Contention Essence

After listening to the Master of Yaoguang, Xiao Ze frowned slightly, having grasped the crucial point.

"Senior, since that Demon Emperor has already used Demonic Energy to erode Yaoguang Palace, why did he let us enter?"

"Wouldn't that create unforeseen complications?"

"Sigh, that is precisely where that fiend's cunning lies."

The Master of Yaoguang shook his head and sighed. "Though I fell into slumber, I left sensory wards in the crucial areas of Yaoguang Palace."

"Once those crucial areas were eroded by Demonic Energy, they would awaken me."

"And that fiend was patient enough to directly use the hands of the Great Thousand World's living beings to continuously weaken the power of those crucial areas."

"Once the spiritual power in those crucial areas had been weakened to the extreme, he would erode them in one stroke. By then, even if I awakened, I would be powerless to stop him."

"I might even be devoured by him instead, becoming nourishment for his growth."

Xiao Ze was slightly stunned before quickly understanding.

Explorers like them would sometimes stop at nothing in order to obtain inheritances.

Especially when they encountered seals or spiritual power barriers within Yaoguang Palace that protected inheritances.

Once explorers discovered them, they would certainly spare no effort in trying to destroy the seals and seize the inheritances.

To a certain extent, Xiao Ze and Qing Yanjing's challenges of the Contention Stage were also continuously consuming its spiritual power.

And throughout the entire Yaoguang Palace, apart from those crucial areas that had yet to be eroded by Demonic Energy, everywhere else had already fallen.

Thus, after enduring challenge after challenge, the Contention Stage had no way to replenish its spiritual power. It would eventually weaken to the extreme and be eroded by Demonic Energy in one fell swoop.

"That fiend