"Thanks for this."
After Zhang Chen followed the so-called chief steward of the Devour Realm out of the Blood Realm's central city, he quietly thanked him.
During Zhang Chen's private conversation with the Blood Ancestor just now, Tomie had remained in a state of shock and fear within his body. Zhang Chen had never seen Tomie behave like this before.
Furthermore, separated by Zhang Chen's body, Tomie could sense the uncontrollable killing intent emanating from the other party.
On the surface, the condition proposed by the Blood Ancestor seemed beneficial to Zhang Chen concealing his identity and would not alert Xing Shi. In truth, through his comprehension of Devour Heart, Zhang Chen could vaguely sense that this Blood Ancestor's primary thoughts were focused on him.
More precisely, they were focused on Tomie.
As was the Blood Realm's tradition, each new Blood Ancestor replaced the old one. Yet not every generation of Blood Ancestors possessed the strength of a Heroic Spirit. It could even be said that most were Wraiths born locally in the Blood Realm, at the Hollow Resentment level.
Although the greed in the Blood Ancestor's eyes toward Tomie within Zhang Chen's body had not been openly revealed, Zhang Chen had noticed during their conversation that the other party's gaze had lingered briefly on his left chest more than five times.
Once Zhang Chen agreed to remain in the Blood Realm, she would certainly try every possible means to strip Tomie's Resentment Crystal from his body. If he resisted the Blood Ancestor then, it would mean directly opposing the Blood Realm from within, and his situation would become extremely dire.
"Did you deliberately set up this situation and drag me into it with you? Kid Zhang Chen, you're getting smarter and smarter." The old steward at his side spoke