Chapter 403: All the Pieces Begin to Reveal Their Hidden Cards

Chapter 403: All the Players Start Showing Their Trump Cards

Vlad instantly blew his top, "Look at this!! I told you before that Chiyan Wuyue promised to give each of us a Longyuan, but none of you believed me!! And you actually let her go!! Otherwise, this Poseidon's Trident would have been mine!!"

Li Yiran and Shen Qingci glanced at the system spam and couldn't help but be green with envy.

"That kid Shen Que is just too damn lucky."

Damn it, there are only two SSS+ Purple Gold Divine Artifacts in the entire alliance, that every top solo fighter craves, and both of them ended up in Shen Que's hands.

This is simply unfair!!!

What's wrong with this Wuyue? Even if Shen Que is indeed good-looking, she shouldn't spoil him like this, right?

Men will get cocky and take advantage if you pamper them too much!!

Shen Qingci couldn't help but urge Vlad to go get himself killed, "Grand Duke, I really can't take it anymore. He's gone too far. Why don't you go take him out? Then both weapons will be yours."

Li Yiran chimed in, "Yeah, yeah."

Vlad sneered, "Heh, Qingci, don’t think I don’t know what you’re up to."

Shen Qingci was surprised. Had Vlad suddenly gotten smart?

Vlad looked smug, "You must be thinking that if I get both weapons, I’ll give one to you. Don’t even dream about it—both weapons will be mine."

Shen Qingci / Li Yiran, "...You’re right, Grand Duke. So clever."

Grand Duke Vlad, brainless, foolish, and very reassuring.

After Grand Duke Vlad left with his hands behind his back, Shen Qingci suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood. His whole body wheezed like a broken bellows, gasping uncontrollably, looking utterly agonized.

Li Yiran's expression gradually turned cold.

"In your current physical state, you’re still working for him? What’s in it for you?"

Shen Qingci, "None of your business. I know you look down on me, but if it weren’t me, it would be someone else. The Li family’s rise after the Peak War relied entirely on his resource bias. You have no choice in what he wants to do—even if it's a dog he sends, you’d have to obediently listen. Even your father understands clearly that rather than being manipulated forever as his cash cow, it’s better to give everything to the Jiang family to possibly save the Li family."

Li Yiran, "After the wedding shop incident, the Jiang family also acted ruthlessly, leaving no room at all."

Shen Qingci, "The Jiang family is just being nasty. If you hadn’t gotten the idea first, they wouldn’t have been so extreme."

Li Yiran sneered, "Of course I have to secure a better deal for the Li family."

Shen Qingci was speechless, "Stop pretending, do you think I’m stupid? You deliberately set this up to force the Jiang family to break off the engagement, right? Deep down, you believe the Jiang family, the Dao Sect, the Secretariat, and Blaze can't take him on. If they all end up as cannon fodder, the Li family won’t even have a shot at a comeback."

Li Yiran looked at Shen Qingci in surprise, never expecting him to be so well-informed.

Shen Qingci, "Jiang Yuhua promised you privately, so you knew she was going behind the Jiang family’s back. You’re afraid her impulsive actions will drag the entire Jiang family down along with the Li family."

So you deliberately acted in a way to turn her off and delivered leverage to the Jiang family, allowing them to control the Li family and force a quick annulment.

As long as the engagement is broken off, neither side will have a pretext to mobilize troops.

But who would have thought that even if your line of action gets blocked, there are other lines still moving forward.

He set up such a massive scheme, with saturation infiltration—it’s not just your Li family, but also the Huo family, the Royal Court, and even lines you know nothing about. How could he possibly give up easily? In the end, everything will charge toward the outcome he wants.”

Li Yiran gritted his teeth in resentment, “Is there really no chance at all? Is all of humanity just going to be led around by him like fucking dogs?”

Shen Qingci, “You’ve seen that woman named Wu Yue, right? This whole scheme was laid out for her. Only she can break the situation—she is the turning point!”

Li Yiran didn’t believe it at all, “Get out of here. None of the things she’s done make any sense. She’s like a love-struck tyrant, like the feudal lords fooled by the beacon fires.

At a time like this, if she were aware of her position, why would she come looking for Vlad? Only that fucking Vlad would be foolish enough to be fooled, saying stuff like she’s lovelorn over Shen Que but can’t have him, and even revealing her identity to me.

At such a critical moment, she gave both Purple Gold divine-level weapons to Shen Que, as if afraid nobody would notice she’s a lovestruck fool…”

As he spoke, Li Yiran suddenly began to doubt himself.

When things seem off, there must be something sinister at play. Looking at the situation now, it seems like they’re the ones at a disadvantage.

Could a love-struck tyrant really be playing such a winning hand? What does she have going for her? It can’t just be pure luck, right?

Shen Qingci watched Li Yiran’s expression, “You’ve thought of it too, haven’t you? She’s very clever. Even though Shen Que is indeed outstanding, it doesn’t make sense for her to be so blindly infatuated.

Besides, back in the north, he intended to kill Shen Que—that’s why my body is now pushed to the brink.

Why was he willing to reveal his intentions and use every means possible to kill Shen Que?”

Li Yiran, “Why?”

Shen Qingci, “Someone told him that Shen Que had fallen in love with Wu Yue.”

Li Yiran, “Who?”

Shen Qingci, “At that time, the only person who could have done it was Falcon Team Captain Charles.

Charles is backed by the Black Tortoise Army and has to offer tribute to Black Tortoise every year. What Long Xi was doing was in Vera Town, and Vera Town is full of Falcon Team’s families.”

Charles observed the interactions between Shen Que and Wu Yue—Shen Que didn’t want Wu Yue to leave Blaze, and Shen Que was willing to cross-dress for Wu Yue—and deduced that Shen Que was in love with Wu Yue.

He might have originally intended to use this information to get the people behind the scenes to save the north, but unexpectedly, it was the Jiang family who stepped in.

Soon after, the Jiang family found Wu Yue, and Charles also appeared at the Jiang family’s matchmaking event.

So, most likely, Charles, this informant, has also been neutralized.

Li Yiran was fucking done, “The entire younger generation of the alliance—they’re all his fucking dogs.

When the hell will I finally stand on my own feet like a man?!”

Shen Qingci, “Li Yiran, don’t you understand yet? What does it mean to have the will of the people? Those who win the people’s hearts win the world.”

Li Yiran’s eyes flickered, “What do you mean?”

Shen Qingci, “I’m offering my life as your Li family’s letter of commitment, but you have to promise me that when this is over, at the post-war negotiation table, you’ll make sure the Jiang family and Wu Yue give Su Mo and the Su family a pass.”

Li Yiran thought Shen Qingci was joking. He scoffed.

"Let's not even talk about whether the other side would want your life—why do you think they can win in the first place?"

Shen Qingci suddenly revealed a biting, sarcastic smirk,

"Because he's growing angrier, and the situation is spinning out of control.

In this entire game, he went from being calm and composed to restless and impatient, and now he's reached a point of furious desperation, making one reckless move after another. He's playing worse and worse hands.

His development lane has completely collapsed. Haven’t you realized yet that all the pieces—ones just like you—are starting to reveal their trump cards?

They’re beginning to go all-in, betting everything they have—they’ve already made their choices.

And the one they've all chosen is Wu Yue."