This isn't a souls-like game at all.

A flash of fire suddenly appeared in the forest. A dense tree was struck by lightning. Sparks flew and fell, and then it was ignited again. In an instant, it turned into a tall torch, dispersing the surrounding thick fog.

“It’s not…?”

The big tree that turned into a torch split open in the middle with a "crash", and leaves jumped out one by one with puzzled expressions.

"That huge arrow had just been shot out when I turned into thunder and struck it down, but in the end, it only hit a tree?"

Could it be that the rain of arrows was shot out from these trees?

He looked up at the sky covered by thick fog. The light of the stars and the eternal moon were obscured by the fog, and no light could be seen.

Then he looked around again in the light of the fire, but could only see many trees vaguely visible in the thick fog.

These trees are strange in shape, like alien monsters with bared fangs and claws, which makes people feel a chill in their hearts.

The misty forest was completely silent. Not a sound could be heard, not a light could be seen. Only the crackling sound of burning wood could be heard from the torch behind him.

But the flame became increasingly dim, as if some mysterious force had stopped it from burning.

The white mist dispersed by the flames gathered around, like some invisible and terrifying monster, trying to completely devour Ye Yiyi in the mist.

The misty forest at night was filled with a sense of eeriness and strangeness, which was far different from the night scene he had witnessed in the Lupe Rain Forest.

In the rain forest, you only need to worry about attacks from wild beasts, but in the misty forest, you must always be careful and alert, so as not to become the soul killed by the forest ranger's arrow.

The Forester is a peculiar half-human, half-goat creature who excels in archery and only exists in the Misty Forest.

When Ye Yiyi was still in the Principality of Rit, he once broke into a misty forest, defeated a two-headed black goat, and rescued a child who had broken in.

Unfortunately, for safety reasons, he quickly left the forest with the child after defeating the black goat, so he was unable to fight with those goat-bodied people.

Although he had never fought with them, he was no stranger to the forest rangers.

The description of the "Forest Ranger Gem" he had obtained from the Plant Research Institute in Panyalong City mentioned:

"Forest Keepers are spirits who live in harmony with the forest and its trees. It is said that they once received orders from the king to secretly guard the colorful stone trees that are widely distributed along the border."

The description of the "Plant Guardian", which is used to help the immortal tree sprout and clamp its growth, also mentions:

"It is said that the ancient forest guardian was one of the messengers guarding the prototype of life. The Flower Moon Eternal Radiance drew inspiration from this, traced the power of the great life, and successfully brought one of the forms of the life prototype into being as a new life."

In other words, these sheep-bodied people are both subordinates of the king and messengers of the archetype of life.

Unfortunately, Osukopoulos is also a messenger of the archetype of life.

Although it is now a sinner who has committed blasphemy, there is no guarantee that the forest rangers will not rescue it and protect it because they are both messengers of the prototype of life.

In addition, Ye Yiyi didn’t know which king’s orders these forest rangers were obeying or which camp they belonged to.

If it is a friendly camp, it is fine. Although there are some minor frictions among everyone, it is not impossible to resolve misunderstandings and turn hostility into friendship.

But if the forest rangers obey the orders of a hostile king and are enemies in terms of their stance, then it would be a little difficult to deal with.

"I don't really like this development. All the rangers in the game are hostile units. There's not even an NPC that I can talk to normally."

Ye Yiyi let out a light breath, straightened the pointed hat on his head, took out the waist lamp from behind and hung it around his waist.

The cold white light spread outward, but did not stop the fog from approaching.

"This fog seems to be dispelled only by fire..."

Ye Yiyi turned his head and looked at the big tree that had been burned to ashes, with only a few sparks of fire left. He frowned slightly, then released the cosmic light and probed into the clouds.

But no one knows what secrets are hidden in the misty forest. Before Ye Yiyi's cosmic spiritual light could reach three meters, it triggered a resonance with the spiritual light of all things, and then transmitted his consciousness to the Hall of Impressions.

"What the hell is this place? How can it be so easy to resonate with others?"

When he regained consciousness, Ye Yiyi frowned and stared at the approaching thick fog, feeling strange.

"It seems that we still have to use fire to dispel the fog?"

It would be great if the dung beetle were here. Using its spiritual fire to dispel the fog would undoubtedly be the most convenient way to use it.

Fortunately, he was not without a plan. When he was exploring the underground cemetery of Torch City, he got a unique catalyst weapon, and the accompanying combat skills were just right for this situation.

Before the fog completely enveloped him, Ye Yiyi took out a brass seven-candle hammer and raised it into the air.

Exclusive combat skill: Burning Lotus Spirit Fire!

Raising the candlestick and praying to the ancient spiritual fire can make the candle burn and the lotus bud bloom. The praised white spiritual fire can illuminate the surroundings and make the existence that is good at hiding nowhere to hide.

As the candlestick began to flame, the lotus-bud-shaped metal hammer head also blossomed and turned into a metal lotus burning with cold white spiritual fire.

The firelight spread all around, and the dense fog that was closing in on them suddenly dispersed in fright, like a mouse seeing a cat, leaving behind a vast expanse of woodland.

Deep in the woods, there stood quietly a strange creature with the lower half of its body being a ram with four legs and sheep's hooves, the upper half being a human body, but with two coiled horns on its head and a protruding face like a sheep's head.

At this moment, the sheep-man was surprised to find that the thick fog had dissipated and the fire had lit up. He turned his head to look towards the light source and saw Ye Yiyi's figure, and then he was shocked!

Ye Yiyi also discovered the sheep-bodied man as soon as the fog cleared.

The human body of the sheep-man was covered with a long sleeveless robe woven from brown and yellow roots, and several animal skin bags of different sizes were hung around his waist.

It held a one-meter-long wooden short bow in its hand, and also slung a two-and-a-half-meter-long root-shaped heavy bow across its back.

But the most eye-catching thing is that on its sheep-like lower body, there are two rows of human skulls strung together with thin red ropes.

This was the first time Ye Yiyi had truly looked directly at the ranger, and his attention was attracted by his peculiar appearance, which resembled a centaur's relative - a centaur.

"This thing..."

He frowned slightly and couldn't help but think in his heart.

"I know that rangers will shoot humans and demihumans who enter the forest, but rangers in games don't string the skulls of their prey around on ropes and hang them on their bodies."

What? Are the rangers in this place some special species that is extremely wild?

The centaur saw Ye Yiyi's figure and was shocked. He then shook off his sheep's hooves and ran lightly, while raising the short bow in his left hand and twisting the bowstring with his right hand.

There was no movement of it drawing out the arrow, but it just pulled the bowstring to its full extent, and a wooden arrow flashing with a bright blue light quickly grew out of nothing on the longbow.

"Om!!"

Then there was a clear sound of a string, and the Centaur released the arrow. The wooden arrow flew out in a spin, and a streak of blue light flew towards him at high speed.

"Are you going to do it now?"

Ye Yiyi raised his eyebrows slightly and turned his head to avoid the arrow.

In that case, he doesn't need to hold back.

He raised the Spirit Fire Lotus Platform in one hand, and with the other hand he took out a sharp-shaped silver pistol from behind his back, aimed at the Centaur and fired.

"clang!"

After a clanging sound of metal collision, long white smoke spurted out from the muzzle of the pistol to both sides.

The figure of the centaur, who was leaping lightly in the forest, suddenly hesitated, as if he was tripped by something, and fell headfirst with his legs facing the air, spinning and falling heavily to the ground.

Then there was a cry of sheep full of horror!

"What!!"

"Your body is quite strong, how come the bullet didn't penetrate it?"

Ye Yiyi looked confused and looked down at the hand cannon. Then he realized that the hand cannon had been recast by the old blacksmith and its usage requirements had been greatly improved.

With the attributes of his Power, his skills and intelligence have not yet reached the minimum usage requirements.

"You're lucky."

He shook his head and fired a shot without reloading. His body floated away and in the blink of an eye he crossed a distance of a hundred meters and arrived in front of the goat man.

The half-goat man rubbed his swollen left front hoof and stood up with gritted teeth. Suddenly, he saw Ye Yi Yi flying towards him. His whole body shook violently and he let out a trembling sheep's cry.

"What!!"

As soon as the sheep's bleating sounded, Ye Yiyi saw the grass in front of him growing wildly, and a large number of gray roots were crawling out of the ground like snakes, standing up out of thin air, and winding towards him like snakes.

"interesting."

Ye Yiyi narrowed his eyes and did not resist, allowing the gray roots to entangle him. In an instant, he turned into a human-shaped wooden stake, with only his head and his left hand holding the lotus pedestal exposed.

“Mee! Mee!!”

Seeing this, the centaur changed his look of horror and roared with excitement.

It lowered its head and spat a mouthful of thick saliva at the swollen sheep's hoof. In an instant, the swelling disappeared and it stood up again refreshed.

"So, what are you going to do now?"

Ye Yiyi smiled and spoke into the mind of the centaur through the cosmic light.

“Mee! Mee! Mee! Mee!!”

The half-human did not notice the unusualness of the sound. He bleated, and the actual meaning of the words appeared in his mind at the same time.

[Human! Invader! So gullible! Must be killed!]

Judging from this answer, it seems that this thing’s intelligence is not very high?

Ye Yiyi raised his eyebrows and watched the half-goat man pick up the short bow and put it on his back, then took out a dagger from the animal skin bag on his waist. The sheep's face was grinning like a devil, and he slowly walked towards Ye Yiyi who was trapped tightly.

"Just kill them?"

Ye Yiyi asked in his mind, "So what happens after killing him?"

“Mee-mee-mee! Mee-mee! Mee-mee!!”

[Soul! Take it away! Water the tree! Provide nutrients! !]

The forest ranger answered with a rhythmic bleating sound and glanced at the lotus spiritual fire with some fear.

Then he reached out his hand to grab the pointed hat on his head, and with the other hand he held a dagger to cut his neck.

"Irrigate the tree with souls?"

Ye Yiyi was stunned when he heard this, and a word immediately emerged in his mind.

Colorful stone tree?

“Crack…”

The Centaur reached out to grab Ye Yiyi's hat, but was caught in mid-air by another hand.

"Bah!"

The half-goat man was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked over with his sheep eyes, only to find that the roots that had originally tied the leaves tightly together were now broken and shattered all over the ground without him noticing.

"Crack!"

Ye Yiyi exerted a little force, and the half-goat man's left palm fell off and fell to the ground. His thick wrist was crushed into a ball of bone and blood and exploded.

“Meow!!!”

"Fuck! You're using too much strength! Eight handfuls of dark lacquer!"

Ye Yiyi belatedly let go of his hand, avoiding the splattering blood and flesh, and swung the Spirit Fire Lotus Platform backhand amid the half-goat man's screams of horror.

The metal lotus with an extremely sharp edge easily cut through the coiled goat horns and then embedded itself into the forehead of the half-goat man.

The goat man's eyes were dull, and his body swayed weakly along with his head, like a large doll, instantly losing all vitality.

The cold white spiritual fire then surged and gushed out from the lotus, quickly engulfing the whole body of the half-goat man and turning him into a human-shaped torch.

Soul Echo +4025.

Current soul echoes: 5642.

"No, this thing is dry firewood? How come it catches fire so quickly?"

Ye Yiyi was startled and reached out his hand like lightning to take off all the weapons and personal belongings from the goat man and threw them aside.

But in just a moment, the strong and sturdy body of the centaur was burned clean by the spiritual fire.

What made Ye Yiyi feel a little weird was that there was no fishy or burnt smell of burnt flesh and blood in the air, but instead there was a faint fragrance of grass and trees.

"The person was burned to ashes, so why is there still a fragrance?"

Ye Yiyi was puzzled. He looked down at his right hand which was covered with blood, flesh and bones, and brought it to his nose to sniff.

“There’s no fishy smell at all…”

Not only that, the aroma of the plants became stronger and stronger, making people's foreheads feel hot, like some kind of undiluted strong perfume.

"Outrageous..."

He shook his hands with a strange expression, used "cleansing" to remove the dirt, and then glanced at the light curtain.