Minutes turned into hours as Jason continued to fly through the sky, but he was not bored at all.
He was happy to feel the bright sun rays on his fair skin while looking out for lush green areas where societies were most likely to habituate.
This was easier said than done, and Jason saw nothing but the same arid land in the range of several kilometers around him.
Nevertheless, he was not bothered by that at all and rather happy because it gave him more time to find a concrete concept to determine a Pryr being's strength.
Jason began to add the cultivation path others cultivated as a prefix because it made everything much easier for him.
It sounded weird to him, but when he thought about Pryr beasts, it was evident that their physical strength was their biggest unique selling point.
The same applied to the other two cultivation paths, but they were not as important for Jason as the Pryr path.
With time passing at a slow pace, he got enough time to think about everything clearly, and it was only later that he understood something important.
"The path of primordial energy and its cultivation base are not necessarily correlated to the number of life force drops!"
Jason had figured this out when he had seen a Pryr beast with only three life force drops, tearing apart a Maest beast at the Prismar stage on the ground below him.
Because he witnessed this, Jason was finally able to figure out that both life force drops and a Pryr being's cultivation base were not linked to each other.
At least, that was what he first thought.
'But if that's true, why did my physical strength increase after Petri liquefied more drops of life force?'
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})Jason had witnessed the amplification of his physical strength after Petri had liquefied more life force drops for the first time.
As such, he knew that life force drops were able to enhance the strength of beings.
This, however, didn't mean that the life force was connected to the cultivation stage of Petri.
'Maybe the life force drops have an enhancement effect? With enough overflowing energy, Petri might have produced them thinking that it was useful, owing to the life force drops he had already absorbed once!'
Jason thought that it was possible for life force drops to enhance the physique similar to how mana, or spirit drops could do the same.
As such, he had to discard his earlier thought of evaluating Pryr beasts according to the number of liquefied drops of life force in them.
Even if it was rather annoying, Jason couldn't simply ignore this fact as it might save his life in the future.
'So that means, I can only gauge the strength of Pryr beasts according to the fluctuations they release…at least it is possible for my Emperor Eyes to determine how much primordial energy Pryr beings have stored in their body.'
Knowing how much primordial energy was stored in the body of other beings allowed Jason to determine whether he would have to face unexpected surprises such as a sudden, yet the drastic increase of his opponent's strength, or be prepared for other things he couldn't even think of right now.
This made Jason feel a little better, but it was not really helpful to make him feel extremely comfortable around Pryr beings.
Jason was not sure how much time had passed, but the sun had been replaced by utter darkness, with the gigantic moon he could see up in the air, radiating a bright glow.
It looked like dawn was approaching and it was almost time for sunrise. With the first rays of the sun brightening the barren plains, Jason's eyes widened in joy as he saw a large lush field of verdant grass in the horizon!
This made him circulate mana through his body as he exerted the Floating sky technique to further increase his speed.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})He wanted to reach the verdant grass as quickly as possible.
However, before he could even reach its proximity, Jason decreased his pace, making it look like he was gliding just a few meters above the surface.
With the Emperor Eyes, he could see several tens of thousand unstable energy fluctuations, separated into two large groups.
They were evidently fighting against each other, but that was not what had caused Jason to slow down.
Every single being in front of one group was humanoid, and seemed to be cultivating in the path of mythic power; Maest.
This was interesting because it told Jason that the other race probably cultivated mana.
Under normal circumstances, this would have made him happy, but not now.
At first glance, there was only one race fighting the other, but that was not the case!
The closer he came, the more details he could see, including the beings that flew through the sky.
"There are Angels and Devils fighting each other in the sky?! Just what kind of fairy tale did I enter?!"
Jason couldn't believe his eyes, but even after rubbing them, he could hardly contain himself.
There were a total of three races fighting against each other, and two of them were definitely Angels and Devils respectively.
At least, if he were to name them solely based on their appearance and the fairy tales his mother had told him when he was young.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})As a matter of fact, the Angels didn't look much different than Jason right now because of Artemis' wings.
Only the milky aura around the Angels made them different to him in addition to the faint halo that surrounded their head.
As for the Devils, their skin had varying shades of black, purple, dark blue while some even had a mixture of all these colors.
But, that was not what made Jason believe that they were the devils belonging to the fairy tales he had heard.
Rather, it were the completely crimson-colored eyes in addition to the eerie blackish hue enveloping them that made him believe so.
They were utilising various affinities such as poison, darkness, blood, shadow and multiple other affinities that could be labeled to be stereotypical abilities Devils would use in fairy tales.
Meanwhile, the Angels he saw were exactly the same, using bright affinities that would make Jason believe that they were good, and Devils were bad.
However, Jason had long since decided to ignore stereotypes and prejudices one would normally have against certain beings.
It was impossible for anyone to be completely good, or bad, and within everyone, there was an evil and good person at the same time.
In the end, some traits were just difficult to perceive!
As such, Jason could only observe the battle that seemed to be reaching its climax soon.
Even at a distance of more than ten kilometers, he could feel the shockwaves of certain beings fighting each other, carried by the air currents towards him with a rippling force.
This made his heart thump wildly, but he managed to calm down a moment later.
Through the shockwave, Jason felt as if something deep within him was moving.
It were the locks of the Celestia bloodline that were rattling wildly, showing signs of wanting to be unlocked.
However, Jason could only ignore it for a moment as he sensed the energies within the shockwaves.
'Wait...weren't the Angels and Devils cultivating with mana...how come I sense spiritual force and primordial energy from some of them too?!'
Sensing this, Jason, who had calmed down from his earlier shock, couldn't help but insert even more mana than usual into his Emperor Eyes.
Ignoring the high mana consumption, he forced his eyes to work at a rapid pace, only to release a tiny fraction of his Celestia aura and stigma, further enhancing the abilities of the Emperor Eyes.
'All of them are definitely cultivating in the path of Maest...no wait, that's wrong!...the warriors on the ground don't have a mana core...did I see wrong..but wait!
Do the Angels and Devils have two cultivation paths?!? Is that really possible..?'
Jason couldn't believe his eyes at first, but the Angels had certainly two places to store their energies. One was a mana core and they also had a spirit sea!
Meanwhile, the Devils he sighted in the air had a mana core, which was something he already knew, but they also had primordial energy stored in their body and some of them even had liquefied life force drops!!
If that wasn't enough, more surprises awaited him!
Because he had been interested in the Angel and Devil race that fought against each other, he hadn't even paid any attention to the third race.
However, this was the case because Jason was overly familiar with them!
"What the hell is going on...those are...humans..or not?! And why are they fighting each other...Just what is wrong with this planet?"
