Chapter 1456: Chapter 1456: Purple Scale Fruit
"Indeed, there’s something strange about the aura, though it’s quite peculiar."
Zhang Hongying agreed with Lin Chen’s observation, and immediately sensed the aura around the island before flying toward the distant island with Lin Chen.
Many Martial Artists were already gathered around the island, so when Lin Chen and Zhang Hongying arrived, everyone paid them no heed, completely ignoring them.
On the island, they saw many peculiar fruit trees growing around that weren’t tall. The bark of those trees resembled Dragon Scales with unique patterns.
Not only that, the fruits borne by the trees also had patterns, covered with a layer of scales, and looked very strange.
After all, normal fruits wouldn’t look like this.
Everyone was captivated by the fruits on the trees, deeply attracted, and wanted to pick them, since those fruits looked extraordinary and emitted a unique aura.
However, no one dared to easily approach and pick the fruits, because there was a monster on the island, with purple skin and covered in purple scales.
The appearance of the monster was revolting, with a pair of long tusks, extremely eerie. At present, it was warily watching everyone, which kept them from stepping forward.
Lin Chen’s gaze was also drawn to the monster, yet when he looked at it, he was instantly stunned.
For the monster resembled a person, someone familiar to Lin Chen, none other than Su Dongyu of the Su Family.
Su Dongyu and Su Yun did not get along. After everyone entered Yunlong Heavenly Palace, Lin Chen hadn’t seen Su Dongyu again, and thought he hadn’t entered the Heavenly Palace.
After all, such a minor character, as long as he didn’t provoke Lin Chen, Lin Chen wouldn’t waste time and effort on him.
However, to meet Su Dongyu again in this place was unexpected.
In truth, Lin Chen wasn’t aware that he didn’t care about Su Dongyu, while Su Dongyu viewed Lin Chen as a formidable opponent.
Su Dongyu had offended Lin Chen, and with Lin Chen’s rapid development in Yunlong Heavenly Palace and cultivation enhancement, Su Dongyu was left far behind.
He not only couldn’t compare with Lin Chen, but he couldn’t even compete with Su Yun, which made the disparity so great that Su Dongyu secretly resolved to go all out to make Lin Chen and Su Yun pay the price.
Looking at Su Dongyu’s ghastly appearance, Lin Chen guessed the man might have consumed the fruits from the trees on the island and become like this.
The fact was just as Lin Chen had suspected. Seeing Lin Chen’s rapid advancement, with his strength and prestige in Yunlong Heavenly Palace, dealing with him would be a piece of cake.
Therefore, upon learning of the Ancient Ruins, Su Dongyu came to the ruins without hesitation, competing for fortunes, as this was the only chance to change his fate.
Otherwise, when Su Yun returned to the Su Family, Su Dongyu’s branch would be hopeless.
As for Lin Chen, Su Dongyu admitted Lin Chen’s talent greatly exceeded his own and that he would be suppressed by Lin Chen, but he couldn’t bear seeing Su Yun, whom he trampled over, having a day of reversal.
Thus, embracing a resolve to die, he arrived at the Ancient Ruins, which didn’t disappoint Su Dongyu, as he was transported near the island.
After witnessing numerous powerful Magical Beasts, he stealthily avoided them all the way until he reached here.
On reaching the island, Su Dongyu was in despair, as the island was surrounded by powerful Magical Beasts; forget about seeking revenge on Lin Chen and Su Yun, even getting off the island was difficult.
Hence, he stayed on the island for a long time until he discovered the fruits on the Purple Scale Fruit Tree.
Although he didn’t recognize the Purple Fruits, having no other path, Su Dongyu, clinging to a thread of hope, picked and swallowed them, resulting in bodily mutation.
After consuming the Purple Fruits, his cultivation surged, his strength greatly increased, and his appearance changed, turning into this ghastly form.
Feeling the surge in power, Su Dongyu was ecstatic, thinking it was divine fortune granted by heaven.
With the strength granted by the Purple Fruits, he could take revenge on Lin Chen and Su Yun.
However, soon after Su Dongyu consumed the Purple Fruits, other Martial Artists arrived around the island, attempting to pick the Purple Fruits.
For Su Dongyu, the Purple Fruits were solely his, the fundamental means for avenging Lin Chen and Su Yun, and anyone who dared snatch them was courting death.
But for the Martial Artists who later came around the island, the mere aura of the Purple Fruits exuded extraordinariness, and they wouldn’t miss it, thus engaging in conflict with Su Dongyu.
Hence, for a time, a battle unfolded between Martial Artists fighting over the fruits and Su Dongyu, who had turned into a monster, with none being his match.
"Such a terrifying monster, clearly only at the Half-step to Creation Realm, yet able to unleash the power of the Creation Realm, it must be due to consuming those Purple Fruits."
"Indeed, this monster not only has horrifying strength, but also troublesome purple scales, ordinary magic treasures can’t penetrate it."
"Who knows what kind of monster this is? Could it be a Guardian specifically for the fruits?"
"You guys don’t know, I came earlier than you, this was no monster initially, he was originally a Martial Artist too, and his cultivation wasn’t high until he ate several fruits, his cultivation not only rapidly increased, he also turned into this ghastly form."
"What, this guy’s cultivation was boosted in a short time by consuming those fruits?"
"If so, doesn’t this imply those fruits can enhance cultivation?"
"Yes, if you don’t believe it, closely observe the aura on this monster, it’s still increasing now."
"It does seem to be so..."
Around the island, everyone was talking, mentioning how Su Dongyu’s cultivation had bloomed in short order from consuming the Purple Fruits, immediately making everyone else envious.