Chapter 1458 — Bosom Friends Entrust Each Other with Life and Death
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In the battle at Xuandu, she will inevitably strike out to fight the Ancestor God King for the Heavenly Duke's body. Yet Consort Qiang will not likely think that she is not the only one eyeing the Heavenly Duke's flesh—there is also Heavenly Venerable Hong! " Shen Mu looked up at the sky, and saw that more than half of the Heavenly Court had already descended upon the Ancestral Court; the complete descent would probably come within the next ten days or so.
He thought to himself, "Heavenly Venerable Hong will never let the Heavenly Duke's body come to harm. He is the true old fox. Once Consort Qiang makes her move, she will not escape his scheming! " Doing away with the Heavenly Duke would certainly be an unimaginably fierce battle.
Shen Mu did not know how many of the Ten Heavenly Venerables would take the field, but he thought that Heavenly Venerable Hao would not appear. Though Heavenly Venerable Hao had recovered much of his strength, he had not yet reached his peak. Heavenly Venerable Xiao had been exiled, so he would not appear either. As for the other Heavenly Venerables—Gong, Huo, Consort Yan, Divine Emperor Langxuan, and Heavenly Venerable Xu—how many of them would appear?
"Heavenly Venerable Xu will not go. The Heavenly Dao of Xuandu suppresses her Netherworld Dao; unless she can unify the Heavenly Dao and the Netherworld Dao, she will most likely remain in the Heavenly Court to guard against sneak attacks from Emperor Kai and the other three ancient god emperors of the Four Extremes Heaven.
Consort Yan has the support of the Taiji Ancient God and is powerful; whether she will go is hard to say.
Divine Emperor Langxuan obtained a withered prehistoric Dao Fruit, greatly increasing his strength.
He will most likely go this time. This is his chance to display his brilliance.
The Eleventh Heavenly Venerable, Shi Qiluo, will definitely go! He has only recently become a Heavenly Venerable and must seize this opportunity to establish his authority; otherwise he will find it hard to command respect. And Heavenly Venerable Huo will certainly go!
After all, he hates evil as an enemy and detests ancient gods the most.
As for whether Heavenly Venerable Gong will go, that is rather hard to say. " Shen Mu pondered for a moment.
Earl Tu could not go to Xuandu, so there was no way for him to join forces with the Heavenly Duke. Moreover, Earl Tu most likely knew of the Heavenly Duke's plan, and thus he would absolutely not interfere in this matter.
The only ones who could intervene were Emperor Kai, Langwan, and Heavenly Venerable Yue.
With the strength of these three, and if the Three Ancient God Emperors were added, perhaps they could put up a fight.
However, the Ten Heavenly Venerables of the Heavenly Court possessed the divine artifact of Heavenly Venerable Yu, which first of all restricted the Three Ancient God Emperors, preventing them from daring to leave their own domains. Therefore, those able to take the field were likely still Emperor Kai, Langwan, and Heavenly Venerable Yue. "Or perhaps we could open another battlefield and launch a surprise attack on the Heavenly Court!
Seizing that chance, we could eliminate the other Heavenly Venerables remaining there, at the very least remove Heavenly Venerable Hao! But in that case, we would have to abandon the Heavenly Duke; and if we removed Heavenly Venerable Xu, we would anger Earl Tu.
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" Shen Mu's heart sank.
Abandoning the Heavenly Duke in exchange for the deaths of Hao and Xu, and losing Earl Tu as an ally—that was something he could not bear. "In the battle of Xuandu, relying solely on Emperor Kai, Langwan, and Heavenly Venerable Yue, even self-preservation would be difficult! Therefore, whether the Heavenly Duke can be revived still depends on Heavenly Venerable You! " Shen Mu's brow twitched.