The gourd mouth of the outer valley of Xuanhuang Valley did not seem to be threatening, and more than a hundred people from the four mercenary groups quickly entered, as if the entire Xuanhuang Valley was very calm, and it could even be said to be silent, death-like silence, not even a living thing was seen. As for the so-called unicorn bloodstone, it is even more nowhere to be found.

"This is an abandoned city!" Mo Xin stood in the cleared outer valley, looking at the remnants of some vaguely recognizable stone statues and stone pillars entangled by ancient trees and vines. Obviously, many years ago this should have been a very prosperous city, but now it is in ruins. Buildings that were once extravagant have gradually decayed with the power of time, and some of the walls that were originally intact have been shattered by the destruction of plants, and even wrapped directly in trees.

"How is it possible, how can there be an ancient city in the wasteland? I have never heard of any other city in the depths of the wasteland except the city of all beings, what kind of place is this?" Jia Xin's face was full of doubt, and his palm gently stroked the stone carving that had grown into the trunk of the tree, almost unable to believe that it was real.

Mo Xin's heart was also full of the same confusion, in their memory, they had never heard of the existence of a city in the wasteland, if this was really a desolate ancient city, then what kind of people lived here, and why did this city become a ruin? Some people say that the city of all beings is a space opened up in the psychic stone, so it is very safe and will not be invaded by the creatures of the wasteland, but this Xuanhuang Valley is obviously built directly on the land of the wasteland, and it will not be like the city of all beings, which needs to be approved by the psychic stone to enter, here, it is more like a city of ancient cultivators.

"Commander, look ......" A mercenary ran over excitedly holding a stone chip.

"What...... Qilin carving ......" Qiu He looked at it, but saw that there was a lifelike pattern carved on the stone tablet, and after countless years passed, the carving on the stone tablet seemed to have a strange power to make its traces indelible.

"It's really a unicorn carving, so it seems that this city is indeed a worship of the unicorn when it was a long time ago, that is to say, the unicorn is likely to be the guardian beast of this city!" Wang Tieniu was also suddenly excited, at this time, there seemed to be a big stone falling in everyone's hearts, at least the direction they were looking for would not be wrong, if the unicorn was indeed the guardian beast of this abandoned city, then it was not impossible for the unicorn bloodstone to be produced here.

"This carving has not been worn out after so many years, so it can be seen that the person who carved this totem back then was definitely not below us. Looking at this abandoned city, I am afraid that it has at least hundreds of thousands or even millions of years of history, but such a city is actually abandoned like this. Jia Xin sighed.

"I'm afraid that this city is not that they want to give up, but they have to give up, you see the statues and stone pillars here are completely shattered by external impacts, and the mountain wall outside, if it is really a city wall, don't you think it's too bad......? Obviously, the city was devastated, and then the city was destroyed...... So, this is a city left after a great disaster. Mo Xin said suddenly.

"Who are these people, how dare they establish such a city in the depths of this wasteland? Could it be that there are primitive cultivators in this wasteland, but for so many years, they have never heard of such rumors, and the mercenary group of the City of All Beings has only seen all kinds of desolate beasts in the wasteland, but there is no trace of human beings. Akiga wondered.

"It doesn't have to be a human race, it may also be a demon race or other life forms, such as a ...... the underworld," Wang Tieniu said in a rough voice.

"Shh......h Several people couldn't help but stop talking for a while, and listened quietly.

"What kind of sound is this?" After listening to it for a while, Qiu He's face changed and he asked in surprise. In his ears, there seemed to be a very soft rustling sound, like the words of autumn cicadas, and like snakes sliding dead leaves, extremely slight, but it did not hide from their ears.

The sound seemed to be coming from underground. Jia Xin's color changed slightly.

"Quick, let them all withdraw from Xuanhuang Valley!" Mo Xin's face changed suddenly, and he let out a low shout.

"Woo......" The sound of three long horns quickly spread throughout the entire Xuanhuang Valley. The members of the four mercenary groups that were originally deepening were slightly stunned when they heard the sound of the horn, but they had experienced too much life and death in the wasteland, so without the slightest hesitation, they turned around and ran directly outside the valley.

Mo Xin, Jia Xin and the others did not hesitate, and retreated directly out of the valley, they didn't know what the rustling sound from the ground was, but they knew that this was definitely not a good thing, this ruined city was too quiet, so quiet that it made people feel uneasy. Because of this, once you find something suspicious, the first thing to do is to preserve your strength and then wait and see what happens. And for everything that is unknown, only by quietly watching the changes can we not be caught off guard.

"Boom ......" Just as Mo Xin and the others were about to retreat, there was a sudden sound of breaking ground around him, and then it seemed that countless giant snakes came out from under the ground and wound towards everyone.

"......Boom" Mo Xin's power suddenly exploded, and the entangled giant snake suddenly turned into countless pieces under the burst of its strength.

"Squeak ......" Mo Xin struck a blow, but his face changed, because he suddenly found that the things that attacked him were not giant snakes, but extremely thick tree roots, and what shocked him was that these roots were actually densely covered with long thorns, as if they were mosquitoes' mouths, and he even felt a cooing sound from the roots, as if saliva was flowing in them.

"Quickly retreat!" Mo Xin let out a low shout, and then Jia Xin and Qiu He quickly joined together with Mo Xin, and several people formed a common absolute realm back to back.

"Boom...... Boom......" Countless branches whipped on this shield, causing this protective field to shake for a while, almost shattering.

At this time, the entire Xuanhuang Valley seemed to come alive all at once, countless plants instantly rioted, countless rhizomes came out from under the ground, and the thick trunks and branches on the ground seemed to turn into countless tentacles, capturing all the life that entered this territory to their heart's content.

From time to time, there were screams, and what made Mo Xin frightened was that the long thorns on these strange rhizomes seemed to be able to pierce the aura shield of the protective body, and once the long thorns pierced into the person's body, the person quickly lost the ability to resist. He guessed that these thorns must contain extremely strange toxins, which even cultivators above the God of War could not resist.

There are too many of these trees, as if endless, and they have been shattered under the onslaught of these people, but they seem to have formed a huge net between heaven and earth, and there will always be a net that can be rubbed against your body, as long as it is rubbed through your body, after the toxin enters the body, life and death are no longer in your hands. These trunks are so hard that ordinary spiritual spells seem to be difficult to cut them off at once.

The mercenaries quickly mastered the way in which several people joined forces to defend each other back to back, and it was almost very difficult for one person to try to highlight the woods.

Mo Xin saw that those faint mercenaries were not directly swallowed by the trunk, but were rolled up by long branches one by one, and suddenly threw them into the valley, and then on the top of the valley, a thick branch immediately stretched out, catching the body that was thrown over, just like two people playing an air relay, and the entire Xuanhuang Valley became extremely weird.

Mo Xin and the others were only in the outer valley, not very far from the exit, because they each sent thirty people as the ones who searched in front, and only when they confirmed their safety would they and the others continue to enter, and because of this, they were able to quickly exit the Xuanhuang Valley, but even so, the mercenaries who followed them in the outer valley actually lost dozens of people in the time just now. In the miserable howl of the inner valley, only about half of the people rushed out of the outer valley, and only twenty people of this half rushed out of the Xuanhuang Valley, and none of the others were able to come back.

The entire Xuanhuang Valley seemed to come to life entirely, countless branches were constantly flying in the void, standing far away on the outer wall, Mo Xin even saw that there were figures constantly being thrown up in the air, and then falling heavily, in this process, it seemed that those strange trees in the Xuanhuang Valley were playing a game.

"What kind of tree is this?" Qiu He's face turned a little pale, if Mo Xin hadn't reminded him early just now, I was afraid that they would have become extremely embarrassed.

"If you don't guess wrong, this tree should be the Spirit Desolate Snake Demon Tree. An old man behind Mo Xin suddenly interjected.

Mo Xin was stunned, glanced back, and asked in surprise: "Uncle Qiu, why haven't I heard of this name!"

Qiu He, Jia Xin and the others were also stunned, they had never paid attention to this old man before, and it seemed that he was just an ordinary member of the Qingfeng mercenary group, but at this time they realized that they seemed to have ignored something, Mo Xin actually called this old man Uncle Qiu, which shows that his identity is only higher than Mo Xin. A strange feeling suddenly appeared in their hearts, but at this time, Jia Xin said very knowingly: "Senior, what is the Spirit Desolate Snake Demon Tree?"

The old man glanced at Jia Xin, there was a slight hint of approval in his eyes, and then his eyes fell on the Xuanhuang Valley and took a deep breath and said: "If you really want to talk about the Spirit Desolate Snake Demon Tree, he is not a tree, but a strange creature that is half a tree and half a snake, and only in the very special places in the depths of the wasteland can there be such strange creatures." They possess the vitality and camouflage of trees, and when they are quiet, they are not visible from the outside, but when they move, they are like thousands of snakes and demons, and can devour any life, including birds, insects, ants, and so on that nest on them. There is a very terrifying toxin in their bodies, even if the powerhouses of the Yuan Emperor level are injected with too much of this toxin, they will fall asleep, therefore, a long time ago, the Soul Snake Demon Tree was once hunted by the major races, just to extract this toxin from their bodies, it is said that in a great battle in the primeval times, the toxin of the Spirit Desolate Snake Demon Tree caused a huge sensation, therefore, under a large number of hunts, this kind of thing has long been extinct a long time ago, therefore, its name no longer appears on the Desolate Spiritual Record. ”

"There is still such a life, could it be that this kind of thing destroyed this city back then?" Wang Tieniu couldn't help but be stunned.

"Probably not, although the Spirit Desolate Snake Demon Tree is very terrifying, but it will not have the terrifying speed of a snake, they will only passively wait for the prey to enter their range before they will hunt and kill, but this siege and destruction of the land, the Spirit Desolate Snake Demon Tree cannot do it, it must be that after this city was destroyed, the Spirit Desolate Snake and Demon Tree was transplanted here, so it continued to multiply over the years, and now the entire Xuanhuang Valley has become the territory of the Desolate Snake and Demon Tree. The old man named Uncle Qiu said lightly.

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