Chapter 236: Forest
"Light Flame Soaring Skill..."
Colin was first taken aback, then his heart was slightly delighted, and he quickly flipped open the booklet.
"Indeed, this is Margaret's signature Flying Witchcraft!"
Before long, Colin, having browsed through the booklet once, slowly closed it, his face showing a look of pleasant surprise.
"Light Flame Soaring Skill, a First Rank Middle Flying Witchcraft..." His lips quivered as he murmured unconsciously, pondering carefully.
Now that he was trapped here, finding a way out was certainly important, but the premise was to make complete preparations first... Whether this Different Space was safe or not remained to be discussed.
"Better spend two days restoring my own strength, breaking the limits on the three-time Limit Breaking Fireball Skill and the two-time Limit Breaking Swift Skill that are about to reach their limits, and meanwhile trying to learn this Light Flame Soaring Skill."
After pondering in his mind for a while, Colin made his decision.
After all, his Soaring and Flying Technique was only a First Rank Lower Witchcraft, and although its speed during normal flight was faster than the Light Flame Soaring Skill with the enhancement of the three-time limit-broken Swift Skill,
this was in fact the result under the enhancement of a First Rank Middle Swift Skill. If he used the three-time Limit Breaking Swift Skill to enhance the Light Flame Soaring Skill, which was also First Rank Middle level, perhaps the final speed would be even faster!
As for the importance of speed, that naturally goes without saying...
Colin slowly stood up, reined in his myriad thoughts, and prepared to check the safety of the surrounding environment before starting his closed-door cultivation, while also looking for a suitable place.
"Big giant, where are you going?" Little elf Nasi caught sight of his movements, sat up hugging the Ancient Tree Heart, and asked with curiosity.
"I'm going to have a look around, to find a place suitable for me to rest," Colin replied, floating up and casually choosing a direction, flying low.
"In that case..." The little elf Nasi watched Colin gradually move away, hesitated for a moment, waved slightly, put away the Ancient Tree Heart Crystal, and then flapped her garnet-like wings, following Colin swiftly.
Sensing Nasi's pursuit, Colin just glanced back at her, then withdrew his gaze, expression unreadable.
But Nasi flew to his side and took the initiative to ask:
"Big giant, where do you want to rest? Aren't these tree branches comfortable to lie on?"
"The branches are too small for me, and without leaves, they aren't comfortable enough," Colin explained and then, as if something had occurred to him, suddenly asked again:
"Little Nasi, do you know of any tree holes or larger trees around here?"
"Tree holes and big trees..." Little Nasi repeated his question, not freezing up like before.
Just as Colin thought this question would end up like before, providing no useful information, little elf Nasi suddenly exclaimed:
"Little Nasi remembers now!"
She circled around Colin as she flew, looking at him excitedly and said:
"Big giant, Little Nasi knows where there is a tree hole you're looking for; I'll take you there!"
With that, Nasi discerned the direction and led the way to the left!
Colin, somewhat surprised, raised an eyebrow, heightened his vigilance, and changed direction to follow behind her.
Sharp, dark red glass-like branches stretched out brazenly from the trunks, like cold, deadly obstacles; Colin carefully controlled his body to precisely dodge these protruding branches.
Although after noticing something odd about Nasi, he had summoned the Steel Temperature Resistance Field and had been maintaining it until now.
Those glass-like, dark red branches might seem tough, but to him, they were but brittle tofu dregs that crumbled upon contact... Logically, there was no need to be so cautious.
But the scenes observed through his Superbrain state forced him not to underestimate these dark red "glasses."
About half an hour later, Nasi led him to a place... a village?
Colin's gaze passed through the outer ring of low shrubs and looked ahead.
A group of trees clearly different from the surrounding ones and a size larger were neatly arranged into a special area.
But if it were just this, he would not have called it a village...
Colin slightly tilted his head back, gazing at the tall trees not far in front of him, looking at what appeared to be an exquisitely natural tree hollow... or perhaps a treehouse, and he felt an inexplicable shock in his heart.
Without a doubt, this could not have been a natural creation.
Whether it was the uniformly tall and orderly array of trees or those tree hollows that seemed perfectly suitable for living, they were certainly not products of nature.
As for which creatures had caused this, it might be Tree Elves, possibly Ancient Hobbits, or even some kind of herding Demon Beast... In any case, without a proper investigation, as a scrupulous Wizard, he was unable to draw a conclusion.
"How about it, big guy, the trees here are big and there are tree hollows! Do you like it?" Nasi noticed Colin's slightly shocked expression and said proudly.
"I am very satisfied. Little Nasi is very impressive!" Colin nodded slightly, not stinting on his praise.
Regardless, although Little Nasi was somewhat abnormal, at least until now, she had shown no aggressiveness or weirdness...
So, there was no need to worry unnecessarily; a little caution would suffice.
After hearing his compliment, Nasi, trying to hide her delighted expression and waving her hands, couldn't mask the swift fluttering of her wings behind her, betraying her true feelings.
Colin smiled inwardly, as if he'd thought of something, and suddenly asked:
"Little Nasi, thank you for helping me find this place, would you still like some sugar crystals?"
For some reason, he always felt that the strangeness Nasi had shown before might be related to the dirty light streams that had seeped into her body.
According to his observation at that time, licking the Ancient Tree Heart Crystal did not seem to cause strange light points to seep into Nasi, so he planned to have Nasi rely on the Ancient Tree Heart Crystals for sustenance as much as possible.
This was partly because it was a trivial effort for him, and also because Nasi being in a stable state was a good thing for him.
After all, from what he could see, there were only him and Nasi as living beings in this Different Space.
"Sugar crystals… Can I really have them?" Upon hearing his words, Nasi paused for a moment, then a bit incredulously widened her eyes and asked.
"Really." Colin smiled and nodded slightly, "But we'll have to wait a while, once your sugar crystals are finished, you can come to me for new sugar crystals..."
"Mm-hmm-hmm!" Before he could finish speaking, Nasi vigorously nodded her little head like she was pounding garlic.
After a moment, once Nasi finished nodding, she looked at Colin with a serious gaze, her expression solemn.
It wasn't until Colin became somewhat uneasy under her gaze that she slowly began to speak:
"Big guy, you are so kind to Little Nasi."
After saying this, as if a bit shy, Nasi turned around and flew towards the tree hollow area behind her.
Colin smiled and didn't mind, exhaling a breath of murky air, preparing to accompany the little elf and step through the perimeter of bushes that had turned to glass, entering this strange forest.
Although he was unaware of other places, this forest, at least during the half-hour they had been walking, was just as Nasi had said—completely safe.
…Even throughout the entire journey, he had not heard any abnormal sounds.
This vast Different Space seemed just as desolate as it appeared.
"Big guy, come over here, what do you think of this tree hollow?"
Colin looked up, about to check the tree hollow Nasi was referring to, but his expression suddenly changed, and he stopped!
He carefully observed the air in front of him, but his line of sight was empty, with the little elf Nasi looking at him with a puzzled face in the distance.
"Big guy, why have you stopped?"
Colin frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and tentatively reached his arm forward.
As if touching some imperceptible shackles, his palm stopped about a foot away from his body, unable to proceed further.
At the same time, he felt a sensation as hard as steel in his palm...
Colin drew back his arm, understanding in his heart—
There was clearly an invisible Barrier in the air in front of him!