"If word of what Young Friend Luo did today gets out, no one will likely dare contend with you for the title of strongest below Mahayana!"
Accompanied by a crisp voice, an exceptionally beautiful barefoot woman in a white dress, standing atop a giant pink flower, appeared in the hall.
Behind her stood a man and a woman to either side. They were none other than Luo Hong's acquaintances—Demon Crocodile and Baoguang.
The looks in their eyes as they gazed at Luo Hong were both rather complicated, especially Baoguang's. Back then, her strength had surpassed Luo Hong's.
She had thought that after cultivating in seclusion at her master's side these past years, she would be able to utterly crush Luo Hong when they met again.
Yet reality had turned out to be the exact opposite!
"Luo does not care about such empty titles. After so many years apart, have you considered the matter of our cooperation, Senior?"
Luo Hong was clearly asking a question whose answer he already knew. After all, if Baohua had no intention of cooperating, she would not have appeared here now.
"Cooperation can only be founded upon comparable strength. If the Human and Monster Races cannot even withstand the Demon Race's first wave of attacks, then the terms you proposed will naturally be meaningless.
"Now that you have proven your strength, Young Friend, cooperation between the two sides is simply a matter of course."
As early as when the Demonic Spot had first appeared, Baohua had led people out of Sky Abyss City and infiltrated the Human and Monster Races, intending to determine their current strength.
Yet everything she saw proved that the Human and Monster Races had weakened considerably compared to the time of the previous demonic tribulation.
The primary reason was that the unexpected