Chapter 37: The Second Item: Picking Up the Item - Old Sophora Tree
Bones kept falling from the locust tree.
Chen Li stood under the tree and looked up, but could not see the branches and leaves of the locust tree at all.
The tree was so tall that no one could see where the bones had fallen from.
It was raining bones under the old locust tree.
There is not a trace of flesh on these bones, they have been skeletons for a long time.
There were human bones and wild animal bones, big and small, scattered all over the ground.
"Stop chopping!" The man with glasses snatched the axe from Yu Qianqian's hand and forced the big guy to stop.
"If you chop her again, I'll chop her!"
Seeing this, Song Buyu quickly put down his axe and walked between the two sides to act as a peacemaker.
The man with glasses held the axe tightly, his face fierce, ready to attack at any time and anywhere.
Song Buyu knew that it was useless to persuade him directly, so he walked up to Du Ruo tactfully.
"Not really, not really. The beauty sister is still here. She is more delicate than flowers and cannot stand the sight of blood. Don't do it in front of her. Be careful not to scare her. If you have anything to say, just talk it over."
The man with glasses finally came to his senses and realized that he had lost his composure in front of the goddess just now.
He put down the axe and relented.
Unexpectedly, the big guy suddenly appeared behind him, grabbed the glasses man's right hand with a vengeance and twisted it, causing the glasses man's arm to be dislocated on the spot.
The man with glasses screamed in pain.
After doing all this, the big guy walked behind Yu Qianqian, folded his arms and said nothing.
Shen Li stood in front of the tree and whispered, "Keep chopping."
Yu Qianqian understood what he meant and gave the big guy a look, and the big guy picked up the axe and continued to chop trees.
He is very strong and can be as strong as several people.
More bones fell.
Song Buyu said he knew how to set bones, and fumbled with his arm amid the glasses man's cursing.
The man with glasses was in so much pain that he broke out in a cold sweat. "Do you know how to set bones?"
"Yes, yes, but I'm not very skilled at it. Please bear with it."
Du Ruo also looked pale at this moment.
She had figured out that although Yu Qianqian seemed to be the leader of the team, it was actually Chen Li who gave the order to cut down the trees.
Her heart had been hanging since the beginning, and she always felt that something was wrong. She could only hold the urn tightly and stare at the ground.
Suddenly, a bone scattered on the ground moved.
"The bones are moving!"
There is danger!
Du Ruo immediately opened the urn and looked at the white ashes inside, feeling a little hesitant.
After all, they were human ashes, and she didn't want to touch them.
But the NPC in Desperate Situation had already told her how to use the ashes. She needed to grab a handful and sprinkle them on the ground to summon the soul of the nameless person.
Du Ruo hesitated again and again until he saw the bones automatically pieced together and a skeleton stood up.
She was completely panicked and quickly reached into the urn and grabbed a handful.
As soon as her fingers touched the ashes, an inexplicable chill seeped up her spine.
The ashes were actually warm!
She grabbed a handful of ashes and scattered them on the ground. In the white smoke, a translucent person suddenly emerged and stood in front of her, making her feel safe.
On the other side, Song Buyu saw that the situation was not right and now was the time when manpower was needed, so he stopped torturing the man with glasses.
He took it casually and successfully helped him push his dislocated right arm back into place.
"Your goddess is in danger, why don't you help her?"
Song Buyu pushed him from behind.
The man with glasses was also scared, so he grabbed the axe, followed tremblingly, and hid behind Du Ruo.
"Don't...don't be afraid. I will protect you."
The bones of the skeleton seemed to be put together randomly.
The body was a human skeleton, but it was obvious that the two legs did not belong to the same person. The leg bones were of different lengths, and the person walked unsteadily.
What the head was connected to was actually the skull of some animal.
Seeing the bones that had fallen to the ground standing up one after another, Yu Qianqian also became nervous.
Like Song Buyu, she vaguely felt that Chen Li was not an ordinary person, so she believed what he said.
But now, things have developed beyond her expectations.
She couldn't help but look at Shen Li.
The boy's expression was neither sad nor happy, and even though he was surrounded by danger, he did not show the slightest sign of embarrassment.
"Keep going. Don't stop."
The big guy grabbed the axe and chopped hard on the trunk of the old locust tree again and again.
Some of the skeletons staggered towards the big guy with clear goals.
Song Buyu quickly called Yu Qianqian to guard beside the big guy and not let the skeleton affect his tree cutting.
Chen Li walked out of the shadow at the bottom of the tree and stood on the other side of the locust tree, which also attracted a lot of skeletons.
Although these skeletons look scary, their bones have just been reorganized. The size and shape are not suitable. They will fall apart with a slight push. Their fighting power is not strong and they can only win by numbers.
On Song Bu Yu's side, he kicked every skeleton that surrounded him. Soon, the scattered bones on the ground piled up into a small hill.
In order to prevent the skeletons that had just fallen apart from resurrecting on the spot beside them, Yu Qianqian followed and threw the bones farther away to slow down their resurrection.
Du Ruo was not injured for the time being because he was protected by the prop of the ashes of an unknown person.
But the man with glasses behind her was really a burden. He kept saying that he wanted to protect her, but in fact he was hiding behind her from beginning to end, and survived until now by relying on the souls of the nameless people.
Although the soul of the nameless person is powerful, it will still dissipate after being surrounded by skeletons.
Du Ruo had to summon again and again.
Half of the ashes in the urn were scattered.
Although I am reluctant to do so, I have no choice but to give them away in the current situation.
They had tried to escape before. No matter which of the three paths behind the locust tree they took, they would inexplicably end up back in front of the old locust tree.
They were circling the old locust tree from beginning to end.
Everyone held on for half an hour, but gradually they became exhausted.
Yu Qianqian's neck was scratched by the skeleton, and Song Buyu's arm was also bruised.
Shen Li was holding back a portion of the skeletons by himself.
The seal inside his body has been almost repaired, leaving only a tiny crack.
He didn't want to draw strength from this tiny crack unless it was absolutely necessary.
As more and more power poured out, the crack would become bigger and bigger. He was worried that he would not be able to control himself and hurt others, so he kept enduring.
When surrounded by skeletons, you can only use shadow magic to delay time.
The crack on the trunk of the old locust tree was getting bigger and bigger. The big guy chopped for half an hour, leaving a big groove on the trunk.
While Chen Li was constantly dealing with the skeletons, he sensed unusual movements deep underground and hurriedly reminded Yu Qianqian and the others to retreat.
In an instant, countless tree roots broke out from the ground like twisting snakes and attacked everyone.
Yu Qianqian was the first to be tied up by the tree roots.
The roots first wrapped around her abdomen, then spread upward in circles, covering her face and wrapping her into an oval-shaped cocoon.
The tree roots did not immediately strangle the person they caught.
Instead, they are stored as spare nutrients.
Yu Qianqian only felt a pain on the right side of her neck.
A tiny tree root penetrated into her veins, slowly draining her blood.
Her body was tied up and she had no way to struggle. She could only wait to die.
Now she knew why the other couriers were located together but did not disappear.
Others were probably in the same situation as her.
Wrapped in cocoons, the tree roots slowly drew fresh blood from their necks.
Chen Li was still dodging the tree roots, and when he came to his senses, he was the only one left around the old locust tree.
The others were caught at some point, wrapped into tree cocoons, and hung on the branches.
Chen Li manipulated the shadow and cut off several tree roots.
His shadow was torn apart several times and became increasingly faint.
In order to prevent the shadow from overshooting and falling into a state of suspended animation, Chen Li could only temporarily retract the shadow, bite his index finger, and fight with blood.
Ye Minglang had previously fed me a lot of tonics, which did work.
Although I am still in a state of anemia, at least I have recovered a little.
The power of the blood control technique was extremely great, wherever his blood was spilled, the tree roots dared not move forward.
If a tree root accidentally touched Chen Li's blood, it would immediately wither, and the withered part would continue to spread upwards.
The locust tree cut off its own roots to preserve its body.
After several fights, no one gained the upper hand.
The tree roots can be repaired by sucking blood, but the blood lost by Chen Li cannot be replenished in a short period of time.
The longer the delay, the more unfavorable the situation will be for Shen Li.
He didn't dare to seriously injure the locust tree, because if he did, the locust tree would suck all the blood to repair itself.
We must find a way to solve it completely.
On the trunk of the locust tree, a human figure slowly emerged.
The growing bark turned into a human face, revealing all the facial features.
The boy sitting in front of the campfire had his face stuck to the bark.
He opened his eyes, glanced at Chen Li, and his dry and turbid eyeballs moved with difficulty.
Chen Li's fingertips were bright red, and his lips turned pale again due to excessive blood loss.
His frail body could collapse at any time.
"Let's play a game."
Shen Li said calmly.
"Don't you like playing games? I'm tired, so why not decide the outcome through games? If I lose, I won't resist anymore."
The boy was actually a little afraid of Shen Li.
He knew that the other party's blood was terrible. If he had not been concerned that these people would be sucked dry, he and the old locust tree would have ceased to exist long ago.
Since the outcome can be determined by the game, why not do it?
"Okay." The boy agreed. "What game do you want to play? Solitaire?"
The wind blew away the loose hair on Chen Li's forehead.
His eyes revealed a slightly smiling look.
Chen Li: "Solitaire is too boring, why don't we play hide and seek?"
This game was proposed by Chen Li, and the boy from Huaishu carefully analyzed the pros and cons.
The roots of locust trees are everywhere. It is not suitable for hiding, but it is very suitable for finding people.
As long as the locust tree doesn't die, Chen Li will never be able to get out of the root system of the locust tree.
"Okay! You hide and I'll find you."
The young man under the locust tree felt that he had the upper hand in this game.
This forest is a familiar place to him. There are tree roots everywhere. Where can he hide?
"If I can't find you in half an hour, you win."
Chen Li lowered his head, looked at a small pond not far away, and said one word:
"good."
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