The Faceless One was not observing Saine Himself. To be precise, he was looking at Gongsun Wudi beside Saine.
Though Saine and Gongsun Wudi had both reined in their power, outwardly displaying only Level-6 Mid-Stage strength,
that old monster, the Faceless One, seemed to have perceived their true capabilities.
Worthy indeed of being the strongest of the Luanfeng Mountain Settlement Area!
After noticing Saine and Gongsun Wudi's arrival, the Faceless One's featureless face somehow gave the impression that his complexion had improved somewhat.
Gongsun Wudi's appearance counted as an unexpected delight in this Rule Dangerous Land exploration.
Only... the Faceless One still felt it was not quite enough.
If four Peak Despairers like them could be gathered in one go,
then according to past precedent, they could at least secure one precious slot to leave the Despair World.
To the Faceless One, leaving the Despair World meant more than merely escaping a cage that had trapped him for tens of thousands of years. It also meant the continuation of his life.
Saine's assessment had been correct. The Faceless One truly did not have much time left.
He estimated that he had less than ten thousand years of life remaining. If he failed to leave the Despair World during the last golden stretch of his life, he too would become one among the countless piles of dry bones in the Despair World.
Only by returning to the Material Star Realm, relying on its nearly boundless elemental energy, and taking a single leap into the Dominator Realm could he possibly enjoy an almost limitless lifespan.
This was also one reason why those old monsters who had remained in the Despair World for a long time became increasingly crazed with every passing year.
The exaggerated rate of passive evolution enjoyed in the Despair