Chapter 737: Wishing Candle

Chapter 737 Wishing Candle
Beth unleashed a citywide ritual.

But it didn’t go as smoothly as Dean Pond thought it would.

Beth was more forced to launch the sacrifice early.

Time forward.

Before Sol had even left the Inverted Tree, because of the special spatial nature, Shia had already arrived at the space in the center of the tree.

The moment Shia came in, Beth discovered the other party’s presence.

“You actually came back on your own. I thought it would take until the last moment for you to show yourself.”

The voice was dark and without the slightest emotion.

If it wasn’t for the fact that Shia was well aware that he had completely offended Beth, I’m afraid he would have thought that the other party was really calm.

Shia was still human-like, but his body was glowing slightly.

This glow illuminated the entire tree heart space.

It also illuminated the lowest end, Bestana.

Her entire body lay naked on a sorcerous spell suspended in midair.

The naked Bestana wasn’t really naked, as she currently only had a small amount of pale skin left on her cheeks, neck, and limbs, and the rest of her body had been turned into a dense mass of roots.

The roots were almost in the thousands, bending and hanging like silk tapestries on a loom.

The root whorls were topped by an equal number of tiny hairs.

It seems to be the product of combining the characteristics of human skin with tree roots.

Signaling that Bestana didn’t need to see Shaya to sense his arrival.

At the same time, Shia was clear about this.

He was even more aware that Bestana was relying on these roots with hairs to control every spirit in the Inverted Tree.

When they were not needed, the spirit bodies would remain motionless or act in a single repetitive manner according to the established design.

But when Bestana needed them, those spirits could be turned into murderous weapons at any time.

Treating their masters with unparalleled loyalty and their enemies with undying loyalty.

Until the last ounce of energy in their spirit body is consumed.

It was precisely because Shaya understood this point too well that he would risk stealing the tree seed even at the risk of his soul falling.

He did not inform Saul that the tree seed was inside him.

For one thing, it was the only thing he could rely on against Bestana. With this Tree Seed, Bestana would be concerned about whether or not he would destroy the Tree Seed when he was pushed.

Secondly, Shia did not have the ability to take out the tree seed in his body for the time being. This was because he was not truly in control of the tree seed.

However, if Shia could really defeat Bestana whose actions were restricted at this time, he wouldn’t mind honoring the deal with Sol and handing over the tree seed to the other party.

“Bestana, I’m back. I know that your current state is very bad, and even if you forcefully unleash the sacrifice, there’s a high chance of failure. That’s why I’ve come back, and as long as you give me a promise, I’ll return the tree seed to you so that your chances of success will be a bit more favorable.”

For some reason, when Shia was saying these words, he suddenly remembered Saul who had made a deal with him before, and the expression on his face unconsciously learned Saul’s actions and demeanor.

Bestana was indeed very weak, and she was well aware that Shaya knew this, so she didn’t hide it either.

“What promise do you need?”

Shaya puffed out her chest, “I’m going to become a branch of the Inverted Tree like Pound, and after that I can serve you, but you have to set me free when I can survive on my own.”

“Yes, come here. After I take out the tree seed inside you, I will distribute a branch for you to perch on.”

Bestana was so dry, Shaya hesitated instead.

“How come it’s not quite the same process as I thought?”

But despite the uneasiness, there was no way back for Shia.

Like a warrior who saw death as a way out, he flew towards Bestana.

The densely-packed roots actively split to the sides, giving Shia a path.

Shia continued to fly forward, “I don’t trust you, I need to sign a sorcery contract. You and I are both in a spiritual state right now, but I have a contract here that can be signed without magic power.”

As Shia said, a candle suddenly appeared in his palm. This candle was white in color and plain, just like the white wax used by ordinary nobles on a daily basis.

The candle was automatically lit just after it was taken out, the flame was stable, and there was no telling what was burning.

Bestana, who originally didn’t care much about it, also focused her attention.

A sorcery prop that could be preserved in a spirit body was definitely not simple.

The two roots suddenly curled towards Shia in a hurry, actually seeming to snatch the candle in his hand.

Xia Ya hastily shouted, “Don’t you move, or I’ll immediately leave ……”

However, when he was just in the middle of his words, and his attention was attracted by the attacking roots in front of him, a man with a full black beard suddenly appeared behind him, and this man hugged Xiaya from behind, and bit on his shoulder.

Shia immediately understood that Bestana had no idea of making a deal with him and had already prepared an ambush behind him.

He was just about to break free from the man behind him when he realized that a gust of numbness was coming from his shoulder.

The numbness quickly spread along his shoulders, and Xia Ya immediately felt that his consciousness was starting to dull as well.

He twisted his head with difficulty to finally see the appearance of the man behind him.

Shia had never seen this man in the Inverted Tree before.

His face was covered in a beard, and where there was no beard, the skin was all festering.

There was no telling how a person could get their soul in this state.

The man who ambushed Shia was naturally the soul of Wilde who had been brought to the tree heart space by Bestana.

Although he was very dissatisfied with the fact that Bestana had directly extracted his soul without even saying hello, but with things having come to this, he was powerless to resist, so he could only follow Bestana’s request and help her restrain Shia first.

When he was biting Xiaya’s shoulder, he urged his spiritual body with all his might, letting the spiritual fluctuations conduct into Xiaya’s spiritual body.

At the same time, it also transmitted the elf contamination that was lurking within his spirit body along with it.

Shia, who had just come into contact with the elf contamination, was inevitably restrained by this overbearing contamination, and for a moment, apart from desperately resisting the contamination that had entered his spiritual body, he could no longer do anything else to resist.

Wilde immediately escorted Shia to continue flying towards the center of space, Bestana.

“Hurry up, although the spirit’s pollution is overbearing, it’s not completely irresistible.”

Shaya was sent to Bestana’s side with panic still in her eyes.

However, just as the two of them were less than three meters away and Bestana had already started scanning Shia’s spirit body, Shia, who had been struggling in numbness, suddenly blew a breath into the white candle in her hand.

Because his face was numb, the breath that Shia blew out was very weak.

Common sense would say that such a stream of air would barely be able to shake the flame.

But Shia just blew so gently, and the white candle that was burning steadily suddenly went out.

The candle in Shia’s hand then disappeared and turned into a transparent crystal vase in the next second.

The crystal bottle contained the same transparent liquid, which looked like the most ordinary spring water.

Before anyone else could react, Shia’s fingers gently removed the cork from the crystal bottle.

With that, a sweet fragrance spread out.

It was also when Shia sniffed this scent that the numbness in his body quickly faded away.

It was as if he had met some kind of nemesis.

The one who was most shocked was Wilde behind him.

It was because he had also smelled the bottle of spring water that had suddenly appeared.

And the contamination of the elves that had plagued him for years had so easily subsided under the infusion of this sweet-smelling flavor!
Wilde immediately became excited, and ignoring the fact that Bestana was right next to him, he blurted out, “What is that bottle of water?”

Shia didn’t say anything, but instead pressed his backhand on Wilde’s face, the light flashed, and the other party was instantly moved outside of the Tree Heart space.

Shaya couldn’t kill Wilde immediately, but with the Tree Heart, he could throw this unexpected place out first.

After resolving Wilde, Shia immediately rushed towards Bestana, while in his hand there was an additional white tooth sealed in gray amber.

For her part, Bestana didn’t pay any attention to the tooth in Shia’s hand that had no threatening aura at all, but only stared at the crystal vase in Shia’s other hand and suddenly shouted like a madman, “Wishing Candle! What you just held was a Wishing Candle! That legendary cursed thing is actually in your hand!”

(End of chapter)