Zhang Chen followed the location Kou Jia had conveyed through his consciousness and arrived at a basin near the edge of the Ghoul Realm.
"I've never been to this area before. Are all these rooted trees Tooth Origin Wood?"
The teeth of the Tooth Origin Wood were items Zhang Chen had received when he handed Shuten Doji the Soul Stone, used to deepen his understanding of ghoul intent and ultimately complete his unsealing. Zhang Chen had now arrived in a vast, sunken basin. Looking around, he saw eleven strangely shaped Tooth Origin Woods scattered throughout the area.
These trees had no branches, only thick trunks that would take ten people linking arms to encircle. At the center of each trunk was a hollow fissure resembling a mouth. Tiny white teeth, barely protruding by a millimeter, could faintly be seen around the crack. Without exception, none of the eleven Tooth Origin Woods had grown a complete tooth.
Just as Evil Mouth Elder had said, all the spiritual energy in the surrounding sky was absorbed by the Tooth Origin Woods. Apart from the trees themselves, not a single blade of grass remained on the ground. Moreover, the area occupied by these eleven Tooth Origin Woods was precisely the entrance to the secret realm Kou Jia had indicated.
"No wonder it's called a forbidden zone that no one dares enter. These Tooth Origin Woods are quite dangerous."
When Zhang Chen came within ten meters of one Tooth Origin Wood, a brown, branch-like tongue shot out from the empty mouth in its trunk and lashed toward him. Anyone weaker would have immediately become nourishment for the tree.
Before the brown tongue could touch Zhang Chen, it seemed to sense extreme danger and instantly withdrew into the trunk. Feeling threatened, the Tooth Origin Wood slowly