> [You have entered the Devil Forest.]
[Warning! The Devil Forest is a cursed region filled with unknown perils.]
The system text hovered briefly at the edge of Victor's vision before fading.
The forest answered in its own way.
The air thickened instantly becoming heavy, damp, and saturated with a malignant spiritual pressure that crawled across the skin like invisible insects.
The towering trees twisted skyward at unnatural angles with their bark blackened as though scorched by ancient fire.
Their branches contorted into claw-like shapes that interlocked overhead and strangled the light.
This place was alive and it hated everything that entered.
The moment his foot touched the soil, qi surged through his legs and he launched upward, landing lightly on a thick branch before rebounding again. His body flowed from tree to tree, with smooth and economical movements.
His feet barely brushed bark as he used Shifting Winds Arts to propel himself forward at blinding speed.
