(Regarding the clown killing Verook yesterday, it was already mentioned in the previous chapter. Attentive readers should have noticed this detail.)
"Interesting... but I would never agree to work under you."
Guan Ran could clearly sense that, as an outsider, Zhang Chen was still subjected to the same level of suppression within the Abyss of Ten Thousand Sins as she was.
Yet Zhang Chen could control the tongue inside the room through the Devouring Path. There were only two possible reasons. First, he had gone further than her on the Devouring Path. Second, the Devouring Path he followed was deeper and fundamentally different.
The first possibility was unlikely. Guan Ran was a heroic spirit with exceptional innate talent. During the hundred years she had been imprisoned in the Abyss of Ten Thousand Sins, she had been digested and reconstructed day after day, yet never once had she stopped contemplating the Devouring Path.
"Please do not misunderstand, Senior. I merely need to make sure that your goal is singular, and that you will take no other actions before killing Kousuo, the Penal Devourer. After all, we have only met once and know nothing about one another."
"So, Senior only needs to swear upon your soul to confirm this. In addition, I paid a tremendous price to bail you out of here. Therefore, while we are killing the Penal Devourer, I would like you to maintain a cooperative relationship with me. There will be no hierarchy between us. We will discuss matters together and work together against the Penal Devourer."
Zhang Chen had spoken with many important figures before, so he grasped the key points of negotiation with remarkable precision.
Guan Ran stared into Zhang Chen's white eyes in his ghostified state for ten seconds before finally nodding. In front of Zhang