Qin Chuan watched Cang Hai tremble like a sieve. He did not rush to put away the Prison-Suppressing Black Tower, nor did he hurry to open the tower's doors to that so-called Sea of Chaos.
With both hands in his windbreaker pockets, he walked up to Cang Hai and looked down at him.
"You just said the Sea of Chaos is an absolute death zone. Even a Half-Step Void would turn into a Rotten Flesh Monster after entering."
Qin Chuan spoke very slowly.
"You also said it was Lord of the Altar's territory, with eight Void True God-tier Arbiter Envoys stationed around the perimeter."
Cang Hai nodded repeatedly, banging his head against the rocky ground with loud thuds.
"That's right, that's right! My lord, every word I said is true! We really can't go there. Now that we have this Black Tower, we should just kill a few Half-Steps Void around the perimeter and extract their Origin Essences. Steady progress is the way to go!"
Qin Chuan chuckled.
He raised his right foot and stepped on a chunk of rubble in front of Cang Hai, leaning forward slightly.
"There's something I'm curious about."
Qin Chuan looked at Cang Hai's face, caked with dust.
"You're merely a Normal Tier True God, without even a decent Godhead. Your Origin Essence is so depleted that you have to pant after walking two steps."
"When you encountered Xing Tu, a Half-Step Void, you were so frightened that you crawled away in panic."
"When you encountered that old monster, Judgment, you wet your pants."
Qin Chuan paused.
"How did a piece of trash who could only scrape by scavenging around the perimeter learn the troop deployments inside the Sea of Chaos?"
Cang Hai's body suddenly went rigid.
He raised his head and met Qin Chuan's