Crack!
A tier 3 Emperor, deep within a pit, probed and touched the seemingly round stone. The next moment, it began to crack open.
The onlookers' expressions tightened slightly, and as the sphere split open, it revealed an unexpected hollowness.
Inside, there was nothing - colorless and tasteless.
Seeing that there was nothing amiss, the crowd breathed a sigh of relief.
Gutong, silent until now, showed no reaction.
The spheres in the other pits also began to crack open one after another. Over 100 spheres split open, with only 18 containing an ancient scepter. The rest, like the first one, were hollow.
"This is a formation! Quickly, get rid of it!"
Jian Wushuang roared, but it was already too late.
The scepters erupted with streams of light, instantly covering the surrounding billions of miles.
"Call for help!"
Gutong was the first to crush his token, looking back towards the City of Suppression.