Published: February 10, 2025
"Still Two-in-One"
The Yama Tree suddenly smiled.
This smile diluted the fear it had in its heart a bit.
"You used this already... Hmm, humans would say, to deceive, yes, you have deceived me once before, and now you bring it out again, you are not very clever."
A relaxed expression appeared on the face of the woman, but just a moment later, the Yama Tree returned to normal.
It understood now that if Ye Zhongming really had a method to kill it, he would have acted the moment he saw it, not waiting until now, and certainly not talking so much.
The fact that this human did not attack indicated that even if he truly mastered such a method, it was not something he could easily use.
Since this was the case, it did not need to be afraid; it could just run away, after all, this was not the first time.
In this regard, mutant life forms were far more open-minded than humans thought.
Ye Zhongming shook his head: "We both know the circumstances under which our last agreement was reached. From the moment the vein soul contract was terminated, we are both clear on what happened. You have been out of the roulette for so long and have not come to the Cloud Summit, but now you are here; it can be considered fate."
Originally, according to their agreement, the Yama Tree should have quickly come to Cloud Summit Villa to retrieve the Life Brain, after all, that was a manifestation of its highest ability, but it had not come. As for why, Ye Zhongming was unclear. Whether it was due to distrust of humans or the rapid recovery of its strength, it had used secret methods to unilaterally terminate the vein soul contract.
As the other signatory of the contract, Ye Zhongming naturally sensed this quickly but did not care too much. After all, since the Yama Tree did not cancel the contract, he was going to cancel it as well. Understanding each other, both parties did not want to be controlled by the other.
But now that the Yama Tree had come, Ye Zhongming knew in his heart that this fellow had ill intentions. It was aiming to kill two birds with one stone, using the situation to force him to come, eat him, then head to Cloud Summit Villa for a hearty meal, accumulating enough energy to evolve to level nine, and finally find the Life Brain and pursue the opportunity for evolution.
The reason it hadn’t acted was purely because it feared the Bone Staff in Ye Zhongming's hand.
Fate was just an excuse; Ye Zhongming paused before continuing, "You don’t need to doubt that I’m stalling or anything. When you failed in Linhai, what did you choose? Aren't you standing in front of me now? So what you used today, I just have to harden my heart, and it will lose its effect. I haven’t left; I just sincerely hope to cooperate."
A hint of displeasure flashed across the Yama Tree’s face, but it quickly returned to normal.
The Yama Tree understood Ye Zhongming's meaning. It was merely using the example of its own defeat to illustrate that it could also give up some things, such as its subordinates at the base. The reason it hadn't left was to show sincerity.
"Last time, I said I could help you regain your human form. You might not have believed me, but now, I can tell you something, and you will know that I didn't lie to you."
Hearing Ye Zhongming say this, the Yama Tree became somewhat interested and asked, "What are you going to tell me?"
Ye Zhongming smiled and said, "Two points."
"First, we have made groundbreaking progress in our research on the Life Brain!"
Upon hearing this, the Yama Tree first froze for a moment, then let out a sharp screech, and the entire Crystal Tree trembled violently, a huge killing intent enveloping Ye Zhongming.
Ye Zhongming immediately increased the number of lit dark patterns to five.
This calmed the already furious Yama Tree somewhat.
The Life Brain was far more important than Ye Zhongming had initially imagined. At first, he had thought it was a good item to grab, but then found that it could not be placed into space and did not know how to apply it.