Joanna Brooks opened her mouth, suddenly feeling as if she had set a trap for herself. The reason she claimed to be only at the seventh layer of the Seabreaker Stage wasn't for any other reason—it was simply because she feared Joe Di would think her cultivation was too high and refuse to cooperate.
A fifty-fifty split with Joe Di was absolutely impossible. Thinking of this, Joanna Brooks spoke again, "How about this: once we're inside, it's every person for themselves. Whoever gets what, keeps it. What do you think?"
"Alright." Joe Di agreed to Joanna Brooks's proposal without hesitation.
It wasn't that he was greedy, but to become a Seventh Grade Alchemy King, he needed a large quantity of high-level spirit herbs. Without them, everything would be empty talk.
Joanna Brooks was very satisfied with Joe Di's straightforwardness. "Let's go. You follow behind me, and remember, once we're inside, you have to be even more careful with your footing. Let me be clear: if something happens, I won't be able to save you."
Joe Di nodded to show he understood.
True to its name, the Desolate River Forbidden Zone was filled with swirling sand and dust everywhere as Joe Di followed behind Joanna Brooks. Even with his tenth-level divine sense, Joe Di couldn't cover the entire Desolate River Forbidden Zone.
The farther they walked, the higher the temperature became. Eventually, Joe Di suspected the heat was at least one or two hundred degrees Celsius—and it was still rising.
Joanna Brooks simply took out a Locator Disk artifact, checking as she walked. After an hour, she stopped, looked back at Joe Di, and said, "This is the spot. Tell me, if I hadn't led the way, would you have found it on your own?"
Joe Di had to admit that without Joanna Brooks leading, he really wouldn't have found this place. But upon arriving, he quickly noticed something different—there seemed to be faint traces of spatial array patterns here.