Doomsday Code

Chapter 576: The Willow Tree About to Transform into a Treeman

There was no conversation all night. Perhaps it was because Daha had gone out hunting before, so no other monsters came to disturb him that night.

After getting up and washing up in the morning, Chen Cheng sat cross-legged on the ground facing the morning glow and began to practice his own body-building method to temper his body.

This is what he does every morning.

By the time he had tempered his whole body, Sheli had just finished preparing breakfast.

After breakfast, they packed up the tent and other things, and then the two men and the wolf started to go up the mountain.

Although Liushan is called a mountain, it is not very high. It is just a small hill of several dozen meters high.

In the middle of this hill is a man-made mountain path.

However, due to the demonic transformation, no one has walked this road for a long time, and now the road is overgrown with weeds.

Daha walked in front, releasing his magical aura to clear the way for Chen Cheng and the others.

Chen Cheng and his team are going to the teleportation node on Liushan Mountain. The demonized willow tree is likely to be near that teleportation node.

Perhaps it was because of the aura of Daha, a high-level magical beast like the Wind Wolf King, that he did not encounter any danger after going deep into Liushan.

When you go up the mountain, you can hear the crisp sound of the Puliu River flowing on the side of the mountain. The river breeze blows across the willow mountain. This is the summer when the willow trees are at their most beautiful. The wind carries the willow branches flying. Standing here is like entering a painting of green willows.

Going out to Liushan in the summer, feeling the river breeze and listening to the rustling of willow branches is a unique way to cool down.

However, just as Chen Cheng was immersed in it, Sheli beside him suddenly put his hand on his shoulder.

In an instant, Chen Cheng came out of his intoxicated state.

"Sir, be careful. There are strange noises here."

At this time, Chen Cheng also discovered the strangeness of this place, because at this moment the river wind had passed, but the branches of the willow trees in the forest were still waving and making sounds.

At this time, Daha, who was leading the way, also bent his body, made a chuckle from his mouth, and was ready to meet the enemy.

Perhaps the willow trees were aware of the people's vigilance, and they were no longer hiding their presence and were waving their branches even more vigorously.

Listening to the devilish rustling sound, Daha let out a wolf howl.

Along with his voice came a super-large storm ball.

The wolf howl awakened Chen Cheng from the state of magic sound. Then Chen Cheng drew out the magic sword in his hand and swung it at the willow tree waving beside him.

He originally thought that these willow trees would wave their branches to fight back, but after a few sword strikes, these willow trees fell to the ground with a bang.

At this time, Sheli frowned when he saw this, and then said:

"It's underground. The roots of these willow trees are controlled by the demonized willow tree."

At this time, Chen Cheng stabbed the sword into the ground without hesitation. He heard a "pop" sound, and then a pool of red liquid seeped out from the ground.

At this time, the waving willow trees also became quiet.

Chen Cheng pulled out the magic sword, raised the tip of the sword, and then waved his hand at the blood on the tip of the sword. He sniffed with his nose and could smell a pungent smell of corruption and blood.

"What's going on? Why does it smell like blood?"

Chen Cheng felt more and more strange about Liu Shan.

Then he used the magic sword in his hand as a shovel and started digging the ground.

After digging up the top layer of soil, a piece of arm pierced by a sharp sword appeared in front of Chen Cheng.

Looking at the sword marks on it, it was obvious that they were caused by the sword in Chen Cheng's hand.

Picking out the arm, Chen Cheng analyzed it using his limited knowledge of anatomy.

"The arm is showing obvious signs of decay, the internal tissue is almost completely rotten, and maggots are multiplying in large numbers. Preliminary assessment is that the individual has been dead for over seven days."

From the information Chen Cheng knew, the owner of this arm should be one of the two teams of adventurers who had come here to accept the mission.

After checking and finding no other useful information, Chen Cheng continued digging the ground, because the corpse definitely would not have only one arm here.

Moreover, just now when he stabbed the arm with a sword, the willow trees immediately became quiet. Perhaps the demonized willow trees were controlling these willow trees through this corpse.

Perhaps finding this body could provide information about the direction of the willow tree.

But after Chen Cheng dug for a long time, there was no other body part except this arm.

Although no other parts were found, Chen Cheng still found traces of a corpse being dragged underground, and the maggots falling from the wound of the broken arm were good evidence.

"It seems that the willow tree killed the group of adventurers who came here, and then combined its roots with their corpses."

At this time, Sheli put down the arm that Chen Cheng had dug out earlier, and said in a somewhat cold voice:

"That willow tree is absorbing the energy of these people. He will soon be able to transform his roots into legs and become a tree man."

Chen Cheng's heart sank when he heard this.

This demon tree has reached the stage that Sheli described, which means that it has become a demon that is infinitely close to the epic level.

This magic tree is different from the monsters. Because they are plants, they cannot leave the place where they are rooted after being demonized.

Moreover, when it first became a demon, it had no real intelligence and could only instinctively release a certain confusing smell to attract wild beasts, low-level monsters, and humans, and then let them fall into the traps it designed and be devoured by it.

This is somewhat similar to some carnivorous plants such as pitcher plants that Chen Cheng knew in his previous life.

And when their level is raised, they will begin to form real consciousness.

And once their true consciousness takes shape, their strength will reach the platinum level.

However, because this kind of magic tree is an excellent material for making magical items, many magic trees have become materials before they grow up.

And there are very few who can reach the platinum level.

Just like the Tenglong Deadwood that Huidun encountered before, Huidun originally thought that the Tenglong Deadwood was at most gold level, otherwise it would be impossible for a runaway slave to know and bring out his news.

I just didn't expect that it would end up being a platinum-level Tamron dead tree.

At this point, after becoming conscious, these evil trees will try every possible means to make themselves leave the place where they are rooted.

Because they have consciousness, they know the dangers of being unable to move their bodies, so they will try every possible way to transform their roots into human legs, and then turn into tree people and leave the place where they are rooted.

When the roots turn into legs and become a tree man, its strength reaches the epic level.

At this time, Sheli said that the willow tree was absorbing the power of those adventurers and preparing to transform its roots into human legs, which proves that its strength is at least platinum level.

Judging from the strength of the two teams of adventurers, this willow tree is likely to have reached the peak of platinum level.

"Okay, if you're not sure, then let's leave first."

Chen Cheng is not a man who tries to show off his strength. Although Sheli can fight at the epic level, that is because of his speed of appearing and disappearing without a trace and his ability to hide in the shadows.

But now the opponent is a magic tree hidden in the dark. If Sheli misjudges the target with the first strike, he will most likely be discovered and attacked by the willow tree.