"My plan is called ’The Prince Offering His Head!’"
Le Yu surveyed the surrounding forest to ensure no one was eavesdropping. He touched the tal badge in his pocket, confird it was safely tucked away in a steel box to block communication, and leaned against a big tree, slowly speaking.
"It doesn’t sound like a proper conspiracy." Niruo said.
"I’ve already reached an agreent with the other Sword Sheaths. I promised them I would lure you to a remote place and then team up with them to surround and kill you," Le Yu said, "Although your strength is exceptional, faced with an ambush from multiple Sword Sheaths, you might not even survive the first encounter."
Having ntally prepared himself beforehand, Niruo wasn’t angered by Le Yu’s words, just like Wu Dalang after hearing Pan Jinlian confess there was poison in the potion. Instead, he relaxed, believing the other party had genuinely had a change of heart and stood on his side.
It seems forgiving him was the right move. Otherwise, during the fight, he might have led him into an ambush. At least Jin Le Yin didn’t annihilate him, and Niruo couldn’t help but feel a bit grateful towards him.
Moreover, this plan aligned with Niruo’s understanding. He knew very well that he had beco a thorn in the side of the Sword Sheaths. If Jin Le Yin united with others to take him down, they would surely be eager to comply.
Niruo asked, "So, what do you plan to do?"
"Counter their strategy with our own, ’The Prince Offering His Head.’" Le Yu made a slicing motion on his neck: "As long as you are severely injured and out of the ga, the Sword Sheaths’ understanding will collapse on its own. By then, when they start fighting each other, it will be our chance."
Niruo frowned, ", severely injured and out?"
But soon, he relaxed and understood: "You an we act out a scene?"
"Exactly," Le Yu nodded heavily: "You pretend to be defeated by my ambush, unable to continue fighting, or even escape severely injured, then the other Sword Sheaths will naturally stop focusing on you!"
"But the Shuangli Palace exam..."
"Do you trust ?" Le Yu suddenly asked, "If you trust , hand over the ones cheating on your side for to protect."
Niruo did not answer, just looked at Le Yu calmly.
"After you leave the scene, I will continue uniting and dividing among the Sword Sheaths, letting them fight each other until they are all too injured to fight anymore. By then, it will be your ti to reap the rewards," Le Yu said, "But those Sword Sheaths won’t act without assurance. If you aren’t severely injured and out, they won’t go all out on each other. Instead, they’d prefer to unite first to take down you, the ’Number One Sword Sheath.’"
"The key to my ’Prince Offering His Head’ plan is offering your ’head.’ Only this can lead to endless infighting among the Sword Sheaths. If you don’t trust , this plan can’t be discussed, because the one being offered must trust the one offering."
Niruo was silent for a mont, then evaluated, "A dark yet bright conspiracy. Impressive that you thought it up."
"Because ’The Prince Offering His Head’ is my signature move."
Le Yu folded his arms and laughed, "Half a year ago, using this move, I sacrificed my brother-in-law Zhengwu to win Zhengwei’s trust; a month ago, I used the sa trick to sacrifice Zhengwei and brought back endless funds to Yanjing."
"Interesting, so will you beco material in your own class?" Niruo actually knew about Le Yu’s elective course: "The Eight Wonders of Silver Blood?"
"Though using myself as a subject seems strange, yes, next week in class, I’ll use myself as a blueprint to let students know just how despicable I once was," Le Yu said, "If you’re interested, you can audit my class, ’The Legendary Life of Le Yin of the Three Wonders of Silver Blood.’"
Niruo: "If we et without red eyes by then, I’ll accompany the Shuangli Palace to attend the lecture."
"So," Le Yu raised an eyebrow, "you’re willing to trust ?"
"You have what it takes for to trust you once," Niruo said, "Even if you deceive , the worst I’ll lose is Shuangli Palace failing in the Eye of Omniscience exam. There will be chances to reclaim later; but if you don’t deceive , I might be able to eliminate the other Sword Sheaths, then just focus on a final showdown with you."
"High risk, high reward. If Shuangli Palace knew I didn’t partake in such a gamble, she’d give hell afterward," Niruo chuckled, "She loves taking risks. You’re right, I lack her big-picture vision... She would seize every opportunity to end the war early, whereas I only want to achieve local victories."
"If you deceive , I’ll seek the punishnt from Shuangli Palace. When we et again, we’ll be enemies, as always. Anyway, I’ve seen enough of the fickleness of the world, the warmth and coldness of human relationships, that I might not even get angry."
Niruo tossed sothing to Le Yu, who saw it was a flare.
"But if you’re not just putting on a show to deceive ," Niruo said, "then I’m looking forward to seeing how you’d summarize your life into a dramatic tale in class."
"Then anticipate it, for my life has been more thrilling than any drama."
Le Yu put away the flare, strode forward, raised his hands to the sky, spread his ten fingers as if holding a cup, his eyes glowing with a crimson brilliance, his whole body gleaming, appearing ghostly and wild.
In the rare instance of having an immobile, resilient target, Le Yu decided to use Niruo to practice Jin Le Yin’s ultimate trump card, the forbidden ultimate move of the Blood Drinking Eight Rice Flow...!
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Boom!
As a resounding explosion echoed through the forest, people near the Nightmare teaching building saw a burst of blood light from the trees. Birds took flight in terror, leaves quivered and fell, as if gods and demons were clashing!
The waiting Mie Tangya did not hesitate and imdiately used the Lingxu Step to move quickly towards the forest, only to see a blood-soaked Jin Le Yin erge.
Before Mie Tangya could speak, Le Yu, with half his face covered in blood, lifted his head and said, "Niruo has been backstabbed and severely injured by , next to leave the scene is you, Mie Tangya!"
"Wha—?"
Mie Tangya didn’t even have ti to say a word before Le Yu pounced over, his speed more swift, his form more elusive!
Though unsure of Jin Le Yin’s intentions, Mie Tangya imdiately surrounded himself with triple layers of Light Armor, shouted, and flew into a sky full of spear shadows, clashing head-on with Jin Le Yin!
Liaoyuan Combat Technique: Falling Star Charge!
However, right upon engagent, Mie Tangya felt an overwhelming pressure.
He’s strong!
Jin Le Yin has beco so strong!
His speed, explosive power, and reaction ti had all ascended to a new level, and just after a few rounds, Mie Tangya was forced back repeatedly, even pushed into the small forest!
Mie Tangya didn’t know that Le Yu was currently in perfect combat form. After biting Niruo’s blood, the passive skill of Blood Drinking Eight Rice Flow was fully activated, all of Le Yu’s attributes had greatly increased, and his Ice Blood Physique suppressed the ntal distortion and madness caused by "Blood Drinking," naturally overpowering Mie Tangya!
Even Le Yu, a master of prudence, believed himself to be number one below the Integration and Mastery stage, showing the confidence Blood Drinking Eight Rice Flow had instilled in him!
Zhen Combat Technique: Sunflower Triple Strike!
Le Yu seized an opening, landed three consecutive hits, sending Mie Tangya sprawling on the ground, then swiftly pinned him down and whispered, "Niruo has been outwitted and left the scene. Now, on the surface, only you and I remain among the Sword Sheaths, almost all others have gone into hiding. If this continues, we’ll undoubtedly be the first ones ambushed to death by them!"
"The plan now is to have you severely injured and leave the scene, then I’ll incite in-fighting among the Sword Sheaths, wait patiently for the right mont, let you co out and reap the benefits, then we will settle the score between us, that’s the plan!"
"You don’t have the intelligence to incite in-fighting, this crucial task can only be entrusted to , you’re responsible for getting injured and leaving... Brace yourself, I’m going to strike!"
"Ah!? Eh!? !?"
The fifteen-year-old Mie Tangya was bewildered, unable to process Le Yu’s words in ti, watching helplessly as Le Yu raised a fist the size of a cooking pot. He neither dodged nor defended, all he could do was cry mournfully while raising glowing arms shielded by Light Armor against his chest, pitifully saying:
"Y-you, take it easy..."
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