A Top Scholar in Everything

This light appeared so eerily that people hardly had time to react before the black sky exploded into blood red.

The blood river boiled even more violently at this moment.

Immediately after.

Baiyu saw a massive rift open in the sky. Under the backflow of the blood river, countless streams of blood flowed into a disk made of stone vines.

The blood color kept spreading.

Soon, it formed a shell-like layer of blood-red material, wrapping around it, with a dreamlike halo of blood red flowing over it.

At this moment.

Baiyu did not act recklessly, quietly observing the situation unfold.

Soon.

A complete oval egg-like structure formed outside the disk, almost filled with blood.

Though he didn't know exactly what this was.

But.

Instinct told Baiyu it's best not to approach carelessly.

The blood river in the sky didn't flow for long before it completely filled this oval eggshell-like structure.

In an instant.

The previously shattered sky instantly healed, returning to its dark and profound state.

At that moment.

A figure leaped out from the blood river's rift in the sky, quickly diving towards the massive blood-red cocoon.

Baiyu recognized it.

The person jumping was none other than the Director of the Anomaly Bureau, Yao Shuimei.

He didn't expect that they were really here, and appearing in such an eerie manner, leaving everyone guessing what on earth had happened.

Yao Shuimei rushed into the blood cocoon mid-air, and then there was no movement.

Baiyu felt a puzzling sense of bewilderment from this eerie series of events, unable to comprehend what was happening in his eyes.

Yet.

He witnessed the transformation of the sky and the earth.

Essentially, all the blood-red elements were absorbed into the blood cocoon, and except for that stretch of stone forest, everything else returned to normal.

Whether it was the flowing blood river in the sky.

Or the accumulated blood in the ground puddles, all of it vanished at that moment.

Those stone trees became even more vividly bright, crimson and transparent, like blood vessels growing inside, with blood flowing through them.

Baiyu began to cautiously approach.

In this situation, getting closer first and observing how events unfold is the most prudent approach.

Baiyu didn't move far before he halted his steps.

Because there were many demons and demon race people around, all seemingly drawn to the giant blood cocoon in the center, moving towards it in a daze.

What's more.

Baiyu also saw many humans being drawn to the blood cocoon, moving towards it.

Wherever illuminated by the red light, these creatures were all hypnotized and attracted to it.

The more it was like this.

The more vigilant Baiyu became.

More and more creatures were gathering here, then entering the stone forest and disappearing.

Meanwhile, the enormous blood cocoon on the hill was growing larger and larger.

Even from a few hundred meters away, Baiyu could smell the scent of blood in the air.

Soon.

As time passed, Baiyu realized that in the shadows, there were not only hypnotized creatures but many like him, watching intently as the "spectators."

Baiyu hid in the shadows.

He already recognized several "acquaintances" that surprised him greatly.

Such as Anton.

The person was at the scene, hidden behind a small room, cleaning his bizarrely styled large gun.

Apart from this bounty hunter.

Baiyu also spotted those two mysterious individuals from the Great Yan Dynasty, Tao Hong and Li Lv.

These two unexpectedly came to the scene, hiding quietly to the side, clearly ready to reap the benefits without effort.

With the Legendary Ship Erza reporting every moment, he had a clear grasp of the surroundings.

Before long.

The entire blood cocoon suddenly cracked open, sending shards of blood-red splinters shooting like bullets in all directions.

In just a few tens of seconds.

This blood-red cocoon vanished in an instant, while a golden vine began to grow on the stone platform in the middle.

Amidst all the gray-white vines and trees.

This golden vine was exceptionally conspicuous, with a golden fruit at its top exuding an incredibly sweet aroma.

At this moment.

Baiyu finally understood what that cocoon actually was.

The Golden Fruit!

Such an enormous commotion was all to nurture this single fruit.

Upon seeing this fruit, the people in the shadows became instantly excited.

The first to take action.

Were Li Lv and Tao Hong.

The two individuals from the Great Yan Dynasty quickly approached the stone forest, their Blood Qi bursting to provide powerful momentum.

As a result, they quickly neared the stone forest.

However.

Being close does not mean acquiring it.

Within the stone forest, many surviving demons saw the two approach and swarmed forward.

The pair wasn't afraid.

They drew out a large axe and chain saw blade, instantly charging into the demon horde.

Soon.

Bounty hunter Anton also began to act, closely following behind the two, with his large gun spraying bullets, continuously killing the surrounding demons.

Not just these three.

After the golden fruit appeared, several other groups, including other races and demons, also emerged around.

These other races and demons were clearly not the same group influenced previously.

They maintained clear awareness.

And organized, advancing and retreating towards the center.

Soon these people began advancing towards the plant bearing the golden fruit, on the disk made of stone vines.

Seeing this scene, Baiyu became even more cautious, concealing himself as he stealthily moved towards the stone forest.

He was curious, where Yao Shuimei, who had just rushed into the blood cocoon, had gone.

Soon.

As the surrounding demons were cleared, these factions began to confront each other.

Naturally, such a confrontation wasn't without order.

The human side first united to fight against the other races and demons, all clearly present for that one golden fruit.

This fruit.

Was even larger than the ones Baiyu had consumed in the Tidal World of the Moribund Woods, even larger than all the golden fruits he had eaten combined.

Its value was beyond imagining.

"You humans actually want to fight for this Holy Fruit too? Don't you know what this place is?"

In the demon camp.

A great demon with six wings stood out, sneering coldly.

The look in its eyes was hostile, clearly signaling that a great battle was inevitable.

In the human camp.

Besides Anton, Tao Hong, and Li Lv, whom Baiyu knew, there were several people he didn't recognize, all notably unusual either in attire or weaponry, clearly not ordinary people.

There wasn't much conversation between the demons and humans.

Even though the demon understood the human common language, it merely mocked everyone, without any hint of negotiation.

In this situation.

The two sides clashed almost instantly.