An unusual atmosphere formed between Zhang Chen and Xing Shi.
Judging by their auras alone, the two were evenly matched, with neither clearly stronger than the other. But Chong Ying did not see it that way. The King Insect within her helped her observe and perceive the surrounding situation. Though the two appeared evenly matched on the surface, Zhang Chen was struggling somewhat under Xing Shi's suppression in terms of the Ghoul Path.
"I never expected you to abandon an entire Great Realm and hide here instead. It is truly hard to understand how a king could forsake his own kingdom like this." Under the immense pressure, Zhang Chen casually mocked Xing Shi.
"Everyone's King's Way is different. The path I am walking now is precisely my own King's Way. But Zhang Chen, what are you planning by coming to my door today? Are you here to catch up with an old friend, or to continue the grievance that others interfered with back then?"
From the moment he entered the room, Zhang Chen had been intently examining Xing Shi's body. Unlike himself, who did not walk solely along the Ghoul Path and still contained other elements such as blood energy and ghostly power—
Xing Shi was different. As a ghoul heroic spirit, everything about Xing Shi lay upon the Ghoul Path. His depth on that path surpassed Zhang Chen's, and the road he walked was not much inferior to the grand path created by Shi Shou, the Body Devouring Heart Sutra. The Ghoul Path Xing Shi walked had originally been independently forged from the latter volume of the Body Devouring Heart Sutra, combined with his own insights and alterations.
At present, Xing Shi completely outclassed Zhang Chen on the Ghoul Path. At the same time, his flesh carried a powerful