The Ascension of Contracted Spirits

Chapter 269 - 151: The Assembled Mentors, The Arrival of the Rotten Ancient Tree_4

There are at least twenty human bodies... hanging from it!

Some can still be vaguely recognized as having been young people, perhaps students of Canghai Pavilion.

Some are still dressed in laboratory clothing, indicating that they were either workers or researchers.

Had they... been dead here for a while?

"Retreat! Nie Zhuo has completed his transformation!"

"I don’t know what he has transformed into, but judging by this massively mutated Contracted Spirit Fond Spirit... it’s likely some career with sinister, contaminating traits. Even with all of us combined, we wouldn’t be a match for him!"

Ji Yan shouted out. A large grey-black tree in a rage, violently threw up something like mud.

The Sky Flying Fish quickly darted away. Its previously composed demeanor was nowhere to be seen.

"Beep—beep—"

The instructors located in all directions of the research institute, whether middle-aged or elderly, activated their Personal Badges while retreating as fast as they could.

"Talent Identification!"

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[Race Name]: Rotten Ancient Tree

[Chaos Seal]: "Underworld"

[Main Study]: Dried Wood Path/Plundering Path/Cruel Path

[Order]: Wheel of Life Embryo - Pseudo Attraction

[Chaos Spirit Pattern]: ???

[Core Personality]: ???

[Current Status]: ???

[Contractual Relationship]: Stable

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"I know now... It’s the ’Rotten Scholar’!"

Ye Hanjun, who was riding a six-legged cow horse, shouted to Jiang Yongnian, who was on a Ghost Shadow Spider:

"Although it only ranks D grade, combined with the 4th order... it’s extremely dangerous!"

"I’ve seen Nie Zhuo’s information. His previously Contracted Spirit was an ’Fruit Tendril Tree’. It was merely a kind of telepathic plant, belonging to the emblem of the Demon."

"But with the Rotten Scholar’s active ability ’Rotten Transformation’, his contracted spirit can endure immense pain and then acquire rotten traits, becoming more powerful than before... while losing its Spirit Wisdom!"

"It’s no longer a demon’s fond spirit, but a spirit of the underworld. We mustn’t touch its slime; otherwise, we risk decomposition into a puddle of blood before purification!"

"!" Jiang Yongnian was greatly shocked.

Pressed by the urgent situation, he no longer regarded Lord Han or why he could discern these pieces of information at a glance.

He looked back at the frantic rotten ancient tree, looked back at an elder with grey hair and glasses appearing on a branch. He took a deep breath, unable to suppress a bellow:

"You ungrateful Nie Zhuo!"

"The academy provided for you, nurtured you, and you returned the favor with treachery, carrying out all these sinister, wicked deeds behind our backs!"

"Sinister, wicked?"

Nie Zhuo tore off his research robe, and the skin revealed was two-thirds rotten.

The constantly oozing pus made him look more like a weird and twisted monstrosity from an evil subhuman tribe, rather than a human.

"After enduring year after year, I finally completed my transformation!"

"You should be cheering for me, why are you afraid of me? All of you... why are you running so far away!"

"Phwee! Phwee-phwee-phwee!"

The dead King Kong Berserker Bear hung on the Rotten Ancient Tree.

And the Rotten Ancient Tree was greedily absorbing its flesh and blood, extending some of its roots into the bear’s body.

"Boom—boom-boom-boom—"

More branches grew out, the horrific stench spread wide, turning the five-kilometer radius around the institute into something akin to an untreated garbage incineration plant.

This was the 4th stage of Spirit Fond Spirit life... Wheel of Life Embryo!

In Canghai Pavilion, there were more than 500 official mentors, but those who could reach the 4th Order, were few and far between!

"This is like opening a super wasp’s nest..."

"If it weren’t for this group action, who knows how long he would have lain dormant, and what kind of disaster he would bring to the academy when he truly erupted..."

"No, we have no one who can compete with his advantage in order."

"With so many instructors activating their distress signals at the same time... the vice dean should be able to sense it, right? We can only pray that they arrive quickly and suppress this evil-doer!"