The diameter of the tree is only half a meter, but the appearance of this giant tree, which carries the stability of the entire space, is unpretentious.

Raymond had no interest in slaughtering the weak phantoms who had lost their ability to resist here, so after searching the entire town and finding nothing, he came to the side of this giant tree that looked like the Stygian Flame Tree and began to inspect it.

The almost straight trunk of the tree expands and stretches outwards only when it reaches a position of about 90 meters, and the branches that continue to grow straight upwards after forking form a posture similar to a load-bearing support, with the help of its huge leaves and the faint force field barrier at the top, which holds it up and makes it stable.

A dull sound could be heard with a finger tapping on the trunk of the tree, and the range of its rhizome detected by the perception was actually beyond the area occupied by this space lock, and it was as deep as 100 meters underground.

The small piece of Immortal Flame Wood that he accidentally obtained in the wizarding plane is still fresh in Raymond's memory, and because it is also a very rare resource for Crystelle, Raymond is extremely satisfied.

It's just that if it is collected, not only will it require a lot of space to store it, but this phantom demon territory will immediately sink and completely disappear.

And in terms of time, even if it is collected now, it will not be able to send it to Crystal in a short time, so whether to accept it or not to collect it is a very debatable question......

Thinking so in his heart, Raymond, whose fingers were unconsciously scraping on the trunk of the tree, faintly felt that there was some kind of emotion accumulating and releasing in this Flame Tree. It seems to be expressing something.

Plants have wisdom, and nature is nothing special.

It's just that Raymond can't understand the meaning of what this Stygian Flame Tree wants to express.

But that's because of it. He soon decided not to collect the Stygian Flame Tree this time, and to leave it for later access to the Underworld, or to let Crystal go by herself when she needed it.

After making up his mind, Raymond slowly pulled up the top branch, and after careful selection, he chose a thick but not force-bearing branch, cut it from the root, and threw it into the storage ring.

And when he intercepted the branches, Raymond could clearly feel that the Flame Tree was trembling slightly. And the aura released by it also appears negative and depressing, apparently sensing this behavior.

Raymond was slightly surprised, but unfortunately he had no way of knowing what he was expressing. Otherwise, you can understand why the phantom demons here are so weak......

Seeing that the severed wound was covered with a layer of transparent gelatin, the slightly bitter smell escaping from the severed section could not be smelled after a few breaths, and Raymond, who no longer stayed, walked along the branches that grew horizontally in the direction of the town.

Because until now, the 'Heart Core of the Phantom Demon Leader' that the old abbot Seura had asked to collect had not been found. And he was previously investigating the phantoms throughout the town. Nor did he find a distinctly chieftain-level Cunzài.

But the old dean Shura once said that even if the leader-level storage of the phantom demon is a creature in the underworld, even if it dies, its heart core will be collected and properly preserved by its clan, and the more the group of people has a huge phantom demon territory, the more heart cores are stored, and the higher the quality.

A moment later, Raymond, who appeared above the town square, looked puzzled.

This is because within the canopy above it, there is a range of about ten meters that cannot be detected by its senses. And the branches that grow around it also appear to be twisted and entangled with each other. It's very different from what we've seen before.

It was like a Flame Tree specially designed to support the Phantom Demon Territory, and its branches were either horizontal or straight upward, and only those thumb-thick branches would have a slight bifurcation and twist due to the change in the shape above it, so Raymond, who felt the strangeness, couldn't help but increase the intensity of his perception, trying to infiltrate the area and conduct a detailed examination.

An invisible barrier, soft and tough like a film of water, but as Raymond's perception intensified and he approached, the invisible barrier in this hidden area was finally pierced by his perception.

But just as Raymond saw the situation inside him clearly, a chill suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart, causing him to fall sharply without hesitation.

A soft hiss!

With the sound of a sudden sound, there was a huge aura from that area that suddenly spread outward, and dozens of invisible air currents like smoke and silk also passed through the branches and leaves of the Flame Tree, and instantly appeared around Raymond's body, locking the space it vacated like a rope!

Cold and evil, Raymond, who had just broken away from the horizontal branches, had to stop falling, and at the same time as the force field on the surface of his body was magnificent, his right fist that he hurriedly swung up also hit straight away with the sound of breaking through the sky!

Bang bang!

The horizontal branches, the clumps of branches and the dense foliage around them turned into powder and dissipated in an instant, and the visible shock wave trajectory formed by the fist wind entered the area without hindrance, causing its invisible barrier to be broken down and completely revealed.

Within the marginal area of about 10 meters in diameter, there are no branches or leaves.

A carrion corpse facing the direction of the town square hovered in the center of it, but after being hit by Raymond's fist wind, it was as if it could absorb the colossal force, and it only trembled lightly and then did not move.

At this time, the dozens of invisible airflows like smoke and silk that locked Raymond's movement touched his protective barrier when he shrank towards Raymond, and then it seemed to be evaporated, turning into a scattered breath and annihilation.

Raymond, whose threat was lifted, did not relax, but became more vigilant and vigilant.

Because the seemingly calm carrion corpse actually brought him an extremely dangerous feeling, and the strong palpitations made his palms a little damp!

As if in a deep sleep, the carrion's neck twisted abnormally to one side, the left side of its face behind its shoulder blades, and although the body appeared to be completely decomposed, the black, purple strips, and filamentous carrion hanging from the arms and legs had not been stripped from the blackened bones.

The organs in the chest and abdomen seem to have been dried, and the heart that can be vaguely seen between the ribs of the chest is only the size of a chicken's heart, but it seems to be beating in the entanglement of purple and black blood vessels!

But just when Raymond noticed that his heart was still beating, he himself was suddenly shocked, and then Raymond's heartbeat actually began to accelerate, and in the blink of an eye, the sound of banging was like a giant drum being beaten, causing the air around him to tremble and ripple.

Raymond, whose pupils shrank suddenly, completely released his astringent aura without hesitation.

The colossal aura of the peak wizard of the Dawn level caused the air around him to suddenly burst into a sharp roar, and the heart that had just suddenly accelerated its beating gradually slowed down as Raymond's momentum climbed, and after an instant, it returned to normal.

But just as its body was restored, the closed eyes of the carrion above its head suddenly burst out with a flash of essence in vain, and then suddenly disappeared from Raymond's eyes!

Raymond, who locked on the danger when he sensed it, couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart, and without hesitation, he fell down again.

The speed was instantly increased to the limit, and every qiē in its field of vision was distorted and deformed.

But just as he left his previous position, his black fingers poked out of the void and clawed at what was supposed to be Raymond's heart.

Between the lightning and flint, Raymond, who felt the feeling of horror, calmed down.

The image of the creature of the underworld that he quickly recalled in his mind could not match the carrion corpse in front of him at all.

"Could it be that you are so unlucky, that you can meet those extremely rare creatures in this phantom demon territory?"

Raymond, who once again firmly locked the five pitch-black fingers, couldn't help but think of such a possibility when his feet touched the bluestone on the town square...... (To be continued......)