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If that Xu Man in the Underwater Dragon Palace was really Dong Hai in disguise, then what was his motive for doing so? Could it really be as Elder Zhang said, to eradicate the various forces?

But if he really had such a goal, why would he have coaxed Liu Jie to do something like plotting against his own son?

At this point, I found myself turning into another dead end. The fog in front of me prevented me from seeing what was behind it.

When we had rested enough, we set out in the direction of the valley we had seen, and it was not until noon that we began to light a fire in a more open area.

Since all the rations we had brought with us were in his backpack, and he was nowhere to be seen, Broad couldn't carry his flint into the woods.

I didn't know a thing about hunting, and if I went I might cause more trouble for the board, so I just stayed and started a fire.

With that barrier, I didn't have to worry about those archers and snakes chasing me here. Besides, I had a gun on me, so when the fire was ready, there wouldn't be any wild beasts bothering me.

Not long after, the big board returned. Having learned his lesson from the last time, he didn't dare to fight any more ferocious beasts. Instead, he only beat a few pheasants.

Although the roasted mountain chicken is not as fragrant as the roasted wild boar meat, I still couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva when I smelled the fragrance!

However, when the large board took the roasted pheasant from the fire, a strange feeling of being watched suddenly arose in my heart!

He stood up and looked at the surrounding forest. Although there was only the sound of some birds in the forest, this kind of silence was natural. It was not the kind of silence where wild beasts would be around.

"Brother Zhou, what's wrong?"

Seeing that my expression wasn't right, Big Board put down the pheasant in his hand and walked in front of me.

"It's nothing. It feels like someone is staring at us!"

Hearing this, Dazhi raised his head and sniffed the air. After a long time, he frowned and said, "I seem to have smelled that smell again. It seems to be the scent of a wild beast, but it's also mixed with perfume!"

Just as I said that, I suddenly saw a figure dressed in a colorful outfit flashing past the depths of the forest!

"It's her?"

Hearing my words, Big Board immediately turned around and looked behind him. But when he turned around, the figure had already disappeared into the depths of the forest.

"Who is it?"

After seeing no one, the boss directly grabbed my head and asked.

"It's the figure that I saw earlier at the place where there was a tent." It seems like it's a female, and it seems like she has some ability, but she seems to have suffered some sort of shock. She has been following us but isn't willing to show herself! "

Hearing my words, Big Board became even more confused, "Who cares!?" Anyway, she won't harm us, so just follow her! "

As he said that, he picked up the roasted chicken on the floor and passed one to me.

I took the roasted chicken from the big board and took out a dagger. After splitting the roasted chicken in half, I took half of it and walked towards the direction where the figure came from.

"Don't worry, we aren't bad people! If you're afraid of us, then follow us! After we take care of some things, we'll take you out of the forest! "This is the wild chicken we roasted. I left it here for you. If you're hungry, come and get it yourself!"

After shouting towards the depths of the forest, I placed the half of the roasted chicken in my hand on the ground. Then, I turned around and walked towards the large board.

Since I didn't know what would happen in the future, I let the plate grow to be a bit bigger, just in case I needed it. At this moment, the other half of the pheasant came in handy.

When I sat next to the bonfire and started to eat, I could clearly see that woman timidly walking out of the forest to the side of the half roasted chicken. However, she didn't come close to us.

After we had eaten our fill and rested enough, we got up and set off in the direction of the valley. But before we had gone far, that voice suddenly came from behind us!

"Brother Zhou!"

Hearing this voice, some doubts inevitably arise in my heart. However, at this moment, I suddenly realized that the wooden cow in my hand had started to heat up!

Could it be that she found something wrong, wanted to warn us, but didn't dare to come in contact with us?

With this thought in mind, I just pulled the board and started to pay attention to my surroundings!

Even though the wooden cow in my hand was still burning hot, but everything around me seemed to be normal. It didn't seem to be dangerous, and Big Board said that aside from the strange smell from before, I didn't smell anything like a beast in the air.

However, ever since this wooden ox was modified by Dong Wan'er, it has never failed before. Thus, I simply walked towards a thick and big tree in front of me, intending to climb up and see what was around me.

However, just as I was walking towards the big tree, the voice came from behind us again. It sounded very anxious!

"Brother Zhou!" "Brother Zhou!"

Upon hearing this sound, I immediately stopped in my tracks. I noticed that the closer I got to the big tree, the hotter the temperature of the wooden cow in my hand became!

Could it be that this tree was hiding something? But Bighead said he didn't smell any wild animals! Could it be that this tree was the problem?

When I thought of this, I suddenly remembered a plant called the Cannibal Tree. Legend has it that the thing could trap a passing animal with vines and then strangle it to death, drawing nutrients from the animal's body.

Although the tree in front of us has many vines wrapped around it, but we have already entered the vines' encirclement, but we didn't see any reaction from them!

However, just as I was perplexed over what to do, Big Board suddenly pulled on my sleeve.

"Brother Zhou, I seem to have smelled a heavy smell of soil stirring. Moreover, there seems to be the smell of broken bones of animals mixed in!"

The aura of the earth turning?

After hearing what Big Board said, I couldn't help but frown as I looked towards the ground beneath our feet.

This look doesn't matter, but when I saw the huge vines moving slowly like snakes in the soil, I felt a chill in my heart!

"This is bad!" It was indeed the man-eating tree! "Run!"

After saying that, I turned around, intending to escape in the direction that we had come from. However, the moment I turned around, I realised that behind us, vines are all over the place.

"So this is how this damn thing uses its prey!"

As we spoke, we had no choice but to slowly walk towards the direction of the big tree. Because the tangled vines are slowly shrinking, and now we are like rats trapped in a cage!