Chapter 19, The Demonic Tree

"Jiang Shang is gone, don't watch anymore"

Zhuzhou and a few others stood on the other side of the river and spoke to him.

"it is good"

Jiang Shang shifted his attention away from the body of the Wind Wolf. After seeing that everyone had crossed the stream, he also stepped on the rocks above the stream to cross.

After everyone gathered, they resumed patrolling.

"Brother Zhu, what happened to that demon wolf just now?" Jiang Shang asked.

"That demon wolf should be the one that escaped the net during this crackdown. As you can see, this demon was already covered in wounds when we arrived, and even his most proud leg was lame. Moreover, the wind mage said after he came back from the investigation that he didn't see any other wind demon wolves! This means that this demon is alone. Judging from their habits, it is impossible for them to hunt alone unless they are abandoned, so it should have escaped from the hands of the brothers in front. The rest of the demon wolves were all wiped out," Zhu Zhou analyzed.

After listening to Zhu Zhou's analysis, he also felt that it made sense, because a normal demon could not be killed so easily. Moreover, when they approached it, it was still drinking water, which meant it was completely unaware of their arrival!

The Wind Wolves have very sensitive noses!
The reason why he didn't notice their arrival was probably because he was injured too badly to even smell anything?
Zhu Zhou, who was standing next to him, saw Jiang Shang thinking about these things and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't think too much. The nearby demon wolves have basically been cleared out. This one might be the one left."

After coming to his senses, Jiang Shang cleared some conspiracy theories from his mind.

We are not far from the ant nest now, and we must be prepared to guard against the attack of bloody red ants at any time!

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After walking across the stream and through a dense maple forest, we finally saw the anthill.

The anthill in front of me looks as tall as a hill.

There are many holes on it, each of which is more than one person tall! There are also many vines at the hole.
"Why are there so many vines on this road? They grow from the mountain to the ground. It looks so disgusting." The more delicate girls immediately started muttering.

Tree vines and grass vines are crisscrossed in front of the cave entrance. Some are from high above like a python climbing on the mountain wall, and some are intricately entangled on the ground. It looks like entering a blue-black python's nest. It is hideous and terrifying. No wonder some timid girls feel creepy when seeing it.

"It's strange. The mission information didn't say there were vines here. Could it be that they were negligent?" Zhu Zhou said curiously.

"They're just some broken vines, there's nothing to be afraid of. Come and follow me!" It was time for Bao Benyi to show his bravery in front of his female classmates, and he walked in front alone.

"Don't" Jiang Shang hasn't finished speaking yet
Bao Benyi, the reckless man, just grabbed it with his hands.

"Ah!!!! What the hell, what the hell, oh my god, help, help!!!!" Suddenly, Bao Benyi barked like an old dog being beaten!

Upon hearing the sound, the students in the top class immediately stepped back and looked carefully.

It turns out that the fat guy was just scaring himself.

The vine on his head was just blown down by the wind when he passed by, and the thorny willow branch scratched Bao Benyi, which scared him like this!

After seeing it clearly, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out to be just a scare.

"Stop yelling, it's making too much noise"

Jiang Shang stepped forward and held the fat man down, and shouted at the fat man who was yelling. Bao Benyi was immediately brought back to his senses by the shout, and he moved his arm and found that there was a cane on it.

“Fortunately it’s not a monster, fortunately it’s not…” Bao Ben patted his chest with lingering fear.

Jiang Shang looked at him with contempt, then looked carefully at the vines on his body.

"Hey~ This looks a bit like the vines of a vampire tree," Jiang Shang thought

After looking at the vines on Bao Benyi's body, he walked to the cave entrance next to him, picked up the vines and took a look.

"Captain Zhu, come and take a look! Doesn't this look like a vine from a vampire tree?" Jiang Shang said to Zhu Zhou who was chatting with the military mage in the back.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Zhou asked after hearing Jiang Shang's call.
Seeing Jiang Shang standing in front of the cave entrance and waving at him, he walked over.

After coming to Jiang Shang's side, he squatted down and picked up a vine to examine it carefully. He then pulled out a thorn from the vine and took a look at it.

"Lao Bi, come here and take a look at what this is," Zhu Zhou said to the wind mage behind him.

Lao Bi walked over, picked up the vine and looked at it carefully.

"It's not the Vampire Tree, it's its subspecies, the Blood Chain Tree." Lao Bi made his judgment after careful observation.
"Are you sure?" Captain Zhu asked doubtfully.

"Yes, although the Vampire Demon Tree is very similar to the Blood Chain Demon Tree and they are both servant-level demons, the thorns on the vines of the Vampire Demon Tree are in the shape of inverted hooks, while the thorns on the Blood Chain Demon Tree are triangular and have extremely sharp edges!

Look, aren’t the thorns on this vine triangular?” Lao Bi picked up a vine and explained carefully.

After hearing this, Jiang Shang picked up a vine and took a look. It was indeed as the wind mage said.

"As expected of someone who got full marks in the Demon Class, you know a lot!" Zhu Zhou patted Lao Bi on the shoulder.

Then he called all the military magicians to discuss the matter together.

"Should we report this matter and suspend the exploration? After all, the information provided by the staff officer does not contain any information about the Blood Chain Demon Tree."

"Considering the monsters in this ant nest, we may not be able to handle it!" Captain Zhu analyzed steadily.

"I don't think so. This is a sweep zone, and any threats have been eradicated." The wind mage looked at the top students and whispered to them, "We all know what's in here. There's only one ordinary slave-level bloody red ant left for these students to train. The rest have been eradicated by intermediate magicians. What danger can there be in this situation?"

That's right, the training locations for these students were carefully selected by the military, and any dangerous monsters were cleared out.

Even the demons at the patrol points on the way here were all killed, leaving only a wind wolf that had escaped by chance by the river, and it was still in a half-crippled state.

Maybe I was just worrying too much!
Zhu Zhou stroked his stubble and thought for a while, "Even so, we should still be cautious. When we go down to the anthill, Lao Bi, you go ahead to explore the way, Zhou Yi and I go in front and behind, and the rest of you stay in the front. This way, we can react to any problems as soon as possible."

Then he said seriously, "Remember, these students have never seen a demon, so don't assume they can cast magic in time. Just treat them as ordinary people with some strength. Be careful."

"Yes Yes"……

(End of this chapter)