Almost at the same time as the golden giant tree suddenly opened its single eye, Chen Chong felt a chill all over his body.
Boom...
It was like an explosion, and a clear sense of vibration started to occur under Chen Chong's feet, as if there was something unknown stirring underground! Then, including the bone pond, all the ground within his line of sight cracked, and thick roots as thick as children's arms broke through the soil and wildly danced in the air like pythons.
The land was being turned over by the uprooting of the roots, and a large amount of soil and stones sank as the roots were pulled out. In just a blink of an eye, the golden giant tree, which was originally filled with a sacred aura, suddenly turned into a mad demon from hell, giving people a bone-chilling sensation!
"What the hell is this tree demon grandma? Strange Tales of Liao Zhai?"
Facing the golden giant tree that seemed ready to devour anyone at any moment, Chen Chong, after the initial shock, immediately calmed down and adopted a state where he could either fight or flee at any time. He never expected that following the agitation of the main god's light ball would lead him to encounter such a bizarre thing!
Woo...
At this moment, although many roots as thick as children's arms drilled out around the golden giant tree, it did not immediately launch an attack on Chen Chong. Instead, it stared directly at him with its single eye, and the roots crazily danced in the air as if to intimidate and drive him away.
"Hmm? It seems to be intimidating me, trying to force me to leave...?"
On the edge of the bone pond, a thought suddenly occurred to Chen Chong:
Now he realized that all the roots he encountered earlier were not independent individuals, but most likely the aerial roots of this giant tree. These roots covered a distance of at least hundreds of meters! The mist created by the giant tree caused hallucinations, making the creatures entering the mist lose their ability to resist. Then, the roots were responsible for capturing prey, absorbing nutrients, and transferring them to the trunk. This was the hunting mechanism of this mysterious creature.
Chen Chong felt that compared to ordinary plants, this one-eyed giant tree seemed to possess animal-like instincts. Its current waving of all the main roots resembled a wild beast whose territory had been violated.
"These roots look intimidating, but their reactions are slow. The most bizarre thing about the hunting mechanism of this tree is the hallucinogenic mist. Unfortunately, it doesn't work on me. As long as I am not entangled by a large number of roots at the same time, I can escape at any time!"
"Ultimately, besides the single eye, this monster tree is just a carnivorous plant. It has low intelligence and without the hallucinogenic effect of the mist, it only appears scary."
"Now the question is, what exactly is the main god's light ball attracted to by it?"
In a strangely tense standoff between the man and the tree, Chen Chong squinted his eyes and stared fearlessly at the fist-sized eerie single eye on the trunk of the giant tree. Suddenly, a wave of thoughts surged in his mind when he looked at it.
That eye...
Chen Chong finally felt clearly that whenever he stared at the single eye on the trunk of the giant tree, the main god's light ball in his mind would emit a strong agitation and an instinctive desire!
Could it be this?!
Chen Chong tightened the tactical knife in his hand and licked his lips.
His gaze swept back and forth as he thought about what to do.
The current situation was obvious. The golden giant tree seemed to be extremely wary of him for some reason. For Chen Chong, his current state was not at its best. These numerous roots as thick as children's arms were obviously not easy to deal with. If he was entangled by them carelessly, he would undoubtedly be killed on the spot and become fertilizer for this one-eyed monster tree, becoming one of the bones.
But whenever the thought of retreating arose, a sense of unwillingness would also arise in Chen Chong's mind, as if he would miss something very important to him.
However, no matter how Chen Chong thought on the edge of the bone pond, the golden giant tree, which had been intimidating with its wildly dancing roots, seemed to find that its demonstration was ineffective, and the enemy still stood there, watching it vigilantly. Finally, it could no longer hold back!
Swish, swish, swish!
As the crown of the tree trembled, dense and countless roots and tendrils from all angles entangled Chen Chong's direction. Even under his feet, a large number of lurking roots suddenly burst out of the ground and twisted upwards!
For a moment, as far as his eyes could see, terrifying roots and tendrils covered the sky densely, leaving no place to hide.
"You think I'm afraid of you?"
Seeing that the golden giant tree attacked him first, recalling the scene where he almost became fertilizer earlier, Chen Chong's resentment surged in his heart. Instead of retreating, he advanced, using the blade of the tactical knife in his hand to clear a path towards the main body of the one-eyed tree monster!
Chen Chong did not plan to entangle with these roots and tendrils but wanted to take advantage of his still relatively abundant physical strength to directly attack the vital points of the golden giant tree. Otherwise, he might be worn out and killed here.
Although Chen Chong's target was extremely clear, the roots and tendrils of the golden giant tree were blocking his path every moment, protecting the trunk of the tree firmly.
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
Compared to the clumsy and sluggish roots and tendrils that relied on sheer numbers, Chen Chong's movements were incredibly agile. With his swift movements, hardly any roots and tendrils could catch up with him. Between Chen Chong's dodges, the cold light of the tactical knife flashed continuously, easily cutting off the roots without any resistance, spraying out a pale red liquid, just like the blood flowing from the golden giant tree.
With each thick root severed, the crown of the golden giant tree seemed to tremble slightly.
"These thicker roots should be branches of the main root of this tree! When the branches break, it is also injured!"
As he continued to dodge and approach, Chen Chong keenly sensed the strange tremor of the golden giant tree after many roots were severed, and a thought rose in his mind.
Perhaps due to its mutation, these roots that preyed on flesh and blood were not made of wood. Their texture was not hard, but instead fragile like flesh and blood. Under Chen Chong's sharp tactical knife, they had almost no resistance.
In just a few minutes, as Chen Chong fought with great danger, a large number of thick roots were directly cut off, and pale red liquid splattered everywhere. The golden giant tree also seemed to be greatly damaged, violently trembling, and countless leaves fell down, filling this hellish bone-filled place with an indescribable eerie beauty.
Finally, when Chen Chong cleared most of the roots and tendrils around the golden giant tree, the remaining roots and tendrils became extremely sluggish and could no longer stop Chen Chong's fierce onslaught.
Whoosh!
Chen Chong crossed the last defensive line formed by the roots and tendrils and swiftly rushed to the trunk of the golden giant tree. Without any hesitation, he fiercely slashed at the fist-sized eerie single eye!
With a chirp, Chen Chong, who expected some resistance, surprisingly effortlessly cut out what was supposed to be the "single eye."
Although it was called a single eye, what Chen Chong had cut out was actually a hazy orb, inside of which wrapped an irregularly-shaped unknown object that was difficult to discern.
Then, even before Chen Chong felt any joy, this orb that was cut out from the golden giant tree seemed to be attracted by a magnet and violently collided with his brow. It silently merged into it!
In that instant, Chen Chong felt as if something had merged into the main god's light ball in his mind, as if they were naturally one.