The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Among the stone pillars in the square of the Leo Stone Throne, some stone pillars are dilapidated, just like the stone pillars belonging to the power of Devina witch are so incomplete that even the base is broken, there is no stone pillar shape at all, and some stone pillars have a pillar shape. body, but the whole pillar is broken from it, as if it was broken by some external force.

However, the stone pillar representing the engulfing power of the stomach sac of chaos is completely different. It has a whole shape of the stone pillar. From the base to the top of the stone pillar, the statue representing the Fool of Chaos is very complete. Even the patterns and symbols on the surface of the stone pillar contain mysterious power They are also very clear, but compared with other stone pillars, this stone pillar is very fragile, because the whole stone pillar is composed of gravel, and even some parts, such as the statue representing the fool of chaos at the top, are in the shape of quicksand, constantly changing shape, making chaos The shape of the Fool is always in an indeterminate state.

It is no exaggeration to say that Leo feels that if there is a problem with the power of the stone throne and the stone pillars suffer a backlash, then the stone pillar of the Stomach of Chaos will definitely collapse first among these stone pillars.

However, things have changed a bit now. When Leo swallowed a cloud of mist stripped from the mist barrier of the shadow world through the power of devouring, he immediately found that the cloud of mist was quickly absorbed and digested by the power of devouring. It was integrated into the stone pillar belonging to the stomach of chaos, and then a small corner of the base under the gravel-shaped stone throne began to petrify slightly.

Perhaps it was because the change was so slight that Leo couldn't be sure whether it was his own illusion for a while, so he once tried to peel off a cloud of mist from the mist barrier, but because there was a Experience, this time the peeling process is easier and smoother, and the peeled mist is also larger.

When Leo absorbed the cloud of mist again, he also kept a close eye on all movements in his body through mental nets and other means, and controlled all changes that occurred in his body after the mist was absorbed, including the changes of the throne stone pillar naturally.

"It's not an illusion, it's really condensed!" After confirming again and again, Leo couldn't help muttering to himself, and his eyes fell on the mist barrier in front of him, his eyes were full of surprise and greed. This barrier of mist that prevented him from freely entering and exiting the shadow world was no longer a nuisance, but a delicacy that could fill him up.

The dryad Lutaxi, who was waiting to see Leo's jokes and asking for help, also heard Leo talking to himself, but she didn't understand what Leo was talking about, but she could still feel that Leo seemed very happy, and The thing that pleased Leo seemed to be the barrier of mist in front of her that disgusted her.

When the dryad Lutaxi couldn't help being curious and wanted to ask Leo the reason, she suddenly felt a terrifying aura of power emanating from Leo. In addition to the fear, it also affected her psychology and physiology. At this moment, she felt an unprecedented hunger. This hunger gave her the urge to eat everything in front of her eyes.

Not only the dryad Lutaxi was affected by Leo's power, but Devina on the back of the dryad Lutaxi was also felt. For the first time, she found that the dryad friend under her was so delicious Tempting, there is an urge to open your mouth to eat it immediately.

Fortunately, before the two of them were completely affected by the power breath of Leo's body and lost control of their body and mind, Leo had already sensed that something was wrong with them, and immediately restrained the breath of devouring power on his body, and concentrated it on the mist barrier in front of him , wantonly swallowing, absorbing, and transforming.

The dryad Lutaxi and Devina who got rid of the horrible hunger couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, then the dryad Lutaxi carried her friend on her back and walked away from Leo until she thought it was a safe place Only then did they stop, and then they focused on what Leo was doing.

I saw that the entire mist barrier was like a pulled curtain, centered in front of Leo, all the surrounding mist rushed here, and these mist rushed to the front of Leo about less than a foot away. The place disappeared in an instant, as if there was an invisible black hole devouring all objects that approached at that position.

The mist barrier on the edge of the shadow world is not endless. Under Leo's unrestrained swallowing, the mist has become lighter as a whole. The original mist requires concentration and the use of spiritual vision to barely see it. Clear the scene of the shadow world on the opposite side of the mist, but now it is only necessary to see the situation on the other side through the naked eye.

It's just that as the mist barrier in front of him gradually faded, it began to evolve towards the final result of disappearing, but Leo's face did not show any relaxed expression, but became serious and tense, and he didn't even have a spiritual vision. Withdraw, concentrate most of his energy and attention, and focus on discovering any abnormal situations that may appear around him, and prepare to escape here at any time and return to the real world. For this reason, he even used hand gestures to inform the tree demon Luta Xi, let her take Devina to run a little further, so as not to be affected by any accident.

The reason why Leo became so tense and serious was entirely because he could already confirm that the layer of mist barrier wrapped around the edge of the Shadow Realm was not self-generated by the Shadow Realm, but by a certain power from the Chaos Fool. , a powerful existence like a god was arranged by hand. As for why it took so much effort to arrange this layer of mist barrier, he is not clear yet, but he is very clear that since the other party has made such a large-scale arrangement, then this A layer of mist barrier must be very important to that mysterious existence, and the disappearance of the mist barrier will definitely alarm that mysterious existence. If the mysterious existence goes back to the source, it will definitely find him, so he will wait for the mysterious existence The moment of appearance, ready to escape at any time.

However, what made him doubt his guess was that the mysterious existence that created and arranged the mist did not appear until the last trace of mist in the mist barrier in front of him was sucked away by him, as if he was no longer in the shadow world.

This abnormal situation made Leo feel puzzled. While absorbing the mist just now, he was also analyzing the nature of the power that constitutes the mist.

After some analysis, he can be very clear about two points. One is that the source of the power that makes up the mist comes from the outer god Chaos Fool just like the Chaos Stomach. And the mysterious existence produced is weaker than Leo's devouring power in terms of the level of its original power, which is why Leo can easily use the devouring power to absorb these mist, the same source, power There is a difference in level, so naturally there is no possibility of resistance.

It's just that even though the power of devouring can easily swallow the mist, it doesn't mean that Leo can defeat the mist maker when facing the opponent.

Because, there may be a difference in the original power levels of the two, but this gap can be made up by the difference in the life forms of the owners of the two powers, although Leo cannot be sure whether the life form of the mist maker has reached the Omega-level advanced life However, he can be sure that the opponent's life form has at least reached the level of a ninth-level psyker. He can feel the strong sense of threat from the source of power from the mist. This sense of danger is fatal. This is also the reason why he was planning to escape at any time just now.

However, something unexpected happened now, the mist maker did not appear, which was obviously abnormal.

The mist maker spends so much energy creating this layer of mist that wraps the shadow world, so naturally he should pay great attention to the condition of this layer of mist. If he is in the shadow world now, he can definitely perceive it. The mist barrier is abnormal, but now he has not appeared, so there are only two possibilities.

One possibility is that the mist maker is dead, but this possibility seems a little low. After all, a powerful existence whose life form has reached the level of a ninth-level psyker, even in the face of invincible factors, is absolutely capable of escaping .

As for another possibility, the mist maker is no longer in this shadow world, and the corresponding real world. He went to other places and couldn't perceive the situation of the mist here, so he didn't appear.

Compared with the possibility of dying, the possibility of not being in the Shadow Realm is greater. Thinking about it carefully, it also conforms to some conventional codes of conduct. The mist maker may have already regarded this Shadow Realm as his forbidden zone. , and He was going to leave again to go to other places to do business, so before leaving, he first set up a mist barrier around this shadow world to prevent people from entering.

It's just that he is too confident in his own mist, thinking that no power can eliminate the mist, and no one can pass through the mist and enter the shadow world, so he doesn't leave any behind-the-scenes warnings.

No matter what the mist maker's situation is, at least for Leo now, the situation is good. He doesn't have to worry about offending an unknown being who can control a shadow world, and the goal of freely entering and leaving the shadow world has also been achieved, and also There are huge bonuses.

After absorbing the entire mist barrier, the stone pillar representing the devouring power of the chaotic stomach sac has been very obviously repaired. The base of the stone pillar has basically been completely petrified, and there are no cracks, and the patterns and runes on the surface are also clear Incomparable, and after the base was completely repaired, a large amount of new knowledge about the power of devouring and the power of devouring chaos poured out from the stone pillar and incorporated into Leo's brain, giving him a higher level of knowledge about the power of devouring and the power of devouring. Level of control rules.

However, it is regrettable that although the base has been completely restored, the pillars above the base have only been repaired a very shallow layer, which is almost negligible.

The reason for this is not that the swallowed mist is not enough. In fact, after only swallowing half of the mist barrier, the base of the stone pillar has been completely repaired, but after swallowing the remaining half of the mist barrier, the stone pillar pillar However, the body only repaired a thin layer. This is obviously not a matter of quantity, but a qualitative reason. The level of power that makes up the mist is too low to fill up the defects of the higher-level devouring power. Only The stone pillar can only be completely repaired by devouring the Chaos Fool's branch power that matches the level of each part of the stone pillar.

Although the final effect was a little bit worse, it was still very rewarding for Leo, and it can even be said to be extremely satisfying. The influx of new knowledge made Leo re-understand the chaos stomach and the power of devouring, and he also found that It seemed that I used to use this kind of power too poorly and simply. This kind of power is not only powerful, but also has strange effects beyond imagination, and it can also be used in combination with his rune trap. The most important thing is The most important point is that the power of devouring, or all the powers related to the Chaos Fool, have an innate restraint effect on the power of the shadow world, which makes his trip to the shadow world a lot safer.

In addition to the harvest of the power of devouring, Leo got a way to repair the stone pillar of the throne. This method is to absorb and fuse various forces from the same source as the power of the stone pillar.

When Leo was sorting out the harvest, the dryad Lutaxi and Devina, who saw that the mist barrier had disappeared, both looked at Leo worriedly, because after the mist barrier disappeared, Leo always Standing motionless on the edge of the shadow world, as if he was seriously injured and lost consciousness.

The two didn't dare to approach at first, because they were worried that they would disturb Leo, but after waiting for a long time, and Leo didn't respond, they felt that something was wrong, so they slowly moved towards Leo, just approaching Leo. At the same time, the dryad Lutaxi was also ready to escape at any time if something abnormal happened.

However, what the two of them didn't expect was that none of their preparations had any effect. As soon as they walked to Leo's side, Leo had already sorted out the harvest this time, and also put the newly acquired knowledge into the memory database, and Get out of the meditative state.

"Mr. Leo, how are you doing now? Are you okay?" Devina, who was sitting on the back of the tree demon, asked Leo with concern.

Leo turned to look at Devina, smiled, and said, "It's okay, it's just that I was too full just now, and I need some time to digest."

At this moment, the dryad Lutaxi reached out and touched the space barrier of the Shadow Realm. Her hand was covered with a layer of green light as if wearing a layer of green gloves. Obviously she was still worried about the damage of the mist.

However, as she saw, her hand touched the space barrier of the shadow world and penetrated through it, and the mist corrosion that she was worried about did not appear. Obviously, that layer made her feel a little troublesome. The fog has completely disappeared.

"How did you do it?" Although it was confirmed to be true, the tree demon Lutaxi still couldn't believe it, and asked Leo with a surprised expression on his face.

Leo replied calmly: "It's very simple, treat the mist as a snack and eat it."

Although what Leo said was true, what the dryad Lutaxi heard was a little bit more inexplicably irritating to her.

While making it clear that she would definitely not be able to beat Leo, she put away the annoyance in her heart and said nothing more. She carried Devina on her back and walked forward with a blank expression. When she was about to pass through the space barrier, Just said to Leo, "Follow, don't get lost." Then he got into the shadow world and disappeared in front of Leo.