Chapter 2981

Chapter 1494 A Completely Different Choice

Cao Cao smiled slightly and casually waved his hand, blocking the eyes and ears of others in the room: “Her son has entered my temple and embarked on the path of guardianship. Oh, I forgot to tell you, he also came to this world, named Cao Ang, and was chosen by me as the holy son of the path of guardianship.”

Zu An was taken aback at first, then realized that it had been quite a few years since he left the cultivation world, and everyone participated in missions through the temple, with different time flows in different worlds, so it wasn’t surprising that Bai Rouxue’s son had grown up so much.

“So it seems that last time at the He residence, you were the one who made her feign allegiance?” Bai Rouxue was originally a member of the path of guardianship, and now that her son had become the holy son of guardianship, why would she have betrayed the path of guardianship to come to my side?

“Otherwise, how could we have thoroughly understood your strengths and weaknesses, making it easier to target you one by one?” Cao Cao smiled calmly. “You are indeed a talent. In such a short time, you have entered the capital with the most disadvantaged bloodline of a remote royal family and have even gained control of the strongest force in the capital.”

“Why not switch to the path of the Guardians? I will make you the second god of the Guardians. All the guardian envoys and believers will obey your orders. Perhaps in the future, you can even become a true god.”

Bai Rouxue’s face paled: “A true god…”

Cao Cao smiled slightly: “You still have feelings for each other. Wouldn’t it be good to reunite then?”

Bai Rouxue felt bitter. She had betrayed the other party this time, causing such great harm. How could they ever be reunited after breaking through to the next realm?

Zu’an didn’t even glance at her, instead calmly looking at Cao Cao: “We both know you can’t possibly trust me, so why put on this act?”

“You underestimate the magnanimity of a true god. Humans may be sensitive to betrayal and hostility, but in our dimension, these are trivial matters.” Cao Cao’s face was filled with divinity. “Besides, you also want to protect your confidantes, which in a sense aligns with the path of protection.”

At this moment, Dong Zhuo snorted: “Enough already! Recruiting in front of us? He’d be better off joining Nirvana than joining your path of protection. My dear daughter, Fireworks, is closer to him; we’re even father-in-law and son-in-law.”

“Where is Fireworks now?” Zu’an was eager to know what role Fireworks played in the whole affair.

“She has her own mission now, and I will naturally arrange for you to meet afterward,” Dong Zhuo continued enticingly. “If you and I join forces, the whole world will be ours.”

Yuan Shao, who was standing to the side, finally couldn’t help but say, “This guy is best at leveraging power. Are you all fighting over him because you want to fight first, let him escape, and then lead your army to wipe us out in one fell swoop?”

Cao Cao also nodded slightly: “That’s right, it seems that it’s best to eliminate him first, and then we can each rely on our own abilities.”

“Very well, I second that.” Dong Zhuo was also worried that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao would join forces against him, and coupled with the fact that his plans had been ruined by Zu An several times, it was better to eliminate this biggest variable first.

Zu’an looked at Yuan Shao: “I understand why they want to get rid of me. You and I are both from the path of chaos and mystery, why should we fight amongst ourselves?”

“It seems you still don’t understand the true meaning of chaos and mystery. How can we disciples have the concept of being from the same house?” Yuan Shao immediately sneered, “You don’t even have this much awareness. I don’t know why the true god values you so much. I was originally the most outstanding and most valued divine messenger in the path of chaos and mystery.”

Zu’an understood. So it was a competition for favor.

Cao Cao, standing nearby, chuckled, “You were only one step away from becoming a true god, and now you’ve even begun to question it. Replacing Mili is just around the corner.”

Zu’an frowned slightly, “Where is Mili? Aren’t you afraid of her purging you for this betrayal?”

Dong Zhuo laughed heartily, “Yuan Shao’s actions perfectly embody chaos and mystery. How could Mili possibly blame him?”

“Enough talk, let’s fight!” Yuan Shao couldn’t contain himself and launched the first attack, “Taste the sharpness of my sword!”

His longsword was drawn, and a sword aura filled with chaos and mystery appeared directly in front of Zu’an. Wherever the sword aura passed, everything was reconstructed, plunging into utter chaos.

A river of time appeared before Zu’an, blocking this chaotic attack.

Dong Zhuo laughed heartily, “If Meng himself were to use this, it would indeed be quite troublesome. But now it’s just a piece of cake.”

As he spoke, his hand had already traversed the long river of history, appearing directly above Zu’an’s head.

With a casual squeeze, the power of annihilation enveloped his entire body, even completely obliterating the space where Zu’an had just stood.

However, he let out a surprised “Eh.”

Zuan appeared not far away, his figure half-real and half-illusory.

The “Illusory Realm” technique allows him to temporarily shift between reality and illusion, making him impervious to external harm.

Cao Cao spoke: “I will protect everything in this world, whether it exists or not!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zuan, who had been half-real and half-illusory, solidified completely, unable to revert to his illusory form.

However, they stopped attacking, because a powerful aura suddenly surged from Zuan.

Bluffing: Pretending to fight desperately, but actually covering a retreat.

The stronger he became, the more deceptive his tactics became.

“With the three of you working together, I truly have no choice but to die. But if I fight to the death, I can still inflict a serious injury on someone. So, who among you is willing to be the unlucky one?” Zuan is now a divine messenger of both chaos and memory, possessing a portion of the power of death, reproduction, and desire, and even a fragment of the soul of the First True God. He is already an opponent that even a True God cannot ignore.

Although the three could see that he was using a bluffing technique, they all knew he was telling the truth.

After eliminating Zu An, the remaining members of the group would face another battle. Anyone injured in his counterattack would be eliminated

early. An eerie silence fell over the arena. None of the three were willing to take such a risk, but Zu An couldn’t leave either.

He had already sensed that this space was imprisoned by the power of a true god, making spatial teleportation or leaving using the Rainbow Transformation Technique impossible.

Suddenly, a beautiful young girl ran out from the inner hall, shielding Zu An: “Father, you can’t kill him!”

Everyone’s eyes immediately turned to Fu Wan, whose face instantly flushed red: “Shou’er, what are you doing? Get out of the way!”

“I won’t let him go! He’s my lover! How can you join forces with outsiders to deal with him?” The beautiful girl had a pretty flower mark between her brows. Despite her young age, she radiated unwavering determination.

Zu An was both surprised and delighted. The girl before him was Bi Linglong, though she was younger than he remembered. After all, in this world, she was Fu Wan’s daughter, the future Empress of Emperor Xian of Han.

The two exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with unspoken words, but in this moment, there was no time for further discussion.

“Nonsense! You are the future empress, what does he have to do with you!” Fu Wan was both angry and anxious. The reason he sided with Dong Zhuo was because the latter promised to make his daughter the new empress.

If rumors spread that his daughter had an affair with another man, how could she be worthy of ruling the world?

“He is my lover!” Bi Linglong immediately stood on tiptoe and kissed Zu An tightly.

Seeing this, Fu Wan’s vision went black. It was all over!

At this moment, Dong Zhuo spoke up: “Liu Bei has already seduced the Qiao sisters and won the heart of Miss Lu in a short time. I’ve heard he also has many female confidantes in the north. This man has a bewitching art to charm women. Miss Fu has been bewitched for a time. Once we get rid of this demon, Miss Fu will be able to return to normal.”

“Guards! Quickly take Miss Fu inside!”

Bi Linglong was anxious and drew the sword from Zu An’s waist, holding it to her neck: “I am perfectly sober. Whoever dares to hurt my lover, I will die in front of them! Father, if I die, what’s the point of you joining them!”

In the distance, Bai Rouxue looked dazed. Back in the palace of the cultivation world, the other party was the radiant Crown Princess, while she could only be an unknown concubine.

She believed her looks and intelligence were no less than his, yet because of their different family backgrounds, she was used as a womb by Zhao Hao, while he remained pure and virtuous, becoming the noble Crown Princess and later the Empress, while she was to be secretly executed.

Why, just because of their different family backgrounds, did they have such drastically different fates?

But seeing Bi Linglong bravely draw her sword, she suddenly fell silent.

At this moment, Dong Zhuo suddenly spoke: “General Fu, your family should have another daughter, right?” Fu Wan’s

heart skipped a beat, and he immediately understood what the other party meant.

The other party still agreed to let the Fu family’s daughter become the new Empress, but it didn’t necessarily have to be Shou’er.

His expression shifted between light and dark, and finally he gritted his teeth and said: “Yes!”

There was no turning back now; how could he sacrifice the lives of his entire clan because of his father-daughter relationship?

“Then let’s take another one.” Dong Zhuo immediately shouted, “You audacious vixen, daring to impersonate Miss Fu! Guards, shoot her dead with arrows!”

At this time, the troops outside had already arrived, and the three of them didn’t need to do it themselves.

Bi Linglong’s expression changed. Born into a prestigious family, she was well aware that she had been abandoned by her clan.

She turned to Zu An and smiled bitterly, “I never expected our reunion to be under such circumstances. If we cannot share life, we can at least share a grave in death. It’s not so bad.”

Zu An gently grasped her hand, “Don’t worry, we won’t die.” He

then sighed, “If you hadn’t appeared, I really would have died.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a halberd descended from the sky, sweeping away the barrage of arrows.