"What? You want this kid as the sacrifice?"
The Demon Venerable's eyes widened at once. He shouted in disbelief, "What the hell are you talking about? Without this kid, we couldn't even beat that guy from before!"
The Immortal Venerable and the others reacted the same way. None of them thought it was a good idea.
As the foremost cultivators in the Chaos Sea, they had witnessed countless things over their long lifespans.
Taking a step back would not bring boundless horizons. All it would do was let their opponent press forward another step.
They certainly did not believe that the Outer Void Realm existence known as The Collector would keep its promise after obtaining Shen Lin, abandon its invasion of the Chaos Sea, and leave.
On the contrary, without Shen Lin's combat power—power capable of resisting an existence like Kai Ying—the other side would surely expand the scale of its invasion.
By then, the Chaos Sea would fall even faster.
"Fortune-teller! You didn't agree to it, did you?"
Hearing the Demon Venerable's hostile tone, the Island Master of Heavenly Mystery Island smiled bitterly. "Of course not. I'm not foolish enough for that. It's just..."
He turned to look at Shen Lin and said solemnly, "There must be something on you that The Collector cares about. So you'll have to be more careful!"
Shen Lin's expression remained unchanged. He nodded slightly to show that he understood.
He was not surprised in the slightest by the information brought by the Island Master of Heavenly Mystery Island.
As for what The Collector cared about, Shen Lin could actually guess at some of it.
It was probably the system inside him.
He still remembered that back in the Sea of Blood World, The Collector had stopped the Bronze Iron Man and acted personally