In the Shattered Star Sea, warriors could break through to the Emperor Realm. Every time the Shattered Star Sea opened, quite a few people gained insight into the mysteries of the Emperor Realm here, allowing them to ascend in a single step and leap over the dragon gate.
So Yang Kai couldn't help but entertain this speculation.
But on second thought, something didn't quite add up, because this didn't look like the commotion caused by someone's advancement. At the very least, Yang Kai hadn't detected the heavenly tribulation that typically accompanied a major breakthrough.
If it wasn't a breakthrough, then could it be an Emperor Artifact emerging?
Realizing this, Yang Kai's expression shifted with shock, and he immediately changed direction, flying toward the source.
He had heard before that in the Shattered Star Sea, Emperor Artifacts of extraordinary grade would occasionally appear. Back in the day, it wasn't only the Devouring Emperor who had died in the Shattered Star Sea—several other Great Emperors had been dragged down with him to perish here as well.
The various treasures that those fallen Great Emperors had possessed were all left behind in the Shattered Star Sea. Through the passage of ages and the turning of seas, they waited patiently for their destined owners to arrive.
Thus, any Emperor Artifact that appeared in the Shattered Star Sea carried extraordinary significance and immense value, capable of driving countless people into a frenzy of competition.
The Emperor Artifacts of Great Emperors were fundamentally different from ordinary Emperor Artifacts. If one were to draw a comparison, it would be like the gap between an Emperor Artifact and a Dao Source Grade Artifact—incomprehensibly vast.
Such treasures naturally would not be missed by anyone.
As Yang Kai was flying with all his might toward the source of the Emperor's might, he suddenly felt the heavens and earth tremble. Immediately after, a sound like morning bells and evening drums boomed from ahead, the sonic waves visible to the naked eye, sweeping outward like a violent gale, containing terrifying power.
Yang Kai's expression changed drastically. He immediately circulated his mystic technique, his body plummeting downward while he guarded his mind with all his strength.
Crash...
The ground around him seemed as though it had been plowed open, everything rolling upward, giving one the illusion that the end of the world had arrived.
The sonic wave crashed into him, and Yang Kai's body staggered. Stars danced before his eyes, his mind muddled, with only that massive bell sound continuously reverberating, nearly causing him to lose control of his spirit.
In his alarm, he quickly activated the power of the Warm Spirit Lotus, cleansing his Spiritual Sea, and only then did he pull himself out of that dazed state.
Looking around once more, Yang Kai drew in a sharp breath. The surrounding landscape had undergone dramatic changes. Several small mountain peaks had risen from flat ground, while the peaks that had previously existed had vanished entirely. Countless chasm-like rifts had appeared across the earth, terrifying to behold. The entire world seemed to have been plunged into gloom in an instant.
His face was pale with horror.
Such terrifying power absolutely could not have been produced by the warriors who had entered the Shattered Star Sea for training. The only explanation was the might of the Emperor Artifact that had appeared!
It was definitely a Great Emperor's treasure. Yang Kai's heart suddenly burned with fervor. He wiped the blood trickling from his nostrils and shot forward like lightning.
Figures flickered all around him, robes fluttering in the wind. Clearly, many other warriors harbored the same intention and were heading in the same direction.
Yang Kai cursed inwardly—none of the bastards who came to the Shattered Star Sea were simple folk. Even he had sustained minor injuries from that sound, yet not a single one of these people had been killed by it!
Shortly after, he arrived not far from the source of the sound, hovering in midair. Looking ahead, his gaze sharpened.
A thousand zhang ahead, a peculiarly shaped mountain peak came into view. It stood roughly thirty zhang tall, its shape strange—it looked like a massive bell inverted over the ground.
From its midsection, loose rocks were continuously tumbling down. From within the peak, dazzling beams of radiance shot outward, along with dense Emperor's aura.
"An Emperor Artifact!" Yang Kai's eyes narrowed as he instantly realized that the mountain peak was where the Emperor Artifact lay.
The other warriors who had rushed to the scene had evidently come to the same realization. However, the power of the Emperor Artifact from moments ago had been too terrifying, so despite having arrived, none dared to make a move.
And in front of the peak, several broken corpses lay on the ground, all bleeding from their seven orifices in a wretched state. These poor souls—who knew from which Sect they hailed—judging by the manner and position of their deaths, appeared to have been the first to discover the Emperor Artifact. They had attempted to claim it but had been struck down by its backlash.
Beams of star mark light shot outward from the corpses. Those star marks, which had belonged to the dead, circled in midair for a moment before suddenly being drawn as if by some invisible force, shooting in all directions toward the crowd.
One particularly brilliant star mark was hurtling straight toward Yang Kai.
How could Yang Kai miss such an opportunity? He immediately shifted his body and surged forward to intercept it.
At the same time, countless warriors sprang into action, their eyes locked on those star marks as they reached out to snatch them.
About seven or eight warriors were eyeing the same star mark as Yang Kai, each one possessing extraordinary cultivation—Third Stage Dao Source Realm cultivators were a dime a dozen.
But if they were fast, Yang Kai was no slower.