After coming out of the Celia Crystal Tunnel and running here, he witnessed just how "lush" Galide was along the way — grotesquely shaped giant crows and red-and-white mixed poisonous fungi, as well as rotten wild dogs and small poisonous flowers infected along the roadside. The entire Galide seemed soaked to the bone by some unknown toxin.

Even the ground had no normal plants, not a trace of green could be seen, it was a completely lifeless world of despair.

But what did he see now?

"Normal grassland..."

He turned to look behind him. In the far distance behind him, it couldn’t be said to be vibrant, but at least normal flowers, plants, and trees appeared, symbolizing a revival of green vegetation.

After crossing this scorching Fire Wall, the scarlet that covered all of Galide began to gradually recede. The signs of the fundamental principle of the Fire Wall became more apparent as it went on, until the scarlet color completely vanished from the land, and then normal plants and living beings suddenly thrived.

This phenomenon made his mind whirl with thoughts, inspiration exploded like fireworks.

"This Fire Wall has the effect of blocking the toxin?"

He thought again about those Latan soldiers gathered near the Fire Wall, holding torches as if adding to the power of the Fire Wall. They would drop stone-like white light point items upon dispersal, with the material of the stones almost perfectly matching that of the Fire Wall.

"So, these Fire Walls were built by them to seal the toxin in the lands of Galide, preventing it from spreading to the outside world?"

Maybe his speculation lacked more factual evidence, but he felt it was very reasonable!

He suddenly ran forward a few steps, bypassing the adventurer group seemingly forced into a disadvantage by invaders, and looked towards where the Venerable Rot Knight and Red Lion Knight had fallen.

The ground there showed an even deeper scarlet color, and fungi born from the toxins were slowly forming!

He remembered the Venerable Rot Knight spewing the same scarlet pus from the crevices of their helmet, the toxicity of which was no less than the swamp mud, indicating they shared the same origin.

"I see..." He unconsciously let out a smirk, a thrill of deducing the ultimate truth from countless subtle clues, causing him to tremble, even his hips straightened!

"Flame can block toxins, so the soldiers under Latan wield flames, while the Venerable Rot Knight spews poison water, obviously spreading toxins — no wonder they fought!"

Although there were some mistakes in small details, his speculation was reasonably correct.

Creatures of Galide were more or less influenced by toxins, growing larger and more violent. If released, they would spread disease, and the Fire Wall was both a Protective Shield and a cage, preventing innocents from entering Galide while imprisoning the toxins and berserk beasts. Then the Red Lion Legion could clean up...

"I thought all the Demigods were fierce and ferocious schemers in the Broken War; didn’t expect someone like the Shattered Star General."

If Tepi’s vision wasn’t mistaken, running past the Fire Wall and beyond would likely lead to Greg’s domain.

The Shattered Star General could have ignored the toxins, as it spreading would eventually be someone else’s domain problem, letting Greg worry, but he managed it diligently and responsibly.

Tepi exhaled and sighed:

"Impressive indeed."

"Help——"

The scream from the adventurers interrupted his thoughts, quickly looking back, he saw the adventurers being overpowered by the invaders, fighting as they retreated, almost past him.

You nine are getting beaten by one person!?

Tepi felt his wages were a bit wasted, intending to join the fight himself, but at this point, the adventurers shouted back:

"No, don’t come over, run! Don’t gather together!"

"What?"

In the blink of an eye, Tepi saw the invader swing a curved sword, slicing through the short blade made of excellent material wielded by the adventurer captain!

Such strength, this doesn’t match the level of these adventurers!

The adventurer captain was knocked backward by this mighty force, dragging down several of the frantic adventurers as well. Almost everyone here received injuries not to be ignored, making it hard to dodge in time.

A thought suddenly flashed in Tepi’s mind — could this invader be the legendary suppress...

"No, she’s about to unleash that move!"

Seeing the people gather together, the adventurers cried out in panic.

What move makes them so fearful?

The adventurers panicked and ran back, but the more frantic they got, the harder it was to run, even affecting Tepi.

The invader jumped into the air, briefly suspended above them, adopting a light stance, unlike anything Tepi had seen before.

In just an instant, the invader "flew" to the forefront, waving the curved sword rapidly, almost impossible to see clearly, but the Sword Qi enveloping all directions exploded at this moment. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Cannot dodge, nowhere to hide!

This was a Combat Skill — Water Bird Chaotic Dance!

Everyone felt as if the Sword Qi swirled like the wind, unable to escape its edge no matter where they dodged!

This move seems entirely flawless!

Death approached swiftly.

...

"What is going on with that guy, hey!"

At the blessing place of Celia Crystal Tunnel, the revived adventurers were analyzing the previous battle, the classic post-battle review combined with blame-shifting.

But the more they reviewed, the more irritated they became.

"That guy is definitely a suppress-level invader villain!" the adventurer captain asserted firmly.

This suppress-level is not that suppress-level.

Adventurers familiar with invasions know that the Sain Dungeon will match opponents based on individual adventurers’ strength, sometimes even cross-region pairing opponents.

So some adventurers come up with the idea of exploiting, deliberately injuring themselves or applying negative states before invasion, so that the Dungeon classifies them as injured state and matches them to lower-level opponents.

Then the invader can perform a quick recovery, showing stronger strength to challenge weaker opponents!

This method is still practically feasible, and a Dungeon Lord has no intention of fixing this problem, seemingly finding it amusing.

"That woman’s mental state seemed off, she must be doing it deliberately!"

"I slashed her, and there was no reaction; what else could it be besides suppress-level?"

"Such beasts! Didn’t expect such behavior from the Warrior Country either!" an adventurer indignantly stated, "I thought only despicable Yanor people did this!"

No, no, once you enter Sain everyone becomes like this... Tepi silently remarked.

They died because of incompetence, but the most pitiful part was, they had reached the Fire Wall, probably a bit further, and they could have left Galide, unfortunately, they forgot the route amidst the desperate escape.

The group left the Tunnel again. Passing through the swamp, the captain suddenly said, "Well, boss, the amulet my third wife gifted me fell into the swamp, can I go look for it?"

"Just don’t attract the knight again." Tepi kept contemplating about the Red Lion Legion.

While the captain jumped into the swamp with a Magic Shield to search for the amulet, a prompt appeared once more.

[Invasion by "Mirelson"!!!]

Another invasion now?

Everyone was fuming, glaring at the invader appearing slowly in the swamp.

But when they saw the whole picture, their expressions stiffened.

"Why, why is it still her!?"

This woman named Mirelson was the very person who invaded them just before!

"Oh my he—" an adventurer shouted, holding his face:

"How can a suppress-level invader be so vile!"

"Dong..."

The bell signaling the Dungeon’s imminent closure also rang at this moment.