Under the gazes of fifteen Golden Core True Persons, Chen Beiwu stood in the air, his Daoist robe fluttering slowly in the wind.
"No need."
Chen Beiwu shook his head without so much as glancing at Xun Xing.
An alliance depended on strength, not numbers.
It was not that Chen Beiwu looked down on these Golden Core prodigies, but before a Nascent Soul True Lord like Zhao Yue, numbers meant nothing. Even if all fifteen Golden Core prodigies attacked together, they could not withstand a casual move from Zhao Yue.
To put it plainly, allying with a group of weaklings would bring Chen Beiwu no benefits, only trouble.
"You might as well hand over your jade tokens yourselves and spare me the effort."
As his words fell, a vast, majestic Golden Core pressure erupted from Chen Beiwu, enveloping every cultivator from the three sects and forming an absolute exclusion zone.
"Chen Beiwu, are you really going to force our three sects to join forces and fight until the fish dies and the net breaks?" Xun Xing's gaze hardened.
He could accept defeat, but he could not accept the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect being eliminated early and plummeting in the Heroes Gathering rankings.
Even though he considered Chen Beiwu an unrivaled prodigy well worth befriending, this was no exception!
Yet, just as Xun Xing finished speaking, a calm voice suddenly rang out.
"Brother Xun, you are mistaken."
Everyone turned toward the voice and saw Meng Chengxian, chief disciple of the Cavern Mystery Immortal Sect, slowly shaking his head. He said composedly, "Azure Firmament is Azure Firmament, and Cavern Mystery is Cavern Mystery. Brother Xun, you are the chief disciple of the Azure Firmament Immortal Sect, but you cannot speak for our Cavern Mystery Immortal Sect."
Xun Xing froze at those words,