Douluo: Divine Fire Xuanyuan

Chapter 376 Secret Talks Between the Three Parties: Shrek's Plans
The biggest difference between Shrek Academy and these two empires is that Shrek Academy is just an academy.

Even if the Sun Moon Empire sweeps across the three kingdoms and unifies the continent, Shrek Academy will still be Shrek Academy.

The three great empires were different. Once the Sun and Moon attacked, they would truly be gone. In Lu Su's words, "If we surrender to Cao Cao, we will be allowed to return to our hometowns and continue our official careers, without losing our prefectures and counties. But if you surrender to Cao Cao, where do you intend to go? Your rank will be no more than a marquisate, your carriage no more than one horse, your horse no more than one horse, and your retinue no more than a few people. How can you possibly rule as an emperor?"

In other words, the Three Kingdoms cannot be defeated, but Shrek Academy can compromise.

Cai Meier's thoughts were also those of the ordinary students at Shrek Academy. They had all been dealt such a terrible blow by Yuwen Tuo, so what was wrong with thinking about self-preservation first?
However, people like Dai Huabin and Ning Tian, ​​who came from noble families, wanted to hear Vina's opinion, since their families and the country were in a state of mutual benefit and loss.

Vina glanced at Cai Meier; she had already guessed that Shrek was not up to the task in this matter.

The truly usable power still lies in the original Three Kingdoms of Douluo Continent.

However, being useless and being incapable are two different things. Even if they want to break through, they still need strength, right? They can still share a lot of the enemy's burden.

Huo Yuhao thought a step further than Cai Meier. He suspected that the path with three sides missing one was not a viable way out, because for the Sun Moon Empire, the elite disciples of the academy were actually just small fry. The real powerhouses were the titled experts from the three great empires, Shrek Academy, and Body Sect.

After all, neither the academies nor the sects would mobilize their entire forces. This dispersed the power of the various factions. While the ten Title Douluos Xu Jiujiu mentioned were indeed powerful, this was the Sun Moon Empire's stronghold, and they had the Holy Spirit Cult, an incredibly powerful evil soul master sect, to cooperate with. Add to that a large group of level nine soul masters, and wiping out everyone wouldn't be difficult. Why surround three sides while leaving one open?

Therefore, he guessed that the Sun and Moon Mountains were not only not a path to survival, but rather a path to certain death. The Sun and Moon Empire deliberately left this path for them, intending to lure all the powerful individuals there. Then, in one fell swoop, they would gather all the powerful individuals here and annihilate them.

However, when he told Cai Meier about this concern, Cai Meier was indeed a little worried at first. Afterwards, she went to the west to investigate several times, but there was no problem no matter how she checked.

Huo Yuhao had no choice but to temporarily dispel his doubts. Perhaps the Sun Moon Empire was genuinely afraid that if so many of their powerful warriors fought to the death, it would cause irreparable damage to the Sun Moon Empire, which was why they surrounded three sides while leaving one open.

"Vina, what do you plan to do? Please tell me!" Unlike Shrek, Xu Jiujiu was persuaded.

As the Star Luo Princess, she was willing to try anything to give her country a glimmer of hope, even if it meant sacrificing her life.

“Alright, Sister Jiu Jiu, Your Majesty Po Xie, although our goals are different, our enemy is the same—the Sun Moon Empire. Whether we want to retaliate or save our lives, we have no choice but to fight the Sun Moon Empire. In that case, let’s put aside all prejudices and cooperate with each other this once,” Vina said.

"Aotian, please take everyone out and guard all the surrounding corners. Don't let anyone eavesdrop."

Long Aotian nodded, "Don't worry, Nana, I guarantee not even a fly will get in."

Apart from Xu Jiujiu, Vina, and Cai Meier, everyone else left the room, leaving it to the three of them to talk privately.

Seeing that Yuwen Tuo and his three confidantes were not around, Ma Xiaotao couldn't help but step forward and ask Cao Jinxuan, "Cao Jinxuan, how is Yuwen Tuo doing now?"

"What business is it of yours what happens to my master?" Cao Jinxuan roared. "Haven't you harmed my master enough? If it weren't for you, my master would have been a titled Douluo long ago. If he were a titled Douluo now, what would the siege of the Sun Moon Empire be? He could lead us out alone, or even in!" "You—" Ma Xiaotao clenched her fists, barely suppressing her anger, and said, "I will settle my score with your master one day. Right now, I just want to know about his health. After all, he is one of the high-level combatants. Since Princess Vina has already proposed cooperation with us, it's not a problem for me to know about the health of my ally, is it?"

"Hmph, my master is fine. When he wakes up, his strength will be enough to go toe-to-toe with yours, the kind that can kill you seven times in three minutes," Cao Jinxuan said coldly.

"I'll wait for him to fight me fairly. If he can kill me, that would be good too," Ma Xiaotao said, relieved to know that Yuwen Tuo was alright.

Even if Yuwen Tuo is to die, he can only die at her hands, and then she herself will go down to accompany him.

Ma Xiaotao thought about it for a long time, and this was the only way to save Shrek Academy and completely end this feud.

Shortly afterward, Cai Meier and the two princesses emerged.

In fact, Vina did not tell the two the full details of Yuwentuo's plan, because the more people who knew, the greater the risk of leakage.

Both Shrek and Shrek are untrustworthy; their primary concern is always self-preservation, and if they find out, the plan may be affected.

Therefore, Vina's stated plan was to launch a feigned attack on Mingde Hall after the finals, while actually assassinating Xu Tianran, the crown prince of the Sun Moon Empire.

Xu Tianran has always been a proponent of war. If he were to rule the Sun Moon Empire, war would break out very soon. However, the Sun Moon Empire is already in great chaos because of what Yuwen Tuo did back then. If the crown prince were to die, the internal turmoil would completely erupt. Perhaps the Sun Moon Empire would destroy itself without the intervention of the three kingdoms.

"By the way, Vina, um..." Xu Jiujiu looked at Vina, hesitating to speak.

Vina knew what she wanted to ask and replied, "Don't worry, my junior brother is fine. He'll recover after a couple of days of rest."

Xu Jiujiu is different from her brother, the emperor. She has kinship in her eyes, not only for profit, but also for family. However, she is not as pure as Xu Tianzhen.

Upon hearing this, Xu Jiujiu nodded, "Thank you. Please take good care of him. We'll be leaving now."

After returning to their rooms, Cai Meier told Shrek and Tang Clan about their secret meeting.

Huo Yuhao exclaimed in surprise, "Assassinate Xu Tianran? Princess Vina is being far too fanciful. Xu Tianran is a ruthless and cunning man. He has a gloomy personality, and it's very likely that the Holy Spirit Cult was recruited by him. Xu Tianran lost both legs in an attack back then. With such a tragic experience, how could he not be careful about his own safety? I think their chances of success are probably not high."

Cai Meier nodded and said, "That's what I think too. But since they want to make trouble, let them make trouble. We won't get involved. If they succeed, that would be great. Even if they don't succeed, having them distract the main force of the Sun Moon Empire will make it easier for us to escape this place of trouble."

(End of this chapter)