The closer he got to the inside of the Jungle Gate, the more luxuriant the trees around him became.
Søren even saw some oaks and maples with golden leaves. These ancient trees had existed for a long time. They were all hundreds of meters tall, and their branches and leaves were quite lush. Judging from the perception of the gods, these ancient gods had a strong breath of life. This meant that they were all animated treants, and there was no lack of Ancient Tree Wise Ones whose strength was close to the Legendary-level. They were the real guards inside the Gate of the Jungle. Even a Legendary-level adventurer team would not be able to break through their defense line.
There was a special layer of security here.
Under normal circumstances, even Søren would have a hard time breaking through, but he had a piece of equipment that was almost divine for Rogues.
That was the Anti-Detection Cloak!
There was a defensive enchantment set up by the Guardians of Nature here. Whether it was flying in the sky, running on the ground, or trying to sneak close, all would be discovered by them.
The biggest function of the Anti-Detection Cloak was to avoid any detection spells.
This was also the reason why Søren dared to come here. Otherwise, even if he was a Saint, it was unlikely that he could escape safely from the siege of a large group of legendary Ents.
"Shadow Realm!"
"Shadow Leap!"
As he got closer to the warning circle of the ancient trees, Søren chose the safest way to enter.
His figure instantly escaped into the shadow plane, and then with the help of the power of space, he jumped over the range of the spell and directly appeared in the shadow of the rock more than 100 meters away.
This was the power that legendary Rogues relied on to come and go without a trace!
A huge root appeared in front of him. Søren reached out and pressed on it. He could feel the life essence slowly flowing away. The speed of the loss was not very fast, but the life essence it had was too large. Even after thousands of years, the life essence that flowed away not only gave birth to the Jungle Gate, but also continued to nourish the entire space.
It was like the oldest demon corpse of Orbis in the bottomless Abyss.
Some huge corpses still existed in some places in the bottomless Abyss. Just the exposed part was like a mountain. They were on the same level as the huge ancient god corpses floating in the Astral Plane.
A golden oak tree appeared in front of him.
Søren could sense that this was a powerful Nature's Protector. He only had one or two seconds to steal the Water of Life. If he took any longer, the Nature's Protector would seal off the space around him. By then, even Søren would not be able to escape.
Get it and run.
There was only one way for Søren to leave this demiplane unscathed, and that was to use the power of the Shadow Realm to travel to the Shadow Realm, and then return to the material plane from there. This way, Søren wouldn't have to worry about being discovered even if the other party was a high-tier Legendary Guardian of Nature.
There was only one chance.
Søren couldn't help but take a deep breath. His gaze locked onto a special pool in front of the roots of the ancient tree.
It was a bit like the Reincarnation Pool of the Baator Inferno, but it was filled with purer positive energy.
"Shadow Leap!"
Søren's figure rushed forward and crossed the space in an instant. He appeared next to the pool in an instant, and then took away a lot of Water of Life in the blink of an eye. The whole pool was suddenly reduced by about a third.
"Thief!"
An angry roar sounded!
The Golden Oak Tree Sage woke up in an instant. Its huge body stood up, and with a powerful force raging, the surrounding space suddenly showed signs of being sealed off.
"Dimensional Lock!"
A near-legendary spell, almost without any casting action, the other party directly completed it.
However.
At this time, Søren had already noticed that something was wrong. He didn't greedily take a drop of Water of Life. Instead, he instantly activated the power of the Shadow Realm and directly crossed the space barrier into the Shadow Realm.
The moment before he left.
He felt a lot of powerful breaths burst out from all over the Jungle Gate. Towering trees stood up, and at least a dozen legendary Ancient Tree Guardians locked onto this place.
"Damn thief!"
The angry roar echoed over the Jungle Gate, but at this time, there was no trace of Søren.
He only appeared for less than a second from beginning to end. Even these powerful legendary Ancient Trees didn't find any trace of him, and they didn't even see his appearance clearly.
Killing one person in ten steps, leaving no trace for a thousand miles.
This was Søren's favorite sentence, but if a Rogue wanted to do this, they had to reach the legendary realm.
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Everything in front of him was gray.
Søren's figure appeared somewhere in the Shadow Realm. He wasn't very clear about where he was because the situation at the time was too dangerous. He was completely teleported here randomly.
But it didn't matter!
He could still return to the material plane through the Shadow Realm, and then it would be easy to determine the direction.
Of course.
He couldn't directly return to the material plane now because the Shadow Realm was connected to the material plane. If he returned to the material plane from here, he would probably appear directly in the Misty Forest.
Now that he had stolen the Water of Life of the Ancient Ents, it would be terrible if he returned to the Misty Forest!
Søren was going to set off from here, go along a direction for dozens of kilometers, and then teleport back to the material plane. In this way, he would basically be out of the range of the Misty Forest.
As long as he wasn't in the Misty Forest, those Ancient Trees couldn't do anything to him.
Wisps of fog surrounded the area.
It was impossible to determine the specific relationship between the material plane and the Shadow Realm, but what Søren saw now was also a dense forest.
The trees growing in this forest were like reflections. They had twisted roots, and there was not even a trace of green. All that could be seen was a gray color.
The trees in the Shadow Realm were also gray.
There were many creatures in the Shadow Realm that mortals didn't know. Søren saw a twisted shadow, and it quickly targeted Søren.
— — "Arcane Missile!"
An Arcane Missile directly took away the twisted shadow in front of him. They were souls that were accidentally reincarnated in the Shadow Realm, like twisted petitioners in the bottomless abyss.
The twisted shadow began to retreat.
Søren looked around and then flew towards the south.
He had to leave the forest first. The Shadow Realm was as big as the material plane. Although it seemed very desolate here, he could still see some creatures.
Occasionally, there would be some huge broken walls in sight, which were left behind from ancient times.
The fallen gods, the ruins of the Arcane Empire, and the Wizards of the Shadow Realm.
There were many gods who left temples in the Shadow Realm. The Arcane Empire also developed this realm, so there were many broken buildings here.
He walked for hundreds of kilometers.
There were few towns in the Shadow Realm. The natives were too scattered, and the population of the entire Shadow Realm was less than one-thousandth of the material plane.
This was the territory of the Shadow Lord.
As a mid-level god, he had a wider influence in the Shadow Realm. At the same time, his kingdom was also somewhere in the Shadow Realm.
This was a natural convenience.
Although he was also forced to leave his Divine Kingdom because of the Avatar Crisis, he was closer to his Divine Kingdom than other gods.
— — "Shadow Realm!"
With the distortion of space, Søren returned to the material plane again.
In front of him was still a vast forest. He used a flying spell to observe the surroundings and was surprised to find that he was already very close to his destination.
This was the territory of the Elves.
It was near where he was chased by the followers of the God of Hunting. It was about a hundred kilometers from here to Autumnfall. A long and towering mountain blocked the route, making it difficult for the Orcs to reach here. At the same time, it was like a natural barrier that separated the Elves from other races. Traditionally, going to the Elven Kingdom could only be done through the forest on the other side, which was hundreds of kilometers more.
"It's safe!"
After confirming that there was no danger, Søren took a little rest and began to check the properties of the Water of Life.
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