The ancient return was exposed by his sister's live stream.

Yang Wanqing also pulled out the Heavenly Thunder Halberd from his Qiankun bag. The 1.8-meter-long halberd had pale golden thunder patterns flowing on its surface, and faint arcs of electricity could be felt when it was held in his hand.

Two vines swung at the same time.

Chen Siyao slashed with her sword...

"puff."

The blade sliced ​​into the vine's surface, but didn't sever it completely. The vine was far more resilient than expected; the blade only stopped after cutting in two-thirds of the way, and a thick, yellowish-green sap oozed from the cut surface.

She gritted her teeth and struck twice more before finally severing the vine completely.

The severed vine twitched on the ground for several seconds.

On the other side, Yang Wanqing swung his halberd down. The Dutian Divine Thunder Halberd was heavy, and it broke one branch in one strike, but a second one immediately wrapped around the shaft.

She cried out "Ah!" and pulled hard, managing to break free after three attempts.

"Let's go! Get away from that tree!"

The two quickly moved away from the vicinity of the large tree. After running for more than twenty meters, the vines behind them stopped chasing and slowly retreated into the tree canopy.

Chen Siyao patted her chest.

"That's terrifying. There are actually man-eating trees like that."

Yang Wanqing, panting with his hands on his knees, said, "That resilience... I had to chop it several times before I could break one. It's incredibly sturdy."

The viewers in the live stream recovered from their initial fear, and the chat began to revive.

"I swear my pants got wet because I was scared."

"That sword strike was so cool!"

"Survival in another world, huh?"

Even Bear Grylls would shake his head at this.

Chen Siyao couldn't care less about the live stream at this point. She quickly caught up with her brother.

Chen Hao continued walking ahead at a leisurely pace.

He didn't even glance back once from beginning to end.

I had only calmed down for a couple of minutes.

A rustling sound came from the bushes on the right...

Chen Siyao and Yang Wanqing raised their weapons at the same time.

But what sprouted was not vines.

It's that little golden thing.

It rolled out of the bushes with incredible speed, leaping three meters away in a single roll. Then it crouched there, its large tail bristling and all the fur on its body standing on end.

It is trembling.

Chen Siyao noticed it immediately—there was a wound on its hind leg, the fur was torn open, and blood was seeping out.

The blood is red, just like the animals on Earth.

"It's injured!" Yang Wanqing immediately put down his weapon, squatted on the ground, reached out his hand and then pulled it back, not daring to touch it.

The little creature's golden eyes were filled with terror. It crouched motionless, its injured leg curled up beneath it.

Before Chen Siyao could react, a sharp bird cry came from above.

Everyone looked up.

A huge black shadow swooped down from the gap in the tree canopy.

It was a bird. Its wingspan was at least four meters, its entire body was covered in dark brown feathers, and it had a ring of bright red crest feathers on its head. Its talons were outstretched, each claw tip being as long as a finger.

It went straight for the little golden animal.

The little creature let out a startled cry—"Squeak!"—and darted off like a rocket. Its speed was outrageous; its golden form left a trail of afterimages through the forest.

The giant bird missed its target, its sharp talons grabbing a handful of blue grass, which it tore to shreds and threw away. It flapped its wings, took flight again, and gave chase.

One after the other, the two figures darted between the tree trunks and disappeared from sight in a few seconds.

"master!"

Yang Wanqing ran up to Chen Hao, stamping her feet in frustration.

"An eagle is hunting that little creature! How can it be eaten when it's so cute! Please save it and chase that damned eagle away!"

Chen Hao looked in the direction where the small animal had disappeared.

"OK."

He nodded.

"You all follow behind."

Having said that, he pushed off with his foot and leaped away. Little Moon King followed closely behind. The two figures flashed twice through the woods and then disappeared from sight.

Chen Siyao and Yang Wanqing stood still.

The woods returned to silence.

That kind of quiet that makes your scalp tingle.

Yang Wanqing gripped the Heavenly Thunder Halberd, looking at it from left to right.

"...Yao Yao".

"Um."

"I think I'm starting to regret it."

"Regret what?"

"I regret letting my master go after him."

Chen Siyao didn't say anything. She was also regretting it.

With Chen Hao around, people had a general idea of ​​what kind of man-eating tree it was. Now that he's gone, the tranquility of this forest has completely changed.

It's not a "peaceful" quiet.

It's a quiet silence, as if "waiting for something to come out."

The two were very close, their backs almost touching.

"Don't panic." Chen Siyao gripped her sword firmly. "Let's walk slowly, in the direction where they disappeared—"

rustling.

Behind.

Yang Wanqing turned around abruptly, pointing the tip of his halberd in the direction from which the sound came.

"Hmph, another man-eating tree! Come on! Who's afraid of who!"

The two turned around at the same time, ready to cut the vines.

Then the two of them froze at the same time.

It is not a tree.

It's not two trees.

It refers to all the trees.

Within their field of vision, every single gray-white tree...every single one... had vines hanging down from its canopy.

Hundreds, even thousands, of emerald green vines slowly wriggled in the air, their barbed tips pointing towards them.

Densely packed.

The vines swayed and intertwined overhead, blocking out the last bit of light.

These are not a few man-eating trees.

This is a whole forest of cannibals.

The Heavenly Thunder Halberd in Yang Wanqing's hand was trembling. It wasn't her that was trembling... it was her hand holding the halberd that was trembling.

Chen Siyao's scalp tingled. She was most afraid of hairless, wriggling, and shapeless things. Snakes and vines alike touched on her fears.

"run."

Chen Siyao only said one word.

The two turned and rushed off.

The vines behind them caught up.

Not just one or two, but thousands were flung down at once. The sharp barbs whistled as they cut through the air.

As Chen Siyao ran, she swung her sword, severing a vine that had wrapped around her ankle. Yang Wanqing swung his Heavenly Thunder Halberd in a sweeping motion, cleaving three vines in two.

But more vines surged in from all directions.

They ran towards the trees ahead—and those trees had come back to life.

Vines were hanging down from the tree canopy in all directions: in front, to the left, and to the right.

The emerald green vines intertwined and wove together, forming a constantly tightening net along the path the two were taking.

"Right side! There's a gap on the right!" Chen Siyao shouted, pulling Yang Wanqing towards an opening on the right.

A vine wrapped around Yang Wanqing's hand.

Before she could untie it, she simply chopped the vines off with a few strokes.

The two frantically traversed the dense forest. Chen Siyao chopped down more than a dozen vines, her sword covered in a sticky, yellowish-green sap that nearly slipped from her grasp.

Yang Wanqing's Heavenly Thunder Halberd unleashed golden arcs of lightning, scorching a patch of vines and filling the air with a pungent, burnt smell.

But this forest is too big.

After running for at least five or six minutes, the trees ahead began to thin out.

The two of them shot out of the edge of the woods like cannonballs and collapsed onto the blue grass outside.