At the very front, Shi Hao clutched the azure Bone Scripture and charged down from the Golden Dao Platform, heading straight outside. Behind him, a crowd of cultivators roared incessantly, giving chase like mad.
As he ran, Shi Hao called out to the rules governing the inheritance grounds in secret, or perhaps the artifact spirit, asking how he could leave.
The answer left him speechless. People could leave, but the azure Bone Scripture could not. Its inheritance had to be acquired here.
Shi Hao sighed inwardly. Had he known, he would never have braved their combined attacks to seize the Bone Scripture. He had thought he could take it and flee far away, but who could have imagined that it could not be carried out at all? With no other choice, he could only hurry to touch the Bone Scripture and acquire its inheritance.
However, every time he acquired a technique from the azure Bone Scripture, there was a cooldown period. He had to comprehend it completely before he could obtain the next one.
Leading everyone in circles while keeping the Bone Scripture to himself and comprehending all its techniques was simply unrealistic.
In the end, he only fled for a short while and acquired a few inheritances before giving up, flinging the Bone Scripture behind him.
Immediately, the cultivators stopped chasing him and charged toward the Bone Scripture.
Free of danger, Shi Hao found the Great Demon God, who had taken the form of a young man, then addressed the will secretly presiding over the inheritance grounds, telling it that they wanted to leave.
"Are you certain you wish to abandon the struggle for the inheritance and withdraw now?" the hidden will asked.
"Yes."
As soon as he spoke, Shi Hao and the Great Demon God vanished, passing directly