"Who said I wanted to fight you? You killing Ju Mang was unexpected, yet only natural. I knew long ago that fool would die sooner or later, but I never thought he would die at the hands of a human."
Disdain simmered in Di Jiang's gaze, and even Ye Tian could feel that mockery.
"Human, I have no interest in your life. Your death would be of no use to me. Only a living you can be useful to me."
Di Jiang said it without the slightest concealment.
"What do you want me to do?"
Ye Tian asked warily. He did not believe making a deal with one of the Twelve Ancestral Shamans could be a good thing.
"In your human terms, it could also be called cooperation." Di Jiang said, "I can cooperate with you."
"Cooperate? You call yourself the strongest in this world. What could possibly require you to cooperate with me?"
Ye Tian clearly did not believe him.
"Though I am indeed the strongest here, beneath the Heavenly Dao, all are but ants. In this world, I still have to abide by certain so-called rules. One of them is that we Twelve Ancestral Shamans cannot wage a great war among ourselves. Otherwise, heavenly calamity will descend as punishment. Even I would not escape blame."
Di Jiang said coldly.
"You want to deal with the other Ancestral Shamans?"
Ye Tian swiftly inferred Di Jiang's meaning from his words.
"That's right."
Di Jiang nodded without hesitation.
"If we are to be precise, your goal—or rather, your purpose—and mine should be the same."
"What do you mean?"
"We both want to leave this damned world that binds our hands and feet."
Di Jiang laid everything bare.
"You want to leave? Why?"
At that moment, Ye Tian's inner heart was filled