Degraded Golden Flash VS Degraded Enkidu

Yes, that was right. The Leshen had posed a question straight to Cheng Tian's soul, and its intense confusion and hostility were obvious.

As the manifestation of Ecological Will, the Leshen was a being somewhere between a beast and a natural product, which gave it an extremely strong sense of territory.

The Leshen was not hostile only toward humans. It was hostile toward all lifeforms that tried to invade its territory and exceeded the ecosystem's carrying capacity, with humans being the foremost among them.

Once someone stepped into its territory, they could only face its endless pursuit unless they died or escaped its territorial boundaries.

This Leshen had claimed the Ancient Tree Forest, which had already lost its overlords—the Fire Dragon couple—as its territory. Therefore, those crows in broad daylight had not been targeting only Cheng Tian's group. Every player, hunter, and mage carrying out missions in the area was within its attack range.

However, the Leshen also knew how to avoid danger, relying entirely on beastly instinct. This made it consistently avoid powerful humans such as the Great Commander and Merlin, only secretly preying on weaker humans.

But this time, it had encountered a demon.

From the start, the Leshen had made an error in judging Cheng Tian by his aura. Or rather, it had been deceived by the higher-ranked aura of "ecological manifestation" on Cheng Tian.

The current Cheng Tian could basically be considered a subspecies of Orochi from a parallel world. Because of the Linkage of Light, the current world had gained a slight connection with Street Fighter, while Cheng Tian's save file had indirectly connected the world of King of Fighters MUGEN to this world through Street Fighter.

In other words, the remnants of Orochi within Cheng Tian were recognized here as well, and clearly ranked