Liora’s consciousness was divided into two.
One half was focused on her real body, while the other half was following the clone made from her flesh, controlling it as if it were a puppet.
The mont the clone touched the formation and tried to pass through it, Liora understood that her previous worries had been aningless.
Just like the body part of the Tree Devil before it, the clone easily passed through the formation as if it didn’t exist.
Only a few steps later, the clone disappeared, concealed by the formation’s brilliance.
Since the two shared vision, Liora was able to see what the clone was seeing.
The interior of the formation led to a different world. Or to be more accurate, it led to a demi-plane.
However, compared to the demi-planes she had encountered in the past, this one was completely barren, looking more like an empty field than a world.
The only thing as far as Liora could see was a colossal tree dividing the sky into two, as well as a small square stone right beside it.
The eyes of Liora’s clone only stayed on the square for a brief mont before they quickly shifted onto the tree.
She first took a look at its massive trunk before focusing on one of its many branches.
She could sense that this branch was different from the rest. It was unique.
Not only because it carried a powerful aura of life, as if the Goddess of Life had descended here, but also because a plump, appetizing fruit was growing on it.
Even though the person seeing it was rely a clone and not her real body, the soul of the real Liora outside the formation was also affected.
She had an instinctive yearning for the fruit, as if obtaining it and devouring it would grant her great benefit.
A whisper rang in her mind, telling her to rush in and grab it.
Liora, however, did not rush to take action.
It was only after controlling the clone and investigating the demi-plane several tis, confirming that there was no danger, that her real body finally rose to its feet.
Just like the clone before her, Liora’s real body also took a step forward and easily passed through the formation.
Soon, the clone and the real body t within the demi-plane, one standing beside the other.
"It’s good that I can take it back. Each clone consus a large amount of Indestructible Matter."
"If they die, this Indestructible Matter would be lost forever, and I would have to work hard to recover.", Liora breathed a sigh of relief and controlled the clone to disperse.
Instantly, the clone exploded, transforming into blood, skin, and flesh that flew towards her broken palm and wove into a new one.
The Indestructible Matter that Liora had previously consud was quickly replenished, only losing a small part of it in the process.
Liora was not heartbroken, though. Or rather, she didn’t care to pay attention right now.
Her focus was on the fruit growing on the tree’s branch, as its re sll had caused both her body and soul to tremble violently.
It was only when Liora ca in person that she understood the true value of this fruit.
Most likely, it was an earth-shattering treasure, one worthy of even Archdevils fighting over.
Liora’s mind moved, and she began combing through her mories, trying to find any ntion of the fruit.
A couple of seconds later, she had an answer.
Surprisingly, the fruit’s information was not contained in her bloodline mories, but in the intelligence she had previously purchased from the Astral Pavilion.
"Reincarnation Fruit.", Liora muttered its na subconsciously.
Little was known about this fruit, and it was only briefly ntioned in the intelligence, rely in passing.
The reason why it was even ntioned was not because of the fruit itself, but because an Archdevil of Hollow City had devoured one in its youth.
Since it was ntioned only in passing, the function of the Reincarnation Fruit was difficult to discern.
All that was known was that devouring it could improve the quality and strength of a person’s soul.
This tidbit, coupled with the extre yearning emanating from her soul that was urging her to move forward, let Liora know that she was not mistaken:
This fruit was indeed the Reincarnation Fruit, a supre treasure that fitted her future plans perfectly.
Unfortunately...
"Such treasures have a very long gestation ti."
"Although the Reincarnation Fruit has already ford and looks about to be born, it’s in fact very far from truly blossoming."
Liora sized up the fruit and concluded:
It would take at least tens of thousands of years for it to be born.
In fact, such a ti was relatively short for a treasure of this level.
After all, the total gestation ti of a Reincarnation Fruit was numbered in millions of years. For it, tens of thousands of years were nothing, and it could be considered to have reached its final stage.
Unfortunately, not to ntion whether Liora was willing to wait or not for such a long ti, even if she were, she wouldn’t have had the chance to make a choice.
She was not in a safe location at the mont.
Even though this demi-plane was covered in a powerful formation, she didn’t believe that she would be able to stay in here forever.
Sooner or later, she would be forced to leave, whether as a result of the Zerg Queen’s plans or because of the Universe Chamber of Comrce.
Thinking of this, a trace of reluctance arose within Liora.
She stared at the Reincarnation Fruit hanging from the branch, and hesitated whether she should just pick it off.
Although doing so was bound to decrease this fruit’s value and its effects would deteriorate significantly, this was still better than getting nothing.
Liora contemplated for a while, trying to think of ideas to deal with this predicant.
A few minutes later, her eyes lit up.
Glancing at the tree and then at the Greater Devil remains outside the demi-plane, she soon had an idea.
"It’s fine if it works. If it fails, I will lose a couple of Greater Devil remains at most.", she thought secretly.
Having decided to give it a try, she did not hesitate any longer.
Her hand reached out and bypassed the formation, leaving the demi-plane and grabbing the remains of the elderly Devil and the undead creatures lying outside.
Once she took her hand back and brought them into the formation, she took a step forward and approached the tree.
The ring coiling around her finger shook as she did.
The black serpent’s maw opened wide, and it suddenly gained life, flicking its tail before becoming bigger.
Soon, the serpent surrounded Liora and transford into an illusory, translucent river.
Liora stared at the river, and a faint fluctuation flashed inside her crimson eyes.
The river’s flowing waves were reflected in her pupils, and each droplet seed to contain scenes that had already happened or were destined to occur in the future.
For a mont, Liora was imrsed in those scenes, causing her body to also beco illusory, as if she were about to integrate with a river.
Fortunately, her body suddenly trembled and jolted her awake, clearing her confusion away.
"The power of ti is indeed incredible.", Liora couldn’t help but let out a sigh with so sweat on her forehead.
"Snake of Ti is created through my own technique, yet I almost lost myself and beca part of it."
"Fortunately, my will is strong enough and the Snake of Ti is only at the first level."
"Otherwise, it would have been difficult to wake up."
The Snake of Ti was not the real River of Ti after all.
Liora understood that the scenes contained in its droplets were all fake, rely the result of her own imagination of what the future would be.
This was why she was able to wake up at the end.
If she were to et the real River of Ti, let alone Liora, even the strongest Archdevil would have instantly perished.
Having had this experience, Liora didn’t dare to look at the illusory river any longer.
Taking a deep breath, she stretched out her hand and let her skin trace along its surface before lightly flicking it with her fingers.
Instantly, several drops of water shot out and rushed towards the tree.
Once they fell onto its surface, an invisible light flashed, and ti around it blurred.
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