Behind him, the disciples who were tied by tree roots let out shrill screams.
Some of them were calling for their teammates to save them.
Others were loudly cursing teammates who refused to save their lives.
But no one stopped, no one even looked back. The screams became weaker and weaker, and finally fell silent.
After passing several forks in the road, Deng Chong, who was leading the way, slowly stopped.
When everyone arrived at a safe place, Deng Chong found that a few more people were missing.
He probably got lost when he passed the fork in the road just now.
Under such circumstances, it was impossible for Deng Chong to lead everyone back to find them.
At this time, the total number of people in the team dropped to more than twenty, and there were still a few injured disciples.
There are quite a few members in Deng Chong's team. After all, they are all elite disciples.
Deng Chong was quite depressed. He felt that there was an evil fire in his heart that could not be released, which made him feel uncomfortable.
He clenched his fist and punched the stone wall next to him.
Just a "bang" sound was heard, and the stone wall was cracked.
Li Mi quickly came over to hold Deng Chong and comforted him in a low voice.
"What are you doing?
This is not your fault, even if you beat your fist to pieces, these people will not come back!"
"Cheer up, if you encounter ferocious beasts again, you will have to protect them!"
After finishing speaking, Li Mi raised his voice again and spoke in a voice that could be heard by the surrounding disciples.
"This underground altar is inherently evil, and no one who came in before has ever left."
"Deng Chong, don't blame yourself too much. Life and death are determined by destiny, and wealth is in heaven."
"Since everyone has entered the underground altar, you should understand the principle of finding wealth in danger!"
"It's already good for these people to survive. Fortunately, this secret realm will be closed in a few hours. As long as we don't encounter any more danger during this period, we can get out alive."
"This is not the place to talk. If we are really attacked by a ferocious beast, we won't even have a place to hide. Let's continue on our way."
As Li Mi spoke, he paid attention to the expressions of the disciples around him.
He found that everyone's expressions had softened a lot.
He went on to say,
"Deng Chong, if there is danger, you will be at the front. Brothers will not blame you!"
"Maybe we'll encounter a ferocious beast soon, and we'll have to rely on you then!"
When Li Mi said this, the people around him had already reacted. Everyone still has to rely on Deng Chong now.
Someone has already cleared their throat and started to flatter Li Mi.
"Thanks to Senior Brother Deng for protecting us all the way, we were able to get here."
"Without Senior Brother Deng, it would be really difficult for us to move forward in this tunnel."
"Senior Brother Deng, you must cheer up, we still have to rely on you!"
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Deng Chong didn't say anything. After letting out a long sigh, he led the rest of the group and continued moving forward.
At this moment, many people in the team thought of Gu Yuan.
Gu Yuan once said that he would never abandon any injured teammate.
If they had not followed Deng Chong into the underground altar.
Instead, he chose to stay with Gu Yuan to kill Wind Wolf. Maybe the ending would be different?
Apart from anything else, if they were together with Gu Yuan, they would at least be able to get a lot more Wind Spirit Beads.
At this time, their greatest hope is to return to Tiandao Sect safely.
As for the treasures of heaven and earth in this underground altar, they were no longer in the mood to think about it.
The originally high-spirited team was now dejected and had long lost the ambition they had when they first entered the tunnel.
They didn't even look back at their teammates behind them.
They all understood that the teammates who were left in place by the tree roots may have been sucked dry by the blood-sucking tree roots.
Just like those animal skins with only empty shells left.
Even if they go back now, they won't be able to save them, it will only make them more sad.
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In the place where they had just escaped, the disciples who were hung up by tree roots were struggling desperately.
The reason why they stopped yelling and screaming was because their facial features were pierced by tree roots.
The tree roots penetrated their throats and pierced their vocal cords.
Blood gushes out like a fountain, and the tree roots eagerly share the long-lost feast.
The bodies of each of the disciples who were hung up had numerous holes pierced by tree roots.
After being sucked by the roots of the tree, they quickly deflated.
These roots all belong to the same big tree. To be precise, it is a tree demon that has lived for many years!
The tree demon controls the roots of the tree and sucks the flesh and blood of human cultivators unscrupulously.
Even the blood flowing to the ground was sucked clean by it.
When the disciples were completely sucked by the tree roots, only the damaged skin bags and blood-stained robes were left on the ground.
The tree roots curled up like snakes, surrounding the bloody robe and trying to absorb the last drop of blood that could be absorbed.
Even their bones were melted by the sap injected from the tree roots and absorbed together.
After the dryad had a full meal, it shook its body with satisfaction.
On each section of the tree's roots, a group of silver-white light lit up.
All the tree roots are connected one by one.
The silvery white light on the roots was like ocean waves, converging wave after wave in the direction of the largest tree root.
The largest tree roots are getting thicker and thicker, with a big bulge protruding from the middle.
The raised bulge is getting bigger and bigger.
Like a pregnant woman who is about to give birth.
However, this pregnant woman now has the body of a boa constrictor and the skin of dead tree roots, which looks very strange.
The raised bulge on the root of the tree continues to grow.
When the raised bulge finally grew to the size of a person, it stopped growing.
The silvery white light on the tree roots continues to gather, transmitting nutrients to the bulge.
After half a cup of tea, the big tree demon began to shake violently, as if it was experiencing heart-rending pain.
After half a cup of tea, the raised bulge on the root of the tree cracked into long cracks.
The big tree demon continued to shake, and the gap gradually became longer.
It wasn't until the gap grew to more than a foot long that it stopped getting longer, and the big tree demon stopped shaking.
A small white hand struggled to squeeze out from the cracked gap.
Soon, another small hand squeezed out.
The two small hands worked together, from the inside of the bulge of the tree root, to grab the two sides of the bulge, and laboriously tore the dry bark apart, tearing it apart on both sides.
This process is very long. After tearing it with two little hands for a while, you have to stop and take a rest.
After about a stick of incense, a fair-skinned and beautiful girl emerged from the roots of the tree.
At this moment, the big tree demon has her child, a little tree demon who can leave this place.
This child will take her place, enter the world of human cultivators, and live in the form of human cultivators from now on.