Chapter 1259: Origin Mist fores (1/2)

Another reason was that top experts weren’t willing to stay here for very long due to the impure origin power environment. Hence, both factions were on the fence about Fort Continent. It was a pity to abandon, yet not beneficial enough to colonize.

That was exactly why there were numerous small powers on the continent, with no lack of people claiming themselves kings and emperors. There were even those who claimed to be gods. It was just an intimidating title, anyway. True powerhouses like the Evernight Council and the Great Qin couldn’t be bothered to bicker with them. As far as local benefits were concerned, it was best if they could keep the situation under control.

Xu Jingxuan wanted Qianye to proclaim himself king and let the outside world know of his name. That was the first step toward expansion. Qianye understood the good intention, but he decided not to comment on it. At times, a leader might not want the same things as his followers. Qianye wanted a force that could support him, but he hadn’t thought it through about proclaiming himself king.

Qianye pushed this matter to the back of his mind as he walked out into the wilderness. The sun in the sky was turning darker and darker, almost as though that dark red ball of flame had been extinguished. The scenery around him became hazy, and the distant landscape was now hidden under the rising mist.

Qianye sped forward with his aura retracted. After about a quarter of an hour, he came to a sudden stop before a military boot.

Qianye picked it up and found that it was part of a Dark Flame soldier’s outfit. There was a layer of dust on it, almost as though it had been abandoned for a long time. There was a deep gash cutting through the tough leather with bloodstains around the defect. Apparently, it was left behind here after a fight.

He observed the surroundings and locked onto a distant rock, in which a broken metal ring was embedded. There were three claw marks on it as well. Qianye arrived beside the rock and, after some pondering, stabbed his fingers into it. This left clear fingerprints in the stone.

There was no mistaking it; this stone wasn’t very hard. The claw marks on it belonged to a werewolf, and the metal ring was a bracelet popular among them. Under the special environment of the new world, the wind would erode stones much faster once their surface was broken and all traces on it would disappear soon afterward.

That was also the reason why Qianye found no tracks throughout the entire chase. If Qianye had arrived one day later, the boot and bracelet would’ve disappeared as well.

Qianye continued deeper into the wilderness. Before long, the scenery before him transformed completely as a forest popped out from the mist.

This forest almost seemed to appear out of nowhere since everything was shrouded in fog before. Having experienced similar situations, Qianye was able to keep walking into the woods without panicking.

As he got closer, he could see wisps of mist drifting about in the air like swimming fish. Qianye channeled his Bloodline Concealment and retracted his aura as he entered the area of those misty streaks.

The misty streaks were startled and scattered into the distance, almost as though someone had jumped into a pond of fish.

Qianye was surprised to find that his Bloodline Concealment was ineffective. This was the first time he had run into such a situation, but then again, his power wasn’t invisibility. This powerful ability was mostly used to deceive an expert’s perception, which was more useful than blocking vision in most cases.

Who would’ve thought this unknown misty streak would see through him?

Qianye paused for a moment and stood perfectly still. Those misty wisps were rather curious—they gradually calmed down after failing to sense danger, and some of them even came close to him. Qianye reached out and grabbed one of them at lightning speed. The misty streak struggled briefly but disappeared immediately afterward.

Qianye opened his palm and saw a couple of white water droplets, but the misty streak was gone. The water droplets didn’t seem alive, either. Was the misty streak dead?

He peered at the water droplets with his True Sight and found that they contained highly condensed origin power. It was practically liquefied energy. The water droplets contained nothing else—there were no remains, bones, or organs, just pure energy.

The misty streaks grew frightened after Qianye caught two of their comrades. They shot away into the distance and simply hid themselves in the forest. They looked like a group of living beings and not lifeless energy.

What was going on? Sentient origin power? Could pure energy gain intelligence?

Even though this new world had refreshed his sense of common knowledge time and again, Qianye still felt distressed by this point. On a sudden whim, he stretched out a sanguine thread and touched the water droplet in his palm.

Under the activation of his blood energy, the water droplets ignited in a flash of white and burned away. Only a drop of clear water was left behind, which very quickly evaporated due to the origin power in the environment.

This process allowed Qianye to confirm that there was a disproportionate amount of daybreak origin power. Could this be a world dominated by daybreak origin power, something the human race had been looking for all this time? Qianye’s instincts told him that this wasn’t the case. At least, most of the origin power here wasn’t suitable for humans.

Qianye glanced at the forest in front and walked in with large strides.