Infinite Professions-Chapter 86 - 16: The Ultimate Stratagem

Meanwhile, outside of Wudu.

In a dense forest, several people gathered atop beasts.

"Nangong Tianming has long since left, and now in this Wudu, only Zhang Xuanming and Chen Luojun, two Lord-level Spirit Masters, remain. Even if Li Taiyi left some backup plan, it would at most be a few Tier Five Spirit Beasts. How many can the two of them control?"

A middle-aged man dressed in King’s Spirit Armor, entirely enveloped in fiery red, even his hair and beard resembling burning coals, sat atop the back of a king-species Tier Five Spirit Beast, his eyes fiery as he gazed at the gathered few: "In my view, we should attack the city now and uproot Li Taiyi’s foundation!"

"No!"

Upon hearing this, the others shook their heads.

"Li Taiyi is no ordinary person, with hopes of advancing to Emperor-level and even the strongest Emperor Spirit. If we don’t remove him first, breaking through Wudu will lead to repercussions we can’t handle."

"Correct, the Martial Country is right here; we can attack anytime, not necessarily now."

"Shentu Lang, I know your Fire Country harbors deep hatred against him, but this matter must not be handled recklessly."

"Let’s wait for news from the Flame Emperor, and confirm Li Taiyi’s removal before proceeding." 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

The lord-level figures, seated high on Spirit Beast backs, seemed unmoved by Shentu Lang’s proposal.

"Hmph!"

Shentu Lang snorted coldly, aware of their mindset, and immediately began to mock: "Saying my Shentu family harbors deep hatred against him is indeed correct, but are you all really amicable with him, not interfering with each other’s affairs?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

The group fell silent upon hearing this.

"Hmph hmph hmph!"

Shentu Lang sneered more intensely: "For years you’ve witnessed his actions alongside the Martial Country, do you think he won’t hold today’s incident in his heart and won’t seek revenge in the future?"

"Even if, hypothetically, he is magnanimous, not concerned about your act of encircling his nation’s capital, what about the future? Will he stop? Will he let the Martial Country stagnate?"

"Don’t be naive, you still believe he’s the ignorant, naive Li Taiyi from years past, believing that if you don’t act against him today, he won’t act against you in the future?"

"Can you really not sense his ambitious spirit that beats vigorously!?"

Shentu Lang surveyed the crowd with a sinister cold smile: "If you really think this way, truly can’t feel it, then I have nothing more to say. Just hope you won’t regret making the same mistake eighty years ago, repeating it again eighty years later. Ha!"

The crowd remained silent upon hearing this.

After a long time, someone finally spoke: "King Shentu, there’s no need for such dramatics. We know full well his ambitions; today’s siege is merely to force him to appear. If he doesn’t, then our attack is pointless. Isn’t that right?"

"Yes, yes!"

"The Flood Dragon King’s words make sense."

"Let’s wait for him to appear first."

The group, upon hearing this, unanimously agreed.

"Hmph!"

Shentu Lang snorted coldly: "Without any movement, just posturing, how can he appear? Do you truly believe he’s as short-sighted and foolish as a mule?"

"You...!"

Several people’s faces changed and were about to express anger.

"Buzz!!"

A buzzing sound interrupted, and Shentu Lang lowered his head, extracting a crystal stone, infused his Spiritual Thought into it, then his expression changed dramatically, stunned on the spot.

"This...?"

Seeing his expression, the crowd exchanged glances, all eyes filled with suspicion.

At that moment...

"Good!!!"

Shentu Lang slapped the table excitedly, eyes blazing as he looked at the crowd: "That Li Taiyi indeed went to Rage Sea Tide, trying to tame the Golden-Winged Roc, ended up exhausting himself in the Rage Sea Tide, blocked by my country’s sovereign, Flame Emperor, concluding with two Emperor-level Spirit Masters from the Sky Kingdom executing him."

"This...?"

"Is this really true?"

The crowd was stunned upon hearing this, all eyes fixated on Shentu Lang.

"Could it be false?"

Shentu Lang coldly retorted: "Today marks the time for my Shentu family to repay with blood. My friends, let’s attack the city; with its various wonders and unknown breeding techniques, it has seized countless wealth from us over the years. Today, we’ll have him cough it all up."

Having said this, he intended to urge his Spirit Beast beneath.

"Hold on!"

But someone still stopped him: "There’s no rush; after all, Li Taiyi is already dead. A small Wudu, we can take it anytime. Let’s wait for complete confirmation, ensuring foolproof certainty before proceeding."

"Hmm!?"

Shentu Lang’s eyes narrowed: "You say this as if suspecting me of false news?"

"I don’t mean that, King Shentu is overthinking."

The person remained unafraid: "This matter is of great importance, so it’s better to be cautious. Isn’t that right, everyone?"

"This..."

"King of the North Wind makes sense."

"Better wait a bit longer."

Upon hearing this, the group agreed, unwilling to join Shentu Lang in action.

"Hmph!"

Shentu Lang snorted coldly: "Then you wait, I’ll go myself, but let me say upfront, the treasures from Wudu, whoever’s hands they end up in, are theirs, don’t come asking me for them afterward!"

After speaking, regardless of the crowd’s reaction, he spurred the Flaming Qilin Horse under him, transforming into a Flying Fire Meteor, and with the power of a monarch, led a large number of fire-attributed spirit beasts, fiercely charging towards Wudu.

"This..."

"Shentu Lang!"

Seeing him act so decisively, several kings were also startled, and then fell into hesitation.

To go or not to go?

If they go, the news hasn’t yet come through. If they believe Shentu Lang’s one-sided words and destroy Wudu, then if Li Taiyi isn’t dead, the fierce retaliation will be something they cannot withstand.

But if they don’t go, with martial country’s cement and other strange items, and those edible spirit beasts cultivated by mysterious techniques, they have earned unknown fortunes through commerce across continents these years. If Shentu Lang takes advantage of this, claiming it all for himself...

The few kings were full of hesitation on their faces, with more concerns and unwillingness in their hearts.

But ultimately, greed overcame reason.

"Let’s go!"

"That wealth in Wudu can’t be monopolized by Shentu Lang alone!"

"Why worry? We’ve all hidden our identities; even if Li Taiyi isn’t dead, he won’t know who is responsible for tonight’s events, and retaliation will be impossible."

"It’s been eighty years, Li Taiyi has advanced to monarch; this is the last chance. If we don’t seize it, by the time he becomes an Emperor Spirit, the martial country will be unshakeable."

"Let’s risk it!"

The few Lord-level Spirit Masters, unable to suppress the greed in their hearts, soared into the air, following Shentu Lang’s steps, attacking the fully locked-down Wudu.

"You guys..."

King of the North Wind stood in place, watching the few people vie in pursuit, angry yet helpless. Finally, he clenched his teeth: "Let’s risk it!"

After speaking, he spurred his spirit beast to rush to the battlefield.

"Rumble!"

With the actions of several monarchs, around Wudu, in the dark mountain wilderness, countless spirit lights lit up, one spirit beast after another ran out, like streams converging into rivers, rivers rushing into the sea, forming a torrent of beast tide in an instant.

Such a tide isn’t just from one side, but from all directions, wild beast tides rushing towards Wudu.

A Tier Four spirit beast is the lord, able to control spirit beasts of the same kind and attribute, forming a spirit beast tribe, even a spirit beast legion.

Tier Four is already like this, let alone Tier Five, the word monarch alone should clarify, as long as there’s no other monarch, a single Tier Five spirit beast can control all uncontracted spirit beasts in a region, stirring up a mighty beast tide.

Now it’s exactly like this, including Shentu Lang, several Lord-level Spirit Masters launched an attack, their Tier Five spirit beasts also leveraging monarch power, mobilizing hidden surrounding spirit beast tribes, wildly attacking Wudu.

Beast tide, beast tide!

Thousands and tens of thousands of spirit beasts surged like tidewater, flooding towards Wudu from all directions.

"Enemy attack!"

Wudu reacted immediately, with ear-piercing alarms sounding, the spirit beast legion guarding the capital and Spirit Control Guard Team moved accordingly, forming battle formations to defend the capital from all directions, using beast tide to counter beast tide.

Wudu has no walls, it can only defend like this.

"Die for me!"

Shentu Lang led the charge, the Flaming Qilin Horse under him activated combat skills, a Flying Fire Meteor blasted into the urban area, while closely monitoring the rear, heart full of urgency and anxiety.

He did not know, in the Sky Kingdom, what happened to cause the fire elemental spirit crystals worshipped by the family to shatter, bringing the death news of his father, Flame Emperor Shentu Yu.

But one thing he’s certain of, this news is absolutely true, absolutely, absolutely not his doing.

His father, Lord of the Fire Country, Emperor-level Spirit Master Shentu Yu, and the Tier Six Monarch Immortal Vermilion Bird, really fell in the South Sea, fell at the hands of Li Taiyi.

Fire Country, Shentu Family, is at a critical point of survival.

Therefore...

"Here they come, here they come!"

"Hahaha!"

"Li Taiyi, even if I can’t kill you, I want to destroy your capital and undermine your foundation!"

"A bunch of shortsighted fools, since you like harboring a tiger to cause trouble, then experience the wrathful claws of this fierce tiger."

"Kill, kill!"

Feeling the few streaks of light catching up from behind, a hint of mad pleasure flashed in Shentu Lang’s eyes.

That Li Taiyi got the power of the Emperor Spirit, even his dad, Flame Emperor Shentu Yu, was not a match, then consequently the Fire Country and Shentu Family, which have been long-standing enemies, will definitely face fierce reprisal, possibly even facing the threat of extinction.

At this time, what can he do, as a mere Lord-level Spirit Master, what can he do?

Naturally drag others down with him!

As long as tonight Wudu is breached, Li Taiyi’s adversaries of life and death will not only include the Fire Country nor only Shentu Family.

Though still bearing the brunt, with these people sharing the burden, even involving the Three Great Kingdoms and Spirit Control City to join, then maybe Shentu Family will have a chance to survive.

At worst, it’s good to delay some time, allowing the family to relocate, right?

"Kill!"

With such thoughts, Shentu Lang became even fiercer, transforming into a Flying Fire Meteor, crashing into the city of Wudu.

"Shentu Lang!"

A powerful shout, wind and thunder come forth, it is Wudu’s general Chen Luojun: "Your opponent is me!"

After saying this, he collided with Shentu Lang and the Flaming Qilin Horse.

On the other side, Zhang Xuanming also rushed out with the Wind Thunder Eagle King, intercepting a Lord-level Spirit Master who hid his appearance.

"All citizens, immediately disperse and retreat into the Wind Thunder Mountain Range."

"Spirit Control Guard Team and Spirit Beast Legion, engage fully, whatever happens, don’t let them break into the city."

"Kill!!"

All of a sudden, sounds of killing arose, spiritual qi and light and fire shot to the sky, illuminating countless exotic beasts and soldiers.