God of Pets-Chapter 658: The Night King’s Schemes

Since the last time he practiced the Reverse Element Skill, the Night King was so furious he almost spat blood.

The little bit of Primordial Energy he managed to cultivate was practically useless, enough at most to unleash a small level-one skill. Although it could make the small skill extraordinarily powerful, this level of strength was absolutely insufficient to kill Zi Donglai.

Since the plan couldn’t be realized, and the Night King had no more resources to try again, he had to think of another way.

He even considered massacring all the cities that Zi Donglai had conquered, slaughtering all the stationed Purple Sun Soldiers to vent his frustration, while also inflicting a blow to Zi Donglai.

But after sending someone to investigate, he found that Zi Donglai hadn’t stationed anyone in those cities. Even the people of Mute City had been taken away and were now in what used to be Nine Demon City.

He didn’t dare directly attack Purple Sun City, so this plan collapsed as well. There was no chance to kill the people of Mute City.

The Night King naturally refused to accept such a failure, tirelessly gathering intelligence, trying to find the weaknesses of Zi Donglai and the Purple Sun Corps.

No weaknesses were found, but the Night King heard some rumors from within Taishan City about Zi Donglai, primarily surrounding the battle at Mute City.

If ordinary people heard these rumors, they might dismiss them as exaggerated hear-say.

But upon hearing them, the Night King sharply detected some problems.

"What do you think of these rumors?" The Night King looked at Mo Qingtian, Mo Kai, and Demon Star.

Mo Qingtian, examining the intelligence reports, said: "My lord, the three of us didn’t participate in the battle of Mute City, but just judging from these rumors, they are indeed exaggerated. That Zi Donglai supposedly has the ability to enlarge himself, but such ability should be a Hidden Ability, usable only once before returning to normal. This is something I’ve seen personally. It’s impossible for him to sustain it, as the rumors claim."

"In the battle of Mute City, he didn’t use such gigantic power at all," the Night King said mildly.

"What? He didn’t use it?" Mo Qingtian was stunned. Though he didn’t think Zi Donglai could continually use the gigantic power, the fact that Zi Donglai achieved such terrifying feats without it made him even more aghast.

But what the Night King contemplated was different, and he continued, "Zi Donglai didn’t use the enlarging ability, and yet the Demons were annihilated. Why then, do rumors spread such a version so contrary to the actual battle, and why does Purple Sun City seem to deliberately block the true information?"

"Why?" The three of them couldn’t figure out why; it seemed pointless.

No matter how Zi Donglai won, he already had won. Why would the version matter?

The Night King, coldly replied: "At that time, forced to teleport far away, I couldn’t make it back in time, but my generals continued sending me news. In that battle, it wasn’t Zi Donglai who wiped out the Demonic army. Most of the Demon Generals didn’t die by his hand but were killed by the Female Demon, Jin Taohua."

"Jin Taohua... how did she get involved with Zi Donglai...?" The three were taken aback. Jin Taohua’s name was renowned even among them, a lone opponent against the grand familes of the Divine Land, enough to astonish even the Demons with her deeds.

Of course, Jin Taohua didn’t truly fight against the Ten Great Families; her main enemy was the Gong Family.

"My lord, do you mean that the reason the human side mythicized the story is due to Zi Donglai not wanting anyone to know Jin Taohua also fought and to hide his connection with her, fearing backlash from the Ten Great Families because of her?" Demon Star said with some excitement, "If that’s the case, we just need to leak this information to the Ten Great Families. We wouldn’t even need to lift a finger; they’d deal with Zi Donglai themselves."

"Correct, that’s exactly it." The Night King chuckled coldly, "The Ten Great Families aren’t great at waging war, but they do excel at suppressing their own kind. All we have to do is send the news so they understand the truth. Then Zi Donglai is in big trouble. Whatever he fears, we’ll give it to him."

"Brilliant plan, my lord!" Mo Qingtian and the others hurriedly praised.

The task of delivering the news to the Ten Great Families naturally also fell on the trio of Mo Qingtian brothers.

The Night King already planned, that when the Ten Great Families moved against Zi Donglai, he could reap the benefits.

Of course, if the families couldn’t kill Zi Donglai, he could lend a hand.

It didn’t take long for the Ten Great Families to receive the information.

The Gong Family immediately approached the City Lord of Taishan, demanding Mr. Xiao for an explanation of the situation. It was either Zi Donglai who annihilated the Demonic army, or was it Jin Taohua’s doing?

Mr. Xiao stubbornly insisted he hadn’t seen Jin Taohua, but the people of the Gong Family were not about to let it rest that easily.

"Mr. Xiao, if we find out you’re deliberately covering for the Female Demon, you know well what your fate will be. There’s still time to confess the truth, and the Gong Family promises not to make things difficult for you," Gong Shisan coldly stated to Mr. Xiao.

Gong Shisan had been dispatched specifically to resolve this matter once the Gong Family received the news.

If Zi Donglai were alone, they might ignore it.

But if Zi Donglai was truly allied with Jin Taohua, then they could no longer let Zi Donglai continue to thrive, as it would spell endless trouble for the Gong Family.

Even at the cost of losing interests in other Secret Realms, they would deploy sufficient strength to annihilate both Zi Donglai and Jin Taohua.

"What I’ve said is exactly what I’ve seen. Whether you believe it or not is your problem. You can investigate Purple Sun City yourselves." Mr. Xiao said impassively.

"Fine, we’ll investigate." Gong Shisan gave Mr. Xiao a hard look, nodded to Xuan Dongyue, and then departed with his entourage.

"Mr. Xiao... let’s go..." Xuan Dongyue sighed, looking at Mr. Xiao.

Mr. Xiao knew he couldn’t continue to cover up and said bitterly, "City Lord, I have wronged you, but I truly couldn’t bear to see the Purple Sun Corps..."

"I understand. It’s not your fault, but you can no longer stay here. Go to Purple Sun City. If they can survive this ordeal, you can realize your aspirations there. Over these years, I’ve burdened you." Xuan Dongyue replied.

"City Lord... you speak too kindly... without you, I couldn’t have come this far... your grace is hard to repay..." Mr. Xiao bowed in respect.

"Go, sir, like a great bird should ride the wind to soar nine thousand miles, not trapped in this decaying gutter," Xuan Dongyue pushed something into Mr. Xiao’s hands, clutching them as he said, "May this treasure accompany you, and provide aid on the battlefield. It’s as though I’m fighting by your side."