Hearing Old Garden's urging, Xue Ming felt like crying without tears. Bandits, bandits indeed—after getting past the Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, he had turned a corner only to run into these three bandits.
His sect's supreme treasure was probably beyond saving.
"Senior, this is the treasure that safeguards my Dao Advent Sect. Our founding patriarch retrieved it from a secret realm. Once activated, it can foresee the future."
Hearing Xue Ming's words, Old Garden narrowed his eyes. That function was monstrously overpowered.
Foreseeing the future—even at his level, going all out, he could only glimpse a corner of what was to come, and even that was far from complete.
"Are you sure?"
Looking at the Heaven-Monitoring Instrument in his hand, Old Garden asked again for confirmation.
"It's true."
Feeling the suffocatingly powerful auras all around him, Xue Ming nodded obediently.
"A single test will reveal whether it's real or false."
In the distance, Hong Batian strode over in two steps and snatched the Heaven-Monitoring Instrument into his hand. Then spiritual energy surged wildly into it. In an instant, several rays of light blossomed from the entire instrument.
At once, a light screen appeared above the Heaven-Monitoring Instrument. Displayed within it were the three of them, along with Xue Ming and his two disciples.
At first, the scene on the light screen was exactly the same as the present. But a few minutes later, a violent explosion erupted within it. The sky was filled with densely packed Outer Realm Heavenly Demons, and from that point on, the image vanished.
"Ten minutes. This Heaven-Monitoring Instrument can only view the future ten minutes ahead."
"But it seems it can't be activated anymore."
With that, Hong Batian tossed the Heaven-Monitoring Instrument in his hand to Ye Lin. Calling it useful would be a stretch;