It had to be said that even in a recognized gathering and trading hub like Godless Settlement, it was normally difficult for so many Authority Holders to gather at once.
Many Authority Holders roamed throughout Beyond the World and rarely gathered unless something major happened.
Seeing this, Shen Yi thought to himself, This commotion is far too abnormal.
With a single glance—
In the distance, quite a few Authority Holders had also noticed Shen Yi and Alvin's arrival. When several of them spotted Xilos following beside the two, the Authority aura that existed only in legends immediately shook many of them to the core.
More importantly, Shen Yi had just observed—
These Authority Holders varied in strength, and their Authorities possessed different traits. They maintained a subtle sense of distance from one another, with both wariness and scrutiny in their gazes. They were clearly not from the same faction, more like competitors who had temporarily gathered here.
Almost as soon as he sensed the presence of so many Authority Holders, Shen Yi also keenly detected another abnormality in the surrounding environment.
The density of Rules.
The density of drifting Rule Fragments here was clearly several times greater than anywhere else in the Boundary Zone he had visited before!
By rough estimate, it was at least six or seven times higher than the outer regions of the Mechanical Divine Domain.
The air seemed to be filled with invisible, nutrient-rich Rule particles. For Authority Holders who needed to absorb Rule Fragments to cultivate or construct domains, this was an exceptionally rare treasure ground.
But Shen Yi soon realized that such a high concentration of Rule Fragments was clearly abnormal as well.
It was understandable for Rules to leak more intensely from the core of a recently shattered universe, but for them to