As the advance team on the Western Front led by Zhuang Xiang gradually approached the scarlet sky, the air became increasingly hotter and hotter, the snow on the top of the mountain was melting, and the road became increasingly muddy.

When everyone looked down at the valley from the high mountain, what they saw in front of them made everyone dumbfounded.

There is no longer a river in the valley, but a burning flame.

The densely packed trees walk in the river valley with their thick root systems, and their swaying branches are like tentacles looking for prey.

Traces of life can be seen on every tree. Faces on the trunk, fingers on the branches, ears on the roots...

The river composed of fire tree people has neither beginning nor end, flowing eastward in the winding river valley.

"Who is directing them?" Han Qi asked, covering his nose.

Zhou Meng became rarely serious: "The instinct given to me."

Chengxue explained: "Just like the migration and reproduction of migratory birds, they are driven by instinct to forage and reproduce."

Han Qi frowned tightly: "Foraging? Reproduction? They are not humans, trees, or fire, so how can they reproduce?"

"Like fire, spreading and burning." When Zhou Meng saw the fire tree people in the valley, he could imagine how painful it was when the fire tree invaded their bodies.

Zhou Meng went against the direction of the fire tree army and saw the sky to the west.

"Zhuang Xiang, the Huoshu people came from the west. What's there there?" Zhou Meng asked.

Zhuang Xiang also looked to the west: "That's the sand sea outside the Great Wall, a no-man's land. Border residents live on the edge of the sand sea. These people should be border people."

"There are so many people living on Shahai Beach?"

"The Jilan Sect has calculated before that there are nearly 20,000 fishing households on the Shahai Sea, and the population is close to 100,000." Zhuang Xiang replied.

Wei Ji asked: "Isn't the Jilan Sect responsible for protecting these people? Why did the Jilan Sect receive the news when they all turned into Fire Tree People?"

Zhuang Xiang shook his head: "Although they live near the Jilan Mountains, they are not from the Jilan Sect's territory and are not protected by the Jilan Sect. The Jilan Sect sent a message to their former leaders, asking them to accept the Jilan Sect's protection

Protection, but they refused, saying that they did not need the protection of the immortal family and they did not believe in gods. However, Jilan Sect will still pay attention to these residents, but this time, we did not know that a disaster had occurred on the border. "

Three thousand people were on the top of the mountain overlooking the Fire Tree Legion in the valley, waiting for Zhuang Xiang to give orders.

Wei Ji went to Zhuang Xiang and said calmly: "If all the residents on the sand seaside are controlled by the Fire Tree, that means there are nearly one hundred thousand Fire Tree people. As for our side, there are three thousand on the west road and fifty thousand on the middle road.

With 8,000 people on the east road, the chance of winning is still very high. After all, Huoshu is a ragtag group of people. It seems that there is no organization or leadership at the moment."

Zhuang Xiang sent a cavalryman to the eastern route to report the situation.

Wei Ji handed the jellyfish beside him to Zhuang Xiang. On the umbrella cap of the jellyfish, the march status of the Central Army was displayed.

The Central Army was approaching the battlefield and was not as slow as Wei Ji had calculated.

"Your estimate is not very accurate." Zhuang Xiang said.

"Yes, Yang Xiaohan ensured the speed, maybe I am paranoid." Wei Ji did not completely deny his speculation, "We already know part of the enemy's situation. Now, we need an accurate number of enemy troops. Who are you going to send?

"

Zhuang Xiang looked at his subordinates and said: "Xia Bing, head of the Lingbingkuku, take five people and go upstream along the fire tree army. Estimate the number of people and remember not to enter the sand sea. The prison guard of Laoshan is not allowed to enter.

Chuchu, take ten people along the direction of the Fire Tree Man's movement to the downstream, count the number of people, be careful not to touch the Fire Tree Man's flames, if there is an accident, it is important to save your life."

Cultivator Xia Bing paused and said, "Senior brother, Chuchu is a female cultivator, why don't you let me go downstream."

Zhuang Xiang raised his hand to stop him: "Chuchu is proficient in wind control. If something unexpected happens, there is still hope. You have superb riding skills. Please come back to life as soon as possible."

Although Ren Chuchu was a female cultivator, she looked firm and confident as she accepted the order: "Thank you, Senior Brother Xia, for your kindness. Chuchu accepts the order."

"Okay," Zhuang Xiang said, "Let's set off immediately."

Xia Bing led five people, and Ren Chuchu led ten people. They galloped on horseback and leaped into the air on the top of the mountain. Wings immediately sprouted from the horses' backs, and after a few leaps up and down, they began to fly smoothly.

Zhou Meng reached the top of the mountain, looked down, immediately closed his eyes and shook his head: "It's so high."

A horse neighed in the sky. It was a follower behind Ren Chuchu. Because he flew too low, the flames burned the horse's tail.

Fortunately, the cultivator had superb riding skills and immediately reined in his horse and returned to his high position, thus avoiding bad luck.

Zhou Meng didn't take it seriously at first, but for a moment, he thought of the evil nature of flames. If he was ignited by the flames, he would probably be infected by the evil fire.

If someone in Ren Chuchu's team is possessed by the evil fire, then all of them may never return.

Without further ado, Zhou Meng snatched the bow and arrow from the cultivator beside him and asked Mo Long to turn on the aiming system and aim at the ignited Pegasus.

Zhuang Xiang saw this and immediately stopped him: "What are you doing?"

Zhou Meng turned around Zhuang Xiang and shot the arrow directly.

Zhuang Xiang slapped Zhou Meng away with his palm, causing the arrow to deflect and miss the horse.

Zhou Meng was furious, "It's broken!"

Before Zhuang Xiang had time to understand what Zhou Meng meant, he suddenly saw a ball of flame igniting in the sky. It was the ignited Pegasus that suddenly burst into flames.

Only then did Wei Ji understand that the invasion ability of flame is very strong. Once contaminated by flame, he will immediately become its vassal.

Zhou Meng immediately weaved a dream barrier and wrapped the cultivator on the flying horse.

However, it was too late.

When the dream barrier was about to cover the cultivator, his whole body was engulfed in flames and turned into charred ashes, which fell into the dream barrier ball.

Mengzhan returned to Zhou Meng with the ashes, and a cultivator ran over crying and shouted a name, because he was too excited and could not hear the words he shouted.

"Are you his friend?" Zhou Meng asked.

The other party pushed Zhou Meng away fiercely, hugged Mengzhi and cried non-stop.

Wei Ji came over and patted Zhou Meng's shoulder gently.

Chengxue leaned over to comfort the crying cultivator, who soon calmed down a lot.

"This fire is so powerful." Chengxue said, "If you get a little bit of it, it will be burned very quickly."

Wei Ji asked: "I want to ask, the fire tree needs a human body as a host, why was this cultivator directly burned instead of becoming the host of the fire tree?"

Zhou Meng explained: "Because the fire has not found the tree yet."

"Fire, finds trees, and then finds other lives. This process cannot be disrupted, right?" Chengxue asked.

"So far, it's correct."

"That is to say, fire allows trees to control itself, but it does not want people or other living beings to control itself. This means that fire must be afraid of something in people." Chengxue analyzed.

Zhuang Xiang seemed to have thought of something suddenly, and even he did not dare to say it.

Zhou Meng said abruptly: "Is it the fire that dominates? Or is it the tree?"

Zhuang Xiang glanced at Zhou Meng in surprise, because what Zhou Meng said was exactly what Zhuang Xiang felt.

Fire can accept trees, allowing them to move freely while burning, and find other life before they burn out.

However, this fire cannot tolerate living things, and will burn directly if it encounters living things.

Therefore, fire cannot contain people, and trees cannot contain people.

Wei Ji also quickly understood what Zhou Meng meant, and hurriedly said: "Zhuang Xiang, do you need me to use my sword to go to Lin Hai to take a look?"

Wei Ji's words were timely, and Zhuang Xiang immediately agreed to Wei Ji's request.

Zhou Meng said to Chengxue: "Chengxue, you go with Senior Sister Ji."

Chengxue agreed immediately.

Wei Ji and Cheng Xue turned around and set off, heading east.

Han Qi felt that the atmosphere was getting tense, so he stepped forward and asked Zhuang Xiang, "Zhuang Xiang, what's going on now?"

"The situation is complicated, just keep calm, wait for them to come back and know yourself and the enemy," Zhuang Xiang said.

Han Qi glanced at Zhou Meng and asked Zhuang Xiang in a low voice: "Zhou Meng seems to know a lot. Why didn't she go see it herself and let Wei Ji and Cheng Xue go?"

Zhuang Xiang couldn't tell Han Qi about Zhou Meng's fear of heights, he could only say: She is still useful here."

Yan Zhen was arrogant: "It can't be that you don't have any ability, right?"

Han Qi looked at Yan Zhen coldly, and Yan Zhen reluctantly closed his mouth.

About a quarter of an hour later, Xia Bing came back with his troops.

Before landing, Xia Bing began to talk about the situation upstream.

"The source of the Fire Trees is near the Sand Sea, ten miles to the southwest from us. Currently, the Fire Trees have stopped appearing at the source. From where I set out to the source, there should be about 50,000 Fire Trees. According to the speed of the flow of the Fire Trees

, there should be 40,000 Fire Trees that have not passed through this place yet. Senior brother, what should we do now? Should we cut off the Fire Trees' retreat from the rear?"

Zhuang Xiang shook his head: "No need to cut off, they have no intention of retreating at all."

Not long after, Ren Chuchu also came back.

She only brought back three people, and all the horses were gone. All three of them tried their best to brave the wind and come back.

"Brother, along the way, we estimate that there will be 60,000 Huoshu people. The last wave of advance has already met with the Central Army. I have briefly briefed Xuediao Yang about the situation of the Huoshu people and the estimate of 100,000.

, now, the middle road has begun to ambush the Fire Tree people."

Han Qi asked: "Why did the middle road arrive so quickly?"
To be continued...