"Brother Zhao," Tianming said.

"Tell me why you came here," Zhao Tianxing said.

"Did you see me kill the Biritual disciples on this layer?"

"Yes. I also followed you when you went up to the darkness layer to kill Heptastar's disciples. I also got two of them while I was there."

"Most of your comrades died because of Heptastar, right?"

"You can say that. They weren't strong enough."

"The remaining disciples from those sects have gathered together. They also know the location of my sect's hell tree on the swamp layer. Once they go down, they'll start a slaughter. After they wipe us out, I figure it wouldn't be hard for them to use the remaining time to get rid of you, too."

"You're bluffing. We don't have a goddess, so they won't be that merciless. Isn't not fighting an option for us?!" Jiang Qingqing snapped.

"If it were, you wouldn't have suffered any casualties at all. Normally, wouldn't being eliminated be all that happens in the Nether Battlefield? There was never a need to go so far as killing opponents. Do you...