Already Retreating

Venerable Guiyi sat cross-legged in Chaos City, as motionless as a stone statue. In reality, he was handling a tremendous flow of information in the Virtual Universe. The fighting between humanity and the other races had reached a fever pitch. He was responsible for first-line handling of affairs within his territory, and every aspect required coordination. The sheer volume of information meant that even a Universe Venerable had to remain in place and focus on processing it to keep things timely and accurate—and that was with the Virtual Universe's assistance.

Yet his teacher, Lord of Chaos City, was responsible for all the information across the Hong Alliance and still managed with ease.

Just as Venerable Guiyi was marveling at this, a call request interrupted the flow of incoming information. His brow furrowed. It had only been two eras. Had Guen already run into trouble?

He opened the call. Sure enough, Guen appeared on the other end, his red hair gleaming even more brilliantly.

"Venerable Guiyi, I've run into trouble."

Venerable Guiyi kept his silence. Even a life-form of Guen's caliber could hardly detect it. "What kind of trouble? I'll do what I can to help."

Guen chuckled and stopped concealing his aura. The profound vitality unique to a Universe Venerable immediately came through. Venerable Guiyi fell silent again, but this time there was unmistakable delight in his surprise. Then he seemed troubled. "What kind of trouble did you run into?"

"A Universe Venerable is chasing me. I'm not sure who they are or how strong they are. This is my current universe coordinate. I'd like intelligence on Venerable-level opponents."

With good intelligence, he could avoid unnecessary losses.

Venerable Guiyi glanced at the coordinates and couldn't help being astonished. Guen was not only in the Core Land, but right within the