Orochimaru was skilled at stirring up others' desires and drawing them over to his own side.
And what he did was not deception—he sincerely meant every word.
So long as you could keep pace with him, he could tolerate all your flaws.
In short, he benefited himself while benefiting others.
In less than half a day, when Orochimaru and Andreyevich departed, a whole group followed behind them.
Leading them were three Legends: the Sacred Hill Giant Osvid, the Flame Demon Lord Palmer, and the silver dragon Octaviel.
Behind them were nearly thirty Paragon-level experts, along with some professionals who had embarked upon the path of Heroes.
Naturally, the ape Alan was among them as well.
Though there were quite a few deities in the Outer Planes, and Orochimaru's group of professionals were nearly all peak Legends, beings only one step away from godhood—
No matter what kind of world it was, true experts were always scarce.
For a single region to gather several Legends and dozens of Paragons was already enough to draw a deity's notice.
Thus, the group the two had taken away was an invaluable force to any faction, even to a deity with powerful divine power.
The treant Elino watched them leave, then turned to the griffin Holy Knight beside him and asked, "Why aren't you leaving with them?
The Power of Existence should no longer be as useful to you as it was before.
And just as Mr. Orochimaru said, you can obtain the Power of Existence by staying at their side.
It won't delay your evolution."
The griffin Holy Knight looked at him calmly and countered, "Then why did you refuse?
Your strength is actually not bad..."
He had been about to say that the treant's strength was respectable, but then he suddenly recalled Andreyevich's