NOVEL WEB Chapter 172: Douluo Dalu II—Chapter 172: Duchess? How many soul engineer teams does she have?
Douluo Dalu II—Chapter 172: Duchess? How many soul engineer teams does she have?
When he was reading the book earlier, there was one thing that made him very dissatisfied.
That was, in the original book, Huo Yuhao did not take revenge on the Duchess. The main motivation for Huo Yuhao to move forward in the early stages was to seek justice for his mother.
As a result, later on, the Duchess was left with nothing but a tomb; such a dramatic plot was truly outrageous.
Although, according to Electrolux, the road to the underworld can be opened in the future, which means Huo Yuhao might be able to fish Huo Yun'er out, and there is also a chance to revive her someday.
However, resurrection is resurrection. Revenge still needs to be avenged. He inherited this body and naturally inherited the cause and effect. The Duchess is ready to attack him, so he can't just hide forever, right?
To be honest, a villain like Tang San could be tolerated for now, because currently, he truly couldn't defeat Tang San. Although Huo Yuhao planned to ascend to the God Realm in the future to deal with Tang San, that was ultimately a matter for the future.
As for the Duchess, it's not that he can't deal with her, so there's no need to tolerate her.
However, before that, he must convince Jing Hongchen and the others to let him leave for a while. Of course, Huo Yuhao isn't going alone. Sun is a subordinate organization of Illustrious Virtue Hall, it makes no sense for Jing Hongchen, the hall master, not to be informed.
So, it won't be long before Jing Hongchen knows that the Duchess is planning to arrange someone to assassinate him.
After a while, a voice sounded outside: "Pagoda Master, the Hall Master asks you to go to him."
"Well, I know. I'll go now." Huo Yuhao responded immediately.
Jing Hongchen sat on his chair, his face gloomy.
He had received some information from Sun. With the support of the Sun Moon Empire, Illustrious Virtue Hall was naturally one of the major forces on the Douluo Continent. For such a major force, it's normal to have subordinate agencies to gather intelligence.
"I didn't expect the Duchess to take action against Yuhao. Yuhao will be here soon. Xiaomeng, what do you think of this matter?" Jing Hongchen asked.
Meng Hongchen looked at Jing Hongchen and frowned slightly: "Junior Yuhao is the first genius of our Sun Moon Empire, so he will become the pillar of the Sun Moon Empire in the future.
We must respond to this matter and make the Duchess pay the price."
"Well, Xiaomeng, I think so too." Jing Hongchen nodded, with an expression of approval. "The Duchess is planning to do such a thing, which is undoubtedly destroying the future of the Sun Moon Empire. Yuhao's importance to the Sun Moon Empire is too great!
Therefore, the Duchess must pay the price for this. Otherwise, it would be unfair to Yuhao. However, we need to study the plan to retaliate against the Duchess in advance."
Jing Hongchen is the head of Illustrious Virtue Hall, and he has many subordinates.
Naturally, he can't just retaliate against the Duchess on a whim. He needs to investigate the situation clearly and choose a good retreat route.
Of course, the former is simpler. The White Tiger Duke's Mansion is much easier to investigate than the Star Luo Imperial Palace.
As far as Jing Hongchen knows, many powerful soul masters affiliated with the White Tiger Duke's Mansion are now stationed in the Mingdou Mountains with Dai Hao to guard against the Sun Moon Empire's army, so the defense of the Duke's Mansion is not as strong as that of the Imperial Palace.
Click, click.
A sound of footsteps sounded outside the door, then the door was pushed open by a pair of hands. The owner of the hands was Huo Yuhao. He looked at Jing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen and said, "Dean, Senior Sister Meng."
"Yuhao, you're here. Sit down first. You should also know that the Duchess is planning to assassinate you," Jing Hongchen said. Huo Yuhao nodded without hesitation: "Of course, I know, Dean. I was just about to discuss this with you. My idea is very simple: to eliminate the Duchess to prevent her from attacking me again. Not only should we solve the problem, but also the person who caused it."
Jing Hongchen's face showed admiration. To be honest, he felt that Huo Yuhao's idea coincided with his own, and he also wanted to get rid of the Duchess.
Although the Sun Moon Empire held Huo Yuhao in extremely high regard and even had Consecrators taking turns guarding outside the academy to prevent anyone from harming Huo Yuhao, keeping the Duchess alive was ultimately a hidden danger.
Although with the Sun Moon Empire's strength, the Duchess's assassination plan against Huo Yuhao would inevitably fail, there were too many variables in the future, so cutting the roots as soon as possible was the best choice.
Thinking of this, Jing Hongchen said, "Yuhao, your idea is good, but eliminating the Duchess is not a simple matter.
She is the daughter of the Emperor of the Star Luo Empire and the wife of the White Tiger Duke. Therefore, in the Star Luo Empire, the Duchess has a very high status and will receive great attention.
Once she dies, the angry Emperor of the Star Luo Empire will surely mobilize people to find the person who killed her. So, we need to carefully consider how to handle this.
In particular, we need to plan when to act and devise a retreat route. Once we have a foolproof plan, we can proceed. Don't worry; this won't take longer than five days.
The overall strength of the Sun Moon Empire is higher than that of the Star Luo Empire, but under normal circumstances, Jing Hongchen cannot bring all the Sun Moon Empire experts over at once.
Most of these experts hold important positions; for example, some are responsible for protecting the prince and the emperor.
"Retreat?" Huo Yuhao thought that, with the existence of the Undead Demi-plane, retreating would be very easy. The Undead Demi-plane contains a large space, so even if the Sun Moon Soul Engineer Legion were inside, there would be no problem.
After some thought, he said: "Dean, I have a way to handle the retreat."
"Oh? Do you have a way? Do you have a powerful friend in the Star Luo Empire who can help?" Jing Hongchen asked subconsciously, thinking it might be possible.
Huo Yuhao shook his head: "I don't have any powerful friends in the Star Luo Empire. But I must tell you—I have a demi-plane, which was a gift from my teacher."
He was ready to show his cards, to demonstrate his advantage, and then persuade Jing Hongchen to act quickly against the Duchess.
"A demi-plane?" Jing Hongchen looked confused. He was different from Di Tian, a long-lived soul beast with noble blood. His knowledge was limited compared to Di Tian's.
It was normal that Di Tian knew about the plane, but Jing Hongchen didn't. After all, he didn't even realize he was living on a planet, much less understand the concept of a plane.
Meng Hongchen, standing nearby, also looked puzzled. She didn't understand what Huo Yuhao meant by "demi-plane."
Huo Yuhao explained: "If you understand, it's essentially a matter involving space power—a kind of world."
"If you're willing, I can take you into this world. With this demi-plane as backing, the retreat plan will be much easier."
In the future, if we send more people into the demi-plane, dealing with the defensive forces near the Duchess will become extremely simple. Even without the help of Electrolux and others, we can handle the defense forces near her.
After all, how many soul engineer teams does the Duchess have?
(End of this chapter)