C159 (2/2)

After shouting towards the depths of the forest, I placed the half of the roasted chicken in my hand on the ground. Then, I turned around and walked towards the large board.

Since I didn't know what would happen in the future, I let the plate grow to be a bit bigger, just in case I needed it. At this moment, the other half of the pheasant came in handy.

When I sat next to the bonfire and started to eat, I could clearly see that woman timidly walking out of the forest to the side of the half roasted chicken. However, she didn't come close to us.

After we had eaten our fill and rested enough, we got up and set off in the direction of the valley. But before we had gone far, that voice suddenly came from behind us!

”Brother Zhou!”

Hearing this voice, some doubts inevitably arise in my heart. However, at this moment, I suddenly realized that the wooden cow in my hand had started to heat up!

Could it be that she found something wrong, wanted to warn us, but didn't dare to come in contact with us?

With this thought in mind, I just pulled the board and started to pay attention to my surroundings!

Even though the wooden cow in my hand was still burning hot, but everything around me seemed to be normal. It didn't seem to be dangerous, and Big Board said that aside from the strange smell from before, I didn't smell anything like a beast in the air.

However, ever since this wooden ox was modified by Dong Wan'er, it has never failed before. Thus, I simply walked towards a thick and big tree in front of me, intending to climb up and see what was around me.

However, just as I was walking towards the big tree, the voice came from behind us again. It sounded very anxious!

”Brother Zhou!” ”Brother Zhou!”

Upon hearing this sound, I immediately stopped in my tracks. I noticed that the closer I got to the big tree, the hotter the temperature of the wooden cow in my hand became!

Could it be that this tree was hiding something? But Bighead said he didn't smell any wild animals! Could it be that this tree was the problem?

When I thought of this, I suddenly remembered a plant called the Cannibal Tree. Legend has it that the thing could trap a passing animal with vines and then strangle it to death, drawing nutrients from the animal's body.

Although the tree in front of us has many vines wrapped around it, but we have already entered the vines' encirclement, but we didn't see any reaction from them!

However, just as I was perplexed over what to do, Big Board suddenly pulled on my sleeve.

”Brother Zhou, I seem to have smelled a heavy smell of soil stirring. Moreover, there seems to be the smell of broken bones of animals mixed in!”

The aura of the earth turning?

After hearing what Big Board said, I couldn't help but frown as I looked towards the ground beneath our feet.

This look doesn't matter, but when I saw the huge vines moving slowly like snakes in the soil, I felt a chill in my heart!

”This is bad!” It was indeed the man-eating tree! ”Run!”

After saying that, I turned around, intending to escape in the direction that we had come from. However, the moment I turned around, I realised that behind us, vines are all over the place.

”So this is how this damn thing uses its prey!”

As we spoke, we had no choice but to slowly walk towards the direction of the big tree. Because the tangled vines are slowly shrinking, and now we are like rats trapped in a cage!