I'm a villain, not a devil

Seeing the power of the golden light being absorbed by the tree man, Sean, who was originally prepared to wait and see for a while, could no longer sit still.

I didn't come all the way here to see you two loving each other as a family!

The tree man with the golden leaf hanging on his earlobe was completely intoxicated by the golden light. The hollow tree stump transformed by his people seemed to have become a container to help him transform, and the power of the golden light entered his body in an unknown way.

The golden light seemed to want to leave the stump, but there seemed to be an inexplicable attraction between the previously degraded tree people and the stump, and it always lingered for a while and returned to the original place.

Facing the absorption of the tree man, the golden light did not show a rejection.

And as the breath of the tree man became stronger, the desire of the golden light to move became less and less.

"Mother, thank you for your great gift."

The tree people knelt down on the ground together.

Just as they were grateful, a hand appeared silently in the stump.

The tree man who had reached the upper layer of the crimson suddenly opened his eyes and shouted angrily: "Who is it?!"

At the same time, the golden leaf hanging on his earlobe glowed and turned into a golden thread that entangled directly.

However, the golden thread entangled nothing, and the hand quickly retracted into the void.

"They are all thieves!" The tree man cursed angrily, and then asked his tribesmen to surround the vicinity more tightly, firmly protecting the golden light in the center.

After looking around vigilantly again, the tree man closed his eyes again, ready to continue absorbing the power of the golden light.

Who would have thought that he would open his eyes again in shock after just closing them.

"Why did it disappear..."

The tree man's breathing suddenly became heavier, and he reached his hand directly into the golden light in the tree stump, but touched nothing.

The ball of golden light that was just so strong actually disappeared directly on the spot.

"...Illusion?!"

The tree man exclaimed, and then angrily lifted the tree stump.

A huge hole appeared at the ground at the level of the tree stump, and judging from the direction, it was the underground hole created by the movement of the tree people.

A laugh full of sarcasm and disdain sounded from the void: "Thank you all, I'll take the things, hahahahaha."

"Who?! Who is it?!" The tree man was surprisingly angry.

After he completed the glorious and fertile evolution, right under his nose, the mother's gift was actually replaced!

"Who is it?! Come out, I want to kill you!" He punched the hole in the ground, and the surroundings seemed to be earthquake-like.

"Chase!" He vented his punch and ordered loudly.

However, another tree man who looked very old ran up quickly. Although he also looked grim, he tried to calmly advise: "It's too late, Master Seed. That person was able to steal the tree heart under our noses. It is definitely not easy to find him. Don't forget where we are now."

The tree man called "Seed" looked livid. He just remembered that he was in the empire, not even far away from the imperial capital.

The movement of the tree heart was not big, but its great and unique precious aura would only attract the strongest.

"Damn..." The tree man clenched his fist unwillingly.

The old tree man advised again: "Master Seed, you have completed the evolution with the help of the power of the tree heart, and you have absorbed a lot of the power. Tree people other than me cannot use it to evolve, and it is definitely not easy to absorb the power... This is enough."

Finally, Master Seed waved his hand viciously: "Evacuate immediately."

"Yes!"

Before leaving, Seed scanned the nearby area with a gloomy look and left the last sentence.

"The homeland will eventually embrace her true people, and I will personally resolve the hatred of the mother. Wait, thieves!"

This group of tree people seemed to be very familiar with the routes within the empire, and soon disappeared on the spot.

Only a large pit and a collapsed stone pillar nearby were left on the ground, as if nothing had happened here.

However, after the tree people left, a piece of air fluctuated.

A bush under the air slowly stood up.

The air twisted, and the bush turned into a human, it was Sean.

"Tsk, moving with a hole in the ground and hiding with a bush are all the things they are most familiar with, but they can't detect it at all." Sean sneered.

After borrowing the illusion of the cat-for-prince, Sean did not leave directly, but hid nearby to see if he could hear any useful information.

Sure enough, the adventure is still rewarding.

The evolved tree man is called the 'seed', and the inexplicably appearing golden light is called the heart of the tree...

Sean pondered the meaning of these words.

After reaching the upper level of Crimson, the tree man was still okay in terms of strength. With Sean's cunning and exaggerated abilities, it would be no problem for him to capture him, but to play some games with him and then leave leisurely.

However, the golden leaf hanging on the seed's ear made Sean instinctively sense a hint of danger.

It seemed to be a proof of identity, but it was also very powerful in itself, and the seed could absorb the tree heart, which seemed to be due to the leaf.

Thinking of this, Sean slowly opened his hand.

In his palm was lying the golden light called 'Tree Heart'.

Split into two, but just a ceremony allowed an ordinary lower level of Crimson to quickly advance to the upper level of Crimson...

My feeling was right. This thing is definitely a precious thing.

Originally, when Sean stole the tree heart, he was worried that it would fly straight into the sky and leave, but the tree heart stayed safely in his palm.

It is not invisible light, and it is even quite heavy. What is somewhat contradictory is that under the heavy weight, it feels extremely soft.

To make an inappropriate analogy, this thing is about the same size and feel as Bai Ye's bear, and about the same weight as Qiong Ying...

Although it sounds a bit vulgar, Sean can say with a clear conscience that the feedback he got is indeed like this.

Of course, in addition to the feel, the more important thing is the feeling of the tree heart.

"Hiss, it's a bit strange... Is it like what those tree people said, because I am not a tree person, so I can't absorb it?"

While muttering in a depressed manner, Sean suddenly found that the tree heart he had been holding had stuck to his palm without knowing when.

"This..." Gradually, Sean widened his eyes in shock.

The gentle and pure power merged into Sean's body at an unimaginable speed, which was completely different from the death power he obtained through the ritual!

No purification was needed, no mental defense was needed, and even no absorption was needed!

Sean was shocked to find that just by sticking to him for a few minutes, an extremely huge power was successfully integrated into his body!

"This..."

The promotion above Crimson is already two different concepts from before. While increasing strength, it is also necessary to resist huge pollution, and even many people need to divide their own strength to suppress the crazy desire in their hearts.

Coupled with the huge power requirements, it also makes it quite difficult to promote in a small section after promoting to Crimson.

When Sean just promoted to Crimson, he got a part of the power "gifted" by Bai Youming. After that, he also absorbed the power of Pazuzu, etc. Even so, Sean didn't feel that he could be promoted to the middle level of Crimson.

If there is no particularly good opportunity, he estimates that it will take him more than two years to be promoted to the middle level of Crimson. Even if he is lucky enough to absorb a lot of power, it will take at least half a year.

But just now, in just two minutes, Sean was surprised to find that he had come to the middle level of Crimson.

"Fuck..." He couldn't help but swear.

Without any obstruction or stagnation, Sean could clearly feel that his energy was solid and heavy - just like he had been training hard for more than ten years.

Yes, the power of the tree heart was transformed into Sean's own energy without any obstruction, and its mellow and pure essence allowed Sean to directly skip the conversion process.

A high-efficiency enhancement item with no side effects!

When he looked at the tree heart again, Sean's eyes were full of pain.

Damn, I haven't seen this thing before, but the dog tree man named Seed absorbed a lot of power first...

If this is a complete tree heart, not to mention the deep blue, I will definitely enter the upper level of Crimson steadily, and there will be no problem!

With Sean's personality, how could he not feel heartbroken?

These were all his things!

Sean had forgotten that it was the tree people who sacrificed themselves to use the ritual to stop the pursuit of the tree heart.

Of course, even if he remembered it, it was natural for him.

The golden light had completely merged into Sean's body, and his power was completely stabilized in the middle level of Crimson.

Moreover, it was not the kind of power that had just been promoted, but rather as stable as that of an old hand who had been in the middle level of Crimson for more than ten years.

"Fuck, it hurts so much."

Sean cursed again, and then raised his eyebrows.

He also discovered something.

What about his own pollution?

Even if Apate had wisdom beyond ordinary people, even if she was willing to merge with Sean, even if Sean had been exposed to countless special pollutions. But the Mad Beast is the Mad Beast, and the one without pollution is called a mutant, but the mutant cannot help humans advance to Crimson.

So, even Sean, he has always been accompanied by pollution.

However, his natural resistance is high enough, and his mental strength is far superior to that of the same level strong, so pollution is not a big problem for Sean.

The only thing to worry about is that as Sean gets stronger, the pollution will inevitably become stronger, and proliferation will gradually occur - at that time, being able to resist pollution is no longer the point, Sean must consider how to deal with proliferation.

You know, his proliferation is Apat, the fox of lies and the origin of deception.

What troubles this proliferation will bring are already on Sean's list of solutions.

In fact, he now has some proliferation, but he and Apat are both conceptual abilities, and proliferation can be carried with you.

But just now, Sean was surprised to find that his proliferation disappeared at some point.

Unlike the usual concept of proliferation being destroyed, Sean didn't even notice it.

It was like a huge tumor in his body was taken away out of thin air by an extremely skilled doctor.

Is it... the heart of the tree?

"Apat." Sean called out.

The enchanting woman with nine tails appeared and came in front of Sean.

Sean holds three kinds of origin-level power, one of which, Apat, can still maintain part of his consciousness after fusion and can appear like now.

"Master." Apate bowed.

She was now a combination of human and animal form, because this form was more convenient when performing fox magic.

Sean's eyes showed a strange look.

Noticing Sean's eyes, Apate subconsciously lowered her head and looked at herself.

Immediately, she also showed a look of surprise.

Four of her nine fox tails turned translucent milky white, even with a hint of holiness.

"Is this... purification? But, but I am a crazy beast. Even if you, my master, are purified, I will not change my form..." Apate said in disbelief.

"Are there any other feelings?" Sean asked.

Apate shook his head in surprise: "No, the master's power has not been lost at all... In fact, it can be controlled more freely. This is indeed the benefit of purifying pollution."

Sean closed his eyes, then slowly opened them, his eyes shining: "The mental power has also been enhanced..."

Apat asked in confusion: "Master, what did you get? This is not a crazy beast at all."

Sean's mouth corners could not help but rise: "This time, I really picked up a good treasure..."

Then, his face immediately fell: "Damn, I feel so heartbroken when I think about being absorbed by that grandson... By the way, there is another complete half... I feel so uncomfortable."

"Master... is still as greedy as ever."

...

Knocked down the last tree man, Bai Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

This group of tree men suddenly became stronger. If he hadn't also advanced to Crimson, it would be much more troublesome to deal with them.

However, it was really as Sean said, wiping out a tree man army, which was a great achievement.

I just don't know what the golden light that guy is chasing is...

After a quick glance, Bai Ye cast her eyes to the safest place. Xiao En's sister is here with her, so she must protect her... Now that there is no danger, she can increase her favorability with her...

Then, Bai Ye's body froze in place.

Xiao Ci disappeared.

Her beautiful eyes suddenly widened and rushed over, but there was no shadow of the little girl in the moonlight.

Bai Ye looked at the place in disbelief. She didn't release the moonlight casually. If the moonlight was attacked or broken, she would react, and she couldn't break free from inside.

Besides, her moonlight didn't suffer any damage.

But where is Xiao Ci? Isn't she just a king? She can't break free from the inside...

Just as she was about to call for help, a lazy voice sounded: "Hey, I'm back."

Bai Ye turned around with an ugly face, and the smile on Xiao En's face was gradually disappearing. He realized something was wrong.

"What's wrong?"

"Xiao Ci... is gone..."

Sean's body stiffened slightly.

He looked at the moonlight, and there was no orange-haired little Lolita in it.

Bai Ye bit her lip: "It's my fault... I'll go find her now."

Sean breathed repeatedly for a few times, then looked into the distance: "Then find..."

"I'm back." A hoarse royal sister voice sounded, and Sean and Bai Ye looked in another direction together.

Xiao Ci appeared there at some point.

Her face was dirty, her clothes were torn in several places, her body was stained with blood, and there was a bloody bite mark on her arm, which looked extremely miserable.

Sean appeared beside her in an instant, frowning: "Where did you go, how is your injury? Tell me where you feel uncomfortable."

However, Xiao Ci just looked at him straight.

"Why are you looking at me? Talk." Sean scolded unceremoniously.

"Brother."

"Yeah."

"Yes."

Sean suddenly stopped in place.

Xiao Ci raised her hand, slowly spread out her scarred hand, and tried to show him what was in her palm.

It was a ball of soft golden light.

It was the heart of the tree.

Xiao En looked at Xiao Ci in disbelief: "You... went to get this thing?"

Xiao Ci nodded vigorously.

Xiao En paused, and suddenly smiled: "I said you can only take one out of two, what are you doing?"

Xiao Ci seemed to be thinking about this question, and then she said: "Because you want it."

"I want it? So you go get it?"

Xiao Ci nodded vigorously and stuffed the heart of the tree into Xiao En's hand.

Her eyes seemed to be shining seriously.

"Yes, because it's my brother... and my brother deserves it."