A day later, many cultivators who were cultivating faintly discovered something wrong.
As more time passed, the miraculous aura emanating from Domain Stone Mountain seemed to be diminishing. In the beginning, everyone felt they were just over-thinking things, but after a closer inspection, they found that this decrease in aura was really happening.
Domain Stone Mountain was slowly losing its effect!
This discovery left everyone at a loss as they wondered why Domain Stone Mountain, which had existed for thousands of years, had suddenly undergone such a change.
After two days, more and more cultivators discovered this phenomenon and soon, everyone became aware.
Whispers sounded one after another.
“What happened? It’s only been a few days, how come Domain Stone Mountain’s aura has weakened so greatly?”
“You noticed as well? I thought I was just imagining things.”
“Could it be that there are too many people here so all the power from Domain Stone Mountain is being absorbed?”
“Nonsense! When has the appearance of Domain Stone Mountain not attracted so many people? In the past, even more people had come to cultivate here but there had never been any kind of problem. Why is it happening this time?
“Could it be that Domain Stone Mountain is losing its function?”
“Stop speculating and take advantage of what little effect is left! If Domain Stone Mountain loses its aura entirely, it will become completely useless.”
The strange change in Domain Stone Mountain made every cultivator who came here feel a sense of crisis and everyone went all out to try to comprehend whatever mysteries from it they could in order to gain the most benefits in the little time they had.
By the third day, the cultivators in the outer periphery of Domain Stone Mountain actually couldn’t feel any kind of aura at all. Only those cultivators who occupied a spot in the inner layer could still gain something.
By the fourth day, however, it became difficult for even those in the inner circle to comprehend anything.
The effect of Domain Stone Mountain seemed to have reduced to a bare minimum. This was something which had never happened before. Domain Stone Mountain was the treasure of the Blood Prison and had existed for over ten thousand years, so no one was able to understand what was happening here.
Only Yang Kai continued to grin wider and wider as time passed.
Suddenly, a soft cracking sound came from a certain position.
Although the noise was extremely slight, it attracted the attention of many people.
Focusing on the source of this sound, in an instant, many cultivators’ eyes bulged in surprise.
“A crack!? There’s a crack in Domain Stone Mountain!” Someone exclaimed, as if something extraordinary had been discovered.
“What? There’s a crack in Domain Stone Mountain? Impossible!” Some people refused to believe it.
What was Domain Stone Mountain? In essence, it was a single, massive Domain Stone, one that had remained undamaged for millennia, so how could it possibly crack all of a sudden?
However, just as some were trying to refuse this claim, more cracks appeared on Domain Stone Mountain. These tiny cracks soon spread out like a spider’s web, leaving a dense, criss-crossing pattern across the mountain’s surface.
*Kacha…*
“Not good, Domain Stone Mountain is going to be destroyed!”
“Is it really going to break apart? Hahaha, such good fortune! Father here was worried he wouldn’t be able to gain anything from this place but now it’s actually going to break apart! The Heavens are helping me.”
All kinds of shouts rang out at that instant as all the cultivators got up one after another, either with solemn or excited expressions as they focused all their attention on Domain Stone Mountain, each of them having different ideas in their hearts.
A tense atmosphere suddenly spread as the many cultivators who had been living in peace with one another now began eyeing everyone around them as if they were enemies.
Everyone was thinking about how to gain the most from Domain Stone Mountain’s collapse.
“Yang Kai, we…” Qian Tong gulped hard as he stared at Domain Stone Mountain with fiery eyes.
But Yang Kai just frowned as he released his Divine Sense all around, his face suddenly changing a moment later as he called out in alarm, “Get back!”