"No need to guess."
"It was Pan."
"He is the only disciple ever to emerge from Qian Origin Divine Mountain."
"If you encounter him, you will certainly die."
"Even if I encounter him again, I will certainly die."
"With this grievously wounded body, I cannot possibly carry out my lord's orders."
Chef spoke woodenly.
When he mentioned Pan, profound fear surfaced in his eyes.
That was a truly terrifying existence, unrivaled beneath the heavens!
His physique was unimaginably powerful. Every attack Chef landed on him had been utterly useless.
Had Chef not obtained a wondrous item in his early years, he would certainly have met the same end as the Butcher and Arsonist.
"A disciple who emerged from Qian Origin Divine Mountain..."
Ming Yan's scalp prickled.
Did that not mean—
This existence named Pan had come from beyond the Three Thousand Dimensions, just like Qian Origin Divine Mountain?
"Why didn't you ask our lord for help?"
"Or report this to him?"
He looked at Chef again, bewildered.
Their lord had likewise come from beyond the Three Thousand Dimensions and was terrifying beyond compare.
Surely healing Chef's injuries would not be difficult.
And yet Chef had concealed something so important?
"It isn't that I'm unwilling."
"I can't."
"If I leave this Small World, Pan will discover me immediately."
"Once he discovers me, I will certainly die."
"Under these circumstances, how can I ask our lord for help or report to him?"
Chef sighed.
He, too, had once stood at the pinnacle of the Three Thousand Dimensions, an unparalleled Top-tier Dimension-level powerhouse.
He had experienced countless things throughout his life, yet aside from his lord, he had never encountered an existence more terrifying than Pan!
The man clearly had not yet reached the Half-step Transcendence-grade.
Yet his terrifying strength had utterly crushed