Watching the four great elders beg for mercy, Xu Zimo smiled. "What, not fighting anymore?"
"Our strength is meager. We are merely mayflies shaking a tree, overestimating ourselves. We admit defeat," the Blue-robed Elder said with a sigh, shaking his head.
"Bring out the thing," Xu Zimo said, waving a hand impatiently.
"It is right here, but we cannot move it," the red-robed elder said.
With a sweep of his hands, he removed the illusion array concealing the mountaintop.
Nothing else on the mountaintop had changed. Only at its very center stood an enormous boulder.
The boulder was over ten meters tall. Its surface stone layer was thick and hard, half black and half white.
One could sense the immense power contained within. Such power was rare in the world; even Xu Zimo was somewhat moved by it.
Unfortunately, the surface stone layer sealed that power within, preventing it from leaking out and likewise making it impossible for others to absorb.
However, there was a small crack along one side of the stone layer.
The power within the boulder seeped out bit by bit through that opening. Xu Zimo could clearly sense that the power leaking out was precisely that mysterious mist.
It was the source of the power he had absorbed.
"What is this?" Xu Zimo asked.
"Reporting to Lord God King, this is the Heaven and Earth Divine Stone," the Blue-robed Elder hurriedly replied.
"The Heaven and Earth Divine Stone? Tell me about it," Xu Zimo said.
The elders hesitated, exchanging glances. Then the yellow-robed elder said, "We are willing to tell you its origins without concealing a single thing. Might my lord grant our tribe a path to survival?"
"If it proves useful, I can consider it," Xu Zimo said with a nod.
They exchanged glances once