Published: March 7, 2025
Chapter 425: The True Strategy Without Flaws!
Chu Yang's expression was heavy and unmoving.
“As long as I retreat by tomorrow morning, your Iron Cloud army can ambush. I will immediately return to engage in a decisive battle, and I will deliver a glorious victory to you, Chu King of Hell!” Diwu Qingrou articulated each word: “That counts as a significant favor I owe you!”
“What if I say no?” Chu Yang asked expressionlessly.
“Then I will immediately lead the army back to Great Zhao. In my lifetime, although I cannot extinguish Iron Cloud, Iron Cloud will also not be able to unify the world! In that case, I will not face an imminent disaster. At least, with my Diwu Qingrou’s abilities, living for two to three hundred years is not a problem. The question is, can you, Chu Imperial Seat, afford to wait for those two to three hundred years?”
Diwu Qingrou looked up at Chu Yang, speaking slowly, word by word.
Chu Yang stood up, his face dark, slowly pacing back and forth. His brows were tightly knit!
Undoubtedly, all of Diwu Qingrou’s preparations prior to this were for this specific condition! Moreover, this condition struck at Chu Yang’s most vulnerable point!
Two to three hundred years!
If such a situation were to persist for two to three hundred years, could Chu Yang afford to wait? Absolutely not! From any perspective, he could not afford it!
But, this was the life of eight million soldiers!
If Chu Yang accepted Diwu Qingrou’s proposal, then a battle could end the war, determining who would rule the world; and he would complete the first major step in reversing the Nine Heavens! He could leave the lower three heavens and go to the middle three heavens, to the place he had longed for!
There, his beloved was still suffering and waiting for him to rescue her. There were his good brothers, fighting bravely for a shared future, and there was his master, who was eagerly anticipating his return…
Chu Yang wanted to go!
But… the cost of eight million lives was something Chu Yang could not bear! In regular wars, deaths are normal; if a great decisive battle were to happen today, and Diwu Qingrou hadn’t made this visit first, then even if Chu Yang personally killed a million, he would have no psychological burden at all!
Because that was war! An unstoppable war, it was either you die or I perish!
But Diwu Qingrou had come, and he revealed his plans and the trajectory and outcome of the war, which was equivalent to two people scheming for the same goal.
This was like two people conspiring to kill eight million!
Such a cost was something Chu Yang could not afford!
Diwu Qingrou seemed to have accurately grasped Chu Yang's urgency. After proposing this condition, he calmly awaited Chu Yang's response.
“Why do you think I wouldn’t be able to afford this time?” Chu Yang pondered and said, “Even if Great Zhao has Diwu Qingrou, you can't last for two to three hundred years! If you really retreat, in thirty to fifty years, I have absolute confidence in overthrowing Great Zhao!”
“But can you afford to wait thirty to fifty years?” Diwu Qingrou did not deny it but countered with a question. Before Chu Yang could respond, he chuckled lightly, "Ever since you came to Iron Cloud, all your methods have been swift and effective; however, they have been violent. The repercussions are significant; your methods are like thunder, but they are not the way to govern a nation.”
“All matters could actually be handled in a gentler manner, and there would be no side effects. You must know which methods to use, yet you haven’t.”
Diwu Qingrou stated lightly, “As for Great Zhao, you needn’t go there, yet you did.”
He pondered, looking at Chu Yang: “I always feel there is a strong purpose in all your actions! While I don’t know your purpose, I do know your world will not remain in these lower three heavens!”
He gazed at Chu Yang intently, and after a long moment, Diwu Qingrou stated, “You are hoping for a larger world! A world that belongs to you! So, do not say thirty to fifty years, even if it’s just three to five years, you cannot afford to wait!”