Chapter 952

With the battle spirit of millions of Wu clan warriors supporting him, Xingtian's battle spirit was unlikely to fade anytime soon.

At first, there was some gap between Xingtian and the Sacred Beast Bai Hu.

But as time passed, Xingtian's combat power grew stronger under the impetus of his battle spirit.

The two sides truly became evenly matched.

Like the Sacred Beast Zhu Que, Xingtian's battle with the Sacred Beast Bai Hu had also fallen into a stalemate.

At this moment, everything was within Luo Fu's arrangement.

Among Luo Fu's many hidden cards, there were more than a few capable of swiftly killing the Sacred Beast Bai Hu and the Sacred Beast Zhu Que.

Yet Luo Fu did not deploy such hidden cards; instead, he chose Xingtian and Ancestor Minghe, who were evenly matched with the Sacred Beast Bai Hu and the Sacred Beast Zhu Que.

His goal was precisely to create this very situation.

Luo Fu had no shortage of patience or time.

Even if the battle lasted ten or fifteen days, Luo Fu could wait.

The question now was whether Ancestor Hongjun was willing to wait.

As the battle stalemate continued, pressure once again fell upon Ancestor Hongjun.

"It's ended in a draw? It seems the other side came prepared!"

Seeing the shift in battle, Ancestor Hongjun's indifferent eyes flickered with surprise.

He had not expected Xingtian and Ancestor Minghe to achieve parity with the Sacred Beast Bai Hu and the Sacred Beast Zhu Que.

The Sacred Beast Bai Hu and the Sacred Beast Zhu Que were both Sub-Sages; outside the presence of Sages, they were the strongest in the Honghuang.

Yet the power unleashed by Xingtian and Ancestor Minghe was no weaker than that of ordinary Sub-Sages.

Clearly, Xingtian and Ancestor Minghe had come prepared.

Otherwise, they could not have coincidentally achieved parity with the Sacred Beast Bai Hu and the Sacred Beast Zhu Que.

"I smell the scent of a trap—this is a deliberate attempt to lure me into revealing more of my abilities."

Ancestor Hongjun's wisdom, even across the Three Realms, was among the very best.

Otherwise, he could never have risen above countless gods and demons and successfully infiltrated the Heavenly Dao.

From the shift in battle, Ancestor Hongjun keenly sensed the aura of conspiracy.

The chaotic demon lurking in the shadows, who had persuaded the Wu clan and Ancestor Minghe, clearly still held even greater power.

Possessing power and means yet refusing to use them, he sent only Xingtian and Ancestor Minghe to achieve a draw with the Sacred Beast Bai Hu and the Sacred Beast Zhu Que.

His intent was obvious: to force Ancestor Hongjun to expend more of his strength.

Under these circumstances, even if he knew it was a trap, Ancestor Hongjun had no choice but to step one foot into it.

Because Luo Fu was employing an open strategy.

At present, Ancestor Hongjun was in the open, while Luo Fu remained in the shadows.

With both sides evenly matched, if Ancestor Hongjun in the open did not continue to play his cards, Luo Fu in the shadows could at any moment play his next move and eliminate the Sacred Beast Bai Hu and the Sacred Beast Zhu Que.

In other words, Luo Fu in the shadows had refrained from overwhelming and eliminating the Sacred Beast Bai Hu and the Sacred Beast Zhu Que from the start because he possessed the means to shift the battle's outcome and eliminate them at any time.

If Ancestor Hongjun does not act, the fate of the Sacred Beast Bai Hu and the Sacred Beast Zhu Que is already sealed.

The so-called stalemate is merely an illusion.

If Ancestor Hongjun chooses to act, then Luo Fu's goal of luring the snake from its hole is achieved.

Therefore, whether or not Ancestor Hongjun acts, Luo Fu stands to gain either way.

This is the advantage of hiding in the shadows, planning meticulously before acting.

All along, Luo Fu had refrained from initiating battle himself, instead arranging multiple strategies and slowly provoking Ancestor Hongjun to strike first—precisely for this reason.