As a man-eating tree turned into ice dust and died, a deep pit instantly appeared on the lush grassland, and the dark and cold soil layer covered by vegetation came into view.

Compared with the lush green grass around it, it does look a bit ugly. But this is probably the last trace of this sinister man-eating tree.

The main thing is the pale freeze, which not only freezes the main part of the tree trunk on the ground. The extremely low temperature attached to the forbidden curse "Pure White Cold Hell" can easily spread and cover the entire man-eating tree.

At the same time, he was accustomed to cutting weeds and roots, and he also froze every branch and leaf on the tree and every root system underground with the extreme cold, and easily turned it into ice dust and destroyed it.

Some curious Ariel came over and wanted to study the soil that was eroded by chaos in the valley. As soon as she got closer, there was a sudden "crack" sound under her feet, as if something was being stepped on.

"Huh? What is this? Does this man-eating tree also have the habit of burying things and hiding treasures?! There is no mention in the book that this monster has such survival habits."

For this content that had never been taught in the magic course before, Ariel suddenly became curious. When she raised her hand, red flames appeared around her, and the flames passed by and directly opened up a layer of turf on the ground.

Then...she dug out a small half of the skull of an unknown creature.

Well... only half of it was because she had just stepped on it. As a magician girl, it was naturally impossible for a girl to be frightened by a mere skull, unless she did it on purpose.

However, she originally thought it was some kind of treasure, but she was a little disappointed when she saw that it was just a dirty half of the skull. So out of disappointment, she burned a few bugs that came out of the skull to ashes.

To some extent, Ariel is much stronger than the heroines in many fantasy works.

"I thought it was some kind of treasure...but speaking of which, what kind of creature's bones are these?"

Ariel curled her lips in disappointment, but due to the mage's research habit, she still picked up the half of the skull and looked at it carefully with her mental strength.

The only thing that can be seen from the surface is that this is not a human skull. It is two or three times the size of a human skull, and the shape is also somewhat strange.

If you want to know more, I can't tell you at the moment.

"The bones are still so brittle, it looks like he has been dead for who knows how long."

The girl's slender fingers squeezed with a little force, and the half of the skull was directly crushed into pieces. The flames wrapped around her hands, directly burning away some of the bone fragments stained on the hands, and the palms instantly returned to clean, white and tender.

He was standing by the pit left by the death of the man-eating tree, looking at the pale black soil in the pit. After hearing her words, he glanced at her and said calmly.

"I guess these are the bones left after the man-eating tree caught the prey and ate it. I'm afraid there are still many buried under the grass under our feet."

After hearing this, Ariel was immediately disappointed and lost interest in digging further.

"It turns out that these are all skeletons. They don't seem to be valuable treasures."

After saying that, she saw the pale man still looking at the dark soil by the pit, and came over curiously and said.

"What are you looking at? Is there something wrong with this pit? Is it possible that this man-eating tree buried valuable treasures under its roots? It seems quite possible..."

As the girl talked, she convinced herself first. Thinking of the possibility of a treasure down there, her red eyes suddenly lit up.

In addition to her, Black Dragon Xiaobai, as a giant dragon, would logically be very keen on treasures. But at the moment, he acted extremely calm, looking like he was happy to watch the show.

Obviously, he may have some special method of detecting treasures. He should have known that there was nothing good down there, so he acted so calmly.

"No, down here is a pile of leftovers from the man-eating tree. The energy and nutritious things have been completely digested by it itself."

Wanwan explained casually without turning his head. This might be a cruel and terrifying thing for other humans, but he acted extraordinarily calmly.

In fact, there is no other, it is just the law of the jungle.

Because the creatures that were eaten were weaker than the man-eating tree, they became food and nutrients for its growth. The man-eating tree was weaker than the pale one, so it died in his hands.

Trees eat people, trees eat animals, and finally people destroy trees. There is no reason or relationship between good and evil. It is simply the law of the jungle eating the strong. This is the law of nature...

"Then what are you looking at? You can't just be looking at this pitch black soil, right? What's so interesting about this?"

The girl saw how focused he was without looking back, as if there was something prettier than her in the pit.

"Well, I am indeed looking at this soil."

The pale answer made her expression freeze, and she looked at the dark soil in the pit again with some dissatisfaction. However, she was mentally weak and couldn't detect anything, but she didn't find anything abnormal.

Seeing her movements, the pale man seemed to have just come back to his senses, so he kindly explained to her.

"You can't sense anything unusual. On the surface, the soil is similar to ordinary black soil. It has high fertility for natural plants and is very suitable for growth."

Ariel frowned in confusion and said.

"If that's the case, you probably won't be interested in watching it for a long time, right?"

"Yes, what I just said is just on the surface. In fact... maybe I was a bit wrong before."

After saying that, Wanwan saw that the girl and Black Dragon Xiaobai looked confused, and then slowly explained.

"Do you still remember what I told you outside the abyss? I once said that the concentration of chaos power in the abyss is far from reaching the critical point that can allow the arrival of the alien god."

Ariel frowned slightly when she heard this, and her expression became serious when she talked about such a big thing.

"I remember that you said at the time that the concentration of the power of chaos here was not that high, and there would be no danger. Is it possible... is there something else going on now?"

But who knows, Bai Bai shook his head again, frowned and said with some uncertainty.

"It's not an accident, it just feels a little strange. Logically speaking, the degree of chaos erosion in an area is directly proportional to the concentration of the power of chaos in the area."

"But I see that there is already a smell of chaos and infection in this pitch-black soil. Doesn't this level of erosion match the current concentration of chaos power in the Abyss Valley?"

The girl was a little confused when she heard these words, let alone a certain dragon who was not good at using his brain. Black Dragon Xiaobai couldn't help but speak out in confusion.

"What? What about erosion, infection, concentration..."

Fortunately, at this moment, Bai Wan didn't care about the meaning of his confused words, and explained after glancing at him.

"It's too complicated for you to understand. To put it simply, it is the erosion of a regional environment by the power of chaos. Generally speaking, land is the most difficult and slowest material part to be eroded."

"But even the land here in the Abyss Valley has been eroded by chaos, which has even caused many plants growing in the land to mutate. Logically, there should not be such a degree of chaos."

Fortunately, as a magician, Ariel was not as ignorant as a certain dragon. After thinking for a moment, she understood what Wan Wan said, and directly asked the worst-case scenario with some worry.

"Then according to the point where it has been eroded into the land, what terrifying level should the corresponding concentration of chaos power be? Is it possible that it is enough for the alien god to come?"

Fortunately, the pale answer made her feel relieved, and it was not as bad as she feared.

"That's not necessarily true, but judging by the degree of erosion. As a foreign land for the enemy to come to, it can be said that it has achieved nearly half of the completion level."

"It's not the worst yet, so that's good..."

While the girl breathed a sigh of relief, she couldn't help but wonder what was causing this abnormal phenomenon.

"But... what exactly is the mismatch between the degree of erosion and the concentration of power you mentioned? Could it be caused by the abnormal situation you noticed outside the abyss before?"

There was no room for Ariel not to think too much. After all, we just mentioned that something happened in the Abyss Valley. As soon as we came in and discovered this abnormal situation, we would inevitably associate the two with each other.

Even Bai Bai did not directly assert this.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out."

The girl frowned and looked a little solemn. The accident in the abyss that was still unknown so far made her somewhat uneasy. After all, it involved the invasion of an alien god.

"It seems that there is not much time to delay. Whether it is to find out the reasons behind this change, or to find legendary monsters and experience fighting monsters, it is almost time for us to go to the depths of the Abyss Valley to have a look."

Wanwan had no objection to this, nodded and said.

"Now that you have decided on the next direction, let's go."

"Okay!"

As a guide, Ariel took the lead and led the way. But after taking two steps, she suddenly remembered Black Dragon Xiaobai's previous experience in the Abyss Valley on the previous road, so she suddenly had a flash of inspiration and asked.

"By the way, Xiaobai, didn't you say before that there was your former mistress in the Abyss Valley? Do you still remember her location? Otherwise, let's go find her and ask about the accident in the Abyss Valley."

After hearing this, a tangled look appeared on the face of a certain dragon. He was looking forward to meeting his old lover again, but also was afraid of the unknown whom he had not seen for many years.

"Okay, her lair is also deep in the valley. Let's go to the depths of the valley first and then find a way to find her and ask."

"Uh-huh!"

"By the way, Ariel. I remember that you are not interested in money or anything like that? Why did you still want to find treasures when I saw you just now?"

"It's harmful! It's not like you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are. We spent a lot of money along the way. Plus my various magic materials, I have very little left in the small treasury I brought from home..."

"Of course I have to look for any treasures outside, or hunt for some rare magic materials to supplement the family income..."

"Eh? Is that so? I heard that your Melos family is very rich? Why don't we go back to your house sometime and secretly withdraw some money before we come out?"
Chapter completed!