Although the Tree of Annihilation was at the peak of Tier 4, the Butcher's violent manipulation had severely injured it to the brink of death. Naturally, it was no longer a threat to Qi Yuan.
The Butcher patted the machete stuck in the trunk and said casually, "Don't look at it now.
"Don't be fooled by its current appearance. Feed it some blood later and it will recover very quickly!"
Qi Yuan looked around. He didn't know if the blood food the Butcher was talking about was the food prepared by the shelter or the other prisoners.
Qi Yuan walked into the Tree of Annihilation. The check-in beam was in its trunk. With the Butcher's help, Qi Yuan easily completed the check-in.
Just as Qi Yuan's right hand was pressing on the trunk of the Tree of Annihilation, the originally quiet Seraph suddenly sent a message.
There was very delicious food in the trunk of this flesh-devouring Tree of Annihilation!
And it wasn't Asterite energy!
Qi Yuan's heart skipped a beat. So far, only Asterite energy could be considered delicious by the Seraph. Other than Asterite, the Seraph didn't even seem interested in Tier 4 energy cores.
Now, there was a second thing that the Seraph was interested in inside the Tree of Annihilation. This surprised Qi Yuan and made him a little excited.
The Seraph had already reached the peak of Tier 4, but it hadn't stepped into Tier 5. In addition to Qi Yuan deliberately controlling its powerful speed, there was also the limitation of Asterite. Although Asterite energy could make the Seraph stronger, it couldn't break through to Tier 5.
Qi Yuan had once wondered if it was because Asterite energy was too singular that it couldn't break through.
Now, a second food had appeared on the Seraph's menu. If nothing unexpected happened, it was very likely to be another energy that was comparable to Asterite, or even stronger.
Because the trunk blocked his line of sight and the area detection couldn't penetrate it, Qi Yuan didn't understand the structure inside the trunk at all.
However, places where checkpoints existed would usually have something special. The thing inside the Tree of Annihilation that even the Seraph was interested in might be useful to him. It was very likely that it corresponded to a powerful Tier 3 ability.
Qi Yuan followed the Blazing Angel's guidance and knocked on a tree trunk.
"Take samples from here."
Qi Yuan felt the Tree of Annihilation tremble.
It seemed to understand what I was saying.
Qi Yuan looked at the Tree of Annihilation in surprise. Indeed, the more powerful an existence was, the more intelligent it was.
The Butcher glanced at the limp Tree of Annihilation. In order to prevent it from threatening Qi Yuan, he had already severely injured it. If he stabbed it again, it would probably die.
If it was any other prisoner, it would have been fine if they died, but this Tree of Annihilation was different. Someone had specifically said that it could not die, and it would be troublesome to kill it without careful consideration.
Butcher patted the tree trunk and felt its life force.
"Wait a moment, let me feed it something. It can't die yet."
Butcher then pulled out the machete from the tree trunk and turned to the other prisoners nearby.
Qi Yuan quickly retreated to a safe distance to avoid the Tree of Annihilation's sudden attack.
Butcher carried the blood-stained machete and walked to an energy shield. He knocked on it with the machete, and the tough energy shield instantly dissipated, revealing the imprisoned Zerg.
The Zerg looked at the approaching Butcher and did not dare to escape. It could only let out a mournful cry.
"Stop howling, just cut off one leg!" Butcher kicked it impatiently.
The Zerg's cry became even more mournful.
Butcher ignored it and knocked on its body with the flat of his machete. Finally, he pointed at its right hind leg and said,
"This one. Stretch it out yourself, quick!"
The Zerg shrank its body and tried to distance itself from Butcher, but it did not dare to leave the range of the energy shield.
Seeing the blood in Butcher's eyes become more and more intense, the Zerg realized that Butcher's little patience was quickly disappearing.
Under normal circumstances, Butcher would not kill anyone as long as they did not leave the range of the energy shield. However, there were always exceptions, and Butcher, who had lost all patience, was the biggest exception.
The Zerg trembled as it stretched out its right hind leg, tears of humiliation falling from its eyes.
Once upon a time, it was an overlord in the wilderness. Ever since it entered this prison and met Butcher, everything had changed.
Not only was it cut off, it even wanted to stretch out its leg. This was too much!
A blood-red machete flashed, and the Zerg's thick thigh was instantly separated from its body. The wound was as smooth as a mirror.
The Zerg tried its best to control the wound, but blood still gushed out like a fountain.
Butcher did not even look at the wailing Zerg. He lifted its thick hind leg and turned to leave the range of the energy shield.
Butcher had just left when the energy shield quietly appeared, isolating the Zerg's wailing.
Butcher walked back with the Zerg's hind leg and casually threw it beside the Tree of Annihilation.
The originally soft willow branches quickly wrapped around it and pierced into the flesh of the hind leg. It began to feast.
In less than ten seconds, the thick Zerg's hind leg was completely devoured by the Tree of Annihilation. Not even the bones were left.
Butcher approached the Tree of Annihilation and reached out to knock on the trunk. The Tree of Annihilation, which had just finished its meal, trembled slightly, once again dominated by Butcher's fear.
The willow branches danced gently, but did not approach Butcher, as if to say something to him.
Butcher frowned.
"Still not enough?"
The willow branches danced even more violently. Butcher looked at the unhealed wound on the trunk and snorted.
"According to the rules, one cut can only be exchanged for one meal. If you dare to take an inch and want a mile, you know the consequences."
The Tree of Annihilation trembled, and the willow branches stopped swaying, as if it had thought of something terrible.
Butcher lifted his machete and began to walk around again. The prisoners around him were clearly more nervous. If they were targeted by Butcher, they would lose an arm or a leg.
Butcher circled around and finally stopped in front of a red energy shield.
The prisoners around him heaved a sigh of relief.
Butcher opened the energy shield expressionlessly, revealing the prisoner imprisoned within.
A man with disheveled hair sat cross-legged on the ground. He raised his head and glanced at Butcher through the gaps in his messy hair, then closed his eyes as if he had accepted his fate.
"Stretch out your left leg!" Butcher said.
The man was silent for a moment, then slowly stretched out his left leg.
Butcher lifted his machete and suddenly slashed down.
The moment the scarlet blade flashed, the man suddenly opened his eyes, and his whole body suddenly split into two. Half of it pounced at Butcher, while the other half flew towards Qi Yuan.
Butcher's eyes were cold as ice. He was not surprised by the man's sudden attack, but rather excited.
Finally, he met a guy who was not afraid of death!
Butcher swung his machete, and the shadow that was pouncing towards him was instantly split into two.
The other shadow that was pouncing towards Qi Yuan was extremely fast, and almost instantly arrived in front of Qi Yuan.
The shadow was fast, but Butcher was faster. Just as the shadow was about to pounce on Qi Yuan, Butcher's majestic figure suddenly blocked in front of Qi Yuan.
The shadow crashed into Butcher's body, and a flash of bloody light broke out from Butcher's body and merged into the shadow.
The shadow stiffened, then slid to the ground with a heavy thud.
The shadow slowly condensed into the man's body, lying on the ground and twitching non-stop.
Butcher sneered as he lifted the man's right leg and lifted him up.
"No!
You can't kill me! "The man finally wailed.
"I'm from the Blood and Flesh Alliance. If you kill me, the Blood and Flesh Alliance will definitely avenge me!"
"Noisy!"
Butcher lifted his right leg and swung it. There was a series of cracking sounds, and all the joints in the man's body seemed to have been removed. He lost all strength to struggle and could no longer speak.
Butcher flung the man's body, and at the same time, with a flash of his machete, he was cut into two.
The broken body was thrown towards the Tree of Oblivion.
The Tree of Oblivion immediately stretched out its willow branches and wrapped him in layers, then greedily devoured him.
This time, the Tree of Oblivion's eating speed was much slower. It took nearly a minute to completely devour the man.
Butcher raised his machete and was about to cut down the tree to take a sample when the willow branches started dancing again. Butcher frowned and said coldly,
"Going back on your words in front of me, do you really think I won't dare to kill you?!"
The willow branch trembled as if it wanted to explain, but when it saw the Butcher's increasingly unfriendly gaze, the Tree of Annihilation seemed to have made up its mind. A few willow branches abruptly pierced into the area that Qi Yuan had just pointed out, and pulled out a blood-red tree core.
The Tree of Oblivion trembled as it handed the blood-stained tree core to Butcher.
Although it was very painful to do it himself, compared to Butcher's barbaric machete, the pain seemed to be very worth it.
Butcher's lethal weapon was a nightmare to all prisoners. There were not many prisoners on this level who could withstand a single strike from it. Even with the Tree of Oblivion's strong vitality, every strike would damage its core. It was not something that could be compensated for by eating a few meals of blood.
Butcher frowned, clearly unhappy with the Tree of Oblivion's actions of taking its own tree core.
If the Tree of Oblivion took out its own tree core, he would not have a chance to do anything. Wouldn't he have fed it for nothing?!
However, since the Tree of Oblivion had taken the initiative to offer its tree core, Butcher could not find an excuse to do anything. He could only take the tree core with a snort and pass it to Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan took the tree core, and after receiving Seraph's confirmation, he tried to use his Talent Point to approach it. As expected, he quickly received feedback.
Combining the Talent Point with this blood-stained tree core could activate a brand new Level Three ability.
Annihilation Power — Adds the effect of annihilating flesh and blood to attacks.
Annihilation Power!
It sounded good, but it partially overlapped with Annihilation Warhead. More importantly, Qi Yuan could not determine if it could be combined with other abilities to form a core Level Four ability.
Qi Yuan pondered for two seconds and finally gave up on combining Annihilation Power. Compared to a brand new Level Three ability, the formation of a core Level Four ability was obviously more important.
After putting away the Tree core, Qi Yuan bade farewell. Butcher did not ask him to stay. He only repeatedly reminded Qi Yuan not to tell Fu Qingqing about what had just happened. After receiving a positive answer from Qi Yuan, he was satisfied and let Qi Yuan leave.
Seeing Qi Yuan step into the elevator and leave, Butcher slowly withdrew the smile on his face. He held his knife and turned to walk in front of Eye Demon.
Eye Demon was still in her stone form, motionless within the energy shield. She did not react to Butcher's arrival.
"Why did you attack him?" Butcher asked coldly.
Eye Demon did not move, as if she was asleep.
Butcher grinned, the muscles on his face jiggling.
"Looks like the lesson just now was not enough!"
Seeing this, the prisoners around him shrank back. Butcher was obviously angry. When he was angry, Butcher was the most bloodthirsty!
Butcher was the tyrant of this floor, and Eye Demon was one of the most dangerous prisoners on this floor. If the two of them were to fight, who knew how many innocent people would be killed.
In the past, the prisoners hated the energy shield's confinement. But now, they wished that the energy shield could be strengthened ten times. It was as if that was the only way to obtain a sense of security.
The moment Butcher activated the energy shield, Eye Demon suddenly opened all her pale eyes and stared at Butcher.
"Die!"
Butcher let out a stern shout.
The machete in his hand turned into a sharp ray of light and slashed down.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The violent energy spread out and directly triggered the prison's internal alarm.
In the Danger Management Department, in a room that was responsible for monitoring the ninth floor, a shrill alarm suddenly rang out.
A young man who was guarding the room was shocked. He quickly ran to the surveillance screen to check the situation. He saw Butcher's burly body trembling. The machete in his hand was constantly slashing out destructive saber beams. He was crazily chopping at a greenish-black rock that was covered with pale eyeballs.
The greenish-black stone obviously did not want to wait for its death. Its pale eyes kept shooting out rays of pale light toward the incoming rays of light.
Seeing both sides fighting, the young man was secretly relieved. Although Butcher was violent and bloodthirsty, as long as he did not wantonly kill the prisoners, there was no problem.
The young man hesitated for a few seconds, but still chose to report Butcher's strange behavior to the higher-ups.
Soon, the higher-ups sent instructions.
"Don't worry about Butcher. Send the list of all the prisoners who entered the prison today to my work email."
After confirming that there was no missing information, the young man closed the reply and looked at Eye Demon who was being suppressed by Butcher.
Since the higher-ups had given the order, he would not meddle in Butcher's business. When this man went crazy, there would definitely be blood. Otherwise, with his strength, he would not have been reduced to guarding a prison.
"Will Eye Demon be killed by Butcher?" The young man mumbled to himself, and then sealed the elevator to the ninth floor.
At this time, whoever dared to enter would be a dead end!
Qi Yuan had just left the prison building. When he walked to the door, he unexpectedly met a few familiar faces.
"Qi Yuan, what a coincidence!" One of them took the initiative to greet him.
Qi Yuan turned his head and saw that it was Cao Yansheng's students. They had come to his laboratory with Le Huaizhou the other day.
"You guys are here to take samples too?" Qi Yuan smiled and asked.
Researchers had always lived in seclusion and rarely left the laboratory building. For them to come here together, the only possibility was that they were here to take samples from the prison.
The leader of the group nodded.
"Le Huaizhou is already preparing the project application. Our joint project team should be starting soon. We came here to take some samples in advance to prepare for the project."
Qi Yuan nodded. Just as he was about to say something, he saw a familiar figure from the corner of his eye, hurriedly walking into the building behind him.
Xiao Yu!
He actually appeared here.
"Xiao Yu has been having a hard time recently!" Someone also saw Xiao Yu and laughed softly.
"After being demoted, Xiao Yu tried to apply for a Rank 4 project, but it was rejected by the project review team. At his wit's end, he seems to be preparing to take the projects that he snatched from you."
Qi Yuan looked at Xiao Yu's back as he left. He seemed to be deep in thought.
The three projects that were snatched from him did not seem to require him to take samples from the prison.