Qin Siyang snatched the searchlight. "If you had an item like this, why didn't you bring it out sooner?!"
"This item can only be used once an hour. Your fists work better."
"How do I use it?"
"Just shine it on the stone in your hand."
Qin Siyang raised the little searchlight, aimed it at the stone, and pressed the switch.
Pale blue light fell across the stone.
Under the blue light, the seemingly natural grayish-brown crust on the stone melted away as quickly as ice and snow in sunlight, revealing a scroll hidden inside!
Qin Siyang drew a deep breath.
Was this the [Apocalypse Fragment]?!
Qin Siyang examined it more closely.
It was a scroll about a foot long, its surface rippling with profound darkness and flecks of silver light, as though he were gazing into a starry sky. Its material was neither metal nor jade, and it felt faintly warm and smooth to the touch.
Qin Siyang's pupils contracted slightly. He took a deep breath of the mine's air, thick with dust and strange energy, and his heart began racing involuntarily.
Was this the [Apocalypse Fragment] that countless factions coveted, the thing that had unleashed so much bloodshed?!
Yet the instant the last of the stone crust melted away and his hand touched the scroll's surface-
Bzzz!!
A distant hum reverberated through his mind!
The entire abandoned mine shook. Loose stones and the remaining crystal clusters rained down from the vaulted ceiling.
Then the dark scroll suddenly erupted with dazzling light. Despite Qin Siyang's powerful physique, the glare actually hurt his eyes!
As the light blazed, a vast aura surged from the scroll in his hand like a flood bursting through a dam, rushing up his arm and into his body. Qin Siyang felt as though he had