"Divine Lord Mei Gu, you couldn't defeat the Two Great Ancient Kingdoms' camp, so you decided to come after me instead. Why bother caring whether I'm angry?" Dongguan stared into the mist, toward the source of the voice.
To his mind, Divine Lord Mei Gu had sought him out simply because she thought he was alone and an easy target.
"No." A figure emerged from the mist, a pale human skeleton shrouded in purple robes, yet possessed of a strange allure. "I came to seek cooperation with you, God Guan."
"You can't possibly be unaware of my feud with Divine Lord Blood Prisoner. What is there to cooperate over? Unless you're abandoning Divine Lord Blood Prisoner?" Dongguan said coldly.
She was merely a puppet avatar. Killing her would serve little purpose.
But wasn't this so-called cooperation just a matter of using him as a weapon?
Although he was dissatisfied with the Two Great Ancient Kingdoms' monopolistic conduct, he at least had a little rapport with Ming Nian. With this side, however, there was nothing but hostility.
Even the best cooperation would amount to nothing more than mutual exploitation.
And though he operated alone, there was no problem with making use of Trading City. Why did he need to cooperate with them?
"Abandoning Blood Prisoner is, of course, impossible. But your so-called feud with him really isn't that great. Why couldn't you set it aside in the face of tangible benefits? The Two Great Ancient Kingdoms monopolize everything, so we already have a basis for cooperation. Law crystals aren't the only opportunities in the Black Region."
Shared interests were the foundation of cooperation.
Dongguan knew that, of course.
But this was hardly something that had only become true now. Although he had previously been cultivating and tempering his will, judging by