Chapter 564 -537: Lin Hao Must Die (Three Updates, Please Subscribe)
“I see they’re confident and fearless!”
The leader of the Shadow Killing Team let out a cold laugh: “The Divine Palace holds him in such high esteem, almost elevating him to the status of the Crown Prince, clearly as a precaution to balance the emperor’s power. How could they let him rush into danger at this time?”
He then shifted his gaze towards the direction of Luojing: “Didn’t the being from the East Abyss awaken today? They should still be awake. Maybe they are watching us right now. Personally, I think that before the Divine Sleep of the East Abyss, Prince should act with caution.”
The leader of the Shadow Killing Team then turned his head and looked at Qi Wuji, his eyes containing a hint of malevolence.
Qi Wuji knew this person did not want to fight, and couldn’t help but laugh: “I have no objections. With the East Abyss overseeing the world, we indeed need to be more careful. Moreover, we only have so few resources left, which cannot withstand any squandering. Before the Purgatory raises an army, no matter how much noise we make on the surface, it won’t benefit the battle situation.”
He actually felt that if Lin Hao really intended to use himself as bait to lure them into action, then he was being too obvious and deliberate. Just less than five hours after the court meeting ended, he couldn’t wait to lead thousands of Dragon Transformation Masters to quell the rebellion in the north.
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It was like pasting a label on his forehead, I am the bait, there are traps around me, come and kill me.
However, it was hard to say, based on Qi Wuji’s many years of understanding the East Abyss, this god’s divine intentions were unfathomable and hard to speculate.
Perhaps that Lin Hao, too, didn’t know what his god intended.
Moreover, Qi Wuji himself did not want to fight. Since escaping from the Great Song, he had lost almost everything, with only a few loyal followers escaping with him.
Qi Wuji was diligently accumulating power, cultivating Demonized Martial Cultivators with the help of Purgatory. It took months to build a little foundation, which couldn’t just be wasted here.
At this moment, Qi Wuji frowned, feeling a severe sharp pain inside his head, as if countless steel needles were being driven into his brain, making him almost moan aloud.
Qi Wuji could only forcibly suppress it, clenching his fists tightly, extremely irritated.
This was a side effect of his body swapping rebirth; he didn’t know what went wrong during the rebirth process, but recently the episodes had become more frequent and the pain more intense.
“It’s a pity!”
The man wearing golden Battle Armor, with a head resembling an ancient giant dragon, sighed: “This child is so fierce and decisive. Give me a few more days, and I could have cultivated at least four thousand Dragon Demon creatures using the nine million residents of these two counties and six million Guang Ming believers from the surrounding counties. This child keeps foiling my plans; it’s truly a pity, annoying, and hateful!”
Because of Lin Hao, their corruption of the Prison Suppressing Army was discovered prematurely, rendering years of effort and planning wasted.
He noticed Qi Wuji’s expression and turned his head with a look of concern: “Brother Qi’s condition has flared up again, how could this be? The Divine Soul Secret Technique we provided has no issues, Brother Qi you have tested it yourself. Could it be a problem with the body provided by the Heavenly Demons?”
Qi Wuji’s face gradually regained its composure: “That’s very possible, but it’s not a big deal.”
He was more skeptical of Purgatory, but he didn’t want to disrupt the bigger plan as Purgatory had something he wanted.
Moreover, the Heavenly Demon Longevity Association had promised to have their top Prosthetic Doctor to perform surgery on him, implanting a powerful Super Monarch Armament ‘Divine Heart Illumination’.
Once this prosthetic is implanted, it would surely normalize his Divine Soul.
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“We must eliminate this Lin Hao!” Qi Wuji looked at ‘Lin Hao’ again, his eyes venomous and ferocious: “Once this person spearheads the peace treaty between Great Song and Heavenly Demons, the pressure on the East God will be significantly reduced.”
The dragon-headed man nodded slightly, and just then, his expression shifted subtly, and he reached into the void in front of him, miraculously pulling a gray-black three-legged bird out of the empty space.
The dragon-headed man deftly took a letter clutched in the bird’s claws, and moments later, he furrowed his brow: “Opening ports? Establishing diplomatic relations?”
Qi Wuji was taken aback upon hearing this: “Opening ports and establishing diplomatic relations? What does this mean?”
The man with the dragon head had a dark expression: “Lin Hao has proposed in front of the Divine that His Divine Majesty choose a location for a harbor, permitting trade with the Heavenly Demon, bringing all smuggling trade under the control of the Great Song Court and imposing commercial tax. He also mentioned something about licenses, specifying that only merchants authorized by the Great Song Court could engage in trade at this harbor. Moreover, Great Song will establish embassies and consulates in the major Heavenly Demon Origin lands—”
Qi Wuji was shocked upon hearing this; “Your Highness, if Lin Hao’s strategy is implemented, it would be extremely detrimental to Purgatory; they must not be allowed to reach an agreement.”
He could already foresee the results of legalizing trade with the Heavenly Demon—just the fact that it would significantly increase Great Song’s finances alone, would enable the sustenance of even larger armies.
They would also be able to acquire more Heavenly Demon alloys, and even Heavenly Demon war weapons, and further solidify the treaties with the Heavenly Demons.
At least those merchants benefiting from this would not want to see any new conflicts arise between the Federation and Great Song.
Qi Wuji snatched a letter from the hand of the dragon-headed man and glanced over it, his gaze growing even sharper.
Lin Hao claimed to be inexperienced due to his youth, but from his words, it was clear he deeply understood human nature and was calculating!
Not only had he accurately grasped the shift in the East Abyss’s attitude towards the Heavenly Demons, but with a licensing system, he managed to change the Emperor and the First Divine Envoy’s attitudes, minimizing resistance.
And this strategy of centralizing the harbor in one location not only reduces the court’s management costs but also maximizes the reduction of potential issues stemming from the legalization of trade.
Qi Wuji felt both admiration and jealousy, fueling his homicidal intent.
Over the past eight hundred years, countless righteous individuals within Great Song saw the benefits of trading with the Heavenly Demons and aimed to legalize it, but could never accomplish it.
The Divine Palace and the court always severely cracked down on this idea, even inciting numerous major incarcerations.
Yet, this matter was successfully handled by Lin Hao alone—a result of the times and shifting circumstances, but Lin Hao’s capabilities were also extraordinary.
The dragon-headed man was already casting a sidelong look at the leader of the Shadow Killing Team, a murderous intent in his eyes: “Did you already know this?”
The Heavenly Demon side has a so-called ‘Quantum Communication’ cultivation method, which allows real-time message transfer.
This man was intentionally withholding this news, effectively not wanting to further fuel his killing intent and initiate an attack on Lin Hao here.
The Shadow Killing Team leader’s face was hidden behind a face mask; his expression was cold but his demeanor calm: “I already knew, so what? I have no obligation to report proactively.
Moreover, Your Highness, if you really intend to risk being crushed to death by the East Abyss to assassinate Lin Hao here, then please forgive the Shadow Killing Team for not accompanying you!”
Although this Purgatory Prince had leverage over him, it wasn’t to the extent that he would knowingly face certain death.
The dragon-headed man stared at the Shadow Killing Team leader for a long while, then huffed heavily: “I hope this doesn’t happen again!”
At this moment, they had already missed the best opportunity; Lin Hao’s command of over 2500 Dragon Transformation Masters had already penetrated the city, their actions so swift that they had, in this short time, slain nearly a hundred Sixth Realm Demons.
He hadn’t made preparations in advance, and his entirely Dragon-transformed Purgatory Demon Army that could act under him was still 700 miles away, requiring time to arrive.
And with the Shadow Killing Team leader’s highly resistant attitude, the dragon-headed man didn’t have confidence.
The Shadow Killing Team leader’s face relaxed, and he softened his tone: “Indeed, Lin Hao must be eliminated, but there’s no need to rush. The governance of the Heavenly Demons is slow to make decisions, inefficient, and heavily internally constrained, while the treaty terms negotiated between the Heavenly Demon President and Great Song require approval by the Heavenly Demon legislature; we could drag this out, preferably until after the Heavenly Demon elections.”
“As for Lin Hao, we could take action after the East Abyss enters its Divine Sleep, which I estimate will be in about 15 to 20 days, based on what I know about the longest duration of the Abyss’ Awakening.”
The Shadow Killing Team leader narrowed his eyes: “There’s no need to strike within Luojing. Having missed this opportunity, we can still lure him out. Didn’t the East Abyss order him to find the fragments of the Abyss Divine Tablet within six months? We could set a trap using a piece of the Divine Tablet to lure him out, which should be easy for your Purgatory forces, right?”
The dragon-headed man’s expression shifted upon hearing this, they didn’t have the fragments of the Abyss Divine Tablet, but mimicking its aura was supposedly easy since it supposedly originated from the ‘Root’.