This was the first time Hao Ren had appeared before Bai Huo, Heiserana, and the others who knew him in this form. They were used to Hao Ren showing up with a large group of tenants, acting like he was visiting relatives, crashing banquets, and sorting out family squabbles. In their impression, the most impressive thing he ever did was probably wielding a gun and blasting people in the head or throwing bombs everywhere. So when they saw him arrive with a group of elven guards, they were instantly stunned. Compared with most of the people who were completely bewildered, people like Bai Huo and Heiserana were actually in relatively good shape. Bai Huo had witnessed Hao Ren's feat of bringing a hundred thousand Allied Forces to Kolperus, while Heiserana knew at least a little about Hao Ren's background. The two of them were somewhat resistant to the scene before them...
Heiserana even curled her lips and muttered, "Tch, keep pretending. Who doesn't know what you're usually like..."
But to those who were seeing Hao Ren in person for the first time today, and who had previously only heard descriptions from others, the man before them was worth observing and speculating about. He had the ability to open a large number of portals across the world simultaneously to gather the chosen ones. He possessed such an incredible "base" in this unknown place. He also clearly had an "army"... Even to the people of the Shadow Council, the beginning of this journey had exceeded their expectations. Their range of understanding was not quite suited to dealing with the situation before them.
Things had gone somewhat beyond their control—that was what most of those present thought. All their previous contingency plans, as well as the solutions discussed by the elders of their