The scorching sun hung obliquely overhead, the sand on the ground was tinged with a layer of gold, and from a distance, a few small black dots on the desert were heading towards a dense forest with no end in sight, looking like a swarm of ants on the sand.

Chen Tao watched the changes in the sand under his feet, the humidity here was obviously much higher than in other places, and some desert plants gradually appeared around him, although most of them had died.

In the past, Ballohad said, it used to be a huge freshwater lake, the water was so clear that it was surrounded by a large underground river under the lake, and in good years, the underground river rose and the lake expanded, and the water in the lake would flow over the sand dunes in all directions. At that time, it was overgrown with tall poplars, red willows, saxon trees, and cistanche, as well as many amazing desert plants and animals.

The Guardians have been guarding Tatunan for a long time, living quietly in this vast desert like white ghosts in the night, occasionally entering the surrounding villages and towns for supplies, but more often than not, patrolling the desert.

After talking to Balohad, I learned that they weren't the only ones in the Guards. For thousands of years, the former army has all been scattered, living in a certain area, guarding the vanished Tatunaan.

Chen Tao put his hand on his forehead to block the sun, looking at the black and oppressive Forest of Death in front of him.

This strange forest, the name alone, reminds people of some bad things, and as they get closer and closer, the inexplicable depression becomes more and more obvious.

After walking for less than ten minutes, the group had reached the edge of the so-called Forest of the Necrons.

As he got closer, Chen Tao found that the trees in this forest had blackened their skin and had all died, leaving only their bare trunks and dead branches, growing crookedly on the sand. Chen Tao didn't believe that this forest was really the hair of the god Nakara, but these blackened trunks and branches looked really strange, as if they had been burned by fire, and the branches also grew strangely, and the ends of the branches were curly, entangled one by one, like steel wool balls, not at all like a tree could grow.

It is said that the poplar in the desert does not die for a thousand years, does not fall down for a thousand years after death, and does not rot after falling for a thousand years, but this tree is not a poplar tree, nor is it a red willow.

Looking at these strange woods, Chen Tao was a little stunned, could it be that it was really the hair of the god of the underworld?

"It was also the first time I had seen these trees in the Forest of the Necrons, which were buried in the desert with Tatunaan's disappearance. What we see now is not all of the Forest of the Necronomins, but the branches of the woods that are exposed beyond the sand. When we came here, there was an endless sea of sand, with only a small number of stumps exposed, and if it weren't for the big sandstorm before, we wouldn't have seen these things now. ”

Chen Tao was a little surprised when he heard this, just now, the exposed part of these trees is already three or four meters high, or is it just the crown?

How tall it must have been a thousand years ago!

"So, is there any danger here?" Ye Rong asked.

"I don't know ......" Unexpectedly, Qianshu Hongde shook his head, "At that time, I was injured, it was my father who carried me through here, I didn't know what happened to them here, and when I woke up, I was already in the Holy City!" ”

"Then when you come out, you should have known, right?" Haozi walked beside Chen Tao, he had recovered a lot, and his face was not so ugly, but the injuries on his body couldn't go down for a while.

The woman didn't kill him, but fed Haozi a strange bug, although it seemed that nothing was wrong now, but Chen Tao always felt a little uneasy in his heart.

The Orencks are not good birds, they are all outlaws who lick blood from the knife edge, and although they wear the hat of a religious organization, their behavior is truly heinous.

Such a group of people would let Haozi go so easily?

The answer is unequivocal.

The woman must have done something to Haozi, but they haven't found out yet.

What's more, Chen Tao and the others are now in a completely deadly situation with Ou Rank's gang, they won't be so kind!

Although Chen Tao's blood could make them wake up from the illusion for a short time, it might not be able to deal with the woman's hands and feet on Haozi.

Hearing Haozi's question, Balohad was a little embarrassed, and said with some embarrassment: "When I came out, I was rescued by Chen You's seniors, and when the Great Wizard was released, I was knocked unconscious by Bruno's men. ”

"Feelings, you lie in and lie out again, as soon as your eyes are closed and opened, Tatunan Holy City will be walked around."

Ballohad smiled, not paying attention to Haozi's ridicule, anyway, he said to a few people seriously: "Although I don't know what happened to them in the Forest of the Dead, I know that it must be a very terrible thing. ”

"Why do you say that?" Seeing that Balohard's expression was a little serious, Chen Tao also put away his smile.

Balohad glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice, "After coming out of the Forest of the Dead, we have half of our people!" There were many more people who went in that time than we do now. ”

"What!" Everyone's faces changed.

"Half of the dead ......." Ballohard's words were like a hammer slammed into everyone's hearts, and there was a hint of jealousy in the eyes of the Forest of the Dead.

This place is even more terrifying than the maca maze!

"No matter what, I have to go in, even if it's a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, I have to break into him, I must stop Bruno, and Uncle Long must also be rescued!" Chen Tao secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, since he had come here, there was no room to turn back.

He won't back down!

"If I'm guessing correctly, Orlank and Bruno should have entered the depths of the Forest of the Dead, they won't stay, they will definitely enter the Holy City before sunrise tomorrow, we don't have time." Balohad looked worriedly at the Forest of the Dead in front of him.

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go!" Chen Tao nodded, no one wanted to give up, everyone had a reason to enter Tatunaan.

At this time, the sun is gradually setting in the west, and dusk is approaching.

Just in case, everyone was going to cut down some dead branches and make a few torches in advance.

Although these branches are long and crooked, they are more than enough to make a torch out of some branches.

I don't know how long these trees have grown here, and how long they have been buried in the sand in the wind and sun here. A few guards used long knives as axes, and crackled and cut branches from the trees.

Chen Tao looked at these strange dead trees, and a strange thought surged in his heart, as if he had seen these trees somewhere.

Chen Tao hesitated and walked to the canopy of a tree more than two meters high.

The trunk of the tree was as thick as half an arm, and most of the ground was buried in sand. The upper part of the canopy was large, and the branches stretched in all directions, and then curled back at the end, intertwining with the canopies of the other trees next to it, like several large flowers clinging together.

Chen Tao raised his hand and broke off a small section from the nearest branch, and looked at the branch carefully. The bark on the outside of the branch is grayish-black, and the inside is a withered yellow heart, and strangely, at the end of this branch is a black tumor the size of a hawthorn, and you can clearly see that there are many small bumps on it, which seem to be many dead buds before they have been sent.

After watching it for a long time, Chen Tao didn't recognize what kind of tree it was, but there was always a familiar feeling in his heart, which made him feel a little strange.

After thinking about it, Chen Tao asked Haozi on the side.

"Haozi, do you recognize it, what kind of tree is this?"

Li Lao's shop is in the woodware business, Haozi follows Li Lao, often dealing with wood, don't look at his age, but if it comes to distinguishing the types and characteristics of wood, no one present can know better than him.

Haozi took the small branch and pondered for a long time with a frown, and his face suddenly changed.

"Tao ....... Taozi, you may not believe it, but this thing is not an ordinary tree. ”

"Why, do you recognize it, what kind of tree is this, how is it not a common law?" Chen Tao asked with some curiosity.

"Not only is it not ordinary, but we've seen it before! It's just that the one we've seen is much bigger than this one......."

Looking at Haozi's strange expression, Chen Tao couldn't help but wonder a little, it seems that his feelings are not wrong, these trees have really been seen, but what kind of trees are they?

"Oh, Haozi is at this time, don't sell it to me, tell me quickly, what kind of tree is this?"

Haozi held the branch tightly, and his face became ugly.

"Taozi, do you remember that in the cannibalistic valley of Heizigou, that strange tree that is surprisingly big and can manipulate dead corpses!"

"I remember, of course I remember, that thing almost killed me, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong? What's wrong with you! ”

"Do you mean ......" Chen Tao was stunned for an instant, looking at the branch in Haozi's hand, and then at the endless forest of necromancy behind him, a cold breath rushed straight to his head, his tongue seemed to be knotted, and it took him a long time to squeeze out a few words.

"You........ You, you, you......... You're saying that these trees are the kind of ghost trees that eat people? ”

"That's right! That's it! Haozi's face turned a little pale, and he said with a gloomy face: "I deliberately left a small section at the beginning, and after coming out of Heizigou, I checked the information everywhere, and also asked my grandfather, this thing is not called a ghost tree, it is called a magic map ghost willow!" ”

"Devil Willow?" Chen Tao was surprised.

He is no stranger to the ghost willow, he once mentioned in the story told by Li Lao when he was a child, a group of tomb robbers broke into an ancient tomb, and this kind of ghost willow was planted in it, this kind of tree, which likes to eat flesh and blood, and can move, can penetrate the bodies of people and animals in an instant, and then slowly decompose the corpse.

It turns out that the strange tree in Heizigou is the legendary magic map ghost willow! No wonder there are so many big willow trees in the ravine. The feng shui in that place of Heizigou is too evil, and a demon willow has spread to the entire cannibal valley. At that time, it was the first time I followed Uncle Long down the cave, so many things happened, and people had been blinded, and I didn't expect that thing to be a magic ghost willow.

This so-called Forest of the Dead is overgrown with ghost trees that can eat people, no wonder it has such a terrifying and terrifying name.

Now that I think about it, I'm afraid that the one in the sunspot ditch was brought back from here by Qianshu Hongde and planted in it!

Thinking of all the thrills in the Man-Eating Valley, Chen Tao's heart couldn't help but beat wildly.

The one that had almost killed them in the first place, and now it's a whole forest!

Looking at the endless forest of the dead in front of him, Chen Tao couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"I hope these trees have completely died, otherwise, if we go in this time, it will really be no different from breaking into the ghost gate!"