"Was it him?"
"Or rather, some kind of surveillance mechanism he left behind? Or... was He truly still alive in some form, still watching Beyond the World?"
In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Shen Yi's mind, but his face remained astonishingly calm.
He knew that under the gaze of such an existence, any panic, retreat, or unnecessary movement was meaningless—and might instead invite needless suspicion.
Under that majestic gaze, which seemed able to illuminate all falsehood, Shen Yi slowly drew in a breath. Then, facing that gaze head-on, he took another step forward, moving even closer to the stele.
Everyone was shocked!
Alvin and Lilith, in particular, who knew a few rumors about this human Authority Holder's past, sensed Shen Yi stepping forward and did not even have time to warn him before that incomparably majestic power instantly pressed them down.
Not far away.
Shen Yi's movements were not fast, but they carried a calm, resolute meaning.
Since he had already triggered an anomaly and drawn the gaze of this Authority Holder, then completing the established procedure and leaving his mark was, instead, the most direct response—and perhaps the safest.
He raised his hand again, aimed his palm at the stele once more, and urged the rule origin within him that belonged to Shadow Authority, trying to follow the method Alvin had described and release this power steadily, leaving his own unique rule mark on the stele.
However, the very instant Shen Yi's power had just touched the surface of the stele and was about to leave the first carved trace—
BOOM!!!
The entire Stele of Authority Holders violently shook!
This was not a physical tremor, but the vast rule system contained within it, woven together from the marks of tens of thousands of Authority Holders, beginning to ripple,