Meanwhile.
Somewhere in the universe, an ancient hall floated silently in the dark void.
At the center of the hall, a pair of eyes slowly opened.
Only... they were not human eyes at all.
Each eye actually held eight pupils.
The eightfold pupils slowly rotated, radiating an eerie aura that made the heart tremble.
Even stranger, he had no complete physical body.
There was only a thin layer of grayish-white mist, faintly tracing his outline.
"Lingyuan."
A majestic, icy voice suddenly rang out around the hall.
"This meeting was convened to discuss your squad's plan to invade a Divine Kingdom of the Titan Giant Ape Race."
"As the squad leader, why did you leave halfway through the meeting?"
Lingyuan immediately rose and bowed respectfully. "Reporting to you, Legion Commander: a little bug suddenly broke into my Divine Kingdom. I was distracted and left early."
"Deal with it as soon as possible."
The voice held not the slightest trace of emotion.
"In three months, your squad will officially begin carrying out its legion assignment."
"Yes, my lord."
Lingyuan hurriedly acknowledged the order.
A quarter of an hour later.
Space twisted slightly within the hall, and grayish-white silhouettes appeared one after another.
The moment they arrived, one of them could not help laughing.
"Captain, you're really something."
"The Legion Commander personally summoned us to a meeting in the Spirit Domain, and you actually dared to run off halfway through."
"When it comes to guts, I bow before you."
"Enough."
Lingyuan waved a hand casually.
"Someone invaded my Divine Kingdom. That distracted me for a moment."
"Your Divine Kingdom was invaded?"
One of them immediately grew interested.
"Want us to come help?"
"Third Brother, are you joking?"
Another immediately laughed.
"Who do you think our captain is?"
"He's a top prodigy of