Chapter 310: A Tree Swallows a City

If an object is big enough to block out the sky and the sun, no matter whether it is cute or not, it will cause fear in the small ones. That is the powerless survival instinct rooted in the deepest part of the soul, which is giving a warning. When a person is filled with this most primitive fear, he will not move forward, but let his instinct control him to escape.

In Jinzhou City, a thick branch hooked through the roof, lifted up the house, smashed the high wall, crushed the foundation, and spread the most primitive fear of the giant to everyone.

The roar of collapsing houses and the rustling sound of huge tree roots sweeping across the streets mixed together, shaking the entire city.

No matter where they were, in the bustling city center or in a narrow corner of the city, people everywhere saw the rise of the giant.

It was a giant tree that blocked out the sun and the sky. It seemed to need no soil or nutrients. It absorbed nutrients for growth in fear and screams, stretching its body to its heart's content, and attempting to bring the entire city into its arms.

The snake-like roots spread everywhere, looking for every breath of life, and then... capturing it.

boom

Gu Chen watched as the tree roots that had penetrated into the inn swept through the enemy, turning the small inn into ruins. He dodged the sweep and rolled over a few times to escape from the coverage of the tree roots.

The tree roots coiled and explored, tying up the still yelling waiter. Gu Chen could see that it was not an ordinary tree root, although it had everything a tree root had, it was thick enough, lush enough, and had tender buds growing on it, lush and green.

But it also has a part that does not belong to the roots. On its huge trunk, there are some tiny hairs, like soft thorns, and suction cups like pupils are randomly distributed on the roots. If it moves slightly, it will suck the screaming person, entangle him, and drag him away.

Gu Chen jumped up and down several times and ran out of the city. Behind him was the chaotic and noisy Jinzhou City. A huge green tree grew taller and taller, and its roots were intertwined and gathered into tree tumors one after another. Houses and buildings of all sizes were arched up by the roots, and then crushed bit by bit by the tightening roots.

The tree was really too big. At least from Gu Chen's perspective, the giant tree in the distance filled every corner of the city and occupied most of his vision.

Countless screams and roars were heard, and then stopped abruptly. As the roots of the tree carried each person back, the giant tree grew more luxuriant and greener. The faint fragrance of flowers drifted throughout the city, very light and fresh.

Gu Chen swayed, and the ground beneath his feet cracked. A tree root arched out from the crack, rising high like a whip, and then fell to the ground with a bang.

He was lifted up high by the arched tree roots. He quickly turned around, protected his whole body with Shui Zang Lei, stepped over the roots that were like a giant python, and ran at full speed.

“Brother Gu!”

Hearing a shout in his ear, Gu Chen turned around and saw a familiar figure. Who else could it be but Yan Jing?

He jumped a few times and landed in front of Yan Jing. Before he could open his mouth, Yan Jing stuck two yellow talismans on his body.

"Don't release any breath or make any noise. This one can sense human scent."

Yan Jing said in a hurry, and Gu Chen quickly stopped. Sure enough, when he stopped, the tree roots around him that were ready to move seemed to be blinded. They no longer made any big movements, but moved slowly bit by bit.

Yan Jing made a few gestures, and Gu Chen nodded. The two of them carefully avoided the tree roots all over the ground, moved quietly outward, and soon arrived at the southwest corner of the city.

Gu Chen looked around and suddenly stopped. He walked forward and saw that in the corner, there was a small shrine that was knocked over by the roots of a tree. There was a small statue on it, but it was now cracked.

"It's Lu Xing. He was probably affected by the tree disaster and has lost his magical powers."

Yan Jing said softly as he looked at the slowly moving tree roots.

"Let's leave the city first. We can't stay here anymore." Gu Chen glanced at the statue, engraved the image in his mind, and turned and left.

After leaving the city, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief. Gu Chen asked, "Brother Yan, what's going on?"

"I don't know either, but I guess it has something to do with the peerless magic skills that are said in the city. Now this strange tree covers the entire city, and most of the population has been dragged away." Yan Jing shook his head, "I think this is a living sacrifice."

"Living sacrifice?" Gu Chen asked.

Yan Jing nodded: "Whenever an evil god is born strangely, it is bound to be accompanied by the death of human beings. When it wakes up strangely, it needs flesh and blood to feed on. When an evil god descends, it also needs human lives to be sacrificed. I'm afraid that the magic power is the bait released by the strange evil god. Now someone has taken the bait and has been contaminated by the Tao essence it carries."

Gu Chen looked at the Jinzhou City left behind. The current capital city no longer looked prosperous. There were broken walls and ruins everywhere. There were no corpses, only pools of blood that painted this doomsday-like scene a touch of vermilion.

He climbed to a high place and looked into the distance, and saw that the crown of the giant tree was becoming more and more luxuriant, with green dots floating out from its branches and leaves, like spores, and this Jinzhou City was his territory.

Under the tree canopy, there were branches hanging down, and under each branch, there was a person hanging. The dense hairs penetrated into them, sucking out every bit of life, and along with screams, turning those people into mummies. The mummies, which could not be seen clearly, hung on the tree canopy, swaying gently in the breeze, like wind chimes.

Boom boom boom

One after another, thick and huge roots broke out from the edge of the city wall, gradually climbed up the wall, and slowly tightened. The seemingly solid city wall was crushed and wrapped by the gathered roots like mud.

"Such a big problem has arisen, and no one is coming forward?" Gu Chen looked at the fleeting Jinzhou City, his voice trembling slightly.

"The monks from the Wangluo Division and various sects are probably on their way. Jinzhou City is only a small city, so there won't be too many people stationed here."

Yan Jing still had some lingering fears. Such a huge city was destroyed in an instant, and only a small number of warriors and monks escaped. As for the civilians, only one in ten survived.

"coming!"

He suddenly raised his head and looked into the distance, only to see an arc of light streaking across the sky, heading towards Jinzhou City, then suddenly deviating and falling several miles outside the city.

"They are from the Net Division."

Yan Jing spoke, he glanced at Gu Chen, took out a mask from his arms and put it on his face, "I need to inform the people who came as soon as possible. If you want to help, then come together. If you don't want to wade into this muddy water, then leave on your own."

Gu Chen looked at the mask on Yan Jing's face. The mask was pure white with a few black dots outlining a constellation. He knew that Yan Jing was from the Wangluo Division, and the Wangluo Division was divided into four parts and named after the stars.

After a while, several people wearing the same star masks came over. The leader had a unique mask, and it was Qinglong Su.

"Yangchaxing greets Lord Qinglong."

Yan Jing stepped forward to greet him, and Gu Chen followed behind and bowed slightly.

"Tell me all the information clearly. I need to control the spread of weirdness as soon as possible!"

Qinglong didn't say much and went straight to the point.

(End of this chapter)