"It's no wonder the empress didn't dare take the fruit herself. Even the fish king and Yaksha, who have opened ten gene locks, were defeated."
Han Sen was glad he hadn't tried to take the fruit. If he had, he'd have been the one in trouble.
But Han Sen thought, if the empress and berserk super creatures couldn't take the fruit, why would she think a man could?
Han Sen hid in the woods and looked up at the human man. He didn't seem to know how to fly, and he was only climbing slowly. Han Sen wasn't sure if he didn't want to, or if he didn't have the power to climb any faster.
The empress was still fighting with the fish king in the lake. As the lake erupted, the empress rode the bronze throne and rose into the air.
Her clothes weren't wet, though. She sat on the throne with her legs crossed, as if she hadn't moved at all.
The fish king emerged from the lake, too. It waved its tail, and as it did, it unleashed a wave of gold.
The entire bronze throne and the bronze snakes were emitting a strange light. Just the throne and the bronze snakes were enough to block the Fish King's tidal wave.
Although the fish king was injured, Han Sen was still shocked by the fact that she was able to fight him on the throne.
The most important thing was that he couldn't sense the empress' presence. That meant the bronze throne wasn't her own power. It was an independent existence.
"If that's true, does that mean the empress and the bronze throne are two emperors?" Han Sen thought to himself.
The empress didn't fight, though. She just sat on the throne and watched the fight. It was hard to tell who was going to win.
Rather than saying she was fighting the fish king, it was more like she was watching the man climb the mountain.
Han Sen was watching the man, too, but he was too slow. Han Sen was worried.
The man didn't seem to be in a rush, though. It looked like it would take him another half an hour to reach the top.
Han Sen was hugging a tree, and most of his body was submerged in the water. Only his head was above the water. The lake was overflowing from the explosion, and the trees nearby were almost completely submerged.
Just as she was watching the man climb the mountain, something suddenly floated over from the surface of the water. It was flashing with a faint green light.
Han Sen took a closer look, and he noticed it was the pineal gland he had dug out of the fish king's skull. It didn't sink, though, and it floated.
It floated towards Han Sen, and it floated towards Han Sen's head.
Han Sen was shocked. Although the pineal gland had been dug out by him, there was no reaction. But Han Sen was still wary of it.
Han Sen swam in the water and changed his position, but the pineal gland floated towards him again.
"Something is wrong!"
Han Sen looked cold. He held Taia in his hand. If the pineal gland dared come towards him, he would use Super King Spirit to cut it open.
Under Han Sen's watch, the pineal gland floated in front of Han Sen. It didn't do anything, though. It just floated slowly towards Han Sen.
Han Sen slashed the pineal gland, and it was sent flying a few meters away.
Because he was afraid of alerting the empress, Han Sen didn't dare make too much noise. He didn't use too much strength.
But not long after, the pineal gland floated back. Han Sen slashed it a few times, but the pineal gland floated back.
"Does this guy have no power after being spat out? Is that why he can't use the parasite like before?" Han Sen thought to himself. He didn't send the pineal gland flying again.
When the pineal gland came in front of Han Sen, Han Sen used Taia to touch it a few times. The pineal gland didn't react.
Han Sen touched the pineal gland, and there was no reaction.
Han Sen was curious. He held the pineal gland in his hand and observed its reaction.
The pineal gland flashed with a green light. Aside from that, there was nothing else.
The white lines melted away after they were cut. The pineal gland looked like a beautiful green gem, and it glowed on its own.
Han Sen used his Dongxuan Aura to scan the pineal gland. There was a weak lifeforce inside, as if it was alive.
Han Sen's heart jumped. "Is this pineal gland the seed of an Azure Vine?
If it really is a seed, then that would be good. I can grow my own Azure Vine and make it mature. Azure Fruit is so popular, so it'll be worth it. "
But then, he remembered Yaksha had a pineal gland, too. So, he decided he might as well take it with him.
Han Sen looked at Yaksha for a while, and he noticed that he had been swept into the woods like a dead man.
Han Sen snuck over, and he saw a pineal gland embedded in the back of Yaksha's head. He wanted to dig it out, but then he thought of a problem.
Yaksha was being controlled by the pineal gland, and he couldn't kill himself to return to the spirit stone. If he took the pineal gland, he'd be saving Yaksha's life.
After thinking about it for a while, he decided he couldn't do something like that. He rolled his eyes and came up with a good idea.
Yaksha was unconscious, and he couldn't resist. He could just put him inside the Cruel Bottle.
If Yaksha took the pineal gland, he wouldn't be able to return to the spirit stone even if he wanted to. They were in different dimensions, so he wouldn't be able to return.
Han Sen was interested to see what would happen if Yaksha died inside the bottle.
Han Zhong threw the defenseless Yaksha into the Heartless Bottle.
"Azure Fruit?
Where did you get the Biluo fruit? "
Han Sen put Yaksha inside the bottle. Moment Queen, who was trapped inside, looked at the unconscious Yaksha and screamed.
"Azure Fruit?
Are you saying this is an Azure Fruit? "Han Sen looked at her with shock.
Han Sen had always thought the bell-shaped fruit was the Aqua Core, but now that Moment Queen had seen the pineal gland, she was able to call it the name of the Aqua Core. He was pleasantly surprised, but he couldn't quite believe it.
"You can say it's a Bi Luo Fruit, but you can also say it's not," Moment Queen said. She didn't want to talk about it any further.