NOVPUB"No rush, I have my ways!"
Xiao Yi's lips curved into a slight smile as he looked at the crowd and said, "Are you sure you don't want me to join your team? Don't regret it later!"
"Regret? Are you kidding?"
"No matter which team you join, a tragic defeat is certain. Who would dare to let you in?"
"Let me tell you the truth! When I said I'd let you join my team if you crawled under my crotch, I was actually deceiving you. If someone like you, a jinx, really did that, I'd be worried I'd end up unlucky too!" As the crowd mocked him, they had already begun forming teams.
One hundred people made a team.
In the end, there were as many as two hundred and three teams.
It just so happened that there was no place for Xiao Yi, Yue Shanchuan, and three youths from the Chai Family.
The Chai Family controlled the mining resources.
Their family was immensely wealthy.
But...
They had few strong warriors in their clan.
Moreover, all those who were able to send people into Yunmeng Marsh were first-rate forces in the Nantian Dynasty, much more powerful than the Chai Family. They naturally looked down on the three Chai youths, who at best had only reached the Fivefold Nirvana Realm. The three looked at each other, and one of the youths, Chai Yi, who had a young-looking face, proposed, "Why don't we team up with Xiao Yi?"
"Don't be ridiculous!"
Another youth with a cold demeanor, Chai Sheng, scoffed, "Xiao Yi can't even protect himself. Joining his team would be suicide, wouldn't it?"
"Even if I had to go alone, it would still be better than being in a team with him!" Chai Tong said, curling his lip.
Chai Yi hesitated for a moment, then said, "I think we can give it a try!"
"If you want to go, go!"
"Don't say we didn't warn you when you end up dead without knowing how you died..." the two Chai Tong ridiculed.
Chai Yi took a deep breath, mustered his courage, and approached Xiao Yi, "Xiao Yi, can I, can I join your team?"
Xiao Yi raised an eyebrow, curiously looking at Chai Yi, "Are you from the Chai Family? There is some history between your family and me, so there's no problem with you joining my team, but... aren't you afraid?"
"There's nothing to be afraid of, it's just death either way!"
Chai Yi gave a bitter smile. He knew from the moment he entered Yunmeng Marsh that this journey was very likely a deadly one, "Compared to them, I feel I can trust you more!"
"Oh? And why is that?" Xiao Yi asked curiously.
Chai Yi hesitated, then looked at Xiao Yi with earnest eyes and said, "Back in the Godfall Demon Abyss, after you crossed the iron chain bridge, you could have left on your own. But you still chose to let Yue Shanchuan come over and even let him go first. I think it's much better to be your friend than your enemy!"
Whether it was Ye Ling or Hu Junyi.
When faced with the Godfall Demon Abyss and the chain net, they both thought of having others take the lead.
Only Xiao Yi never abandoned his companions!
Yue Shanchuan nodded and smiled, "You're not wrong. Being with this guy, there's always countless troubles, but he is someone you can entrust with your back!"
To entrust one's back to another.
In this ruthless world, even real brothers might not be able to do so.
Chai Yi felt even more assured that his choice was right.
Xiao Yi smiled and said, "Welcome to our team!"
"Thank you!"
Chai Yi said earnestly.
Yue Shanchuan pointed at Chai Tong and the other, "Aren't those two also from your Chai Family? Are they not coming?"
Chai Yi made an embarrassed sound and looked awkward.
Chai Tong had just spent ten billion silver to secure two spots for himself and was looking smugly at Chai Yi, "Chai Yi, there's still a chance for you to see the light if you want to!"
Chai Sheng sneered, "Don't mind him. His brain must have been squashed by a door to actually choose to be on a team with someone like Xiao Yi..."
Chai Yi looked at Xiao Yi, feeling awkward.
Xiao Yi waved his hand and laughed, "To each their own!"
Meanwhile.
The two powerhouses who had been squeezed out of the team because Chai Sheng and the others had paid for slots came over with embarrassed expressions, tentatively asking, "Xiao, Xiao Yi, can we join your team?"
Yue Shanchuan sneered, "Didn't you just say you'd rather die than be on our team?"
The black-haired youth, Wu Jian, hesitated for a moment, then, with an apologetic look, said, "I apologize for my actions earlier!"
The other young powerhouse, Wu You, frowned, his eyes carrying a deep disdain, well concealed, as he also bowed his head and said, "I, too, apologize and hope you can take us in!"
Yue Shanchuan looked at Xiao Yi and transmitted his voice, "I'm afraid they'll cause trouble in secret, what do you think?"
"No worries, in the face of absolute strength, any scheming is illusory!"
Xiao Yi smiled confidently, nodded, and said, "Welcome to join us!"
In an instant.
Xiao Yi's side formed a team of five.
The other two hundred or so teams were all groups of a hundred.
Hu Junyi watched Wu You enter Xiao Yi's team, the corners of his mouth slightly raised with a cold smirk of triumph. Clearing his throat, he said with a half-smile, "I am now longing to be grouped with you guys!"
"Hahaha, there should be no one who doesn't wish to be grouped with them, right?"
"Whoever encounters Xiao Yi's team is sure to win without a fight!"
The crowd all remarked.
Xiao Yi's mouth curled slightly upward, and he sneered, "You think you can win without a fight just by being in the same group as me? I think you're daydreaming!"
"You…"
All of their faces darkened.
Ye Ling said coldly, "Quit boasting with words, enter the arena!"
Hu Junyi made a throat-slitting gesture towards Xiao Yi.
Then, taking the lead with his team, he followed Ye Ling and others into the arena.
The other powerhouses also surged into the arena one after another.
Outside Yunmeng Marsh.
Various powerhouses were watching everything happening inside, discussing among themselves. Long Sihai, with a smile, looked at the crowd, spotting the Chai Family patriarch who was a ninth-tier Human Venerate, "Chai Guang, it seems your Chai Family really lacks successors! You barely selected three elites, and yet one fool chose to be in a team with Xiao Yi!"
Chai Guang's face darkened, and he remained silent.
Only beneath his sleeves, his hands were clenched tightly, creaking in anger.
He wanted nothing more than to tear Chai Yi to shreds.
Su Xinghe sneered, "I really don't know what goes on in Xiao Yi's head, being so arrogant... thinking that a five-person team can combat a hundred-man army!"
"No matter which opponent he encounters, there's only a dead end for him!"
"As soon as Xiao Yi gets eliminated and leaves Yunmeng Marsh, it will be his time to die!"
The people all said.
Nantian Lie looked around with a half-smile, his gaze turning to Elder Tianku, "Tian Ku, do you dare to make a bet with me?"
"Hmm?"
Elder Tianku looked at Nantian Lie, his gaze filled with inquiry.
Nantian Lie, with a smile, said, "Let's bet on whether Xiao Yi can get through this round. If he makes it through, then I lose. The Nantian Dynasty will no longer pursue your Changsheng Sect followers... But if you lose, when Xiao Yi comes out later, you must hand him over to me, how about it?"
Elder Tianku, with narrowed eyes playing with a walnut in his hand, nodded and said, "Good, I agree to your bet!"
"Hahaha, Tian Ku, oh Tian Ku, you're bound to lose!"
Nantian Lie said with a triumphant laugh.
Elder Tianku squinted and said, "If I win, my Changsheng Sect disciples will be able to act openly in the Nantian Dynasty. If I lose, the Changsheng Sect suffers no losses. Why not agree to it?"
Nantian Lie was stunned, then shook his head with a light chuckle, "Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, I guess you thought Tian Ku would protect you? What a pity, you've already been ruthlessly betrayed..."
Long Si excitedly clenched his fists, "Xiao Yi, this time I'll see who can save you?"
Su Xinghe's eyes showed a cold light, "Even if it costs me dearly, I will personally slaughter you..."
