Chapter 11667 — Dead Silence
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He himself was well aware that, barring the unforeseen, he would never catch up to Wei Zhao in this lifetime.
And then, Wei Zhao had suddenly pulled this move.
The Prince of Qin, however, said, "It is not a bad thing."
The others nodded one after another.
From the standpoint of the Prince of Qin's Estate, this was of course not a bad thing—it was a stroke of tremendous fortune.
Originally, when it came to the title of "leader of the old waves," even though Wei Zhao had risen forcefully in recent days, most people would still have cast their lot with the Prince of Qin's Estate. Now Wei Zhao had stolen their thunder and, along with it, swept up this landmine for himself.
High above, Yi Liuchao, who had been watching the scene all along, could not help but reveal an amused smile at the sight.
"Heh, the man has some nerve."
It was he who had instructed the Queen to guide the Zhou Son of Heaven's schemes; the entire situation up to this very moment had been propelled from behind the scenes by him.
All for the purpose of goading Wei Zhao into opening the gates to the new age!
Of course, if Wei Zhao had lost his nerve at the final moment, it would have cost Yi Liuchao nothing whatsoever.
Conversely, a situation like the present was exactly what he wished for; either way, he could not lose.
After all, it had been part of the plan all along.
However, Yi Liuchao's maneuver carried another, deeper purpose.
He wanted to use this opportunity to test the person behind Wei Zhao.
If Wei Zhao truly was a chess piece of immense value, then presumably the god-tier powerhouse behind him would not lightly cast him aside and leave him a discarded piece through and through.
Yet up to now, Yi Liuchao had sensed not the slightest disturbance.
"That great personage certainly knows how to endure."
Yi Liuchao was in no hurry, and he did not doubt his own judgment in the least.
During that previous contact with Wei Zhao, he had already determined that there must be a god-tier powerhouse backing Wei Zhao—perhaps even more than one; otherwise, everything that had happened to Wei Zhao would be utterly inexplicable.
At a level like his, the only thing truly capable of commanding his attention was the movement of god-tier powerhouses.
At this moment.
After a full quarter-hour of dead silence, the various factions finally began to react one after another.
In the next instant, three figures suddenly surged up from deep within the Son of Heaven's palace, their auras abruptly climbing to their absolute peak.
Two peak Venerables of the early Heaven Tier! One Venerable of the mid Heaven Tier!
Everyone present felt their scalps go numb.
That many old monsters were hidden within the Son of Heaven's palace was an open secret; those who knew the inside story were at the very least the top-tier magnates of the Inner Royal Court.
Of the entire civil and military court, fewer than one in a hundred were qualified to know.
Now, three such old monsters of heaven-defying strength had suddenly burst forth—any person at all would have been scared out of their wits.
The good news was that the three old monsters' target was not them, but Wei Zhao, seated with imperious ease upon the Son of Heaven's throne.
Seeing the three auras instantly encircle Wei Zhao, the various big shots immediately understood.
They were trying to snatch the prize!
Wei Zhao had killed the Zhou Son of Heaven before all, and the entire vast karma of the Inner Royal Court now rested upon his shoulders alone.
For him personally, this was naturally no good thing—but for others, he was a walking treasure trove!
Kill Wei Zhao, and one would effectively be ridding the entire Inner Royal Court of a scourge; surely one would receive an enormous karmic reward.
With such a karmic reward in hand, whatever they did in the Inner Royal Court hereafter would go as if aided by the gods, and their chances of laughing last in the coming great upheaval would at least increase tenfold!