Published: February 11, 2025
“No!”
Tong Steward was extremely dissatisfied with the interruption of the royal guild president's adventure and straightforwardly refused upon hearing the request.
“I hope you understand that the five rings society is not an organization that competes with others. We are a commercial organization, one that gathers wealth in various ways to become powerful. We do not tread the path of slaughter, but rather... to make money here, you should know better than anyone!”
Tong Steward pointed to his head, his tone very severe.
The president's expression remained unchanged, as if Tong Steward's refusal was already within his expectations.
“If there’s nothing else, I will be leaving. You should hurry back too. Don’t forget, the most urgent task for the five rings society now is to increase the completion rate of the brightwater realm to one hundred percent as soon as possible, then obtain control here and read the heavenly stele!”
After finishing, Tong Steward walked towards the exit, having lost patience with this ‘colleague’ of his.
“Gore Clan.”
The president of the royal guild calmly and even coldly said these three words while sitting steadily.
Tong Steward's body immediately stopped there.
The room fell into silence for a long time, with one sitting and one standing, as if time had come to a halt.
“I underestimated you.” Tong Steward broke the silence first, but he still did not turn around.
He feared that the killing intent he could not hide on his face would be seen by the president of the royal guild.
“We both underestimated each other.”
The royal guild president replied, and then the two fell into silence again.
“This time I can help you, just this once.”
“Thank you.”
As the conversation resumed, the two reached a consensus.
“I hope you can kill Ye Zhongming, otherwise, your master can’t come down to Earth to help you directly. With your strength…”
“...you might not last a few days.”
After saying this, Tong Steward left.
The president smirked and stood up. What he needed to do now was to send all the warriors the royal guild could control into the Sea of Blood and Evil!
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Climbing ashore from the red sea, Ye Zhongming was quite satisfied. Although the sea water here had a different color, its properties were the same.
Activating the blazing flame combat technique, his clothes were instantly dried. After helping Gao Yi and Zhao Xiangxue, the three walked onto the beach.
Here was a flashing red dot on a plaque, indicating that the reward had not yet been claimed by anyone.
Looking around at the environment, this small island was clearly much larger than the previous one, at least as far as the eye could see, there was no end in sight.
In the distance were two not-too-high peaks, with a valley in between – that was the destination of their journey.
“Why are there no monsters in the sea?”
Zhao Xiangxue was puzzled. Since this place was called the Sea of Blood and Evil, there should be dangers in the water, but after swimming for a while, they hadn’t seen anything; the sea seemed like a dead zone.
Ye Zhongming also found this question strange. Without a ferry or flying skills, the only way for evolvers to reach various small islands was to swim.
In Ye Zhongming's opinion, they should have encountered some dangers in the water, but in reality, everything remained calm, so he couldn't answer Zhao Xiangxue's question.
However, he didn’t let his guard down because danger would eventually come; otherwise, it would not ‘disappoint’ the reputation of this advanced area.
The three walked towards the valley, observing some traces along the way, which should have been left by the picking of some plant-like materials.
It seemed the five rings society, although unable to complete the exploration here on their own, had already taken away other resources in advance.
After walking a few steps, Ye Zhongming suddenly stopped; they had arrived at the foot of a peak.