As Yi Tianyun grasped Mi Suo's head and hurriedly descended, the dark attribute energy from below grew increasingly intense. After a sustained run, they reached a massive door that even a typical Heaven Monarch could not break through.
For Yi Tianyun, however, shattering it was possible, but doing so would alert the significant figures of Evil Moon City. Thus, he had chosen a subtler approach, summoning Mi Suo to meet him, then ambushing him—all part of his plan.
"Open the door," Yi Tianyun commanded, pushing Mi Suo's head forward.
"I won't open the door for you, you damned human…" Mi Suo resisted.
With a "bang!" Yi Tianyun smashed his head against the door twice, and after Mi Suo's blood touched it, the door began to open slowly. Without his blood, the door would not unlock.
"I didn't say you had to help me open it; I was just speaking offhand." Yi Tianyun pulled back Mi Suo's head, now dazed from the forceful impacts.
Once the door opened, a thick wave of dark attribute energy surged, briefly aiding Mi Suo's recovery from his injuries. However, Yi Tianyun quickly suppressed it, making a recovery impossible.
Inside, the sight that greeted them was a dark attribute core. This massive core was embedded in the ground, surrounded by a complex array of divine inscriptions, channeling the dark attribute energy upward.
Yi Tianyun's target in this place wasn't just the dark attribute core; it was also the spirit fruit nurtured upon it.
Indeed, a tree bearing a lush, black fruit glowing faintly had grown on the core. This high-tier, sixth-grade Dark Spirit Fruit was said to grow only on such cores. The fruit continuously absorbed energy from the core, typically producing only two fruits before its essence was depleted.
However, regarding value, the Dark Spirit Fruit was far more precious than the core, not even on the same level. While cores are invaluable and graded differently, this particular core was only second grade, so it was not quickly compared with other treasures. Its primary use was to sustain life on a planet, but the fruit's purpose was to significantly enhance one's dark attribute physique, potentially elevating one's status significantly.
If one did not possess a dark attribute, consuming the fruit would transform their physique into a dark, saintly body with a high-grade constitution.
Yet, solidifying such a fruit was challenging, requiring tens of thousands of years. The one before them was nearly ripe, indicating it had been cultivated for millennia.
Mi Suo likely intended to consume it himself to enhance his physique. Unbeknownst to him, Yi Tianyun had discovered it, his investigative eye revealing everything hidden by the divine inscriptions.
What drew Yi Tianyun most was this Dark Spirit Fruit; while the cores were valuable, several were here, making them difficult to transport. If cores could be easily moved, they would have been stolen long ago.
Transporting a core required formidable heavenly powers and turned one into a significant target, hardly going unnoticed.
However, Yi Tianyun had a bold idea he had yet to try, which might now be feasible.
"How did you find this Dark Spirit Fruit?" Mi Suo exclaimed in shock, nearly driven mad.
"Why does it matter how I discovered it? Now that I have, everything here belongs to me," Yi Tianyun stated, eyeing the fruit. It was an excellent resource for enhancing his Evil Spirit puppets.
Stronger puppets would serve as valuable assets, especially given the abundance of Evil Spirits to slaughter, rapidly advancing his cultivation.
The resulting heavenly tribulations would be formidable, and advancing to higher levels would be difficult without a solid foundation. The Dark Spirit Fruit was undoubtedly valuable, enhancing one's physique substantially and facilitating easier infiltration among the Evil Spirits.
Power was always crucial. He needed to elevate his cultivation to prevent the divine realm's internal powers from rejecting him. This was necessary to blend in successfully; he wouldn't have a foothold without it.
"Damn you, I'm going to kill you!!" Mi Suo roared, struggling to resist, but he was no match for Yi Tianyun.
"Kill me? Then I'll just have to kill you first. You're only useful for opening the door for me." With that, Yi Tianyun crushed Mi Suo's head with ease, turning it into a splatter of gore.
He had merely brought him down to open the door; breaking in by force would have caused too much disturbance.
"Ding, you have successfully killed Mi Suo, gaining seven compressed experience points... Evil Spirit's blood, Evil Spirit's bones, Evil Spirit's soul (Heaven Monarch level)."
When absorbed by the Evil Spirit puppets, the Heaven Monarch-level Evil Spirit's soul would have an astonishing effect.
After the kill, Yi Tianyun approached the Dark Spirit Fruit, and as he got closer, the fruit immediately unleashed several dark whips toward him.
Yi Tianyun flicked his hand lightly, deflecting the dark whips into the air, where they dissipated.
"Squeak, squeak..."
The Dark Spirit Fruit let out several pitiful screams as its whips, which were its roots, destroyed, undoubtedly causing pain. However, this stopped it from launching any further attacks.
"Still trying to attack and drain me?" Yi Tianyun narrowed his eyes at it. "True to your nature as a Dark Spirit Fruit, an evil fruit indeed, eager to absorb any bit of life force you see."
"Too bad you met me. I don't have time to wait for you to grow a second fruit!"
Yi Tianyun gestured towards the Dark Spirit Fruit, and a powerful force immediately locked onto it. The fruit twisted wildly in an attempt to break free.
But its strength was no match for Yi Tianyun. With a gentle tug, the Dark Spirit Fruit screamed and was captured in his hand.
Just as it settled in his grasp, a puff of black smoke rose from the Dark Spirit Fruit, and suddenly, instead of a fruit, there was a stunningly beautiful girl in his hand. With dark hair and skin smooth as jade, she was even more beautiful than any woman outside.
Was the Dark Spirit Fruit a girl?