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In addition to the straight trunks and blade-like leaves of the willow forest, there are willow fruits on the top branches of the trees.

When the fruit is ripe, it automatically falls off and falls to the ground. It is the size of an egg, shiny green, and has a gear-shaped hard shell on the outside. It makes a "crunching" sound when you step on it.

Li Ming walked slowly in the woods. At night, his eyes could clearly see things five or six meters away, but his consciousness could reach a distance of more than ten meters.

If you want to sense things at a longer distance, you have to consume energy. Li Ming still needs to focus on saving physical energy at the moment. A range of more than ten meters is relatively safe. Moreover, with the passive of Wisdom Eyes, Li Ming can sense danger in advance.

As he continued to move forward, Li Ming did not encounter any wild beasts after several kilometers, as if there were no wild beasts in this area at all.

"What's going on? Is it safer the further inside?"

Li Ming whispered secretly and gradually relaxed. At the same time, the surrounding environment also changed slightly.

When we first entered the willow blade forest, the trees were relatively dense, with one tree every four to five meters away. This density was already very high for the forest. However, as we deepened, the willow blade forest began to become sparse, and the distance between the trees A tree can reach more than ten meters or even tens of meters.

And sometimes there are some other trees mixed in. These new trees are different from the Willow Blade Forest. They look like willow trees, but the difference is that these trees do not have branches hanging down, but soft rattans.

The rattan grows from the branches at the top of the tree, and then hangs down to the ground. It is as thick as an adult's arm, and the whole is green. Each root is connected to the ground, as if growing on the ground. The rattans are like fences. Protect the tree trunks as well.

Every tree is like a cage. Although this kind of plant does not exist in Li Ming's knowledge or memory, Li Ming still has to be careful to avoid it in this sparse and wide area with trees.

Underfoot was grass that was only half a foot high, and was soft when stepped on. At the same time, black objects like dead branches appeared around, and occasionally some black stones could be seen protruding from the grass.

There are even many holes in some stones, which is extremely weird.

Li Ming's figure quickly entered this area, his eyes constantly looking around. The visual distance was limited, but the black dead branches and black strange rocks were very conspicuous.

Li Ming tried his best to avoid any suspicious-looking objects and moved forward slowly, taking every step with extreme caution.

‘Creak’

A soft sound came from under his feet. Li Ming also felt that he had stepped on something. He only heard the sound, as if he had broken a branch. Li Ming took his feet away and looked down. He saw a thick, round end and thin middle. The black branch was broken by Li Ming's kick.

"this is……"

Li Ming frowned and leaned over to take a closer look. At this closer look, Li Ming's expression suddenly changed. This black object was not a branch, but a bone!

"bone……!"

Li Ming even said to himself in surprise, squinting his eyes slightly, turning his head, and continued to take a closer look at the huge black stones and black dead branches around him.

"These...are all bones!"

Li Ming slowly stood up and was certain that the branches and stones with holes that he had mistakenly thought were actually bones.

The body shapes and body structures of alien creatures and earth creatures are completely different. Even the bones and blood in the body are completely different. Without extremely high cognition, Li Ming cannot identify these things at all. However, if he observes carefully and explores deeply with consciousness, Li Ming can still recognize it.

At this time, Li Ming became nervous again, because the appearance of bones was enough to show that this area, either a hunting ground or a eating ground, was extremely dangerous.

"It seems you can't let down your guard at any time..."

Li Ming muttered to himself secretly, and at the same time expanded the scope of his consciousness exploration, and his powerful mental abilities were also released.

The consciousness of the shadow spreads out around Li Ming like a signal ripple, and all biological information along the path will directly enter Li Ming's brain.

As soon as he received the message, Li Ming's face immediately darkened, his head slowly turned to the left like a machine, and his eyes widened a little.

"No way……"

Li Ming narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at a certain rattan tree.

This tree was the same as other rattan trees, but that was just the appearance. As soon as Hui's consciousness sensed it, Li Ming realized that this was a tree beast, and it was at the fifth level of strength.

In a sense, tree beasts and wild beasts are basically the same. They are both existences that rule an area of ​​​​the forest. The difference is that wild beasts can constantly migrate and move, and their territories are not fixed, but generally they will not migrate easily if the food supply is stable. Furthermore, they will also perform evasive migration when encountering some irresistible disaster.

But the tree beast is different. It can only control a fixed area and cannot move.

From the ground, there were seven such rattan trees near Li Ming's area, but after sensing, Li Ming discovered that this was not seven rattan trees, but one!

The tree that Li Ming was looking at was the main tree, and the other six trees were just roots growing out from the ground, which were equivalent to its cloaking clones or arms. If it weren't for his powerful eyesight, it would have been impossible to detect this.

However, this kind of creature is not mentioned in the Demon Cave Star Book Guide. The Demon Cave Star Book Guide basically does not have any introduction to fifth-level creatures. It only mentions one thing, that is, if you encounter such a creature, you must retreat and escape immediately.

Because creatures of this level are no longer controllable by primary star-level abilities.

Li Ming looked around and found that he was already in the middle of this area. At the same time, he turned his eyes and looked at the seven trees carefully. Previously, he only knew that they were different from the trees in Willow Blade Forest, but now it seems that, Not only is the appearance different, the location is also very special.

Seven trees, distributed in seven positions, formed a circular area, surrounding Li Ming in the middle. Looking at the black bones on the ground, Li Ming could already feel the aura of danger!

"Since the star registration ability is invalid...then we must leave here immediately!"

Li Ming whispered like this, already planning to leave this place, but it was obviously too late.

The main tree of the rattan tree was the first to experience something strange. The arm-thick rattan trembled slightly, and at the same time the entire trunk flashed with a faint red light. Although the red light was very weak, it was particularly conspicuous under the dark night sky.

Li Ming was first attracted by the red light and felt a bit familiar, but he had no time to think about it because the six surrounding rattan trees also began to tremble.

Li Ming didn't dare to be negligent at all. He raised his right hand, and the stardust weapon Hui Long appeared in my hand.

'Puff puff.' The sound of flapping wings disrupted Li Ming's tense rhythm. A white object fell from the sky. The featherless wings flapped hard, and the white and fat body became a burden on those wings.

What flew over was this featherless white-striped chicken named Moore. It flapped its fleshy wings desperately over a giant black bone more than ten meters away from Li Ming. But when it was one meter away from the black bone, Moore His expression suddenly tightened, and his facial features seemed to be squeezed into a ball.

"The right wing... seems to be cramped..."

One wing suddenly became stiff and stretched straight. Moore's eyes widened instantly. The other wing flapped wildly, but it only held up for a second or two.

'thump'

With a soft sound, Moore's entire body fell onto the black bones.