A moment later, amid intermittent remnants of fighting, whining, and roaring sounds.
When Jiang Tian stepped over the corpses and debris strewn on the ground and came to the stone platform above the stairs, he saw a giant tree of flesh and blood winding on the entire stone wall; and a dozen or so fruit-like spots on the giant tree of flesh and blood. The bright red bubbles squirmed and expanded like breathing.
However, there is still a small part of the bubbling part, which has long been shriveled, cracked, black and yellow, and looks like a rotten and festering wound; hanging from it is a skeleton covered with branches, or a shriveled human shape with deformed wings; There were traces of liquid flowing and dripping.
Under the thick tree roots, there were several places where smoke curled up like dirty blood pools. Then, along the gap between the ground and the roots, a gurgling stream flowed into the deep pits under the blood tree with countless intertwined roots; it emitted bursts of rustling and vague echoing sounds like rain and mist.
This tree of flesh and blood is so huge and towering that it is impossible to see the whole thing at first glance; ordinary people need to raise their heads to the limit. In comparison, the giant tree that Jiang Tian encountered and fought at Shimen before was only the size of one of its branches.
And the several figures scattered under the big trees, retreating in the gaps between the openings with hanging roots, appear extremely small and insignificant, like insects, and can easily be ignored. At this moment, there were faint voices coming out intermittently:
"Your Majesty, ah no...Second Prime Minister Chenlong, it seems that our cooperation can only go so far. The soldiers and horses of the palace outside have already approached Xiao Penglai; and the many arrangements you rely on, it seems that It didn’t have much effect, and someone broke in easily.”
"It seems that there are talented people in the Gongfu army. The night attack you arranged should have failed long ago; even the beast troops and the big tree guards have been completely destroyed; it seems that the tree king Da Qingzhu has not been able to stop the enemy? Seeing that this place is no longer safe, please forgive me for not being able to continue accompanying me because I have other important responsibilities."
"If that's the case, how about you please?" Then a tired voice sighed: "There is a secret passage made of natural stone under the sacred tree, which can lead directly to the seaside. I'll let someone lead you this way. To avoid accidentally running into unnecessary relationships and disputes?..."
"Okay, thank you so much, Your Majesty," the person who spoke first breathed a sigh of relief, "We'll see you later!" Immediately, the sounds of groups of chaotic footsteps disappeared; however, after a few breaths, they turned into Piercing screams and vague curses: "How dare you lie to me!"
"After all, we have been allies for many years. How could I lie to you? The natural cracks in the earth are of course true, and the secret passage leading to the seaside is also true." However, the tired voice sneered: "It's just that you have to pass through the sacred tree. It’s just a test, if you don’t pass it can only be used as nourishment.”
As he finished speaking, the deep pit where the thick roots penetrated suddenly sprayed out like a geyser a large pile of slime-covered skeletons and mummies; most of them scattered on the ground before breaking apart. It was getting out of hand; but a small number of mummies still got up.
Branches and leaves sprouted from the branches and leaves that made a rattling sound all over the body, and finally turned into walking shriveled corpse trees; and the legs and feet dragging the roots gradually accelerated, and in a blink of an eye they met the retreating outer guards; but again Get past them and fight with the glyphs that are chasing after them.
The remaining dozen guards also retreated into the root-like cave at the bottom of the blood tree. And deep in the cave, there is another unusually empty cave hall; and the veins on the four walls are tangled and the blood vessels gather like a heart, and an unusually large fetal membrane is squirming.
A figure wearing a gold-rimmed hooded cloak stood quietly in front of the fetal membrane, and whispered: "Almost, still a little bit, what key point is missing? Why don't you want to Wake up? Even my former allies have been sacrificed to you!"
"If you still refuse to wake up, then I can only use the last resort to force you to wake up." As soon as he finished speaking, liquid bubbles suddenly began to roll inside the spherical fetal membrane, and vaguely emerged. A rising and falling figure. The hooded man couldn't help but laugh.
"You... Sure enough, you can hear what I am saying... It turns out that these days, you are not unable to respond to me. In fact, you have regained consciousness long ago, but you have been pretending to be asleep and dormant? In this case, then Come out quickly and face everything in this world with me!"
"Damn thing!" However, before he could laugh for long, his face suddenly changed and he said to the remaining guards who hurriedly retreated: "Someone followed you in..." The next moment, everyone in the cave hall The veins and root canals that are densely packed vertically and horizontally on the wall become activated and squirm.
And as these activated and peristaltic veins and root canals began to steam out, a vague human figure suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cave hall. But it was Jiang Tian who followed him and sneaked into it at some point; and the moment he saw him, the hooded man also exclaimed in shock:
"It's you! How could it be you?" Then the man put down the hood that covered the upper half of his face, revealing a rather portrait-like pale face. He stood facing Jiang Tian like a mirror image: "So they found you and asked you to lead an army to attack my cave?"
However, when Jiang Tian saw with his own eyes the obvious bulges on the forehead and back of the head of this prince who looked very similar but had a very different temperament, he immediately understood why the prince rarely appeared in front of others for a long time, and even wore heavy clothes on hot days. It was only because he summoned his subordinates in private.
Most likely, he had some encounters in his early years; or in other words, in order to completely solve the root causes of physical weakness and weakness, he took some extraordinary measures that would not be tolerated by the world. Perhaps, in order to maintain a healthy state in front of his ministers, he had to pay a rather cruel and luxurious price.
In the end, in the series of changes in the world brought about by the changes in the celestial phenomena, he inevitably became one of the many changes. But at the same time, it also allowed him to go one step further and get an opportunity from a certain secret realm (space debris), and try to save and change everything.
Or could it be that this huge blood tree and the abnormal ecology formed around it are the core results of his unscrupulous efforts and countless investments over the years? Then the original prince continued: "How many years? How many years has that bitch, that old ghost, been chanting in front of me?"
"Everyone is saying that if I had kept you back then, nothing would have happened. Even if I had never seen your avatar, I would have been troubled by it. But now you actually sent it here yourself?" Then He sneered and ordered: "Kill him and leave no one alive!"
Before he finished speaking, the guards who retreated to the cave hall waved their weapons and swarmed forward without hesitation; however, the next moment, screams and horrified exclamations broke out among them; because most of them , tightly entangled by the roots drilled out of the wall and ground.
Then, I saw them exclaiming in surprise: "The Crown Prince!" , I haven’t dared to slack off yet; I have never had the slightest hint of disobedience!”
"Of course I know?" However, Prince Yuan unexpectedly replied in an understatement: "I have never doubted your loyalty; however, I cannot guarantee whether your loyalty is exclusive to me or just for me. Is it just the status of the Crown Prince?"
"What's more, I have allowed you to see with your own eyes, this bastard who looks exactly like me..." The next moment, these roots suddenly tightened, like a strangled python, or like a tightened juicer. , with the sound of bones shattering and cracking, their blood and organs were splashed all over the ground.
Then, it was slowly absorbed by the roots and the ground; only skinny "scum" was left; and where Jiang Tian was, it was wrapped in layers of roots and veins, inexplicably wrapped It turned into a giant blue-black cocoon; the prince looked at the giant cocoon and sneered:
"You, a scoundrel, are too trusting to dare to break into the sacred tree. Little do you know that everyone above and below the sacred tree has already formed a synesthesia with me. Even if you have some means of concealment and sneaking, you still have to do it. The nourishment of the sacred tree? However, I will not let you die easily."
"That old guy is really capable. I have sent people to Middle-earth to erase all traces of you, and I have created false news for so many years. How can I still find you? However, this It’s not important anymore; what’s important is that you actually delivered it to your door in person.”
"I originally planned to continue to deal with them, but things will be much easier with you here." Speaking of this, the prince could not help but say with a smile on his face: "In the early years, I tried all kinds of methods to prolong my life. It also allowed this body to gradually become alienated to the point of being beyond control."
"But with this skin you gave me, I can regain everything I have, and even turn the things in Xiao Penglai into my own nourishment and capital. But I want to thank you for letting me understand many things outside." Everything is empty, and the only thing you can rely on is your own strength.”
"As long as I can control your normal human body, plus the many powers derived from Xiao Penglai, even in the office, who can defy and disobey me? Even that bitch who refuses to submit, or Even the old guy who tried to steal my opportunity couldn't do it!"
Then, he turned to the huge fetal membrane on the inner wall, which had returned to calm, and said with obsession and tenderness: "When the time comes, you will be the only one who can share the glory of this chaotic world with me. and a great cause, and give birth to qualified heirs for me to perpetuate my bloodline."
"Are you done?" The next moment, a soft sneer echoed in the room: "As an unqualified villain, you talk too much nonsense; like a naughty child who has been spoiled since childhood, and suddenly suddenly When you get power that you don’t match, you just can’t wait to show it off?”
