First Encounter with the Sea Emperor (Please Support Me with Your Guaranteed Monthly Votes)

Patras lay northwest of Athens, in the northwestern Peloponnese Peninsula, with Mount Panachaicus at its back and the Gulf of Patras to its west. An important port connecting western Greece to Italy and the Ionian Islands, it was Greece's third-largest city, behind only the capital, Athens, and the major northern city of Thessaloniki. It was also the headquarters of Greece's Sea Emperor Faction.

Led by Aries Jing, Jian Shang and his companions traveled toward the Sea Emperor Faction's territory. Just as Aries Jing had said, no further surprise attacks or mishaps occurred along the way. Even the Underworld Warriors seemed to have vanished without a trace.

"Isn't the Greece Region under the Underworld Warriors' rule now? Even the Athena Camp, which occupied the Greek capital of Athens, has fallen. How come we haven't seen a single one along the way?"

As Patre City drew near, Chong Shiqie recalled how uneventful their journey had been and turned to Aries Jing in puzzlement.

For a ruling power, such a situation was simply inconceivable.

Although the Underworld Warriors shunned the light, they were still the current rulers of the Greece Region. How could they govern without maintaining a presence everywhere? Local disturbances alone would throw the region into chaos.

Jing quietly glanced at the Huan King, who was cultivating diligently with his eyes closed, and answered with a wry smile, "It's not that there aren't any. They're avoiding the Huan King!"

"Avoiding His Majesty?"

Chong Shiqie asked in astonishment and confusion. Was the Huan King's reputation so terrifying? Could his arrival alone in a foreign country actually make its ruling power steer clear of him?

In East Asia, this would have been inconceivable. After all, human strength had its limits, and even a mighty hero could not withstand a crowd. However formidable the