Two days later, Zhang Tao and the four True Kings returned to the South Seven Region, each holding some bone fragments and scraps of flesh. "A realm above True King—"
The True Kings of the Catacombs stared greedily at the bone fragments and flesh in their hands. The five had searched the Forbidden Sea but found no trace of anything, only barely managing to recover some bone fragments and flesh from its waters. Judging from the concentration of qi and blood on them, they belonged to someone above the True King realm. As for anything else, they found nothing. Zhang Tao returned to Li Zhen's side, while King Huai and the others headed back to the Royal Court, intending to study the flesh and see whether they could uncover anything.
"Did you fight them?"
Li Zhen looked at Crocodile King's bleeding arm as he spoke.
"I did. Those two fools beside them wanted to ambush me on the way. Did they really think I'd dare follow them without having something to rely on? I took the chance to screw them over, and they didn't dare say much. It's just a pity we found nothing over there. The beasts of the Forbidden Sea had already eaten it all. Quite a few apex beast kings were there fighting over the food—"
Zhang Tao replied blandly. Ordinary True Kings no longer meant anything to him.
"Sigh. I just hope the Catacombs don't figure out a way to step into a higher realm. If they produce a martial artist above the apex first at a time like this, the balance will be broken."
Li Zhen sighed.
Zhang Tao looked at Li Zhen as though he were an idiot. Couldn't he just go back and ask the Heaven Suppressing King? With that old ghost around,