During their pre-battle planning, the Crimson Sect had speculated that the Blood Race's stronghold contained at least five Counts and, very likely, a hidden Prince.
The Crimson Sect knew that "Eternal Life" was a lie from start to finish, but the Blood Race did not. In pursuit of the immortality they craved, the clan of the Ring of Authority would undoubtedly spare no effort to investigate the Eternal Life Project. They had even sent the current Saint Child, so deploying a Prince was only logical.
That was why the Grand Steward, the "Puppet Master," had to take action himself. Otherwise, the Stewards of the Crimson Sect alone would be no match for a Blood Royal Prince.
The fierce battle erupting between the Puppet Master and the Blood Royal Prince was the exact situation Zhou Chen had been waiting for. 'With both sides' top-tier combatants preoccupied, in such a chaotic scene, who's going to notice an insignificant nobody who has barely made a peep?'
BOOM!
