"The Lake of Statue Gaze".

This is the name given to it unilaterally by Chen Lun, which can be referred to as the Lake of Gaze.

Or it's called Eagle Lake, it's not impossible.

Anyway, it's just a convenient description, and I believe Maggie shouldn't care about these details.

The temperature of the lake is very low, like the icy water of deep winter. The bottom of the lake was pitch black, and he couldn't see things clearly, and Chen Lun was completely relying on the guidance and swimming towards the gloom.

Crash!

He cut through the darkness and raised his head and rushed out of the water.

The water splashed, and under his wet hair was a handsome face of surprise.

'This time...... Is it coming out of a fountain? ’

Chen Lun looked around and found himself in a dilapidated fountain. The ivory white marble material is already full of cracks and a lot of water.

Turning his head, he found that next to it was the center of the fountain, and on the small cylindrical spiral steps, stood a stone sculpture of a bare-bottomed child, standing above his head, holding the faucet directly in front of him.

As long as there is a "water", you can nourish his face.

“……”

Chen Lun flicked his fingers, and the faucet shattered.

He walked out of the fountain as if nothing had happened, the water stains on his body disappeared as if the breeze was blowing, and the fountain disappeared in the blink of an eye as if it had never existed.

Left behind the black dirt and some weeds.

Chen Lun withdrew his gaze, not paying too much attention to this, and not planning to waste time, he walked straight to a tree.

The silver cane clicked and turned into a silver sword.

With a wave of his hand, he swept the tall tree and severed it at the waist.

Qiang ——!

Thundered...... Boom!!

The trees fell to one side and slammed into the ground, kicking up countless clouds of dust and sand.

Chen Lun's eyes glanced at the cross-section of the trees, and immediately ran in a certain direction. Dexterity beyond the 50-point low-order threshold allows him to run at high speeds in the dense forest without crashing into trees.

His figure is like a nimble swimming fish, shuttling through the gray "sea of forests".

Soon there was a loud bang behind him, accompanied by a slight tremor on the ground.

Chen Lun continued to run forward without looking back, he knew that what was happening behind him was the same as when he first came to the fairyland and kicked down the tree.

It was the polluted creature called the "Desolate Giant" who shot at the place where the tree fell.

This is one of the few fixed phenomena that exists in the fairyland, and the last two in-depth explorations were explored by Chen Lun.

One is that if you destroy a tree, it will attract an attack from the "Desolate Giant". The more severe and numerous the damage, the more frequent and accurate it will be against saboteurs.

And the reason why Chen Lun wants to cut off a tree is because of another law.

Second, there is no reference in the gray forest, and the foliage is lush, obscuring the sky and the sun, so it is difficult to discern the direction. However, it can be judged by the rings of large trees.

It's just that this judgment is not based on common sense.

According to common sense, the density of growth rings can be distinguished from north and south, sparse to south, dense to north. This is because the sun is facing south, and the sunlight is sufficient, so that the trees in this direction are thicker and the growth rings are sparse. Facing north, it is relatively stunted and has dense growth rings.

But this is a fairyland, a place of absurdity and weirdness, and the common sense of the world may not apply here......

Therefore, Chen Lun did not judge the north and south by the density of annual rings, but simply used it as a direction guide. The tree-ring pattern, sparse towards dense, resembles an arrow.

In the first two in-depth explorations, Chen Lun found the small house that resembled a wooden house by the lake according to this "annual ring arrow".

"Hoo ......"

He ran a distance, the movement behind him decreasing until it disappeared.

The specific strength of the "Desolate Giant" is unknown, but it is not lower than [Sequence 6]. The first two times he groped for the rules, Chen Lun triggered several hints of transcendent knowledge by witnessing its giant arm palm and the strange berries growing on it many times.

The collection progress of [Natural Faction Sequence 6 - Berry Picker] has also increased from 1/10 to 1/4, but it has also stopped there. After that, no matter how Chen Lun observed, there was no longer any benefit except for deducting his reason, and he didn't bother to stare at that ugly palm more.

After running like this for ten or twenty minutes, Chen Lun suddenly stopped.

In the field of vision, among the dense shadows of trees, you can faintly see the outline of a tawny wooden house in the distance.

'Here we are, here it is......'

Chen Lun said secretly, and then raised his vigilance.

"Last time I was here, I met those polluting creatures......

He walked cautiously forward.

Suddenly, his face sank.

Behind a tree not far ahead, black smoke slowly drifted out, and as the smoke twisted, a pitch-black head poked out from behind the tree.

A pair of red eyes full of malice and confusion stared directly at Chen Lun.

"He" walked slowly out from behind the tree.

It was a humanoid creature, but it was covered in black smoke and could only be seen faintly, wearing an extremely old farmer's sharness outfit and a straw hat on its head.

Carrying a logging axe in his hand, he was walking towards Chen Lun.

This polluting creature is called a 'lumberjack,' but it doesn't actually cut down trees in the gray forest, but only stares at the living creatures...... Cut down living creatures as wood.

It's just that I didn't expect that this polluted creature is still lingering here...... No, I should say that this area is special. ’

Chen Lun's heart flashed with the information that [Voyeur Eye] had seen.

His silver staff flicked and turned into a silver sword.

'This guy's strength is about the same as [Sequence 7]...... It's also immune to physical damage, so it's very difficult, but if it's the only one, you can try to kill it! ’

The last time Chen Lun encountered three "lumberjacks" at the same time, because he didn't know much about their characteristics of ignoring physical attacks for the first time, he suffered some losses, and finally retreated temporarily.

This time the situation was different.

Scold!

The glove erupted in flames, staining the silver sword orange.

Roaring ——!

Chen Lun's feet were forced, and the whole person disappeared in place, and the firelight crossed an arc and fell in front of the lumberjack.

Poof!!

The flaming silver sword sliced the opponent's chest open, and the flames scorched the lumberjack's body.

But the other party didn't seem to react, holding the logging axe with both hands, and slashed at Chen Lun heavily.

Whew!!

The black smoke accompanied the afterimage, and an axe fell into the air, and Chen Lun had already dodged it.

The lumberjack raised his head, and his two red eyes followed Chen Lun's figure closely, and then it took a step back, and its whole body was hidden behind a big tree.

In the next second, it seemed to shuttle through the space and walked out directly from behind another tree next to Chen Lun.

Raise the logging axe and chop it off on the head.

Whew!!

It's this trick again, it's really hard to guard again...... ’

Chen Lun secretly exclaimed.

The silver sword in his hand turned into a silver shield again, and he raised it to block the blow with a bang.

Immediately, Chen Lun pushed his hand, and the flames appeared in a spiral, slapping heavily on the chester of the lumberjack.

Rumble!!

The other party flew upside down, and the transcendent flames attached to its body, burning continuously.

The slash wound inflicted on it by Chen Lun with the silver sword earlier had already been covered by the black smoke emitted by it, and it recovered in a few breaths. Only the injuries given by the flames, the black smoke could not do anything.

The lumberjack was on fire with his upper body on fire, but he got up from the ground as if nothing had happened.

Black smoke was constantly emitting from his body, and at first glance, it seemed as if it was caused by these extraordinary flames.

It took the axe and slashed at a nearby tree.

Immediately afterwards, a strong wind came from Chen Lun's ears.

His [spiritual intuition] sent an omen, his neck twisted violently, and his head tilted. In the next second, the logging axe swept past the side of his cheek.

Call!!

Danger after danger to avoid!

'Using trees as node mediums, you can shuttle your body and deliver attacks......? ’

Chen Lun thought to himself.

The last time he hadn't seen a lumberjack like this, he was a little surprised.

This kind of attack is too difficult to predict...... If it weren't for spiritual intuition, it would be hard to dodge. ’

Chen Lun shook his hand, and the cane changed back into the form of a silver sword.

He took a step, ready to rush forward, only to see the lumberjack once again raise his axe and slash at the nearby trees.

Chen Lun was on guard against the trees around him, paying attention to the axe that could be chopped at any time, but he only heard a loud noise.

Crackling!!

Chen Lun turned his head to look, his eyes widening.

'What about those who said they wouldn't cut down trees?!' ’

His heart skipped a beat.

Contrary to the information obtained by the peep, the lumberjack actually cut down the tree with an axe!

Not only that, but it raised its axe and fell again.

But this time, a loud noise came from Chen Lun's side.

Crackling!!

A large tree close at hand broke off at the waist, and then fell with a bang.

The lumberjack actually used his ability to cut down the trees around Chen Lun from a distance!

As the tree fell, the sky shone brightly, but it was quickly blocked again, followed by a huge palm.

slapped at Chen Lun suddenly!

Rumble!!

Chen Lun stepped on his feet, and the whole person catapulted out into the depths of the woods.

There was a tremor behind him, and rubble flew sideways, and many hits hit his back, and some of them hurt.

'The lumberjack deliberately drew the giant's ......?' ’

Because the trees in the forest were too dense to spread his wings and fly, Chen Lun could only run forward and head towards the wooden house.

In the process, two more clouds of black smoke appeared on both sides.

Two lumberjacks in straw hats and peasant costumes came with axes in their hands.

It's the same as last time! ’

Chen Lun scolded secretly.

He ignored it and rushed straight towards the cabin.

This time he didn't plan to retreat, but chose to go to the wooden house.

The "Desolate Giant" in the high place did not continue to pursue him, but the three lumberjacks shuttled directly to him through the trees, raising their axes and chopping them.

Call! Whew!!

Chen Lun unfolded the "big snake form", using his dexterous body to dodge left and right.

In the process of dodging, he also uses the flames to fight back. Either attach to a silver cane and strike the lumberjack's torso arm, or directly hit a blast of flames to repel their attack and breathe a few breaths.

Running like this, Chen Lun soon came to the door of the wooden house.

As he got closer, he became more and more sure that this was the lakeside hut...... The appearance is exactly the same, and even the hanging ornament on the door has not changed.

The three lumberjacks were extremely difficult, and they even ate Chen Lun I don't know how many times, but they still did not fall down despite the attack with extraordinary flames. Blazing after him, wielding an axe tirelessly.

Boom!

Chen Lun slammed open the door of the wooden house, and the whole person rushed in.

Whew-

The black smoke behind him suddenly dissipated.

All was quiet again.