Under the blood moon, between the gray mist.

The horned helmet man who was pushed by the soft force staggered to the ground, and the pain of being hit hard by a sword and burning with extraordinary power swept his body, but at this moment he didn't care at all, but his eyes widened, and all his attention was on the white-clothed figure holding the sword in the distance.

Who's that?

The "five arrows in a moment" just now is very similar to [Combat Skill: Continuous Shooting], but isn't [Combat Skill: Continuous Shooting] only able to shoot two arrows at a time?

The Horned Helmet Man had seen a master of using a long-range combat skill, but at most he had only used this combat skill to the extent of three arrows in an instant, and as for five arrows in a moment, he had never even heard of it.

And compared to the combat skill of "five arrows in a moment", what shocked the horned helmet man even more was the speed shown by the white-clothed sword-wielding figure just now.

At a distance of 100 meters, it passed in an instant, and its speed was far faster than the speed of sound, even higher than the [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight]!

He, too, the man of the Burning House?

Newcomer?

No, with such strength, it is absolutely impossible to be a first-order newcomer!

The Great Elder of the Second Order?

For a while, the horned helmet man was in a trance, but as a battle-hardened warrior, he naturally would not stand in place stupidly, even if he didn't think deeply, he still subconsciously regressed.

He couldn't even take the sword of the [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight], and he knew very well that staying here was just a drag, so it was better to stay away as much as possible, so that the white-clothed elder could let go of his hands and feet.

Out of the corner of his eye, he swept to the horned helmet man who was quickly moving away from the battlefield, Leo's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't care much.

Saving people is for him, but he does it casually, the other party knows clearly that it is best to run quickly, and he can't see that he has to come up to find death, and he won't pay too much attention to it.

In the final analysis, even if they are both members of the Burning Shrine, there is no friendship between him and the other party.

His eyes turned, and Leo looked at the [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight] walking slowly in the distance with a white bandaged sword, and the long sword in his hand flipped with it.

The next second.

"Winter—"

With a loud bang, the ground cracked inch by inch, Leo's figure disappeared in place, and when he reappeared, he was already in front of [the wandering Sacred Tree Knight], wisps of white sonic boom clouds were pulled into a flocculent shape behind him, and above the long sword, a rich cyan light shone brightly, and then, from top to bottom, slashed down.

"Bell!"

The long sword collided with the great sword, and the [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight], who looked much taller and more burly than Leo, was hit hard at the moment of collision, and the greatsword clenched in both hands was crushed and overwhelmed, embedded in its own shoulder, and the armor on it was full of cracks.

"Roar!"

[The wandering Sacred Tree Knight] let out a low roar that didn't resemble a human voice, and wriggling black mud spilled and surged from under its skin, enveloping it in an instant into a black clay humanoid that was several laps larger.

Leo's eyes moved slightly, and he felt the colossal power coming from the long sword.

Transformed into a Black Clay Figure, [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight] at least doubled in strength, making it even more powerful than Leo.

"Distortion, Black Mud, ......"

Leo didn't forcibly compete with the black clay figure for strength, it was not necessary at all, he raised his long sword with the power that came, and whispered a sentence in his heart.

If the [Sacred Tree Knight] is a low-level aberration infection, that is, a "contact", then the [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight], who can transform into a black clay man, is a further infection of the aberration, the "Deep Dye".

It is true that the deeper the degree of aberration, the stronger the strength, but it is also affected by the strength of the individual before being eroded by the aberration.

is also a deep dyeer, and his extraordinary strength must be far weaker than the legend, which is beyond doubt.

"Roar—"

In a furious roar, the black mud on the [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight] body spread to the white bandaged greatsword in his hand, and a circle of gray qi swung around his body, and even the ground became a little gray everywhere he passed, as if it had been robbed of its vitality.

After the initial expansion of the black mud on [the wandering Sacred Tree Knight], the black mud began to condense and become much smaller, as if wearing a layer of black flesh and blood armor.

A strong aura came from the surface, if the strength of the [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight] just now was considered a demigod primary, then at this moment, with the blessing of the pitch-black flesh and blood armor, it had already reached the peak of the demigod primary.

"Stomp!"

In the air wave, a tall and burly black shadow rushed from behind, it was a war horse with black mud on all fours, looking hideous, [the wandering knight of the sacred tree] stepped on his feet, and when the war horse was approaching, it crossed into the air, and then landed accurately on the horse's back, and the man and horse were one, and launched a violent charge towards Leo dozens of meters away.

The air shattered in layers in front of them, forming a terrifying white sonic boom bar.

The terrifying wind and waves blew Leo's hair backwards, and the figure of the [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight] in the child's hole quickly enlarged from small to large, and in another 0.2 seconds at most, it would rush in front of him.

"The feeling of being ...... for a long time"

In the wind and waves, on the body of the light-chasing long sword in Leo's hand, the simple magic patterns lit up one by one, one, two, three, four, after the brightness of the soul fire reached 19.0, he was able to open the four magic patterns without burden, bringing himself the blessing of "wind attribute magic power utilization rate +40%, speed +40%".

The pure cyan streamer escaped from Leo's body, and the special world environment of the holy tree Flvidea made the magic power greatly suppressed after leaving the body, and the power of the external power was not strong enough, but it was used to bless the body and make the body have stronger defense capabilities, but the effect was better than when it was in the Moster continent.

For example, now, the seemingly thin layer of pure cyan streamer on Leo's body surface is actually weakened by a large part of it once an external attack comes, and the rest will only act on his body.

With his right foot stepping forward, Leo's body leaned forward slightly, making a charge shape, and the next moment, before the [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight] big sword approached, there was a "bang", and the long sword was instantly unsheathed.

"Mystery Sword Technique: Ring Break!"

With the clear sound of the sword, a circle of spreading ring-shaped sword qi swept over the body of the [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight] and the war horse under his crotch.

The ring-shaped sword qi slowly dissipated as it spread to a radius of twenty meters.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang and a terrifying tremor force, the [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight] and his horse not only fell into a state of "strong stiffness", but also their bodies flew backwards under the influence of the great force.

On the body of the unsheathed light-chasing long sword, the four lit magic patterns were like burning flames, and Leo stepped on it, and his body instantly disappeared in place, and the last one came first, appearing behind the [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight].

"Aoyi Sword Technique: Lan Feng!"

The half-moon-shaped sword qi slashed out, and there was no violent sound roar, because in front of the extremely sharp sword qi, even the air was cut neatly.

"Thorny ......"

The faint sound was followed by the sound of "Ping Pong" armor shattering, and the body was still in the air, and the pitch-black flesh armor on [the wandering Sacred Tree Knight] and the metal armor inside were all shattered, revealing its thin and pale body supported by its skeleton, and above its chest, a thin straight pure cyan line followed the midline of its body, splitting its body in two.

"Bang!"

When [the Wandering Sacred Tree Knight] body hit the ground, its body, and the body of the warhorse under its crotch, were broken in two.

"Boom."

The long sword shook slightly, shaking the black blood stained on it into the air, and then slashed through a graceful semicircle, and the sword was sheathed.

[Wandering Knights of the Sacred Tree], defeated!

The lifeless [Wandering Knights of the Sacred Tree] and their horses broke their bodies in two and dissipated in the breeze.

A cloud of special energy flew into Leo's body, which was the absorption of the special energy of the [Power of the Holy Source], different from the 1 point of the ordinary Sacred Tree Knight, [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight] contributed 10 points, so that the progress of the skill increased to "69/100", and the distance was upgraded, leaving only the last 31 points.

Leo reached out and held a mass of soul in his hand.

[Obtain the Soul of the King of [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight] (1)......]

The mark of fire, which had not been able to absorb the soul, gradually dimmed after the glow, and fell silent again.

The soul of the primary strength of the demigod has already been able to improve the brightness of Leo's soul fire to a certain extent, and he naturally will not convert it into "firewood".

The upgrade of the Fire Contractor is more of an upgrade of the "External Amplification Device", and it can improve the body, so why abandon the basics?

The soul in his hand was hidden in the "Soul Repository", and Leo looked at the place where the corpse of [the wandering Sacred Tree Knight] had dissipated, where a token with intricate patterns was suspended in mid-air.

——

[Holy Emblem Certificate]: A certificate containing special energy, which can promote the Fire Contractor with Lv.9 full experience to the second rank. Can be used on the campfire in the fire area of the Shrine, and can only be used by the Raider [Chasing Light].

——

The introduction of the token is simple and the effect is very rough, but Leo is very interested in the special energy contained in it.

According to Vicky, when a first-order Fire Pact is promoted to the second order, he or she will gain a special ability that can resist the erosion of the environment by medium-intensity distortion.

Presumably, this special ability is related to the special energy contained in the [Holy Emblem Certificate].

Sword intent and magic power were intertwined, beyond the realm of unfolding, and the perception ability was greatly improved, Leo quickly sensed what the energy contained inside the token was.

It was a high-purity soul power, no, it was not accurate to say that, it was more like a special energy body that had been specially processed, and the essence was soul but the attributes were subtly changed.

This change seems to be to better resist the erosion of aberration......

"It's getting more and more interesting......"

Leo muttered to himself, and then he raised his head and looked at the three men in the horned helmets a hundred meters away.

In the face of Leo Pingyu's gaze, the horned helmet man and the archer stiffened, and even the shadow assassin hidden in the shadows shrank suddenly, because he clearly sensed that he was hiding in the darkness, and under the gaze of the other party, there was a feeling of being completely exposed.

】

……

A few minutes later, a campfire burned silently in a cleaned treehouse.

Around the bonfire, Leo sat cross-legged on the ground, playing with the [Holy Emblem Mark] in his hand, and the three men with horns and helmets stood aside a little nervously.

Even if Leo didn't have any ill will towards them from beginning to end, and even to some extent, he was still the lifesaver of the three of them, but when the difference in strength was too big, it was like Menghu and Little White Rabbit, even if Little White Rabbit knew that Menghu would never hurt it, but when Menghu approached, he still couldn't help but feel trembling.

After hesitating for a long time, the horned helmet man, who was the leader of the three-person team, took a step forward and took the lead in respecting: "This lord, I am very grateful for your life-saving grace, my name is Ryan Serra, although compared to you, my strength is insignificant, but if there is anything you need me to do in the future, as long as it is within my ability, no matter what the price is, I will complete it." ”

With the beginning of the horned helmet man Ryan, the shadow assassin and archer also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly spoke:

"Shadow Assassin, Coles Rosales."

"Archer, Buller Aort, thank you for saving your life."

For the gratitude of the three people, Leo didn't raise his head, and said casually: "It's okay, just do it, there are not many people alive in this world." ”

"[The Wandering Sacred Tree Knights] have been defeated by me, what are you going to do next?"

Generally speaking, there are not a few rank promotion monsters like [Wandering Sacred Tree Knights] in the entire [Sacred Tree Periphery], and the number is very rare, and after being defeated by one, it will take a while before it reappears.

The specific principle of this is not quite understood by Leo.

Hearing Leo's words, the horned helmet man Ryan smiled bitterly: "It's me who overestimated myself, so much so that I almost caused my teammates to die with me, [The Wandering Sacred Tree Knight] is far stronger than the Sacred Tree Knight, and after I have experienced more tempering and mastered more combat skills, let's try to challenge again......"

"Captain, don't say that."

"When we want to challenge [the Wandering Sacred Tree Knight], won't you help us?"

For the comfort of the two teammates, the horned helmet man Ryan shook his head, did not say anything more, he looked at Leo by the bonfire, hesitated, but still spoke:

"Your Excellency, you are also a member of the Burning Shrine."

When the token that appeared on his corpse was taken away by the Lord in front of him after the death of the [Wandering Sacred Tree Knight], he saw that there was no one else who needed the [Holy Emblem Seal] except the Fire Contractor.

"That's right."

Leo had nothing to hide from that.

Glancing at the three of them, he said, "If it's okay, I'm going back to the Burning Shrine, and I'll see you again in the future." ”

"Wait......" Seeing that Leo was leaving, the horned helmet man Rien hurriedly said, "This lord, I wonder if you are interested in joining the warband?" ”

"Warband?"

The new vocabulary made Leo move for a moment, and looked at the horned helmet man with a little interest.

"That's right, the warband, it is an organization that can only be created by the second-order fire contractor, and after joining the warband, you can obtain the warband skills, and there are many benefits, and the leader of the warband is the third-strongest [Sun] Lord Nils among the pioneers."

"Generally speaking, only second-order fire contractors can join the warband, I am not an official member, but a peripheral member of the warband, if you are willing to join the warband, I can introduce you."

"Warband...... Leo nodded with interest, then stretched out his hand to the bonfire in front of him, and his body dissipated into stars, leaving a voice.

"We'll talk about it later."

Looking at the bonfire in front of them, the three men in the horned helmets looked at each other, and their hearts were complicated and indescribable.

……

In the sacrificial place, in the fire area, Leo's figure slowly emerged next to the [Central Tinder].

He's going to go up.