The middle-aged man looked at me, his face filled with fear. He hurriedly said, "There are several Great Hollows over there. If we go, we'll only be throwing our lives away!"
I frowned. "What are Great Hollows? Are they very powerful? How do they compare to us?"
The middle-aged man's expression changed. He hurriedly said, "Naturally, they're just a little stronger, but only by a little..."
"Then what's the problem? Hurry up and take us to your Sage Emperor, or don't blame us for being rude!" Shark Girl's tooth blade smacked hard against the middle-aged man's head, making him cry out in pain.
Left with no choice, the middle-aged man could only lead us toward where Sage Emperor Xian was.
On the way, Shark Girl bullied him again and forced him to spill everything he had.
This fellow was also a Lesser Hollow who had joined Sage Emperor Xian's faction.
Apparently, after an awakened Hollow was harvested by the Void Ancestor, it would usually be considered to have come under the Void Ancestor and would have to acknowledge the Void Ancestor as its master.
However, once all the Hollows acknowledged the Void Ancestor as their master, they actually became members of the unorganized, unaffiliated side.
Beneath the Void Ancestor, many powerful Great Hollows would appoint themselves Hollow Emperors based on the strength of their own factions, then recruit members under them and carve out their own territories.
Although they didn't dare harvest half the Hollow Thoughts from awakened beings as the Void Ancestor did, collecting a portion of their mission earnings and providing some protection had become an unspoken rule.
As for those who refused to join a faction, they naturally wouldn't be forced. However, these Great Hollow Emperors were no pushovers. They would all tacitly send out raiding parties