He felt Yang Mei, Di Yu, and Hades looking at him.
Ling Tian's lips curved slightly.
He smiled at Hades.
"Hades!"
"Are you trying to recruit me?"
At that,
Hades perked up and hurriedly replied,
"Ling Tian!"
"It's not me who's trying to recruit you. It's the Creation God and the True God."
"With strength like yours, why associate with these doomed souls?"
"The gates of the West will always be open to you."
"..."
Hades spoke with honeyed eloquence, making one promise after another to Ling Tian.
Yang Mei and Di Yu grew even more worried.
But from beginning to end,
neither of them said a word.
Hongmeng was already at an absolute disadvantage in the outer realms.
If Ling Tian truly had other intentions, then no amount of persuasion would help.
The decision had to be Ling Tian's alone.
But they weren't particularly confident about what he would decide.
Under Hades's expectant gaze,
and the worried gazes of Yang Mei and Di Yu,
the smile on Ling Tian's lips widened. He teased,
"Hades."
"Did you know that before Heaven was destroyed, the True God's clone also tried to recruit me?"
The True God's clone had tried to recruit him too?
At Ling Tian's words,
Hades, Di Yu, and Yang Mei all looked astonished.
Although Ling Tian had said it was the True God's clone,
the clone was controlled by the True God himself.
In other words, the True God had tried to recruit Ling Tian long ago?
Had Ling Tian agreed?
At the thought,
Hades's expression suddenly changed.
No!
Ling Tian definitely hadn't agreed!
Otherwise,
the True God wouldn't have set this trap together with the Creation God.
And when he thought of Heaven's destruction not long ago,
Hades's expression turned awful. He blurted out,
"You actually rejected