Atlas of Heaven and Man.

Chapter 878: Breaking the Form and Releasing the Confinement

After Xue Jun's knife pierced into the brain-shaped object, it immediately began to shake violently, and the surrounding sounds turned into violent screams and hisses.

Chen Chuan could feel the trembling and struggling force coming from the knife, but his hand held it steadily without any shaking.

At this moment, wisps of light mist floated out from the blade and wrapped the entire brain-shaped object.

At this moment, the sounds around became louder, and the sound waves almost became tangible. It was not just the thing in front of him, but it seemed that the entire tree was shaking.

It can be seen that the heads curled up in the branches are changing color one by one, and the light that was originally floating on them is gradually disappearing, as if the brain-like objects are extracting nutrients from them.

But it was useless. Chen Chuan was like a reef standing in the sea, allowing these invisible air waves and spirits to wash up on him without any deviation.

However, those things were blocked as soon as they reached the periphery of the biological field. Coupled with the layer of milky white mist that enveloped him, it was as if a cocoon had formed around him.

As time went by, more nutrients were drawn from the trunk and branches. The trunk, which was originally full of biological vitality, slowly shriveled and lost its luster. The leaves and trunks withered and turned grayish white.

Chen Chuan's eyes were fixed on the brain-like object. He felt the life force inside it gradually dissipating. At the last moment, it seemed to let out a human-like cry. The surrounding branches shook violently again, and all movement around it finally stopped.

He maintained the action for a moment and slowly pulled the blade out of the almost rotten shell of the thing. However, he felt something at this time. He reached out and something squeezed out from it and flew into his palm. He took a look and saw that it was a plump fruit-like thing, with a certain red color all over and a very rough surface.

Is this... a relic?

Is it because of this thing that this tree can grow to this extent?
While I was thinking, I suddenly heard a crackling sound under my feet. The branch I was stepping on appeared some cracks, and the cracks were spreading on the trunk. The surrounding branches broke one by one and fell from above.

After seeing this, he jumped down from mid-air, spun the long sword in his hand, and when it fell to the ground, he inserted it straight into the scabbard that was standing upright on the ground, and the blade fell back into the scabbard with a clang.

At this moment, a loud noise came from the big tree behind. The huge tree trunk could no longer support itself and collapsed in an instant. When it fell to the ground, the vibration caused the soil and rocks above to fall down together. The broken gray-white fragments fluttered in the air and then fell down one after another.

He turned around and took a look. The shattered brains turned into scattered mists, which seemed to be liberated and floated upwards in the bright light from above.

He stood there for a while, picked up the knife and walked out, but when he stepped on the soft soil, there was a sound of something breaking.

He took a look and saw piles of white bones, some of which looked like the bodies of children. They should have been buried in the soil, but because of the tree's struggle just now, they were turned out from the inside by the roots.

Just what he saw before his eyes, there were more than a hundred bodies. Judging from the shape of the bones and the remaining clothes, most of them were probably natives of the Rong Rong area, and a small number were from the Dashun people and soldiers of the old imperial family.

The extra brain tissue on the branches must have been taken from these people.

He paused for a moment, then walked out along the passage of the underground space. After walking up a stone staircase to the outside, a spacious hall appeared.

There were a large group of people lying there. They were originally kneeling there, but they were impacted by his spiritual power, so they lost consciousness and fell to the ground. In front of them, there were several people whose heads had been chopped off, and those heads were neatly placed on the table in front, looking like "sacrifices" ready to be sent to the True Form Tree.

He looked at the people on the ground. This tree might have been their reliance for survival, but once it grew up, it was destined to continuously devour flesh and blood, and its appetite would grow bigger and bigger.

Especially since it craves for the leap of life, it will eventually exceed the burden of this small town. Once the supply cannot be met, they themselves will be sacrificed.

This outcome is almost inevitable.

He didn't look at the people on the ground. These people were affected by his mental shock. Even if they could wake up, they only had the most basic physiological instincts left.

Walking out of the hall, he saw a staircase leading upwards, so he walked towards it, but this time, he glanced downwards.

A figure appeared there. Judging from the biological field, he should be a third-level fighter. This person was obviously outside the range of the mental shock just now, so he was not shocked. He was rushing in with an angry face, but after seeing Chen Chuan, the anger on his face suddenly turned into fear, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Chen Chuan glanced at him and then looked away, continuing to walk up, as if ignoring his meaning.

After he left, the man showed a look of smug joy, but it was only for a short time before a lump suddenly appeared on his body, and then the same thing happened on his face. This was because the alienated tissues on his body were growing wildly. He noticed the abnormality and immediately tried to suppress his abnormal growth, but these alienated tissues did not listen to him at all, and began to proliferate in large quantities, and kept growing from the inside of his body and under his skin.

In just a short while, his entire body turned into a deformed mass of flesh. At first, the flesh was wriggling wildly, but after a while, it became completely motionless.

Chen Chuan now doesn't need to use too much strength to deal with fighters who are under the limit. He only needs to use mental power to induce the alienated tissues in the opponent's body, making them think that the body has received sufficient nutrition, and then they will actively absorb the nutrients in the body and grow desperately, until they suck the person to death. Without the host, they will of course not survive.

Soon, he walked up the stairs again to the top of the high ground. In the distance, there were some townspeople and armed guards standing there tremblingly.

Although the guards were holding guns, they were extremely nervous. Their hands holding the guns were trembling slightly. They were looking at him with fear in their eyes, but no one dared to shoot him at this moment. Some of them were even shouting desperately, asking the armed men below to put down their guns.

Because they already knew what had happened, and there were crazy rumors in the town that the "true god" they worshipped had angered Dashun, so they sent a fighter to clean up.

A fighter, as someone who has lived in the Blending Land for generations, they understand the meaning behind this word more deeply than the people in the central city.

Chen Chuan ignored them. After he returned, he would say hello to the people from the Ministry of Defense. Whether these small town residents were involved in those things or not, it was impossible for him to identify them one by one. The next matter would be left to the Ministry of Defense and the local garrison to handle.

He walked back to the exit along the original path. At this time, several off-road vehicles drove over from the side and stopped in front of him one after another. The car doors opened and Baomi rushed out excitedly. He turned sideways and saluted to Chen Chuan excitedly, saying, "Sir, please get in the car!"

The mercenaries in other cars who had served with him also excitedly raised their hands and saluted. They had already known from his performance that the man in front of them must be a fighter.

They actually accepted the employment of a martial artist? And they are still working together? I am afraid no one would believe them if they were to brag about this!
Chen Chuan nodded to him and everyone else, then sat in the passenger seat of the SUV. After Baomi got in, he carefully asked, "Sir, may I ask your last name?" He quickly said, "If it's confidential, just pretend I didn't ask."

Chen Chuan said: "It's okay. I needed to come here to verify something before, and I couldn't reveal it before I was sure. Now the matter has been handled. My last name is Chen, Chen Chuan."

In fact, most people here have never heard of his name, because the fighter's information will not be revealed so easily.

Baomi's lips trembled, and he said excitedly: "I heard from my comrades in the army before that the general of the old imperial family was beaten to death by our fighters. I thought it was the old principal, but it was said to be another person, so it couldn't be..."

Chen Chuan hummed, "I was the one who killed Wei Guochan."

Baomi's breathing became rapid, and he and the people around him who heard his words trembled slightly, their bodies and minds trembling.

Chen Chuanshuo said: "Captain Baomi, go back."

"it is good!"

Baomi managed to calm himself down, started the car, and headed back the way he came. He said, "Don't worry, Commander Chen. I promise I can get back to Deep Valley City before nightfall!"

The convoy soon arrived at the checkpoint they had just passed through, which had already been occupied by the mercenary group.

However, they didn't spend much effort just now. When the spiritual power rushed here just now, although it had weakened here, the people on sentry duty were still affected. Only they didn't seem to feel anything unusual, so they took it down very smoothly.

After the off-road vehicle rushed out from here, everyone was inexplicably excited and kept looking at the car that Chen Chuan was sitting in. It was hard to imagine that they were actually sitting with a fighter.

Although some of them had accepted guidance from Principal Yao in the past, Yao Zhiyi simply showed up and left. The specific details were still handled by the guiding officers below. This was the first time they had such contact.

With this excited mood, the caravan crossed the wasteland at a very fast speed and returned to Deep Valley City before nightfall.

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(End of this chapter)