Mu Yun and Mu Sha, the brother and sister, had long since reached a point of irreconcilable enmity with the man in black.
However, with the frenzied Yin Corpse and the unfathomable Xu Chunniang present, both sides had their reservations, which was why they fought so conservatively.
Seeing that Mu Yun had taken her words to heart, the Black Bone Skeleton slowly spoke.
"So I can't make any guarantees to you. But unless the Yin Corpse is eliminated, the few of us will have to keep grinding each other down. When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman profits. Surely you understand that?"
Mu Yun fell silent. The fisherman the man in black spoke of was Xu Chunniang, who had scarcely fought the Yin Corpse from beginning to end.
Before this, she would never have believed that Xu Chunniang possessed the strength to play the fisherman.
But after witnessing Xu Chunniang evade the Yin Corpse's attack, then casually fling out dozens of vines at the early stage Heavenly Demon realm, Mu Yun's opinion had changed completely.
The man in black was hateful, that much was true, but Xu Chunniang also had to be guarded against.
"Fine. We'll deal with the Yin Corpse first, then settle the grudge between us!"
Having reached a consensus, the two looked toward Xu Chunniang together.
The Black Bone Skeleton went straight to the point. "Fellow Daoist Xu, we intend to join forces and eliminate the Yin Corpse. What do you think?"
When the Black Bone Skeleton and Mu Yun had called a truce, Xu Chunniang had realized that watching the fire from across the river was no longer possible.
The Black Bone Skeleton's question seemed to be asking for her opinion, but in truth, it gave her no choice at all.
If she dared