"Did they really leave?!"
Xia Ping blinked. His divine sense spread out, scanning back and forth dozens of times, yet he could never detect the auras of Universe Ancestor or North Nether Saint.
Only the Abyssal Demon Tree, the divine corpses within the forbidden land, and the like remained here. Other than that, nothing else existed.
"This is quite an opportunity."
Xia Ping rubbed his chin. With Universe Ancestor gone, wouldn't this place be his to roam freely? Moreover, this was where the Devil Master had stayed. Who knew how many treasures had been left behind here?
And the Abyssal Demon Tree seemed terrifying, radiating a dreadful aura, but under his senses, it was actually an existence without intelligence.
Its brain should have been the Devil Master. Unfortunately, the Devil Master had long since left this place and likely could not return anytime soon.
Of course, he still had to be careful. If he caused too great a disturbance, the Devil Master might return even at the cost of paying a certain price.
"First, I'll see if I can get my hands on that divine artifact fragment."
With that thought, Xia Ping acted at once.
Whoosh!
In an instant, his Kunpeng Clone merged into the void. Soundlessly, it rapidly approached the Abyssal Demon Tree, which still showed no sign of noticing anything.
Thud!
The next second, with speed too swift to cover one's ears, Xia Ping seized the divine artifact fragment and placed it into his Space Ring without causing the slightest disturbance.
It seemed that, to the Abyssal Demon Tree, this divine artifact fragment was nothing at all—merely an ordinary stone, utterly beneath its notice.
"Right, I wonder if I can take those divine corpses away?"
Xia Ping narrowed his eyes. He could sense just how immense the energy