"Do you think the Shadow Emperor might be the source of Yi Chen's confidence in not fearing the Earth Tree Race's pressure?"
A Military executive suddenly had a wild idea. "Maybe, as early as when Yi Chen was still on the Exile Planet, the Shadow Emperor already valued his potential and formed a secret alliance with him. It's even possible that the reason Yi Chen was able to vanish with the Great Flame Kingdom was entirely because the Shadow Emperor was helping him from the shadows."
"Hard to say. You have to understand, the Shadow Emperor's strength isn't actually that great. What he's good at is concealment. Even if he knew Yi Chen hadn't signed a contract with the Earth Tree Race, there was still no guarantee Yi Chen wouldn't sell him out to the Earth Tree Race in exchange for benefits."
"Besides, no matter how great Yi Chen's potential was, who could have imagined back then that his potential could be this terrifying?"
"And in fact, even with Yi Chen's potential reaching such a terrifying level, at this stage, he still couldn't help the Shadow Emperor in the process of dealing with the Earth Tree Race."
"Even if they did form an alliance, I'd guess it should have happened only in recent years, after Yi Chen's talent and potential were proven to have already exceeded the upper limit of the Heavenly Dao rules in the Local Galaxy Cluster."
"On the other hand, even if Yi Chen has already allied with the Shadow Emperor, the Shadow Emperor still can't be the source of his confidence in resisting the Earth Tree Race. Even if the Shadow Emperor had brought the entire Shadow Race with him back then, that still wouldn't be enough to contend with a single Earth Tree Race Expert."