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After walking for nearly an hour, the light ahead suddenly brightened.
Deep within the forest lay a circular clearing, with a gigantic black tree at the very center.
This tree was far larger than any of the others. No trees grew around it, which was why the clearing had formed in the first place. Its canopy was likewise vast enough to block out the sky and sun. However, there was a ring-like gap between its crown and those of the surrounding trees, allowing shafts of daylight to filter down.
The black tree was grotesquely twisted, resembling a hunched old man. Its trunk looked like countless vines braided together and forcibly twisted by some immense external force. Beneath the black bark were faint traces of crimson streaks. Innumerable roots protruded above the ground like massive blood vessels, and it almost seemed as though blood was slowly flowing through them.
Human-faced fruits also hung from the tree’s branches, each as large as an actual human head. Their facial features were no longer vague and indistinct, but clear, detailed, and lifelike. They looked like severed heads hanging from every branch. It even seemed like the heads were still alive.
The leaves were a deep ink-green, so dark that they appeared almost black.
When the wind blew through the branches, they...
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