Chapter 737: Wishing Candles
Beth launched a city-wide sacrifice.
But things were not as smooth as Dean Pound had imagined.
Beth was more likely forced to initiate the sacrifice ahead of time.
Time moves forward.
Before Thor left the Inverted Tree, due to the special properties of the space, Char had already arrived at the center of the tree.
The moment Xia came in, Beth noticed his presence.
"You actually came back by yourself. I thought you would show up at the last minute."
The voice was hoarse and without any emotion.
If Xia hadn't been very clear that he had completely offended Beth, he would have thought that she was really calm.
Char still looked like a human, but his body was glowing slightly.
The light illuminated the entire space in the center of the tree.
It also illuminates Bestana at the bottom.
She was lying naked on a suspended hollow witchcraft circle.
The naked Bestana is not truly naked, because she only has a small amount of white skin left on her cheeks, neck and limbs, and the rest of her skin has turned into dense roots.
There are almost thousands of roots, hanging like silk ribbons on a loom.
There are also many tiny hairs on the roots.
It seems to be a product of combining the characteristics of human skin and tree roots.
Indicated that Bestana didn't need to see Char to sense his arrival.
At the same time, Char was also aware of this.
He knew even more clearly that Bestana relied on these hairy roots to control every spirit in the inverted tree.
When they are not needed, spirits remain motionless or perform single, repetitive actions according to a given design.
But when Bestana needs it, those spirits can be turned into deadly weapons at any time.
Extremely loyal to his master, and ruthless to his enemies.
Until the last bit of energy in their spirits is exhausted.
Char understood this point too well, which is why he was willing to risk his soul to steal the tree seeds.
He did not tell Thor that the tree seed was inside him.
Firstly, this was his only reliance against Bestana. With this tree species, Bestana would be concerned about whether he would destroy the tree species when he was forced into a corner.
Secondly, Xia Ya was temporarily unable to remove the tree species from his body because he could not truly control the tree species.
However, if Char could really defeat Bestana, whose movements were restricted at the moment, he would not mind fulfilling his deal with Thor and handing over the tree seeds to the other party.
"Bestana, I'm back. I know your current condition is very bad. Even if you force the sacrifice, there is a high possibility of failure. So I came back. As long as you give me a promise, I will return the tree seeds to you, so that your chances of success will be higher."
For some reason, when Char said these words, he suddenly remembered Thor, with whom he had made a deal before, and the expression on his face unconsciously imitated Thor's movements and expressions.
Bestana was indeed very weak, and she knew that Char knew this, so she did not hide it.
"What commitment do you need?"
Xia puffed out his chest and said, "I want to become an inverted tree branch like Pound. I can work for you later, but you must set me free when I can survive independently."
"Okay, come here. After I take out the tree seeds in your body, I will give you a branch for you to live on."
Bestana was so straightforward that Char hesitated.
“Why is the process different from what I expected?”
But despite his uneasiness, Char had no way out.
He flew towards Bestana like a warrior ready to die.
The dense roots automatically spread to both sides, making way for Char.
Xia continued to fly forward, "I don't believe you. I need to sign a witchcraft contract. You and I are both in spirit form now, but I have a contract that can be signed without magic power."
As Xia spoke, a candle suddenly appeared in his palm.
This candle is all white and ordinary, just like the white wax used by ordinary nobles in their daily lives.
As soon as the candle was taken out, it lit up automatically. The flame was steady, and no one knew what was burning.
Bestana, who originally didn't care much, also focused her attention.
Witchcraft props that can be preserved in spirits are definitely not simple.
Two roots suddenly and rapidly rolled towards Xia, as if trying to snatch the candle from his hand.
Xia Ya hurriedly shouted: "Don't move, or I will leave immediately..."
But he had just said half of his words when his attention was drawn to the roots attacking him. Suddenly, a man with a black beard appeared behind him. The man hugged Char from behind and bit his shoulder.
Char immediately realized that Bestana had no intention of making a deal with him and had already prepared an ambush behind him.
Just as he was about to break free from the person behind him, he found that his shoulder was numb.
The numbness quickly spread along his shoulders, and Char immediately felt his consciousness begin to slow down.
He turned his head with difficulty and finally saw the man behind him.
Char had never seen this man in the Inverted Tree.
His face was covered with a beard, and the skin where there was no beard was all ulcerated.
I don't know how a person could make his soul like this.
The man who ambushed Char was naturally Wilde's soul that was brought to the tree heart space by Bestana.
Although he was very dissatisfied with Bestana for extracting his soul without even saying hello, he was powerless to resist at this point. He could only help Bestana subdue Char as she requested.
When he bit Char's shoulder, he used all his strength to activate his spiritual body, allowing the mental waves to be transmitted to Char's spiritual body.
At the same time, the elven pollution lurking in his spiritual body was also transmitted.
As expected, Char, who had just come into contact with the pollution of the elves, was subdued by this overbearing pollution. For a while, apart from desperately resisting the pollution that entered his spirit body, he could no longer resist in any other way.
Wilde immediately took Char and continued to fly towards Bestana in the center of space.
"Hurry up, although the pollution of the elves is overbearing, it is not completely irresistible."
Xia was sent to Bestana with fear in his eyes.
However, when the two were less than three meters apart and Bestana had already begun scanning Char's spirit, Char, who had been struggling in numbness, suddenly blew at the white candle in his hand.
Because his face was numb, the air Char blew out was very weak.
Normally, such airflow would hardly shake the flame.
But Char blew gently and the steadily burning white candle suddenly went out.
Then the candle in Char's hand disappeared, and turned into a transparent crystal bottle in the next second.
The crystal bottle contained an equally transparent liquid that looked like ordinary spring water.
Before anyone else could react, Char's fingers gently removed the cork from the crystal bottle.
Immediately, a sweet fragrance spread out.
When Xia smelled this scent, the numbness in his body quickly faded away.
It was like meeting his nemesis.
The most shocking thing was Wilde behind him.
Because he also smelled the scent of the bottle of spring water that suddenly appeared.
The pollution of the spirits that had troubled him for many years was so easily eliminated by the sweet smell! Wilde immediately became excited and blurted out, "What is that bottle of water?" without caring that Bestana was right next to him.
Xia didn't say anything, but pressed his backhand on Wilde's face. A light flashed, and the other party was instantly moved out of the tree core space.
Char couldn't kill Wilde immediately, but as he had the tree heart, he could throw this unexpected place out first.
After dealing with Wilde, Char immediately rushed towards Bestana, holding a white tooth sealed in gray amber in his hand.
Bestana paid no attention to the teeth in Char's hand that did not pose any threat. She just stared at the crystal bottle in Char's other hand and suddenly shouted like a madman: "Wishing candle! What you just took was a wishing candle! The legendary cursed object is actually in your hand!"
(End of this chapter)
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