Soul of Burning Steel

Starfall 834, February 1st, far south.

The melting snow on the mountains in the western mountain range formed countless rivers. These rivers flowed eastward and disappeared after entering the central Black Forest. When they rushed southward, they entered the Far South Land, passed through many forests and plains, and finally merged into The holy land of elves, the lake of eternal thousand islands.

The Lake of Eternity is big enough to be called an inland sea. There are thousands of islands in it, and they are dotted like stars inlaid on the blue lake.

The land surrounding the Eternal Lake is the territory of the elves. There are countless elf tribes and cities scattered around the lake and rivers, but only the most powerful and prosperous elves can get an island in the lake. , as the core base.

Because, that is where the tree of life is planted.

Only the environment of the island on the Eternal Lake can make the tree of life grow, and the power of elves without the tree of life will never be able to get on the stage.

And in the center of the lake, on the largest island, grows an incomparable giant tree in the sky, its branches and leaves are enough to surpass the clouds, and the area occupied by this huge mother tree of life even surpasses a The city, and the royal court of the elves, lives here, breathing with the giant tree.

On the central island, under the shade of a giant tree, on a bare hill, a young elf is carrying the head of a giant beast, walking along a dirt road to the lonely wooden house at the top of the hill.

Open the door, the interior decoration of the wooden house is simple, but it has an unexpected fresh feeling, but if you look carefully, you can find that this wooden house is actually grown naturally from several big trees. You can see the green tree buds growing slowly, and even a few mushrooms are unfolding their caps in the corners.

The young elf carried the head of his prey and came to the center of the tree house. An old green-haired elf was sitting in the center of the hall with his eyes closed and meditating. He was not surprised by the visit of the young elf, and he did not open his eyes. , just said lightly: "You are here, Ira."

The elf named Ira has light blue shoulder-length hair and emerald eyes. His hair is simply tied into a shape that is convenient for movement, and his appearance is as delicate as most elves. He is handsome, but his expression and tone are not at all the peace that elves usually have. Instead, he is full of enthusiasm and pride: "Grand Elder! Look, my prey!"

As he spoke, he placed the head of the giant beast in front of the old man. The magically treated head did not emit any bloody smell, and kept the ferocious demeanor of his life. The great elder who was sitting on the ground opened his eyes slightly. eyes, and then nodded: "A tyrannosaurus at the peak of gold, you hunted alone? Not bad."

"That's right! I think I'm amazing too!" Ira boasted of himself without humility. He tried to show off his muscles, but failed because of the elf's natural slender body, so he could only give up regretfully, but In any case, the blue-haired elf is indeed very proud of his hard-earned harvest: "Mr. Madara, what evaluation can I get in the evaluation this time?"

"Oh, it's okay to say everything."

Sighing slightly for his disciple's off-line action, the Great Elder couldn't continue to meditate, he simply opened his eyes, and the silver pupils like metal scanned Ira in front of him and the giant on the ground again. The head of the beast, the Great Elder Madara nodded, and said with some relief: "You have also reached the golden peak... Considering your age, you can be considered very outstanding, and you can probably get an excellent evaluation."

Although the blue-haired elf didn't speak, he could tell from the smiling face that he was very happy now. After being proud for a while, Ira calmed down and asked tentatively: "Then, teacher...you and I How did it compare to back then?"

When he said this, the cheerful young elf's demeanor was no longer the same as before. Instead, he was very serious. It could be seen that he really wanted to know the answer.

"My year?"

Sighing, the Great Elder Madara could of course see that Ira was serious, so after thinking for a while, he began to speak slowly.

"The Elf Royal Court, the most powerful contender among all the succession candidates for the next generation of holy wood priests, Gran Tor, you must know him."

The old man did not answer the other party directly, but asked a question first. Hearing this, Ira naturally nodded seriously. The young elves certainly knew Grantor Gallanod, the most powerful member of the younger generation of the elf court. The other party, from a certain point of view, because of some childhood reasons, Ira is even an admirer of the other party.

"Granto's current level is not far from mine, but his potential is greater than mine."

The Great Elder sat in the middle of the wooden hall, and said to his disciples in a calm tone: "He left the Lake of Eternity very early, and went to the place where the mad dragon was raging to practice. When the mad dragon was the most violent, he used to He broke into the group of dragons by himself and shot hundreds of mad dragons with a single bow, which shocked the human beings who were assisted. Later, he realized that although he was still at the peak of gold, he had already touched the edge of extreme intention. You can fight against him for a long time without losing, but if it's a fight to the death."

After a pause, the Great Elder said softly, "Five seconds, and you will die."

Hearing this, Ira, who had always had a smile on her face, frowned.

"Teacher, His Highness Granto has the blood of the royal family and is also taught by a legendary strong man. It is not surprising that he is stronger than me, but I am also your disciple after all. At the same age and level, how could I be killed by him in five seconds? die?"

At this time, the blue-haired elf exuded a powerful aura from all over his body, and the surrounding elemental magic obeyed the will of the young strong man, flowing in the atmosphere, gathering into various mysterious and mysterious natural runes, as if to condense Like a bright longbow of stars, he said with some dissatisfaction: "My strength, it is already difficult to find an opponent among the surrounding elf tribes, so I went to hunt those giant beasts."

"It's just the elves."

The great elder glanced at his disciple, he shook his head and said: "Listen, Ira, living in the forest, you will never see the sky above the branches and leaves. Your vision is too narrow. You know, even Gran The existence of Tuo, who can kill hundreds of mad dragons in one battle at a young age, is only the second echelon in the entire Mycroft Continent."

Ira dissipated the runes condensed from his magic power, he scratched his head in surprise, and said in disbelief: "His Royal Highness Granto, who can kill me in five seconds and shoot hundreds of mad dragons in one battle, It can only be regarded as second-rate?"

Although he looked very unconvinced before, he also knew that his teacher would not lie to him. As the great elder of the elves, the old man Madara was famous for his accurate vision. Since he said so, Grando could kill him in five seconds. If you die yourself, then you will never be wrong.

So the young man who originally thought he was a genius, but now he was severely beaten asked a little unwillingly: "Then, what exactly is it that can be considered the top? Don't you even count?"

The old man smiled slightly, and he waited for Ira to ask this question.

"Me? Of course I don't count. In this world, I'm just a second-rate... Don't talk about the elves, I'll just talk about the powerhouses of other races and forces."

The great elder changed his sitting posture slightly, straightened his back a little, then looked at his disciples, and said seriously: "The Xishan holy swordsmen family, the holders of Mistedin, the sword of silver oak, Lamo Te Ternan, when he was young and at the same level as you, he had already wiped out more than a dozen large and small cults. On the way, he beheaded at least ten descended incarnations of the great demon of extreme intent. He is the leader of the world. One of the top."

"Emperor of the Northern Empire, Israel Diamond, when he was young, he single-handedly attacked the orc stone rhinoceros heavy cavalry army, killed more than a thousand enemies in the first battle, raided the orc king's court thousands of miles away, and killed three One of the orc generals came back safe and sound, one of the top."

"In the eastern plain, the fourth seat of the White Tower of Guantian, Barbarossa, the master of elements, used his own strength to raise the seabed rock shelf when he was young, so that an artificial island was added in the East China Sea, and he transformed it into his mage tower. The three major murloc tribes along the coast wanted to stop his actions, but the result was that the vast sea area centered on Shidao was soaked in the blood of murlocs, two of the three major tribes were removed, and he was also one of the top."

"Now, they are all legendary powerhouses, the leaders of the world's major forces. They are the top of this world and the last era."

"Ira Ellis, you are indeed a good elf, even a genius-but for the whole world, that's all."

The Great Elder calmly said to his disciples: "If you want to become strong, you can't just stay in the jungle and fight those wild dragons and beasts, you have to get out of this forest and see other strong men under the sky , wasteland, snow, desert, sea abyss, you have to witness and experience every place in this world with your own eyes, so that you can truly understand the true meaning of nature.”

"Naturally, it is by no means only forests, and it is by no means only grass and trees."

Speaking of which, the Great Elder stood up, and the old Elf, who looked like an old man, had an incomparably stalwart figure when he stood upright. He said loudly to the young Elf who was thinking: "Here, I have a quota to go to the Northern Empire with Your Excellency the Teacher of Nature." , you can go and have a look together.”

"See, in your era, the demeanor of the top people in the world."

Starfall 834, March 1st, Moldavia in the Northland.

At this time, the strong wind urges the black clouds, causing deep shadows to cover the mountains and plains, covering the sky with blizzards pouring down, and the cold wind engulfs the dry air and rolls across the sky and the earth, freezing all the remaining moisture into ice. The whole body of the person is covered with cold.

The blizzard in March is the last and coldest blizzard in the winter in the Northland. The extremely cold icy wind from the Blind Sea will blow over the ice fields, mountains and wasteland along the way, and finally be blocked by the Ural Mountains, forming a storm covering the entire Northland. Earth's big snowstorm.

And a team that is incompatible with this pale sky is walking in the ice and snow.

There are less than 20 people in this team, but everyone seems to have the strength of the golden level. They are riding dragon blood horses provided by the Imperial Army, and in the center is a car pulled by a ground dragon. Simple wooden car.

The wooden car is full of vitality. Even in the snow and ice, there are still emerald green branches and leaves spreading out from the wooden roof, and each of its leaves is engraved with a complete natural rune, Every cut branch can form a complete natural spell.

Just this wooden cart is an extraordinary item that exceeds the gold level, and together with the strength of a dozen gold-level teams around it, it is enough to break through a small country.

The wind and snow blew, and the hood of a rider was blown away, revealing the pointed ears behind him.

This is a team of elves.

They are heading towards the Great Ajax Volcano, the center of the Great Ajax Mountain Range in the Northland.

Yila hurriedly put on the hood that had been blown away, and tightened the windproof collar. He complained in a low voice: "Oh my God, it's been snowing for three days, right? Why hasn't it stopped?"

The Great Elder Madara shook his head and said, "Three days? Good boy, the Northland is the northernmost point in the world. The number of days the blizzard lasts here is calculated in months."

The blue-haired elf immediately stopped talking, but continued to ride the horse in frustration, following the team.

Following the diplomatic team of Your Excellency the Teacher of Nature all the way, this young elf genius really felt his previous shallowness.

The altitude sickness in the Western Mountains, the desert and blizzard in the northern empire are indeed completely different environments from the humid jungle in the far south. In this land that makes him feel extremely uncomfortable, Ira has to admit that his strength has indeed been greatly reduced Well, if you fight against a local master of the same level, within five seconds, the winner will definitely be decided.

——I was indeed a little conceited and complacent before, sitting on the sidelines.

Frankly admits his own shortcomings and shortcomings. After all, Ira is also a genius among the elves. He already understands what he lacks, that is, adaptation to the world and understanding of nature. In the vast world, his strength will definitely go a step further, even if it is not difficult to catch up with His Royal Highness Granto whom he revered before.

But, how can it be regarded as the top in the teacher's mouth? He thought with some curiosity.

And at this moment.

Yila raised her head suddenly and looked around in amazement. He sensed a gust of hot wind surging.

A warm breath came oncoming, enveloping the entire team.

"Boom!!"

The originally cloudy sky suddenly became darker. Lightning and thunder flashed in the clouds, and the rolling black clouds completely covered all the light sources from the sun, making the sky and the earth dark.

The elf team that was slowly advancing stopped.

The sound of blizzard and strong wind gradually turned into the sound of pattering rain, and the snow that was enough to cover the sky turned into heavy rain in just a few seconds.

It wasn't cold, it could even be called warm rain, which fell on the ice field in the south of Moldavia, and lightning flashed across the darkness, lighting up the whole world and showing it to everyone. With this light, Yila seemed to vaguely see a large silver-white light flashing in front of her.

Immediately, the sound of uniform footsteps shook the ground.

Team after team of extremely elite armored knights rode extremely strong dragon blood horses and led nearly two hundred silver-rank steel puppets to the front of the team. The convoy moves forward.

Among them, there are even knights riding winged pegasus. Without exception, their strength has already touched the limit of the gold rank. The diplomatic team, here, is just the strength of a territory.

Ira looked at this scene in shock. These knights were so elite and powerful that he felt that the royal guards were no more than that, but soon his attention was attracted by other things.

For example, high above the sky, there was a long groan mixed with thunder.

That was the extremely long and incomparably long sound of the dragon, which appeared along with the lightning and echoed among the clouds.

In the billowing black clouds, there is a huge monster looming in it, as if it is flying recklessly in the sky full of thunder, chanting loudly.

Looking up at the clouds, Ira could vaguely see a huge figure breaking through the clouds from time to time, revealing part of its body.

With a black carapace that seems to have absorbed all light, and a smooth and ferocious body, this black giant dragon with a pair of strange wings like a skeleton carries a huge steel ring on its back, shuttling between thunderstorms, lightning storms, blazing The thunder light hit its carapace, but it was completely absorbed, leaving no scars.

The hot wind was stronger, and the weather at this time was no longer like a cold winter, but more like a summer rainstorm. The golden spar on the black dragon's chest released light like the sun, illuminating half of the earth under the sky.

"Oh my god... Could it be the power of this giant dragon that turned the blizzard into a torrential rain?!"

Ira Ellis murmured in an inconceivable tone, this is the first time this young man has seen the power to change the sky, the golden crystal on the chest of the black dragon that looks like the sun makes him terrified, the elves know that there is something in it The terrifying energy is enough to kill him time and time again in an instant.

"No."

But the old man beside him shook his head seriously: "It's not this dragon."

He looked at Yuntianqiong, behind the black dragon, with shocked eyes.

As the existence of the peak of ultimate intent, the great elder Madara naturally sees it more clearly.

If we say that this life radiation, which is terrifying enough to change the entire celestial phenomenon, is a blazing sun.

Then this dragon is just a car that drags the sun forward.

At the same time, a male voice that overwhelmed the strong wind came from the sky.

"Your Excellency, Teacher of Nature."

With a low and clear voice that overwhelmed the thunder and rainstorm, he said to the team of elves:

"Welcome to the North."

5000 words, the update is late! Just treat it as Chapter 2!