Cheng Yu himself was a little dumbfounded.
He had originally thought only that Hunter King would come to assassinate Bennett, but he had never expected every Legendary in the Small Heavens to gather here.
Ever since the six Legendaries had separated the present moment from the Small Heavens' original timeline, the system notifications had been refreshing nonstop.
"Detected an alteration to the host's timeline. Effect of Epic-Rank title 'The Kid Watched by the Big Shot' activated. Evaluating priority. Evaluation passed. The trajectory of the timeline anchored to the host remains unchanged." "Detected an alteration to the host's time..."
When Bennett's and Shen Qing's domains collided, the system had also helpfully explained what the two of them were doing.
As he pondered this, he heard Old Bei's threatening declaration.
Cheng Yu rubbed his chin, considering how to resolve the predicament before him.
From the standpoint of his own interests, Cheng Yu would actually have been quite happy to see Bennett killed. After all, the second step in the Legion's plan to dominate the Small Heavens was to seize all of Balchik, turn its territory into a massive logistics base, and use that as a foothold to sweep through the entire Small Heavens.
As Balchik's leader, Bennett's death would make the next stage of the Legion's plan go extremely smoothly.
But all of that hinged on Cheng Yu and Old Bei being complete strangers. Cheng Yu could tell that, although Bennett was the "Dragon King Bei" who had come to inspect Kashi Star under a concealed identity,
over the past five years, Bennett had genuinely come to regard them as friends.
And as his friend, even though they walked different paths, Cheng Yu was willing to show Bennett the greatest respect he could: defeating him through sheer strength, without relying