Let them offer their loyalty!-Chapter 1535 - 647: Thinking About My Saozi, Aren’t You?

Chapter 1535: Chapter 647: Thinking About My Saozi, Aren’t You?

"That’s because although the ’Tree Demon’ race has long lifespans, their talents are pretty mediocre."

"For him, the most suitable path should be staying in one place, minding his own business, quietly getting by, rather than competing for any ’Heavenly God Positional Frame’."

"So, killing the ’Tree Ancestor’ is no big deal."

After belittling Tree Ancestor, Tian Qi turned his squared-off face toward Shu Xia for a glance.

But Shu Xia clearly wasn’t all that concerned about his father’s life or death. He seemed a bit absent-minded, lost in thought.

At that moment, Golden Lion also roughly guessed Tian Qi’s attitude from his words.

So he smiled and chimed in, "The Chairman makes sense."

"Besides... based on the intel we’ve received, Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji counterattacked their pursuers right after successfully advancing to Eighth Rank."

"When they ranked up, it must have been in territory under their control. So, the pursuers they killed were most likely also in their own domain."

"Within your own zone of control, the zone lord’s strength gets buffed, immediately reaching peak status for that rank."

"So it’s no surprise Tree Ancestor met his end."

Though the ’Mist Concealers’ have good surveillance in the Northwestern Region, they’re still not humans after all.

Golden Lion could piece together these days’ intel with the changes in the Heavenly God Trial contenders list to deduce what happened, but getting the exact details was tough.

The critical bit — that Zhao Ji killed Tree Ancestor in the real world — was news to them. That ended up skewing Tian Qi’s thinking in the process.

Sure enough, after Golden Lion finished, Tian Qi nodded slightly and agreed, "If that’s the case, then their strength makes even more sense."

With Zhao Ji discussed, Tian Qi switched topics. Sitting at the main seat, he said with an imposing air, "These past few days, I’ve taken a look around all four regions."

"The Northeastern Region and the Southeastern Region seemed to have some strange events going on."

"Originally, for this Cataclysm, the Boundless Heart Sea was meant to swallow only two worlds."

"But now, it seems a third world quietly got connected."

"Some special Parasitic Creatures took the chance and invaded the Northeastern and Southeastern regions."

"The Long-Ear tribe, Skywing species, Demi-humans, and Converged Beast have been losing ground steadily these days, suffering huge losses, barely one in ten surviving."

"Only some elites and high-ups made it out alive."

"By my estimation, this disaster will probably spread to both human-held regions, and then continue on to the core area."

After hearing Tian Qi, both the White Robed One and Golden Lion subconsciously grew more serious in expression.

Tian Qi noticed, and went on imperiously, "However, for now there’s no need to worry: these Parasitic Creatures can only infest ordinary lifeforms and low-level Disaster Makers at most."

"For our rule, they’re not much of a threat."

"After all, even if they possess the low ranks, they still have to serve us to even survive."

"And... it’s due to this disaster that a lot of factions in the Heavenly God Trial have been forced to divert their efforts. For us, that’s actually good news."

He said blandly, "Not sure how many Heavenly God Positional Frames the Trial will hand out, but securing rank one on the leaderboard is definitely the safest bet."

"We’re the strongest now, with the first-mover advantage. So as long as we take the Northwestern Region, we can basically sit secure on top."

At this, he glanced at White Robed and Golden Lion, then said, "So... in a bit, call Zhi Yan back, and you three all quit the Trial and pledge loyalty to me, then consolidate your comprehensive scores into my tally."

Upon hearing this, White Robed was silent, but Golden Lion spoke up at once to remind, "Chairman. If you do that, your comprehensive score is likely to shoot up to number one."

"Wouldn’t that be a bit flashy, making yourself the target of everyone’s envy?"

Tian Qi just snorted coldly and loftily said, "A true king needs the heart to never stop charging forward."

"If you’re scared of attracting attention from other Heavenly God contenders and just hide in the shadows, you’ll never be number one!"

"Besides!" With that, Tian Qi paused, then declared with proud severity, "Even if I become public enemy number one, so what?"

"You have to understand. Even within Eighth Rank, there is disparity."

"And under Eighth Rank Peak, everyone else is just an ant!"

"A deity beneath Eighth Rank Peak can’t even survive a single attack from me."

"Even among Eighth Rank Peaks, me, Shao Hua, Kabane, and Doris are in a completely different league from the others."

"So, as long as it’s not Shao Hua, Kabane, or Doris, any other Eighth Rank Peak is no threat to me at all."

He paused again, then continued, "And don’t let the leaderboard fool you — those three may be ranked ahead of me, but our strength is actually on par."

"They just have some other advantage."

"Honestly, if I’m not afraid of the West God King, how could I be afraid of them?"

White Robed laughed and said, "Chairman makes sense. And since we’re already set on getting first place, we should aim to subdue everyone."

"You can score top-10 by cherry-picking, but you’ll never cherry-pick your way to first."

Tian Qi nodded in wholehearted agreement, then concurred, "If we want number one, every Heavenly God contender is our enemy. No need to count on luck."

When he finished, he seemed to catch the hidden meaning in White Robed’s words.

He raised his head, looked at White Robed, and asked, "Just now, you said cherry-pick into top-10?"

"What do you mean?"

White Robed blinked at this, then after a beat replied, "Chairman, you didn’t know?"

"Zhao Ji, after breaking through to Eighth Rank, has already entered the top 10 of the Heavenly God Trial leaderboard; she’s currently ninth."

Tian Qi heard that and frowned. "What did you say?"

"Top 10 already?"

He’d been on the road these days, clearly not checking the leaderboard.

Now, prompted by White Robed, his expression got heavy as he closed his eyes to review the Heavenly God Trial leaderboard.

Sure enough, at position 9, he spotted Zhao Ji.

’Zhao Ji...’ he quietly savored the name.

Tian Qi opened his eyes, and a hint of contemplation flashed in his gaze.

He looked at White Robed again and asked, "You mean... this Zhao Ji, with just Eighth Rank beginner’s strength, is now ninth in the Heavenly God Trial?"

White Robed nodded and smiled, "Yes."

Tian Qi’s brow wrinkled deeper. He said, "Do you have video on Zhao Ji? Show me."

White Robed seemed to have anticipated Tian Qi’s request. He fished in his pocket, pulling out an eyeball-shaped Cataclysmic treasure — obviously, it was Qiu Tu’s old Hundred-Eyes Vision.

With the Cataclysmic treasure in hand, Tian Qi gripped it single-handedly, closed his eyes, and started reviewing the saved footage of Zhao Ji.

The result? It was okay until he watched. Then, Tian Qi actually froze in place. If Sika were here, she could see his hand trembling slightly.

Just as Tian Qi had made his bold pronouncement that he would take first place in the Heavenly God Trial, unmatched by any hero, both White Robed, Golden Lion, and even the previously distracted Shu Xia, all focused their gazes on him.

Everyone knew Tian Qi’s personality, so his arrogance didn’t concern them in the least.

—After all, Tian Qi had every reason to be arrogant!

But the moment Tian Qi started probing into Zhao Ji, things felt off: this wasn’t Tian Qi’s usual style.

And when he asked for footage and was visibly trembling while watching it, the question marks practically lit up above their heads.

And it still wasn’t over. After reviewing the intel, what Tian Qi did next was even more unexpected.

Tian Qi opened his eyes, crushed the Hundred-Eyed Vision in his hand, and declared with grave dignity, "Withdraw from the Northwestern Region."

"Right now, we abandon the Northwestern Region and redeploy everyone to the Southwestern Region!"

"Our new goal is to secure at least second place in the Heavenly God Trial!"

White Robed’s eyes squinted into a smile at that...

While the totally clueless Shu Xia, and Golden Lion, just had question marks spinning above their heads: ??

What the hell? Why did the fearless, sky-defying, brash Tian Qi get so freaked after watching a video of Zhao Ji that he’s suddenly fleeing the Northwestern Region?

Who on earth is Zhao Ji?

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