Chapter 184: The Alliance between Xingdou and Xingluo
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To minimize the number of people who saw Di Tian and the Myriad Demon King, Zhu Wucheng had specially prepared a carriage.
This was a special carriage used only by the Emperor of the Star Luo Empire, and was sometimes arranged to pick up and drop off distinguished guests, so it would not be inspected when entering and leaving the palace gates.
As for the soldiers who had previously welcomed Di Tian and the Myriad Demon King to his mansion, as well as the two teams of city guards guarding the city gates, he had already issued gag orders to them and arranged for them to be stationed in a remote and uninhabited area.
He did not go too far, and gave them ample benefits when he sent them to remote areas.
The carriage stopped in the back garden of the Star Luo Imperial Palace. There were only four people present: Di Tian, the Myriad Demon King, Dai Chenghua, and Zhu Wucheng.
In fact, there were also two hidden royal family elders in the dark, both of whom were Title Douluo level, and Dai Chenghua himself had the strength of a Soul Douluo, and carried the royal family's treasure with him.
Without truly facing a Limit Douluo, it was difficult to imagine the great power they possessed. Dai Chenghua felt that this protection of his should be enough to delay for a while.
Di Tian scanned the surroundings with his mental power and noticed the two Title Douluos in the dark, but he didn't care. He just looked at the heroic man in front of him with a smile.
The two kings sat facing each other, while the Myriad Demon King and Zhu Wucheng stood behind them respectively.
"I wonder, what brings the Beast God here?" Dai Chenghua asked.
"I believe you have already learned about what happened in Spirit Hall City?" Di Tian asked in return.
"We know a rough outline. We only know that you attacked Spirit Hall City, but we don't know the details of the matter."
Di Tian explained, "Then let me briefly explain. Duke Amon, in conjunction with the people from Spirit Hall, killed the Scarlet King and the Auspicious Beast.
"The Scarlet King's position among soul beasts can be understood as your empire's general, and the Auspicious Beast, she is like my child."
"Please accept my condolences."
Di Tian stared at Dai Chenghua and said softly, "So I want revenge, revenge on that bastard Amon. I don't want to be an enemy of humans. The fact that you soul masters have hunted soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest for years without any reaction from me is the best proof.
"I don't care about those soul beasts with low intelligence. But the deaths of the Auspicious Beast and the Scarlet King are something I cannot tolerate. Just as you cannot tolerate assassins of the crown prince escaping justice, I cannot tolerate the murderer who killed the Auspicious Beast escaping punishment."
Dai Chenghua pondered for a moment and said, "Since the Beast God wants to cooperate with our Star Luo Empire, then what is the specific way of cooperation? And what can I get?
"After all, you are soul beasts, and I am a human. If our connection is discovered, I will lose a lot of support."
A smile appeared on Di Tian's handsome face, "Before I came here, I studied your human society. I know that the Heaven Dou Empire is the enemy of your Star Luo Empire.
"Spirit Hall is also your enemy in a sense, because of their obstruction, your Star Luo has repeatedly lost the opportunity to unify the continent.
"Amon is also your enemy. Through the support of the Heaven Dou Empire, he forcibly occupied that piece of land that you believe belongs to Star Luo and is disputed with Heaven Dou.
"These three are also my enemies. Since we have the same enemies, then we are natural allies."
Dai Chenghua seemed a little moved. He thought for a moment and asked, "Why do you say the Heaven Dou Empire is your enemy? Do you have any grudges with the Heaven Dou royal family?"
Di Tian shook his head, "That's not the case, but Amon is a duke of the Heaven Dou Empire. If the Heaven Dou Empire is willing to hand him over to us, then I naturally won't antagonize them, but that is clearly impossible.
"Just like your concerns about losing the support of domestic soul masters by allying with me, the Heaven Dou royal family naturally has such concerns. If he directly hands over a duke, the consequences will be even more serious.
"Since they won't hand over Amon, then they are my enemy."
After a pause, Di Tian stated the cooperation plan he had prepared long ago:
"I will launch a beast tide to attack the cities of the Heaven Dou Empire, and at the same time lead the fierce beasts to besiege Spirit Hall City, holding back Spirit Hall.
"I need you to launch an attack on the Heaven Dou Empire at the same time, also using Amon as a reason. If the Heaven Dou Empire is willing to compromise and hand over Amon to either of us, then the war will stop.
"If they are unwilling, then the war will continue until Heaven Dou is destroyed, or they are forced to compromise.
"During the war, I can mobilize a group of soul beasts to assist your soldiers as mounts, forming a cavalry. You can claim to the outside world that this was secretly cultivated and tamed by your royal family.
"All gains obtained on the battlefield during the war will belong to you. It depends on your ability how much land you can swallow from Heaven Dou.
"Because you have enough reason to attack Amon, you can avoid being suspected of colluding with me to the greatest extent.
"After all, although it may be criticized for you to take advantage of the situation when Heaven Dou is facing a beast tide, it is harmless.
"As long as there is no concrete evidence, the soul masters of your Star Luo Empire will not easily change their stance."
Dai Chenghua was very tempted. He had always coveted the Heaven Dou Empire, but he had been restraining his ambition because the gap between the national strengths of the two sides was not large.
But if Heaven Dou was attacked by a beast tide and suffered heavy losses, and Spirit Hall was held back by the fierce beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and unable to interfere with the war situation, he would be confident to tear a piece of fat from the Heaven Dou Empire.
It was even possible to directly unify the continent, fulfill the long-cherished wish of the past monarchs, and become an emperor for all ages.
By that time, even if Spirit Hall freed up its hands, it would be powerless to recover.
Although Spirit Hall was special, how could it compete with a unified great empire? Their ability to develop to their current level was inseparable from the mutual antagonism and mutual restraint of the two great empires.
And all of this would cost only turning Duke Amon, who was already on Heaven Dou's side, into an irreconcilable enemy of the Dai clan.
No matter how you looked at it, this was a profitable deal!
Although Duke Amon was powerful and had unlimited potential in the future, he was still just one person, and potential also needed time to be realized. Just prevent him from having a future, wouldn't that be enough?
By the end of the war, whether the Heaven Dou Empire compromised or the Star Luo Empire completely annexed the Heaven Dou Empire, Amon would have no place to stand in the human world or the soul beast world!
After considering for a long time, Dai Chenghua finally spoke slowly, "I agree. If our Star Luo Empire unifies the continent, I will also designate the Star Dou Great Forest as a forbidden zone for humans, prohibiting soul masters from entering it to hunt soul rings."
In order to make Di Tian more attentive to the Star Luo Empire's assistance, Dai Chenghua took the initiative to make such a promise.
"If the Heaven Dou Empire doesn't know what's good for them, I would be happy to see such a result." Di Tian nodded in satisfaction.
"Then let's end this negotiation here. After a while, I will have the Myriad Demon King bring over the soul beasts that can be used as mounts. He will cooperate with you on the battlefield." Di Tian pointed to the Myriad Demon King.
The Myriad Demon King nodded to Dai Chenghua and Zhu Wucheng.
Then, with a wave of Di Tian's hand, a ripple spread out in the space. He stepped into it, and the Myriad Demon King followed closely behind.
After their figures disappeared, the spatial ripples slowly calmed down.
This move made Dai Chenghua's pupils shrink.
Two figures in luxurious clothes suddenly appeared behind Dai Chenghua.
"Two uncles, what do you think?" Dai Chenghua asked the two old men with slight respect.
These were the clan elders of their Dai clan, and they both possessed the strength of Title Douluos. Even he, the Emperor of Star Luo, could not neglect them.
The Title Douluo on the left, wearing a cyan shirt, shook his head, "I can't see through him, but just the spatial ability he displayed at the end proves his trickiness."
The Title Douluo on the right, wearing blue clothes, had cold sweat on his forehead. He opened his mouth with lingering fear:
"Just now, I wanted to try his strength, but I was locked on by a strongenergy. Just thatenergy that locked onto me gave me a sense of fear that I didn't dare to resist. The strength of this Soul Beast King is probably far beyond our imagination.
"Your Majesty, your situation just now was actually very dangerous. If he wanted to harm you, I'm afraid even the royal treasure, the 'Red Flame Ring', would not be able to protect your safety."
"What?" Dai Chenghua's expression changed, and thoughts flashed through his mind.
Cooperation had not officially begun, and he was already considering how to deal with Di Tian after he unified the continent.
...
Leaving Star Luo City.
The Myriad Demon King asked in confusion, "Why must we unite with humans? That man named Dai Chenghua is probably not well-intentioned either. He certainly won't fulfill his promise."
Di Tian shook his head: "It doesn't matter, as long as we can join hands to deal with Amon. You should have deeply experienced the weirdness and trickiness of that bastard in the past three years. Killing him is the top priority.
"Only by making him have no place to stand and becoming the enemy of everyone can we find an opportunity to kill him. In addition, although launching a beast tide can put pressure on humans, it is also a behavior that greatly damages our Star Dou Great Forest.
"We cannot consume too much of our vital forces, especially now that we have lost the Auspicious Beast. If we can make their humans fall into internal friction, that would be the best."
Di Tian looked at the calm lake and continued: "Go to the forest and find several kinds of soul beasts that are suitable as human mounts. Then I will leave it to you over there.
"Be careful yourself. Don't let your guard down even against our allies. Humans are the most untrustworthy. I need to go to Spirit Hall City to hold back that human Limit Douluo, and I may not be able to take care of you then."
The Myriad Demon King nodded, "I will."
The best way to unite the internal is to create an external enemy. Although the Myriad Demon King had always had disloyal intentions in the past, always thinking about overthrowing Di Tian and taking his place, at this moment, he was willing to obey his dispatch and earnestly complete what he had told him to do, rather than disobeying in public and obeying in private.
On the matter of avenging the Auspicious Beast and regaining the fate of the Star Dou Great Forest, the soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest were unprecedentedly united.
All the soul beasts with more than a thousand years of cultivation violated their instincts and stopped their opposition to each other. Tigers no longer ate sheep, wolves no longer ate rabbits, and even sheep and rabbits no longer ate grass.
However, those ten-year and hundred-year soul beasts and ordinary plants and animals suffered, because soul beasts ultimately needed food. Since the upper and middle levels stopped internal friction, then the price naturally needed to be paid by these existences at the bottom of the food chain.
This was definitely a disaster for them, because those powerful soul beasts usually ate other soul beasts containing soul power, but now they suddenly switched to ordinary food, and their appetites would be astonishingly large.
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