"From now on, I'll have to trouble you with that child."
Of the two sentences, the first was a request. As for why he would ask an enemy for help, Xi Ye figured it out later.
Sabo had never given up on his junior from the very beginning.
It made sense when he thought about it. Back in the New Realm, that guy had swallowed the Blood Gemstone outright to save Verafa, completely disregarding his own condition. How could he possibly have reached the point of standing against her in just a few days?
The Headmaster had said that the Otherworldly Demon might possess a strange art that could control people's hearts. But if such a thing really existed, why hadn't it been used on Vayne and Lanaia? If those two could be controlled, the effect would clearly be much greater—and much more terrifying, all right?
If used well along the way, it might even have directly killed Andrew or Wo Gu.
There was a high probability that Sabo had willingly allowed himself to be controlled. And the reason he was willing to be driven by the other side was probably so he could observe the situation.
At this point, even an old hand like Sabo could no longer determine which side would win. Under such circumstances, if he wanted to find his junior a foolproof solution, he could only place bets on both sides!
That was also why he had chosen to personally test Xi Ye.
Because by staying here, he could better guarantee Verafa's safety while also testing whether Xi Ye had the ability to make it to the end.
That guy had probably already signed a contract with the Otherworldly Demon on the other side, right? If the Otherworldly Demon won, Verafa naturally would be fine. If