Chapter 2324: Scapegoat

In the meteorite pit, the Qiyuezhe who were fighting stopped. The space-time force condensate disappeared, so of course, no one would continue to fight.

The four parties occupied one area each. The Death Paradise side and the cult were on the southeast sides, the Reincarnation Paradise side was on the west side, and as for the dozens of people on the Holy Light Paradise side, they were in the center of the meteorite pit. It was no exaggeration to say that they were surrounded and beaten.

"Disappeared."

A Qiyuezhe with a severed arm spoke. Among the hundreds of Qiyuezhe present, there was no lack of outstanding sensing types, but they didn't notice anything unusual.

Integrating into the environment was Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's core ability, and of course, it wouldn't be easily seen through, which resulted in the current situation.

Messy footsteps came. Nameless Saint and more than three hundred Qiyuezhe on the Apocalypse Paradise side arrived. Just as Nameless Saint arrived, a figure appeared behind him, as if hiding in his shadow.

After this blurry figure briefly described it to Nameless Saint, Nameless Saint immediately thought of a possibility. Just for a moment, a man holding a long knife appeared in his mind, as well as the other party's follower.

Nameless Saint's gaze looked around, and soon, he found a familiar figure, and the other party also happened to cast his gaze over.

"Damn!"

"What's the matter? Saint."

An old man with a serious face looked at Nameless Saint. That's right, his name was Made.

"Didn't call you."

Nameless Saint's mood at this time could be described as extremely bad. During the Strongest Contest, he was beaten back by Su Xiao, and the nurse he tricked into coming became someone else's as soon as the fight started.

After that battle, Nameless Saint was very depressed. However, in his view, the possibility of encountering the enemy in the future was not high, so his mood quickly turned from cloudy to sunny.

Under the blessing of Murphy's Law, Nameless Saint successfully met Su Xiao in the arena. Nameless Saint chose to endure it and forfeited directly.

And now, in the sixth-tier Strongest Contest, he met Su Xiao again, which made Nameless Saint have a feeling that as long as he didn't die, he would be able to meet the other party next time.

Thinking of this, Nameless Saint felt melancholy in his heart. Although he was not afraid of dying in battle, he didn't want to die either.

Just as this thought appeared in Nameless Saint's mind, a plan flashed in his mind. He now had more than 300 Qiyuezhe behind him, the cult had come for about 200 people, Death Paradise had more than 150 people, and Holy Light Paradise had less than 30 people, originally 50, and after being besieged for a while, casualties were nearly half.

Not only that, Nameless Saint knew clearly that the subsequent 400+ people on their side would arrive within a few minutes. The cult and Death Paradise side were also similar situations, and the main force of Holy Light Paradise would arrive faster.

In other words, in a few minutes, more than 1500 Qiyuezhe would gather here. Excluding the 200+ people on the Reincarnation Paradise side, there would be more than 1300 Qiyuezhe left.

Among these 1300 Qiyuezhe, the Qiyuezhe of Death Paradise and the cult of Sanctuary were powerful in combat, and Holy Light Paradise had many healing types.

If these people united to besiege the Reincarnation Paradise side, they would definitely win steadily.

Many thoughts flashed in Nameless Saint's mind. He could be sure that the disappeared space-time force condensate was taken away by the Reincarnation Paradise side, and since the Reincarnation Paradise side was often the winner of the World Contention War, just one opportunity was needed, and the other three parties would definitely be willing to unite and besiege the Reincarnation Paradise side together with their Apocalypse Paradise.

Opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it might even be possible to use the opportunity in front of them to remove his strongest enemy, the White Night of the Reincarnation Paradise.

Nameless Saint didn't hesitate anymore. He sank his energy into his dantian and was about to roar.

"Saint, got it, retreat!"

A sharp shout came from behind Nameless Saint. Nameless Saint's first reaction was that a Qiyuezhe from another Paradise had mixed into their crowd. But on second thought, he felt that this kind of thing was unlikely. Because of the brand, the aura of each Paradise Qiyuezhe was slightly different, and it could be easily perceived.

"The space-time crystal is on the Apocalypse side, hammer them."

"We got it? Who did it? Take it out and see."

"Here."

A man wearing a hood raised his arm, and in his hand was the space-time force condensate.

"Retreat, got it."

Before Nameless Saint could give the order, the Qiyuezhe behind him ran wildly. Now whoever grabbed the space-time force condensate was the target of public criticism. If they didn't run, they could only wait to be beaten.

Messy running sounds, all kinds of abilities whistled over, hitting the crowd, and some unlucky Qiyuezhe were blown away directly.

For a time, the scene was chaotic again. The hundreds of people on the Apocalypse Paradise side scattered quickly, and the crowd on the Reincarnation Paradise side also scattered to pursue, and the cult and the other two parties were the same.

Under such circumstances, the Apocalypse Paradise side would not gather together. They had the most people. As long as they scattered, even if they were chased and killed, they could win by numbers.

Facts proved that this large-scale pursuit battle was more dangerous than large-scale group battles. Some unlucky Qiyuezhe were besieged by Qiyuezhe from multiple parties and turned into bloody corpses in a very short time.

Looking at the battle group advancing toward the distance, the Dean's old face was full of smiles. Nameless Saint had just appeared, and the Dean judged that the other party was very likely to use the opportunity in front of him to cooperate with the other three parties to besiege their side.

The reason why the Dean wanted to deal with Death Paradise first was because of the situation in front of him. Among the other four parties, no matter which party obtained the space-time force condensate, as long as the main force of that party arrived, the battle would basically end.

Space-time force condensate was more than one piece. It was not worth fighting hard for the current one. The five parties all knew this.

The only exception was that the Reincarnation Paradise side obtained the space-time force condensate. Once obtained, it would immediately be besieged, and it would be the other four parties besieging the Reincarnation Paradise side without reservation.

In previous World Contention Wars, the Reincarnation Paradise side won too many times. Qiyuezhe from other four parties inevitably felt jealous. What they wanted to do first to win this time was to find an opportunity to cooperate to besiege the Reincarnation Paradise side and eliminate the Reincarnation Paradise side.

The melee stopped after more than ten minutes. On the grassland, after the two main forces of the Apocalypse Paradise side met, the Qiyuezhe of other parties all retreated. There was no need to continue chasing. This space-time force condensate already belonged to Apocalypse Paradise.

A slightly bloody breeze blew. Nameless Saint stepped on the head of a Death Paradise Qiyuezhe. His palm faced down, and a compressed flame sprayed from his palm, piercing the enemy's heart.

"Who shouted just now?"

Nameless Saint looked around at the Qiyuezhe on his side. Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.

"Where is the space-time force condensate?"

Nameless Saint's words were still unanswered, and no one took out the space

"We... escaped in vain? Didn't we obtain the Spacetime Crystal?"

There was a sense of bewilderment in Rainbow Bird's eyes; she had just learned that her side had obtained the Spacetime Power Condensate and immediately led her people to retreat.

"We've been played."

Nameless Saint was like a volcano about to erupt, his calm exterior hiding a raging fury.

"I saw it with my own eyes just now—one of us was holding the Spacetime Crystal. He is definitely a Qiyuezhe from Apocalypse Paradise. How were we played?"

This question from Rainbow Bird touched upon a blind spot in Nameless Saint's knowledge. He also wanted to know how they had been played; it felt as if someone had long ago anticipated that when the first Spacetime Crystal was discovered, the situation that just occurred would take place.

Furthermore, that person even found a way to stall the crowd from Apocalypse Paradise. Unless they were the first to discover the Spacetime Crystal, their main force would definitely be the last to arrive. All of this was the result of someone's arrangement, intended to make Apocalypse Paradise the scapegoat.

The previous situation was clearly that Apocalypse Paradise had happily taken the blame. After shouldering that big black pot, they scattered and fled, being chased and attacked by the other four sides.

What was even more frustrating was that after becoming the scapegoat, Nameless Saint couldn't even figure out where things had gone wrong. Was there a traitor on their side?

Nameless Saint put this thought aside; if there were internal problems, then there was no point in fighting.

In reality, this was the Dean's plan. He had previously laid out two opportunities, and the plan was as follows:

1. Let the Suicide Squad attack the Apocalypse Paradise side. At first glance, this seemed inexplicable and would expose the Suicide Squad as a trump card, but in reality, it was not; this was an opportunity laid by the Dean.

2. Upon learning that Saint Light Paradise had discovered the Spacetime Crystal, the Dean immediately contacted the Mad Doctor, telling him to wait in a certain area and convert his brand into that of Apocalypse Paradise.

3. While contacting the Mad Doctor, the Dean repeatedly confirmed whether Su Xiao could seize the Spacetime Crystal. Su Xiao's answer was that there was a 70% chance of seizing it; he would charge directly into the crowd and create an opportunity for Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang to seize the Spacetime Crystal. The result was that the situation developed more smoothly than imagined; the Saint Light Paradise side directly abandoned the Spacetime Crystal, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang seized it while they had the chance.

4. Confirming that 'Branch Plan 107' and 'Branch Plan 219' were established, the Dean decided to shift the blame onto Apocalypse Paradise.

5. Through the location provided by the Suicide Squad, Samsara Paradise followed the designated route and 'accidentally encountered' the small unit of Apocalypse Paradise, causing chaos. The Mad Doctor took advantage of the chaos to blend into the small unit of Apocalypse Paradise, completing the infiltration.

6. Arriving at the battlefield, their own trump card seized the Spacetime Crystal and transferred it to the Mad Doctor. By leveraging the Mad Doctor's identity as an Apocalypse Paradise Qiyuezhe, they shifted the blame onto Apocalypse Paradise.

7. Having completed the blame-shifting, the Mad Doctor took advantage of the Apocalypse Paradise main force's retreat to return the Spacetime Crystal to Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and find an opportunity to slip away.

8. Temporarily refrain from dealing with Apocalypse Paradise, preparing to shift the blame onto them again.

9. Having obtained the key item, the Spacetime Crystal, they are preparing to wipe out Death Paradise.

This was the Dean's scheme. He would not set up a complete plan, but rather arrange individual points first. Based on the changes in the situation, he would let those individual points play their roles and gradually connect the lines between all the points. Once a large net was formed, there would be no living enemies left inside.

The Dean had a clear ultimate goal, but no clear small objectives, nor a clear plan. Even the allies cooperating with him did not know what decision he would make in the next moment. He would connect the pre-arranged points based on random situations to form a small net, and then, relying on this small net, gradually outline a large net.

The best way to deal with the Dean was to find him and kill him. If one did not do so, even if one gained the upper hand in mutual schemes with the Dean, one would suffer heavy losses. Fighting against an old schemer like the Dean, even if one won, it would be a bloody, pyrrhic victory.