Hearing Yu Qirui's serious assurance, the old patriarch's anger subsided somewhat. He didn't have any particularly good solutions for dealing with the poisonous tree root.
The best course of action for Chen Zhou right now is to absorb it. As long as Chen Zhou is of good character and can absorb it perfectly without being contaminated by the roots of the poisonous tree, like the gray lion which was contaminated by the roots of the poisonous tree.
That's why the Grey Lion became so irritable and brutal.
The grey lions were once affectionately called the Hunters by the Inata people, who trusted them implicitly.
Until the day the gray lion secretly absorbed the roots of the poisonous tree, the hunter was transformed into a beast, becoming brutal and irritable, turning into a demon of this jungle.
There used to be many spirit beasts here, but ever since the hunter absorbed the root of the poisonous tree, many spirit beasts have become its match, and have been cruelly killed and devoured by it.
Gradually, the number of spirit beasts in this forest decreased significantly, and a large number of them began to flee and relocate.
After a year of such development, it is now very difficult to find a spirit beast in this jungle.
The jungle is now eerily silent and still.
"Can you guarantee that this weak human can absorb the Poison Tree Root? Don't think that the Poison Tree Root is just something that the Divine Tree has been nurtured for a year. The power it contains is no less than that of the Divine Tree Root, except that it is an extremely evil power. Once he is controlled by this power, he will just be the next humanoid hunter." The old patriarch frowned.
“Elder Chief, let me be frank. I think this person is far from simple. Moreover, I have an inexplicable sense of trust in him, so I choose to believe him,” Yu Qirui said.
"I hope you made the right choice this time," the old patriarch murmured.
Yu Qirui nodded. He was naturally very grateful to the old patriarch for trusting him again, but there were conditions. The old patriarch then said, "Be prepared. If he wakes up and finds something is wrong, kill him immediately."
Everyone nodded, and Yu Junya gripped the Mystic Glass Spear tightly, pointing the spearhead at Chen Zhou once again.
Chen Zhou was currently in dire straits. What exactly was this poisonous tree root? It caused the true energy emanating from Chen Zhou's dantian to his limbs to be sometimes scorching hot and sometimes icy cold.
Moreover, Chen Zhou's meridians are now contaminated by the venom released from the roots of the poisonous tree. From the perspective of the three elders, Yu Qirui, Yu Junya, and the others, Chen Zhou's body is now covered with green veins.
It was all caused by that venom.
Not only did Chen Zhou's meridians turn green, but even his eyes turned dark green.
A powerful and malevolent consciousness is constantly clashing with Chen Zhou's mental world, and Ren Lao, who is currently in Chen Zhou's mental world, is the one who feels it most clearly.
"Hold on! I never expected the root of this poisonous tree to have such power? Could this poisonous root be on the list of strange roots?" Old Ren murmured subconsciously.
Chen Zhou could not hear any outside sounds, but he could clearly hear Elder Ren's voice. He could hear everything Elder Ren was saying perfectly.
What is this "List of Heretical Roots"? What is that? How can Elder Ren still have the mind to talk about this when he is about to die?
Chen Zhou desperately wanted to scream in agony, but his body was vaguely out of his control; the evil consciousness was too powerful.
Chen Zhou had never specifically trained in the areas of soul and spiritual power, but his only advantage was his powerful soul.
Because Chen Zhou is a transmigrator, his soul was able to travel through multiple planes to the Tianyun Continent world, which is naturally because his soul is powerful enough.
Therefore, at this moment, the consciousness of the Poison Tree Root had no way to deal with Chen Zhou's mental world. Chen Zhou's mental world was like a solid barrier, firmly blocking the impact of the Poison Tree Root's evil consciousness.
However, Chen Zhou was also helpless against the root of the poisonous tree, because he could neither completely expel that consciousness from his body nor eliminate it. So that consciousness continued to assault Chen Zhou's mental world until Chen Zhou began to question the meaning of life.
Chen Zhou simply couldn't do anything about it.
The two sides thus reached a stalemate.
"This kid doesn't look good," the old patriarch said slowly, looking at Chen Zhou's current physical condition.
There was no record of anyone in the Natal tribe ever absorbing the roots of the poisonous tree, so they didn't know what to do. They could only wait.
As soon as they detect anything unusual, the three of them will immediately take action and kill Chen Zhou in an instant.
"Ren... Elder... how long will this take...? I feel... I'm about to... not be able to hold on... anymore..." Chen Zhou said to Ren Elder in anguish.
At this moment, Chen Zhou's thoughts and words to Ren Lao were already becoming fragmented and disjointed.
This means that Chen Zhou's control over his brain has begun to become intermittent.
The evil consciousness of this poisonous tree root was stronger than Chen Zhou could comprehend. After so long, it had not dissipated at all, but instead showed signs of strengthening.
"Your spiritual world cannot be breached! With me here, this mere poisonous root consciousness cannot possibly break through my sword spirit's consciousness," Elder Ren said confidently, and Chen Zhou was now somewhat relieved.
"Your most urgent task now is to find a way to devour or expel that consciousness from your body. If you continue to be attacked by that poisonous root, your soul will be damaged!" Elder Ren continued.
If you just calm down and then become anxious again, will your soul be damaged?
Chen Zhou became anxious and said, "I don't know what to do either?"
"Don't rush! Calm down. You see, you're using your brain much more effectively now!" Elder Ren said immediately.
Chen Zhou was speechless for a moment, and just then the impact of the poisonous root consciousness became even stronger.
A feeling of soul being torn apart appeared in Chen Zhou's body. As soon as Chen Zhou felt his consciousness being torn apart, he felt as if he had a split personality.
"Old Ren! Quickly...think of...a way..." Chen Zhou felt as if he needed to use all his strength to think of a single sentence.
"There's nothing I can do!" Old Ren said helplessly.
But Chen Zhou no longer heard those words.
At the last moment, all the pain in Chen Zhou's body seemed to disappear. When Chen Zhou opened his eyes, he saw a dark green world, and in front of him, a dark green tree root was radiating light.
Chen Zhou reached out his hands to touch the dark green tree roots, and just then, he heard a familiar voice.
"Ding! The host has successfully absorbed the root of the poisonous tree. The system has automatically cleared away the evil consciousness. The host has completed the absorption."
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