True Enemy

Lin Fan saw Han Zhou outside sitting with Chen Long. They were talking like they were old friends and laughing as Lin Fan walked up and sat down on Han Zhou's right side. He wasn't worried because of the difference in strength between Chen Long and Han Zhou. One was in the Apotheosis Stage and the other was a new Demi-God.

He sighed and crossed his arms next to Han Zhou as the latter smiled and stretched as the moonlight shimmered down on the grass. A few fireflies seemed to be fleeing from the moonlight as Han Zhou passed Lin Fan a letter with a strange looking pen.

"That pen has my blood in it and that paper is called a Sacred Leaf Dual Contract. I did some thinking tonight and I don't know if I can beat you Lin Fan... I came here to surrender before the battle..."

"Are you crazy? Why shouldn't I just kill you now... It's obvious you tried to kill me with your sister..." Lin Fan was so surprised Han Zhou had come to visit that he opened the contract and took a look at it. The contract stated, in simple terms, that Han Zhou agreed to an alliance of the High Elves, the Light Elves, and the humans... Even going further to state that Lin Fan would have complete control over all the troops the Light Elves had to offer...

The High Elves would be controlled by Han Zhou and the Elf Emperor while he'd also give him a few rare elf manuals on mental attacks. The type of mental attacks by Mimi Fan were actually something the elves had a lot of knowledge about, and in the contract he seemed to be stating all their secrets.

To make friends, you had to reveal secrets. To make friends with enemies you had to reveal everything.

Lin Fan closed the contract and thought about tearing it up as he turned back and listened to Mimi Fan scream as she sent out a twisting bolt of lightning that struck a tree. It was hard to not think for the entire Fan Sect as he looked at the contract.

"The reason I have that contract ready is because I told the emperor, who you just killed his brother by the way, that I couldn't beat you and the promise I made..."

"First he was really upset, but then took a brief pause and nodded his head. He wants the humans and the elves to take over the Dragon Kin territory... He was hoping to destroy the Dragon Kins after we beat the humans, but your getting strong too fast..."

"With Chen Long just coming out of hiding, we can't predict..."

"You're doing this just to further your cause... As someone who grew up with wolves I know what its like for two enemy packs to ally to destroy another... However, why don't I just kill you in the tournament? You've done enough to earn it..."

"He's... he's a prankster..." Chen Long said as he slammed his hand into Han Zhou's leg... "He didn't think you could beat him, but talked to Gin Ran about the elves attacking the humans... Gin Ran said he didn't want you to die, so he waited for the right moment to upset Gin Ran..."

"His sister also was well aware you had a system, so he didn't expect she'd try to kill you... He was planning this since he saw you fight against the Empyrean Youth League... He just had to wait for the right moment..."

"You... you're kidding? You planned all that? How did you know Gin Ran would--"

"Something called fate strings..." Han Zhou replied as he thought about the day he made the decision to try and get Lin Fan on his team. "You can't sense them well enough yet, but I can... His string and yours are intertwined like two long and red twines. He'd probably kill the elves if we attacked the humans..."

"Once I realized that, I realized it be dumb to fight you... However, I already said I wanted to kill you to everyone, so I did my best to play a prank..."

"Chicken Man! Come train me for a few minutes..." Mimi Fan interrupted as she floated down close to his side. "If you aren't going to get points out of mother's body, then show me how to use [Lightning Horizon]!"

"I'm just talking business... You mind going to the workshop and telling An Moe to heat up the furnace? I can't make the burning fire armor without the furnace..."

"Okay... I hate him though..." Mimi Fan floated off the ground as Han Zhou passed Lin Fan a small book that he took out from his pocket. He put it on Lin Fan's lap before he flew into the air.

"See you at the tournament tomorrow..." Han Zhou smiled and saluted before he pushed off the ledge of the Fan Sect. "Expect me to be an asshole of epic prorportions.. However, if you want a reason to not kill me, it's because I'm the best prankster you're going to meet..."

"I'll still hate you tomorrow... I'll decide by the morning.." Lin Fan waved before he got up and stretched... "Great... Han Zhou just went from being a normal enemy to the kind he hated more than any other... He's a scheming intelligent asshole... Should I rip it up Chen Long? You've been around for what? Five hundred years..."

"He's... He's a waste dead... If he joins you all other four races will turn against you... They hide their best experts, so we don't know how many demi-gods they have... You thinking you can beat them without an ally is sheer insanity..."

"Well, I guess I should look at this book..."

Lin Fan clicked on the [Theory of Mental Encroachment] and sighed when he saw the cost of it.

[Theory of Mental Encroachment - Apotheosis Rank Introduction to Mental Attacks - Cost 500,000 Sadist Points]

[You are out of points... Get more Sadist Points to download the skill...]

Lin Fan put the book in his spatial ring and sighed as he got up and stretched. This was another tool he could have in his tool belt, but there was simply no easy way to get 500,000 points by the morning.

His girls were all asleep from being tortured all day, and the time manual had drained him with those techniques. Still, he couldn't help but think about Han Zhou as he started to blacksmith until the sun rose.

After 500 attempts at the [Burning Fire Armor], he smiled and nodded his head. A shimmering plate of half finished armor caused lighting to coalesce and turn into a liquid before it infused into the metal.

"Finally... the final round... Let's hope that nothing else unexpected happens..."