Su Qi looked at the pattern.
Although it seemed that the pattern had been carved some time ago, making the lines a bit mottled, and even slightly deformed due to the cracking of the bark.
But he recognized it at a glance.
The previous time, when the Investigation Bureau's Xu Linqiu and Liu Yishou paid him a visit, they had shown Su Qi a photo—a tattoo on a murderer's body.
The two were exactly the same!
Su Qi remembered that he had asked what the pattern represented at that time, but Liu Yishou had only vaguely mentioned 'some kind of evil belief', not expecting to see this pattern again inside an instance.
The bark of the great oak tree continued to crack, and lines of foul-smelling blood vessels burst open, oozing thick scarlet sap.
It was being eradicated of infection, purified of filth, and given a new birth.
