This tree was three meters tall and one meter thick. Although its body was relatively large, its movement speed was not just for show. It was especially fast.
In the blink of an eye, Fang Chen and Xiahou Wu had lost track of it. But they didn't give up. They had encountered such a miraculous tree with great difficulty, so how could they let it go so easily?
"It's fleeing in this direction. Continue chasing." Fang Chen said in a low voice.
Afterwards, his and Xiahou Wu's figures flashed and they once again chased.
Roughly two hours later, Fang Chen and Xiahou Wu finally stopped. The two of them were panting from exhaustion. There was still no trace of the tree, but Fang Chen had a premonition that the direction they were heading in was precisely the direction the tree had fled in.
"This damned tree, its speed is too fast." Xiahou Wu gasped for breath.
Fang Chen narrowed his eyes, his face filled with helplessness. He had already decided that when he had time, he would definitely train in a movement technique. Otherwise he wouldn't have the slightest advantage in terms of speed.
"Xiahou Wu, I feel that it's near us." Fang Chen faintly said.
"But we can't find it. Are we going to continue chasing?" Xiahou Wu asked.
"I have an idea." Fang Chen's eyes brightened.
Under Xiahou Wu's attentive gaze, Fang Chen swiftly found a Demonic Beast. Without another word, he directly killed the Demonic Beast and placed the Demonic Beast's corpse on the empty ground.
At this time, Fang Chen had opened a large hole in the Demonic Beast's corpse. Blood was unceasingly flowing out.
Fang Chen and Xiahou Wu walked to a distant rock and sat down.
"Let it take the bait." Xiahou Wu asked.
"I don't know if it'll work. Let's try it." Fang Chen said.
However, what made Fang Chen and Xiahou Wu speechless was that even after the Demonic Beast's blood had flowed out, the old tree still hadn't appeared. This made Fang Chen suspect that the old tree had long since fled.
However, he could faintly sense that there was a special aura in the air. He had once felt this aura from the old tree's body.
"It's gone." Xia Houwu looked at the distant corpse and asked.
"Maybe it doesn't like the blood of demonic beasts," Fang Chen said to himself.
As soon as Fang Chen finished speaking, he took out the Hidden Star Sword and slashed it across his palm. A sword mark appeared on his palm, and drops of blood flowed out from the sword mark.
Fang Chen dripped his blood onto the stone. Seeing this, Xia Houwu followed Fang Chen's method and dripped his own blood onto the stone.
Because Xia Houwu had absorbed the life blood essence of a Yellow Springs Sect Protector, his blood had changed color. A normal person's blood was bright red, but Xia Houwu's blood was actually red with a tinge of black.
Seeing Xia Houwu's blood, Fang Chen instantly felt a bloodthirsty killing intent. He could not help but turn his head to look at Xia Houwu.
"I'm fine, I can control myself." Xia Houwu nodded his head and said.
Fang Chen didn't say anything else. After doing all this, he followed Xia Houwu into the distance and sat down cross-legged, waiting for the old tree to take the bait.
Time slowly passed, but the blood on the stone didn't move at all. This made Fang Chen wonder whether or not the old tree had already left.
After about an hour, in the forest beside the stone, an old tree suddenly swayed.
It seemed to be struggling, but in the end it made a decision. It carefully moved closer to the stone.
The old tree clearly knew that Fang Chen and Xia Houwu were intentionally baiting it. But in front of the blood, it didn't have the slightest ability to resist.
After enduring for an hour, it finally couldn't endure it any longer and stealthily began to absorb the blood.
The old tree had just begun to move when Fang Chen discovered it. However, he didn't make a sound, afraid of alerting the snake.
What kind of joke was this? Although Fang Chen's soul was only at the middle stage of the Red Level, his soul had once reached the middle stage of the Orange Level. It had been forcefully compressed to the early stage of the Red Level. It could be said that even the Orange Level souls of some of the current martial artists couldn't compare to Fang Chen's Red Level soul.
When Fang Chen felt the old tree move, a strange smile appeared on his face.
The old tree was afraid of alerting Fang Chen and Xia Houwu, so it didn't dare move too quickly. It took a full minute for the old tree to get close to the stone.
When the old tree got close to the stone, a branch suddenly fell from the old tree and landed on the stone.
Hiss Hiss Hiss
The old tree happily absorbed Fang Chen's blood. In the blink of an eye, the blood was completely absorbed by the old tree.
After absorbing Fang Chen's blood, the old tree felt exceptionally refreshed. It even glanced at Fang Chen. This mysterious guy, how could his blood be so delicious?
Next was the absorption of Xia Houwu's blood. When the old tree's branches and leaves came into contact with Xia Houwu's blood, the old tree suddenly let out a miserable cry.
Hearing this cry, Fang Chen and Xia Houwu both moved. They directly jumped up and appeared in front of the old tree.
At this time, the branches of the old tree that were resting on the stone were charred, as if they had been burned by flames.
The old tree's branches and leaves were charred. It was clear that they had been burned by Xia Houwu's blood. Seeing this scene, Fang Chen turned his head and looked thoughtfully at Xia Houwu.
"It hurts."
At this moment, the old tree was in endless pain. Its body swayed and it retracted its branches and leaves. It wanted to escape, but it was surrounded by Fang Chen and Xia Houwu.
The old tree suddenly spoke, causing Xia Houwu and Fang Chen to be shocked. Could it be that this old tree had become a spirit? How could it speak the human language?
Fang Chen had read many records of the continent. He had a certain understanding of the Ancient Sword Continent. It was said that a long, long time ago, when the Ancient Sword Continent did not have much life, there was the legend of the Immortal Tree.
"Could it really be the Immortal Tree?" Fang Chen was shocked.
Hearing Fang Chen's words, the old tree continued to speak. "You two brats don't know shit."
After saying that, the old tree slipped away and prepared to escape. However, Fang Chen was already prepared. With a flash of his body, he clenched his fist and grabbed the burnt branch of the old tree.
"Ahhh, it hurts!" The old tree miserably cried.
Huala!
The old tree was very decisive. It endured the pain and cut off the burned branches and leaves. Then it quickly fled.
"Chase!"
Fang Chen looked at the broken branch in his hand. He was stunned for a moment. Then he loudly roared and chased after it with Xia Houwu.
This time, no matter what, they could not allow the old tree to escape.
From the fact that the old tree could speak, move, and even absorb the blood of human cultivators, the old tree was definitely not ordinary.
"Let's see how you escape this time."
Xia Houwu angrily roared and circulated all the energy in his body. It revolved around his feet and he quickly chased after the old tree.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
After chasing for about an hour, Fang Chen and Xia Houwu saw the old tree enter a mountain valley in front of them.
"Let's go," Fang Chen directly said when he saw the old tree enter the mountain valley.
Then Fang Chen and Xia Houwu entered the mountain valley. When the two of them entered the mountain valley, they instantly felt their surroundings change.
"Where is this?"
Fang Chen felt his vision darken. He opened his eyes and turned his head to look behind him. He saw that there was no entrance to the mountain valley. The place he was in was a sealed space.
This space was extremely small. He could see the end of it with a single glance. This entire space was filled with a sinister aura.
No, to be more accurate, this sinister aura was death Qi.
"What a dense death Qi. Just where have we come to?" Fang Chen looked around, his expression grave.
"The old tree is gone," said Xia Houwu.
Fang Chen nodded. Just as he was preparing to search for the old tree, he suddenly saw a dense crowd of skeletons at the end of this space.
"Skeletons, how can there be so many skeletons?!"
Fang Chen cried out involuntarily. At the same time, he completely understood that the dense death Qi in this sealed space was most likely produced by these skeletons.
Within this sealed space, it was completely dark. The air was filled with an incomparably dense death Qi. If he absorbed this death Qi for a long time, it would definitely have an effect on his body.
Just as Fang Chen was observing the densely packed skeletons in the distance, Xiahou Wu suddenly raised his head towards the sky.
With a furious roar, his eyes turned scarlet, and his entire body emitted a terrifying killing intent.
"Not good!"
Fang Chen cried out inside. The death Qi here had aroused the bloodthirsty killing intent in Xia Houwu's blood, making him somewhat unable to control himself.
"Xia Houwu, hold on!"
Fang Chen roared at Xia Houwu. A trembling sound caused Xia Houwu's head to instantly clear.
"Fang Chen, the death Qi here will arouse the bloodthirsty killing intent in my blood," said Xia Houwu.
"Let's find a way out from these skeletons," said Fang Chen.
Xia Houwu nodded and the two of them quickly advanced. In just a moment, they appeared at the end of this sealed space. There was a large amount of skeletons here. These skeletons had clearly died a long time ago. Their bodies were filled with endless death Qi.
Just as Fang Chen and Xia Houwu were approaching, a battle erupted among the skeletons.
There were five skeletons that were facing off against a large amount of other skeletons.
"ROAR!"
Within the large amount of skeletons, there was a silver skeleton. It angrily roared at the five skeletons, its body emitting a wild aura.
The five skeletons didn't retreat. In the next instant, a huge battle erupted. The five skeletons were fighting against a large amount of other skeletons.
"They're having an internal conflict." Fang Chen exchanged a glance with Xia Houwu.
However, just as the five skeletons were fighting against a large amount of other skeletons, Fang Chen's expression finally became gloomy.
That was because he had noticed that the clumsy techniques the five skeletons were using were exactly the same as a certain sword technique of his Sword Worshipping Sect.
"They're the disciples of my Sword Worshipping Sect who died in the Divine Illusion Space!" Fang Chen's eyes flashed.
It wasn't just Fang Chen. Even Xia Houwu had noticed the abnormalities of these five skeletons. Looking at the other skeletons, there were some skeletons whose techniques were exactly the same as those of some Sect in the outside world.
"Xia Hou, do it!" Seeing this scene, Fang Chen shouted furiously.