Chapter 753: Enemies All Around, Nowhere to Hide

Tu La, Kristina, Lin Chuan, and Cha Muxue were at a loss for words. Although they knew Ye Xiu was mocking them, they were rendered speechless. After all, they truly didn’t understand functions. It wasn’t that the schools in the Eternal Kingdom lacked this subject, but that they had hardly ever attended classes.

"Let’s go!" Tu La squeezed out the words through clenched teeth.

Lin Chuan and Cha Muxue hurriedly followed.

Kristina also tried to leave but was stopped by Qin Qing. She spun around to glare at Ye Xiu and said venomously, "Ye Xiu, you’re a bastard. Sooner or later, I will personally slaughter you."

Ye Xiu raised his hand and, with a single motion, knocked Kristina unconscious from a distance.

"Take her to the basement!" he ordered.

Qin Qing nodded. Hoisting Kristina onto her shoulder, she carried her toward the basement. She knew that Ye Xiu must be in an awful mood over this matter.

At that moment, twenty Seventh Realm War Gods leaped down from the rooftops and compound walls, gathering before Ye Xiu.

Wang Jianhan asked, "Divine Doctor Ye, I know you must be in a terrible mood and that this might not be the right time to ask, but I must take the liberty: have you truly awakened the Dragon God Totem?"

Ye Xiu didn’t answer directly, instead changing the subject. "Gentlemen, there’s something I must confess. I’ve deceived you all."

"You don’t need to say it. We already know," Wang Jianhan said.

Ye Xiu was taken aback. "What do you know?"

"The 2,500 people we thought we killed that day didn’t actually die," Wang Jianhan stated.

Ye Xiu was embarrassed. I thought this was a secret, but Wang Jianhan and his group already knew. Then it dawned on me. Of course! The 2,500 test subjects live in the Abandoned City. It’s not surprising that the members of the ’Owe Ye Xiu 2,500 Lives Alliance’ would run into them eventually.

"I was partly bluffing about what I told you that day," Ye Xiu said, standing up apologetically. "For that, I apologize."

"Before today, we were indeed upset about this," Wang Jianhan said with a smile. "But after learning about your grievances with the three Judicator Families, we’re not angry anymore. We know you will surely lead us to annihilate them."

Hearing this, Ye Xiu breathed a sigh of relief. "The reason I’m confessing this to you is that I wish to give each of you two gifts."

Before Wang Jianhan and the others could ask what the gifts were, Ye Xiu continued, "Before you came to Biluo Island, my people fought the three-million-strong army of Martial Artists led by Kristina and dealt them a significant blow. In an attempt to strike back, Kristina sent people to the Golden Family to retrieve 30,000 Life Totems, which my people then intercepted."

At this, the breathing of Wang Jianhan and his men quickened. They had already guessed one of the gifts Ye Xiu was about to give them. But if the Life Totem was only one gift, what could the other be?

"A person with a Life Totem can be resurrected as long as their body isn’t completely destroyed or their head crushed. Committing suicide will awaken the First Stage of the Totem, and absorbing Spiritual Energy can awaken the Second Stage."

Ye Xiu broke into a smile. "And Kristina’s Golden Blood can not only awaken the Third Stage of the Life Totem, but it also has the effects of a Marrow Cleansing Pill, provides immunity to all poisons, and possesses many other unknown miraculous benefits."

"Today, I shall gift each of you one Life Totem and one drop of Golden Blood."

After Ye Xiu finished speaking, the faces of Wang Jianhan and the others flushed red with intense excitement.

"Divine Doctor Ye, you’re giving us such valuable gifts. How can we ever repay you?" Wang Jianhan asked.

"Help me destroy the three Judicator Families, and that will be repayment enough," Ye Xiu said with a smile. "Additionally, as you all heard earlier, the Golden Blood allows you to bear two totems. Besides the Life Totem, I will secure another totem for each of you."

This was yet another immense gift. The twenty men led by Wang Jianhan simply didn’t know how to thank Ye Xiu enough.

Led by Wang Jianhan, all twenty Seventh Realm War Gods dropped to one knee.

Wang Jianhan declared, "The three Judicator Families are not only your enemies but ours as well. I hereby declare that we vow to follow Divine Doctor Ye to the death and will not rest until the three Judicator Families are annihilated!"

The others shouted in unison, "We vow to follow Divine Doctor Ye to the death and will not rest until the three Judicator Families are annihilated!"

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Like defeated soldiers, Tu La, Lin Chuan, and Cha Muxue left the Abandoned City in dejection.

"The failure of this negotiation means rescuing the Princess will now be even more difficult," Cha Muxue stated.

Tu La remained silent. He had, of course, already come to the same conclusion.

"I have an idea!" Lin Chuan said with a sly smile.

"Oh?"

Tu La and Cha Muxue’s spirits lifted.

"Speak quickly!" Tu La urged.

"My plan has two steps," Lin Chuan said with a mischievous grin. "First, we spread the news that Ye Xiu is the inheritor of the Dragon God Totem and that his blood has the wondrous effects of Cleansing Essence and Marrow, stabilizing one’s cultivation, and enhancing strength. I believe every Martial Artist on Biluo Island, including Huang Quan, will come after Ye Xiu to get his blood.

"Second, in the name of the three Judicator Families, we’ll issue a bounty for Ye Xiu’s head throughout the entire Eternal Kingdom.

"Heh, by then, Ye Xiu will be an enemy of the world with nowhere to hide. He will have no choice but to take the Princess and seek protection from the Judicator Families."

Tu La and Cha Muxue were both excited and shocked after hearing Lin Chuan’s plan. This guy is considered the most useless among the King of the Eternal Kingdom’s many sons, good for nothing but eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling! Who would have thought he’d be so adept at scheming!

"Let’s do it," Tu La decided. "Let’s go to the harbor. Our communication device is on the cruise ship. While we’re at it, let’s ask when Taoism plans to attack the Abandoned City."

The trio rushed to the harbor at full speed. However, when they boarded the cruise ship, they were stunned.

"Where is everyone?" Tu La’s mind buzzed as he stared at the empty interior of the cruise ship.

"Could they have already infiltrated Biluo Island and be hiding in the mountains surrounding the Abandoned City?" Lin Chuan guessed.

"That must be it!" Cha Muxue agreed.

"Then Taoism will definitely attack the Abandoned City tonight!" Tu La smiled, finding a device similar to a telegraph machine in a concealed spot aboard the ship.

Kristina’s mother, Stephanie, could contact Tu La remotely using Thousand Paper Cranes, but Tu La lacked this ability and had to rely on the communication device.

After swiftly reporting the negotiation’s failure and Lin Chuan’s plan to Stephanie, Tu La waited quietly. He did not mention that his and Cha Muxue’s totems had been crippled.

Soon, Stephanie replied, "The plan is good. I’ll arrange it at once!"

Tu La concealed the communication device and said, "Let’s go. The second step of Lin Chuan’s plan is set. It’s time to execute the first."

"If we spread the news ourselves, will anyone believe us?" Cha Muxue asked.

Tu La smiled confidently. "Over sixty years ago, many Martial Artists from countries around the globe secretly pledged allegiance to the three Judicator Families. They are all on Biluo Island now. If they spread the news, its credibility will be very high."