Sincere Cooperation

Xun'er stood beside Xiao Yu, quietly watching Gu Qingyang and the others. Gu Qingyang noticed her wifely, devoted attitude toward Xiao Yu and could not help feeling somewhat helpless.

After Gu Qingyang, Gu Hua, and Gu Yao exchanged glances, they finally steeled themselves and nodded. "Alright, we choose to enter the third layer!"

"Good. Congratulations on making the right choice. Otherwise, I could only have left you in this energy storm," Xiao Yu said teasingly as he looked at the three of them.

Gu Qingyang and the other two immediately changed expressions, but Xiao Yu added, "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous. I was only joking. The Gu Clan and Xiao Clan can be considered allies now. How could I possibly stand by and do nothing?"

Gu Hua and Gu Yao both breathed slight sighs of relief upon hearing Xiao Yu's words, but Gu Qingyang gave Xiao Yu a deep look. In that instant, he had sensed a flash of killing intent deep within Xiao Yu's eyes!

If one stood against the Soul Clan, one could be Xiao Yu's friend. But if one could not bring oneself to kill members of the Soul Clan, then Xiao Yu could only kill them himself. There was no neutrality—either friends or death!

The group glanced at the remaining clans. Soon, everyone from the Eight Ancient Clans had gathered here: the Thunder Clan, Yao Clan, Fire Clan, Stone Clan, and Soul Clan.

Having only just arrived, everyone was covered in dust and looked exceedingly bedraggled. Even Nine-star Dou Zuns had relatively slim chances of surviving before this energy storm, let alone them, none of whom had reached the Nine-star Dou Zun level!

Xiao Yu looked at the crowd and said, "With so many of us exposed to the energy storm, we definitely won't survive.