At Xu Tong's words, Houtu and Nuwa's expressions grew a little more solemn.
Although both had expected him to say this before they arrived, they still felt a trace of hesitation when actually confronted with the issue.
After all, Hongjun was, at least on the surface, the strongest being in the Primordial World.
The consequences of opposing him were easy to imagine. Without absolute confidence, almost no one would take such a risk.
Xu Tong was in no hurry. The initiative was in his hands, after all.
Although Nuwa and Houtu wanted to cooperate with him to escape this calamity, doing so would inevitably mean defying Hongjun to some extent.
Thus, both needed someone to back them.
From their recent interactions, Xu Tong judged that, in their eyes, he probably carried almost as much weight as Hongjun.
He knew his own circumstances best. Although he was not yet Hongjun's match, Xu Tong felt that he was getting close.
Besides, Nuwa and Houtu were both important figures in the Primordial World. Even Hongjun would not act against them lightly.
It was precisely because he had grasped this point that Xu Tong dared to act with such confidence.
Nuwa thought about her elder brother and all of Hongjun's schemes.
At last, she made her decision.
Houtu, on the other hand, had never hesitated from the very beginning.
Her situation was somewhat different from Nuwa's.
Nuwa was still constrained by the primordial violet qi, after all. Houtu, however, was not a Heavenly Dao Sage; she was anchored to the Earthly Dao.
Her relationship with Hongjun was one of both mutual dependence and mutual opposition, so Houtu had no qualms whatsoever.
After a long while, Nuwa nodded.
"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Tongtian. I've made up my mind. Even if it means clashing with the