"Captain!" Several squad members looked at their Divine Realm captain in surprise.
"Shut up! If you want to die, don't drag me down with you!" the Divine Realm captain snarled through divine sense.
Among everyone present, he was the strongest, and he also understood best just how terrifying Cao Bing's strength was. He was terrified that if they somehow displeased him, that ascender named Cao Bing would simply wipe them all out!
Since the other party wanted to conceal what had happened in the Ascension Pool, he might as well do him a favor and help keep it hidden. There was absolutely no need to go looking for trouble.
Besides, their squad had guarded the Ascension Pool for so many years and received countless ascenders. The way every ascender was handled had always been the same: they were all taken to the mines to work for the Holy Emperor without pay for a thousand years.
There had never been an exception all these years. Strong or weak, they were all treated the same way.
So, since this Cao Bing wished to keep things hidden, they would simply receive him as they normally received ascenders in the past.
"Captain, isn't this a little inappropriate?" the lecherous-looking squad member asked quietly through divine sense. "He stayed in the Ascension Pool for more than two whole months. His talent is clearly unprecedented. If we report this to those above, wouldn't that be a great merit?"
"Idiot, so you know his talent is unprecedentedly high!" the captain cursed angrily.
"Tell me, once those above learn of such a genius, will they kill him outright, or will they focus on nurturing him?"
"This... of course they'll focus on nurturing him. The higher-ups aren't stupid," the lecherous-looking squad member said.
"Then isn't that the end of