"Those four bastards really left, didn't they?" After the World-Ending Divine Punishment, the High Priest appeared beneath Golden Holy City for the first time.
"Perhaps..."
"Perhaps?"
Ye Zhen's choice of words put High Priest Nahar on high alert.
"Yes, perhaps!"
"What do you mean? Please enlighten me, Divine Envoy."
"The times have changed." Ye Zhen looked toward the sky. "Perhaps those Divine Kings truly have left, but if one day they discover your true whereabouts, they will appear in Yizhi Sand Sea in the shortest possible time."
Nahar's expression did not change, but his brows furrowed. After a long while, he said, "Divine Envoy, are you saying that in the future, Divine King Realm experts from all factions will make moves more and more frequently, perhaps even as a matter of course?"
Ye Zhen nodded. "This Five Kings Divine Punishment of the Heaven Temple is the beginning of such a norm."
Nahar's expression turned grave. "If that is the case, must I, the High Priest, remain lying low forever? Hiding underground like a rat?"
"No. One may be a thief for a thousand days, but who can guard against thieves for a thousand days?" High Priest Nahar himself dismissed that possibility first.
Yet Ye Zhen fixed his gaze on High Priest Nahar and shook his head. "We have no choice. For some time to come, High Priest, you cannot show yourself openly. Even if you do, you can only use a Blood Essence Clone. Your true body must remain hidden somewhere in the Sand Sea, becoming the blade concealed within the Sand Sea that deters all sides."
Ye Zhen's words gradually relaxed High Priest Nahar's upright frame. "Is that our only option?"
"Yes." Ye Zhen nodded. "But we can do our utmost to change it—to change this situation."
"How?"
"By