Chapter 226

The great army set out, and this decisive battle between the Wrath Father God Domain and the Dian Fire Goddess finally erupted.

And Li Cheng also finally completed his own final step of the plan —

Extracting the regenerative power from the demon race bodies within Hengshui Camp and injecting it into the bodies of the Flash Strike Elite's dragon-phoenix twins.

By this point, he could use this regenerative power, combined with the dragon-phoenix twins, to manipulate these people's behavior.

Plus, with the demigod power he borrowed from the Wrathful Father God, he could silently send these people on their way, making them become part of the Human Body Forging Array.

Inside the tent, the holographic projection screen responsible for monitoring the battle situation was already open.

The True Mother Goddess sat in the side seat, watching the battle situation with great interest.

Upon seeing Li Cheng enter, she coldly laughed twice, turned her head away, and no longer paid him any attention.

Ordinarily, when she came to Wrath's place, she would sit in the main seat.

Unexpectedly today, she was actually sitting in the side seat.

From this trip to the Wrath Domain until now, the True Mother Goddess felt that not a single thing had gone her way; every minute and every second she lived in humiliation.

But it didn't matter; these humiliations were about to end soon.

This battle would decide the universe! Afterwards, she could immediately leave this heartbreaking place, unseal the divine artifact, obtain the strongest divine power, and reach the peak of her life.

And then, she could promulgate laws and establish an era belonging to herself.

Finally, she could realize...

That wish which had spanned countless ages, always taking root and sprouting in her heart, growing into a towering great tree.

Thinking of this, she clenched her fists, revealing a bright and gentle smile.

One had to admit, that smile was very good-looking, and also very gentle.

Even Li Cheng couldn't help but take a few extra glances.

The True Mother Goddess was vastly different in temperament from the women Li Cheng had met ordinarily.

How to put it — she had a kind of dignified, poised and natural temperament, like that of a scholarly family background.

Especially those glasses perched on her nose bridge, and the occasional motion of pushing her glasses up, always gave Li Cheng the feeling of facing a teacher.

And her purple long hair added a few points of vitality and charm, giving her, beyond the dignity, a few more points of a married woman's allure.

A married woman teacher, huh... Li Cheng blinked his eyes.

In the real world, Li Cheng had always believed that thirty-year-old married women had just as much charm as eighteen-year-old girls.

Girls won with their delicate bodies, soft frames, and pure hearts, while married women excelled at taking care of people and better understood men's hearts.

And among all women possessing married woman allure, the high-and-unattainable flower type was the most alluring.

Ordinarily high above everyone, haughty and arrogant, with an appearance that no one could touch her, undisguised contempt for all males around her.

Always believing there was no man in this world worthy of her.

And when such a lady's defenses crumbled, willingly striking various poses, biting her lip in humiliation, covering her face — that was also when their charm reached its peak.

Generally speaking, Li Cheng would call this kind of high-and-unattainable flower's fall "the beauty of contrast."

He now felt some anticipation — what kind of contrast beauty would this True Mother Goddess lady display after losing everything?

"What are you looking at? Such a disgusting gaze."

Seemingly sensing Li Cheng's peeping, the True Mother Goddess turned her head, pushed up her glasses, and undisguisedly displayed her contempt.

Ever since being played by Li Cheng once, she no longer disguised herself.

Although originally she hadn't disguised herself for long either.

"Nothing, I was just thinking — if this battle is lost, that would be troublesome." Li Cheng spread his hands: "After all, the entire elites of both our sides are pressed in there."

"Hmph, as long as the deployment map you gave me is real, then I absolutely cannot lose." The True Mother Goddess tilted her head up, looking at him provocatively: "What, Father God Sir, do you also want to share in the merit?"

"Hehe, beg me. If you beg me, I can share a portion of the command authority with you~"

"True Mother Goddess Adult, please deliberate your wording."

Li Cheng hadn't spoken yet, but the Prime Minister Lu Yi at the side couldn't bear to watch anymore.

He stared at the True Mother Goddess, his gaze icy cold.

This command authority originally belonged to the Wrathful Father God Adult; he kindly yielded it to you, yet you actually turn around and mock him.

If you weren't one of the Abyss Seven Gods, and I weren't your opponent, I would definitely throw you into the dungeon and charge you with the crime of great disrespect.

"Hehe, what are you, that you dare accuse me?" The True Mother Goddess showed no intention of restraining herself; her gaze behind the glasses met Li Cheng's: "This command authority is something your master gave me in the contract; if I don't want to give it, no matter what methods you think of, you can't take it back."

"Come on, if you want merit, then beg me, kneel down and beg me, maybe I'll slightly consider it."

"You!" Lu Yi was furious to the extreme, his hand unconsciously gripping his staff tightly.

Seeing this scene, the True Mother Goddess only felt her mood improve considerably.

She had always been in a high position, yet now she was played with in all sorts of ways by Li Cheng; this time, she finally vented a mouthful of evil resentment.

"No need; this command merit, I don't want it. As long as Mother Goddess Adult doesn't forget what you promised to give me, that's fine." Li Cheng said with a smile.

The True Mother Goddess's face instantly fell.

【You made the True Mother Goddess feel humiliation; humiliation converted to pain; your Pain Points +10001】

She clenched her fists, her chest heaving up and down continuously from her breathing, her beautiful toes rubbing up and down continuously inside her shoes, feeling as if she were stepping Li Cheng under her feet.

Simultaneously, in her heart she kept saying:

"Don't get angry, don't quarrel with this newly risen Dong Xi."

"I'm about to win."

"He's about to become my slave..."

"Wait... why does he have zero interest in this merit?"

While the True Mother Goddess was saying this, she seemed to suddenly think of something, her eyes trembling.

She pushed up her glasses, looking at Li Cheng with suspicion.

Although Big Boss had already gained a lot in this transaction, there was no need to harbor any crooked thoughts anymore.

But Dong Xi's way of thinking had always been different from ordinary people.

Who knew if he was just brain-sick, insisting on finding an opportunity to screw himself over? The True Mother God unconsciously grew nervous.

But after thinking for a moment, she still couldn't figure out how this guy intended to screw himself over.

Tampering with his own deployment map was written into the contract, and deliberately seeking opportunities to frame himself was also written into the contract.

Surely the contract magic couldn't be ineffective against him, right? Impossible, absolutely impossible; the laws of the contract were laws even the Great Will had to follow.

Wrath Father God definitely couldn't avoid it...

"It seems I was overthinking."

Thinking this, the vanguard main force within the light screen finally arrived at the first outpost on the deployment map.

This position was located on a mountain cliff at the border between the Shadowlands and the Wrath Father God Domain, deserving to be called the bridgehead among bridgeheads, named Dragon Scale Mountain Ridge.

But according to what the deployment map said, Dian Huo had not stationed too many troops here.

If they attacked with a large army, they could take it down in an instant.

Seeing the main force arrive here, the True Mother God's heart clenched all at once.

She unconsciously glanced at Big Boss, but only received a sunny, cheerful smile.

"A disgusting smile," she commented.

The battle was on the verge of breaking out, but ended very quickly.

Less than half an hour later, the True Mother God's confidant and female strategist bowed with clasped hands toward the light screen: "Mother God Sir, mission accomplished; Dragon Scale Mountain Ridge has been taken!"

"Just as described on the deployment map, there are not many Dian Huo clones here!"

"Good, very good!" The True Mother God's heart relaxed slightly, and she continued to command: "The entire army continues the expedition; according to the deployment map, before sunset, take the entire Northern Front, and absolutely do not let Dian Huo react!"

"Yes!"

The female strategist nodded in assent and once again led the great army on a rapid march.

Thus, the Allied Forces of Wrath and the True Mother God advanced at extreme speed; wherever they passed, not a single outpost or camp had the strength to resist even one exchange.

Before evening arrived, most of the northern territory of the Shadowlands had already been absorbed by the Allied Forces.

And they hadn't even had time to send out intelligence reports.

As long as they advanced to Dian Huo's old home, the Deep Secluded Cave, the Allied Forces could produce the prepared sealing ritual tools to seal Dian Huo, forever preventing him from emerging from the cave.

By this point, the great matter was accomplished.

Inside the tent, the True Mother God looked at this exaggerated victory, and the heart she had been holding in suspense finally let down.

It seemed she had been overthinking; that early-rising Dong Xi had not played any tricks on the map.

"Hmph, Wrath Father God, you are quite honest." The True Mother God gave a cold laugh, her forced smile once again changing into the face of a victor:

"Since you haven't done anything disgusting, this palace can give you another opportunity; if you give up demanding what I promised you, and say a few nice words to this palace, then this palace can share a small half of the military merits with you, hehe, letting you have a bit of a sense of participation, how about it?"

"You should be clear that now it is a situation certain to be won."

Hearing these words, Prime Minister Lu Yi was also tempted.

He drew close to Big Boss and whispered: "Father God Sir, now, agreeing to the Mother God's conditions would be advantageous for us."

"Times have changed; since this is a war we can win one hundred percent, we have no need to hand over the credit to others."

Big Boss sat without expressing agreement or disagreement, lightly tapping the table.

Opposite him, the True Mother God's ears had already pricked up.

Actually, at this very moment, the True Mother God no longer cared about the ownership of those two relics.

After all, in her view, after winning this war, Wrath Father God would already be a dead man.

After she unsealed her power, the first one she wanted to kill was Wrath Father God.

But she still put forward the requirement of this transaction.

Otherwise, she just wanted to see Wrath Father God suffer humiliation.

You trampled on me for so long, humiliated me for so long; it's time I trampled on you too, and insulted you, right?

Quickly restore your usual simp appearance,

you piece of early-rising scum! But Big Boss still did not express his stance, merely looking at her indifferently.

That sunny smile made the True Mother God cold laugh repeatedly.

Hehe, this Wrath Father God is still pretending, still pretending! Back then, I gave him a divine artifact that could only be used after death, and he acted as if that thing was extremely useful.

Now, clearly he longs for this credit beyond measure, yet he acts as if he doesn't care at all.

Hehe, you really can pretend, Wrath Father God.

But no matter how you pretend, I can already smell the covetous scent emanating from you!

Just then,

A female Demon Race member observing the light curtain shouted loudly: "Not right, Mother God Sir, the marching route is not right!"

"What?" The True Mother God furrowed her brow.

"According to the marching map, Strategist Sir should first lead the main force to the two altars on the East Side and Western Side, and dismantle Dian Huo's two cores!" the herald shouted:

"But now, Strategist Sir has ignored those two places and headed straight for the Shadowlands!"

"If this continues, if this continues... they won't be able to weaken Dian Huo!"

"They want to directly confront Dian Huo at his peak state!"

"What did you say!" The True Mother God's eyes trembled; the mockery on her face vanished, replaced by rare panic.

That was Dian Huo at his peak state, that terrifying flame capable of burning everything to ashes! An enemy even the True Mother God was unwilling to confront.

And now, her soldiers actually wanted to challenge that earth-shaking power?

Are you crazy?

"Strategist, Strategist, what are you doing? Stop, stop right now, act according to the plan!" The True Mother Goddess hurriedly picked up the communicator and shouted at her own strategist.

"Lady Mother Goddess, it won't work, we cannot go to those two places!" On the other end, the female strategist answered the call: "We just found out, those two places have heavy troops deployed, they are traps waiting for us to walk right in!"

"Traps? Wait, where did you get this intelligence?" The True Mother Goddess looked at Li Cheng. "We interrogated prisoners of war, all the prisoners' accounts are identical! The altars on the Western Side and East Side are the graveyards Dian Huo prepared for us!" The female strategist shouted:

"We've been tricked, the Wrath Father God's surveyor, has been tricked!"

"No, you wait first, Strategist, wait a moment!" The True Mother Goddess only felt her scalp go numb.

She looked at Li Cheng, breathing deeply: "Wrath, you speak, what exactly is going on? Could your surveyors have made a mistake?"

"Heh, is that the attitude for asking questions?" Li Cheng, however, propped his chin on his hand with great interest and said blandly: "You're not even willing to call me Father God once."

"..." The True Mother Goddess forcibly suppressed the urge to beat Li Cheng to death and said urgently: "Father God, is it possible there's a problem with your survey?"

"Absolutely impossible." Li Cheng said blandly: "This survey, this old man went personally, those two altars have no traps whatsoever."

The True Mother Goddess nodded: "You heard that? Strategist, battle plan unchanged, go to the two altars!"

"Lady Mother Goddess, have you still not figured it out?" The female strategist on the other end spoke resolutely: "Wrath Father God, is not trustworthy! Who knows if that trap was laid by Dian Huo, or by him!"

"Watch your words!" Prime Minister Lu Yi shouted angrily: "I can take what you just said as your True Domain declaring war on us?"

"... Strategist, watch your words and deeds." The True Mother Goddess gritted her teeth, at this moment, she also couldn't be sure.

Fairly speaking, she also had no way to be one hundred percent certain that Li Cheng wouldn't screw her over.

But, I signed a Contract with him.

A Contract cannot be bypassed...

The True Mother Goddess rubbed the hem of her Long Robe with her fingers, looking at Li Cheng; whenever she encountered a problem she couldn't figure out, she would make this little gesture.

Wait, although the Contract cannot be bypassed, Memory can.

What if Wrath Father God, from the very beginning, modified his own memory, making him believe the map was real, but in fact, that map was simply fake? What if, from the very beginning, he had already prepared to screw himself over?

Using this kind of method, one could bypass the Contract's Limitation...

Click, click, click...

The True Mother Goddess's heart pounded wildly.

This tension made her recall that day countless ages ago, recall the day she escaped back from inside the Abyss Will.

That was the regret of her life, and also the lifelong yearning of her life.

She looked at Li Cheng, continuously swallowing saliva.

If it were before, she would absolutely not believe Wrath Father God would dare screw her over on this kind of thing.

But now, she wavered.

Everything this man displayed this time was completely different from before.

A person's nature absolutely cannot change drastically, unless he was possessed.

And in the Tianming World, possessing an Abyss True God? That's simply impossible!

So, there is only one answer.

Everything before was Wrath Father God's disguise.

He hid it extremely deep, deep enough that all the other True Gods didn't see his ambition! Since that's the case, then this time...

In a trance, the True Mother Goddess recalled the bits and pieces with Li Cheng.

"Wait..."

"How do I feel..."

"He deliberately gave Command Authority to me..."

In this instant, all the irrationalities connected into a single line.

Why this time, was his attitude toward me different...

Why, did he seem to know in advance that I was yearning for the True Eye...

Why, when victory was imminent, he still had no interest in this guaranteed military merit...

"This is a trap..." The True Mother Goddess murmured in her heart: "This is a trap targeting me, not just this map, from the moment I arrived at Wrath Father God Domain, he was setting traps for me..."

"He deliberately gave Command Authority to me, he let me think I got it myself..."

"He doesn't care about this war's victory or defeat... no, that's wrong, it should be said, from start to finish he never thought about winning the war against Dian Huo, this is a setup designed for me..."

"His purpose is only one, let me command, then lose, lose all the elites..."

"He wants to make the Abyss Will lose trust in me!"

"This is an invisible net, and I've already drilled into it..."

"Chu Sheng, Chu Sheng Dong Xi..."

At this moment, the True Mother Goddess only felt a chill run down her spine, her hair standing on end.

The sounds by her ear became ethereal and indistinct, her mind produced brain fog from the terror.

Over these long years, she had already forgotten what fear was.

But now, standing in front of Li Cheng, looking at his harmless Sunshine Smile.

The True Mother Goddess remembered, that which is engraved in all living beings' genes, which cannot be melted, forgotten, or annihilated...

Fear.

"Lady Mother Goddess, what exactly do we do?"

The female strategist's urging pulled the True Mother Goddess back to reality.

She breathed rapidly twice, and returned to her usual composure.

Immediately after, she looked deeply at Li Cheng once more and said word by word: "Go to the Shadowlands Headquarters."

"The altars...

"Are traps."

"True Mother Goddess Adult, do you know what you are saying?" Prime Minister Lu Yi narrowed his eyes: "You are burying Father God Adult and your heart's blood."

"Put away your hypocrisy, I said, go to the Deep Secluded Cave!" True Mother Goddess let out a tender cry, directly covering Lu Yi's voice, she stared dead at Big Boss, yet her voice was directed at the light screen:

"Strategist, you will take victory for me, right?"

"YES, MYLORD!"

The female strategist struck her left chest with a fist, the juicy beauty trembled once, and hung up the call.

Immediately after, the large army rushed toward Dian Huo's Headquarters.

After making this judgment, True Mother Goddess powerlessly slumped onto the chair, covering her forehead, letting out bursts of cold laughter: "Wrathful Father God, you are truly a terrifying fellow."

"Everyone was deceived by you, including me……"

"I almost fell for your scheme, almost lost the entire game."

"If not for my strategist keeping a watchful eye, interrogating prisoners, presumably by now they would have been completely surrounded, dead in Dian Huo's hands, right?"

"Insolence, what are you saying!" Lu Yi gave an order, and the Guard of Honor in the room all drew their weapons.

A Sword Drawn atmosphere once again filled the entire Tent.

But this time, Big Boss merely slightly lifted his hand, pressing down Lu Yi's staff: "Hehe, when did you discover it?"

"Just now."

True Mother Goddess loosened the hand covering her forehead, her gaze unprecedentedly weary: "I have figured it all out, this Bureau was never prepared for Dian Huo, the hunting invitation you sent me, the prey was also not Dian Huo at all."

"But me."

"Wrathful Father God ah, I truly misjudged you ah, I treated you as a helpless man, that was my grave mistake."

"Think one step, calculate three steps, a terrible man……"

What are you saying, how do I not understand at all…… Lu Yi looked at Big Boss and True Mother Goddess with some bewilderment.

And equally bewildered with her, there was the invisible Lilith Cat.

"Big Boss…… really thought this much?"

"How would I know meow……"

"What a pity, Wrathful Father God, all your calculations have now transformed into nothingness." True Mother Goddess shook her head: "I have already seen through all your tricks, now, this war's victory belongs to me."

"I must admit, you are a respectable opponent."

"When I unseal the True Eye, gain power, I will definitely kill you first, absolutely not giving you a chance to counterattack."

"This is my respect for you."

"Father God Sir."

And Big Boss merely maintained his sunny smile, fingers lightly tapping the table, looking at her noncommittally, and also at that light screen: "5."

"What are you saying?" True Mother Goddess furrowed her brows.

"4."

"You are counting down, counting down what?"

"3."

"Wait…… could it be……"

"2."

"No, no, there is still a possibility, you did it on purpose, wait……" True Mother Goddess's eyes trembled, as if thinking of something.

"1."

"Stop, stop!"

"0."

True Mother Goddess gripped the communicator: "Strategist, stop, trap, this side is the trap! He utilized my way of thinking! He made me make this judgment! Stop, quickly stop ah!"

……

"Mother Goddess Adult, I feel, I have no opportunity left."

At the cave entrance of the Profound Land, a stretch of deep blue flames burned fiercely.

All living beings were being scorched by those scorching flames.

But strangely, these Demon Race's most elite Bing Zu, yet did not even resist, just stood stunned in the fire like that.

Letting their bodies be burned into ashes.

And in that sea of fire.

True Mother Goddess's most trusted female strategist, bit by bit knelt onto the ground.

Regretful tears just now fell, then evaporated into hot vapor.

Also just in this belated regret, the female strategist suddenly gave rise to a doubt.

"I……"

"When did I interrogate prisoners of war?"

"I…… when did I obtain the intelligence that those two Altars were traps?"

"How come I, have not a shred of memory……"

She thought on one side, eyes bit by bit widening, mouth corner bit by bit pulling.

That bewildered expression was filled with fear.

Belated regret played a trembling movement.

She looked at her own belly, remembered everything.

No, there was never any interrogation of prisoners, nor any intelligence.

All that was the life hidden in her belly.

The sound it emitted.

And inside the command Tent.

Big Boss Stopped, that rhythmic, table-tapping motion.

He Looked at the True Mother Goddess, the corner of his Mouth Corner curling up slightly.

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