Dongfang Yi drew in a sharp breath. He understood the situation.
They couldn't let Luis know that they needed so many people to turn black. Otherwise, he would use that to threaten Gaoxin.
That was why they had never let the others show themselves. Claiming they would wear him down to death and mentioning that there were many corpses here were all meant to make Luis believe that, aside from Gaoxin, most of them could be sacrificed.
But that alone wasn't enough. Luis had already run out of options.
"You want to... duel Luis? Are you sure?" everyone asked worriedly.
Gaoxin said thoughtfully, "Don't worry. He's already reaching his limit. At least Sophia is reaching hers..."
"Otherwise, he wouldn't have contacted me first. I deliberately refused to talk to him so he would lose his patience."
"In his eyes, as long as he drags me to death, he can survive."
"He doesn't know that I must turn this many of you black."
"Or rather, in his eyes, if dying together can't take me with him, then it's meaningless."
"And he absolutely won't be willing to die like this. He'll definitely fight with everything he has."
"But I have to become black first. Otherwise, if I kill him, black will lose health."
Everyone felt dizzy. Gaoxin actually couldn't bear to lose even a single drop of black's health?
Qiao Long asked, "But if we don't kill Sophia, there's no way to Incite Defection..."
Gaoxin raised his head. "That's up to you."
With that, he immediately began making arrangements. He had apparently already planned everything.
As they spoke, Luis connected again, just as expected.
Gaoxin said impatiently, "What?"
Luis gasped heavily. "If I die, you won't be able to enter the Black Base either... No one will send an invitation, and your