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Chapter 198 Gods Are Not a Worry [Second Update, Requesting Monthly Tickets]

The demon Zheng Zha was thrilled when he saw the main quest and the opponents in the team battle.

Kill Baiyue!

Team Celestials and Team Central Continent!
Faced with such a massive amount of information, he needed to quickly devise a strategy with Chu Xuan and determine which plot point they were currently at.

Meanwhile, Zhao Zhuikong, who was the second to wake up, also quietly finished reading the mission information.

"Zhongzhou Team..."

This handsome man, standing at 1.78 meters tall, always wore a faint smile. His smile deepened, especially when his eyes caught sight of the crucial element of the Central Continent Team.

"It's been so long...where is my dear sister?"

As Luo Gandao previously stated... the Central Continent Team has his beloved Little Apple, and their strength is quite good.

"A three-way team battle... and the Celestial Team and the Central Continent Team will enter later."

Reinhardt, the third to wake up, frowned deeply; he had a very bad feeling.

He had participated in several team battles, but because the Demon Team was a farming team in the early days and its rating was not high, the opponents they were matched with were not strong, and the Demon Team was often the one that entered the game later.

This time it's different. It's one thing that the Celestial Team entered later... but according to the order of the plot, the Central Continent Team entered even later than the Celestial Team!

Moreover, the existence of the Central Continent Team... means that their loose alliance is even more difficult to maintain.

After all, normally, the original and the copy of a person shouldn't be locked in a life-or-death struggle.

At least for Reinhard himself, if he were to encounter the real Reinhard one day, as long as the main quests do not conflict, they could get along peacefully.

Is there a possibility that Zheng Zha, Luo Gandao, Chu Xuan, and others, who were copied from the Zhongzhou Team, could join forces with the Zhongzhou Team?
Based on Reinhardt's understanding of Zheng Zha, this is entirely possible. Because it seems the other side has been waiting for their Zhongzhou team teammates to be copied...

"Based on the mission information given by the main god, the other two teams are probably much stronger than us. It's not just because we entered first, but also because we can completely control the development and key points of the plot, and control the specific time of their arrival."

Chu Xuan, who had just woken up, suddenly said those words in a very open and frank manner.

It seems he wants to maintain this loose alliance.

Reinhardt understood this layer of meaning and suppressed all his dark thoughts for the time being.

"Judging from the furnishings and scenery here... and the man and woman not far away, I think there is a greater than 70% chance that this is the interior of the Demon Locking Tower."

"The plot should have progressed to the point where Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru enter the Demon Locking Tower to rescue Zhao Ling'er."

"The identities given to us by the main god... are also far-fetched; they are the 'martial arts experts' recruited by Lin Yueru."

Even Zheng Zha found this identity truly baffling.

Reinhardt and Zhao Zhuikong weren't fools; they certainly knew about the trap involved.

The fact that Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru were allowed into such a heavily guarded place as the Demon-Sealing Tower of Mount Shu was already an exception. How could they possibly allow Lin Yueru to bring along skilled martial artists?

This anti-intellectual identity means that they are even more difficult to gain the trust of the main characters!

Furthermore, their enhancement systems consist of vampires, mechanical beings, necromancers, and so on... making them even less likely to be trusted by righteous factions!

"I've been watching this classic series these past few days...it's such a moving story. It brought back some wonderful memories."

Zhao Zhuikong smiled gently, but his eyes were filled with coldness: "Now that we are inside the Demon Locking Tower, the time for the arrival of the Celestial God Team is very close, isn't it?"

After all, they were about to join the main characters in rescuing Zhao Ling'er.

"Theoretically speaking, we can still control Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru, and then delay the arrival of the Heavenly Gods within this Demon-Locking Tower." Chu Xuan pushed up his glasses and said calmly, "However, that would be suicidal. Without the original protagonist group, we might be able to barely defeat Bai Yue... but it would be absolutely impossible for us to defeat both Bai Yue and the Water Demon Beast at the same time."

"Delaying time in this step... Once Baiyue successfully resurrects the Water Demon Beast, death will be the only thing waiting for us."

The Water Demon Beast is an extremely powerful being in the world of Chinese Paladin.

It is said to be one of the five ancient magical beasts sealed by Nuwa in the primordial era, possessing the ability to summon floods and live upon encountering water. As long as there is water, it is virtually impossible to kill.

Even a top-tier powerhouse like Demon Lord Chonglou would eventually have his magic power depleted if he stubbornly tried to outlast the Water Demon Beast...

Therefore, generally speaking, only the descendants of Nuwa in the human realm can seal the Water Demon Beast.

"This is the first stage of the test from the main god. We must gain the trust of Li Xiaoyao and the others, and confirm whether the storyline is the [TV series version] or the [game version], without properly identifying ourselves or upholding the integrity of our enhancement system."

Chu Xuan coldly concluded: "We must do everything in our power to help them rescue Zhao Ling'er, and even try our best to rescue Lin Yueru... Only in this way can we gain the trust of the main characters."

"Even if such an action would bring down the Celestials... that's still true."

"Hiss..." Zheng Zha felt his head hurting more and more.

He actually has a third-order gene lock, but this thing can't simulate Chu Xuan's thinking, and the brains of the other people in the team... aren't much better.

Zhao Zhuikong appeared indifferent, while Reinhardt and the others couldn't help but show signs of hesitation.

Seeing this, Chu Xuan continued his analysis: "Since the main god used a semi-coercive method to make us allow the Celestial Team to descend... it just shows that the gap between the Celestial Team and us is not that big."

"At least it won't reach the point where... even with the help of the main characters, we still wouldn't be their match."

Let's set aside the entire Legend of Sword and Fairy universe for now and focus on the momentum we can leverage at this moment.

Comparing Bai Yue's side and Li Xiaoyao's side alone, the latter's combat strength is actually slightly greater.

According to the setting of the Legend of Sword and Fairy world, the descendants of Nuwa can inherit the spiritual power of Nuwa, one of the Three Sovereigns.

This power is extremely strong, but once a descendant of Nuwa gives birth, this spiritual power will slowly transfer to her offspring.

Therefore, there are not many descendants of Nuwa who truly know how to utilize this powerful force.

Zhao Ling'er's lack of proper education during her upbringing, stemming from the early death of her mother Lin Qing'er, resulted in extremely limited development of this power...

If it were Zi Xuan from the third installment of the Legend of Sword and Fairy... this top-tier descendant of Nuwa, who has controlled Nuwa's spiritual power for over two hundred years, dealing with this water demon beast would be a piece of cake, if not a breeze.

Even so, Zhao Ling'er, in her less-than-peak period immediately after giving birth, still managed to defeat the Water Demon Beast.

In other words, if Zhao Ling'er's condition can be improved... then Bai Yue and the Water Demon Beast alone are not a concern at all.

Chu Xuan's analysis can be described as presenting facts and reasoning.

Neither Reinhardt nor Zhao Zhuikong found any flaws in this strategy to help the main characters.

The only problem is...

"If the gap between the Celestial Team and us isn't that big... at least not that big compared to us when we're united. What about the Central Continent Team?"

Reinhardt is very concerned about Zheng Zha's faction's opinion on the Zhongzhou team.

"I do not recommend that we have any contact with the Central Continent team."

Chu Xuan replied, "The gap between them and us, and between them and the Celestial Team... is probably very large."

(End of this chapter)