"I thought you really intended to wait until both sides were battered and broken before showing yourself."
Seeing Tang San appear, the Blaze Emperor, who resembled Lü Bu, mocked him without hesitation.
Tang San frowned at his words. "What are you saying? I held back all this time not to watch the snipe and clam fight and reap the fisherman's reward, but to guard against Qin Xiao in secret and hold the line for you."
"I haven't acted because I was preparing for a greater threat. If you have a problem with that, why don't we switch? I'll handle these people in Spirit City, and when Qin Xiao appears, you can stop him for me."
Tang San's words were undeniably sharp, instantly placing him on the moral high ground.
Even though everyone knew perfectly well that those were not his intentions, they could find no words to refute him.
"Hahaha, Blaze Emperor, that's unfair of you. Tang San is our ally. How could he possibly stand aside and watch the fun?"
At that moment, the Spirit Emperor laughed between attacks, trying to smooth over relations among them.
He also knew that this was not yet the time to lay their cards on the table.
Tang San wanted to use them, but weren't they also trying to use Tang San?
"The battle has gone on for so long, yet Qin Xiao still hasn't appeared. I think something may have tied him up, leaving him unable to attend to matters here for now.
So my suggestion is that you join us and defeat the enemies before us first."
The Spirit Emperor extended another invitation to Tang San.
"As expected of the ruler of the Abyss Plane's second layer. You certainly see the bigger picture." Tang San offered a polite compliment. "That's precisely