The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The trunk part hit by Leo shattered into pieces as if a small bomb had been detonated, revealing a washbasin-sized hole, from which one could see a milky-white object that was completely different from the surrounding wood. , This is the heart of the Ancient War Tree.

The strength of Leo's fist was grasped very precisely, opening a large enough opening, and loosening the part connected to the tree around the heart of the tree, causing only a small amount of damage to the heart of the tree.

Seeing that the blow was successful, Leo instantly grabbed the heart of the tree, put it in the storage space, and then moved towards another tree that contained the heart of the tree.

In the same way, Leo took out all the tree hearts hidden in the three trees in less than 30 seconds.

Taking out the heart of the tree is the first step, and the next step is to leave here smoothly.

And Leo had already estimated the direction to leave. After getting the heart of the tree, he immediately used his full shadow jump, without hiding his figure or staying power, and quickly moved in the shadow of the forest, towards the edge of the nearest small garden. Move over.

It was also the first time that Leo used the special bloodline witchcraft of shadow leap relentlessly, and the effect of this witchcraft was somewhat beyond his expectations. He rushed out of the war in just three minutes. In the forest of ancient trees, five minutes later, he was already at the edge of another taboo forest more than ten kilometers away from the forest of ancient war trees.

Although the effect of the bloodline witchcraft of shadow leap is very powerful, such a long-distance continuous movement consumes a lot of shadow power. In just five minutes, less than 30% of the shadow power accumulated over the past few days is left .

In order to avoid being unable to use shadow leap, which is an excellent avoidance witchcraft, in case of an accident, Leo stopped casting shadow leap, and used witchcraft that are generally used for movement, such as the lightness of cats, etc., to make his body light and agile. Cooperating with his own physical fitness, he quickly shuttled through the forest.

Five minutes passed, and he was already far away from the forest of ancient war trees. Leo felt that things might be safe.

And just when his mood relaxed a little, the violent tremors on the ground made him immediately raise his vigilance to the extreme, and then there were bursts of roaring noises from a distance behind him, and accompanied by a gust of wind. Come, and the cause of all these mutations is that tens of thousands of trees of different sizes in the Ancient War Tree Forest shook at the same time.

I only saw the roots of these ancient war trees arch upwards, making them stand up from the ground where they took root, and turned into legs supporting the body, making the ancient war trees look like a tall and thin body The proportions of a tree giant are average.

And these ancient war trees that stood up from the ground turned their direction almost at the same time. This direction happened to be the direction Leo left, and then they chased Leo at the same time like marching ants. Their huge bodies made them unnecessary. To avoid the obstacles in front of them, just hit the obstacles directly, so there was only a mess in the place they passed by, and they also opened up a passage in the small garden.

Although Leo had no way to see clearly what happened in the forest of ancient war trees, he could tell from the sound coming from him and the strong wind generated by the shaking of the ancient trees that the situation behind him was not optimistic, so he quickened his pace and used the fastest speed forward.

However, compared to the shadow transition, this method of movement is obviously much slower. Leo can feel that the voice behind him is gradually getting louder. Although the change is very slight, it has already proved that the ancient war trees are gradually approaching Own.

Leo made a quick estimate in his mind, and found that if he just hurried on like this, it might be difficult to leave the small garden before the ancient war tree catches up, so he left in his heart and implemented the second plan, moving in a slightly different direction. I modified it a bit, shifting from the safest and least dangerous road to a road full of taboo areas, moving carefully from the cracks of these taboo areas as if dancing on the tip of a knife.

This way of moving makes the speed much slower than before, but if the existence in these forbidden areas is really as dangerous as recorded in the instruction map, then when those ancient war trees rush over, the people in these forbidden areas Existence should be able to help him block these rampaging ancient war trees, giving him enough time to leave the small garden.

After making the route adjustment, Leo buried his head on the road, and if he encountered danger, he would not get entangled with the attacker, but directly used the shadow jump to avoid the attack and continued on the road.

More than half an hour passed like this, and the sound from behind was several times louder than before, and when the sound increased again, the huge sound that lasted for more than half an hour suddenly disappeared, as if at that moment The ancient trees of war that made the sound no longer exist.

But then a louder and more chaotic sound came from behind Leo. These sounds not only included the loud noise made by the movement of the ancient war tree, but also filled with some harsh monster roars, accompanied by some similar impacts. , Explosion and the like.

What impressed Leo the most was that a wave of psionic energy that was as strong as the real eye came from behind. Obviously, the unknown existence in the forbidden area in that direction had power comparable to that of a false god. .

Knowing that his plan had succeeded, Leo did not stop to look back to check the situation, but continued to move forward.

Because of the obstruction of those unknown dangerous existences in the forbidden area of ​​the small garden, the distance between the ancient tree of war and Leo opened up again, but judging from the subtle changes in the weakening of the sound, the ancient tree of war did not stop moving, it just moved. The speed has slowed down quite a bit. It is obvious that facing the impact of so many ancient war trees, even the unknown existences in those taboo areas cannot withstand this flood-like impact.

Leo quickly estimated his movement speed and the advancing speed of the ancient war tree, and felt that even if there was an unknown presence in the taboo area at his current speed, he wanted to leave the small garden before the ancient war tree caught up with him. I'm afraid it's also very difficult.

Thinking of this, Leo quickly adjusted his plan, transformed the other messy powers of his body into shadow powers one by one through the power of nightmare, and then performed the shadow transition again, letting go of the speed completely, and moving forward rapidly.

With the increase in the number and time of casting the witchcraft of shadow leap, Leo's understanding of this witchcraft has become deeper and deeper, and he has more and more understanding of the power of shadows, and the power of shadows consumed by casting spells is also natural. Less and less, his repulsion to the power of shadow is getting weaker and weaker.

The power of shadow is generated from his original bloodline, imitating the power of witch Su's bloodline, because his control over the original bloodline is very low, coupled with his vigilance against the divine power and imprints of various gods, it makes him very sensitive to the power of the shadow. Power and shadow witchcraft are very repulsive, and most of the time they are only used temporarily, and they have never thought of concentrating on research.

However, the action of Xiaohuayuan this time made him use shadow witchcraft for a long time and wholeheartedly for the first time, and it also made him gradually feel the shadow witchcraft, or the mystery contained in the power of shadow.

In the past, Leo always thought that the power of shadows was a power generated by himself, just like psionic power, but as he deepened his understanding of the use of shadow transitions and the power of shadows, he found that in addition to using the power of nightmares to imitate Except for the power of shadows transformed by his own power, other naturally occurring shadow powers were not conceived by himself at all, but came from an unknown subspace.

This subspace is in all the shadows, and overlaps with other spaces. After performing the shadow transition, Leo entered that subspace and moved rapidly through the subspace. The principle is the same as that of the subspace spaceship.

Since the discovery of the existence of the subspace, the exploration of the subspace by various advanced civilizations in the universe has never stopped, but even after tens of millions of years of exploration, no advanced civilization claims to have understood the rules of the subspace, or even the universe. The beings of those intersecting galaxies in the Conclave also know very little about the Warp.

However, after so many years of research, there will always be some research results, and among these research results, there are only a few fixed rules that can be proven to be subspaces, and among these fixed rules, there are One rule is that the Warp does not exist alone.

Just as there are galaxies, nebulae, and star fields in the normal universe, there are also many independent subspace fragments in the subspace. The entire subspace is like a sea full of bubbles, and each bubble is an independent space. Warp debris.

Usually, these subspace fragments are full of all kinds of space turbulence and chaotic and disorderly laws of the universe. Even if an Omega-level advanced life form enters these subspace fragments, it may be difficult to find the correct way to leave. Difficult to escape safely.

It is precisely because of the existence of these independent subspace fragments that the subspace is not lifeless. These subspace fragments, which are relatively safer than the subspace, will also breed various life forms, but they are just like the subspace. Just as the space itself is full of chaos and disorder, the life forms bred in the subspace are also disordered and chaotic. It is naturally impossible for the products of order such as civilization to be produced in the subspace.

Leo found that when he performed the shadow transition, he was guided by the power of the shadow, and the whole person slid past the edge of a subspace debris, neither entering the subspace, but also able to move quickly with the help of the rules of the subspace. The power comes from this subspace fragment, so he also named this unknown space a shadow space.

Discovering a new subspace debris, and having a way to enter this subspace debris, this kind of thing is definitely a big deal in the universe where the Earth Federation was located in the past, and may even alarm those powerful existences of the Supreme Council of the universe.

Because every subspace fragment that can be explored and has a fixed entrance is a cosmic strategic material that is sufficient to relate to the level of civilization. It can be said that one of the conditions for a lower civilization to advance to a higher civilization is to have an independent subspace fragment.

Although the subspace is full of dangers, the subspace is also full of wealth. As long as ordinary people can bring back a little material from the subspace, they can get a lot of money, and the civilization of the universe can be directly obtained from the subspace. Some technological research that is enough to raise the level of civilization.

However, for Leo, it is useless to find such a stable subspace fragment that overlaps so closely with the outside space. Although he is very curious about the situation in this shadow space, he is also very aware of his own situation. There is no difference between rushing in and committing suicide, so after he gave this subspace a name, he focused his energy on how to extract more shadow power from this shadow space for his shadow space. Leapcasting consumes this matter.

Leo, who focused on the shadow witchcraft and the shadow space, inevitably reduced his attention to the movement of the outside world, and was more concerned with identifying the direction of movement after getting out of the shadows. As for how to deal with the ancient war trees behind him and the taboo area Whether or not he catches up with him is temporarily left behind by him.

After moving like this for nearly ten minutes, Leo, who got out of the shadows, had already seen the edge of the small garden, because he could already see some towering buildings of the royal city from the gaps between the surrounding trees.

And just when Leo was about to enter the shadows again, this time he planned to move directly outside the small garden, suddenly there was the sound of wind and pressure caused by a giant falling from above his head, Leo didn't think much at all, and instinctively made a move. He tried to dodge, trying to re-enter the shadows, but this time he found that the shadow transition had failed, as if the surrounding space was blocked by some invisible force.

Fortunately, Leo changed the dodging method in time, and the witchcraft power blessed on his body did not disappear. The whole figure was like a nimble black panther, which quickly moved tens of meters between the tree trunks, and just fell down by mistake. The giant that came, but the impact brought by the giant did not escape the shock wave from behind and directly slapped him out like a fly, hitting a tree trunk not far away.

At the moment when he hit the tree trunk, Leo adjusted his body in time, and unloaded the excess impact force on his body to the tree trunk. When he landed, he had already turned his body and looked at the object that attacked him.

I saw a huge tree trunk not far away stuck straight to the ground, the branches and leaves on the trunk were still clearly visible, and looking up at the top of the trunk, one could see a statue hundreds of meters high and full of various scars. The huge tree man leaned over. Although the tree man had no facial features, Leo felt like he was being watched.

The tree giant seemed to realize that his attack missed Leo, and immediately raised its huge arm to strike Leo a second time.

Seeing this situation, Leo immediately prepared to use the shadow jump to avoid the next giant tree attack, but the shadow jump still couldn't let him enter the shadow, which made him suspect that the giant tree had the ability to block the space, so he had to use the normal The method quickly moved on the ground, and rushed out of the small garden not far away.