Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 412

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Chapter 412: Chaotic Entity (Part 1) [V5C119 – A Distance Within Reach]

All sounds disappeared once Qianye opened his eyes . Apparently, it was just an illusion . The forest was just as silent—so silent that one could hear the blood-flow beneath the skin, as well as the sound of one’s beating heart .

He had undergone training in extreme silence back at Yellow Springs . That was a greatly dangerous class during which many students had gone mad . Qianye knew what he had to do at this moment and, after some thought, decided to try inspecting his body .

The blood crystal he had absorbed just now wasn’t enough to completely activate his True Sight . But it had revived the dispirited blood energy in his heart, and he was now able to feel his numb body gradually recovering .

Pain, both light and severe, marched at Qianye from every corner of his being, but the sensation rejuvenated him instead—this was the feeling of being alive .

Qianye’s physical condition, however, was in an extremely bad shape . His injuries were simply too severe; the penetrating wounds alone numbered three . His internal organs had all sustained damage, and even half of his liver had been shattered . His blood-flow at this moment was so slow and viscous that only a small amount would leak out of broken vessels . The blood was suffused with a faint trace of blood energy—it was due to their existence that Qianye hadn’t bled out all this time and was able to maintain the ability to fight again . This was the ability of the vampiric constitution rune .

However, the blood energy in his body was already fairly weak . Once it had dried up completely, the stagnated blood would spurt out instantly, and a major blood loss would ensue . Qianye clenched his teeth and drew out an ordinary blood energy from his heart before mobilizing a strand of daybreak origin power to shatter it .

This was equal to a small confrontation within his body . Qianye released a muffled groan as the blood energy dispersed, and his face instantly turned pale . But the scattered blood energy rapidly merged into his blood and injected new life into the withered blood energy around his wounds . Afterward, his bodily functions became obviously activated and moved to restrict the injuries from worsening .

This was a secret technique born of the vampiric constitution rune—shattering blood energy to repair grievous injuries .

In terms of healing effects, this method produced instant effects and was far superior to the human mind arts . Except important areas like the blood core, heart, and brain, all other injuries could be treated no matter how severe they were . The trade-off was that a vampire’s quality was directly proportionate to the number of blood energy he possessed . Shattering blood energy was tantamount to lowering one’s own rank .

Qianye drew out yet another ordinary blood energy and shattered it in the same way . After all, he wasn’t a vampire and, although he knew the principles, had no knowledge of how to control them completely . He could only use such a clumsy way to disperse them . However, it was as though the blood energy in his body possessed spirituality . After he had shattered two of them, the rest crawled into the depths of his heart and refused to emerge no matter how he tried .

Fortunately, the two wisps of blood energy were enough to control his wounds . Presently, the purple blood energy was curled out in its rune without the slightest movement, and only the dark golden blood energy still retained some liveliness .

Qianye’s perception was seriously impaired within this forest . Not only had he lost all sense of direction, but even his concept of time was fairly vague . He brought out his origin power sundial and found that his lengthy process of recovery had only taken one hour .

But Qianye soon discovered that the hands on the sundial weren’t moving—it had apparently stopped functioning . He couldn’t help but wonder if the time dial had also failed . This was a rather serious problem because it was the same forest in every direction, and one might spend an entire day walking in circles .

Qianye began to observe the surroundings in detail . After his injuries were stabilized, the Eye of Truth also regained some clarity .

This time, the Black Forest had gradually removed its disguise and revealed its true nature . This place was similar to other areas on Evernight in that it was suffused with darkness origin power . But while exceptionally active, there were many other things mixed into it . When Qianye noticed those impurities, his previously clouded senses were restored, and a feeling of numbness emerged on his skin .

Qianye’s heart trembled—he was no stranger to this sensation—it was akin to coming into contact with materials like black titanium . This meant that there was extraordinarily powerful radiation within the Black Forest .

Qianye stood up slowly and glanced at his surroundings, his True Sight slowly unraveling the secrets of this place . He eventually saw strands of void origin power seep out, scatter and were later neutralized—apparently, this was the source of the radiation .

There were many forms of void origin power . Pure and moderate daybreak or darkness origin power could be utilized, but the void origin power appearing here was fairly close to the middle ground between daybreak and evernight . It was oddly violent and warped, bringing only destruction and little benefit . Those below the champion rank couldn’t stay long under such a degree of radiation . Only dark race members with their power physiques could hope to linger within .

Qianye took a deep breath . Clearly, this violent void origin power was one of the secrets of the Black Forest .

It was impossible for this piece of land to suddenly appear on Evernight Continent . It was just that no one knew where its original location was . The vast amount of void origin power was proof of its extraordinary qualities—and on Evernight, special places meant danger .

At this moment, Qianye’s sensory faculties had been restored more or less . He sensed the blood energies in his body resisting the radiation but were slowly being consumed in the process . The situation before him was dire, and the surroundings were adverse . He might be drained to death in this peculiar forest if he couldn’t think of something quickly . But there were only eerie trees no matter where he looked; there was simply no end to them .

Qianye didn’t hesitate for long and simply walked forward without spending any extra effort to distinguish the direction . Since even True Sight couldn’t find the way, it made little difference how he chose the route .

After walking for an unknown length of time, Qianye sensed something peculiar from a certain tree not so far in the distance . His dark golden blood energy also began swimming quicker .

At a glance, it was nothing but an ordinary tree in this forest, a black tree with a warped trunk and sharp branches akin to steel brambles . But there seemed to be something different in the Eyes of Truth .

Qianye didn’t stop his movements and kept on going toward it . Within this perpetually unchanging forest, every little anomaly might be an opportunity to leave .

The big tree needed three men to fully wrap their hands around it . It appeared normal from the front, but Qianye was immediately astonished as he walked over to the back .

There were a dozen or so holes on the tree . Through the transparent membrane seal, one could see that they were half-filled with turbid fluid, and each held a creature inside . These entities were so grotesquely shaped that Qianye simply couldn’t name them—a number of tree holes simply contained wriggling pieces of flesh within .

This tree looked like the breeding chamber of a mad scientist who had cut off a part from different creatures and stitched them back together randomly .

Without waiting for Qianye to decide his next course of action, one of the tree holes broke open, and the creature within charged out amidst a burst of murky liquid . It shot up immediately after falling to the floor and charged at Qianye’s face .

This spider-like creature had a mouth under its abdomen, lined with dense rows of sharp teeth . It was somewhat similar to a type of sandworm .

Against this pouncing odd creature, Qianye simply drew the Scarlet Edge and placed it before him . This resulted in the assailant throwing itself onto the blade and being pierced through . Although the creature appeared sinister, its attack power was merely at the level of a rank five beast . An enemy of this level couldn’t hope to do anything against Qianye at all .

But the surprising thing was that this indescribable creature actually possessed a surprising amount of essence blood for its build . Moreover, it was filled with surging vitality that was richer and more powerful than ordinary beasts .

The vitality was excessively vigorous to the point where it couldn’t be controlled . The biology Qianye had learned back at Yellow Spring told him that a creature with such vitality would see its tissues grow rapidly and eventually turn into an abnormal ball of flesh before dying on its own .

Similarly, the essence blood flowing into Qianye’s body through the Scarlet Edge might be extremely toxic to ordinary vampires . They would erupt with vigorous power after coming into contact with the body and blood vessels, inciting the tissues to grow at lightning speed .

But Qianye had discovered something odd . He immediately circulated the Mystery Chapter and gradually formed that great vortex capable of grinding away essence blood . The vortex drew in the abnormally active wisps of essence blood just as it normally would and proceeded to crush them down and convert them to pure darkness origin power .

With this darkness origin power supply, the previously immobile purple blood energy finally moved a bit . At the same time, Qianye breathed a sigh of relief .

At this moment, the entities being gestated within the big tree seemed to have sensed something and started becoming active . Numerous odd monsters broke out in quick succession—even the abnormal pieces of flesh were wriggling with all their might .

The creatures didn’t attack Qianye and instead began to fight and devour one another . Their strengths were more or less similar to the one from before . Qianye was startled and proceeded to observe the developments in silence .

Of the numerous creatures, only one was left in the blink of an eye . Its shape was now somewhat different from when it broke out of the membrane . The creature had expanded to the size of a mountain wolf, but it had three heads and eleven appendages that could be considered legs .

It let out a menacing growl at Qianye but didn’t attack . On the contrary, it pounced onto the tree and started devouring the creatures still within the tree holes . Soon, it started growing at a visible rate .

This process gave the spectator an explicable feeling of discomfort . The odd beast’s body was like a boiling cauldron with unknown organs bulging up here and there . However, its strength didn’t quite increase after this growth and started losing vitality instead .

At this point, Qianye understood that it didn’t have long to live . He thus took a step forward and, after easily evading the oncoming attack, pinned the creature to the big tree .

The beast emitted sharp screeches as it struggled for dear life . But it had no power to speak of apart from the dense vitality and simply couldn’t resist the powerful absorption of the Scarlet Edge . It lost all life in the blink of an eye and stopped moving .

Qianye cut open its carcass with a wave of his blade and found that the insides were in complete disorder . Bone-like objects were growing here and there, the organs had fused together with its flesh, and a number of unknown glands had developed together in one place .

This was a completely chaotic life form that simply shouldn’t appear in this world . But it had provided Qianye with more essence blood than a blood knight .

He was already prepared this time and quite calmly absorbed all of the essence blood . He started cultivating immediately afterward and continued until he had completed one full cycle .

After gaining a supply of darkness origin power, the purple blood energy finally recovered from its stagnation and started swimming around slowly . Although still quite weak, its revival signified that Qianye’s physique had resumed its operation . The recovery might take some time, but at least the immediate peril had passed by .