Chapter 662: Mutation and Tracing Back to the Source

Through the vision of the 【Despair Mycelium】, the sight of the black moon-shadow replica slamming into the eyeball-sealing crystal came through with shocking force.

Rod's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Isn't that Miss Lu Ka?"

An outsider?

No.

Rod knew he had mixed something up — Moon Goddess Lu Ka was Moon Goddess Lu Ka, the labyrinth was the labyrinth.

The Pale Moon of the Pale Corridor had, to a certain extent, misled him, making him think the labyrinth's rules were serving Moon Goddess Lu Ka.

But looking at it now, the labyrinth consciousness that issued the new rules seemed to have its own ideas.

"Interesting — this labyrinth consciousness wants to become a god too."

Rod glanced at the two Star Spirit Young Ladies beside him.

The effect of the 【Creation Dewdrop】 was excellent; the aftereffects of magical exhaustion had already been crossed off, and even his magic power had recovered to about seventy or eighty percent.

The ninth-tier moon-shadow replica had already been dealt with; they were capable of protecting themselves.

Hailey, seeing him stand up while gazing into the distance, instinctively looked over as well.

Then, with an unwilling expression, she turned her head away.

What had just happened was still fresh in her mind; her heart was pounding.

She didn't want to look at this heart-stirring fellow for the time being.

". Where are you going?"

"Heh heh. My time to take the stage has come."

"Take the stage?"

Leila Star Speech on the side was delighted, bouncing up and down on her flat, thin body. "Are you going to fight again?"

Rod was actually a bit annoyed with her and didn't bother responding.

Behind him, the battle soul of the Mycelium Warrior Gorgon flickered, and green psychic energy surged forth.

The cold wind suddenly grew restless.

Even the Pale Moon in the sky turned imperceptibly.

He was manipulating the 【Despair Mycelium】 to activate 【Summon Evil God】 and pull his main body over.

Rod snapped his head around.

He saw Leila Star Speech blooming with a pretty smiling face, a pink butterfly knot appearing in her hand.

The small bead at the center of the butterfly knot suddenly burst with light, and a beam of light had already pierced through Hailey's abdomen.

"Ugh—"

Hailey cried out in shock and pain, but reacted extremely fast.

Spatial shift pulled her away, and she lost her footing and fell to the ground.

"Hailey!" Medlin cried out in alarm.

Leila Star Speech stared blankly at the butterfly knot in her hand, her expression gradually revealing panic:

"I-I didn't. I didn't."

Rod burst forward and slammed her to the ground, his right hand already snatching the pink butterfly knot away.

His brow furrowed.

He hadn't sensed the slightest killing intent on the star, so the sudden backstab had caught him off guard.

Boom!

A burst of flame exploded behind him.

Looking back, he saw Medlin also wearing an expression of panic, uncontrollably beginning to cast spells and attack Hailey.

The tongues of fire slammed into the spherical force-field shield, and the flying sparks swelled into an umbrella shape before spraying down.

Rod understood instantly.

Both Leila Star Speech and Medlin had been affected by the skull of the Soundless Throne — some kind of backdoor must have been planted in them.

But instead of being alarmed, he smiled.

"Too deliberate, labyrinth consciousness — I can feel that you're afraid of me."

A cold wind blew past; the usually drifting mist barely stirred, sinking down like rigid frost.

Even the roots underground gave off the sticky sound of intertwining and tightening, and the tree trunks twitched at different frequencies, trembling irregularly like muscles in a cramp.

"Not talking about you lot."

The withered black trees took on a posture of dread — the disaster didn't reach the trees; the Forest Guardian clearly had more patience for wood.

The nature phase of 【Child of Nature】 switched once more to "Sprouting Form."

Rod raised his hand.

Purple gravity magic spiraled, and 【Gravity Chains】 burst out from space, binding Leila Star Speech's four limbs.

"Aaaah—"

Paying no heed to her screaming, Rod mercilessly locked her firmly in midair.

Then blue-white lightning coiled around him, a crackling roar of thunder, scorching black marks on the ground, and he vanished from the spot in an instant.

Medlin's massive ice spear had already broken through Hailey's spell shield, which was on the verge of collapse from her grievous wounds.

The dazzling light instantly illuminated the dim forest.

Rod punched the tip of the ice spear, the tremendous impact force colliding head-on.

The ice spear shattered section by section, and the exploding ice crystals rebounded onto Medlin's shield with the immense force — crackle, crackle, pop.

She cried out in terror: "It's not me! I'm being controlled! Don't hit me!"

This Star Spirit mage was nearly crying from fear.

Rod's method of effortlessly suppressing a ninth-tier mage was still vivid in her mind.

With a warrior of this kind pressing close, she had no second outcome other than her head exploding like a watermelon.

Amidst her cries and screams.

A hallucinogenic vortex was seen spreading from Rod's fist, instantly enveloping her body.

Medlin stiffened all over.

The light in her eyes dimmed, plunging her completely into a state of unfocused vacancy.

The staff of Fa De Fa hung limp, and she hunched over like a walking corpse.

The Lust skill 【Mirage Net】 of the 【Negative Emotion Absorption】 system.

This skill had not been used for a long time.

Rod gathered a large amount of Lust points and used it without any regret.

He turned back and poured a bottle of 【Genesis Dew】 into the heavily injured Haley, of course, adding a dose of sobering potion on top.

"Sorry, I was dead weight."

"No need to say that; few people can avoid being dead weight to me."

"You, you..."

Haley laughed in frustration and weakly punched his chest.

Then her expression grew Ning Zhong, and she lowered her voice.

"Not controlling earlier or later, but choosing to control precisely when you cast a spell; I fear someone is monitoring us."

Rod did not hide anything and directly stated his speculation regarding the Labyrinth Consciousness.

He also informed her of the visual of Miss Lu Ka's eyeball currently facing the crisis of damage.

"In that case, you go directly; I will keep an eye on the two of them!"

"No rush."

Rod raised the "Blood of Illusion" crystal in his hand.

"Perhaps you do not know, but for some reason, this Labyrinth Consciousness is terrified of me. It delays my steps merely to obtain the third Miss Lu Ka organ early to strengthen itself. What if I go along with its wishes? Regardless, the 'Blood of Illusion' will inevitably come to take it."

His face bore disdain and coldness; he showed not the slightest fear of this so-called Labyrinth Consciousness borrowing Miss Lu Ka of the Moon Goddess.

At worst, we just fight.

A dying evil god from hundreds of thousands of years ago; even if it lends you resurrection, so what?

"Before that, there are other things to do, though."

Arrogance and conceit took hold.

Rod sneered and transformed the Natural Phase of 【Child of Nature】 into the "Source-Seeking State".

【"Source-Seeking State": Trace the memories of the Ancient Tree, with a chance to obtain lost natural secret arts.】

【"Source-Seeking State" triggered! Intercepting the Memory Ancient Tree successful!】

Same as usual.

The vision became blurred.

When it cleared again, the scene had already changed.

The withered black Ancient Tree had hardly changed; mist filled the air, and the moonlight was bright and gentle.

It was still the pale corridor.

The chill was no different from now, but the coldness and eeriness on the moonlight were almost absent.

At first glance, it looked merely like a somewhat dark forest.

Two lizardmen walked to the edge of the frame.

Compared to the lizardmen on the current continent, these two were thinner and shorter, standing at about one meter sixty each.

Their primitive features were also more obvious.

They wore bone ornaments, feathers, or strange trophies, smearing their bodies with mud or plant sap as camouflage or ritual markings.

Each held a bone spear and a Shi Fu, looking left and right while chattering away.

Rod could not understand a single word.

He could only reach his arm into the spell satchel, grab the 【Soul-Trembling Blade】, and activate the translation spell within it.

The first sentence he heard left him bewildered.

【"... If it is here in Miss Lu Ka, Fabio should not be able to find it..."】

Fabio?!

(End of this chapter)