Damon moved through the landscape like a phantom, his figure flickering from one location to another as he teleported repeatedly. Every few seconds, his primordial senses swept the surrounding terrain, searching for the next fluctuation in energy.
The next treasure appeared inside a ruined shrine buried deep within a forest. Damon arrived silently. The broken stone pillars and moss-covered statues suggested that this place had once been important long ago, but now it was little more than a forgotten ruin.
At the center of the shrine sat a bronze incense burner. The object looked completely ordinary. But the faint distortion in the surrounding energy told him otherwise.
The moment his hand touched the incense burner, the object shattered into particles of light and condensed into a thin jade ring.
Damon stored it away immediately. Before he could move again, a loud explosion resounded.
A golden blur crashed into the shrine courtyard, sending dust and leaves flying in all directions. Kael landed a few meters away. He looked around at the empty shrine before turning his gaze toward Damon. Then he sighed dramatically. "You’re cheating."
Damon tilted his head slightly. "You’re just slow."
Kael snorted. "Slow? I got one before you, bruh." He took out a scented candle and flashed it in front of Damon.
Damon’s face twitched. He had half a mind to fight the guy for it then and there, but that would only be a waste of time. This entire world was teeming with people. There was no point in fighting over one treasure. The focus had to be on the big picture.
Without another word he disappeared and Kael burst into laughter. "Don’t be such a sore loser!" Damon was already gone but a voice echoed behind him. "I heard that."
Kael snarled and bounded again. On the other side, Damon had no plans to slow down.
Going to these places one by one also seemed like a waste of time. He was not interested in some childish race. He needed more. He needed to get there before the others.
Moreover, with every second he was delaying, he was losing precious concepts which were swirling in his mind from the drop of the ancestor’s blood. Those effects weren’t going to stay there forever.
Damon stopped and did not move. He took a moment and summoned his blood avatar. The next moment, he produced two more blood orbs. Sucking a big breath of air, he focused on these two blood orbs.
Blood elongated, twisted, and condensed. Slowly, shapes began forming within the floating masses. Two more figures stepped out of the swirling crimson.
Three identical Damons now stood, each one carrying the same calm expression and the same cold crimson eyes. Their auras were slightly weaker than the original, but the difference was small enough.
Thanks to the new insights he had gained, doing this much was not a big deal for him. "Good." Damon nodded in satisfaction as he examined them.
He then summoned all of his shadow army. He them all out at once. Each clone took a portion of the shadow army to help with the search. Within seconds, everything was organized and executed.


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