The advance team of the Western Front led by Zhuang Xiang gradually approached the scarlet sky, the air was getting hotter and hotter, the snow on the top of the mountain was melting, and the roads were getting more and more muddy.

When everyone overlooked the valley on the high mountain, everything in front of them made everyone jaw-dropping.

The valley is no longer a river, but a scorching fire.

Dense trees, with thick root systems, walk in the river valley, swaying branches, like tentacles looking for prey.

On every tree, traces of life can be seen. The face on the trunk, the fingers on the branches, the ears on the roots......

The river of fire tree people, with no beginning and no end, flows eastward in the winding valley.

"Who's directing them?" Han Qi asked, covering his nose.

Zhou Meng became rare and serious: "The instinct that is endowed. ”

Cheng Xue explains: "Just like migratory birds migrate and breed, they are driven by instinct to forage and reproduce. ”

Han Qi frowned tightly: "Foraging? Multiply? They are not people, nor trees, nor fire, how can they multiply? ”

"Like fire, spreading, burning." When Zhou Meng saw the Fire Tree People in the valley, he could imagine how painful it was when the Fire Tree invaded their bodies.

Zhou Meng followed the direction of the Fire Tree army and saw the sky to the west.

"Zhuang Xiang, the Fire Tree Man is from the west, what is there?" Zhou Meng asked.

Zhuang Xiang also looked to the west: "It is the sand sea outside the Saiwai, no man's land, the edge of the sand sea, where the border residents live. These people should be frontier people. ”

"So many people live on the beach of sand?"

"Ji Lanzong calculated before that there are nearly 20,000 fishermen on the shore of Shahai, and the population is close to 100,000." Zhuang Xiang replied.

Wei Lin asked, "Isn't the Ji Lan Sect responsible for protecting these people?" Why did they all become Fire Tree People, and Ji Lanzong only received the news? ”

Zhuang Xiang shook his head: "Although they live near the Jilan Mountain Range, they are not from the Jilan Sect's territory and are not protected by the Jilan Sect. The Ji Lan Sect sent a post to their former leader, asking them to accept the protection of the Ji Lan Sect, but they refused, saying that they did not need the protection of the Immortal Family, and they did not believe in the gods. However, the Ji Lan Sect will still keep an eye on these residents, but this time, we don't know that there is a disaster on the border. ”

Three thousand people overlooked the fire tree army in the valley from the top of the mountain, waiting for Zhuang Xiang to give orders.

Wei Xiao went to Zhuang Xiang's side and said calmly: "If all the residents of the Sand Sea are controlled by the Fire Tree, then that means that there are nearly 100,000 Fire Tree people. On our side, there are 3,000 on the west road, 50,000 on the middle road, and 8,000 on the east road, and the odds of winning are still very good, after all, the fire tree is a group of rabble, and at present, it seems that there is no organization and leadership. ”

Zhuang Xiang sent a cavalryman to the Eastern Front to report the situation.

Wei Lin handed the jellyfish beside him to Zhuang Xiang, and on the umbrella cap of the jellyfish, the marching status of the Middle Route Army was being displayed.

The Middle Route Army was already approaching the battlefield, and it was not as slow as Wei Lin had calculated.

"Your estimate is not very accurate." Zhuang Xiang said.

"Yes, Yang Xiaohan ensured the speed, maybe I'm suspicious." Wei Lin didn't completely deny his speculation, "We already know part of the enemy situation, and now, we need an accurate number of enemy troops, who are you going to send?" ”

Zhuang Xiang looked at his subordinates, "Xia Bing, the head of the Spirit Arsenal, you take five people, go up the river above the Fire Tree Legion, estimate the number of people, remember, you can't enter the sand sea." At the beginning of his tenure in prison, he took ten people to the downstream in the direction of the fire tree man, counted the number of people, and did not touch the flame of the fire tree man, if there was an accident, it was important to save his life. ”

Cultivator Xia Bing paused and said, "Senior brother, I am a female cultivator at the beginning, so it is better to let me go downstream." ”

Zhuang Xiang raised his hand to stop: "At the beginning of the year, the wind resistance is proficient, if there is an accident, there is still vitality, you are superb in riding, and you will return to your life as soon as possible." ”

Although Ren Chuchu was a female cultivator, her expression was firm and confident, and she received the order: "Senior Brother Xie Xia is kind, and Chu Chu receives the order." ”

"Okay," Zhuang Xiang said, "Let's go now." ”

Xia Bing took five people, Ren Chuchu took ten people, galloped on horseback, jumped up on the top of the mountain, immediately gave birth to wings on the horse's back, jumped up and down a few times, and then began to fly steadily.

Zhou Meng went to the top of the mountain, looked down, immediately closed his eyes, and shook his head: "So high." ”

A horse's neighing sounded in the sky, it was an entourage behind Ren Chuchu, because it flew too low, and the flames burned to the horse's tail.

However, fortunately, the cultivator was a skilled horseman, and immediately reined in his horse and returned to the high position, avoiding bad luck.

Zhou Meng didn't care, but for a moment, he thought of the evil nature of the flame, if he was ignited by the flame, he was likely to be infected by the evil fire.

If someone in Ren Chuchu's team was bent over by the evil fire, then all of them might not be able to return.

Without further ado, Zhou Meng snatched the bow and arrow of the cultivator next to him, and asked Mo Long to open the aiming system and aim at the ignited flying horse.

Seeing this, Zhuang Xiang immediately stopped: "What are you doing?" ”

Zhou Meng turned around Zhuang Xiang and shot the arrow directly.

Zhuang Xiang slapped Zhou Meng away with one palm, so that the arrow went in the wrong direction and did not hit the horse.

Zhou Meng was angry, "It's broken!" ”

Before Zhuang Xiang could understand what Zhou Meng meant, he suddenly saw a flame burning in the sky, and it was the ignited Pegasus that suddenly burst into flames.

Only then did Wei Lin understand that the invasion ability of the flame was very strong, and once it was contaminated by the flame, it would immediately become a vassal of the flame.

Zhou Meng immediately weaved a dream barrier and wrapped the cultivator on the flying horse.

However, it was too late.

Just as the dream barrier was about to cover the cultivator, his whole body was engulfed in flames, turned into a smear of ashes, and fell into the dream barrier ball.

Dream Barrier returned to Zhou Meng's side with Jiao Ash, and a cultivator ran over crying, shouting a name loudly, because he was too emotional to hear what he was shouting.

"You're his friend?" Zhou Meng asked.

The other party pushed Zhou Meng away fiercely, holding the dream barrier and crying.

Wei Xiao came over and gently patted Zhou Meng's shoulder.

Cheng Xue leaned over to comfort the weeping cultivator, who quickly calmed down a lot.

"This fire is too powerful." Cheng Xue said, "If you get a little contaminated, you will be burned quickly." ”

Wei Lin asked, "I want to ask, the fire tree needs a human body as a host, why was this cultivator directly burned instead of becoming the host of the fire tree?" ”

Zhou Meng explained: "Because the fire has not yet found the tree. ”

"Fire, finding the tree, and then finding other life, this process, you can't disrupt it, right?" Cheng Xue asked.

"So far, it's right."

That is to say, fire allows trees to control themselves, but it does not want other living beings to control themselves. It shows that this fire must be afraid of something in people. Cheng Xue analyzed.

Zhuang Xiang seemed to suddenly think of something, and even he didn't dare to say it.

Zhou Meng said coldly: "Is the fire dominant?" Or, the tree? ”

Zhuang Xiang glanced at Zhou Meng in surprise, because what Zhou Meng said was exactly what Zhuang Xiang said.

Fire can accept trees, allowing them to move freely while burning, and find other life before they burn out.

But this fire does not tolerate living creatures, and when it encounters living creatures, it will burn them directly.

Therefore, it is the fire that can't accommodate people, and the tree can't accommodate people.

Wei Xiao also quickly understood what Zhou Meng meant, and hurriedly said, "Zhuang Xiang, do you need me to take a look at Lin Hai?" ”

Wei Lone's words were really timely, and Zhuang Xiang immediately agreed to Wei Lone.

Zhou Meng said to Cheng Xue: "Cheng Xue, you go with Senior Sister Lonely." ”

Cheng Xue immediately agreed.

Wei Lin and Cheng Xue spun around and set off, heading east.

Han Qi felt that the atmosphere was tense, and stepped forward to ask Zhuang Xiang, "Zhuang Xiang, what's going on now?" ”

"The situation is complicated, everyone can stay calm, wait for them to come back, and know themselves and their opponents." Zhuang Xiang said.

Han Qi glanced at Zhou Meng and asked Zhuang Xiang in a low voice: "Zhou Meng seems to know a lot, why didn't she go to see it in person, and let Wei Lin and Cheng Xue go?" ”

Zhuang Xiang couldn't tell Han Qi about Zhou Meng's fear of heights, he only said: She is still useful here. ”

Yan Zhen was weird: "It can't be that I don't have any skills." ”

Han Qi looked at Yan Zhen coldly, and Yan Zhen reluctantly closed his mouth.

About a quarter of an hour later, Xia Bing came back with his men.

Before landing, Xia Bing began to tell about the situation upstream.

"The source of the Fire Tree People is near the Sand Sea, ten miles southwest of us, and the source has stopped appearing at present, and there should be about 50,000 Fire Tree People from my departure to the source. Based on the speed of the movement of the Fire Tree Humans, there should be 40,000 Fire Tree People who have not yet passed through this place. Brother, what should we do now? Is it to cut off the fire tree man's retreat from the tail? ”

Zhuang Xiang shook his head: "There is no need to cut off, they don't have the consciousness of retreating at all." ”

Soon after, Ren Chuchu also returned.

She only brought back three people, the horses were gone, and all three of them came back with all their best efforts to resist the wind.

"Senior brother, along the way, we estimate that there are 60,000 Fire Tree people. The last wave at the front has already met with the middle route army, and I have briefly told Yang Xuedu about the situation of the fire tree people, and the estimate of 100,000, and now, the middle road has begun to ambush the fire tree people. ”

Han Qi asked, "Why did you arrive at the middle road so quickly?" ”

"We did a simple support in the middle of the lane, and the superintendent asked us to come back quickly. Wei Lin and Twilight Chengxue pass through the middle lane and are supporting the middle lane. ”

Zhou Meng's heart tightened, "What do you use in the middle lane to block the fire tree people?" ”

Ren Chuchu said: "The old method, but the effect is not very good. ”

"What's the old way?" Han Qi asked.

"The medicinal powder made by the doctor was used to suppress the evil fire before, but this time the scale may be too large for the evil fire to suppress." Ren Chuchu said.

At this time, a team of jellyfish flew from the east and stopped beside Zhou Meng, showing the battle situation in the middle on the umbrella cap.

The Fire Tree Man was moving faster than people expected, and the middle lane army was blocked by the muddy road, and Yang Xiaohan sent archers to start attacking the Fire Tree Man, all of which were ice picks.

When the Fire Tree Man is shot by an ice pick, the movement will slow down, but soon, the ice pick will be melted by the raging flames, and these thin ice picks will not hurt at all in front of the Fire Tree Army.

What's even more worrying is that after the Fire Tree People were attacked, they began to notice the Middle Route Army, and they began to climb the mountain peak and launch an attack on the Middle Route Army.

Outrageously, they also have excellent shooters.

The Fire Tree Men climbed up the valley to provoke the Middle Route, and from time to time they still came up with burning branches and red-burning stones.

Cheng Xue shouted: "Don't touch the flames, don't touch the flames!" ”

Yang Xiaohan issued an order: "The sword soldier on the right, throw the medicinal powder in the air!" Now, hurry! ”

Then, the cultivators of Edgeworth took off one after another, spreading a gray-white medicinal powder in the air, which was the result of Yuan Bingyu.

After being contaminated with the powder, the Fire Tree moved much slower, but still attacked.

Yang Xiaohan began to be impatient: "Yuan Bingyu's things, that's all there is to it!" ”

"Governor! The powder has been sprinkled! ”

Yang Xiaohan clenched his fists, "Xuanbing Array, Formation!" ”