Chapter 126: Chapter 96: We Are Here to Surrender
The utterance of the three words "Rule Deceit Embryo" made the hand of the man stroking his beard from the head seat falter.
An irrepressible look of craving and greed flashed in his eyes.
But his reason quickly suppressed the desire and avarice rising in his heart.
The woman with a long scar on her neck, sitting beside the sturdy man, couldn’t help but frown when she heard this.
"Liao Peng, can’t you think things through for once?"
"The Bizarre that contacted us and gave us this information must have run into some trouble and needs our help to solve its problem."
"Otherwise, why wouldn’t it keep something as precious as a Rule Deceit Embryo for itself?"
"Big Brother just advanced to the Mythical Tier. Even if we use our accumulated wealth on Energy Cores to raise the Level of his Deceit Beast, the Rotting Blood Corpse, to the Tenth Level of the Mythical Tier, I still think it’s best we stay out of this mess."
"The three of us have only just seized control of the Evil Blood Sect, and we’ve only managed to temporarily suppress the internal voices of dissent."
"It will take at least another year or two to take complete control and make the Evil Blood Sect a place where our word is absolute."
Liao Zhou rubbed his inch-long beard again, then placed his hands on his thighs and began to rub them.
Liao Zhou had joined the Evil Blood Sect thirty-five years ago.
It took him twenty years of hard work to reach the Fantasy Tier and become the number three figure in the Evil Blood Sect.
When he first joined the Evil Blood Sect, before he had reached the Fantasy Tier, Liao Zhou was merely Wu Kecun’s subordinate.
After slowly rising to become the sect’s number three figure, Liao Zhou began proactively reaching out to the number two, Yang Rupai.
Wu Kecun, the number one figure in the Evil Blood Sect, and Yang Rupai, the number two, had always been at odds with each other.
Liao Zhou played both sides, currying favor with both Yang Rupai and Wu Kecun, and slowly accumulated more power for himself.
Although their relationship was poor, both Wu Kecun and Yang Rupai knew that for the Evil Blood Sect to survive long-term in Starlight City’s Lower City District, they had to restrain the Bizarres who joined the sect as much as possible, preventing them from randomly attacking Guardian Beast Masters who possessed Lifebound Guardian Beasts.
But for the past decade, no matter how Wu Kecun and Yang Rupai tried to restrain their subordinates, incidents of Bizarres attacking Guardian Beast Masters and devouring their Lifebound Guardian Beasts in the Lower City District still occurred, and with increasing frequency.
Yang Rupai and Wu Kecun each assumed the other’s faction was responsible, completely unaware that Liao Zhou was orchestrating everything from the shadows.
Liao Zhou secretly arranged for the still-living Lifebound Guardian Beasts of those Guardian Beast Masters to be given to Liao Min and Liao Peng.
Liao Min and Liao Peng used these Lifebound Guardian Beasts to rapidly increase the strength of their own Deceit Beasts.
This was how Liao Min and Liao Peng, despite their mediocre Talents, were able to break through to the Fantasy Tier and get a chance to enter the Evil Blood Sect’s inner circle.
Liao Zhou, Liao Min, and Liao Peng were biological siblings.
The three of them had never had any public contact before.
Fearing that people would notice their resemblance to Liao Zhou, both Liao Min and Liao Peng used various means to alter their appearances.
As Liao Zhou’s influence within the Evil Blood Sect grew, Wu Kecun and Yang Rupai each tried to recruit the newly promoted Fantasy Tier siblings, Liao Min and Liao Peng.
Liao Min and Liao Peng went along with it and joined their respective factions.
Finally, during a drunken banquet, they took advantage of the moment Wu Kecun and Yang Rupai were most lax, and poisoned them.
Then, together with Liao Zhou, they killed Yang Rupai and Wu Kecun.
Liao Zhou’s Deceit Beast, the Rotting Blood Corpse, devoured Wu Kecun and Yang Rupai along with both of their Deceit Beasts. This allowed the Rotting Blood Corpse to successfully advance to the Mythical Tier.
Furthermore, when the Rotting Blood Corpse advanced to the Mythical Tier, its Quality also improved to Platinum.
Liao Zhou had spent thirty-five years playing a long game within the Evil Blood Sect. Now that he had finally taken control, it should have been time to enjoy the fruits of his victory.
Yet, Liao Zhou was utterly captivated by the Rule Deceit Embryo!
Ever since learning of the Rule Deceit Embryo’s existence in Starlight City, not a moment had passed where Liao Zhou wasn’t thinking about it.
Liao Zhou was well aware that the Talents of Liao Min and Liao Peng were far from outstanding; in fact, they could even be described as poor.
Over nearly twenty years, Liao Zhou had secretly funneled massive resources to Liao Min and Liao Peng, just to get their Deceit Beasts to advance to the Fantasy Tier.
’It would be impossible for me to drag Liao Min and Liao Peng any further.’
Aside from their lack of Talent, Liao Min and Liao Peng were actually very capable people.
Liao Min was meticulous and preferred stability, and she managed the Evil Blood Sect’s affairs with great care.
Although Liao Peng was impulsive, he was always able to properly handle the tasks assigned to him.
But whenever he had to make a decision for himself, he would bungle it nine times out of ten.
After pondering in silence for over ten minutes, Liao Zhou finally spoke.
"Our sister is right. The Evil Blood Sect is still full of old loyalists to Wu Kecun and Yang Rupai."
"We spent more than thirty years meticulously plotting to snatch the Evil Blood Sect from their hands."
"We can’t just kill all their old followers through sheer violence. There are too many of them."
"If we really did kill them all, the Evil Blood Sect would lose more than half its members."
"For now, it’s enough to just deal with those who openly defy me."
"As for the rest, give them a year or two. Once they see the writing on the wall, they’ll naturally come over to my side."
