Leo did not wait until the unrest in Red Earth City subsided before leaving. The day after he returned to the hotel from the inner city, the gates of the outer city had been captured by a group of desperadoes, and the city gates that had been closed for several days were also captured.

was opened.

Some smart desperadoes know that now is a good time to escape. If they continue to stay and wait for the unrest in the inner besieged city to completely subside, they will not be able to escape even if they want to.

Therefore, the desperadoes who had already robbed a lot of property rushed out of the city the moment the city gate opened. They wanted to stay as far away from Red Earth City as possible so that the people sent by Red Earth City to hunt them had no chance of catching up.

them.

Because a large number of desperadoes began to flee, the originally chaotic outer city has become much more stable. Although there are still some desperadoes wandering around in the city streets who do not know the impending disaster, their number is already very small, and they are basically not interested in hiding in the city.

What threat do ordinary people inside urban buildings pose?

Leo also left the Red Earth City the moment the city gate opened. He had no interest in intervening in the affairs of the Red Earth City, but was curious about the behavior of all parties staring at the Red Earth City. However, he asked this question directly when he saw Barbarissa.

Barbarissa is enough, no need to waste time in the city.

However, before leaving the Red Earth City, Leo sneaked into the inner city area, collected several materials for implants, and stayed on the road to continue studying the energy core formation method of the implants.

Unlike those desperadoes who broke out of the Red Earth City, Leo did not go south, but went to the green emerald area in the northeast.

Although there is a road from Red Earth City to the Green Emerald Area, this road has been in the battlefield area all year round and has been in disrepair for a long time. It has long been abandoned and cannot be used. Now most caravans from Red Earth City to the Green Emerald Area choose to go south to bypass it.

In the battlefield area, go to the middle of the green emerald area.

However, for those smuggling caravans, this abandoned road that passes through the battlefield and leads directly to the West Green Emerald area is their preferred smuggling road.

Because there is no unified kingdom system in the Middle Kingdom, the taxation of the entire region is very confusing. Basically, every time you pass through a region, you have to pay a tax to the local lord.

Although the lords also knew that excessive taxes would only deter caravans from passing through their territories, so the taxes they collected were not very large, but these small amounts of taxes still added up to a large sum.

For example, if the caravan in Red Earth City follows the normal route, it will go south and bypass the battlefield to reach the central part of the Green Emerald Area. However, such a route will require passing through five different territories. Each territory will need to pay a tax. But if it takes the battlefield

If you take the road directly to the West Green Emerald Area, then everything becomes much simpler. You only need to pay the tax once after entering the West Green Emerald Area.

Although traveling directly from the Red Earth City to the West Green Emerald Area can save a lot of taxes and fees, except for the smuggling caravans composed of elite soldiers and generals, other caravans prefer to take normal roads and bypass the battlefield. This is mainly because

The road across the battlefield was too dangerous for them.

There are several areas in the Middle Kingdom that are recognized as war-prone areas. Basically, several large and small wars break out every year, with casualties ranging from dozens to tens of thousands. And the area between Green Jade and Lolo Hill

The Great Wilderness happens to be one of the areas with the most frequent wars. Just from the fact that this area was originally a desert and sandy land with no grass growing on it, but was forcibly nourished into a grassland by the corpses of a large number of people who died in battle, you can imagine the frequent wars in this area.

degree of development.

The people who died in this area were not only people from the Lolo Hill and Green Emerald areas, but also mercenaries hired by both sides from other countries. The ores from Lolo Hill and the gems from the Green Emerald area were brought to both places.

Except for a few important wars, both sides hired foreign mercenaries to fight in most other wars. Therefore, on the remains of the war dead found here, you can see weapons from different countries. If someone

Collecting these weapons would be more than enough to open a continental war museum.

Although Red Earth City will clean up the battlefield for both sides after each conflict, even if there are still most of the corpses that cannot be cleaned up in time, these corpses attract all the scavenging carnivores around them. These animals only look for those dead corpses at first.

, but later they began to attack living people, and because they feed on humans, they are all extremely ferocious and cunning. Even the most well-prepared caravans have suffered losses in the hunting of these beasts. Usually after just one trip,

It wouldn't be a big deal if seven or eight people in the smuggling caravan died.

However, this is not the most dangerous thing on this road. The main reason why the caravans in Red Earth City are unwilling to take this road is a monster called Luta Xi.

According to legend, this monster originally lived in the mountains in the north and was just an ordinary beast. However, it was later attracted by the grievances of the dead here. Under the influence of these grievances, it mutated into the current Ruta Xi.

No one has seen what this kind of Ruta Xi looks like, and they never appear during the day. They only appear late at night. They appear behind the prey without anyone noticing, bite the prey to death instantly, and drag it into the darkness.

This kind of monster is very bold. It will not only attack the smuggling caravans, but also the armies on the battlefield. Every time there is a war between Lolo Hill and Green Emerald, some people will always die in Rutaxi.

Under the attack, sometimes it is ordinary soldiers, sometimes it is dignitaries from both sides, there is no fixed number.

Therefore, Red Earth City, Rolohill and Green Jade all sent people to trap Ruta Xi, but without exception, these hunters eventually became prey and never left this wilderness battlefield.

Originally, with Leo's traveling speed, he could have passed through the battlefield area and entered the West Green Emerald area before dark, but he did not do that. He was also curious about the legendary and mysterious Luta Xi, so like

An ordinary person rushed on his way at a normal speed. When it got dark, he was still on the battlefield.

Instead of continuing on his way, he found a random place and lit a bonfire. Then he captured a prey and roasted it on the bonfire as a normal caravan would do.

This method is indeed the best way to attract the carnivores entrenched in this area. Not long after he put the cleaned prey on the fire, a group of wolves emerged from the darkness and stopped in front of the light of the campfire.

On the edge, they were constantly spinning around Leo, while pairs of green wolf eyes were staring at Leo and the horses next to him, seemingly looking for opportunities to attack.

The animal instinct caused the horse next to Leo to pace uneasily. Past experience made it understand that escaping into the darkness would only lead to faster death, and that only by staying close to the bonfire would there be a chance of survival. Therefore, it walked uneasily to let itself be exhausted.

Possibly gathered around the campfire.

However, it didn't know that its move towards the campfire blocked the light of the campfire, giving the wolves the best opportunity to attack.

With the scream of the wolf, the wolves rushed towards Leo and the horse impatiently, opening their big mouths to reveal their sharp teeth, as if they could crush the hardest bones at any time.

However, these wolves were still several meters away from their prey, and their bodies suddenly decomposed into neatly wound fragments. After these fragments flew through the air for a certain distance, they fell to the ground, and blood slowly overflowed from the fragments.

, flowed to the ground, and soon the area was enveloped in a strong smell of blood.

Originally, Leo thought that he didn't have enough bait, but now there are preys automatically coming to his door as bait. Leo is naturally happy to see this happen. Now the smell of blood in this area is strong enough, and it should be able to attract some prey. Is there any of them?

It is unknown if there is a legendary Luta Xi.

After a period of time, carnivorous or scavenging animals continued to be attracted by the strong smell of blood here. Without exception, they were all kept by Leo and became new bait to attract prey.

I don’t know whether it’s because there are too many beasts dead here, creating an unknown aura, or because all the nearby beasts have been made into bait. After entering the night, no new beasts are attracted.

, even if there were, they would only stay on the edge for a while and then escape quickly.

Time passed little by little, and soon most of the night passed. There was not much time until early morning. Leo felt that the legendary Luta Xi might not appear tonight, so he was ready to pack up and leave on horseback.

At this time, a burst of abnormal movement appeared in the area covered by Leo's mental network. Leo immediately looked over there, but he didn't see anything, but then there was another burst of abnormal movement, but this time it was

The position is much closer than before, and I feel like something invisible is approaching here.

Leo immediately turned on his spiritual vision and looked over there, only to see that under the influence of the Eye of Truth, the hidden mysterious creature was nowhere to be seen.

It's just that Leo was a little surprised after seeing this creature, because it was different from the Luta Xi he imagined. He had seen this mysterious creature in front of him. It was half human and half deer, with a pair of crystal clear heads on its head, somewhat like a tree.

With its antlers and the unique energy fluctuations on its body, the mysterious creature in front of it is obviously a tree demon living in the Black Forest Deer Park.

Leo remembered that Bai Lu had mentioned that dryads were generally unable to leave the Black Forest. They would only be sent out when they needed to perform certain tasks. However, the dryads that left the Black Forest without exception had their horns on them.

They will all wear a golden hoop with the mark of the Black Forest. This golden hoop is not only to show their identity, but also to protect them from being affected by the power of the world in different worlds. It can also help them when necessary.

The tree demon escaped from the hunt and returned to the Deer Park.

However, the dryad in front of him did not wear a golden hoop on its horns, so it was obvious that it did not leave the Deer Garden in the normal way.

While Leo was observing the dryad, the dryad was also looking at Leo curiously with her big eyes. The reason why she was attracted to this area was not the smell of blood in this area, but the smell on Leo's body.

The familiar smell made her feel very familiar, like family. This was something she had never encountered before.

At first, she thought she was having an illusion, but when she got closer to Leo, she felt that the smell was getting stronger and stronger, making her absolutely sure that it was not an illusion, and more importantly, the person in front of her seemed to be able to see.

to her.

You must know that over the years, she has appeared in front of different people countless times, including ordinary people, warriors, shamans, senior clergy who have been favored by gods, and even appeared in the presence of incarnations of gods summoned by divine descending techniques.

In front of her, those people, without exception, all turned a blind eye to her and could not see her at all, which made her realize that she was an exception in this world.

Originally, she thought that she might live her whole life alone, but what she never expected was that someone could see her. This caused a lot of questions to pop up in her mind, and she had a strong urge to

Get up close and ask the other person these questions.

However, her cautious character suppressed the strong impulse in her heart. The flesh and blood around her that were used as bait all showed the danger of the other party, so she always walked around the outside and was ready to escape from here at any time.

"Are you the legendary Rutashi?" Leo asked, but the language he used was not any language in this world, but a language exclusive to the tree demon. This is the language he lives in the black forest.

I learned it from Bailu during that time.

However, the tree demon in front of him obviously did not understand this language, and there was a look of confusion on his face. He then said in a common language commonly used in the Middle Kingdom: "Are you talking to me? I can't understand you."

Your language, but it sounds nice."

Hearing the words of the tree demon, Leo immediately realized that the tree demon in front of him probably did not come from the Black Forest. Otherwise, she would never not understand this language that belongs to their tribe. You must know that this language is also similar to Gamo

Thunder Language also contains mysterious power, and can only be used by tree demons. Many of the abilities of tree demons require this language to be used.

Although Leo was surprised by the origin of the dryad, he did not show it on his face. Instead, he repeated the question in a language that the dryad could understand.

"Ruta Xi? Someone seems to have mentioned this name, maybe he's talking about me." The tree demon thought about it seriously and said in a daze.

After hearing this, Leo told some legends about Luta Xi to the dryad. After hearing this, the dryad immediately showed anger on his face and said: "How can they talk nonsense? I want to save those people, they

They are entangled with the power of death, if I don't save them, they will die."

"Save them?" Leo was stunned when he heard this, and then asked: "If I remember correctly, some of the people you took away didn't seem to appear again? Although some appeared, they were already dead.

He died, and his death was miserable."

The dryad said innocently: "You can't blame me. I could only save them once, take them to a safe place and leave. As for what happened to them after that, I don't know."

Hearing the words of the tree demon, Leo suddenly felt like laughing. He now understood the reason for the legend of Lutaxi. It was just a misunderstanding, but this misunderstanding was getting bigger and bigger, and gradually turned into a fact.
Chapter completed!