The gray mist is misty, and on both sides of the street are countless treehouses made of thick tree roots coiled and entangled.

"Jingle bell—"

In the silence of the streets, with the crisp clanging sound of horses' hooves on the ground, a knight in green and silver armor armed with a heavy halberd marched forward unhurriedly in the gray mist.

Through the gap in the helmet, a pair of scarlet-stained eyes could be faintly seen scanning the surroundings.

This is a knight of the sacred tree on patrol.

When no enemy is in sight, the Knights of the Sacred Tree usually patrol at this low speed, and when they sense an enemy, they will unleash a terrifying speed that pierces the sound barrier, knocking them off their horses.

As time passed, the Halberd Sacred Tree Knight passed by an ordinary treehouse that was indistinguishable from the surrounding treehouses.

However, at this very moment.

"Thorn-"

Before the sound of violent tearing came, the pure blue sword had already arrived behind the knight of the Halberd Sacred Tree.

Source change app】

The Halberd Sacred Tree Knight wanted to resist, but the speed of the sword was so fast, and the timing of its launch was so abrupt, that by the time it sensed all this, it was too late.

In the splash of black blood, a helmet-wearing head was raised high, and Leo in white appeared not far from the knight of the Sacred Tree of the Long Halberd, and with a shock of his wrist, the black blood stained on the light-chasing sword was scattered, and then the sword was put into the sheath.

The lifeless corpse starts at the bottom and gradually dissolves into flying ashes.

Leo lowered his head and looked at the mark of fire on the back of his hand.

——

[Code]: Chasing light

[Rank]: First order

[Level]: Lv.0 (0/100)

[Equipment]: None

[Item]: Invisibility Pill (1)

[Firewood]: 4400

——

"23rd ......"

Shifting his gaze from the [Firewood] column, Leo muttered to himself.

It had been almost four hours since he entered the Sacred Tree of Flvedia, and in those four hours, he had killed a total of 23 Sacred Tree Knights.

10 Raiders with heavy weapons, 10 Shooters with crossbows, and 3 Defenders with large shields.

To Leo's surprise, the [Sacred Tree Knight]-Inspector he had encountered before, but he had not encountered it since he landed on the Sacred Tree Flvideya.

As Vicky said, the Ranger type of [Sacred Tree Knights] is very rare, and they usually wander around the [Sacred Tree], and Leo encountered it for the first time, and it was really "lucky".

Right now, the [Sacred Tree Knight]-Inspector that Leo encountered last time should have patrolled to other areas.

Leo was disappointed not to meet the Inspector.

The last time he encountered it for the first time, he didn't know about the existence of its special defensive barrier, he couldn't kill it with one blow, which led to the arrival of many [Sacred Tree Knights], if they met again, he wanted to try to see if this defensive barrier could block a sword blessed by his transcendent power.

Walking on the deserted streets, surrounded by a thick gray mist, it wasn't long before Leo walked into a treehouse he had cleared.

The buildings on the periphery of the Sacred Tree are not static, the outermost part is a simple tree hole, and as the distance deepens, at a radius of 90 kilometers, the building changes from a tree hole to a tree house, and even the strength of the [Sacred Tree Residents] living inside has been slightly improved.

Finding a casual spot to sit down cross-legged, Leo did not rush back to the Burning Sacrifice House, but extracted a [[Sacred Tree Knight]'s Weak King's Soul] from the "Soul Repository" of the character panel.

This was the first Sacred Tree Knight he had killed since he re-entered the Sacred Tree of Flvedia.

Looking at the beating soul in his hand, Leo's eyes were full of thoughtfulness.

Those who hold the Mark of Fire will receive "Firewood" after killing monsters in the sacred tree of Flvedia.

And the so-called "firewood", in essence, is the soul.

Returning to the Sacred Tree of Flvedia, Leo unleashed his maximum perception after killing the Sacred Tree Knight, observing the mark of fire.

Under his "watchful eye", souls flew from the slain Tree Knights, and the Mark of Fire began to operate in a way he could not understand, trying to suck souls into the Seal.

However, before the Mark of Fire could begin to absorb the soul, Leo's own soul took the lead in generating a suction, ingesting the soul and condensing it into a ball.

This suction from his soul is, in essence, the manifestation of the character's panel ingesting the soul.

The soul that has been grouped together by the character panel, the Mark of Fire has no effect on it at all.

In other words, under the premise that Leo did not actively control it, the Mark of Fire would not be able to absorb any souls before the character panel.

This phenomenon was not unexpected by Leo.

You must know that when you are in the Moster Continent, even the Dark Moon Goddess who is suspected to be above the Demon God level can't take the soul from the character panel, although the Fire Mark is supernatural, but if you want to say that it is stronger than the Dark Moon Goddess, it may not be.

After experimenting with the Character Panel and the Mark of Fire for the priority of seizing souls, the second time the Sacred Tree Knight was killed, under Leo's deliberate control, the Character Panel did not absorb the soul, allowing the soul to return to the Mark of Fire.

A small part of the escaped soul dissipated through the absorption of the fire mark, and the absorbed part was converted into 200 firewood.

The absorption of the soul by the Mark of Fire has not reached 100%, and there is loss in the process of absorption and storage.

Inside the treehouse, Leo suppressed his thoughts and crushed the soul in his hand, but he did not absorb it, but let the mark of fire absorb and transform it.

Looking at the [Firewood Salary] on the Mark of Fire that had been raised to 4600 points, Leo grinned.

200 firewood ...... Sure enough, the absorption of the soul by the character panel is 100%!

……

After completing the small experiment, Leo drew his light-chasing sword, cut off a few wooden planks on the wall of the treehouse, and stacked them in the shape of a fire.

Then, he raised his hand, and with the consumption of stamina, energy, and magic, an icon glowing red appeared in the air, and flew into the fire, causing it to burn with a warm flame.

This is the mark of teleporting back to the Burning Shrine, and it is also the ability that every Fire Pact holder will master after signing the contract.

Constructing a return rune, if you are a newcomer to the legend, you basically need to exhaust your whole body magic power or other extraordinary energy, but for Leo, this little magic consumption is not important at all.

With the flickering of fire, Leo's figure disappeared into the treehouse.

——

Burning Shrine, Fire Zone.

The sparks gathered and formed, and Leo's body appeared on the edge of the [Central Tinder].

The warm current of the makeshift fire that was far more effective than the one he had built swept through his body, expelling the little tiredness he had, Leo opened his eyes and looked around.

A few hours had passed, and the Fire Contractors who had been sitting in the staircase area on the edge of the Fire Bath Area had basically disappeared, and they had gone, and in other locations, there were several different new faces.

Seeing that the steel-armored knight who had given him the "Stealth Pill" was not there, Leo withdrew his gaze and raised his hand to reach into the [Central Tinder].

He's ready to upgrade.

The "upgrade" of the Fire Contractor must be carried out at the [Central Tinder] in the fire area of the Burning Shrine, and the temporary fire built by the Fire Contractors themselves does not have this function.

As the flame light of the [Central Tinder] spread to his body, the option of "Upgrade" appeared on the data frame projected by the Fire Mark in front of Leo's eyes.

Without hesitation, Leo clicked to upgrade.

"Hoo ......"

Tiny points of fire flew from the fire mark, and Leo could feel the temperature of the fire mark begin to rise, and at the same time, a surging red light started from the fire mark and spread to the surface of Leo's soul, finally enveloping his soul.

——

[Code]: Chasing light

[Rank]: First order

[Level]: Lv.1 (0/200)

[Equipment]: None

[Item]: Invisibility Pill (1)

[Firewood]: 4500

——

"This feeling ......"

There was a look of surprise in Leo's eyes.

As the "level" of the Fire Mark increased, he could feel that all of his attributes had increased a little.

This increase is very small, and it is estimated that it will increase by 1%.

It seems that the remaining 4,500 firewood, Leo did not hesitate, and used all of it for upgrades.

With the input of firewood, the mark of fire emitted a dazzling light, and after a long time, it slowly subsided.

——

[Level]: Lv.9 (0/1000)

[Firewood]: 0

——

A total of 4,600 firewood was raised, raising Leo's level from lv.0 to lv.9 all at once.

And the harvest ......

Leo looked inwardly at the soul, and at this moment, the surface of his soul was covered with a layer of red shimmer, which did not penetrate deep into the soul, but only attached to the surface of the soul.

And the increase it brings is about 46% increase in all attributes!

46%, in terms of Leo's current basic physical fitness, it is not low.

Closing his eyes and feeling the changes in his body and soul, Leo opened his eyes a moment later with a look of surprise on his face.

The upgrade of the Fire Contractor was a little different from what he had imagined.

The boost it brings by the upgrade is not a fixed increase, but an increase based on the strength of the body.

Figuratively speaking, it is "external amplification armor".

Each level increases, the amplification increases.

"Such a way to lift...... It's no wonder that at the same first-order limit, Vicky can't beat [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight]. ”

Leo muttered to himself.

The fire contractor of the burning sacrifice house, from all worlds, the difference of the transcendent system, the difference of the individual, so that the basic strength of each person before becoming the fire contractor is different, expressed in terms of combat effectiveness, the same is a new legend, some people's combat power is 10, and some people's combat power may only be 6.

The difference in basic strength means that under the same "level" and the same increase, the strength will be very different.

From the current point of view, the first-order limit, that is, the increase brought by lv.9 is 46% of all attributes, which is not too much, but if the strength of the Fire Contractor itself is only a beginner in the legend, even with this 46% increase, it is impossible to beat the Sacred Tree Knight whose strength is faintly beyond the legendary limit.

No wonder there is a distinction between pioneers and supporters......

At this moment, Leo finally understood.

23 Sacred Tree Knights, 46% increase in all attributes, if they are directly absorbed, the brightness of the soul fire brought by it will increase by roughly 0.07, far less than 46%.

However, the increase in the brightness of the soul fire is the improvement of the body, which is different from the upgrade of the fire contractor.

Before the increase reaches a certain level, converting the soul of the Sacred Tree Knight into firewood to increase the level is greater than the increase brought by direct absorption, which is beyond doubt.

Leo's eyes were deep.

The increase of the "external amplification armor" of the Fire Pact is very risky for now.

The mark of fire does not touch the soul.

In this way, this thing can be of great help in exploring the sacred tree of Flvidea.

After feeling the changes brought about by the upgrade, Leo turned his gaze to the character panel.

The harvest brought by killing 23 Sacred Tree Knights does not stop there, but the newly acquired skill [Sacred Source Power] has also changed.

——

[Power of the Sacred Source Lv.1 (23/100)]: The sacred tree grants its guardian knight special powers, which can inflict burning damage equal to 10% of the maximum mana value on enemies when attacking.

(The Power of the Sacred Origin, which represents the bond between the Sacred Tree Knight and the Sacred Tree Flvedia, the higher the level of this skill, the less suppressed it will be when approaching the Sacred Tree.) ）

——

Skill proficiency increased to (23/100).

The mechanism of this skill is very strange, not by absorbing soul boosts, but after killing the Sacred Tree Knight, an inexplicable invisible thing will fly out of his corpse, which promotes the improvement of skill proficiency.

Kill 1 Sacred Tree Knight and increase proficiency by 1.

Leo is looking forward to seeing what kind of changes this skill will bring when he improves his skills.

……

Reaching into the warm [Central Flame], Leo once again chose to teleport to the sacred tree of Flvedia.

With his physique, the previous hunt was not enough to make him feel much tired.

The increase brought by the level increase made him very interested.

As the firelight converged, Leo's body reappeared in the treehouse.

Walking out of the treehouse, Leo looked at the topless sacred tree in the distance, and then took a step and headed into the depths.

The gray mist churned slightly as he walked, like an open mouth of the abyss.

A few hours later.

The Holy Tree Flvedia, within a radius of 70~80 kilometers, Leo half-squatted on a raised canopy, his eyes staring at the wandering figure about 100 meters away, his expression was slightly dignified.

It was a figure that looked very different from a normal Sacred Tree Knight.

The armor on its body was very worn, and even the cloak behind it had only a few fragments left, and the size of the war horse under its crotch was several circles larger than that of the Sacred Tree Knight's war horse, and the limbs were clinging to the black mud that was visible to the naked eye.

An old, white-bandaged sword was carried behind it, and the white ribbon tied to the hilt of the sword fluttered in the wind.

- [Wandering Tree Knight]

If the Fire Pact Holders want to be promoted to the Second Order, they must crusade alone!

Because of the special environment of the Sacred Tree Flvedia, Leo could not judge the specific strength of the [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight] by the strength of the magical aura, but there was no doubt that he had definitely reached the demigod level, which was far from being comparable to the Sacred Tree Knight.

If that's all it takes, it's better to say that the demigod-level one-on-one, as long as the other party is not the demigod limit, Leo can still win if he asks himself.

But the problem is that not far behind this [wandering Sacred Tree Knight] is actually followed by 10 Sacred Tree Knights armed with crossbows!

Looking at the ranks of knights roaming the streets, Leo frowned.

The existence of [Sacred Source Power] made it impossible for him to face more than one of the Sacred Tree Knights, and once he was burned too much magic power, even he would be in danger.

The Sacred Tree Knight, armed with a crossbow, is even more dangerous than the melee Sacred Tree Knight.

Therefore, if you want to deal with [Wandering Tree Knights], you must first deal with these 10 Sacred Tree Knights armed with crossbows.

Above the canopy, Leo's eyes narrowed, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.