523: Grab the goods

The Puppet's evolution concluded, and the changes were quite significant, almost a complete overhaul.

Its entire body was still made of stone foundation, but its surface was now smoother and more radiant, with several colors alternating, making it look incredibly cool. It was no longer that broken stone from the beginning.

There were a total of three colors—crimson, ice blue, and blue-white—alternating, each representing the unique elemental forces of magma, ice, and lightning found in the Spirit Realm.

At the same time, the information Chen Yao received didn't state that the Puppet could only unleash a specific elemental force when it was a particular color. The color changes were merely for aesthetic coolness and didn't affect the use of elemental forces. Compared to before, it simply gained the power of lightning; how to use it remained the same.

The biggest difference, however, was the Puppet's name. Now, its name had several prefixes: "Magma Power," "Ice Cold Power," "Lightning Power," "Strange Stone" Puppet. The name in the information was very, very long.

Chen Yao was very satisfied. After a comprehensive assessment, it was now in no way inferior to Heaven-Ranked Divine Children like Wind Fall and Star Language. The combination of the three elemental forces could even steadily suppress their Divine Child Power.

The Puppet's strength was now only below a Super God Child; it had finally evolved into a powerful helper.

"One more evolution," Chen Yao said. "One more, and it can rival a Super God Child."

Having reached this stage, Chen Yao was certainly going to complete the Puppet's final evolution. He only needed to find one more Divine Artifact with elemental force. For ordinary Spirit Realm Divine Artifacts, he might need two. If it were a super divine artifact, only one would suffice, but super divine artifacts were hard to find.

Checking the positioning, there was still no sign of a super divine artifact, only scattered Divine Artifact positions. There were still quite a few, but far fewer than a few days ago.

"This one will do," Chen Yao scanned around and finally locked onto the location of a Divine Artifact. It wasn't too far. He was certain that since such a Puppet appeared in the Spirit Realm, and specific Divine Artifacts with elemental force appeared to allow it to evolve, then it would definitely be able to evolve to the highest grade. The number of Divine Artifacts would certainly be sufficient.

What he feared was that those specific Divine Artifacts might be found by others.

"It doesn't seem like I need to be very afraid," Chen Yao suddenly thought. "The Puppet can even devour others' Divine Artifacts to evolve."

"It's just hard to know whose hands the specific evolution Divine Artifacts are in."

At this stage, he could only search first, acquire all the Divine Artifacts he could find, and then consider the Divine Artifacts in other people's hands.

Chen Yao didn't hesitate and immediately set off towards the target location.

After flying for a distance, he sensed three auras flying from afar and immediately felt something was amiss. The flight paths of these three people overlapped with his destination; they were coming from that very direction.

Clicking on the Divine Artifact positioning, Chen Yao's face darkened. Sure enough, the Divine Artifact there was gone.

"Damn it, it's gone," Chen Yao felt depressed. After a moment of confusion, he decided to eliminate these three people!

"You snatched my Divine Artifact, so you deserve to be eliminated!"

"Hmm?"

However, Chen Yao immediately discovered an even more unusual detail. On the Divine Artifact positioning map, he saw that the Divine Artifact he had been tracking earlier hadn't disappeared; instead, it was moving. Its movement trajectory perfectly overlapped with the path of the three auras ahead.

"This is..." Chen Yao was momentarily stunned when he saw this. "What's going on?"

Can Divine Artifacts move on their own? Are those three people chasing it?

Or is there another situation?

Regardless of which, it indicated one outcome: this Divine Artifact was still unowned. As soon as he thought of this, Chen Yao no longer hesitated. He flew forward, ready to snatch the Divine Artifact. If it was unowned, there was nothing to say. Even if it had an owner, he would still devour it. It was all his, alright?

Upon closer inspection, Chen Yao saw the three Cultivators. They were three True Gods, a team from the Xing Family, and they were transporting the Divine Artifact.

Yes, transporting, not chasing. They were transporting it.

He saw the three of them using a special Divine Art to envelop the Divine Artifact, pulling the entire ball of light away, carrying it as they flew.

Chen Yao pondered for a moment and then guessed: "They must be taking this to their Great Power's Super God Child for enhancement."

The Spirit Realm competition, in the end, would definitely be a battle of Super God Children. Each Super God Child represented a Great Power and also belonged to a battle between Great Powers. They represented the future of their Great Power. Whoever could win, that side would dominate in the future. As for suddenly dying, such a thing happening within a Great Power was extremely rare, almost unheard of.

"Interesting," Chen Yao thought for a moment, then decided to snatch this Divine Artifact. If he didn't, the Xing Family would certainly compete with him. Back and forth, it would weaken himself. It was better to snatch it; it was unowned to begin with.

Chen Yao stealthily approached, concealing his aura so they wouldn't detect him, as having the Divine Artifact recognize an owner would make things much more troublesome.

Once within range, Chen Yao suddenly struck. A wave of Divine Power surged out, crushing them like a tide. The three True Gods of the Xing Family were stunned, having never expected an attack. The disparity in strength meant that even if they reacted and tried to resist together, they were instantly melted away.

"Chen...Yao?"

In their final moments, one person recognized Chen Yao, and then they were eliminated.

The three exited the field, leaving a Divine Artifact light ball suspended in the air. Without support, it quickly fell. Chen Yao, quick as lightning, caught it and pulled it back to himself.

Peeling open the light ball, he saw a scroll lying inside. Chen Yao was disappointed: "Not it again."

However, he had seen this situation so many times that he was used to it. Element-specific Divine Artifacts were too rare. Chen Yao, lacking enthusiasm, symbolically checked the scroll's purpose. Inside was a Divine Art with powerful attack potential, a decent technique.

Putting away the scroll, Chen Yao re-examined the Divine Artifact's positioning and re-planned his route. He had done this countless times and was starting to feel numb.

"Is there a better, faster way?"

Chen Yao had chosen a location and planned his route, but he didn't immediately set off. He began to think, falling into deep contemplation.

"Just foolishly searching for Divine Artifacts one by one like this, I definitely won't get many. I'm only one person, unlike other Great Powers who have a group of people helping them search."

Even more, Chen Yao realized this time that Divine Artifacts could actually be transported away in this manner. Originally, whoever snatched it would own it, which was fine, but with this, the Super God Child would definitely end up with the most Divine Artifacts. The impact would certainly still be there. A quantitative change would lead to a qualitative change. No one knew how powerful a Super God Child would become when they started throwing Divine Artifacts at people.

"I can't gamble; I can't gamble on the influence of Divine Artifacts."

"I must disrupt this path, or I must acquire the most Divine Artifacts..."

Chen Yao muttered, his mind racing. After a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had thought of a good idea.