Zhang Fan rode Super Six-Eye alone to a remote cliff, where a pitch-black cave opened in the sheer rock face.
Zhang Fan walked slowly into the cave. He had not gone far when an aged, low voice asked, "You're here."
"I am!"
They sounded more like old friends reunited after a long separation, but the air was thick with killing intent.
"Why did you seek me out?"
"You're the strongest person on this planet. I came to learn."
"Hahaha! You possess strength beyond my understanding, yet you've come to learn from me?"
Zhang Fan let out a series of hisses before saying, "All I have is brute strength. There are people and things I want to protect, so I need powerful Mental Power."
A chilling laugh rang out from the darkness. "Hahaha! Interesting. What do you and your army intend to do with the people of this world?"
"Eat them! Expand my army..."
"And what if they're the people I want to protect?"
"A trade! I'll leave half of them alive and eat the other half. My terms are simple: teach me!"
"Hahaha! Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"
Zhang Fan bowed respectfully. "You won't, because you know what killing me would mean!"
The voice in the darkness fell silent. Only after a long while did it speak again. "Very well. I can give you what you want, but once you've learned, you must leave and never set foot in this world again."
"Agreed!"
Guided by an invisible force, Zhang Fan slowly walked into the darkness...
On the Broodmother, Shusha suddenly said to Charm Spider, "The Overlord's consciousness has vanished? Can you sense his consciousness?"
Charm Spider exclaimed in alarm, "That's impossible! This has never happened before. Could the Overlord be in danger?"
Shusha shook her head. "I don't know.