"Yes, there must be, but it definitely doesn't belong to you. Xu Tianyu must have discovered something. Otherwise, with his character, he would have left long ago."
Murong Bei said as if he had seen through everything.
"Sigh …"
Bai Hao and Ou Yanghong fell silent. Although they understood, they felt a little uncomfortable saying it out loud.
"Alright, Mo Hong, you can stop now."
Xu Tianyu stopped Mo Hong from continuing to set the fire. The entire tree was already burning, and the roots were almost burnt.
The death of the big tree was unavoidable.
All they had to do now was wait.
"Yes, Master."
Mo Hong lay on the ground directly. She was too tired. Setting the fire consumed a lot of her physical strength.
"Eat something first and take a rest. The fire should burn for a while."
Xu Tianyu directly took out some food and handed it to Mo Hong. He also sat down and slowly ate his meal.
Bai Hao and the others stood there awkwardly, because they had nothing to eat. Usually, their food was obtained by hunting along the way.
But today, they fought with the fire ape, and now with the tree. They didn't have time to look for food.
"Come here, I have some here."
Of course, Xu Tianyu wasn't so heartless. If that was the case, he wouldn't have needed to take Bai Hao and the others with him. He would have left with Mo Hong long ago.
Without Xu Tianyu and the steel giant, the three of them still had a chance to walk back to the ancient city. However, the journey would be at least several times more difficult.
"Tenyu, thank you."
Ou Yanghong took the food from Xu Tianyu and ate happily. They hadn't eaten staple food for many days.
"Thank you."
Bai Hao didn't stand on ceremony. He was also hungry, so he picked up the food and started eating.
Murong Bei was a little hesitant at first, but the hunger in his stomach made him have no choice. Although he didn't thank Bai Hao, he still sat beside him and tried to eat.
While they were eating, the fire on the tree was slowly extinguishing, and the tree was slowly turning dark.
Finally, he walked towards the charcoal fire, and the tree's life ended in the flames.
The billowing smoke did not stop Xu Tianyu from moving forward. Soon, he arrived at the tree trunk. After sensing for a bit, he reached his hand into the tree trunk.
Xu Tianyu, who had been sensing with his eyes closed, suddenly brightened up.
"The Key of the Forest has been successfully recovered."
Xu Tianyu got what he wanted. He twitched his arm, patted the dust off his body, and continued on his way.
Of course, Mo Hong had no choice but to follow them. As for Bai Hao and the others, who were eating the slowest, they came to the side of the big tree to check it out.
They had seen that Xu Tianyu hadn't taken anything from the tree. They wanted to see if there were any treasures that had slipped away.
In the end, there was no such thing. There was only blackened charcoal around.
"That doesn't make sense," Bai Hao said curiously. "It's such a big tree. Don't tell me it doesn't have a single tree crystal?"
"Seriously, it was indeed a waste of effort. Xu Tianyu was right in the beginning. This big tree does not have intelligence."
Ou Yanghong said and didn't stay any longer. She followed Xu Tianyu's footsteps.
The tree crystal was the core of the big tree. Generally, creatures with intelligence would have this thing.
"Let's go." Bai Hao followed helplessly.