Under the blood-red daytime, the sleeping creatures began to stir. Unlike the "humans" Feng Yuan and the others had encountered earlier, these peculiar animal-shaped beings had a distinct aura. Even Feng Yuan felt the pressure multiply as he approached.
This was not a physical oppression, but a sort of mental suppression or attack. If it were an ordinary person, they might falter, allowing the mental pollution of the environment to invade due to this sudden overwhelming pressure.
As expected, when Feng Yuan and the others landed, the beasts came seeking the scent, since in this space, the presence of normal creatures was too conspicuous and radiant.
"As expected, huh?"
With a sigh, Feng Yuan decided not to use Xiao Ji’s power, as he was uncertain whether environmental pollution in such a blood-red daytime could be transmitted to Xiao Ji through his power.
Regarding these creatures?
In a disdainful snort from Eclipse, the black Fog of Death spread slowly yet resolutely. Eclipse had rarely acted before, simply because his opponents were too strong, making it difficult to leave them alive once he did.
Unlike usual Fog of Death, the fog released by Eclipse not only killed beasts and plants but even energy fell prey to it. Only Eclipse could perfectly control this Fog of Death, otherwise, not even Tamur’s Mythical Era Projection might resist its invasion.
"Is this the power of a world Guardian? Truly powerful."
Veronia could clearly see the terror hidden within the seemingly unremarkable black fog. Even it dared not face the attack head-on.
Death wasn’t certain, but severe injury was highly possible due to its high rule priority. Veronia had no doubt that even the Anti-Divine Beast Rune from the Imperial Timeline would be instantly obliterated.
As the Fog of Death spread, its power inevitably began to decline. Initially, even Veronia might be severely injured, but eventually, even Qi Chen could barely resist, marking the end.
Yet during this process, the Fog of Death ravaged the area. The forest, noisy due to the blood-day, fell silent once more – but this time, it was truly dead silent.
"It seems not entirely bound, or rather, as I thought, but... why does this phenomenon occur?"
Feng Yuan turned to look at Qi Chen and the others, stroking his chin. The demise of these animals brought more evidence to Feng Yuan’s hypothesis. Although lacking direct proof, he had figured out why Qi Chen and the others were attacked.
The attacker could be either of them, or to be precise, it’s likely her after all.
But would she appear on this layer?
Recalling his speculation, Feng Yuan’s face turned grim. Based on Eclipse’s detection, this was already the bottom layer, meaning the deepest part of the Qi Realm should be here. If she existed, the most likely place she would appear was not on this layer.
With a sigh, Feng Yuan shook his head. There was no use in pondering further now; first, they should see what the deepest part of the Qi Realm actually held. According to Eclipse’s inspection, the deepest spatial layer of the Qi Realm was quite large, even twice the size of the surface world.
He was curious about how many un-finished beings this place contained.
"Time Combat Department? Shiyin!"
Faced with an urgent notice from the higher-ups, Qi Realm Dou Yanlan knew what had happened. However, facing Dou Yanlan’s questioning, Shiyin was very angry, saying
"Do you plan to keep covering for them? The tide of disaster is near; if those above aren’t aware of the potential threat, what if during the disaster they launch a sneak attack on us, isn’t it..."
Facing Shiyin’s accusation, Dou Yanlan remained silent. What the other said made sense, but based on what she had seen and heard before, Feng Yuan was probably not someone they could confront even if prepared. Furthermore, she had an intuition that as long as they didn’t make the first move, Feng Yuan wouldn’t concern himself with them.
"No way! They simply don’t understand Feng Yuan’s power, making rash moves..."
"If trying to make amends, communicate properly. Offering benefits upfront like this is really, disgraceful."
Shiyin said discontentedly. She didn’t understand why when encountering that group, her calm and clever superior would act as if she lost her mind. Does groveling to them bring any advantage?
What’s more, Shiyin had long suspected their excuse was just a pretext to infiltrate the Qi Realm. Given the strategic resources in the depths, wouldn’t they be interested? How could they not be?
"You don’t understand, the procedures are what he needs, and for us, there’s no loss. Instead, dragging him into lengthy negotiations..."
"I don’t understand! Yes, you understand! But how do you ensure they’re not after the Qi Realm’s resources?!"
"Because there’s no need, the resources of the Qi Realm may not even catch his eye."
"Didn’t expect the structure here to be so unique."
Due to Eclipse’s indiscriminate killing, Feng Yuan and the others faced no trouble and did not pause. However, unexpectedly, after walking for over an hour, they reached the land’s edge.
No, to be accurate, it should be the Floating Continent’s edge. Unlike those Floating Islands only about the size of a city, the continent they stood on floated in a blood-colored void, much larger than a city. At least Feng Yuan could not sense the end of this land without fully unleashing his Divine Sense.
"Floating Continent, indeed quite peculiar."
Veronia looked at the silent forest behind them and said. Tamur gently swayed his body, saying
"It cannot be called a continent."
"And you’d know?"
Glancing at Tamur, Veronia pouted a bit. Its abilities were enviable, though in combat not sure, its prophetic skills were impressive.
Ignoring Veronia’s strange glance, Tamur swam to the boundary area and said
"By Maomu City’s standards, this land encompasses all the areas under Maomu City’s jurisdiction."
"Uh, though it’s quite large, it really can’t be called a continent."
Hearing this, Veronia didn’t know whether to call Tamur meticulous. His meaning included not just Maomu City’s urban area but also the combined area of the counties it governs—a scale not matching a continent, yet still sizable.
"The staggered Floating Continents help avoid Eclipse’s Fog of Death wreaking further havoc on other regions. However, I feel even so, we may still find little useful information."
Looking at the distant Floating Continent, Feng Yuan sighed. Those beings, once struck by the Fog of Death, would completely vanish. For humans, even associated buildings would be destroyed, hence the information provided by the continent beneath their feet was limited.
While other continents hadn’t yet been targeted, given past encounters with those beings, they seemed ready to attack upon sight, so it barely made a difference.
"Are you trying to track that thing?"
Veronia immediately saw what Feng Yuan wanted. Within the floating blood-colored void of the Floating Continent group, blood-red ribbon-like light paths were strikingly bright.
Right there before them, a red ribbon of light rose from a nearby Floating Continent, extending towards the sky.
"Aren’t you curious where these energies ultimately flow? This stuff doesn’t seem simple."
Feng Yuan did not argue; he indeed had this idea. The crimson light ribbon ahead seemed more than just intriguing. It gave Feng Yuan a feeling, as if it were a special passageway.
Also, the energy flow was abnormal. The overall energy motion in the blood-colored void was trending downwards, especially prominent at the Floating Continent’s edge. Yet the crimson light ribbon flowed energy upwards against this trend, capturing Feng Yuan’s attention.
"But, how do you plan to track that thing? Following it, will it truly lead to an end?"
Glancing at Feng Yuan, Veronia expressed some doubt. That thing appeared structured as energy; they were physical beings. Some areas might allow energy passage, but not necessarily entities.
"You won’t know until you try, and these things look like they’re up to no good."
Gazing intently at the blood-colored ribbon extending into the clouds and mist, Feng Yuan said mysteriously.
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