The pervasive silver fog trembled gently, as if stirred by a breeze.
The towering roots of the World Tree had already been completely obscured by the mist. When He Ao reached out, he could not even see his own fingers.
The serpent tail in the sky had long since vanished as well. He had lost every reference point that could clearly indicate a direction.
"Big guy, this place is kind of scary." Silvi leaned against He Ao's shoulder and shrank back her little head.
"Mm." He Ao nodded slightly.
After a brief moment of thought, he reached back and took down Vestarra's Spear, gripped its shaft, and slowly moved forward.
An invisible tremor spread through the void. He Ao merely tightened his grip on the spear in his hand.
At that moment, the invisible tremor seemed to become some kind of guidance, allowing him to clearly sense that not far ahead, there was some kind of "presence."
As he advanced, the dense fog shuddered, and dim blue flames occasionally flickered within it. Those flames drifted through the mist like eyes, then swiftly faded away.
Sometimes, flames would suddenly appear beside He Ao and "look" at his body. Then their gazes would fall upon Vestarra's Spear before they gradually dispersed.
He Ao quietly studied those dim blue flames as well.
There had actually been faint traces of this blue radiance near the World Tree's roots outside, but they had been far away and flickered out quickly. Only here did He Ao have the chance to inspect these flames closely.
On the surface, these flames possessed no vitality and no Energy Circuit. They were merely faint glimmers resembling phosphorescent fire.
Yet the way they moved was extraordinarily lifelike, as though they truly possessed intelligence and were "observing" their surroundings.
After a brief