Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 199 Map
"The fog has lifted?"

Ji Fuyou was somewhat surprised.

Is it possible...

He remained cautious, sensing the teleportation authority immediately and preparing to withdraw at any moment.

Soon, he arrived outside the cabin.

He looked around the little wooden house for a while...

Disappeared.

Really disappeared.

The last time he came to the cabin, there was a thick fog around him, and the fog inside the cabin was so thick that when he pushed open the door, he was immediately teleported to the abyss rift, and he didn't have time to look inside the cabin.

But now that the thick fog outside the cabin has dissipated, then...

Ji Fuyou concentrated and gradually approached the cabin.

The Void Teleportation Authority had already sensed his presence; with just a thought, he could be teleported directly to the entrance of the Misty Forest.

In this state, Ji Fuyou slowly approached the cabin, and then...

Push open the door to the cabin.

No.

Nothing happened.

Ji Fuyou pushed open the door of the small wooden house, which had little defense, and entered the house.

There was no fog collision, nor spatial fluctuation.

It was as if his previous experience of being teleported to the abyss rift when he entered the cabin had never happened.

This result...

"Is it simply a matter of timing? Or does the two-headed behemoth in the abyss rift dislike being disturbed, thus interfering with the spatial link between the two places?"

Ji Fuyou wondered what was going on, but couldn't understand it.

but……

Now that the cabin door could be opened, some of the questions he had previously been unable to answer could be answered.

Inside the wooden house...

have what?
Ji Fuyou's gaze quickly swept over them.

The answer is, there is nothing.

But even if there is nothing there, he can still get a lot of useful information from the "furniture" inside.

These pieces of furniture clearly show signs of human intervention; they were definitely made by intelligent beings.

In addition, the size of these pieces of furniture...

Even if the people who built the wooden houses were not human, they must have been a race similar to humans.

The entire wooden cabin is like a supply station, specifically designed for hunters who come to the Misty Forest to hunt strange beasts to rest and replenish their supplies.

However, this place seems to have been abandoned for some time, as the things inside look very dilapidated, and there is no food or water available.

Ji Fuyou walked around inside, and soon, some casually drawn figures caught his attention.

These graphics are very simple, like a child's doodles.

Ke Ji Fuyou compared the lines in the diagram with his experience from wandering around the Misty Forest, and vaguely recognized it...

It is an extremely simple map.

Or, to put it another way, a road in a forest.

"this road……"

Ji Fuyou slightly focused his mind.

He knows.

In the dream, in order to find more orc warriors and orc leaders, I once went to a dense forest.

The forest was so dense, and the trees were arranged in a maze-like pattern, that he retreated after exploring for a while.

The simple map in front of me seems to depict the route through that maze.

"Go and see."

Ji Fuyou is different now than before.

On the one hand, he can no longer passively wait for the scenes in the dream to appear and rely on killing the monsters that appeared in the dream to obtain resources for growth.

on the other hand……

He has the authority to teleport through the void.

With this authority, even if he is in real danger, as long as it is not a powerful monster that can kill him instantly, he will have enough time to escape the battlefield.

And monsters of that level...

Those with spiritual abilities will inevitably receive warnings regarding the danger they perceive.

With both factors combined, the likelihood of him encountering fatal danger and losing his life is much lower than that of others.

"By waiting, I will not have the strength to start resolving that crisis after 3 years and 8 months."

Ji Fuyou memorized the route on the map, turned around, left the cabin, and then followed his memory, heading straight into the forest.

As his strength increased, the treacherous Misty Forest gradually became ordinary.

What troubles him is no longer the strange beasts and monsters in the forest, but rather small animals such as snakes, insects, and rodents, as well as the dense, difficult-to-pass roads.

Fortunately, thanks to his spiritual perception, he is often able to avoid these minor troubles in advance and find the right path.

In this situation, he arrived in a dense forest where the sun never shines after only half a day.

"Many people are terrified of the thousand-year-old tree demon. Once such a monster notices them, they will only die. But I'm fine; I can't find it even if I want to."

Ji Fuyou reflected on his unremarkable gains along the way...

Admittedly, the Misty Forest is a rather useless forbidden area.

For master-level martial artists, it's practically impossible to acquire anything of value.

For teams led by high-level martial artists, encountering a thousand-year-old tree demon could result in total annihilation.

It's no wonder that only when local departments organize hunting trips do large hunting teams venture deep into the forest; otherwise, only a few high-ranking teams try their luck by hunting orcs on the outskirts.

"This dense forest..."

Ji Fuyou activated his senses and plunged into the dense forest.

Throughout the journey, he remained vigilant while also sensing the void teleportation authority.

If an insurmountable danger arises, evacuate immediately.

With this caution in mind, he moved swiftly through the dense forest.

Five kilometers, ten kilometers, fifteen kilometers...

He maintained a relatively slow pace, and in a short time, he had already traversed more than twenty kilometers through this dense forest.

The dense forest stretched for such a long distance, seemingly without end. Especially...

In many cases, various forks in the road will appear ahead.

These forks in the road are shrouded in mist, and no one knows where they lead.

If Ji Fuyou hadn't found a map through the dense forest in the cabin outside by chance, he probably would have been lost in the woods long ago.

"It's like a man-made jungle maze."

Ji Fuyou pondered this in his heart.

He spent most of the day traversing this dense forest, but not only did he not encounter any powerful monsters, he also saw no possibility of traversing the forest. If it weren't for his trump card of spatial teleportation, which ensured he could leave at any time, he would have turned back.

Fortunately, with this confidence, after floating through the dense forest for dozens of kilometers, the surroundings suddenly changed.

The trees have decreased.

The fog has thinned.

This anomaly surprised Ji Fuyou.

"Am I about to leave the forbidden area of ​​the Misty Forest?"

But he soon realized that it wasn't what he had imagined.

The fog didn't thin out; rather, the sky brightened.

It's an indescribable feeling.

Logically speaking, with such dense fog, even under bright sunshine, the surroundings would be shrouded in gray, making it impossible to have any visibility.

But as he emerged from the dense forest, he truly felt that it was dawn.

Even though the fog had not yet dissipated, this "light" pierced through it, making the visibility better than ever before.

Although it cannot compare to the visibility under a clear blue sky, the visibility is basically 100 meters.

With this level of visibility, highways won't be closed.

"This light..."

Ji Fuyou looked up and gazed at the horizon.

He could sense that this "brightness" was not formed by normal "light," but rather...

It was as if some kind of power, or even authority, illuminated this area, making the fog in this area appear as clear as day.

"Incredible."

Ji Fuyou said in a low voice.

This power was beyond his imagination.

If humans could also master this power to illuminate the fog, the fog's threat to people would be reduced by a significant level.

Ji Fuyou stayed in place for a while before taking another step.

The transfer of authority is normal.

This bright light, like "bright sunshine in the clear sky," seems to exist specifically to suppress the fog, indicating that the owner of this power and the fog are enemies.

The enemy of the enemy is the friend.

While this statement isn't absolute, it still has some value as a reference.

So he continued onward, following the direction where the trees were sparse, to explore the area.

Having grown accustomed to perceiving his surroundings through his senses, he found it somewhat strange to suddenly "regain" his sight.

Fortunately, after traveling for a while, Ji Fuyou no longer had time to worry about whether he was used to it or not.

Orcs appeared.

Within a mental perception range of about 300 meters, there were 7 orcs, 13 orc warriors, and 2 orc generals.

Compared to the Misty Forest, where 90 out of 100 orcs are orcs and 10 are orc warriors, the quality of orcs in this area is far superior.
"So many orc warriors!?"

Ji Fuyou was somewhat surprised.

The next moment, the Wuji Sword, with a silent yet sharp whistle, tore through the void at a speed beyond the reach of ordinary vision, instantly piercing the heads of one orc and two orc warriors, and then shooting straight towards an orc general only 210 meters away.

The orc warrior seemed to sense the danger.

Keji Fuyou had already completed the transformation of his spiritual power into a material form.

Even though the orc general sensed it and roared as he swung his battle axe, he still couldn't stop the Wuji Sword that shot through the air.

"laugh!"

The cold, sharp blade pierced straight through the orc general's head.

After shooting down the orc general, he approached while simultaneously unleashing his spiritual power to count the surrounding orcs.

"I remember that while orc warriors don't breed red source crystals, they have a very high probability of breeding blue source crystals..."

He quickly arrived at the orc general's corpse, and then...

No.

This orc warrior, whom the season had been so eagerly anticipating, actually didn't have a single white source crystal inside him.

This result made him frown.

Composing himself, he moved forward again and soon arrived at the corpse of the second orc general.

nor.

"how come……"

He was a little puzzled.

While all the orc warriors in the Misty Forest had achieved victories, here…

Are they all counterfeit goods?

It was as if some force had forcibly pushed the orc warriors, and even the orcs themselves, up a level.

"If that's how orc warriors are, then what about orc leaders?"

Ji Fuyou strides forward.

He wandered through the thinning forest, searching for the orc leader.

At one point, a monster covered in yellow fur appeared in his senses.

This is a mutated monster resembling an orc, not worth mentioning.

Ji Fuyou completely ignored it and flew the Wuji Sword directly over, intending to shoot the monster to death.

Just as the Wuji Sword was about to pierce through the monster's head, the monster caught the trajectory of the flying sword, growled, and swung it in a single strike.

"boom!"

Flames burst forth.

The Wuji Sword, launched with master-level spiritual power, was actually knocked away by the monster's claw!
The power that erupted in that instant...

It surpasses the Fertile Guard!
(End of this chapter)