The Lord of Darkness said "Good" three times in succession. On his eternally frozen face was an exceedingly complicated expression: seventy percent satisfaction and astonishment, as though he had discovered an unrivaled treasure, and thirty percent indescribable regret, along with a trace of resentment toward a certain "brute."
After all, how had such a dazzling prodigy of the soul path ended up in the hands of that "brute," Huang Jian?!
Out of the corner of his eye, the Lord of Darkness glanced at Lord Huang Jian, who stood beside him, flushed with excitement and basking in his disciple's glory.
Then he recalled the events surrounding Hu Yanbo's first arrival in Chaos City.
Apparently, when Hu Yanbo first chose a faction, our Virtual Universe Company did have a chance! It was all Star Radiance King and those others' fault. Worrying about balance, worrying about this and that-they weren't decisive enough, and the Universe Mercenary Alliance beat them to it!
If he had joined our Virtual Universe Company back then, with comprehension so perfectly suited to my path, wouldn't he have been my natural successor?
How could my senior brother possibly have competed with me?
In the future, I could have nurtured another Universe Master!
At that moment, the Lord of Darkness was truly overwhelmed with emotion!
He became dissatisfied with certain rigid procedures and factional balancing within the Virtual Universe Company. Nurturing top talents demanded flexibility. Why did they need so many convoluted rules?
Recruiting talent came down to who was willing to spend more!
Yet they kept worrying about this and that!
Of course talented people would go wherever offered better terms!
These powerful emotions churned within the Lord of Darkness, making his gaze toward Hu Yanbo all the more fervent-and all the more complicated.
"Hu Yanbo! If you encounter