Chapter 251: Eternal Night Forest

Zhang Xingyu turned his head to look.

Demon King Hali was expressionless.

The fat old man Alex also didn't care.

Okay.

Just a few crows.

Zhang Xingyu comforted himself in his heart.

A quarter of an hour later, the forest was in front of him.

The trees here were thick and tall, with ink-black branches and leaves, the surface appearing as if it had been smoked by a big fire.

Above the trunks, the ink-black canopy was dense, covering the gray sky without a single gap.

In the middle of the trunks, branches were intertwined, and black roots hung upside down and danced, like poisonous snakes spitting out cores.

Below the trunks, shrubs grew, wild grass was lush, and thick black mist surged between them.

In front of a tall tree, Nina stopped her steps.

She touched the dark bark with her small hand, and then said a few words to the big tree.

A moment later, a miracle happened.

On the pitch-black trunk, an old face appeared.

Narrow and turbid old eyes, a forehead full of wrinkles, and two long beards floating.

Yi-ya, yi-ya.

Nina said a few more words to it.

This old face opened its mouth.

Intermittently spitting out a few syllables that couldn't be heard clearly.

Then, it closed its eyes and fell into silence again.

Nina stood under the tree for a while, then waved to the crowd behind her.

"Follow!"

The words just fell, and her thin and small body had already climbed up the canopy of the big tree like an ape.

Needless to say.

Zhang Xingyu followed closely.

Not long after, he had arrived at the top of the big tree.

Below the dense canopy, there was a passage formed by branches and leaves.

This passage looked very long, and the end could not be seen at a glance.

Have to go through the passage again?

For this kind of low environment, Zhang Xingyu instinctively felt a sense of unease.

In the passage, Nina turned her head and waved at him.

"Hurry in, it's fine." Nina said.

"Good! Okay. You wait for me."

Hesitating for a moment, Zhang Xingyu crouched and drilled into the passage.

The branches and leaves in the passage were very thick, stepping on them was like stepping on a carpet.

The branches and leaves inside looked pitch black, but they didn't have any toxicity.

A group of people walked forward for about a quarter of an hour, then drilled out of this branch and leaf passage.

Ahead was a road paved with black stones, and statues were crouching on both sides of the road.

These statues had different shapes, some with ox heads, some with horse faces, some skeletons, and some yakshas.

Looking, it was gloomy and strange.

"Lighten your steps, don't disturb them!"

Nina pointed to the statues and said to everyone.

Everyone nodded and followed Nina, lightly stepping into the stone road.

At first, it was very smooth.

Walking past a few statues, the situation was a bit wrong.

When walking halfway, all the statues came alive.

"Not good, the gargoyles are disturbed!"

After speaking, Nina stood still.

"Girl, what's wrong with you?"

"Shh. Become a stone man. These gargoyles won't trouble you."

"Become a stone man? This place doesn't seem suitable for children's games, right?"

"Shh. Don't speak. The gargoyles are coming."

Okay.

Become a stone man.

Based on his inexplicable trust in the little girl, Zhang Xingyu stood still and said nothing.

Clang!

Beside him, a loud noise.

Demon King Hali swung a magic knife, directly knocking a gargoyle away for several feet.

Yes, you heard that right.

It was knocked away for several feet, not cut in half.

Good heavens.

With Demon King Hali's one slash, that gargoyle didn't break.

Then, what material were these gargoyles made of?

Demon King Hali's fair and enchanting face moved, and his two curved willow eyebrows wrinkled.

Beside him, the fat old man Alex threw out a magic scroll.

Light flashed, and a golden magic shield protected everyone.

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

Outside the light shield, the weapons in the hands of the gargoyles smashed onto the light shield like raindrops.

The light shield shook, then returned to its original state.

Alex looked at Demon King Hali, then closed his eyes to rest again.

For a time, except for Demon King Hali, everyone closed their eyes.

Demon King Hali's willow eyebrows stood up, and then he took out a golden long sword from his magic ring.

This was a knight's long sword, with golden glowing characters engraved on the wide sword spine.

"Glory belongs to justice!"

This long sword is famous in the Demon Realm, and it was a long sword used by the Demon God Prometheus.

Legend has it that before becoming a god, Demon God Prometheus used this sword of justice to cut off the heads of three Demon Kings.

Demon King Hali's charming eyes were blurred, and he whispered in his mouth: "Glory belongs to justice!"

He touched these characters with his slender and fair fingers, as if recalling the glory of his ancestors.

A moment later, his eyes regained clarity, and his face became cold again.

"Go! Sword of Justice!"

The long sword turned into light and went out.

The gargoyles surrounding them turned into fly ash.

At this time, Alex, who had been closing his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes.

Looking at the Sword of Justice in front of him, there was a sharp light in his eyes.

"Sword of Justice!"

"So you are Demon King Hali!"

Demon King Hali didn't speak.

He put away the long sword, waved his sleeves, and turned to walk forward.

Looking at his arrogant face and dashing back, Zhang Xingyu gave a thumbs up.

This guy, awesome.

Passing through the road paved with black stones, they arrived at a calm little river.

This little river was only ten feet wide, and the water surface was pitch black, unable to see the depth.

Above the little river, an iron chain as thick as a small arm spanned across the two banks.

The iron chain was pitch black, and poisonous snakes spitting out cores were coiled on it.

Everyone looked at the little girl Nina in unison.

Nina stood in front of the iron chain.

Her golden hair fluttered, her eyes were focused, and a round moon flickered between her fingers.

Vaguely, a crescent moon rose in mid-air.

The moonlight sprinkled cold radiance, shining on the iron chain above the river surface.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!"

Under the illumination of this moonlight, the poisonous snakes on the iron chain twisted their bodies uneasily.

A moment later, they could no longer bear it and jumped into the pitch-black river water below.

"Let's go!"

Nina said, and jumped lightly onto the iron chain ahead.

The iron chain swayed gently, but everyone walked on it as if on flat ground.

Under the illumination of the moonlight, this strange black river was crossed in the easiest way.

After crossing the river, they drilled into a mountain cave again.

After seven turns and eight turns, everyone arrived in a strange world.

Green trees and beautiful flowers in a nightless sky, stars floating without need for sleep.

On the path in the forest, dots of silver light sprinkled from the branches, like silver fish swimming.

"This is the safest place in the Eternal Night Forest. Let's rest here for a night."

After the little girl finished speaking, she rarely added: "This place is protected by the Tree God, please don't move around."

She jumped onto a big tree like a long-tailed squirrel, and instantly disappeared without a trace.

After Nina left, the remaining three also scattered.

Zhang Xingyu jumped onto a big tree, lay sideways on a branch, and drank a mouthful of old wine under the starlight.

Tonight, sleep bathed in light. ===== CHAPTER 252 =====