Ai Bogao had nearly been brought down just now. His opponent's power had been steadily growing stronger; every inch he gave ground made the other side several degrees stronger. By his estimate, if he had delayed for another hundred breaths or so, the outcome would have been hard to predict.
Even so, he had never considered changing his mind and still adhered to his original strategy.
Had this been Nether City or Upper Firmament Heaven, he would never have placed such trust in Jin Zhixing. Their friendship had not reached that level.
But Celestial Xia was different. Celestial Xia would not lightly abandon even the life of an ordinary citizen, so how could it so easily cast aside a Profound Venerable like him?
Thus, he could entrust himself without worry.
Though the person remained the same, once the external circumstances surrounding him changed, both his conduct and manner of thought changed with them.
Of course, he had already made plans. If it truly came to that, he could use the Origin Capital Mysterious Diagram to shift directly to the Upper Layer and ask Zhang Yu to resolve the matter. No matter what, he would be able to evade it.
Jin Zhixing put away the bronze bell at this time, courteously returned a salute, and said, "Brother Ai, you give me too much credit. Without you restraining it at the front, how could Jin have captured this alien god so easily? Speaking of which, all the credit for this time belongs to you, Fellow Daoist."
Ai Bogao said, "Ah, Fellow Daoist is too modest, too modest. This alien god had some skill. If Ai had faced it alone, I truly would have found it difficult to settle the matter. I must also thank Fellow Daoist Jin for coming to my rescue