"My lord, Jiang Chen has entered the Restricted Zone. I fear complications may arise this time. I suggest that our Dark Alliance members go no farther. We should remain within the Blood River's bounds and wait to leave."
A Supreme Powerhouse whose face was indistinct had stayed behind with several seemingly unrelated High-Rank Kings. They were all connected to the Dark Alliance, and King You was now offering his advice.
Someone frowned, looking displeased. "Has our Sacred Soul Sect become nothing but weaklings like you in this generation?"
"He's a junior. However mysterious he may be, his strength is still limited. If he were really that capable, would the master of the Artifact Gate have chased him into a corner?"
"Little You, don't worry too much. The dangers of the Restricted Zone are beyond your imagination. Never mind that young king from the Nine Provinces-even all the powerhouses here combined could hardly stir up a ripple inside. He can't affect the bigger picture."
Others offered relatively gentle words of reassurance.
King You remained firm, however, bowing to the Supreme Powerhouse with his hands clasped. "Please make a decision, my lord. At the very least, we High-Rank Kings should stay out. Otherwise, our losses may far outweigh our gains!"
In his judgment, the Supreme Powerhouse could protect himself. But if he went inside and that brat pulled another stunt like the ones before, he probably wouldn't make it out alive.
After all, the repeated cautionary examples involving the River God and the River Earl, the Ghost Prison Restricted Zone, Divine Spirit Valley, and so on were still right before his eyes.
King You could be considered one of the people who knew the most about those incidents.
Only he understood just how big a role Jiang Chen had played in them.