Michael didn't expect Marie Wang and the others to approach him. Their team worked together since the start of the Battle Exchange, spending a total of three months on improving their teamwork and tactics.
Since four out of five members of the Blazing Sun team were already at the Peak of the 3rd Tier they could only focus on fortifying their body and mind refinement as well as training together. Asking Michael to join them all of a sudden didn't really make sense.
Nonetheless, Michael was curious to know how much the Blazing Sun team had improved. He wanted to see them fight.
Since the dimensional portal was now active, several teams rushed to it. Michael saw Kaleb and his team near the entrance of the dimensional portal, as well as Lincoln and Zeke, who had teamed up with Quinn.