The May Day holiday is so busy, exhausted like a dog every day, and I have to go out again soon, but the updates won't be fewer. Little Mo is so dedicated, deserves ten thousand likes for sure.
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Lan Xun said, "Something seems to have gone wrong on the fourth level of the Five-Colored Pagoda. Many small worlds have shattered, affecting the pagoda's structure. Uncle Xiao and the others must stabilize it and wait for everyone to come out. Otherwise, if the void collapses, those inside could be trapped."
A bead of cold sweat silently trickled down Yang Kai's forehead. He gave a sheepish laugh. "How could a supreme treasure like the Five-Colored Pagoda possibly have problems?"
Lan Xun gazed toward the pagoda and shook her head. "I'm not sure either. Nothing like this has ever happened before."
Yang Kai chuckled awkwardly. "Well, my luck isn't great then, running into it on my very first visit."
He didn't dare say too much. Fortunately, his current condition was already poor, so even if his expression looked a bit off, it wouldn't attract much attention.
The problem on the fourth level of the Five-Colored Pagoda, the shattering of many small worlds—Yang Kai knew without a doubt it was related to him. He had previously used the Mysterious World Bead on the fourth level to devour the Heavenly Laws of numerous small worlds, causing them to fall apart. But he hadn't expected such consequences to follow.
At least, it seemed these consequences weren't irreparable, and weren't too serious.
As the two were talking, two figures flickered into view at the pagoda's entrance. It was Xiao Chen and Lei Ting, who had emerged together. These two had also entered the secret realm on the fifth level of the Five-Colored Pagoda, but each had their own encounters. Judging by their expressions now, one could guess how their gains and losses compared.
Xiao Chen had a smile on his face, full of confident radiance. He had clearly obtained some benefits on the fifth level.
Lei Ting's complexion was gloomy, his aura unstable. He looked to have suffered even more injuries than Yang Kai, probably having encountered some setbacks.
However, for martial artists, whether setbacks or gains, they were all necessary parts of the path of growth. Only those with weak willpower would be defeated by setbacks and stop moving forward. Those with a fighting spirit could often turn setbacks into motivation to push further and go even farther.
Xiao Chen and Lei Ting were the last batch to walk out. After they appeared, Xiao Yuyang issued a low command: "Everyone, leave this place."
The many Star God Palace Disciples received the order, bowed toward the direction of the four Elders, and retreated.
Yang Kai and Lan Xun's group also took their leave.
After walking a short distance, Yang Kai suddenly felt an extremely powerful wave of energy fluctuate from the void. Turning his head to look, he saw a beam of light, like brilliant moonlight, shoot from somewhere within the Star God Palace, striking the body of the Five-Colored Pagoda directly.
This beam of light was not an attack, but had other wondrous effects. After the light appeared, the expressions of Xiao Yuyang and the others brightened noticeably. With their hand seals changing, the Five-Colored Pagoda clearly began to stabilize.
Yang Kai's expression turned solemn. He knew that moonlight-like beam was a strike from a Great Emperor.
Come to think of it, in the Thousand Illusion Dream Realm, he had also encountered and even fought against an existence on par with a Great Emperor.
Demon Saint Mo Duo was an existence comparable to a Great Emperor. This could be considered Yang Kai's first true exchange of blows with a Great Emperor. The last time at the Star Fragments Sea, when the Devouring Emperor and the Red Dust Emperor clashed, he had merely happened to be there, offering minor assistance from the sidelines—it didn't count as genuine participation, not to mention that back then, neither Emperor could exert their full strength.
But the experience within the illusion was different. Even though it was an illusion, everything was based on reality. In other words, the power Mo Duo displayed was truly at the Great Emperor level.
Yang Kai had used every trick in his arsenal, holding nothing back, and still wasn't his match. If not for Mo Duo being overly contemptuous at the start, giving Yang Kai the opportunity to employ many secret techniques, and later becoming solely focused on stopping the Evergreen Divine Tree, his chances of victory would definitely have been less than thirty percent.
Even so, Yang Kai couldn't do anything against him, and could only resort to a method akin to cheating—dragging him along to withstand a strike aimed from afar by the Great Demon God.
This was an incredibly precious memory and a rare experience. As long as he could absorb and digest the experience from that battle, Yang Kai believed he would grow another step.
Right now, however... A Great Emperor's strike was supremely profound. Yang Kai couldn't compare it to Mo Duo to judge who was stronger or weaker, but he could feel that Bright Moon Great Emperor, compared to Mo Duo, was only stronger, not weaker.
Lan Xun also halted her steps, turning her head to gaze at that moonlight-like beam. Suddenly, she pouted, her face taking on a look of grievance—it had been a very long time since she last saw her father.
"Junior Sister Lan," Yang Kai suddenly spoke. "With matters here concluded, I should take my leave."
He had shattered many small worlds on the fourth level of the Five-Colored Pagoda. Xiao Yuyang and the others surely had their suspicions about him. Just now, when Yang Kai walked out, those several Elders at the Third-Order Emperor Realm had been observing him continuously. However, as long as Yang Kai didn't admit to anything, they couldn't directly accuse him, so they had let him leave.
But Yang Kai still held a butterfly-shaped key in his possession—the key to the Thousand Illusion Dream Realm, a secret realm that rightfully belonged to the Star God Palace. Putting it nicely, this was Yang Kai's destiny bringing him fortune. Putting it bluntly, it was theft.
Having taken something that belonged to them, Yang Kai naturally didn't want to linger any longer, lest the Star God Palace side notice something amiss. Besides, he had business to attend to.
Lan Xun looked at Yang Kai, surprised. "Senior Brother Yang, you're leaving already?"
"Mm. I have an appointment with someone."
"But Senior Brother Yang, you seem to be injured. Why not rest here for a couple of days before you go?" Lan Xun asked with concern.