Chapter 557: Countdown (3)
Without knowing anything in advance, the single character faction would most likely send a single Mountainsea after Su Yu. No matter how much of a freak Su Yu was, he was merely as strong as a Skysoar.
Bai Ce couldn't help but wonder if they would be able to see through Su Yu's plan if Su Yu had not informed Xia Qing in advance. He was actually capable of causing a beast insurrection near Nanyuan.
They would never have imagined that he would do something like that. With the chaos near Nanyuan, Su Yu would be able to issue a mission to reinforce Nanyuan without inviting any suspicion. He had the combat strength of a Skysoar. He would be of great help to Nanyuan. Who would suspect anything?
Bai Ce said, "Honestly, I don't want to make an enemy out of Su Yu. If he ends up dead because of our betrayal, we would be in a lot of trouble as well."
The iron-winged bird gloomily said, "It's not like we're the killers. And we won't be the only students participating in the mission. In my opinion, we should take a few clueless individuals with us. Those from the Myriad Race Cult can be the ones to kill him. There is no need for our dao protectors to protect him against the cult..."
"In fact, it would be better if we bring a few individuals from the races that are close to the human race. That way, they would naturally try their best to deal with the cultists during the attack. That would create a chaotic battlefield and it would be far less surprising for Su Yu to perish in such a battlefield."
He smiled, "Su Yu himself is the one who has decided to take this risk. He is also the one organizing this mission. If he ends up killed, he can only blame his arrogance. Nobody else will take the blame.
"Even if they get an Invincible to playback the time, they won't be able to find any faults with us. It's better for us and our dao protectors to not be the ones to make the move. We should be the ones blocking the cultists instead. That way, we can show that we have indeed tried our best. The enemies have simply been too strong."
He had a clear plan as well. If they personally moved, they would die upon discovery. But there wasn't even a need for them to make a move. They only needed to put on a play.
Su Yu was relying on them for protection, but they would only focus their efforts on dealing with the cultists. For the human race, fighting the Myriad Race Cult was considered a meritorious deed. At worst, they would be forced to kill a few cultists. With that contribution, could the humans really kill them without solid proof that they had a hand in Su Yu's death?
The single character faction could be the ones to deal with Su Yu. This way, they could befriend the single character faction without taking any responsibility for Su Yu's death. They wouldn't need to fear even if an Invincible personally arrived to playback the time and investigate the death. At most, only the single character faction's assassin would be caught. That would have nothing to do with them.
The iron-winged bird said, "If Su Yu is lucky enough to survive the attack, we still wouldn't be blamed for anything. The same excuse can be used. Our hands were tied by the cultists."
He sneered, "That damn Su Yu reeks of the blood from my race. Even during his first match in the academy, he had used the blood essence of my race. I will definitely not ally myself with him."
It wasn't that he did not know about this during his previous meeting with Su Yu. But it was simply inconvenient for him to fall out with Su Yu. This Su Yu had used a large amount of iron-winged bird blood essence for his cultivation. He needed to be punished for that.
Xia Qing sighed, "I initially thought that he was worth befriending since he has a friendly attitude toward the myriad races. But during my talk with him, the contempt and indifference in his voice when he talked about his tamed beasts...originated from the depths of his heart. I suspect he's only so friendly toward us to gain the support of Principal Wan."
She was disappointed. After that talk with Su Yu, she had realized that Su Yu wasn't really sincere in befriending them.
Bai Ce nodded, "That's not surprising. He's from the multiple character faction. Just look at the fifth principal. Back then, he had also killed a lot more myriad race experts than the experts from the other factions."
During the fifth principal's era, the multiple character faction had slaughtered countless myriad race cultivators for the large amount of resources they required for their cultivation. At the very least, they had killed a lot more than the single character faction.
Thus, for the myriad races, the multiple character faction members were basically terrorists. In fact, Su Yu's friendliness toward them was actually quite abnormal. His attitude toward them was probably only for the sake of obtaining Xia Qing's help.
"Hong Tan's hands are also dyed red with blood. I heard that thousands of myriad race experts had perished in the Wentan Research Center..."
One after another, they spoke. And one reason after another was given to stand against Su Yu. In truth, they had already decided on what they wanted to do. This meeting was only for the sake of finding proper excuses for their choice.
The single character faction was more powerful. It was only natural that they picked the single character faction. More importantly, the single character faction was backed by Great Zhou.
Meanwhile, people like Hong Tan and the other multiple character factions shared a lot of similarities with Xia Longwu. They only believed in slaughter.
If a minor race dared to get in their way, slaughter was the answer.
If a major race dared to get in their way, slaughter was the answer as well.
On the other hand, even after being in power for 50 years, the single character faction had not killed too many myriad race experts. At the very least, they were much milder toward the myriad races than the multiple character faction. Naturally, these foreign students would not say anything about how the single character faction treated their fellow humans.
These foreign students were clear about one thing. No matter how friendly the multiple character faction appeared, they might not be sincere. Perhaps they were only forced to do so due to their decline.
After a short silence, Xia Qing asked, "So have all of you decided?"
The others exchanged gazes before nodding.
Yes.
Xia Qing looked at the others. Including her, there were five of them.
"We'll get a few pro-human fellows to come with us as well, but don't leak anything to them. To fawn on the humans, those fellows would definitely not hold back when the cult attacks."
Xia Qing inhaled deeply. With several Mountainseas providing cover for them, she was not afraid that the contents of their conversation would leak.
She said, "We won't be making a move against Su Yu. But we won't be helping him either. We can only make Su Yu believe that we are his allies. That is the biggest help we can give the single character faction."
After a short silence, Bai Ce asked, "Would the single character faction make a move?"
Xia Qing asked, "What do you think?"
"They would." Bai Ce nodded. There was no doubting that. As long as Su Yu remained alive, they would forever be forced to bow before him.
This was a risk that they would be willing to brave.
"There you have it."
Bai Ce said, "Would the academy interfere? Since we can see that the single character faction would attempt something, how about the academy? How about Great Xia?"
It was clear to them that Su Yu was quite worried. He wouldn't have invited Xia Qing even after getting himself a Mountainsea beast otherwise.
Xia Qing smiled, "That has nothing to do with us. The single character faction will have to deal with it themselves. If they are too incompetent to achieve their goal, they can't really blame us, right?
"If they are capable enough, they would definitely be able to do something to keep the academy and Great Xia occupied. If the single character faction ends up not making a move, then we can simply use this as a chance to sell Su Yu a favor."
"How about the ruin?"
Xia Qing smiled, "If Su Yu is dead, what's the issue of us getting something out of the ruin? Is the single character faction going to expose us? We're only going to leave after a single harvest. The single character faction can have the entire ruin. Are they going to turn on us because of something like this?"
The others nodded. A look of yearning covered their faces. An ancient ruin of the human race. These ruins were the foundations of Invincibles. These ruins were invaluable.
Xia Qing took out a voice transmission talisman and said, "If nobody objects, I'll contact them."
The others exchanged gazes again before nodding. An agreement had been reached. With a deep exhale, Xia Qing activated the voice transmission talisman.
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At the same time.
A voice transmission talisman on Zhou Pingsheng's body vibrated. When he noticed that it was a talisman connected to the Foreign Students Faculty, he frowned. He had warned them to not contact him unless it was something important.
But after checking the message in the talisman, his eyes flickered. A baleful aura erupted from his body. How courageous. At a time like this, that kid still dared to leave the academy?
"A ruin..."
Su Yu was going to his ruin and increase his strength.
"He is the culprit behind the recent chaos in Nanyuan."
Zhou Pingsheng was quite surprised. He had not expected this. He even felt some lingering fear when he thought about the Mountainsea beast the foreign students had told him about. Fortunately, they had notified him in advance.
Otherwise, he might end up underestimating Su Yu and going alone. That would only get him killed.
"That little bastard probably believes that I'll be going alone. Is he trying to use this chance to kill me?"
Zhou Pingsheng couldn't help but suspect this. After all, he had the deepest grudge toward Su Yu.
Generally, Mountainseas would not be deployed against someone at Su Yu's level. And it was very likely that he would be the one to make a move against Su Yu outside the academy. At that time, he would definitely be killed by the Mountainsea beast.
"Not only is he bringing his Mountainsea beast with him, but he has even contacted Xia Qing. So he intends to leave with two Mountainseas. How cautious."
That was a level of security befitting of someone like Xia Huyou. This Su Yu sure placed a lot of importance on himself. But there wasn't anything wrong with that. After all, Su Yu himself knew how much the single character faction hated him.
"Good thing I'm already aware of this..."
Zhou Pingsheng was feeling quite alarmed. If he blindly set off with a few Cloudbreach cultivators, all of them would be completely helpless.
An ominous glint flickered in his eyes.
Di Feng was dead. None of their students dared to challenge the top 100 anymore. His dream of becoming the head manager had been crushed. His proud student had died. And he had even lost a large amount of money. Everything had been going bad for him ever since Su Yu had appeared.
His status in his own faction had been dropping continuously. And with his teacher in seclusion, his status was under further threat. In fact, he had already lost the respect of everyone in his faction.
And Su Yu was the reason. He must kill Su Yu.
"Two Mountainseas? Heh."
He sneered with derision.
Su Yu was still too green. How could that kid believe that the foreign students would help him? He had actually trusted Xia Qing? How naive.
No matter what, Xia Qing was the princess of the cloud tiger race. Would she sacrifice the benefits of her race for his sake? Dream on. Wouldn't it be better for her to befriend the single character faction instead of Su Yu?
"You're dead, Su Yu."
Zhou Pingsheng laughed. He stood up and prepared to leave. He needed to look for Elder Sun and the other elders. Since Su Yu would be protected by a Mountainsea beast, he would need to get some help.