Zhang Tie released his divine sense without hesitation, letting it spread through the entire pavilion like an invisible tide.
His divine sense swept meticulously over every inch of the place; even the dust gathered in the cracks between the walls was clearly discernible.
This pavilion looked ordinary on the surface, yet it concealed hidden mysteries. In particular, the faint bloodline resonance coming from the top floor made his heart beat faster.
A few breaths later, Zhang Tie's figure blurred and vanished from where he stood. In the next instant, he appeared on the top floor.
The space here was much smaller than on the other floors. A distinctive bronze gate blocked his path. Pale golden runes flowed across its surface, forming a fairly powerful restriction that faintly radiated an oppressive aura.
"Trifling tricks."
The corners of Zhang Tie's lips lifted slightly. Pale blue light spread around him, and a layer of blue ice crystals slowly froze over the bronze gate. In the next moment, the entire gate exploded into countless ice crystals and scattered away, while the restriction on it rapidly dissolved and collapsed, revealing the scene within.
Zhang Tie's gaze was immediately drawn to the object floating above a square white-jade platform in the center of the room.
At first, he was delighted, but then his expression changed slightly.
The good news was that it was indeed the Profound Heaven Spirit Extermination Shovel he had sensed.
The bad news was that only the shovel's handle floated in midair before him. The shovelhead was nowhere to be seen.
What made his heart sink even further was that this section of the handle had clearly been reforged. Its surface was covered in a dark golden sheen, utterly different from how he remembered it.
Zhang Tie strode to the jade platform and