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"Just stay brother, Lord Ram can't say that you can't see human beings, eh......"

"That's okay, let's go, kill the big toad."

Omegio was very efficient, and as soon as he agreed, he immediately went to Ram to ask, but the result was not as expected... After asking, Omegio was about to talk to Ram about the elf cradle, so he stayed in the valley and asked Ainithia to inform him.

Su Mu was not in a hurry, thinking that there was still more time, so he followed the little goblins to the shore of the Corrupt Lake first.

The Corrupt Lake is also in the Fairy Territory, and the area is not large, and there is no obvious difference in the environment... Including those large-mouthed flowers, they are not very big, they are about one and a half meters tall, like a man-eating flower with a beard all over their bodies, and they only have the strength of less than the second order, this type of creature is very common in the Heedlin world, and the only thing that seems to be more abrupt is the giant toad that only pretends to be asleep.

In the history of the elves, these toads were mutated invaders.

They used to be just little frogs jumping around the river, but then they didn't know what was going on, and they became what they are now.

Trenti speculated that the frogs had been refined by the brute gods.

According to the academic report of the Dawn Blood Alliance Astronomical Society, if a creature is refined many times, its body and abilities will mutate.

For example, creatures that have been over-refined by the Earth God Titan will grow hard stone shells on their bodies, forming an extremely strong physical defense.

It's just speculation and speculation, Trenti rummaged through the information of various races, and couldn't find any barbarian god whose ability was related to devouring, and if a barbarian god came to the fairy realm, it was impossible for them not to know, so this became an unsolved case in the history of the fairy realm, just like the fairy cradle was polluted by the giant toad at some point.

Although the giant toad looks a little disgusting, like a toad, it is a territorial animal, and as long as it does not get too close, it will not actively attack.

… Except, of course, for the little ones flying around.

After all, the toad is a frog and has an instinctive appetite for insect-like creatures.

"Brother Guangdu, we're here."

Ainithia led four teammates into the air, waiting for Su Mu to strike first.

These little goblins are not very old, only thirteen or fourteen years old, but they all have a realm and strength that is not lower than the fourth order.

The women of the goblin clan, without exception, have a very strong magical talent, and they have been third-order since birth.

Trenti said it was God's compensation for the inability of female elves to reproduce.

And the giant toad, which is also a fourth-order, has much weaker overall strength than the goblin, and there are only two skills on the body, one is a neurological paralyzing poisonous mist, and the other is quickly drawing a knife... No, pull the tongue quickly.

The reason why they can pose a threat to the goblins is basically because of their speed, coupled with their rough skin and thick flesh, they are more resistant to beating, and they can often beat the goblins in a hurry by spraying a few more mouthfuls of poison or sticking out their tongues a few times.

But Su Mu is not afraid.

No matter how fast the speed is, can it be faster than his quick reaction + weightlessness?

Inexistent.

"When I give them a good buff, you can fight."

Su Mu took out the giant sword as he spoke, and walked over slowly.

But he hadn't taken a few steps before he stopped again.

As soon as he stepped into the confines of the Corrupted Lake, he could clearly feel a suction under his feet.

The spiritual power on his body was draining away at a very slow rate, like a cocoon, without a trace of sound.

If it weren't for the fact that it was night, he wouldn't have been able to notice it right away.

And the most crucial point.

The transcendent power hidden in his veins is alive.

It seems that the enemy is very red when they meet.

The transcendent force seems to have an urge to kill this devouring force.

Su Mu felt it carefully for a long time before finally coming to this conclusion.

His transcendent power, and the system's so-called shadowless power, should be mortal enemies.

Heyven once said that the world of Hedrin is a living thing, and the power of transcendence comes from its will, in other words, the master of the shadowless power is the enemy of the world of Heidring.

… True Star Wars.

"Brother Guang, what's wrong?"

Seeing that Su Mu hadn't moved for a long time, Ainithia flew down and asked.

"It's okay, get ready."

Su Mu retracted his whimsical brain, lightly tapped his toes, and launched the Weightless Garden to float into the air.

As soon as he left the ground, the strange suction disappeared.

"Maybe that's why the elves don't like to walk?"

A thought flashed through his mind, and Su Mu didn't think much about it anymore, and rushed directly to the nearest giant toad.

The giant toad, which was more than four meters tall, opened its eyes suddenly, its pupils were scarlet, emitting faint black smoke, and it spat out a wet tongue when it opened its mouth.

The tongue was covered with green mucus and was still bubbling with fine bubbles.

"Uh... It's disgusting! Aniceia's face turned white.

Su Mu dodged the giant toad's attack on the right side of the slightly, and then the colorful flow between the palms of his left hand grabbed the tongue that the other party was retracting.

Come when you want, leave when you want, how easy is it?

"Phew!"

With a sword, the tongue was cut off at the waist, and the blood rushed wildly.

The blood was also green, with a foul smell that splashed on the ground and smoked like sulfuric acid.

"Moo!!"

The giant toad was in pain, and let out a terrible cry like a wild bull, attracting all its companions around.

There are five of them.

As if they understood the plight of their companions, they did not dare to stick out their tongues anymore, so they jumped up in unison and spewed out a thick green mist that was rancid and pungent.

The dense fog was overwhelming, and it was about to drown Su Mu in it almost instantly.

"Just stay brother, be careful, the smoke is poisonous!" Ainithia exclaimed.

"Don't worry, I'm Shennong."

Su Mu didn't hide, taking advantage of the time when the toads were spraying poison, he swung his giant sword, and shot out five colorful sword qi in a row, all of which were submerged into the toad's ugly big mouth.

"Boom—"

The sword qi exploded in the toad's mouth, and there was a burst of sinister laughter.

"Aini, I'll leave it to you."

After Su Mu finished speaking, he rushed into another pile of toads in the distance.

As an MT, no one could pull monsters more skillfully than him.

Although this group of toads is fourth-order on the surface, their IQ is too touching, and their skills are pitiful, which is not a grade at all compared to three thousand.

While shuttling in the poisonous mist, Su Mu shot out the ghost eclipse sword qi, like a walk, how easy it is to be so relaxed, and even occasionally distracted, summarizing the use of swordsmanship.

"Brother Guang is so powerful..."

Ainithia let out an exclamation, and the goblins around her nodded in agreement.

Then they summoned their spiritual powers, condensed an emerald green flame together, illuminated the night brightly, and waved their small hands again.

The emerald green flames suddenly flew out like satin, wrapping around the body of the immobile giant toad, and in the blink of an eye, they were roasted, and the rancid poisonous mist in the air was also burned into green smoke, and the sound of the song was non-stop.

This is the flame of life unique to the elves, and it has a natural restraint effect on filthy things.

If it weren't for the fact that their own flying speed was too slow, they could have suppressed these giant toads to fight, just like now with Su Mu's help to attract firepower, the advantages of the goblin clan were immediately reflected.

The giant toad with its huge body and thick skin and thick flesh could only last an average of two seconds under their hands, and before they even recovered their senses, they turned into charred toads.

Five minutes later, the entire shore of the Corrupted Lake was wiped out.

"Mission: Hunting for Largemouth Flowers, Current Progress: 37/38"

"One more...?"

Su Mu looked at the empty lakeside and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

The place was so big that he could see almost unobstructed views of the sky, but he didn't find any living toads.

But the mission location given by the system is obviously here again......

After thinking for a moment, Su Mu finally locked his gaze on the mountain not far away.

The left and right sides and the rear are leading to the interior of the valley, and there is not even a shadow of a toad in sight, and if the system doesn't fool him, the last monster can only be hidden behind the mountain.

"Aini, I'll go over there, be careful yourself."

Su Mu said hello to Ainithia and flew over lightly.

The nearby giant toads have all been eliminated, and the remaining largemouth flowers pose no threat to the elves, and they don't need his help.

Before coming to the mountain, Su Mu found that the mountain was very large and very long, which could be said to be endless, and there was no end in sight left and right.

"This should be the Black Mountains."

After memorizing the information for a morning yesterday, Su Mu was already familiar with the geography of the fairy realm, and quickly matched the mountain and the name.

The Black-Cloaked Mountains are the only mountain range in the Black-Cloaked Forest, with a U-shaped division in the east, just surrounding the fairy collars, forming a natural land that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so that many barbarians who came to make trouble in the first place could not get in... Of course, that's another story.

The Blackcoat Mountains existed long before the Elves were born, probably dating back to the dawn of the world of Heedlin, and are one of the oldest mountains on the continent of Eorzea.

The Blackcoat Mountains have seen all seven of Heidelin's catastrophicies over the ages, and now that Heidlin is gone, it still stands.

Su Mu thought that it should be unusually solid, but now he found that the mountain was hollow......

The last giant toad was in the middle of the mountain.

Fourth-order top.

… However, how did it get in through the mountain wall more than two meters thick?

Piercing the wall?

“… No, that's not the point. ”

Su Mu suddenly realized that something seemed to be wrong with this place.

Under his perception, the space in the mountain is boxy and angular, and it can never be naturally formed.

It's more like a man-made secret room, with a deep passage that seems to be down at the corner......

"Ding ——!"

"Hidden side trigger!"

"Mission Released: Fragmented World!"

"Goal: Kill Zodiak without Shadow"

"Location: Corrupt Lakeside"

"Reward: 10 points, Bloodline Ability (??? ）」

"Note: This mission is not time-limited, but it is extremely difficult, please improve your strength as soon as possible!"

"Warning: Shadowless Zodyak is recovering from his injuries, please complete the kill as soon as possible!"

Su Mu: ......

You want me to improve my strength first, and you want me to kill people as soon as possible, you really haven't had a bug in the system?

…… Of course not.

Su Mu just wanted to complain, by the way, to calm himself down, and not to go up when he saw the rich rewards.

This task is not so simple, even if the system does not prompt him, he can see it.

The previous 38 fourth-order giant toads were only worth 1 point, but this one Shadowless Zodyak had a full 10 points, and he also had a very rare bloodline skill... The last time this happened was when the Dawn Society fought the Titan Phantom.

So Shadowless Zodiak, at least at the same level as Titan Phantom.

And looking at the name, that strange devouring power has nothing to do with him, and I am afraid that the real fight will be even darker than that of the Titans.

The most important point is that this is not a trial, but a real battle.

To be dead is to be really dead, and there is not the slightest margin for error.

While thinking, Su Mu melted into the darkness, threw away all his breath, and quietly retreated to the lake.

He still remembered the reaction of the transcendent power when it met the shadowless force, and the feeling of being an old enemy made him remember it very deeply, and the other party might be able to find his traces through some special means... Or maybe through the battle just now, Shadowless Zodiak had already spotted him, but for some reason he didn't make a move.

"Brother Guang, we're fine!"

At this time, Ainithia and the others hunted a lot of flowers, and they didn't see Su Mu's figure, so they shouted loudly.

Su Mu appeared and came to her side, and said in a low voice, "Let's go, let's go back first." ”

"Oh, yes...... Izzet, let's go. ”

Seeing that his expression was a little serious, Aniceia nodded and beckoned his companions to leave in a hurry.

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Elf Retreat.

As soon as Su Mu came back, he went to find Trenty.

"Did something happen?"

Seeing his hurried appearance, Trenti couldn't help but put down the potion he was studying.

"Scholar Trenty, do you know Shadowless Zodiak?" Su Mu asked.

“… Haven't heard of it. Trenti thought for a moment and shook his head.

"He could be a barbarian god of a certain race." Su Mu told the story of the Corrupt Lakeside.

Previously, Trenti believed that the frog was mutated after refining, but he never found the corresponding barbarian god, so he had to overturn his conclusion, and now the appearance of the shadowless Zodyak undoubtedly reconfirms this speculation.

Trenti frowned slightly, "Are you sure that Shadowless Zodyak is in the Black Mountains right now?" ”

"Sure." Su Mu nodded and said.

The passage down from the secret chamber in the mountain is very deep, more than 100 meters.

Before he realized that there was danger, he put his perception to the maximum, but he didn't find any life other than the giant toad, but since the system gave the task at that point in time, it means that the shadowless Zodyak must be hiding inside.

This is a true barbarian god, and it is only because he is seriously injured that his realm will fall to the top or high level of the fourth order.

Trenti still felt a little strange.

Their elven clan has lived in the elven realm for thousands of years, and nothing has ever happened in history.

Shadowless Zodiak restricts the Elven Cradle, and must be an enemy of the Elven Clan, so since he is an enemy, they will never let him enter the Elven Realm, let alone let him build a secret room and underground passage in the mountain.

"There's only one possibility."

"Shadowless Zodyak is an ancient barbarian god who has outlived the Ramdas. ”

Nine years ago, when the elves brought in Ram, he had asked the forest elder who knew the past and the present for many things that had happened in Hedlin, but there was no information about Zodiak the Shadowless and the Devouring Power.

If Su Mu hadn't lied to him, and that secret room really existed, then it could only have been built before the birth of the goblin clan.

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