The three of them moved quickly using the shadows of the trees, heading in the direction pointed by Oia.

As they walked, Oia kept identifying the source of the fragrance. As they continued to walk towards the edge of the forest, the fragrance became stronger and stronger. Even Vey and Lelka could smell the intoxicating fragrance in the air.

"This smell...is wrong." Leka suddenly stopped moving forward and muttered.

"What's wrong?" Vey quickly came to Lelka's side and asked.

Leka said: "This fragrance has a feeling of numbing people's consciousness, unlike ordinary plants or animals that can emit it."

Wei Yi's eyes moved, and his gaze towards the front became alert.

Lelka is a dwarf, and he is also a doctor with superb medical skills. He naturally has a lot of experience with various animals and plants. Since he said that this fragrance has the effect of numbing people's feelings, it proves that the source of the fragrance must not be

What a good thing.

Ia touched the tip of his nose and asked strangely: "Then why do I seem to have no feeling?"

Lelka said: "The smell is not strong yet, but since even Wei Yi and I can smell it, it proves that we are not far from our destination." After that, he put the bag on his waist.

He rummaged through it, took out a porcelain bottle, and poured out three pale pink pills.

"Take this." Leka said: "This is a herbal pill to prevent toxins from invading the body. Although I don't know what kind of toxins this fragrance contains, at least this pill can keep us going for a while."

Wei Yi also learned some knowledge about herbal medicine from the town's doctor in Highland Valley. He can also make some simple medicines to heal wounds and stop bleeding, but in terms of medical treatment, compared to Lelka, he is simply useless.

A novice who is not even a beginner.

They swallowed the elixir and continued to move forward.

The originally dense trees gradually became sparse, and there were more shrubs and grass on the ground.

After climbing over a hill, they felt that the front was suddenly open. The long dark forest suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a small circular valley.

"Look over there!" Ia, who had excellent eyesight, seemed to have discovered something. He pointed his finger in one direction and loudly reminded Wei Yi and Lelka not far away.

The two trotted to Oia and looked in the direction he pointed, but the distance was too far and they couldn't see as clearly as Oia.

After they climbed down the hill and entered the circular valley, they carefully looked at the things in front of them, and they all took a breath of cold air.

On both sides of the only path that passes through the circular valley, there are many strange flowers growing. However, these flowers are too big to look like, like monsters from hell.

The flower has a rhizome that is nearly three feet tall and can be hugged by a person. The rhizome is covered with white-brown spots. Spikes as long as an adult's forearm protrude from the rhizome. On the terrifying rhizome, there are

There is a flower bud nearly three meters wide. The flower bud has eight huge purple-red petals. The color gradually fades upward from the junction of the rhizome. Against the backdrop of the sky, you can see that the flower bud is still moving up and down in a very small range.

Shaking.

"What, what is this? Why is this flower so big?" Wei Yi opened his mouth wide and said in shock.

Oia's eyes also straightened. He had lived in the natural forest known as the 'Continental Plant Library' for so long, and he had never seen such a strange plant.

Vey turned his head to look at Lelka, who also had an expression of doubt and surprise on her face. Vey turned his head, and it seemed that Lelka didn't know the origin of this flower either.

"What are we going to do now?" Vey said.

Leka came back to his senses and said: "This circular valley is right at the intersection of the Rodil Mountains, the dark forest and the misty swamp. If we want to reach the mountains or swamps, we must pass through here. If we don't pass here,

We are going to go back the way we came and take the long way around." He took a deep breath and murmured: "I was here more than ten years ago, but there were no such things at that time. It's strange...

..”

"Then let's go through here, but...since the fragrance comes from these flowers, are these flowers in danger?" Wei Yi said with some worry.

Wei Yi didn't know why, but every time he faced this unknown thing, if it was dangerous, he would have an indescribable feeling in his heart, like a perception that warned him that what he might face was dangerous.

.

Ia took off the bow from his back and said, "I'll try it with an arrow first."

He set up an arrow and shot at the flower bud closest to them. The arrowhead sank directly into the rhizome of the flower bud, and the whole flower seemed to tremble, but there was no reaction after that.

After a few minutes, Lelka spoke: "These flowers don't seem to be dangerous for the time being, but you still have to be vigilant and follow me later."

He took off his double-sided ax and walked towards the flowers along the path. Vey and Ia, holding long swords and short knives, followed Lelka one meter away, one on the left and one on the right, protecting them.

both sides of.

They walked into the flowers. At first, Leka was very slow, holding an ax in both hands and pointing at the flower buds on both sides, but the flower buds did not react at all.

After Lerka confirmed that there was no danger, she waved to Wei Yi and Ia behind her, indicating that they could follow her in.

When they walked all the way to the center of the flowers, the danger they expected still did not happen. The fragrance in the flowers was extremely strong, and the strong fragrance in the air made Ia, who has a keen sense of smell, frown. They elves like the light smell in nature.

, obviously not used to this extreme smell.

Wei Yi's heart moved. He took out a towel from his backpack, cut it open with a sword, tied it to his face to cover his mouth and nose, and he also signaled Oiya to do the same.

"That's not right." Iya's eyes narrowed. He felt that the fragrance in the air seemed to have changed. It was no longer a strong fragrance, but had a sweet smell. As soon as he felt it, he felt slightly dizzy in his mind.

Dazzled for a moment.

Before he could remind him, Leka suddenly shouted and stopped their steps.

"Let's go! Run forward, fast!" Lelka suddenly shouted, holding the ax tightly and slashing at the root of a flower next to him.

The flower buds that had been closed before suddenly opened. When Vey caught a glimpse of the inside of the flower buds, a cold feeling quickly spread throughout his body.

The eight-petal bud unfolded, and the entire flower became nearly seven meters wide. There was a forked thorn in the middle of each petal. There was a lot of viscous orange-red juice hanging on the surface of the petal, and some of the juice from the buds.

There are also dense white bones in it. At the junction of the rhizome and the bud, there is a face nearly one meter wide. It is a face but has no facial features. It only has squirming fangs that are arranged in a circle and are constantly closing and closing.

When Lelka's ax hit the rhizome heavily, the terrifying face in the bud let out a shrill scream. The sudden scream shocked Vey, who was about to run forward, and felt that his spirit and soul were shaken.

He was frozen, and he didn't react until he heard Lelka's familiar roar. But at this moment, the flower bud closest to him suddenly opened wide, the rhizome suddenly bent downward, and the whole flower opened like a mouth.

Wei Yi pounced on him.

Vey bit the tip of his tongue sharply, waking himself up instantly. At this time, the effects of Anxon's training in his body also came into play.

His feet slipped, and his whole body slid out of place against the ground. The next moment, the huge flower collided with the ground, making a huge noise.

Wei Yi forcefully twisted his body in the air, put his left hand on the ground, and held the sword in his right hand to draw a beautiful arc in the air and slash towards the flower bud behind him.

The long sword pierced hard through the connection between the flower bud and the rhizome, which was also the thinnest part of the flower's rhizome, so Wei Yi went with the sword and directly cut off the support of the flower.

The face in the bud screamed and rolled to the ground, shaking and withering, and soon turned into a large pool of foul-smelling brown liquid.
Chapter completed!