As soon as they entered the Blood Forest, a sense of coercion suddenly appeared in the hearts of the two of them.

"Whew~ This feeling is really uncomfortable......" Zhao Tianhe said with a frown. And it always feels a little familiar, well, like the feeling of being trapped in gluttony! Isn't it? ”

"Hmm!" Artoria nodded. "Could it be that this blood forest, or that blood cloud, is a monster of the same level as gluttony?!"

"I don't know, the reaction of that thing above is very passive, it seems to be just suppressing outsiders from approaching and hindering the effect of the spell, and I really don't know how the real body is." Zhao Tianhe looked at the clouds above his head and suddenly thought of one thing. "Wait, why is this cloud called a blood cloud?!"

Although this dark cloud is strange and heavy, no matter how you look at it, it is an ordinary cloud, and there is no blood at all anyway.

"This ...... I really forgot to ask. Artoria thought for a moment and said. Let's go to the tavern in the evening and ask. ”

"It's fine." Zhao Tianhe nodded.

Although the rewards of the monsters here are fantastic, they also have a drawback, that is, they don't like to come out and meet people.

The scarcity of numbers made Zhao Tianhe even want to act separately from Artoria, because the trees in this ghost place were too dense, and the farthest range of vision perception could not be expanded, and the detection spell would disappear directly if it was not more than a kilometer.

At this time, Zhao Tianhe's sharpest reconnaissance method was hearing, which could reach as far as 30 kilometers away.

But the scope here is too large, and with Zhao Tianhe and Artoria's ability to move, they didn't find any monsters after walking around for a full hour.

"Huh?" Zhao Tianhe's ears suddenly heard a subtle concussive sound. "Wandering Mountain Maiden again?"

This voice was familiar to him, it was the disgusting and terrifying tank girl.

But at the same time, he also heard some other noises, very subtle, compared to the terrifying tank girl almost like insects, but there are no insects in this blood forest.

"Well, it's the footsteps of humans, and I don't know if it's the uncle." Zhao Tianhe smiled and waved his hand at Artoria, and the two rushed directly in the direction where the sound came from.

Within a few minutes, the two of them arrived at the scene, and they also saw a rather peculiar scene.

I saw a young man standing in the middle of an open area, standing straight as if he was standing in a military posture. A wandering mountain girl was swaying her fat nose, as if trying to find the young man's appearance.

The open area is littered with broken or uprooted supertrees, the work of the wandering mountain maiden.

The young man saw Zhao Tian and the two, his expression changed slightly, and the wandering mountain girl suddenly turned her head to look in the direction where he was.

Fortunately, Zhao Tianhe directly hit a spell and attracted the attention of the mountain girl, and the young man was not discovered.

The next thing is an operation, and they have already killed the two mountain girls, and they are familiar with grinding off part of the opponent's fat armor, and then use the curse to weaken and kill them directly.

There is a rare option in the drop this time, the essence of the mountain girl, this thing is what is used to improve equipment, Zhao Tianhe did not hesitate to exchange for one, and then exchanged for a chaotic life essence to improve the skill level.

Needless to say, this must be for Artoria, after all, her magic release is the key to breaking the mountain girl's defenses, but because Artoria's skill level is too high, it only increases the guarantee by two levels.

And when Artoria used it, she found that there was still a limit to the use of this thing, that is, a skill could be used up to two times.

"This guy is quite sensitive to men, and when I first saw him, he seemed to sense me from three kilometers away, is this a spell?" Zhao Tianhe flew to the man's side and asked with some confusion.

"You ...... You've killed this witch beast! The young man was also surprised when he looked at what Zhao Tian and the two of them had done. Are you kidding?! The monsters in this Blood Forest should all be invincible! And why are you able to cast such powerful spells?! That woman is also using spells to strengthen her body, right?! I've never seen anything like this before! It's just ...... Incredible! You're not from this world, are you?! ”

"Oh yes, we're from another continent, a world that's more advanced than you." Seeing this, Zhao Tianhe naturally knew that he couldn't hide it, but it was really a bit troublesome to explain the situation of the Holy Council, so he casually explained the news he had inquired about from Earl Valigun before. "It's the Tianzun Continent you've always longed for."

"Is that so? It is said that the spells of the Tianzun Continent are fundamentally different from ours, so can you ignore the suppression of the blood cloud and cast spells? The young man was a little surprised when he heard this, but he was somewhat acceptable.

"Huh, I'm really envious of you, but what I used just now was not a spell, but a potion made from alchemy." The young man said with a wry smile. "That thing has completely suppressed all the breath on my body, and it has become like dirt and wood, and this witch beast has very poor eyesight, and can only distinguish creatures by taste and temperature. It's not a great trick, at least not as good as your spells. ”

"But why are you in such a dangerous place? We're just lost. Zhao Tianhe explained. We heard about it in a town before, so we tried to come here to see it, but we didn't know anything about it. ”

"This ......" The young man hesitated for a moment, but finally sighed and replied. I'm an investigator sent by the Atlas Empire. ”

"Oh." Zhao Tianhe nodded when he heard this, and asked again. "So what are you going to investigate?"

The young man was good at observing words and feelings, and when he saw Zhao Tianhe's reaction, he immediately relaxed, because it was obvious that Zhao Tianhe had never heard of the Atlas Empire at all.

It was pretended by Zhao Tianhe, who had heard about the approximate range of continental strength from Count Valigan before.

The place where they were, the Blood Forest Zone, belonged to the Jade Soul Empire, the empire to which Count Valigon and Barreltown belonged.

No need to ask, this guy must be some kind of spy sent by the Atlas Empire or something.

'Two countries at war? Or is it some other attempt? But it has nothing to do with me...... Zhao Tianhe controlled his facial muscle micro-expressions, pretending not to know anything and talking to the young man for a while.

The young man claimed to have come here to investigate the ruins in order to find out what caused the great destruction of the previous era.

And Zhao Tianhe also followed his words and said that he was also his colleague, and he came here to investigate after inspecting the anomalies on the Tianzun Continent.

"We encountered another anomaly as we sailed here, and it was a huge moving vortex." Zhao Tianhe said casually. "The ship sank, and everyone but two of us barely escaped...... Alas......"

"The documents for customs clearance, the identification is gone, we live here by magic, and we have taken a job from the Earl of Valligon in Barrel Town, which is to check on the sudden disappearance of the Kingdom Special Investigator, Mr. Most." Zhao Tianhe made up a story based on all the things he had done before. "If you're a researcher in this area, why don't you help us find Mr. Most?"

"Yes, I heard that he has been studying the ecology of the Blood Forest here for many years, and we also hope to get his research materials before agreeing to serve Earl Valgen." Artoria next to her was also very calmly lying, after all, the young man in front of him was not a good person.

"Okay." The young man said with a slight smile. "But it's really big here, so we'd better plan our direction and divide it into groups of three."

"That doesn't work, does it?" Artoria asked, a little confused. "You can't deal with those monsters."

"Hahaha, although the alchemy potion is just a small way, the practical level is no worse than your spells." The young man said with a smile. "While I can't use attack spells here at all, it's easier to use Scout Camouflage spells. As long as you can find the traces of those monsters in time, there will be no problem, and each of the monsters here has certain flaws. ”

"That's right." Zhao Tianhe nodded and said. "Let's go separately, but I still have something to ask you. Do you know why it's called a blood cloud? ”

The young man smiled again when he heard this, he now knew that Zhao Tianhe was indeed an outsider, so he explained: "Because this cloud sometimes becomes blood-red, it is called a blood cloud." It's a spectacle, that's why it's so valued, but it's extremely rare, about thirty or forty years, or even once every sixty years. ”

"I see, thank you very much, I forgot to ask about it before, it's really a headache, hahaha~~" Zhao Tianhe nodded with a smile and waved goodbye to the young man.

The young man also smiled and waved his hand, "It's a small matter, so let's gather here later." ”

"No problem!" Zhao Tianhe waved his hand and parted ways with the young man.

'Huh, although it's a pity to leave these two people, but there is no way to do it, that thing can't be discovered...... ' After the young man saw the two of them far away, he used various detection and anti-detection spells to clean up his traces before resuming his action. 'Most? Disappear? No, I should have checked it out, right? This is a good opportunity, these two people are moving in the opposite direction, which means that they are just cannon fodder sent to find people, but those guys should not have expected these two cannon fodder to be so tough, right? ’

After walking for a while, Artoria suddenly asked, "Do you want to act separately like this?" That person must be a spy or something, right? Is that good? ”

"Are you going to catch a spy for the Jade Soul Empire? I'm not interested anyway, you know, we're just passers-by, and we'll leave, or we have to, when the trial mission is done. Zhao Tianhe said expressionlessly. Let's upgrade the equipment first. ”

As he spoke, he took out the essence of the mountain maiden and handed it to Artoria.

The appearance of this mountain girl essence is also very ordinary, it is a twenty-centimeter-tall, shimmering mountain girl head of equal proportions.

Zhao Tianhe turned his head sideways when he handed it to Artoria, not to mention the feeling that Artoria herself was holding this thing and integrating it into his body.

However, after the essence was fused, looking at this attribute, the two felt that it was all worth it.

Intermediate inflated armor, unknown level, top-mounted plate armor

Gain +100 Constitution

Base Defense +40

+40 All Resistances

Max HP +400

The attributes of this all-defense equipment are really amazing, and the basic attributes are already comparable to the status of +3 or even +6 of ordinary S-level equipment.

"Well, if you can be promoted to the top, it's equivalent to an extra life!" Artoria said with some excitement.

"Indeed." Zhao Tianhe nodded. "It's just a pity that I already have +10 suitable equipment on me, otherwise I really want to have one, and I don't know how far I can go if I strengthen it after I go back?"

Zhao Tian and the two of them really planned to find Most's traces, so the general patrol direction was around the hut, relying on Zhao Tian and the terrifying hearing that could hear people's breathing dozens of miles away, as long as Most didn't use spells to cover his whereabouts, he should still be able to find it.

But now it seems that it should be impossible, because these explorers who enter the murderous land can't use attack spells, so their attainments in concealment spells and detection spells are very high, and it is estimated that the same is true of that Most.

After going around again, Zhao Tianhe sighed as he looked at the rough map he had drawn in his mind, it turned out that now their search radius had expanded to more than two hundred kilometers centered on the hut, and the farthest end of the west could already leave the Blood Forest.

But flying and flying, Zhao Tianhe suddenly heard a heavy footstep again.

"This time is different from before, it's definitely not a mountain girl!" Zhao Tianhe said with a look of surprise.

After all, the mountain girl is so disgusting! And it's coming towards him!

Even if that thing can't actually touch Zhao Tianhe, the psychological pressure is too great!

Artoria was also quite interested in these well-paid monsters, and when she heard this, she happily changed into an F-girl and rushed to the direction where the monster was.

The huge figure in the distance gradually became clear, and the figure obviously noticed the approach of Zhao Tian and the two, and he was also very excited to turn around and wave his arm and shoot a large number of trees!

This is a behemoth beast that is nearly twenty meters tall despite its slumped back, its body is covered with messy and curly black hair, its facial features are buried in it, only a pair of eyes with a pale yellow light are extremely conspicuous, and it can be clearly seen through this messy hair.

"Female ...... Woman?! Woman! The dark shadow stared at Artoria with a pair of dark yellow eyes, and rushed forward with an excited roar!

It seems that this one is completely contrary to the mountain girl, and he is specifically for women.

"Humph!" Artoria snorted coldly when she heard this, then glanced at Zhao Tianhe and asked with a smile. "How? It's time for you to protect me, right? ”

"Don't make a fuss, Liya ......" Zhao Tianhe shrugged his shoulders helplessly when he heard this. But don't worry, I'll keep refreshing the shield this time, and I promise I won't make you throw up! ”

The monster's hygiene seemed to be on par with, if not surpass, the mountain girl's, and there was a lot of weirdly colored dirt on the curly hair and on the surface of the body, which was shocking!

And as soon as he got close to this monster, he spewed out a bunch of weird yellow and white slime!

The slime was stopped by Zhao Tianhe's detonation and fell to the ground, sticking a large area of weeds and land into a lump......

Seeing this, Artoria tentatively slashed with a sword, only to find that even the edge of the Sword of Victory of the Oath would be stuck by this thing!

And by this time the monster is already approaching!

Seeing this, Zhao Tianhe cast the three spells of thunder, fire and ice together, and the result was that the ice spell could effectively eliminate the stickiness of this thing, and the thunder fire would only make it more flexible and sticky.

Seeing the efficiency of Zhao Tianhe's cover methods, Artoria also smiled slightly, and then disappeared directly in place.

In the next second, a blue line passed through the monster's body!

Artoria's magic power unleashed a full sword, and it actually pierced that monster!

Zhao Tianhe was also surprised when he saw this, because a neat human form actually appeared on the monster's body, and it was actually directly penetrated by Artoria's whole person!

But only the part that was pierced by the Holy Sword was actually pierced, and the rest of the place was only stretched open by Artoria.

Its body was dragged more than a hundred meters away by Artoria's lunge, but it was always disconnected from its body, and finally it was propped up into a strange black and white passage.

The monster's body was like a high-quality condom, and Artoria's piercing was like you poking your fingers out of the condom.

At this time, on the isolation shield in front of Artoria, there was a large area of curly black hair, and there was a large amount of strange milky white liquid wriggling in the process...... The wriggling liquid seemed to be a conscious being in itself, turning into columns that stretched out in the direction of Artoria.

At this time, Artoria's protective shields around her body were all such strange bulges drilling at her, the scene was like ten thousand maggots towards, this strange scene even for her experienced in a hundred battles was goosebumps and a little sick to her stomach.

Fortunately, Zhao Tianhe threw out a ninth-level spell in time to be extremely frozen and extremely broken, and this ninth-level spell would make the hit hit hit by a mixture of repeated force fields and cold damage.

The entire black and white weird passage was completely frozen and shattered by Zhao Tianhe's spell, and then Artoria's side could be considered to break free.