Storms on the Horizon

Endless ocean, ten thousand miles beneath the sea.

There stood a gigantic palace utterly unlike anything in the True Spirit Continent. At the center of the palace was a long table, with dozens of seats arranged at either end and along both sides. In the seat of honor sat an expert over three meters tall, with dark skin and a humanoid build. He wore a black uniform, and five blood-red badges were pinned to his left breast, each engraved with a bloody star.

Though he did not deliberately release his Momentum, the faint aura emanating from him was still terrifyingly powerful, no weaker than Void Emperor and the others.

Apart from him, every other seat was empty. Only blood-colored stones rested on the long table before their corresponding seats.

Buzz!

One of the blood-colored stones at the far end suddenly emitted a crimson glow. Immediately afterward, a vague Blood Shadow emerged.

"My lord!"

Blood Shadow bowed toward the dark-skinned expert.

"Sit. What is it?"

The dark-skinned expert nodded slightly, motioning for him to sit.

After taking his seat, Blood Shadow immediately said, "My lord, my Spiritual Thought-form encountered the peerless genius Ye Chen in the King-Level Forbidden Ground, Blood Radiance Sea, on the Blood Sky Continent."

"Oh!" The dark-skinned expert's eyes lit up. "What was the result?"

He knew Ye Chen's strength very well. He was only comparable to an ordinary Life and Death Realm King—an early-stage King by this world's standards. Meanwhile, the speaker's true body was a high-stage King. Even his Spiritual Thought-form should have possessed the strength of a middle-stage King. Killing Ye Chen should have taken no effort at all.

He was looking forward to hearing good news.

"Originally, killing him would not have taken much effort. But at the critical moment, he made a breakthrough.