Cave Refuge

Although he felt a craving from the Cave when he obtained the item, Dong Tianyu did not directly send this item into the Cave at that time.

The reason was actually quite simple, because during the cleanup of the battle, Dong Tianyu had already summoned the Three Flags, so the Three Flags were all within the Underwater City at that time.

When the item in his hand, by some unknown means, directly erased the Underwater City, the Three Flags also vanished just like the Underwater City.

If the Three Flags were still in their initial state, or had just been promoted to a Magic Artifact, Dong Tianyu might not have said much, but at that time, the quality of the Three Flags was already close to a Spiritual Treasure. In other words, after annihilating the Merfolk in the Underwater City, with some further refinement, it might have been possible to elevate it to a Spiritual Treasure.

Having already invested so much sunk cost, if there were no chance at all, Dong Tianyu might have had to reluctantly give up, but observing the actions of the Merfolk back then, Dong Tianyu felt there might still be a chance for redemption.

In order not to waste all the resources he had invested, Dong Tianyu could now only first try to see if he could somehow bring out the Underwater City and the Three Flags still in the city, along with the Merfolk.

Actually, the best way would have been to capture that escaping Merfolk and then find a way to extract this item's method of use from him.

But the power of the item in his hand was so strong, Dong Tianyu feared the Merfolk might use it again without his knowing, and if he found himself entrapped again, it would have been a lost cause. That's why Dong Tianyu decisively killed him at that time.

After all, Dong Tianyu would rather lose the Three Flags than risk falling into danger again.

The ravenous sensation from the Cave ceased after Dong Tianyu explicitly refused, but even though that feeling no longer appeared, Dong Tianyu understood that the Cave still wanted to grow by devouring the item in his hand.

Looking at the thing in his hand that resembled an eye, Dong Tianyu began recalling the scene he saw before he hid in the Cave, hoping to guess the method to use this item based on the scenario that appeared after the other party had used it.

Unfortunately, Dong Tianyu reacted too quickly. As soon as the other party took out the item, Dong Tianyu had already sensed the danger and decisively hid inside the Cave, so he did not witness the scene after the item was used.

When Dong Tianyu came out from the Cave, all he saw was an area that had been directly erased.

Dong Tianyu thought about it and realized that perhaps it wasn't right to say it was an area that had been directly erased, but rather the Underwater City seemed like it had never existed at all.

Realizing this, Dong Tianyu immediately rushed back to where the Underwater City had disappeared.

Indeed, as Dong Tianyu suspected, as he drew closer to where the Underwater City used to be, the center of the thing in his hand that resembled an eye began to emit a soft glow.

By the time Dong Tianyu brought the item to where the Underwater City had been, the glow from the item became somewhat dazzling.

Unfortunately, even though he returned to this place and waited for a long time, Dong Tianyu could only see the item emitting light, but the city that had disappeared still did not appear.

Looking at this situation, Dong Tianyu had found the right thing and brought it to where it should have been used, but he had not found the right method of usage.

Dong Tianyu rotated the item in his hand and observed it closely, but even when he tried to refine it with Spirit Energy, there was still no reaction.

At this moment, Dong Tianyu began to suspect that the item in his hand might only be usable with the Magic Power of Merfolk blood, since many novels also mentioned these kinds of heritage items dependent on bloodlines.

But Dong Tianyu observed the appearance of the item closely. Although it looked like an enlarged eye, this eye did not resemble the eyes of the Merfolk, but rather resembled the style of those used in stone carvings.

Most items passed down through bloodlines usually visually correspond to their specific lineage, and only items that could be used by everyone would bear such standardized appearances.

Moreover, if it were an item of lineage, its use wouldn't harm other Merfolk, leading Dong Tianyu to believe that this item wasn't a heritage item, but something everyone could use.

When Dong Tianyu flipped the item over again, he noticed a detail, when he turned it face down, the light emanating from the center of the eye would slightly intensify.

And when Dong Tianyu turned the eye to other angles, although the light didn't disappear and remained bright, it was indeed dimmer than when it was face down.

Noticing this, Dong Tianyu thought of the once-popular treasure hunting game, first flipping the item in his hand, then sweeping it from side to side, confirming that when he moved in a certain direction, the item's emitted light intensified, indicating he was moving in the right direction.

Using this method, Dong Tianyu found the brightest position for the light emitted by the item, but still, at this moment, the item only emitted light and showed no other changes, indicating Dong Tianyu still hadn't found the destination.