Forest of Terror (2)

"This can't go on," the Little Fox said, her face full of worry.

These things are indestructible, practically immortal. If this continues, they'll eventually die of exhaustion here.

"This is indeed a bit troublesome," Sun Zhijian said.

"Boss, what should we do now? You make the decision," the Little Black Cat asked immediately.

Now they're stuck in a clump of mud, and if they're not dealt with properly, it could cause a lot of trouble.

"Try it and see if you can contact the outside," Fanxin asked.

"Why? Are you planning to let Bingfeng and Wang Yan in?" the Little Black Cat asked curiously.

"No, I hope they can leave the island temporarily," Fanxin said upon hearing this.

"Ah, what are you going to do?" the Little Black Cat asked, puzzled.

"Our escape routes are all blocked, so leaving will be difficult. However, I can carve a path out, and if the crew remains outside, they could easily be injured. Therefore, they must leave now," Fanxin said.

His sword energy was extremely domineering; once unleashed, everyone around him had to run far away, or they would lose their lives.

When they came down, everyone gathered at the cave entrance. At such close range, once he made his move, they wouldn't be able to escape at all.

"Okay, I'll give it a try." Upon hearing this, the Little Black Cat immediately began making contact.

"How is it?" Fanxin asked anxiously.

"Hehe, you can contact me. I've already relayed your orders, and they've all left the island for the time being," the Little Black Cat chuckled.

"Very well, in that case, let's begin our exploration. Just deal with those damned things. If they come over, we'll attack; if they don't, we'll ignore them." Fanxin breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Once everyone leaves, he can tear a hole and escape at any time.

However, he wasn't planning to leave yet, because he wanted to explore the area further.

He can leave at any time once he has finished exploring.

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief; they could leave, so they had nothing to worry about.

So, they then felt at ease and continued their exploration.

"Boss, have these trees come to life? They can actually move!" the Little Black Cat asked.

"Hehe, I think so, that's not surprising," Fanxin said.

Plants are lower organisms, but not all of them are. Some plants have evolved and become different; they have developed intelligence.

These trees must be like that.

"I'm going to take one back and study it carefully," the Little Black Cat said.

"Sure, go ahead." Fanxin nodded, looking at the Little Fox, and said, "Just to be safe, you should go and lend a hand."

The Little Black Cat isn't very good at fighting, but it excels in crafting. This place is dangerous, and it will be difficult for the Little Black Cat to survive, but if the Little Fox is by its side, it will be fine.

The Little Fox is incredibly powerful; even if he wanted to defeat it, it would be very difficult.

So, the Little Fox passed by, and those trees couldn't possibly harm the Little Black Cat.

Upon hearing this, the Little Fox did not hesitate and immediately followed.

"Boss, it seems there's nothing here that we're looking for." Sun Zhijian scanned the area with his Haki, but found nothing related to the Peng Bird, and he was somewhat disappointed.

"Hehe, as I said, don't be too obsessed. We're here on an adventure. If we can find clues about the Peng Bird, that would be great. If not, there's no need to force it," Fanxin said calmly.

He just wanted to take a look; if there was nothing there, he would leave as soon as possible.

"That's true. It seems I've forgotten what you said." Upon hearing this, Sun Zhijian nodded silently, said nothing more, and quietly followed behind Fanxin.

Fanxin scanned the area but found no further information about the Peng Bird. So, he gave up searching and simply waited for the Little Fox and the Little Black Cat to return.

Soon after, the two little ones returned. Without further hesitation, Fanxin quickly headed off into the distance.

However, leaving was not easy for them, as the surrounding trees all converged, seemingly trying to block their way.

Fanxin snorted coldly and immediately unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, intimidating all around.

These trees, now possessing intelligence, were horrified upon sensing this terrifying power and, not daring to resist, retreated in droves.

Soon, a road appeared.

"Looks like Conqueror's Haki is more effective after all," the Little Black Cat said with a smile.

"That's right. Anyone with wisdom will be afraid of this power," Fanxin nodded and said.

Conqueror's Haki is incredibly terrifying; it directly targets the soul. If your soul isn't strong enough, it's difficult to remain calm in the face of someone wielding Conqueror's Haki.

Although these trees possessed intelligence, their souls were clearly not strong, and they were naturally unable to resist him, who possessed Conqueror's Haki.

"The cave entrance has appeared," the Little Black Cat said, pointing into the distance.

That's where they came in, but it was previously blocked by trees and is only now being revealed.

"In that case, let's go straight there," Fanxin said.

Without hesitation, everyone set off for the cave entrance. They quickly disappeared from sight.

After they left, the trees finally breathed a sigh of relief and returned to their original positions, and the place fell silent once more.

Once outside, Fanxin immediately summoned everyone over.

Soon, Bingfeng and Wang Yan, dressed in Flight Armor, led everyone straight here.

"How was it? Any results?" Bingfeng asked first.

"No, we're stuck with a bunch of damn trees," the Little Black Cat said unhappily.

It lost hundreds of robots and felt resentful. It had hoped to receive some compensation, but ended up getting nothing.

"Hehe, it seems we'll have to go somewhere else," Wang Yan said with a smile.

"Well, you all should go explore too; it'll be faster that way," Fanxin said after a moment's thought.

"Isn't it very dangerous?" Wang Yan asked.

"Since we're here to explore, we might as well go on an adventure, don't you think?" Fanxin said. "I can't keep you all sheltered forever, so you should all go, but be careful."

Upon hearing this, everyone agreed that it made sense, so without further hesitation, they grabbed their weapons and headed towards the selected locations.

Fanxin, along with the Little Black Cat and Sun Zhijian, went to another place.

The Little Fox, however, went with the others to protect them.

As they continued their journey, Fanxin and the others arrived at the edge of a lake. The lake was surrounded by trees, which seemed to be protecting it.

Fanxin glanced at it and slowly headed in that direction.

Just as he was about to reach the lake, the trees suddenly launched an attack, stretching out their branches to entangle him and bind his Fanxin.

Fanxin Xin immediately took action, wielding his diamond knife to cut off the branches.

However, the branches seemed unwilling to give up and launched another attack. This time, they attacked not only Fanxin, but also the Little Black Cat and Sun Zhijian.

The Little Black Cat immediately took out a flamethrower and continuously unleashed fierce flames, burning all the branches to ashes.

Sun Zhijian used his ability to change the direction of the branches' attack, so that the branches did not harm his body.

"Damn it, more trees! How awful!" the Little Black Cat complained. "Boss, I'll set them all on fire!"

"No need. We're just here to explore; there's no need to destroy everything," Fanxin Xin said, shaking his head.

"However, they're just too much of an eyesore," the Little Black Cat said helplessly.

"Just bear with it," Fanxin said.

These trees are a nuisance, but their job is to protect this place. It would be a real problem if they destroyed everything here.

"Alright." The Little Black Cat smiled helplessly and stood aside. If a branch reached out, it would attack. If no branch came, it would just wait there.

"These trees protect this lake, could there be something beneath it?" Fanxin muttered to himself curiously.

"How about I send a robot down to take a look?" the Little Black Cat said, walking over.

Fanxin nodded, offering no objection.

Without further hesitation, the Little Black Cat immediately released several robots, gave them some instructions, and then sent them away.

Several robots leaped into the lake.

Then, they began to venture deeper into the lake.

The Little Black Cat immediately took out a large screen, placed it in front of it, and then projected everything that the robots had seen onto it.

So everyone could see what was at the bottom of the lake.

First, all they saw were tree roots, densely packed, covering the entire bottom of the lake.

Further down, they saw some fish swimming around happily.

At the very bottom, it was pitch black; if it weren't for the robot's own light, it would have been impossible to see anything.

However, even so, what they saw was very blurry.

"Let them come up, it's hard to see," Fanxin said.

"Okay." The Little Black Cat didn't hesitate and immediately ordered the robot to return.

At its command, the robots all headed upwards, preparing to return to the shore.

However, at that moment, the screen suddenly went black and never lit up again.

The Little Black Cat let out a strange cry, "Damn it, we've been attacked again! Several of my robots have been destroyed!"

It was very frustrated; it had lost far too many robots in the past few days. Even when it fought other pirates before, it had never lost so many.

"Looks like there's something powerful down there," Fanxin said.

"Do you think it might be these tree roots?" the Little Black Cat asked.

"Possibly," Fanxin nodded and said.

"Then what do we do? Just leave?" the Little Black Cat said dejectedly.

It lost its robot and didn't want to leave.

"I'll go down and take a look," Fanxin said after a moment's thought.

"No, it's dangerous down there," the Little Black Cat said immediately upon hearing this.

Although it was upset, it was even more worried that something would happen to Fanxin. If something did happen to Fanxin, things would become very troublesome.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine. If anything happens, I'll immediately return to the Diamond Space," Fanxin Xin said with a smile.

His Diamond Space is incredibly powerful; breaking through it is virtually impossible. Therefore, once he gets inside, he'll be safe.

"Alright then." Upon hearing this, the Little Black Cat no longer hesitated, nodded, and agreed.

"Yes, be careful when you're with Sun Zhijian," Fanxin said.

The surrounding trees were constantly attacking them; if the two weren't careful, they would likely suffer a great loss.

"Understood, you can go without worry," the Little Black Cat said. Sun Zhijian nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

Without further hesitation, Fanxin leaped down and landed in the lake.

He then activated all three protective shields, covering his entire body to protect himself.

He never underestimates his opponents; if you underestimate someone, you can easily be caught off guard and suffer a setback.

He certainly didn't want to end up like that.

As he descended, Fanxin saw the tree roots and the fish around him. He immediately released his Haki and began to explore his surroundings.

Under his will, the Haki traveled further and further away.

"Nothing... wait, what's that?" Fanxin explored it all over, and was about to give up, but just as he was about to withdraw his Haki, he suddenly noticed something unusual.

Beneath a massive tree root, he spotted a creature covered in scales, its color a deep black, blending seamlessly with the darkness. It was as if Fanxin had almost overlooked it.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered the wreckage of a robot beside the man, indicating that this man had taken care of those robots.

Fanxin glanced at it and immediately headed towards the other person.

The guy spotted him, immediately looked up at Fanxin, his eyes gleaming with a creepy green light.

Fanxin arrived a short distance away from the other party and attacked without saying a word.

Roar

Enraged, the creature charged forward, ready to tear Fanxin apart.

Fanxin snorted coldly, turned aside, and waited for the other party to rush over. He reached out and grabbed one of the other party's paws. Then, he forcefully flung the guy out of the lake.

The creature quickly shot into the sky from beneath the lake, eventually crashing to the ground at the lake's edge.

Fanxin seized the opportunity to break free and return to the shore.

"That's the guy's doing." The Little Black Cat glanced at it; the creature looked like a crocodile, but it was different. It didn't know what kind of creature it was.

"Hmm, those robot wreckage pieces are all around it, it's most likely it," Fanxin said.

"This thing is useless to me," the Little Black Cat said, shaking its head after glancing at it. What it needed were the necessary equipment; only with equipment could it create the robot's body.

"Hehe, I was just curious, that's why I threw it out. If you don't need it, just let it go." Fanxin Xin shrugged and said indifferently.

This guy posed no threat to him, and he couldn't be bothered to deal with him.