Pearl arrived at where the artifact was after a few days of rest. Cultivating out in the open was a bit dangerous, but because everyone's spiritual senses were so confined, it was hard for anyone to find him, especially when he used a formation to keep himself hidden.
This close to the artifact, he expected a few more ambushes, and rightfully so. Two more groups tried to ambush him, but one of them was weaker than he had expected, so they were defeated rather easily.
While the second group posed a bigger threat, it was nowhere close to what the blue birds had been. After fighting those two, Pearl was free to finally approach the artifact.
The artifact was a massive metal monolith with various runes drawn upon it. It was created in multiple parts, stacked neatly upon each other, with several lines within it aligning in a certain way.
