Chapter 693 Personnel Behind His Highness

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The silent atmosphere once again surrounded the entire scene.

Earlaen and Lin Xuanyuan looked at each other without saying anything.

This time, it wasn't a waste of time. Obviously, both sides had sincerity in dealing with each other.

Atlas needed a Paragon like Adolf to make up for his loss of combat strength, If Adolf could be rescued by them, all of Atlas' losses today would still be a huge loss, but he could still barely accept it by gritting his teeth. To Earlaen , finding Adolf was equivalent to avoiding the worst loss today.

As for the royal family, even though handing Adolf back was like letting a tiger return to the mountains, they couldn't help but do so when they thought of the situation they were about to face. With tens of thousands of soldiers surrounding him, the remaining Atlas personnel had to intercept him with all their might. In this situation, they had to sacrifice at least the ordinary people present to rush out.

It could even be annihilated.

If Adolf could be handed over in exchange for Atlas not taking action, then the risk factor would be reduced by at least 30-40%, and the more likely they would be able to break out of the encirclement.

Adolf could indeed bring tremendous benefits to the royal family, but if half or more of the people here were to be traded for Adolf, no one would be willing to do so.

Therefore, if Earlaen could keep his promise, then handing Adolf over to Earlaen was the best choice.

Right now, the problem Lin Xuanyuan was facing was what he could do to ensure that Earlaen would keep his promise after the deal was completed.

Under the enormous benefits, any promises and vows without restraints were unreliable. If there weren't enough restraints to bind Earlaen, Earlaen probably wouldn't believe that after Lin Xuanyuan handed Adolf over to him, he would really not make a move when the royal family broke out of the siege.

As long as he took action, there was at least a thirty to forty percent chance that the Imperial Clan would be annihilated. This possibility was not high, but it was at least worth a bet. Even if he had to pay a little more, if the Imperial Clan only allowed more than half of their manpower to be lost here, Earlaen was even more confident.

And all of this only required him to break his promise once. This kind of cost was too low, so low that there was no cost at all.

Lin Xuanyuan pondered silently as he looked at Earlaen with an exceptionally focused gaze.

Earlaen did not conceal the hatred and coldness in his eyes. Killing intent flickered in his eyes, and his eyes shone brightly.

If he wanted to complete this transaction, before Qi Mingxuan brought Adolf out, Lin Xuanyuan had to come up with a solution that both sides could rest assured of. There was indeed not much time left for Lin Xuanyuan to think.

"Your Highness, you can't agree to him!"

In the silence, a sharp voice sounded, causing everyone's hearts to tremble.

At a time when everyone, including Lin Xuanyuan, was inclined to trade, there was actually someone who opposed this transaction and took the initiative to increase the risk of breaking out of the encirclement?

Who is so brave?

Lin Xuanyuan turned around and saw a woman who was mixed in with the royal family taking a step forward. Her expression was barely calm, but her slightly trembling and sharp tone betrayed the excitement in her heart.

Shentu Yue.

Lin Xuanyuan narrowed his eyes. Before he could say anything, Jia Tu, who was standing behind Earlaen, shouted coldly, "Traitor!" Shentu Yue, you bitch, I will let you know the price of betraying Atlas. It will be a nightmare. Prepare to enjoy it. I swear, I will make your life worse than death. Not only you, your companions, but even your Shentu bloodline will pay the price! "

Cato's tone carried an undisguised malevolence and resentment, He did have reason to hate Shentu Yue's betrayal, To be exact, Shentu Yue and the other four, It was the combat strength of a Quasi-World-shaking Realm expert and three top X-class experts, This was a force that no one could ignore, Their counter-attack at a critical juncture directly exacerbated Atlas's defeat, Moreover, Atlas had suffered enormous losses. All of this had happened because of Gaztu's trust in Shentu Yue and the others. If he did not accept cooperation with Shentu Yue from the beginning, Atlas would not have allowed the royal family to gain these four top-notch combat strength in vain.

At this moment, Jia Tu couldn't wait to eat Shentu Yue raw.

Shentu Yue's pretty face became even uglier under Gaztu's vicious gaze. This was what she feared the most.

Earlaen, Adolf, and Gatu, these are the new Big Three of Atlas.

Their status was the same as the emperors of the royal family, Lin Xuanyuan and Wang Fuyu.

The emperor can be evenly matched with Earlaen.

Now that Lin Xuanyuan had broken through to become a giant and defeated Adolf, he could barely be considered a bit stronger than Adolf. However, such a point could be completely ignored in real battles. If the two of them fought for the second time, it would be entirely up to luck to win or lose.

Jia Tu was a bit stronger than Wang Fuyu, but Lin Xuanyuan had Xuanyuan Qinghuan beside him, and the combination of Xuanyuan Qinghuan and Wang Fuyu was enough to check Jia Tu.

Overall, In terms of the most sophisticated super combat strength, the royal family has an advantage, but the advantage is not large enough to crush, In other words, As long as Atlas's troika is around, They continued to have the confidence to fight against the royal family, The most he could do was to compromise more and concede more. However, if he didn't have a good chance, the royal family wouldn't be able to use this advantage to destroy Atlas. Unless the emperor was willing to pay a heavy price for his Yuan Qi damage, it wasn't a must to win. Even if he won, the royal family would suffer a heavy Yuan Qi damage and instead benefit others.

In this way, the royal family and Atlas would reach a new balance.

The balance may seem fragile, but it will not break in the short term.

Atlas had lost a large number of X-class masters in this battle, Don't forget Atlas's strengths, Their genetic technology is beyond the reach of at least one generation in every country, With Atlas's foundation, the losses of more than ten X-class experts could be made up in less than ten years at most. The X-class experts that were forcibly piled up with drugs might have some water, but it was not something SSS + experts could make up for. At that time, Atlas would become strong again.

In this period of time, the royal family might be even stronger, but the Shentu bloodline was no good, let alone the Lin family in the southwest!

The Lin Clan in the southwest would retire with Lin Qingtian and the return of the royal family, giving up the position of the empire's number one clan. Until new powerful figures from the southwest faction reached the top, they could only hibernate.

And Shentu bloodline...

They were sinners.

The fact that a World-shaking expert in their clan would have his leg broken by a group of commoners was enough to show how tolerant the empire was towards them. For historical reasons, Even if Lin Qingtian held the position of supreme leader, he would still make use of his power to save them. Occasionally, he would release individual characters and the others would turn a blind eye. However, if he dared to use his power to declare those ancient martial arts inheritances of the Shentu bloodline innocent, he would probably be attacked immediately.

These people had stood too thoroughly back then, leaving no way for them to retreat at all. Of course, at that special time, for the leaders of the various sects that controlled the direction of the martial arts inheritance, there seemed to be no need for them to leave any way for them to retreat.

So they started killing people in the civil war.

Countless Empire geniuses died in battle, The descendants of the people who died in the war were taken care of by all sides after the founding of the country, One group after another was formed. The military, politics, business, secret service, and even some foreign friendly forces were mixed in. They were naturally hostile to inheritances like the Shentu bloodline. If Lin Qingtian dared to declare them innocent, these people would not agree first.

It would be an unprecedented confrontation. Historical hatred, coupled with political and profit factors, would cause countless people to jump out to resist Lin Qingtian's orders. The attacks came from outside, from inside, and were almost everywhere.

Therefore, even Lin Qingtian could only occasionally release a few people when he was in desperate need of powerful combat strength, such as Shentu Yue, Shentu Longhu, and Shentu Zi.

Unless the Shentu bloodline was like the Xuanyuan bloodline back then, Breaking through, After the latter was destroyed, only Xuanyuan Longhu and Xuanyuan Longyin remained. Dozens of years later, Lin Xuanyuan and the current Xuanyuan bloodline had taken shape. This was equivalent to a new faction with the name of Xuanyuan bloodline. At the very least, the name of the person who dominated the faction was no longer Xuanyuan. His current name was Lin, and he might be surnamed Zhang or Li in the future.

The Empire's attitude towards the Xuanyuan Clan also meant that when Atlas sent people to retaliate against the Shentu Clan after this incident, the Empire might not stop them from using force against the invaders, but it would definitely not give them any help from a single bullet.

The four of them lost Atlas a lot of money in the betrayal today, This was an almost indissoluble death grudge, At this moment, looking at Gaztu's gaze, Shentu Yue knew that if Adolf was allowed to return to Atlas, when their strength recovered, one day, the three giants of Atlas would quietly enter the Divine Continent Empire and find the Shentu Clan's lair in the old forest.

Facing Atlas's revenge, the fate of the Shentu bloodline would be extermination.

In the face of betrayers, no one was willing to let them off easily.

So no matter what, Shentu Yue had to stop Adolf from returning to Atlas. Although she knew that it was very difficult for her to control Lin Xuanyuan's will, she still had to try no matter what. Even if she succeeded in stopping this transaction and waiting for them to break out of the encirclement with double the difficulty, she still had to try.

Indeed, survival was very important, but there were always some things that were more important than survival.

The threat of survival could make him hesitate when facing Lin Fengxue's orders, but the future fate of the Shentu bloodline combined with the future fate of the Lin family in the southwest was enough for Shentu Yue to suppress her desire for survival.

Moreover, if this transaction failed, they would only be faced with a double difficulty in breaking out of the encirclement. It was not certain that they would die. Although their chances of survival were small, they still had a chance.

Under such circumstances, Shentu Yue had to gamble!

As long as Adolf doesn't return to Atlas, Atlas, who had lost a giant, would lose the right to fight against the royal family, At that time, they would only be able to survive. It might not be difficult to protect themselves, but if they wanted to develop again, it would be as difficult as ascending to the heavens. Most importantly, without Adolf, even if Earlaen and Catu entered the Divine Continent Empire together to take revenge on the Shentu Clan, the Shentu Clan would still have the confidence to block them.

"Your Highness, Adolf definitely cannot let him go. Letting him go is letting the tiger return to the mountain."

Shentu Yue gritted her teeth and walked forward to Lin Xuanyuan's side. "As long as Adolf returns, Atlas still has the strength to fight against the royal family. It won't be easy for us to deal with them in the future."

"Hmph, leave Adolf? Can you break out of the encirclement by leaving him behind? If I go all out, Under the siege of the Rice Army , At least half of you need to stay here, including World-shaking experts. At that time, my main target will be Lin Xuanyuan. You can kill Adolf, but since Atlas has lost a Supreme Giant, the royal family must also lose a Giant. Do you think I will let Lin Xuanyuan go? I must keep him! At all costs! "

Earlaen roared. He looked coldly at Shentu Yue and continued to sneer, "Traitor, I know what you're thinking. Regardless of the reason for your betrayal, I'm sure that the master behind you is not from the same camp as the royal family, right?" You want Lin Xuanyuan to reject this deal and start a war again! For you, whether the royal family is weakened or Atlas is weakened, it will be good for you. Do you want to use us? Divine Continent Empire seemed to have an old saying, "Watch a tiger fight on a mountain?" It's a wonderful plan. "

As he spoke, he actually began to applaud. Amidst the crisp applause, Lin Xuanyuan's cold gaze had already landed on Shentu Yue.

Shentu Yue's expression changed drastically. She did have this thought in her heart, However, it wasn't obvious. Right now, the main thing was to prevent the Shentu bloodline and the Lin family in the southwest from taking revenge on Atlas. Perhaps what Earlaen said was her subconscious thoughts, but she herself didn't realize this and didn't have any specific plans. Otherwise, she would have considered it more clearly before she stepped forward.

Instigate Atlas to continue the war with the royal family?

This was completely offensive to both sides. If she could figure it out clearly, how could she stand out so recklessly?

"Your Highness, I don't mean that. He..."

Shentu Yue opened her mouth, subconsciously wanting to explain, but after only half a sentence, she was interrupted by Lin Xuanyuan, "Who are you? Is there a place for you to speak?"

Shen Tu Yue's expression suddenly stiffened. Her face quickly flushed red, and then she quickly lowered her head. Obviously, she was trying her best to restrain her anger.

Not to mention that Lin Xuanyuan definitely couldn't offend him on this occasion, even in the Divine Continent Empire, she had to maintain a minimum of respect when facing a supreme being.

'"You and your people are not pure-minded. I'm not saying that you want to provoke Atlas and the royal family, but at the very beginning, it seems that your original purpose was not to help me, right? You guys betrayed the empire. Although you are in my camp now, at least you betrayed me!"

Lin Xuanyuan said coldly.

'"Is this important? In fact, we have already killed three Atlas X-class masters without causing any harm to you. Lin Xuanyuan, don't bully others too much! We can help you, or we can..." Lin Xuanyuan said.

Before Shentu Yue could say anything, Shentu Zi snorted coldly in the crowd and said directly.

"Shut up!"

Shentu Yue's expression changed drastically as she screamed.

"What can I do?"

Lin Xuanyuan laughed loudly, "Go on, you want to say that you can continue to help Atlas and settle the charges of treason so that I can completely exterminate the Shentu bloodline after I return? Alright, you can do this. Let's not talk about whether you can get out of the crowd. Even if you can, will Earlaen accept your help?"

"Is there a need? There's no point in fighting now. We all want to avoid our own losses. Leave Adolf to me and you can all leave. As for these traitors, Lin Xuanyuan, if you are willing to hand them over to me to kill them, I will give you what you want."

Earlaen said coldly.

At this time, even if the Shentu Clan continued to join them, there was no need to fight. Let alone whether the four Shentu Clan members who joined again could be trusted, even if they could be trusted, it would still be a bitter battle. Furthermore, it would be a bitter battle after losing Adolf.

Lin Xuanyuan and the others were at their peak state for a limited period of time. However, the opponent's World-shaking experts were at an advantage. Using their limited time and numbers, Earlaen was at least eighty percent certain that he would be able to annihilate Lin Xuanyuan and the others if the battle started again. However, he had to pay the price of everyone else dying here.

This was definitely not a wise choice.

"Your Highness..."

Shentu Yue said anxiously with a pale expression, "Although what Little Violet said is wrong, there is at least one thing that is true. We have already killed three Atlas X-class experts. This is proof of our loyalty, and it is also helpful to you. You cannot deny it!"

"You're right."

Lin Xuanyuan said indifferently, "This is also the reason why you have been able to stand among us and retreat with us. However, this is not enough. You must do something else."

"What else do you want us to do?!"

Shen Tu Yue's heart sank continuously. She gritted her teeth, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth.

"Very simple."

Lin Xuanyuan narrowed his eyes and looked at the woman, "When we retreat later, you and your men will be in charge of the rear of the palace. Do you want to accept it or not?"

Four people.

In the face of tens of thousands of troops chasing after him, he was in charge of the work behind the palace hall.

Shentu Yue felt her eyes darken and her body almost fell down the stairs.

She grabbed the railing of the stairs and looked at Lin Xuanyuan.

Lin Xuanyuan was also looking at her, his eyes cold and mocking.

Wallgrass won't get any preferential treatment in war.

"I..."

Shentu Yue gritted her teeth and finally said with difficulty, "I accept!"

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