Everyone stared wide-eyed at Lu Ning's swollen belly, their hearts pounding with shock: "She's... pregnant?!"

As the person involved, Lu Ning did not show too much surprise.

He calmly looked down at his stomach, carefully sensing the condition of his body.

From the moment he ate that fruit fragment, he could feel a divine power erupting within Lu Ning's body.

This divine power took root in Lu Ning's stomach. Lu Ning felt his flesh and blood being absorbed, and a mutated monster was growing by absorbing the flesh and blood in his body.

He could actually control the monster to disappear, but Lu Ning was sensing the abnormality of the fruit, so he didn't stop it.

Just then, Lu Ning's swollen belly suddenly rippled like water.

The next moment, with a hissing sound, a pair of tiny, sharp claws emerged from Lu Ning's stomach and tore it open.

Then a hunched and twisted blood-red figure rushed out.

The figure grew rapidly upon exposure to the wind, and after bursting out of Lu Ning's stomach, it quickly grew to be almost as tall as an adult.

It was a monster with a hunched body, a ferocious mouth on its head, claws on all four limbs, and skin that stretched out.

The monster's body was thin, but its strength was extremely powerful.

Lu Ning clearly sensed that the monster's spiritual power had reached a level close to that of a saint.

The people standing nearby, including Ya'en, looked at the monster that emerged from Lu Ning's stomach with strange expressions.

Jerry couldn't hold back any longer and pointed at the monster, asking, "...Lu Ning, is this your child? Should we kill it?"

Lu Ning glanced at Jerry, then reached out and shook hands with the monster.

The next moment, the monster's body exploded like a bomb, turning into a bloody mist.

The blood mist was absorbed by the Crimson Sword.

The runes on the Crimson Sword were showing signs of evolution.

This made Lu Ning thoughtful.

The Crimson Sword is a flesh-and-blood type soul weapon. Generally speaking, after reaching the high-danger level, it needs to absorb flesh-and-blood type divinity in order to become the special-danger level.

Clearly, the divinity that this monster possessed previously contained a flesh-and-blood type of divinity.

Seeing the monster turn into a bloody mist, Yann was a little surprised: "How did you kill it just now?"

Osiris and Aishalin were also somewhat surprised.

They knew that Lu Ning was very strong, and that he could easily crush a monster that was close to the Saint level.

However, the way Lu Ning killed the monster left them somewhat bewildered.

Lu Ning explained, "It's made of my flesh and blood, so I can control it."

Everyone was taken aback, then suddenly realized.

Lu Ning himself possessed the power of flesh and blood, which he obtained from the evil god of flesh and blood.

Such physical strength is naturally a natural counter to monsters composed of one's own flesh and blood.

An Lan looked at the absorbed blood mist and asked, "Lu Ning, how are you feeling? What happened to the fruit?"

Lu Ning said, "This fruit contains divine power. After eating it, it will absorb the flesh and blood of the body and grow into a monster."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed, and they looked at the baby-shaped fruit that had been cut off with some apprehension.

An Lan looked enlightened, then somewhat shocked: "It actually has divinity? Divinity is undetectable, no wonder it couldn't be detected."

Lu Ning said, "This divinity is very well hidden; it will probably only be unleashed after it is consumed."

Arn said thoughtfully, "Anlan, should we take a few back to study them?"

An Lan nodded and smiled, "Take a few with you, preferably a tree with you... But this thing is too tempting, so it's safest to have a psychic or spiritual saint watching over it while we're researching it."

Ya'en nodded slightly in agreement.

"Aisalin, thank you for your help."

Aishalin nodded and glanced at the giant tree from which Osiris had picked the fruit.

The branches of the giant tree were still burning.

After the branches of that giant tree caught fire, it tried to extinguish the flames and bury the branches in the mud.

But how could the flame of Osiris, a saint, be extinguished so easily?

Even when branches are stuck in mud, the flames continue to burn.

Even the mud was burned to ashes.

Before long, this giant tree will be burned to ashes.

Aishalin looked away, deciding to find another target.

She fixed her gaze on a giant tree nearby, and unleashed her power of ice.

The giant tree's spiritual fluctuations were only at the ninth level, and they were gradually frozen, starting from the trunk.

Although the giant tree frantically swung its branches, trying to break the ice, it soon froze even the trunk itself.

With a flick of her wrist, Aishalin pulled the frozen giant tree from the mud.

Only then did everyone realize that the roots of the giant tree were covered with the remains of living organisms.

Tree roots, like the tentacles of a living organism, wriggled on the remains.

Aishaline frowned and froze the tree trunk.

Then the whole thing was handed over to An Lan.

An Lan happily put it away.

Seeing that An Lan had put the giant tree away, Ya En finally asked, "In which direction is the mental pollution here?"

Lu Ning glanced around, and An Lan also underwent testing.

They quickly confirmed that it was right in front of them.

After confirming the direction, the group began to venture deeper into the area.

Aishalin froze the mud, so the group no longer needed to worry about the swamp's depth or its ability to swallow them, making movement much easier.

However, as they continued their journey, Lu Ning and his group would occasionally encounter monsters composed of various biological remains.

These monsters are essentially a peculiar group of bacteria.

Lacking experience the first time, when the monster attacked the second time, Aisha Lin froze the monster, freezing even the bacteria within it.

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