky almost completely obscured by dense roots, and slightly furrowed his brow.
"...This is truly quite detestable."
Boom————!
Almost in the next instant, those Ambrosial Arbor roots spreading nearly ten thousand meters were violently uprooted. Not even a single wood shaving remained; they completely vanished without a trace under the impact of immense energy.
And after doing all this, Kevin still didn't move again. He just quietly gazed towards the distant horizon—
There, where it should have been severed, the Ambrosial Arbor had instead extended long branches once more, appearing radiant and colorful, reaching up to touch the heavens...
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