With the sacred tree as the center, within a radius of 70~100 kilometers, it is the [outer periphery of the sacred tree], and if you continue to go deeper, you will enter the area of the [inner perimeter of the sacred tree].

There is a clear boundary between these two areas, that is, a wall of qi that looks like a surging gray color.

It is not very accurate to say that it is a gas wall, it is a bit like an optical phenomenon produced between light and shadow and air flow changes, but Leo couldn't find a better alternative for a while, so he called it a gas wall.

Before Leo could take a look at the scene in front of him, he frowned at the air that came across his face, which was completely different from the area outside the [Sacred Tree].

Slightly cloudy air, with a distinct smell of putrefaction.

"Hoo ......"

With a light breath, Leo looked up at the front.

As far as the eye can see, it is a completely different scene from [the outer part of the sacred tree].

Trees hundreds of meters high rise from the ground, some of these trees grow on the ground, some grow directly on the thick root system of the sacred tree that spreads here, and on the body of these trees, there are vine-like plants entwined, which seem to have a symbiotic relationship with the trees, and they hang down from the branches, like an upside-down vine waterfall.

At this point, the concentration of gray fog became even higher, and even with the blessing of the eagle's eye, Leo was only about 80 meters away.

Coupled with the cover of rattan and the obstruction of giant trees, the actual range that can be seen is very limited.

And such an environment is undoubtedly very suitable for the hiding of monsters.

Where Leo stood at the moment was a gravel street that stretched all the way to the sea of giant trees in front of him.

The entrance to the huge forest, which is covered by layers, is like a hideous bloody mouth that chooses people to eat, waiting for adventurers to break in.

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Leo's face was calm.

In the environment of the [Inner Circle of the Sacred Tree], the air is filled with a special particle that cannot be detected by the naked eye or perception - the distortion factor, and it is a medium-intensity distortion factor, which erodes each other with the red light on the surface of the soul all the time, and even under the effect of the special skill [New Fire Seal] obtained after being promoted to the second-order fire contractor, these medium-intensity distortion factors still cannot be completely removed, and the remaining distortion factors after destroying each other still seep into the soul and bring pollution.

It's a pity that these aberration factors that polluted the Fire Contractor in the past disappeared the moment they entered Leo's soul, and they had no effect at all.

Normal people are eroded by distortion, just like a little ink dripping into the water, no matter how large the volume of the water is, no matter how diluted the ink is, it will eventually bring pollution.

Leo's soul is like an ocean composed entirely of ink, and even if a drop of ink is dripped into it, it will not have any effect.

"Distorted ......" said these two words lightly, and Leo did not have the slightest look of joy on his face.

Moderate intensity distortion polluted the environment could not have any effect on his soul, which meant that the concentration of distortion in his soul was much higher than that of medium intensity.

Contact, deep contamination, malignant transformation......

Up to now, the degree of aberration and erosion of his soul has reached 48.6% of the malignant transformation, approaching 50%.

According to past experience, 50% is a critical node, and at this value, the erosion of distortion will be further intensified.

However, after coming to the Sacred Tree Florvedea, the "distorted second personality" in Leo's soul seemed extraordinarily silent for some reason, which made him feel a lot more relieved when absorbing the soul of the monster that had been eroded by the aberration.

Although it is not known why the "aberrant second personality" became like this, Leo speculated that it was probably related to the reason why he crossed the sacred tree of Flvideya.

In the cave 10,000 meters underground in the Winsde Magnetic Capital, he handed over control of himself to the aberrant second personality, and after waking up, he appeared in the holy tree of Flvideya, if this had nothing to do with the aberrant second personality, he didn't believe it.

Raising his footsteps, Leo walked towards the giant forest in front of him.

In the gray mist, the surrounding environment was unusually silent, a little unusual, and the light cast through the gaps in the canopy of the giant trees overhead, looking mottled and seeping.

"Hoo ......"

Walking only a dozen meters, between the forest leaves, there seems to be a wind blowing, bringing the sound of branches and leaves "whooshing".

Leo's face remained unchanged, and he still maintained a forward posture, but the light-chasing sword on his waist was drawn in an instant, slashing through a graceful semicircle, and slashing towards the right side of his body.

"Qiang—"

There was a humming sound of metal colliding, and a figure emerged from the air out of nowhere, its sharp teeth glowing with metallic luster just biting down on the sword.

It was a deformed hound. Its size is larger than that of a normal hound, almost half a human tall, and all the muscles on its body have atrophied and become dry, but it does not look thin, because the dry muscles are like black steel cables wrapped around bones, with an inexplicable sense of strength and strength.

"Cards!"

Biting on the blade of the Light-Chaser Longsword, the teeth of the black monster dog were broken out with several obvious cracks, even if it was highly distorted and the teeth were extremely strong, it was still not qualified to meet the artifact-level Light-Chaser Longsword.

The pure cyan wind attribute magic power circulated at high speed on the surface of the light-chasing long sword, exploding violent sparks in the mouth of the black monster dog, and the bursting force stretched the black monster dog's mouth open, and the long sword was withdrawn, slashing diagonally from top to top, slashing across the black monster's waist.

"Thorn-"

With a black splash and a terrible howl, the black monster dog was cut off.

The characteristics of canine creatures, even if they are highly distorted, still exist.

Compared to other parts of the body, the waist is the weakest part of the black monster dog.

Of course, this weakness is also relative, when the long sword cuts through the spine bone of the black monster dog, Leo can feel a slight sense of blockage, if it is a weapon that has not reached the artifact level, it is impossible to cut the waist of the black monster dog so easily.

The black strange dog that was cut in half did not die, and the strong vitality after the distortion made it even if it could only move its upper body, it still roared fiercely and crawled towards Leo.

It's a pity that the black strange dog in this state, in Leo's eyes, is no different from ants crawling.

When the magical sword pierced through the eye socket and penetrated deep into it, wringing the brain tissue into pieces, the black monster dog completely lost its vitality, and after a few seconds, it began to dissipate into fine pieces of flying ash.

The gray-black soul flow coalesced in front of Leo, and soon, a complete soul was formed.

Ignoring the "wailing" of the Fire Mark on the back of his hand, Leo looked at the introduction of the character panel.

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[Obtain [Steel Tooth Black Dog]'s Soul of the Weak King......]

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"The Soul of the Weak King......"

Looking at the character panel on the definition of the soul level of the black monster dog, no, it should be called [Steel Tooth Black Dog] now, Leo knew that the strength of this thing was similar to that of [Sacred Tree Knight].

But in fact, this monster is far more threatening than the [Sacred Tree Knights] in an environment like the Giant Forest.

Even if the basic strength of the two is comparable, because of the difference in the environment, the strength that can be exerted will be very different.

[Steel Tooth Black Dog], not only has teeth stronger than King Kong, and the surface defense is extremely high, but what is more terrifying is that it has a certain degree of stealth ability.

Leo's perception is not weak among demigods, because of his high affinity for the wind attribute, he vaguely perceived it through the "wind" when the steel-toothed black dog approached him thirty meters, but the perception was perceived, at this distance, he could not lock the specific location of the steel-toothed black dog, until this thing was close to his body ten meters, he locked it.

It shows its strong stealth ability.

If it is attacked by this monster, it will only be a steel tooth with cracked lines after colliding with the artifact, which is enough to tear through the armor's defenses and pierce the flesh.

"Interesting, the miscellaneous soldiers who have just entered the [Inner Circle of the Sacred Tree] have such strength......"

Leo's eyes were a little solemn.

Seeing the slight knowledge, the weakest [Sacred Tree Resident] in the [Sacred Tree Periphery] area, even the weakest legend has the ability to solve it one-on-one, while the entry monster [Steel Tooth Black Dog] in the [Inner Circle of the Sacred Tree] has the strength of the first level of demigods such as the Legendary Limit to the weak, such a gap ......

Leo casually crushed the [[Steel Tooth Black Dog]'s Weak King's Soul], and the Fire Mark, which was already "impatient", absorbed it and transformed it into 200 firewood for the first time.

Looking at the giant forest with gray mist and floating, a wanton smile appeared on the corner of Leo's mouth.

The intense danger stimulated his body to tremble slightly, but this trembling was not because of fear, but because of excitement.

Yes, excited.

Leo never denied his passion for combat.

From the life-and-death struggle when he first entered the dream world, to the desperate fight on the Moster Continent, along the way, no matter how dangerous he was, he came with the sword in his hand.

It is true that the [Inner Circle of the Sacred Tree] is extremely dangerous, as a monster who has entered the "dismount", [Steel Tooth Black Dog], the existence of the first level of demigods may be mortally threatened if he is not careful, but how could he be afraid of such a danger along the way?

From the time he rose to the rank of Legend and embarked on the path of guardianship, he understood that if he wanted to protect the people he wanted to protect from external dangers, as a guardian, he would inevitably experience even more terrifying dangers than that.

He was willing to do this.

"Tread, tread ......"

The footsteps deepened, and at the same time, the monsters hidden in the shadows and corners of the giant forest also opened their bloodthirsty fangs towards the "guests" who arrived.

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"Torah—"

The tooth-aching tear, accompanied by the blooming black blood flower, a [steel-toothed black dog] was cut off by Leo's waist, and before he had time to mend the knife, he stepped hard with his right foot, and in the downward depression of the ground crack, his body flashed to the side.

And just as he left the place, a large sword with a chain of black flesh and blood linked to the end slammed down, and in an instant, there was a roar, and smoke and dust billowed up.

On the trunk of a giant tree, Leo's entire body was tilted, his right hand was attached to the trunk, and the magic in his palm provided support for his body.

"Winter ...... Winter ......"

Heavy footsteps came from afar, and the big sword that smashed into the ground, dragged by the black flesh chains, hurried towards the direction where the footsteps came from, and a second later, a huge figure walked out of the gray mist and jungle.

It was a five-meter-tall, humanoid monster.

The surface of its body is full of black mud, and these flowing black mud seem to be alive, forming a python-like appearance on the monster's shoulders, scarlet eyes, and a snake letter that spits lightly, and the black flesh chain extends from the end of the python's tail wrapped around the monster's right hand.

The black mud python is the embodiment of a high degree of deviance, which Leo already knew in the past in the city of Yoel in the dream world.

And compared to the black mud python, what made Leo more vigilant was the entangled figure of the black mud python.

Outside the black mud, there are some broken pieces of green and silver armor, judging from its color and style, this armor is the standard armor belonging to the [Sacred Tree Knights], obviously, before the deformity, the identity of the monster is a member of the Sacred Tree Knights.

But unlike the Sacred Tree Knights, who were generally more than two meters tall on the [Periphery of the Sacred Tree], this monster was an astonishing five meters tall, and under the wriggling black mud, there were occasionally swollen black-red muscles.

Its body shape has long been highly distorted, and it is no longer human-like.

"Roar!"

The moment the scarlet eyes met Leo's, the monster let out a terrifying roar, and the layers of sound waves spread to all sides, and the weeds and jungles growing on the ground were uprooted by the sound waves, and they hit the trunk of the giant tree, making a crisp sound of "pop", and the tough bark cracked into its mouth.

"Winter—"

With a roar, the monster began to sprint furiously.

Despite its huge size and a little bloated, its sprint speed is very fast, and in less than half a second, it broke the sound barrier and reached the level of supersonic speed.

The huge size and weight of tens of tons make the monster sprint more amazing than the high-speed train at the highest speed, and the pressure it has to bear in front of the path of its sprint is unimaginable to ordinary people.

Leo's gaze was as cold as ice, and a violent wave of qi was coming, and with the distance between him and the monster, it would only take half a second at most for the monster to descend.

In this situation, Leo's heart is like a mirror lake, without a trace of waves.

The long sword was placed diagonally on his side, and the ancient magic patterns on it lit up one by one, until all four magic patterns were lit up, and the majestic wind attribute magic power blessed it, and after a very short accumulation, it slashed out heavily.

And at this moment, the monster also came to five meters in front of Leo, and the limbs on the right side were not so much hands as tentacles, and they shook their big swords and smashed down.

"Bell—"

The greatsword first collided with the light-chasing sword, and then, the monster that followed held the greatsword with both hands and pressed down vigorously.

After a moment of silence, a sound wave that seemed to be substantial spread out in all directions, rolling up billowing smoke and dust.

Leo used his feet to strain his hips, and his body twisted, driving the big sword to deflect to the side, and sparks burst with the light-chasing long sword.

Under the action of force, the monster's body is undetectable.