"What are you talking about?"
Zhu Fen and Zhu Zai exchanged glances. They had never taken the identity of honoured guest of the king's estate seriously. They would not risk their lives for the King of Southern Yue, nor did they count on him to save their lives.
"Don't tell me you really think the King of Southern Yue returned to the King of Southern Yue's estate after handing the Divine Fire tablets to us! Doesn't he want to see the outcome of a battle that will affect the overall situation of the South sea? Doesn't he want to test our true strength? Perhaps he's watching us from somewhere right now! "
As Zhu Yan said that, Zhu Fen and Zhu Zai also looked around subconsciously, but apart from the dark clouds and water, they saw nothing. Whether it was the Divine Fire domain or the current Icebound domain, they both had the effect of isolating the outside from the outside.
Zhu Fen said, "Let's hope you're telling the truth. Let's give it a try!"
At the juncture of life and death, they could no longer care about their pride. Since they had already accepted their identities as subjects, taking it a step further was not embarrassing.
The three of them bowed towards the north from afar and called out, "Your majesty, please save us!"
Li Qingshan's heart sank. Sure enough, not only had they snuck over through the Silver Dragon King, but they had even become honoured guests of the king's estate. Nothing would happen to Ru Xin, right?
Above the frozen sea, the clouds continued to press down. The wind and snow continued to whistle, but nothing happened.
Zhu Yan frowned. "Could it be that my conjecture was wrong?"
Li Qingshan's eyes narrowed. Where the sea and sky connected to the north, a bright, silver star suddenly lit up. The Silver Dragon King had returned!
The three of them were overjoyed. Sure enough, the identity of honoured guest was useful.
Zhu Yan secretly let out a sigh of relief. Even the King of Southern Yue could not underestimate their combined strength. Even if he did not help them destroy the Merfolk of the South sea, he would never just watch them die.
"I never thought you mighty kings of godhood would actually serve as the lackeys of humans. You've really embarrassed your ancestors!" Gongyuan sneered.
Otherfolk did not forget their ancient glory. They all considered themselves as godfolk and looked down on other races. Becoming subjects of humans really was nothing to be proud of, not to mention the fact that during the ancient war, the violent and warlike fire devourers fought the humans and daemons the most horrifying battles.
Zhu Fen angrily snorted twice. Zhu Zai then cursed, "bitch". They were both a bit speechless.
Zhu Yan said, "Gongyuan, if this human hadn't interfered today, do you think you would still be alive? Before mocking us, why don't you look in the mirror and see what you look like? Becoming a subject of the King of Southern Yue is still better than becoming a monk's woman! "
"Who are you calling a monk!?" Li Qingshan was taken aback before realising the monk was referring to him. He could not help but fly into a rage. At the same time, he thought inside, Don't fall for their scheme to drive a wedge between us. Let's see what the King of Southern Yue is trying to do.
Gongyuan let out a soft "En" and didn't say anything else.
The "Silver Dragon King" quickly approached. When it was still a thousand kilometers away, the dragon head at the bow suddenly lit up.
An incomparably huge beam of dazzling white light flew over a thousand miles in the blink of an eye, piercing through the Extreme Ice Domain and tearing apart the thick clouds.
As if she had been struck by lightning, Gongyuan shuddered all over, and the blood drained from her lips. Whether it was the Fire Devouring Kings or her, neither of them could control a technique that sealed off a region as they pleased. By the time the Silver Dragon King launched an attack and wanted to withdraw it, it would already be too late. Originally, it had been rather difficult for her to maintain the Extreme Ice Domain alone. Now that it had been directly pierced by a terrifying technique, and she could not share the burden with the three of them like the fire devourers, she suffered a severe backlash.
Li Qingshan could not help but dismiss his final sliver of hope. However, what was even more significant was that the Silver Dragon King's attack had not targeted him and Gongyuan either. Otherwise, he would have been prepared to retreat right now.
The three Fire Devouring Kings regained their freedom. None of them were stupid, so they noticed this too.
They actually understood extremely well that the King of Southern Yue did not trust them, nor did he have any intentions of helping them destroy the Merfolk of the South sea. Otherwise, the Silver Dragon King would have never left in the first place. Right now, he had no intentions of helping them kill Gongyuan either.
"Thank you for your assistance, your majesty, the King of Yue. We will definitely repay you in the future. Let's go!" Zhu Fen clasped his hands at the Silver Dragon King in the sky and called out to Zhu Zai and Zhu Yan before glancing at Li Qingshan deeply. "Kid, I'll remember you!" Afterwards, he stepped through the thawing Gate of Divine Fire first.
Zhu Zai and Zhu Yan followed close behind, expressing their gratitude and hostility towards the King of Southern Yue and Li Qingshan respectively.
Making them subjects of humans and ask for help from humans was already their limit. If they begged the King of Southern Yue to take action again and use his connections against Gongyuan, they would not be able to afford the humiliation. Most importantly, even if they did ask for help without any regard for their dignity, they would probably just be asking to be humiliated.
"What an unexpected outcome. This Li Qingshan always surprises me. What do you think?
In the cabin of the Silver Dragon King, the King of Southern Yue crossed his arms and sat comfortably in a high-back chair. He was at ease. A series of semi-transparent images hovered before him, displaying the situation of Giant Ship island from various angles and distances.
The Myriad Poison Ancestor and Ru Xin stood to one side, watching the up-and-down battle from beginning to end. They were both calm on the surface, but their emotions constantly changed with the situation of the battle.
Even though the Silver Dragon King had flown to a distance that even a normal great cultivator wouldn't be able to detect, the detection abilities of this uncanny mechanical creation were far beyond the imagination of a normal person. Even Yin Qing's spatial concealment wouldn't be able to escape its detection.
As a moving fortress of war, their first imaginary enemy was still the king's estate that occupied an entire province. They could not afford to leave behind any weaknesses that others could take advantage of.
"Since your majesty wants to take action, why don't you be a little more direct?" Ru Xin's eyes locked onto the pitch-black sphere hovering in the air.
"One of them is your family, and the other is your lover. If I were a little more direct, their lives would be in danger!" the King of Southern Yue said in a ruminating tone.
"What do cultivators need to talk about family and love?" Ru Xin was indifferent.
"What you take them to be isn't important. What's important is what they take you to be?" The King of Southern Yue smiled.
Ru Xin wanted to say something, but the King of Southern Yue raised his hand. "Say no more. You'll know once you try it. As for your problem, you should understand it all too well with your identity. As a chess player, the most important thing is that you can't jump onto the chessboard yourself. Once you become a chess piece, you've already lost half the battle. "
He used the South sea as the chessboard, while the fire devourers and merpeople were the black and white sides.
The Kingdom of Southern Yue's strategy had always been to use Fire Melt mountain to contain the South sea, preventing the merpeople from developing in peace. Otherwise, Fire Melt mountain was not hidden in the deep sea like the Crystal palace either. If they really made up their minds, they could just destroy it!
Now that war was about to break out, the King of Southern Yue needed a stable rear even more. He did not want the otherfolk to take advantage of the war with the Green province. The three Divine Fire tablets could drastically increase the intensity of the war, leading to an extremely heavy toll on the two otherfolk races. At the same time, he would gain three more helpers.
However, he would not take part personally. If he supported the fire devourers in completely destroying the Merpeople of the South sea, not only would Fire Melt mountain become unstoppable, but the Merfolk kings who had been wiped out would definitely resent the King of Southern Yue's estate and carry out brutal revenge.
Once a third heavenly tribulation cultivator gave up on cultivation and went all out to engage in guerilla warfare and assassinations, they would be extremely terrifying. The fire devourers could hole up in Fire Melt mountain, but where were they supposed to defend against the Mist province that spanned a hundred thousand kilometers? Surely they could not all hide in the Mist capital with so many descendants of guest elders.
The Merfolk kings only needed to attack all the small and medium-sized sects indiscriminately, and they could heavily damage the foundation of the cultivation community of the Mist province, which was also the foundation of the King of Southern Yue's estate.
At the same time, even though the Cloud Sail sect did not know what was good for them, personally destroying a large sect would serve as an even greater deterrent, and it would make cultivators fear and raise their guard. It was nowhere near as effective as destroying the entire Cloud Sail sect with a gentle nudge behind the scenes.
When something happened to the chessboard and Ji Changfeng escaped, he clearly knew this was the King of Southern Yue's estate's plan, but he could only seek out the fire devourers if he wanted revenge.
The chess player was high up in the air. Everyone knew he was the one manipulating the chessboard behind the scenes, creating various situations. However, the chess pieces could only fight on the chessboard. Even if they made a wrong move, the chess player would not be harmed.
As a result, the King of Southern Yue could not just watch the three Fire Devouring Kings die here, but he would not directly become enemies with the Merfolk either. All of the hatred did not belong to him.
Ru Xin said, "It's a pity that you're still forced to personally fiddle with the chessboard in the end."
"After all, not all chess pieces will act according to the chess player's intentions. What do you think I should do with disobedient chess pieces like that?"
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