Everyone walked forward step by step, each holding their wands tightly, keeping their eyes on the lookout, ready to deal with possible dangers.

The road was not peaceful, and from time to time they would encounter attacks from some tangled vines and sharp thorns sticking out, but that level of attack would bully and bully a young wizard who was four or five years old, which was completely useless for an adult wizard and a group of Aurors.

As time passed, the surrounding air became more and more humid, and a strong smell of plants spread through the passages.

Small white flowers grow in the crevices of the vines, spitting out golden pollen.

The wizards had to hold up the Iron Armor Charm, keeping everything outside and the air.

The pollen was so thick that soon they couldn't see the road ahead.

But fortunately, there is only this road, and there is no fork in the road, just move forward.

After about five or six minutes, the corridor in front of me finally came to an end.

Sirius peered out against the mouth of the vine-made tunnel, and he felt as if he was standing at the end of the world.

A large rift valley deep into the ground, sporadic fluorescent, surrounded by openings in dozens of other tunnels, it was clear that there was more than one entrance to this place.

Based on the color and thickness of the vines, he could probably guess that the tunnels must have been dug in chronological order, like a row of trees, from dead wood to seedlings, which was easy to identify.

He raised his wand and read it; "Ultimate fluorescent flicker."

Three blinding glows flew from the tip of his wand.

It floated like a light bulb directly above the canyon.

Fluorescence distributed in different locations illuminates the entire canyon.

His vision suddenly cleared.

He saw - a huge canopy?

Looking down from the light, he saw that the canyon was at least a hundred feet deep.

Suddenly, a cold wind hit, and Sirius shivered.

There was a howling sound in the wind, as if countless ghostly ghosts were gathered around them, staring at them with fierce eyes.

Hold your mind - his gaze is level.

There is a bridge leading to the giant tree.

The bridge was full of greedy weeds, thorns, thick fallen leaves, and a withered body.

They sat on the ground, their hands clasped on their legs, facing in the direction of the giant tree.

Everyone should be pleased that the magnificent platform in front of them, including the bridge, is made of stone.

It's much more comfortable than stepping on a vine.

The bridge in front of it, made up of endless piers, each the size of a pyramid, went deep into the bottom of the canyon to support the broken bridge, which seemed to collapse with one foot.

Except for the stone bridge in front of him, the dozen or so tunnel openings were all connected by the bridge.

The carved beams are probably from some great architect of the Middle Ages, and at the end of a dozen or so stone bridges is a circular platform that connects all the roads.

Sirius glanced at the group behind him.

Miss Zhang Xiaolin, Mr. Basil, Mr. Winston, and Craig Yaxley, etc., these are the strongest combat forces that the Federation can come up with besides legendary wizards.

This is also the reason why the rules set by the federation can be followed by other countries, and it is these geniuses who are behind it.

Sirius relieved himself of the superfluous psychological burden and walked onto the bridge, staring around vigilantly and in amazement, there was a strong wind on the bridge - although it was surrounded by vines, he was sure that behind these vines was not a rock wall, but an empty mountain range, or facing the sea, which was hidden by vines in order to protect something.

In front of him, the giant tree became a little clearer.

Its trunk is thick and strong, at least tens of feet in diameter, and its bark is covered with ravines and cracks left by time.

The dense foliage, forming a huge canopy, the leaves are broad and thick, showing a dark green color, and the light is not dazzling, not even enough to illuminate this huge empty cavern. Like a crescent moon, it only stains the cave with a faint layer of fluorescence.

It's hard to believe that such a huge tree would grow in such a ghost place that never sees the light of day. This is even more amazing than Harry is actually a girl in disguise.

Sirius had his wand in his hand all the time.

He knew that the more eerie the place, the more likely it was that an unexpected attack would occur.

Maybe it was his deep fears that the monster heard, maybe it was for his idea, or in short—they heard a terrible scream.

Coming from the left.

Subconsciously, Sirius threw out a spell almost the moment he heard the sound, and the red spell hit something, and then he turned his head.

There was another strange scream, and a monstrous monster crawled up from under the bridge, the body of this monster was smooth and round, with huge jaws, revealing the thin transparent needle-like teeth inside, which protruded viciously outward. The sides of its body expanded and contracted, as if it were breathing.

It had no eyes, and the face above its jaw was smooth and one, and the monster was crouching on all fours on the broken railing stone pier of the bridge, and the jaw it spat out seemed to be trying to shoot something—a tongue? Or teeth?

Sirius couldn't figure it out, but his Demolition Charm was out of wand.

The spell hit the monster's body, and with a 'bang', it exploded into a mess of minced flesh.

This is a signal.

Immediately after, countless strange screams rang out. It's like a bat that has disturbed a cave.

Hundreds of monsters appeared, all of them with their mouths open, their tongues sticking out in the air, and they climbed up frantically from under the bridge.

"Whew-"

"What?" Zhang Xiaolin frowned, her face was full of disgust and disgust, this kind of monster is really ugly, although she doesn't know much about magical creatures, but all of Daming's magical creatures are cute and cute, this kind of ugly and hideous creature is really the first time she has seen it.

"Emperor Yan—"

With a wave of the folding fan, the fire tornado twisted and rushed towards the group of ugly monsters, instantly burning a large pile to ashes.

"Real food—" Miss Zhang commented.

However, although the monsters lack the means of attack, just a simple bite, it can't have any effect on them, but the number is too much, as if endless, they climb up from under the bridge one after another, and the number is really a little scary.

The other wizards got involved.

Brilliant spells splashed paint across the white sky, blood and roars mingled in the wind, and on the ruined bridge, an epic war destined to go unto outsiders began.

The feeling of the spell bombarding the monster is like a mortar mashing garlic, but it's a pity that Owen is not here, otherwise he would definitely come up with the idea that this monster can eat such a mad man.

The battle lasted about ten minutes.

The monster's blood stained almost the entire bridge bright green.

Eventually, their attack momentum became sluggish.

Instead of approaching the wizard, they crawled frantically towards the walls of vines around them, and stared at the mouthful of flesh.

Sirius wiped the sweat from his forehead, and while he hadn't used any powerful spells the entire time, it was exhausting to just use them so frequently.

He watched the monsters warily.

Among the dense ant-like creatures were other kinds of monsters, slender two-legged monsters with four open claws, and their skin was a dark brown and wrinkled bark, and it was clear that such skin should be able to withstand some low-level spells.

Monsters have gotten trickier.

Sirius's face grew gloomy.

Now it's just a truce - a truce for some reason.

There was calm on the stone bridge.

The wizards all stared around warily, their wands not dropping.

Suddenly, Mr. Bishop, who had been dragged forward, squeezed out of the crowd.

Everyone's attention was all around, neglecting to keep an eye on him.

He suddenly ran to the end of the stone bridge.

Then he fell to his knees and began to mutter some strange prayers.

Sirius hurriedly followed, his steps were fast, his boots treading the blood of the monster, and he came to the end of the stone bridge in a few steps.

On the platform at the end of the bridge is a pavilion, Gothic-style, with a high spire, light flying buttresses, and several marble pillars carved with delicate patterns, which can be seen by careful identification.

The pavilion was surrounded by a white fungal cocoon, and a dark red unknown liquid gathered in the center of the pavilion, and there was no such sculpture, the base of the statue carved with intricate tree roots, and on the steps a woman dressed in a coarse linen dress and holding a blooming spirit flower.

Unfortunately, they couldn't smell the flowers, even though the sculpture was surrounded by thick vines and fallen leaves and some kind of reeds, but the tip of their noses was only a strong smell of decay.

These plants could not hide the strong smell of corruption.

Sirius ignored Mr. Bishop, who was kneeling in front of the sculpture, and walked straight over.

Hands on the stone guardrail.

The leafy branches of the trees in front of him obscured his vision.

Just as he was about to cast a spell to clear the branches, before he could do anything, the reddened leaves slowly withdrew by themselves as if to welcome a guest.

Finally, Sirius was left with nothing in sight.

He finally saw the trunk of the giant tree.

"It's-"

Miss Zhang Xiaolin and Mr. Basil, who approached, exclaimed with wide eyes.

On the other side of the stone bridge, they just looked from a distance, and they couldn't see the details.

When they got closer, they found that the inside of the cylindrical trunk of the giant tree seemed to have been hollowed out, and a huge woman who seemed to have been carved out by a carpenter was lying quietly in the trunk of the tree in the posture of a baby curled up in the mother's palace.

And in the belly of the wood carving, the belly of the woman, there is really a person.

A woman.

She also lay in a curled position.

Half of her body and arms were integrated into the tree, she had no hair, or her hair had turned into a trunk, and a wooden crescent moon crown was worn on top of her head.

The woman was like a withered ghost, her bare skin above her breasts was as old as the furrows and cracks in the bark of a tree, her face was covered with moss, she was missing one eye, the other was cloudy as if a stone had been stuffed in its socket, and when everyone looked at her, the monster who had lived for an unknown length was also 'watching' them.

She was laughing

Everyone noticed. It was as if she had expected them to come, and had been waiting for them early.

"Who is she?" Sirius immediately opened his mouth and asked Mr. Bishop, who knelt down in prayer.

"This is Diana's sacred tree." Mr. Bishop replied like a puppet, "My lord is the sole master of this realm. ”

"Diana's sacred tree?" Sirius frowned, as a wizard, he didn't expect to know much about Muggle mythology.

"In Roman mythology, Diana was a goddess of the moon, hunting and childbirth, animals, plants, and had the power to control the speech of animals. She is a goddess who originated in the Nemi region of Italy, and later annexed the goddesses of Greek mythology, such as Artemis and Hecate, as well as Carthage, the goddess of heaven. ”

"According to mythology, Diana was originally the goddess of the mountains and forests in the Latin region, and the oak tree was her sacred tree. Legend has it that the oak grove was inhabited by Diana's priest, who was terrified whenever someone cut off a branch of an oak tree. Because according to the regulations, the way for Diana's priest to succeed was to kill the previous priest, and the oak branch was broken, indicating that the person who broke the branch could come and kill the previous priest.

Because she annexed many other mythical gods, her ministry was rather chaotic, and among many of them she had the ability to bring plague, disease, and sudden death to people. ”

"So we're facing a god?" Mr. Basil exclaimed in disbelief.

"Maybe—maybe—I don't know." Mr. Winston's face was also full of incredulity, and he even spoke intermittently.

"Cut—isn't it a god—hurry up and let her let us out, or the old lady will set her on fire and burn her holy tree!" While the surrounding wizards were in shock, Miss Zhang had no reverence for the gods at all, she raised her head, stared at Mr. Bishop with disdain, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, and said with an incomprehensible arrogance: "A tree scares you like this?" I Chang'an Taixue's sycamore smoke clouds, I don't know how many times more spectacular than this! ”

"Sycamore Smoke Cloud?" Mr. Basil asked subconsciously.

"It is a spirit tree with a canopy enough to cover a mountain range, hundreds of feet high, and many phoenixes are perched on the branches of the sycamore, whenever the phoenix is nirvana, the flame virtual image will ignite the entire spirit tree, of course, it is only an imaginary image, but it looks very spectacular, the canopy is like a burning cloud dominating the entire sky. All those who have seen it will never forget it, and this scene is called the Sycamore Smoke Cloud. ”

Zhang Xiaolin explained briskly, her tone full of pride.

"In addition, Taixue has seven other landscapes - Wanlin Valley, Forest Market, Baiguang Canyon, Sage Road, Glass Phoenix, etc. - in short, Chang'an students, he is like a gentleman, Chang'an Taixue, bright as the rising sun."

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(End of chapter)