Chapter 229: Me? Team Up to Beat Me?
"Then I won’t go back and help them clear the passage." The Rabbit-man immediately dropped the idea of returning to clear the passage after Ding Ning’s promise.
She also felt Ding Ning had a point: with the passage sealed, if you want to grow outside, you have to show your own tricks, not just stand here and clear the passage with everyone else.
Now, seeing those Lords diligently clearing the passage, she really wanted to laugh—regardless of whether there are evil spirits inside, some have already made arrangements outside.
But she was certain, only a few had any real means or preparations.
"No, the more it’s like this, the more you should clear the passage with everyone." Ding Ning said seriously. "If they find out you have arrangements outside, they’ll be nervous."
She was being honest. Out of ten Lords, excluding Dark Star and herself, that left only eight.
There couldn’t be many with special tactics. Black Crow surely had plans, maybe one more at most—so that leaves six.
Now, with less than half, even if the remaining Lords know this, they will endure it in silence.
Even if they know, they will act as if they don’t.
If the ones around you start to become different one by one, the remaining will surely band together.
If they disregard everything and unite to fight the enemy, who’d become the target among those at the front?
"If they truly band together, anyone could be the target. But the one most likely to be targeted is you." Ding Ning began to analyze the situation for her.
"Me?" The Rabbit-man was stunned, furrowed her brows unhappily. "There’s no way it’d be me, right?"
"If they’re not afraid of me going berserk, let them come. I’ll make them pay for it!" The Rabbit-man snorted coldly. She’d already intimidated many Lords, making them too scared to make a move against her because of this.
Once they target her, she’d definitely drag two of them down to die together.
That’s a loss they can’t afford.
"True, if they team up against you, you can drag two down with you." Ding Ning turned and stared at her crimson eyes. Maybe because she was easy to enrage, Ding Ning always felt Rabbit-man didn’t think things through thoroughly enough.
"If they don’t act against you now, they won’t get another chance." Ding Ning looked into the distance. The strength of these Lords was mostly equal; one-on-one would end with both wounded.
In evenly matched circumstances, two against one—basically, that "one" stands no chance of surviving.
The Rabbit-man’s case is special: her strength can explode fivefold, even five united can take away two.
"To deal with any one of us, they just need to pair up—without sacrificing much, they can win."
"But to deal with you, it’s not as simple as pairing up."
"By then, on the surface, only the remaining Lords with no special tactics would unite, but the other Lords might act from the shadows too."
"After all, no one wants to face you alone. Even two against you, odds of success are slim." Ding Ning smiled as she spoke. "In their eyes, I’m actually the easier one to deal with now."
"Teaming up to fight me is really too much talent wasted on a small matter."
After Ding Ning finished, the Rabbit-man’s heart suddenly sounded an alarm!
She never imagined the thing she relied on most for survival would become her deadliest weakness now.
Right, if they have to team up, why not kill off the one with the strongest solo power first?
Those Lords were full of confidence, all certain they wouldn’t die in this alliance.
As for who’d die in her hands—leave it to luck and skill.
Once she figured this out, the Rabbit-man immediately sat up straighter.
She liked hanging out with Ding Ning because of this—whenever something happened, Ding Ning would analyze the pros and cons for her.
No matter what Ding Ning gained from all these things, her analysis was definitely sharp. Even if Rabbit-man hadn’t thought of it, she could still tell if Ding Ning was right or not.
"So what should I do now?" Rabbit-man frowned, and looked at Ding Ning with a touch of regret in her eyes.
Such a great mind—yet a mind for romance.
She never imagined she’d someday become the strongest Lord, nor did she have any desire to kill others.
Sometimes she felt things were pretty good as is—every Lord was scared of her, none dared provoke her.
If she killed everyone, who’d be left to fear her?
Her innate skill would lose all meaning then.
In human terms, life gains meaning because there’s an audience.
You need people to show off in front of, and riches are best returned home.
Sometimes she found human emotions interesting—like hearing them say "To be rich and not return home is like wearing fine clothes at night." That phrase always gave her a deep resonance in her soul.
She just had no interest in so-called love or romance.
"What you need to do now is join everyone in clearing the passage, pretending nothing’s happened."
"This round of clearing, you have to give it your all." Ding Ning said seriously, "The more urgently you want to break out, the more they’ll slack off."
Rabbit-man nodded. "I get it."
"Later, that human man of yours, just send him to my dungeon. Don’t worry, I’ll spare his life." Rabbit-man looked at Ding Ning. "But if he’s got no skill at all, then sparing his life is all I’ll do."
Her plan was to cripple Jiang Che outright—though she wasn’t worried about Jiang Che taking a throne.
Same as now, even if they teamed up, she wasn’t afraid.
Even if Jiang Che and Ding Ning joined forces against her, she wasn’t worried, and was confident she could take them both at once.
In fact, she hoped Jiang Che could ascend the throne—because then Ding Ning would have a weakness.
And she wanted to use Ding Ning’s mind to help her figure things out.
There was a lot she couldn’t think of herself, and those two had little martial power.
If they behaved, she wouldn’t mind protecting them both, as long as Ding Ning kept helping her analyze situations.
But if Jiang Che didn’t have any skill, giving him the throne would be a waste.
There are plenty of humans—if you really want to support someone to rise, he doesn’t have to be strong, but he can’t drag everyone down.
The other Lords aren’t pushovers—a single flaw could drag Ding Ning and herself into danger.
Ding Ning nodded. "Thanks, then."
She didn’t dwell on Rabbit-man wanting to cripple Jiang Che—even if Rabbit-man wanted to go easy, she’d still tell her not to.
If Jiang Che couldn’t escape from her dungeon without Rabbit-man killing him, then there’d be no point running more dungeons afterward.
Having power beyond all the other Lords wasn’t about becoming stronger—she just wanted Jiang Che to be better able to protect her.