"What does City Lord Liu think? This question is also very important. " Gu Zheng saw that most of the people below were at a loss, but City Lord Liu furrowed his brows, as if he knew something.
When the others heard Gu Zheng say this, they all looked at City Lord Liu.
"That's right, I know a bit about this. You have to know that I'm a demon soul myself. Though I've completely left that place, there are people who feel that I can still fight for it. A long time ago, City Lord Duan and I were very good friends until one day, he came and said he found a good place and wanted to work together to open a passage out of here."
"However, at the time, I thought it was a crazy idea, so I rejected him. From that day on, our relationship began to deteriorate. This is all I know."
City Lord Liu slowly said.
Although he was still skeptical and had come here for Soul Alliance, the fact that Gu Zheng knew this bit of information made him feel that perhaps the other party wasn't speaking false information.
"How come I don't know about this plan?"
"I don't know either. It hasn't even been spread."
"Could it be that they really found a way out of here?"
When City Lord Liu's voice fell, the other city lords couldn't remain calm anymore. Even the female demon soul was the same.
Such a large plan definitely wasn't something one or two city lords could do. They might even be able to do it without leaving a trace. Since this group of people was secretly doing it, it definitely wasn't good for Soul Alliance. Otherwise, if they directly gathered all their strength, the effect would be better than sneaking around.
Even if they felt that there was no hope of leaving, they wouldn't give up if there was a sliver of hope in front of them.
"I remember now. No wonder a long time ago, City Lord had me search for an item. Though that item wasn't very precious, it was abnormally rare here. Later on, he didn't want it anymore." Another city lord suddenly remembered.
"You don't say. There was a period of time when I couldn't find it. I needed to build a sound isolating formation. I heard that someone bought it all at a high price. However, after that period of time, I found it again."
"Everyone, listen to me. It's because I personally sealed this passage from the outside. Furthermore, the remnant aura on that person's body is not very different from that of the Fiend Soul." Gu Zheng looked at the spirited discussion below and spoke loudly, suppressing the voices below.
"When everyone gathered before, I felt the aura from a few people. It was from Soul Alliance, and I'm sure it wasn't just them."
"Though you're right, I feel like you're making a mountain out of a molehill. It's not that I don't believe you, but it's too absurd...." One of the city lords suddenly said.
Gu Zheng knew that just relying on his guesses and some shallow evidence would be hard for the other party to believe. However, he couldn't let Soul Alliance fall so quickly. From Pan Xuan and Prince Feng, he knew the meaning of Soul Alliance's existence. Even if they could safely get through this, they wouldn't have enough strength to open the passageway. At the very least, they would be able to buy Shura more time.
. Of course, it was also for himself and Elder Gu.
"Think about it for a moment. Wasn't there a reason for the sudden eruption of war a while ago? Moreover, those so-called conflicts could have caused such a huge loss. In reality, without the mediation of the Alliance Master, other than a certain group of people, no one would have continued to fight recklessly."
"Just as you were about to investigate the reason, City Lord Luo sent people to gather everyone. In fact, a few days ago, he used a forceful attitude to force you to negotiate. Though it could be seen as the other party trying to mend the pen after the sheep is lost, it could also be a strategy."
"Yet, you only brought a few elites this time. The rest of the people are all gathered in their respective territories. I was just saying that if something happened to you and you were all caught in one fell swoop, Soul Alliance would be obliterated. Even if a few people escaped, it would be useless."
"Moreover, we had to be careful. If there were no problems, that would be for the best. If there were problems, it would be for Soul Alliance. There wouldn't be any losses. At most, it would be a bit troublesome."
Gu Zheng said so much in one breath, causing the city lords below to begin thinking. None of them were idiots. They were just trapped in the situation and couldn't see the outside clearly. They didn't notice anything strange. However, after a bit of thought, they all began to quietly think.
"Gu Zheng, there's a demon soul outside that says it's looking for you. There's also a Painting Soul junior that says they know you."
Gu Zheng took a deep breath. He was about to throw out his evidence when Pan Xuan suddenly came in from outside and spoke to Gu Zheng.
"Know me? Painting Soul Species? "
Gu Zheng was also puzzled. Putting aside whether or not he knew this person, this place had been sealed off. Why would the other party come here?
"Tell them to wait for me first. I'll go over in a bit." Gu Zheng said to Pan Xuan.
The most important task now was to convince these people. Otherwise, if they really waited for a pincer attack, this place would fall in a very short period of time. If not a single person escaped, they could take down Soul Alliance without shedding a single drop of blood.
Even if a few managed to escape, Soul Alliance would completely disappear. The captured Soul Alliance members would probably be brainwashed into puppet-like existences, and Soul Alliance would no longer have any restraints. They would be able to do some things without restraint.
"If I have to wait for you, how long will that take?"
Just as Pan Xuan was about to leave, a small figure suddenly emerged from the ground and complained to Gu Zheng.
"Why are you here? Just you alone? "
Although Painted Shadow had appeared without any warning, and almost no one had noticed how he had appeared here, her appearance shocked Gu Zheng even more.
Pan Xuan said it was a Painting Soul Species. If it was her, then who were the two demon souls? More importantly, why did she come here to find him? "Why can't I come?
"Why can't I come? Something big is about to happen. Wen Tianhou has already sent people here. Come with me, Gratefulness. I can bring you out safely. Also, all of us from Painting Soul, other than me and those who haven't returned, are under house arrest in the palace city. I want you to help us sneak out." Painted Shadow had an anxious look on her face, as if they would be safe with Gu Zheng's help.
"Also, Big Sister Meng Zhen, his body is infected with some filth. See if you can get rid of it."
"How could I possibly sneak all of you out from under his eyes if you can't handle it?" Gu Zhengyi said helplessly when he heard that.
"Why can't you? You already went to the small world and brought Big Sister Meng Zhen back. I think you can do this."
Painting Soul looked as if it was natural that he could do it. Gu Zheng didn't know what to say. He didn't even have that much confidence.
"I said he came in, but you didn't believe me. I hope Lord Gu doesn't get angry."
"Who knew that the little guy would have such a good relationship with Lord Gu? Moreover, he has the Dark Shadow Technique. To be honest, he let us catch him on purpose. Did he want us to escort him back?"
At this moment, Pan Xuan, who saw that Gu Zheng knew the little guy, walked in with Yan Ge and Yan Yue.
"Lord Gu!"
The siblings walked in front of Gu Zheng and greeted him respectfully.
"Originally, we sensed your aura coming back, so we came to find you. On the way, we met this guy. We thought he was a little guy who escaped, so we wanted to protect him and send him back. In the end, we found that he was still looking for you, so he led us here." Yan Yue pointed at Painting Soul.
"Fortunately, we have her. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to enter this place. There are demon souls everywhere outside. They have practically surrounded this place." Yan Ge added.
As for Gu Zheng's return, they didn't have any doubts. Even when they heard from Painting Soul that Meng Zhen was rescued by him, they only felt a little emotional. After all, it was easy for him to do the impossible.
"Okay, okay. I still have some things to do. How about this, Pan Xuan, you lead them to the small living room at the side. I'll be there in a while." Gu Zheng also wanted to tell them in detail, but it wasn't allowed now. He could only ask them to wait for him first.
"Okay, hurry up. I'll wait for you over there." Painted Shadow looked at the room full of people who were as powerful as the elders and knew that the other party had something important to do.
"Follow me." Pan Xuan said. "How did you guys come in? Isn't there a demon soul seal outside?"
"There are indeed a lot of people. But even this place can't stop them, let alone those people. But we came from the south-east side. Because there seems to be fewer people there and there aren't any strong experts there, it's easy for us to come in." Painting Soul thought for a while and said.
"Okay, let's continue our discussion."
As the door closed once more, the small secret room lost the silver light of the outside world, and a mysterious aura appeared in the atmosphere. Seeing everyone looking at him with strange gazes, Gu Zheng spoke up.
"To be honest, I trust you a little. I believe what you said." At this time, the female demon soul spoke.
"The Soul Painter Race, the traitor of the water demons. You even went to the small world and saved a member of the Soul Painter Race. Although I think this is something you purposely arranged for us to see, but as you said, no matter what we do, we will at most use up some energy and effort. There won't be any losses."
"If there's anything you need me to do, just tell me. As long as it's not too much, I, Ruochen, can promise you."
The demoness, Hun Ruochen, made a promise to Gu Zheng before sitting down again.
"I also support you. The small world isn't a place anyone can enter or leave as they wish. I admire you for this. I can see that the Soul Painter Race member isn't lying."
City Lord Liu knew a bit about the small world. Moreover, it seemed that only the water demons could go there. Yet, he came back from there.
What Gu Zheng didn't expect was that the second person to support him was City Lord Liu. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. One had to know that although the other was a demon soul, as a traitor, he couldn't rely on them again. Moreover, he had a huge reputation in Soul Alliance.
Sure enough, after City Lord Liu expressed his support for the newcomer Gu Zheng, the other City Lords, after a short moment of hesitation, directly expressed their support for Gu Zheng. Only a few City Lords hadn't expressed their opinions, but looking at the changes on their faces, it was clear that they wouldn't oppose.
Gu Zheng didn't expect the arrival of Hua Ying and the others to have such a huge effect. It saved him a lot of time and effort.
"Friend Gu, although I support you in my heart, I still have a few questions. I want to invite your friends over. If possible, I'm just curious about a few things outside." A city lord who hadn't expressed his opinion said.
"If it's too abrupt, it's fine. In reality, I agree with your actions."
"No problem, I'll invite them back. They're all my friends and won't mind." Gu Zheng quickly thought about it and said.
"I'll go. If I miss anything, you can tell me again." Madam Xue stood up and took on the simple task of running errands.
"Then I'll have to trouble you." Gu Zheng nodded.
Gu Zheng waited until Madam Xue left before asking, "When they come back, you can ask them directly. You can tell if they're real or fake. Now that everyone supports me, I'll ask you one question. With your current strength, including just you, how long can you last?"
City Lord Liu knew what Gu Zheng was planning and shook his head, "With just our strength, we can probably only deal with the enemy's hidden forces. Some of them don't know that their city lords have betrayed us and will listen to their orders. It's too easy to find an excuse."
"It's too late to go out and inform them now. The competition starts tomorrow. If my guess is correct, the enemy will definitely use this to attract our attention and make it easier for the demon souls outside to come closer and launch a surprise attack. There are still other people in charge of guarding this fortress." Ruo Chen interrupted.
"But we also have an advantage. Although so much time has passed, there are still people in charge of the fortress's maintenance. No, it's me. I can guarantee that the fortress is completely in a state of waiting to be activated. As long as there are people, we can activate the defensive formation. At least we can buy some time." Another city lord who hadn't spoken until now spoke.
"That's the best news." Gu Zheng couldn't help but say.
He originally thought that the fortress was in such a bad state that it must be the enemy's people who were maintaining it. He didn't expect that it wasn't the enemy's people.
"This news isn't that good. After all, we have too few people. If the enemy ambushes a large group, I'm afraid it won't be of any help." The city lord in charge of maintenance said.
Only then did everyone realize that they didn't have enough people. All their ideas were useless.
If they left now, they probably wouldn't be able to escape the enemy's encirclement. These three days were enough for the enemy to surround them. Of course, there was also the possibility that Gu Zheng wasn't telling the truth. Although it was a bit self-deceiving, there was still a chance.
If something happened to the enemy, it wasn't impossible for something to happen.
"If you don't have enough people, then pull them from your own city." City Lord Liu broke the silence and said something that everyone didn't understand.
"Your subordinates should be in their respective main cities, right?"
"That's for sure. After all, that's the place with the strongest defense."
The so-called main cities were their original cities. At that time, there was war everywhere. Every city's defense was extremely strong. Later on, the sub-cities that were built basically didn't have any defensive capabilities.
Everyone expressed that their troops were in their main cities. They were even in a state of battle ready to listen to orders at any time.
"That's good. I'm afraid you don't know that this fortress has other functions. And this function is only known to me and the previous two Alliance Masters. In an emergency, it can contact your main cities. It can even expend a huge amount of energy to make the enemy stand on the same plaza as you and teleport over."
City Lord Liu's words were equivalent to dropping a heavy bomb, causing everyone to be stunned. The air fell into a strange silence.
"No wonder the center of every main city has the same plaza. Moreover, most of the defense cores are placed there. It seems unreasonable, but even if the city is besieged at a critical moment, there's still a glimmer of hope." Ruo Chen said thoughtfully.
Her voice wasn't loud, but in this quiet environment, everyone heard her clearly.
"So that's how it is!"
The other City Lords came to a realization. They only knew that it was the center of the main city's defense. They didn't think that it had other functions. Almost all of their troops were gathered at the edge of the plaza.
"If that's the case, then our mission has been strengthened. Not only can we defend, but we also have the strength to suppress those who resist." Gu Zheng said with some joy.
"We can't be so optimistic. If the enemy really does that, they'll definitely seal off some areas. Most of the people here are with the Alliance Master. Moreover, we can't act rashly and alert the enemy. If they don't come over and something happens, then we're dead." City Lord Niu said from the side, pouring cold water on everyone.
"Yeah, we won't be able to split up tomorrow. We can only leave it to our subordinates. Moreover, it's simply too difficult to activate." City Lord Liu said with difficulty.
"Leave this to me. After all, we're just spectators. I have a way to escape and bring my people in. Then, I'll inform the other main cities. However, I need everyone to trust me and let your people believe in me. Only then will they be able to smoothly come over and listen to my orders." Ruo Chen stood up at this point and said confidently.
"That's not a problem." The other City Lords all said. They still had such measures.
"I still have some replenishment energy on my side that will allow you to smoothly bring those people over. Once it's over, I'll give it to you. I promise there won't be any problems."
"There's another problem. Right now, everyone here is recognized by Lady Xue as one of Soul Alliance's people. However, I believe that among those who aren't recognized, there may be some who don't know. The enemy won't tempt many people, or else they wouldn't spend so much effort to implement this plan." Gu Zheng looked at everyone and said. At the same time, he threw out City Lord Duan, City Lord Mian, and City Lord Fan. He was sure that they were the enemy's people.
"If that's the case, then it'll be a bit difficult. Once they mix in, the destruction they cause will be too great. However, the team behind them is the people we need. The demon soul side definitely won't only use a few people. Since they want to take this opportunity to get rid of us, they'll definitely attack fiercely. Relying on Thunder Sound Fortress City, we may not be able to hold on." City Lord Liu seemed to have forgotten his identity and furrowed his brows as he spoke.
Problems kept popping up one after another. However, if they didn't solve them, the consequences would be unbearable. Therefore, they had to carefully analyze the situation.
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