I looked up and saw what kind of tree trunk I was leaning on! Looking at the branch I just grabbed, it wasn't a branch at all! That was... that was a...

"Jue Zhang..." Chi You murmured.

When I looked at the huge thing in front of me, I felt my heartbeat stopped!

"Juezhang!" Chi You repeated these two words again. I didn't understand what he meant. Is this a popular term of their time? Used to express one's emotions?

Fortunately, the thing in front of me seemed to be dry and motionless. I carefully moved back step by step and stood next to Chi You and Qing He.

Here, I finally saw most of this thing clearly. The part I thought was the trunk of the tree was actually its jointed trunk. It was extremely strong, as thick as the century-old giant trees around it. Two or three adults could hold each other hand in hand.

I can't help it, and the branches I thought... should be something like its claws, just like claws about two or three feet long, and there are dozens of pairs on this thing's thick torso! Looking up...

At the top of the torso, there is a head with all the facial features. However, the top of the head is wrapped in layers of vines, and it can only be vaguely distinguished that it is a human face.

Chi You observed it for a long time, and after making sure that the thing wouldn't move, he walked forward and gently stroked the thing's torso.

"What on earth is this?" I leaned close to Qinghe's ear and asked her softly.

"I don't know, it seems... it's a centipede?"

"Centipede?!"

"Shh... I'm not sure, but look, with so many legs and such a jointed body, isn't it a centipede?"

Can a centipede grow like this?! I thought that a human-faced spider like Liuliu was already at the limit of its size. Can such a huge body really withstand gravity? Maybe here, everything is impossible!

It's just that a centipede as long as a little finger has an astonishing attack power and is also highly poisonous. How long will it take to grow to such a big size? I simply can't imagine how terrifying this thing's combat power will be. No wonder Chi You once said, "Yoo!"

In this world, there are weak beings. Compared with the giant centipedes and Behamut in front of them, Liuliu is simply too weak...

"Something is approaching! Be careful!" Qinghe said, his expression immediately became alert. I heard the sound of breaking bamboo in the distance. Judging from the sound, the thing approaching us should be within a hundred meters of us. I also

Draw out the dagger and prepare to deal with it.

Before I even pulled out the dagger, I felt a cool breeze coming from my back, and a sharp claw struck me hard on the back of my heart. This blow was so powerful that it shook my heart, liver, spleen, and lungs.

I was about to leave my body, and the sharp nails on my claws directly cut through the robe I was wearing. Then, I felt a chill on my back, followed by a burning pain. I knew that the skin and flesh on my back had been torn apart by this claw.

Already...

But I didn't even see what was attacking me. There was only a black shadow, going back and forth in the tree trunk, flying up and down!

"Are you okay?" Qinghe hurriedly came to check my injury, but when she leaned over, the black shadow suddenly rushed over. Qinghe was thrown away several meters by the rapid impact, and only Lin Lin could be seen.

A green shadow and a black shadow drew an arc in the air, and the green crane was knocked down hard. I endured the severe pain, pulled out the dagger and was on guard. At the same time, I looked around for Chi You's figure. I saw him just now.

He was still a few steps away from us, but now he can no longer be found. Could it be that he was the one who attacked us?!

"Ben Jing and Jie... come here!" I inserted the dagger into the ground and raised my body with support. Ben Jing and Jie arrived quickly and helped me up, but the black shadow lingered like a nightmare.

, and immediately attacked me again!

Honjing and Yosuke instantly transformed into a wall of mist in front of me. Although the black shadow was faster, it was still injured by the steel needles in the white mist bodies of Honjing and Yosuke. The black shadow let out a roar.

, listening to the roar of a beast like a lion or tiger, and then rushed up to the crown of a nearby tree.

This moment can arouse the competitive spirit of Moto and Yosuke. At the training ground on the top of the snow mountain, because I dodged one of their blows, these two guys chased me and beat me almost to the point of death. This

The speed of the black shadow was faster, and these two guys were unwilling. The force dragging me suddenly relaxed. I staggered and almost fell into the ground again. I saw the white shadows of Ben Jing and Yusuke coming from behind.

He rose from the ground and chased after the black shadow.

"Stop!"

It was Chi You's voice. He was seen standing on the branches of a tree. On the crown of a giant tree next to him, the fight between two shadows, one black and one white, stopped abruptly.

"Brother?" The low, magnetic but majestic voice asked with a hint of hesitation.

"Brother! It's really you!" The voice appeared behind me again. This thing is moving around like a ghost. What is its true form?!

Moto and Yosuke also calmed down and slowly floated to my side.

I also saw the true face of the black shadow clearly. It was actually a black panther! No wonder the claws were so sharp! His huge claws walked on the ground, but he made no sound at all!

He stuck out his bright red tongue towards me and licked the beard on both sides of his cheeks. His green eyes were full of oppression. Chi You also jumped down from the branch, and they looked at each other like this for three seconds.

, I saw some liquid coming out of the black panther's hind legs, dyeing the fur black and shiny. It should be the damage caused by the steel needle inside the body.

"This is...Honjin? Why is there a steel needle?" Black Panther's mouth opened, but it was a human voice and language! "Honjin and Yosuke were seriously injured, so they can only rely on each other.

"

"Oh... no wonder, Ben was so close to me before, but now he can't recognize me?"

"Their minds are no longer complete, so..."

"But why do they want to protect this...this person?" Although Black Panther was talking to Chi You, his eyes never moved away from me.

"This is a man from the early Yuan Dynasty. Ben Jing and Yusuke have been with him for a while. I don't know why, but they quite listen to his words."

"Oh? Yuanchu people?" The black panther took a few steps closer to me. The power of the beast made me take a few steps back unconsciously.

"My name is Zhang Xiyuan. Nice to meet you..." I forced out a fairly confident smile and introduced myself. Unexpectedly, Black Panther ignored me at all. Only then did I notice that his limbs were connected to his ribs.

Below, there were four bat wings growing diagonally! These four bat wings were tightly attached to his body, so I didn’t notice it. At this time, he opened his bat wings and vibrated, and immediately flew up the branch. He flew to

On top of a branch, he lay lazily on it.

"Brother, how did you find this place?"

"That's all thanks to this little Yuanchu man."

"But brother, you came a step too late, Juezhang has already turned into stone."

Chi You walked up to the centipede-like monster and stroked it gently, "There is still a chance, don't worry."

Jue Zhang? It turns out that the centipede’s name is Jue Zhang.

"Belie, how are you these days?"

"Good or bad, what difference does it make?" The black panther shook his tail casually and replied. His tone was a bit more self-deprecating.

It turns out that the black panther is called Belie.

"I advise you not to have any wishful thinking about leaving here." Qinghe flapped his wings and flew in front of Bei Lie to confront him.

"Who is this old bird who talks so much nonsense?" Beile asked.

Chi You coughed twice, and then Bei Lie realized that he had said the wrong thing. Chi You also had wings, and he looked much older than the blue crane. Who was calling this old bird? I thought of this and hid my face.

Smirking, I saw Chi You embarrassed for the first time.

"Don't pay attention to this woman, she is just someone who keeps pestering Xiao Yuanchu."

"You!" Qinghe was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"We have to wake up Juezhang now."

"But Jue Zhang has just turned into a tree, and it will take hundreds of years for him to be reincarnated again! Unless..." Bei Lie hesitated...

Chi You nodded and then looked at me.
Chapter completed!