Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Chapter 272: Life-Sucking Fruit

"team leader!"

Li exclaimed, a hint of urgency in his voice.

Hong Fan, who was not far away, heard the shouting and hurried over. He looked at Li Zhi with a puzzled look and asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Zhi did not answer immediately, but pointed to a slightly hidden place in front with a serious expression and said, "Look here."

Hong Fan looked carefully in the direction Li Zhi pointed, and saw a very strange-looking plant growing at the place Li Zhi pointed.

It has a long rhizome, which is like a winding green snake, climbing and extending along the ground. At the top of the rhizome, there is a large object of strange shape, which looks like a huge but strange flower, or a fruit that has not yet fully matured.

In short, the appearance is very strange, which makes people feel puzzled.

Hong Fan stared at the strange plant for a long time, but couldn't recognize what it was. So he turned to look at Li Zhi and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "What is this?"

Li Zhi replied with a serious expression: "This is the Jisheng Fruit, an extremely rare and evil plant. It can't grow anywhere casually. This kind of thing will only grow in places where people have been buried alive."

When Hong Fan heard this, he frowned and said in a deep voice, "Are you saying that someone was buried alive here?"

"That's right. Moreover, the growth conditions of this Life-Draining Fruit are extremely harsh. It requires a special secret method to promote its growth. It simply cannot grow in a natural environment."

Li Zhi nodded and continued, "Not only that, this Life-Draining Fruit needs to absorb a lot of vitality from its growth to its flowering and fruiting. In order for it to successfully complete the entire growth cycle, it will consume the vitality of at least dozens of people."

Hong Fan's frown deepened, and he suppressed his anger and said, "In other words, someone planted this thing on purpose, and buried people alive for its growth and absorption?"

Li Zhi nodded silently, with a chill in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Yes!"

"It's absolutely heartbreaking!"

Hong Fan's face was extremely ugly, turning pale and blue. His eyes were full of anger, and his hands unconsciously clenched into fists.

As he spoke, Hong Fan was filled with rage and had no place to vent it, so he strode towards the Life-Draining Fruit, thinking that he must uproot this evil plant to vent his anger.

Just as Hong Fan stretched out his hand and was about to pull the life-draining fruit out of the ground, suddenly, a quick and loud shout rang in his ears like thunder: "Stop!"

Immediately afterwards, a dazzling light, like a streak of lightning, shot towards Hong Fan at an extremely fast speed.

The light came with great force, and wherever it passed, it seemed as if even the air was torn into a crack, making a hissing sound and carrying a frightening and sharp aura.

Li Zhi's eyes flashed, and without the slightest hesitation, the black sword in his hand was unsheathed with a "swish".

He just shook his wrist, and the black sword slashed towards the menacing light with precision and swiftness.

The next moment, a loud "splashing" sound suddenly rang out, like a sudden downpour. The originally fierce light, when it was accurately struck by Li Zhi's black sword, unexpectedly turned into a ball of water.

Then it exploded violently like a detonated water balloon.

The water splashed everywhere, reflecting colorful light under the sunlight, like a gorgeous yet dangerous picture.

Li Zhi reacted extremely quickly. He slightly turned sideways and cleverly avoided the large splashes of water.

On the other side, Hong Fan, who was about to pull out the life-draining fruit with anger, was interrupted by this sudden change.

He quickly stopped, his expression stern, and walked quickly to Li Zhi's side. He stared at the front with a serious face, his eyes showing a sense of vigilance, and then lowered his voice and shouted, "Who is it?"

Not far in front of them, a ball of water suddenly gathered in the air without any warning.

The water mass was just a small mass at first, like a newly condensed water vapor cloud, but it expanded rapidly in the blink of an eye. It was like a huge balloon that was constantly being injected with water, getting bigger and bigger until the water mass gathered to the height of a person, and then it gradually stopped expanding.

Then, an even more bizarre scene occurred. The already huge mass of water began to slowly deform, as if a pair of invisible hands were carefully carving it. It first stretched out the outline of its limbs, and then the head and torso gradually became clear.

In the end, he was completely transformed into a living person.

The man's face was full of wrinkles, with deep wrinkles crisscrossing his face like ravines. It was obvious that he was of a certain age, and the vicissitudes of life had left very obvious marks on his body.

He had a gloomy face, and his eyes were like ice knives in the cold winter, revealing a bone-chilling chill. Just by taking a glance at him, one could feel that this man was definitely not a good person, and must be a ruthless character who was not easy to mess with.

"Who are you? I worked so hard to plant something that would prolong my life, and you dare to destroy it?"

As soon as that person opened his mouth, his voice was filled with a strong smell of decay, as if it came from a dark and damp tomb, making people feel disgusted.

His tone was full of anger and questioning.

Hong Fan's eyes flickered. He stared at the person in front of him, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

After a moment, he roughly figured out the origin of the magic this person was performing. He frowned slightly and said seriously, "Water Escape Technique? Are you from the Lan family in Cangzhou?"

However, the man's expression did not change at all, and he still had that gloomy and cold face, as if Hong Fan's words had no effect on him at all.

His voice with a rotten smell sounded again: "I don't know what you are talking about, the Lan family and the Hong family. Since you two youngsters dare to cut off my path to longevity, don't blame me for being cruel and ruthless. Today, I will not let you go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a strong murderous intent emanated from him, like a biting cold wind, sweeping across the area in an instant, making the surrounding air seem to solidify.

Hong Fan's face changed instantly. He really didn't expect that this person would be so arrogant and didn't take them seriously at all.

You must know that no one in Yongguo dares to take the Night Patrol Division lightly!

This person in front of him, facing the people of the Night Tour Division, actually dared to speak so arrogantly, which was really arrogant to the extreme. Hong Fan could not help but get angry, and shouted angrily: "How dare you! Seeing that I am the Night Tour Division here, you still dare to speak so arrogantly!"

When the man heard Hong Fan's rebuke, he just smiled coldly. His smile was filled with viciousness and disdain, as if he didn't take Hong Fan's words seriously at all. He said sinisterly, "What if the Night Tour Division is here? Even if Zhao Wuji is here, I am still not afraid!"

When Li Zhi heard what this man said, he couldn't help but frown slightly and was secretly shocked.

As a member of the Night Patrol, he naturally knew who Zhao Wuji was.

This Zhao Wuji is the leader of the Night Patrol Division and the chief of the Night Patrol Division.

However, the man in front of him actually dared to mention Zhao Wuji with such contempt and said so without fear. It can be seen that he either has absolute confidence or is ignorant and fearless, and arrogant to the extreme.

When Hong Fan heard this man's outrageous words, he was stunned at first, and then he burst into laughter.

There was no trace of joy in that laughter, but instead it was full of ridicule and anger, as if he had heard the most ridiculous joke in the world. He said in a deep voice: "You really are a toad yawning - what a big mouth!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hong Fan rushed towards the man without any warning.

Li Zhi also moved at almost the same time. His movements were equally quick and decisive. He rushed towards the man like an arrow from a bow.

There was a look of determination and ruthlessness in the eyes of both men, and it was obvious that they wanted to let this extremely arrogant guy know that Yeyousi was not someone he could easily provoke!