99: Chapter 99 The True Appearance of the Enlightenment Tree

"Is it really just an Incarnation?"

Hearing this, Yun Chenfei became even more curious about the identity of the Old Man in Green Robes.

After listening to the Old Man in Green Robes, the group tried attacking the Restriction around the enlightenment tree a few more times.

Sure enough, after the attacks struck the Restriction, the energy fluctuations around the enlightenment tree indeed intensified significantly.

"Could it really be as that Old Man in Green Robes said, and this is truly the power of the Law emitted by the enlightenment tree?"

At this moment, the group gradually began to believe the words of the Old Man in Green Robes.

Some people already tried touching the invisible barrier around the enlightenment tree, attempting to comprehend the power of the Law within.

A moment later, a strange thing happened; the faces of the few Cultivators who touched the barrier gradually revealed a hint of intoxication.

Subsequently, the hint of intoxication on their faces became increasingly intense, and then it really was just as the Old Man in Green Robes had described.

These people seemed to truly resonate with the power of the Law around them, and their bodies were slowly merging into the barrier surrounding the enlightenment tree.

A few minutes later, they really did enter the barrier and began to slowly approach the enlightenment tree.

Seeing this scene, the others nearby panicked, fearing that the Enlightenment Fruit would be picked clean by them, so they hurriedly began to sense the power of the Law in the surroundings as well.

At this moment, only four people remained standing still in their original spots.

They were the Cultivator from the Heavenly Demon Clan, the little monk from the Buddhist Domain, Ox Two of the Yao Race, and Chen Zihan from the Central Region Saint Domain.

If it hadn't been for seeing Chen Zihan and the others not entering, Ox Two would have hesitated for a moment, and by now, he would have also entered the barrier.

"Shouldn't an enlightenment tree make people feel clear-headed, and at first glance, evoke a sacred and profound feeling?"

"Why do I feel that this enlightenment tree is so strange? It seems to have a faintly sinister aura."

Gazing at the enlightenment tree not far away, Yun Chenfei thought to himself.

In fact, the reason Yun Chenfei had such a feeling was because he had not only initially comprehended his own Intent and Momentum.

He had also long since glimpsed a trace of Dao Rhyme through the White Tiger Slaughter Art.

If it were a genuine enlightenment tree, the Intent and Momentum that Yun Chenfei had comprehended, along with that trace of Dao Rhyme, should be felt more profoundly the closer he got to the tree.

But his current situation was exactly the opposite; the closer he got to the enlightenment tree, the heavier he felt the tree's sinister aura to be.

"Big Brother Qiwu, aren't you going to the enlightenment tree to sense the power of the Law?"

"The power of the Law can only be comprehended by those in the Saint Realm. If one can comprehend it in advance, even just a rudimentary trace, it will be of great benefit to oneself."

Looking at Yun Chenfei beside her, Yan Qingying said, looking eager to try.

"If it were a real enlightenment tree, I would indeed go and experience it. As for this tree, we had better not go."

Watching the group slowly walking towards the enlightenment tree, a strange arc gradually appeared at the corner of Yun Chenfei's mouth.

"Huh?"

"Is this enlightenment tree fake?"

"But my Six-Colored Jade Spirit Eyes haven't detected anything wrong. It is indeed a tree full of sacred aura."

After carefully observing the enlightenment tree again, Yan Qingying asked in confusion.

"Channel the Purple Heavenly Thunder that I left inside your body into your Spiritual Eyes and look again."

Yun Chenfei said casually.

Subsequently, Yan Qingying mobilized that trace of Purple Heavenly Thunder within her body to her eyes and looked at the enlightenment tree once more.

She saw that the enlightenment tree, which had just been full of sacred aura, now had its entire body wreathed in Death Qi.

Moreover, the Enlightenment Fruits that had originally emitted five-colored light on the enlightenment tree had now turned into black human heads with hideous expressions.

The faces on the heads were clearly visible, seemingly enduring unbearable torment, each with their mouths open, wailing in pain.

"This... this is a soul devouring tree!"

Just taking one look, Yan Qingying was so scared that she hurriedly closed her eyes and once again hugged Yun Chenfei's arm tightly.

If Yun Chenfei hadn't been by her side, she probably would have already started screaming.

"It is rumored that the soul devouring tree can stir up the most primal desires in people's hearts, causing them to fall into illusions, unable to extricate themselves."

"Then the soul devouring tree will slowly devour their Souls, and even their Physical Bodies will turn into nutrients to be absorbed by the soul devouring tree."

"Just wait and see; these people will soon become new fruits on this soul devouring tree."

Just as Yun Chenfei's voice fell, those Cultivators who had already walked under the soul devouring tree collapsed to the ground one after another.

Immediately following this, their Physical Bodies began to rot rapidly, turning into a pool of blood in the blink of an eye, and were subsequently absorbed completely by the soul devouring tree.

After the Cultivators who had entered the barrier died, a new soul-devouring fruit immediately appeared on the soul devouring tree, only it was not as large as the previous soul-devouring fruits.

It must be that the Souls of these dozen or so people were not enough to make this new soul-devouring fruit fully formed.

"This, this isn't an enlightenment tree at all, but a soul devouring tree!"

The scene unfolding before their eyes scared Chen Zihan and the other three, including Ox Two, causing them to hurriedly retreat dozens of meters.

"Damn it, it's a good thing I, Old Ox, didn't enter this barrier."

"Where is that old ghost in green robes from just now? He had better not let me, Old Ox, run into him again, or I will surely skin him alive!"

Thinking about how he had almost entered the barrier himself just now, Ox Two, with a lingering fear on his face, cursed and grumbled.

At this time, other Cultivators were still constantly arriving here from all around.

"How could there be such an evil soul devouring tree inside the Saint Domain?"

"And looking at the soul-devouring fruits condensed on it, I'm afraid at least several hundred, if not more, Cultivators have died under this soul devouring tree."

Taking a glance at the dozen or so soul-devouring fruits on the soul devouring tree, Yan Qingying muttered.

"To know these things, we must find that mysterious Old Man in Green Robes from earlier. He lured everyone into the barrier; there must be some ulterior secret."

Scanning the surroundings, Yun Chenfei said casually.

Seeing that Cultivators were still continuously arriving from all around, Chen Zihan, Ox Two, and the others all watched the newcomers with expressionless faces, having no intention of speaking up to warn them at all.

"These people are too wicked; they don't even know to warn the people coming later."

Watching Chen Zihan and the others looking indifferent and detached, Yan Qingying said.

"Little Sister Qingying, if we had just arrived here, and they told you that this is not an enlightenment tree at all..."

"...but a soul devouring tree that eats people without spitting out the bones, what would you think?"

Glancing at Yan Qingying beside him, Yun Chenfei said with a half-smile.

"Uh?"

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really wouldn't have believed them if they said that."

"I would definitely think that they were trying to trick us all away so that they could divide up this enlightenment tree for themselves."

Hearing this, Yan Qingying thought for a moment, then said.