"Brother Xu, why the hurry to leave? I came to help you."
A faint light flashed before his eyes, and the middle-aged man who had been behind Xu Yang appeared in front of him.
"I don't need anyone's help. You've come to the wrong person."
Xu Yang grew wary. This man's cultivation was at least at Second Heavenly Origin.
"Really? Huo Xiaochेन has declared that he'll intercept you during the Second Dragon Ascension. You don't need help with that, either?"
The man wore a half-smile, convinced he had Xu Yang firmly in his grasp.
After all, the fourteenth-ranked genius on the Cloud Ascension Rankings was targeting the ninety-eighth. Who would refuse an offer of help? The Second Dragon Ascension concerned the future of one's martial path.
At any rate, he would never have refused in Xu Yang's place.
"I've already found people to help me deal with Huo Xiaochेन. I don't need anyone else's help." Understanding dawned on Xu Yang.
This Demon Sect member wanted to use the matter of Huo Xiaochेन as an opening to recruit him. Anyone else might well have compromised.
"You mean Liu Rumei and Zhang Jun? How could those two stop Huo Xiaochेन? Besides, as far as I know, Lin Jingyu has joined forces with Huo Xiaochेन, and he's agreed to help Huo Xiaochेन deal with you. How will the four of you withstand those two great geniuses together?" The middle-aged man shook his head.
If joining forces with Liu Rumei and Zhang Jun were enough to oppose Huo Xiaochेन, he would not have come.
Xu Yang's heart sank. He knew Lin Jingyu and Huo Xiaochेन had joined forces, but he had not expected Lin Jingyu to agree to help Huo Xiaochेन deal with them.
Their conflict with Huo Xiaochेन was not competition over the