The "Forest of Ashes" is an endless forest, a bit like the Amazon jungle in the past life, with rich forestry resources and thousands of strange flora and fauna.

There are trees with trunks up to a kilometer high, and they are truly broad-leaved giant trees with a canopy of canopy.

Strangely enough, the leaves of those giant trees were not green, but gray. As far as the eye can see, this forest is covered with a layer of burnt plant ash, giving people a strong contrast that seems to be dead and silent, but vibrant.

The Beast Knights didn't seem to be from the same tribe, and when they entered the forest, they scattered and disappeared into the forest.

The Wren were led deep into the forest by the barbarian Udo, to the "Temple Tribe" in the Coleman Atrium.

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Snow mastiffs run fast through the primeval forest.

These originally tall demonic beast mounts, compared to the giant trees, are as small as ants.

Wren is also amazed that this forest can be called a miracle of nature.

The flora and fauna are also getting bigger and bigger...

The forest is full of plants that have never been seen before, clusters of mushrooms that glow as big as a house, ferns of all kinds of meters, huge colorful flowers... There are also all kinds of strange fruit trees with heavy fruits.

The sound of apes, birds, insects flapping their wings...

The sound of rain dripping from the top of the leaves, layer by layer...

The sunlight penetrated through the upper layers of the dense forest, shining on the silver threads...

The fawns forage leisurely in the meadows, and the blue-tailed eagle also rests on the trunk of a tree to greet the returning barbarian knights...

There was peace in the forest.

......

As soon as he entered the forest, Wren noticed a very strange phenomenon.

He felt that the pores all over his body involuntarily opened, as if he had inhaled countless coal-burning exhaust gases in the steel city, and suddenly arrived at the comfort of a fresh and oxygen-rich environment.

Moreover, [Cuiweiju fo] is a little more strange!

Wren found that the deeper he went into the forest, the more efficient he felt at absorbing the genetic power with Thunder's Breath became, and the growth of his fighting spirit was at least several times that of the outside.

"There's something wrong with the air here!"

Wren was more and more sure of his previous guess: the thicker the fog, the higher the efficiency of the transcendent cultivation!

But correspondingly, the stronger the toxin.

So strong that even through the gas mask, Wren felt that the air he inhaled had a slight burning sensation that made his body uncomfortable.

The fog here was deeper than the plague swamp, turning from gray to black, faintly like a thin black veil floating in the forest.

Wren had found out about this problem before.

The population base of the Coleman tribe is countless times smaller than that of the two empires of Omahid, but the high rate of their top masters is a little scary.

The six elders and a "Great Witch Sacrifice" are at least seven legendary-level masters. Compared to the total population base of their tribe of hundreds of thousands, this is a very terrifying ratio.

Hundreds of thousands, which is not as large as the population of a medium-sized territory in the human race! And the two empires, large and medium-sized territories with such populations, hundreds and thousands.

However, so many masters were really born.

Moreover, the flesh of the Coleman warriors is generally stronger than the human counterparts in the Machine City!

Not only the people of the Coleman clan, but the flora and fauna of the "Forest of Ashes" are very large, and Wren From the perspective of biological science, the reason for the high probability of the barbarian being a top master may be related to the physique...

But it's more likely to be an "environmental factor"!

Now Wren felt the thick fog in the forest and immediately confirmed the idea.

But he also wondered what caused the fog in this "Forest of Ashes" to be so much thicker than the wasteland outside, and what was the black pigment in that mist...

......

Wren, as a captive, is not qualified to choose everything.

But Udo said that he would save his life, so he had nothing to panic about.

Wren was just worried about Old Man Tust, who was already very weak, was tied up in the Demon Beast Mountain for a few days, and now his spirit is very weak.

This trip is a catastrophe for the old man...

During the two-day trip, Uduo also loosened the ties to Rennes, and he was no longer tied up like a caterpillar. However, as a captive, it is still symbolically tied.

Soon after, they arrived in an atrium called the "Temple Tribe" of the Coleman clan in the deepest part of the forest.

It is an empty valley with knife-like cliffs on both sides, and a large waterfall with plenty of water falls from the sky, and the mist is misty, and the colorful light of the rainbow can be faintly seen.

Without the towering giant trees to obstruct it, the vision suddenly opens up.

Countless houses made of yellow mud, thatch, and stone, large and small, and thousands of dark-skinned savages come and go.

It's a very bustling tribe with a lot of activity, like a small county town.

It is as peaceful and peaceful as a paradise, there are people polishing stonesmiths, some people weaving ropes, there are hunters who have just returned from hunting and are making jerky, and there are also old women who are sewing and mending with animal skins...

This is no different from the normal human race.

The dark-skinned, tall, thin, barbarian children were practicing archery and fighting, and when they saw the return of the large army of Udo, they greeted them with a smile.

Laughter soon erupted in laughter among the tribes.

"The three elders are back!"

"The invaders must have been beaten to the ground..."

"Wow... I brought a lot of loot..."

“...”

As if the victorious troops had returned to the city, they received a warm welcome, and soon all the barbarians could be seen in the streets.

They took the booty from the monster and greeted the returning warriors with a burst of joy.

And on the other hand,

Wren, the four captives, are particularly eye-catching.

Here, everyone's eyes look at the "aggressor" as if they were dead. Even the brilliant barbarian children who were laughing just now, there was a deep hatred in their eyes when they turned their faces, and they roamed around their bodies like poisonous snakes, which made people feel creepy.

The elders are going to report to the "Great Witch Festival".

It's impossible for Udo to keep Wren by his side at all times.

As for the treatment of the "captives", Wren also saw a row of wooden cages next to a small dirt slope of the tribe, in which several unkempt humans were already kept.

It seems that Wren is not the only one who enjoys this treatment.

The four Wren were locked up.

Udo called a bare-bottomed child, who looked to be four or five years old, but was already one and a half meters tall.

She pointed to Wren in the cage and said, "Hey! Ao Bald, please help me take care of this captive, he is very important, don't let you and your friends hurt him..."

Bare-ass kid: "Huh? Sister Udo, is this aggressor going to sacrifice to the gods? But he looks so weak, he may not be able to beat me..."

“...”

Wren rolled his eyes as he listened, and was despised by a little brat.

Udo: "No, this is the person the 'Witch Priest' wants to meet. Do not hurt him..."

The little kid: "Oh, got it. Don't worry, Sister Udo, I'll watch him, and I won't let them hurt him..."

“...”

......

Someone has been arrested again?

Sam felt very weak.

Oh, it's all dead anyway, so what does it matter who catches you...

I just want to get some sleep, and hopefully I'll never wake up.

But those abominable barbarians will certainly not let me die, and they need the flesh and blood of the higher humans to honor their worshipping gods.

In a trance, suddenly, he heard a voice.

What a gracious lingua franca, which is much more pleasant to the ear than the damned barbarian's language.

What is he saying?

Forget it, you're going to die anyway, it doesn't matter what you say. The guy who was caught a few days ago also talked a lot, and as a result, he was stuffed with a piece of monster feces by the barbarian and then put it in his mouth.

I'm going to die, and I don't want to taste the feces of monsters.

Hey... Wrong.

It was as if someone was calling my name.

Am I hallucinating?

Thinking about it, Sam opened his eyelids weakly, as if it had drained all his strength.

.......

"Uncle Sam... Is that you? ”

Wren didn't expect to meet an acquaintance in this barbarian tribe!

Next to the wooden cage where he was being held, he saw a strong man with a scruffy beard. But whether it is the outfit or the shape of the face, he still recognizes it at a glance, this is the Uncle Sam who always has a humble smile on his face and always says that he is "mediocre in martial arts"!

Sam thought he was dazzled by hunger, and when his eyes met, he was sure that he was familiar with the man in the cage next door.

Feeling a little incredulous, he tentatively shouted, "Doctor Wren, is that you?" You... How did you get caught too? ”

However, then he seemed to think of something, and the light in his eyes instantly dimmed, and he said to himself, "It's not right... These barbarians shouldn't be left alive. I must be hallucinating..."

At this time, Wren was also pleasantly surprised: "Uncle Sam, is it really you?" How did you get caught? ”

"Huh?"

This time, Sam no longer suspected that he had misheard.

He looked at Wren in surprise and said, "You... Doctor Wren, have you reached the fifth order? ”

“...”

Wren didn't know why Sam would ask such a strange question.

Then, Sam shook his head again, apparently thinking that this was impossible, and said to himself, "Impossible... It's not the fifth order, how can those barbarians stay alive? You... How did you get caught? ”

Then, he saw Bazel with the [Forbidden Demon Lock] not far away: "Hey, is that [White Wolf] Bazel?" ”

“...”

Wren felt that Uncle Sam was in a weak state of mind now, and his speech was completely incoherent.

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A moment later, Uncle Sam was also really sure that the little doctor he once knew had also been arrested.

And Wren understood.

As soon as Uncle Sam recovered from his wounds, he followed the marks left by Lady Canossa and them, and then encountered the High Priest in the forest, and was outnumbered and captured.

He wasn't killed, also because he was high enough.

Wren also knew that those who could be treated in the wooden cage were at least fifth-order transcendents. This is the existence of the blood sacrifice gods left by the Colemans.

That's why Uncle Sam was so surprised that a low-level transcendent like Wren would be caught here alive.

"Mrs. Canossa... And Aunt Susan, did they get caught too? ”

"When I came, Susan was still alive. But now, she has been killed by these barbarians to sacrifice to the gods. But I will grow up... I heard Susan say that she probably wasn't caught by the barbarians. They were scattered in battle. ”

Hearing that the lady was okay for the time being, Wren was relieved for some reason.

At least the lady was pretty good to herself, and she didn't want to hear about her murder.

And at this time,

Bazel, who was on the side, was more concerned about his upcoming fate and interjected and asked, "That Sam boy... What does it mean to sacrifice to the gods? ”

In the eyes of this werewolf who has lived for more than two hundred years, Sam is naturally a "brat".

Sam didn't care about the title, he was going to die sooner or later, and explained, "Oh, do you see that sinkhole over there?" Bleed, drop it down..."

As he spoke, he looked at Bazel and sighed slightly, thinking that "legendary", it would be a pity to die here.

Hearing this, Bazel and Wren looked down the small slope in unison.

At the end of the field of vision, through the woods, I saw a "black hole", which was so black that it felt like a large pit that had been pierced through the space.

The diameter is about several thousand meters, and the depth is not bottomless.

If you look closely, it's not that the pit is black, but that the pit is really overflowing with a very thick black mist.

"Huh... The black gas actually came out of here! ”

Moreover, although his vision was blocked by the fog, Wren was immediately sure that the black mist in this forest was coming out of that sinkhole!

Here, it seems to be the source of the black fog of the forest!