"I know, I won't push myself." Yang Kai grinned. "Let's part ways here then. Once everything's settled, we'll meet again in Green Water City. Farewell for now."
Yang Kai cupped his fists slightly, and after speaking, turned around and transformed into a streak of light, quickly vanishing from Qian Tong and the other two's sight.
"Let's head out as well," Qian Tong called out. "With so many people dead this time, the competition inside the Blood Prison is bound to decrease significantly. It's the perfect time to search for opportunities — we can't afford to miss it."
"Brother Qian is right!" Zhao Tianze's eyes brightened, and the gloomy mood from before was swept away in an instant, replaced by excitement and anticipation.
About a hundred li away from the Domain Stone Mountain, in a desolate area where no one ventured, Yang Kai looked around, confirmed that no one was nearby, and suddenly grinned: "Come on out."
The next moment, the ground in front of him rustled, and then a small head poked out from beneath the earth. Two bright, pea-sized eyes rolled around, and the figure leaped upward, landing right in front of Yang Kai.
The Stone Puppet, Xiao Xiao.
Yang Kai had secretly released the Stone Puppet during the battle with Zhang Qing and the others. Everyone had been stunned by his overwhelming power, and no one had noticed the puppet's movements.
Everything had been carried out without anyone being the wiser.
"How'd it go?" Yang Kai looked down at the Stone Puppet and asked.
The Stone Puppet showed little reaction. It simply opened its mouth and spat out a fist-sized Domain Stone.
Yang Kai reached out and plucked the Domain Stone from midair into his palm. After sensing it for a moment, he chuckled softly, patted the Stone Puppet's little head, and praised: "Well done!"
He could well imagine that the Stone Puppet was now stuffed to the brim with Domain Stones — a quantity so vast that any Void King realm expert would be moved.
One could say that the destruction of the Domain Stone Mountain was entirely its doing.
It had burrowed in from below without a trace, hollowing out the entire Domain Stone Mountain without anyone noticing. That was why the warriors had felt the Domain Stone Mountain's effects growing weaker, and why the mountain had suddenly collapsed — its interior had been completely hollow.
All of this was the Stone Puppet's accomplishment!
The Domain Stone Mountain was certainly hard enough, but the Stone Puppet possessed a unique natural talent — it was born with the ability to devour all manner of minerals. It had even gnawed a hole through the Glazed Gate's treasured sect artifact, the Myriad Illusion Glazed Mountain. The Domain Stone Mountain was no exception.
The moment Yang Kai had laid eyes on the Domain Stone Mountain, his mind had turned to mischief.
He hadn't anticipated that having the Stone Puppet do this would destroy the Domain Stone Mountain and trigger that terrifying Domain Field.
So the instant he realized something was wrong, he had shouted at the top of his lungs to warn everyone.
Unfortunately, most of the warriors had been blinded by the treasures before their eyes. They had paid no heed to his warning. Only a handful had retreated alongside him in that critical moment, and thus had saved their lives.
After giving the Stone Puppet an order, Yang Kai brought it to an even more remote location and had it spit out every last Domain Stone from its belly.
After counting them, Yang Kai was beside himself with joy.
A full two to three thousand Domain Stones!
It was a staggering number. Consider what Yang Kai had managed to earn since entering the Blood Prison — up until now, he had only obtained three Domain Stones, and others couldn't have gathered much more, possibly even less.
But with this single haul, he had secured two to three thousand!
Perhaps, from ancient times to the present, no warrior who had ever left the Blood Prison had obtained this many Domain Stones combined.
It seemed he would never have to worry about comprehending his Domain again. With so many Domain Stones in hand, Yang Kai could freely absorb their wondrous energy, gain insight into the mysteries of Domain, and peer into the essence of the Void King Realm.
His future was sure to be bright and smooth sailing!
His mood soared.
Warriors who entered the Blood Prison had two main objectives: first, to use those Domain Vortices to temper their own Force; second, to search for Domain Stones.
Yang Kai felt he had already achieved both goals.
Setting aside the Domain Stones — he had gathered more than enough — the Domain Vortices could no longer hinder his progress either. His understanding and application of Force had reached a new height. Even if he hadn't quite reached the stage of Grand Completion, he wasn't far off.
Perhaps one day, when he advanced to the Return to Void Third Stage, his Force field would reach Grand Completion, and he would thoroughly possess the qualifications to break through to the Void King Realm!
Yang Kai had no intention of wasting any more time. He planned to find the Void Thought Crystal left behind by the Monster King who had fallen in battle here tens of thousands of years ago — to complete the task Chi Yue had entrusted to him.
On Di Chen Star, there were Ten Great Lords, but not a single one of them could claim the title of Monster King.
To become a Monster King, one needed to possess the peak cultivation of the Void King Third Stage.
Throughout history, the Monster Kings born on Di Chen Star could be counted on one hand.
One had existed tens of thousands of years ago, but had been caught up in the conflicts of Cuiwei Star at the time and had ultimately perished inside the Blood Prison.
The specific location had already been relayed to Yang Kai by Chi Yue. After all, over the many years, Di Chen Star had secretly sent quite a few promising young Monster Clan members into the Blood Prison to train. They had long since gathered this intelligence — the only problem was that none of them had been able to retrieve it.
Yang Kai pressed forward without delay.