Chapter 800: Bitter Fear Tree
"Are you familiar with the Bitter Fear Tree?" He inquired.
"That’s the fabled tree born from a demon that emerged from the depths of hell ten thousand years ago, right?" Shenlian Yingyue responded, her eyes wide with astonishment.
According to legend, a demon had awakened from its ancient slumber, sowing chaos and terror, particularly among humans. This monster was said to possess the ability to create the Bitter Fear Tree.
The tree emanated a strange fragrance that induced vivid hallucinations of past traumas and latent fears, blending illusion with reality, leaving victims unable to discern what was real. It slowly poisoned the mind, leading to paranoia and madness.
"Exactly," Tuzi AoFen confirmed, nodding.
"But shouldn’t that tree have vanished five thousand years ago when a powerful cultivator defeated that demon?" she tilted her head in confusion.
"The demon was slain, but the tree endured. As a testament to its power, it cursed itself. No one can eradicate it," he elaborated, guiding the group with the pink snowflake while navigating the perils of their surroundings.
"Shouldn’t that tree reside in the Upper World? What’s it doing here?" Dongfang Moqing’s gaze sharpened. It was unfathomable that such a formidable and perilous tree could be on this lower-level planet.
It made sense why adventurers and cultivators had mysteriously perished in the past. They either succumbed to madness from torture, leading them to turn against each other, or they remained trapped in their own hallucinations.