Everyone followed Chen Xing's suggestion and quickly retreated to distance themselves from the strange tree.
Except for Chen Xing and Xiao Xu, everyone's shoes were stained with blood gushing from the tree trunks. Old Xu's hair and face were stained with blood, and a lot of leaves were stained during the retreat.
In the blink of an eye, everyone retreated several hundred meters, but did not stop. They continued walking in the direction of the camp, preparing to go back to discuss countermeasures.
As Chen Xing walked, he took out his portable screen and connected it to the black watch to query the encyclopedia of mutant organisms included in the system. There is no network signal here, so Sora cannot query it, so he can only rely on his own manual operation.
"Huh?"
The person at the front suddenly stopped. Chen Xing put down the screen and looked in the direction of the sound, and saw the blood on the ground spreading towards this side.
Looking through the trees, the strange tree just now was not far away, and blood was pouring out of the break in the trunk.
"Wrong direction!"
Everyone quickly turned around and walked in the opposite direction. But not long after, they saw the strange tree in front of them again.
"Old Xu, what's the matter with you, are you leading us in circles?" a mercenary complained.
Lao Xu looked confused, and then asked another person to lead the way to avoid making more mistakes.
"hiss……"
After a while, everyone circled back to the starting point and gasped involuntarily when they saw the strange tree in front of them.
There was more blood, rushing towards everyone like a rising tide.
"We, we seem to be going in circles!" "What's going on? I'm obviously walking in a straight line!"
Everyone looked horrified and realized that the problem was unusual.
"Let's go!"
After turning around and walking a few steps, I saw the strange tree again.
Turning around, blood was pouring in this direction, even from the front and back. The crowd is like an isolated island surrounded by sea water, and its scope is getting smaller and smaller.
"Ghost hits the wall?"
Chen Xing couldn't help but think of the supernatural stories on earth.
But this is a world of extraordinary power, and science is so advanced that it can explain most natural phenomena. It is basically certain that "ghosts" do not exist.
The so-called "ghosts" are nothing more than psychic aggregates that retain part of their memories in the imprint of life. Without the power of psychic manifestation, it would be impossible to affect the world.
But what is obvious is that they seem to have been disturbed by some kind of interference, and they have been spinning in circles, and the circle is getting smaller and smaller.
As he was thinking, blood rushed to his feet, and everything around him turned blood red.
Everyone was so frightened by this strange sight that they did not dare to take a breath, for fear of alarming some terrifying existence.
"Whoa whoa!"
A strange scream suddenly sounded. A figure climbed out of the blood that reached up to his calf, dripping with blood, and it was extremely weird.
As if it was the last straw that broke the camel's back, everyone collapsed completely and picked up their guns to shoot indiscriminately.
The bloody men fell down one after another and stood up again.
"Let's go!"
Everyone waded through the bloody water, shooting and retreating sideways.
There was more and more blood, and his feet seemed to be stuck in mud, making it difficult to walk.
"there!"
There was a high ground not far away, and everyone ran up it and were temporarily out of danger.
Looking around, he saw a sea of blood all around, which was extremely terrifying.
Just as everyone was horrified, Chen Xing suddenly pulled out the Silver Star and pointed his gun at the two people who brought them here.
"Tell me, who are you?
Who is this person and why did he deceive us? "Chen Xing's voice was low and full of power.
The two looked at Chen Xing with doubts on their faces.
"Brother, they are our own!" Xiao Xu quickly grabbed Chen Xing's hand and tried to stop him, but found that Chen Xing's hand was like copper poured into iron, motionless.
"Do you still want to pretend?" Chen Xing asked calmly.
Because of the danger perception, Chen Xing was suspicious of the two people from the beginning.
As things progressed, he discovered more doubts.
The two said from the beginning that the tree was strange, but they didn't say exactly what was strange.
That is, they sensed a problem but were not attacked.
Since they were not attacked or trapped, why didn't they return to the camp for a week, and why did they come back the day after everyone arrived?
Isn't this too much of a coincidence?
If it wasn't a coincidence, the two of them lured them here deliberately.
Chen Xing has never believed in coincidences. If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. There must be something wrong with these two people.
Sure enough, when Chen Xing told the truth, the two of them showed strange smiles.
After a few seconds, their smiles gradually stiffened, replaced by distortion and pain. His forehead was covered with veins and had a horrible shape.
"Ah, ah ah!"
Screams erupted from deep in his throat, and his body was like a melted candle, collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing the dense bones inside.
Seeing this, Lao Xu stepped back subconsciously, accidentally tripped over a branch with his heel, and fell directly to the ground.
Even a veteran of 20 or 30 years like Lao Xu was very frightened, let alone others. His face turned blue, his Adam's apple was crawling, and he was about to scream at any moment.
"Ouch!"
Just when the situation was about to get out of control, a wolf howled resounded throughout the world. Immediately afterwards, a silver-white giant wolf walked out of the blue sea of light behind Chen Xing.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Chen Xing said calmly.
"Sanctuary!"
Seeing the White Wolf King walking out of the domain, everyone's eyes widened and they were shocked.
But what was even more shocking was yet to come. When they saw the blue space cracks opening in all directions and the green monsters pouring out like a tide, their mouths opened so wide that they could fit a salted duck egg in.
"Guguta, hala!" "Hala!"
The goblins shouted loudly and formed a circle, blocking the spread of blood.
Seeing such a scene, everyone realized that it was a boss-level strongman pretending to be a novice to hang out with them, and they suddenly felt reassured.
"Everyone is going to check the encyclopedia that comes with the system to see if there are any clues."
The goblins bought time for everyone, and everyone activated the black watch to check the information.
"I found it, I found it!"
After a moment, a mercenary shouted excitedly.
"What is it?"
"It's Ghost Crying Banyan!" said the mercenary.
Chen Xing quickly searched for relevant information.
The Ghost Crying Ficus is a carnivorous strangulating plant that can burrow into the ground and move. The roots hanging from its branches can hunt prey. Its main food source is small animals or living corpses in the forest. The Ghost Crying Banyan Tree is good at creating illusions and paralyzing prey, thereby achieving the purpose of killing. The Ghostly Crying Banyan that ignites the spiritual fire can even lead its prey into its own mental illusion and carry out real attacks.
It seems that the two people left behind have been killed. The "person" who brought them here was an illusion created by Gui Cailong.
The purpose is to lure them into Gui Cailong's spiritual illusion.
By igniting the spiritual fire in the crystal core, the mutated creature will have its own spiritual domain just like the evolver who awakened spiritual energy.
Su Na's mysterious garden and Ghost Crying Banyan's spiritual illusion both belong to the realm of psychic energy. It's just that compared to humans, the realm of mutant creatures is more physical.
Perhaps when they went to bed last night, they had been disturbed by mental illusions.
Now that we know that this is Gui Cailong's spiritual domain, everything is easier to handle.
Chen Xing thought, and a large number of Bat Knights and Goblin Fire Breathers flew out of the field.
The Bat Rider who passed through the treetops threw out the bottle of fire oil, and the goblins on the ground spurted out streams of flames, and the forest suddenly burned into a sea of fire.
The scene in front of him shook like water waves. The burning forest and boiling blood disappeared instantly, turning into a rainforest with sunshine and green trees.
Everyone suddenly felt like they were reborn and let out a long breath.
But the matter is not over yet, the ghost crying banyan tree is not far away.
The roots on the ground are shrinking and the crown of the tree is shrinking.
"No, it's going to run away!" Xiao Xu shouted.
Chen Xing had already rushed forward first. Behind them were a large number of goblin wolf cavalry, waving the steel blades in their hands and desperately chopping the roots on the ground.
Gui Weirong shrinks rapidly and wants to burrow into the ground. Chen Xing rushed under the canopy of the tree and saw two cysts wrapped in vines hanging above. He immediately pulled out the silver star and shot.
"Bang bang bang!"
The vines hanging the cysts broke and the two plant cysts fell down. Chen Xing grabbed one with one hand and teleported more than ten meters away.
In the blink of an eye, the Ghost Crying Banyan shrank into the ground, leaving a huge hole.
Chen Xing did not pursue rashly. According to the data, Gui Cailong is an expert at escaping under the ground and is very difficult to catch up with.
The light in his hand stretched, revealing a combat dagger, which cut open the plant cyst.
Two figures emerged, it was the two people who stayed at the camp.
"They are still alive!" Xiao Xu shouted happily after taking a breath.
"Quickly, get them out!" Lao Xu quickly came up to help and rescued his two companions.
Most of the water from the kettle was poured on their faces, and the two of them woke up slowly. Although he was a little weak, it was nothing serious.
Chen Xing sent everyone back to the camp and formally said goodbye.
At this time, everyone already knew the identity of Chen Xing, the powerful man from the Holy Domain, and also understood that he had made a special trip to escort them back. They were so grateful that they all performed ancient rituals to him to express their gratitude.
"Brother, be careful on the road." Xiao Xu said with tears in his eyes.
Chen Xing patted him on the shoulder and encouraged, "Follow your uncle and work hard. I used to be like you, starting from the bottom, and now I am a quasi-lord."
"Really?" Xiao Xu said in surprise.
"I used to be a newspaper delivery boy, so people know that if you work hard, your dreams will come true."
"Uh-huh!"
After some encouragement, Xiao Xu seemed to have been given a shot of blood, clenching his fists with high morale.
"Okay, I'm leaving, take care of yourself."
"Brother, have a nice trip."
Xiao Xu watched the figure until it disappeared into the dense forest.
"Oh, if we hadn't met the Lord this time, we might have ended up here." "It's not possible, it's certain to die." "Yes, the Lord is really kind-hearted!" "Tell me, what country does the Lord belong to? Prince?" "Well, it's possible..."
