At night a huge beast swarms the camp, and Chen and Athena flee into the air.
Athena catches a small winged mole (鼹鼠) from the beast swarm. The mole asks for Devil Fruit (恶魔果实).
Athena caught several demonic beasts in succession, but these demonic beasts only knew that a powerful ghost dragon (鬼龙) was driving them away. If they don't escape, they would become the food for ghost dragon. Combining these fragments, Chen Rui analyzed that the devil fruit in the depths of the jungle was ripening and a ghost dragon wanted to eat the fruit, so he drove all these demonic beasts out.
That was probably the reason why the beast swarm appeared in the black rainforest every few hundred years, but Chen Rui was somewhat puzzled. Since the ghost dragon has such a powerful strength, why does it drive away other demonic beast? Is it worried about the fruit being eaten by other demonic beasts? Or is it to block outsiders from taking the fruit?
After listening to Chen Rui's analysis, Athena thought for a moment and said, "Chen Rui, the devil fruit is very important to me. I must get it! I am going to explore the jungle now."
The devil fruit is important to Athena (and other mozu) because of its ability to increase her power greatly.
Since most of the nearby demonic beasts fled to the outskirts of the jungle, there was no danger along the way. The two gradually approached the source of the sound. Surprisingly, after a while of exploration, Chen Rui and Athena went back to their original place.
"I remember the sound should be in front. Why is like this?" Athena looked suspicious. Chen Rui and Athena had the same impression, but he had one more additional feeling than Athena; a familiar strange feeling.
Wait! This seems to be...
"Chen Rui!" Athena saw that Chen Rui walked straight into a big tree behind the shrub and disappeared. She was shocked inexplicably.
She then saw half of Chen Rui's body came out of the tree, "Athena, this way!"
Athena went forward with surprise. When she touched the tree, it was truly fake. However, the shrub in front was real. There's a mixture of real and fake. No wonder we couldn't find the right path for so long. However, how did Chen Rui find it? It seems that letting him come along is really the right choice.
After Athena walked into the big tree, she felt that the scene in front of her hadn't changed. However, when Chen Rui came in, she couldn't see him from the outside. Athena pulled out her greatsword. As she wanted to walk in front to continue exploring the road, she suddenly heard Chen Rui muttered, "Don't move!"
Chen Rui's face was very serious, but his eyes had a faint excitement. That was because a new knowledge gained in his brain let him unravel the mystery of this area.
Dragon Inscriptions! This is the role of Dragon Inscriptions!