The road stretched straight forward, and no one knew where it led, but on both sides of the road, which was not particularly spacious, there were one after another blood-devouring demon trees, gray branches and gray leaves, endlessly, forming a gray forest, as if you could touch these terrifying demon trees as long as you casually stretched out your hand.

Of course, Shen Shi didn't have this kind of inexplicable curiosity, and with Xiao Hei, they walked cautiously in the middle of this path, away from these Blood Devouring Demon Trees. It's just that the blood-devouring trees are so close, and although it seems that these gray trees don't have any abnormalities, the pressure of silence is still a little breathless.

Walking on such a road, he was engrossed and cautious, as if his physical strength was greater than that of trekking through mountains and rivers, at least Shen Shi had been watching the trees around and in front of him with all his strength along the way, and he didn't dare to be distracted at all.

In contrast, Xiao Hei who followed behind him seemed to be a little more relaxed, but he followed all the way, and he walked honestly in the middle of the road, and did not like to burrow into the woods and grass next to him as he usually did. Just walking, Xiao Hei's body suddenly froze, as if he sensed something, turned his head, and glanced at the way they came.

A gray mist had somehow filled the woods behind them, obscuring their path, and under the hazy sky, the mist drifted silently, quietly but slowly towards them. Behind the dense fog, all the scenery seemed to begin to become a little hazy and blurry, including the blood-devouring demon trees in the mist, one by one as if swaying in the fog, and the gray and black figures were like the ghost shadows of the Yellow Spring in the underworld, and the shadows were so full that they couldn't really be seen.

Xiao Hei looked at it blankly for a moment, suddenly turned around and sped up his pace, and chased after Shen Shi's side a few times, perhaps it was the figure of the master who gave it a little courage and dependence, Xiao Hei's courage seemed to be a little bigger, and he couldn't help but look back again.

I saw that at this moment, those fogs that came from nowhere suddenly rolled faintly, and the speed of surging forward suddenly accelerated, and almost at the same time, it seemed to be a terrible roar under the Nine Nether Spring, and the invisible power was stirring in this eternal and silent demon forest, and in an instant, in the shadows of the woods around them, at the same time, patches of gray mist rose at the same time, and even in front of them, there was a thick fog that rose up, floating from all directions, surrounding Shen Shi and Xiao Hei in the middle.

Shen Shi was stunned and stopped, before he wanted to say something, he opened his mouth but was speechless, and a cold aura emanated from the thick fog around him, full of indifference and a little greedy desire to devour blood.

Above the head, above the trees, the clouds were so dense that they hung low, as if they were pressed into the sky above the trees, and the wind and clouds moved, and those gray and black clouds slowly churned, and a whirlpool was about to appear.

A dark red light was above their heads, in the depths of the clouds, as if they were about to fall, as if a pair of eyes that had been sleeping for thousands of years were finally about to open.

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In the Gaoling Mountains, under the valley.

In front of a row of dark caves, outside the one hundred and eight lifelike stone statues of strange beasts, the middle-aged scholar surnamed Zhou, who had an outstanding appearance, was carrying his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth in this clearing, his brows were tightly locked, and he looked up at those caves from time to time, his face seemed to be a little hesitant and contemplative, and occasionally he would show a little eagerness, but every time he would look back at the stone statues behind him, and it seemed that he would care about something again, and he had been hesitating and not daring to step out.

When he hastily withdrew from the second cave on the left side before, he didn't know what he encountered in the cave, and he looked very embarrassed, but at this moment, he should have tidied up his appearance a little, the dust on his face had been wiped off, and the clothes on his body were also new, and it seemed that he had changed into a new robe. Only the green pole in his hand was still the same as before, still quietly beside him, warm and green.

At this moment, the Xiangshi was whispering to himself, muttering: "The land of great evil, the place of great evil, ah......" said, he had a few strange seals on his fingers, and after thinking for a while, he seemed to be a little unwilling, and after thinking about it, he took out a very old tortoise shell from his arms, and there were several obvious cracks at the edges, and there were three round ancient coins with dark gold color inlaid in the hollow of the tortoise shell.

I saw that this Xiangshi was holding a tortoise shell, his face was a little solemn, his hands clasped together and prayed silently for a while, and then his fingers flicked slightly, and suddenly the three ancient coins bounced off the tortoise shell and flew into the air, and he gently put the tortoise shell on the ground, and then stared at the ancient money falling back on the tortoise shell with wide eyes.

This tortoiseshell divination method has been around for a long time, and I don't know how many people in the world use it to deceive, but looking at the Xiangshi's expression, it seems that he cares very much about his own set of tortoiseshell ancient money techniques.

Seeing that the ancient money fell, about to return to the tortoise shell, suddenly seemed to be a force in the dark sideways, one of them suddenly moved a little, hit the other one that fell at the same time, only to hear a crisp sound of "ding", the ancient money was knocked away, fell to the hard ground outside the tortoise shell, "Gaden" sound, suddenly left from it, broken in half.

The middle-aged Xiangshi's face changed greatly, he was obviously startled, and even his body trembled, he looked at the broken ancient money in amazement, and subconsciously said: "No...... right?"

The next moment, his face was gloomy as if he was about to drip water, he gritted his teeth, shook off his robe, and put away the old tortoise shell and ancient money on the ground, but he didn't hesitate anymore, turned around and left.

Looking at the direction he was going, it was the place where this valley exited, and this middle-aged man seemed unwilling to stay in this valley for a while and a half.

It was only when he was able to walk far away, and suddenly he felt a sudden shock from the ground under his feet, and a strange but unstoppable force seemed to pass under this vast mountain range, and the entire Gaoling Mountain Range seemed to tremble slightly.

Xiangshi Huo Ran turned his head and stared at the majestic peak and the mysterious caves under the peak, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but whisper: "What is pressing down here?"

The tremor of the ground after the initial moment, after a moment of calm, actually hit again, and at the same time, the frequency seemed to be slowly increasing, and the whole valley trembled from time to time, faintly like the great earthquake half a year ago was about to come again.

Xiangshi snorted coldly, pondered for a moment, and still shook his head and prepared to walk, but at this moment, he suddenly saw that in the one hundred and eight stone statues not far away, among the stone statues that had been quiet and calm or even silent, suddenly a light rose to the sky.

It was a dark red light, surging like a raging fire, rolling like a torrent, and the Xiangshi stopped in amazement, but just a moment after this dark red light suddenly rose, this group of stone statues that seemed to have never changed since ancient times suddenly changed.

The rumbling sound sounded again, and Xiangshi only felt a flower in front of him, and after a while, he concentrated on it, but he was shocked to see that all the stone statues in this group of stone statues were trembling slightly, and then began to move.

Yes, all the stone statues have begun to move, and I don't know what force is urging them, such a heavy stone statue, one after another, staggered, transposed with each other, at first glance it seems to be chaotic, but after a little longer, I found that each stone statue seems to have an invisible connection, as if it ...... It seems to be a game of chess, these stone statues are all chess pieces, and what changes at this moment is the formation of all the chess pieces on the chessboard.

The rumbling sound is getting louder and louder, and the speed of many stone statues moving and transposing is getting faster and faster, almost dazzling, some of the stone statues have moved from left to right, some have entered the inner layer from the periphery, some are swapping positions with the stone statues around them, and some are three, four stone statues, or even seven or eight stone statues, only to see continuous changes in position.

All the stone statues were shaking and moving, rolling like thunder, and it was stunned.

Xiangshi was obviously shocked by this amazing scene, and looked at it in a daze, and I don't know how long it took, the change in this formation suddenly slowed down, and all the stone statues gradually calmed down in the new position, Xiangshi's eyes suddenly flashed, thoughtfully, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly inserted the green pole in his hand into the ground, and then borrowed his hand from the green pole pole, and his body actually floated up lightly, tiptoe, and fell on the green pole.

Condescendingly, the field of vision suddenly widened a lot, and the new panorama of this stone statue community also fell in his eyes, only to see that all the stone statues were re-formed several circles after the sudden change and transposition, all the stone statues were facing the center, and the deepest part of the original inner circle was suddenly empty at this moment, leaving only a lonely stone statue, and the strange dark red light emanated from this stone statue.

All the stone statues, in this way, silently surrounded this only glowing stone statue, surrounded by clusters, forming a mysterious and mysterious formation, an indescribable terrible power, emanating from their bodies, as if absorbing the great power of heaven and earth in a moment, oppressing from all directions, like thunder, like lightning, like a storm, like the sky falling apart.

The dark red light was suppressed in an instant, and in the face of the great power of heaven and earth emitted by this formation, although the red light was unwilling, it still seemed to be unable to resist, and after a few desperate struggles, it finally dissipated low.

On the green pole, Xiangshi's face looked a little pale, but his eyes were still firmly fixed on the middle of the group of stone statues, looking at the last stone statue that was attacked by all the stone statues and tightly surrounded in the center and suppressed together.

It was a Yin Dragon statue.

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In the blood-devouring woods, a thick fog filled the air, constantly wafting out from every dark corner of the forest, with an icy killing intent, floating from all directions.

It seems to be close at hand.

Shen Shi hugged Xiao Hei tightly in his arms, the recent fog was even three feet away, and he had no way to retreat, no way to escape, this thick fog was so mysterious, although he didn't know what would happen, but Shen Shi subconsciously passed a trace of despair in his heart.

Just at this moment, suddenly, from an unknown place in the distance, there was a sudden terrible roar, like a rebellious demon beast shouting at the sky, like an unwilling soul provoking the heavens and the earth, but the voice carried great pain, piercing but quickly weakened.

Heaven and earth are merciless, cold and indifferent.

The momentum of the dense fog froze for a moment, and then suddenly receded like a tide, as if it had lost its supporting strength, and all the fog turned into nothing piece by piece in front of Shen Shi's eyes.

The gloomy Blooddevouring Demon Trees reappeared, and the straight forest road reappeared, and the scene of the thick fog just now was like a daydream, and there was no trace of the awakening.

Shen Shi stood for a long time and wiped his forehead, but found that his palms and foreheads were drenched in cold sweat.

Ahead, he raised his eyes, but suddenly found that a door was faintly visible from the straight road.

A palace-like gate.