The Earth-Splitting Gauntlet floated before Li Wuyang, radiating a gentle yet weighty earthen-yellow glow. The focus of that light seemed to pierce through Li Wuyang's clothes, pointing directly at the sleeping Earth Doll in Xuan's personal space—the imitation Breathing Soil. At the same time, the bronze compass in Li Wuyang's arms, the Tracking Compass, acted as though it had been injected with stimulants. Its needle locked tightly onto the gauntlet, humming incessantly.
This sudden development left everyone stunned.
The Tatian Boot bounced over and cautiously poked the Earth-Splitting Gauntlet with its toe. "Hey! Old friend! Are you all right? Did that stinking spider lock you up until you went stupid? Why are you glowing at thin air?"
The Earth-Splitting Gauntlet ignored the Tatian Boot. Instead, it slowly drifted closer to Li Wuyang, its light growing gentler, even carrying a trace of... fondness and longing?
Under the gauntlet's "affectionate" gaze—if a gauntlet had eyes—Li Wuyang felt a little creeped out. He tentatively asked, "Uh... Mr. Gauntlet? Do you... know my son?"
Instinctively, he felt that the gauntlet's reaction had something to do with Earth Doll.
"Son?!" the Tatian Boot cried out, its opening gaping wide. "You already have a son?! No, wait! How could Rift know your son?! Let me tell you, Rift is very devoted! It only has its master in its heart!"
Li Wuyang could not be bothered with the dramatic boot and continued watching the Earth-Splitting Gauntlet. The gauntlet drifted a little closer, nearly pressing against his chest. Its earthen-yellow light felt warm and familiar.
After observing for a moment, Xuan spoke coolly. "What it sensed was the trace of Breathing Soil's origin aura within Earth Doll. The earth-element laws contained in this gauntlet share the same origin as Breathing Soil, but are more condensed and tyrannical. It