Nie Tian turned back to Bai Xiaoyue with a frown on his face.
Bai Xiaoyue must've entered the Hanging Mountain with Bai Yunfei and the others, so why was she alone? And why was she being controlled by the soul-devouring mycelium?
Bai Xiaoyue stood up after a while. She was still in a state of shock, but she looked much better than before.
"Bai Xiaoyue, where are your brothers?" Nie Tian asked cautiously when he saw that Bai Xiaoyue had calmed down.
He was worried that something had happened to Bai Yunfei and Bai Xiaofei, or else he wouldn't have left Bai Xiaoyue behind.
"My brothers …." Bai Xiaoyue's eyes reddened at Nie Tian's question. She looked like she was about to cry again.
"Little girl, don't cry anymore. Hurry up and tell us what happened. If something happened to your two brothers, you should tell us earlier. We can still go and save them!" Long Aotian was already impatient and said coldly.
Bai Xiaoyue calmed down a lot after being yelled at. She began to tell them what happened after they arrived at the Hanging Mountain.
Everyone had split up in search of the Heaven and Earth Pool after entering the Hanging Mountain.
Bai Xiaoyue and the others were attacked by a monster. Her two brothers were taken away by the monster in order to save her, and that was when she met the people in front of her.
"Monster?" Nie Tian's face darkened at Bai Xiaoyue's recount.
Long Aotian was even more speechless as he shouted, "Oh my god, can't you be more specific? What kind of monster is that?"
"It's a monster!" Bai Xiaoyue thought Nie Tian didn't believe her and immediately blushed. "They're monsters transformed from trees. They're baring their fangs and brandishing their claws. They're so scary. Big Brother was captured by them."
"A monster transformed from a tree?" Nie Tian was even more speechless at her explanation.
But Bai Xiaoyue was serious. Since this concerned the lives of Bai Yunfei and the others, she couldn't speak carelessly.
"Can trees really become sentient?" Long Aotian still didn't want to believe it.
It was rumored that some ninth-tier spiritual materials could gain sentience, but to be able to move as freely as a martial artist was unthinkable.
"Elder Sword, is that possible?" Nie Tian asked after calming down.
The world was so big that nothing was too strange. Even the world of ice and fire existed, so what was so strange about trees becoming spirits?
Nie Tian had read in an ancient book that there were many strange races in ancient times. Perhaps the monster Bai Xiaoyue was talking about was an ancient race.
"It should exist." This time, Elder Sword wasn't very sure either. He hesitantly said, "I've heard of an ancient race called the Ancient Treant Tribe. It is said that their bodies are made of trees."
"Yes." Nodding, Nie Tian turned to Bai Xiaoyue, "Where were Bai Yunfei and the others captured?"
"I'll take you there." Bai Xiaoyue nodded and ran out of the valley.
Under Bai Xiaoyue's lead, Nie Tian and the others arrived at a thorny forest. All around them were short shrubs and thorns that gave off a very sinister feeling.
"Little girl, is this the place?" Long Aotian looked around. Not a single trace of a Treant could be seen. "The Treants you're talking about aren't these short trees, are they?"
"No!" Bai Xiaoyue's face was red with worry. Looking around, she said, "There were a lot of trees here before, where did they go?"
Eyebrows furrowed, Nie Tian walked over. Looking around, he saw several large footprints. They were similar to human footprints, but they were very large, at least several meters in length.
Following the footprints, Bai Yunfei saw that there was a dark tunnel in front of them.
"They're gone!" Nie Tian's eyes darkened.
He guessed that the Treants Bai Xiaoyue was talking about had already left and were heading towards the dark tunnel.
"Big Brother, let's go after them." Long Aotian also saw the dark tunnel and said with a serious expression.
Nie Tian nodded. He glanced at Bai Xiaoyue and said, "Aotian, protect her later."
Long Aotian nodded and said to Bai Xiaoyue, "Little girl, stay by my side."
The three didn't waste any more time and followed the footprints.
Moments later, the three entered the dark tunnel.
Nie Tian looked around and found that the tunnel was very deep and hundreds of meters high. It was surrounded by huge black rocks, which were obviously man-made.
The three ran along the tunnel and soon exited.
"Where are they?!" Nie Tian's field of vision widened, and he immediately saw several dozen enormous figures slowly moving forward in the dense forest ahead of him.
"Sure enough, they're Treants!" Nie Tian's eyes trembled when he saw these figures clearly. They were indeed treants.
The large figures had human-like faces, but their bodies were treants. Their arms and legs were branches, and their bodies were at least a hundred meters tall.
On the Treant's body, there were many human Martial Artists lying in a disorderly manner.
Nie Tian could tell from a distance that it was Bai Yunfei and the others. Even Xue Yong was among them.
These Treants seemed to have captured all the cultivators, but they didn't kill them. Instead, they seemed to want to take them somewhere else.
"Damn, there really are Treants!" Long Aotian was surprised at first, but then he cackled in excitement. Turning to Bai Xiaoyue, he said, "Little girl, stay here and don't move."
He didn't think that there would be so many Treants. If they fought, he wouldn't be able to take care of Bai Xiaoyue.
Nie Tian and Long Aotian nodded to each other. Moving at the same time, they chased after the Treants.
"Boom!" Just then, a gigantic figure came crashing down from the skies. Like a mountain, it landed on the ground with a loud thud. The earth trembled violently as all the trees in a radius of several thousand meters were destroyed and a wave of dirt several dozen meters high rose up into the air.
Nie Tian and Long Aotian were still in the air when they felt a terrifying pressure descend upon them.
Both of them paused for a moment before hurriedly retreating. They retreated several hundred meters away before hovering in mid-air.
"Eh?" Nie Tian steadied himself. In front of him was a Treant over three hundred meters tall. Its branches danced in the air as it bared its fangs and brandished its claws in a menacing manner.
"Nie Tian, you're finally here." Following this, a cold voice suddenly sounded out as a figure appeared and landed on the Treant.
"Lin Yi!" Nie Tian's eyes flickered violently as he saw the man's face.
Nie Tian didn't expect that Lin Yi would appear at this time. Moreover, it seemed that he was controlling the Treants!
Lin Yi was with the Treants. He was controlling the Treants to capture the other cultivators!
"How is this possible?" Nie Tian's eyes flickered. He couldn't understand what was going on.
"Lin Yi can control these Treants? Could it be …. "At this moment, a guess suddenly appeared in Nie Tian's mind, causing his eyes to tremble abruptly while a trace of panic appeared on his face.
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