Chapter 350: Throne

Taking advantage of the time while Xin Gugu had left again, Xu Xiaoshou once more entered the Yuanfu Space.

Beside him, the dan ding gurgled softly, and everything around was peacefully quiet.

Xu Xiaoshou suddenly realized that this was actually an independent space where he could engage in deep thinking.

His biggest enemy right now was Zhang Taiying.

Although they had never met face-to-face, this was the first time Xu Xiaoshou had ever felt such a strong urge to eliminate an enemy.

In the past, he had always passively endured various attacks from his enemies.

This was because his schedule was so packed that he couldn't spare a moment to go after them.

But those kinds of assassinations weren't lethal, so his sense of crisis wasn't very strong.

Zhang Taiying was different!

This guy was too terrifying.

The grief of losing his son had driven him to send Hong Gou on his first strike.

Hong Gou had nearly ground Xu Xiaoshou to death, even at his strongest fighting state.

After truly stepping one foot into the gates of hell, Xu Xiaoshou never wanted to experience that again.

He was afraid.

Zhang Taiying had to die.

This time, he had to take the initiative.

As for how to strike once and make the head of the Zhang Family—someone who dominated Tiansang County, outpowering many giants and leading the four great families in strength—drop dead on the spot...

This was a problem worth pondering deeply.

If outsiders knew that a minor Yuan Court Realm underling was plotting to assassinate a Wangzuo, it might make people laugh their heads off.

But Xu Xiaoshou was seriously thinking about it.

First of all, he wasn't an ordinary Xiantian.

In fact, with the boost from his various passive skills, even without activating his double awakening technique, an ordinary Zongshi couldn't withstand him.

Li Qi had already verified that for him.

"That means, in my base state, my combat power is basically on par with an ordinary Zongshi."

"If I activate 'Kuangbao Giant' and 'Zhaolie Attitude,' judging from Hong Gou's miserable state that day, an ordinary Zongshi might not even handle a single strike from me."

Of course, these were just guesses.

The Li Qi he had encountered was only at the Tianxiang Realm of Zongshi.

Zongshi had three realms: Tianxiang, Yin Yang, and Xing Si Realm, each stronger than the last.

It's possible that a Yin Yang Realm expert, with various tactics like the unused array disks in Li Qi's ring, could turn the tables and make him capsize in the gutter.

But Xu Xiaoshou had no way out!

"Zhang Taiying must die!"

He continued to mull it over.

If this so-called head of the Zhang Family stayed in his family compound, Xu Xiaoshou wouldn't have any chance.

But unfortunately for Zhang Taiying, tomorrow night was the City Lord's Mansion banquet.

According to Fu Xing, Zhang Taiying was definitely going to attend.

"How many people will he bring?"

"Will he have a Wangzuo accompanying him?"

Xu Xiaoshou wasn't sure; even if his guesses were spot-on, they were still just guesses.

If that one-in-a-million possibility happened, he could end up in grave danger.

"So, the key to this problem is how to make Zhang Taiying attend alone."

A sly smile curved at the corner of Xu Xiaoshou's mouth.

His plan and ideas had already started forming that morning, the moment he captured Xin Gugu.

What if, around the time of the City Lord's Mansion banquet, some petty thugs tried to attack the Zhang Family?

If the Zhang Family faced an attack that threatened their core, would Zhang Taiying pull most of his forces to the less dangerous City Lord's Mansion?

Or would he leave the extra forces at home and go alone?

This was an answer that didn't require much thought.

"So, the problem now shifts to how to attack the Zhang Family and still escape unscathed."

If he hadn't been fully clear-headed that morning, now that Xin Gugu had pointed out the powerful functions of Yuanfu, he was completely confident.

He could toss a dozen furnaces of dan ding into the Zhang Family mansion and let them explode freely.

After doing the deed, he could slip straight into Yuanfu—who would notice?

If something unexpected happened, he could summon Xin Gugu and A Jie right away, then hide in Yuanfu—who could withstand the might of these two near-Wangzuo figures?

At the very least, if it came to that, he could always run, right?

The power and audacity of a Wangzuo were evident from Hong Gou's actions.

That guy had dared to enter the vast Tiansang City to kill.

Though he was ultimately killed, that was because of the unexpected appearance of the big uncle.

If things had gone normally, Hong Gou might have succeeded and brazenly walked out of Tiansang City.

"Running is still not an option; that choice is too risky."

Xu Xiaoshou didn't take it lightly.

The opponent was the Zhang Family, one of Tiansang City's four great powers, with too many unpredictable factors.

He wasn't some masked lone wolf with the guts and strength to charge into Tiansang alone.

He had to think it through carefully, maximize every hidden advantage, deliver a fatal blow to the Zhang Family in an instant, and then escape immediately—that was the ideal plan.

"So, in the end, this boils down to whether a Wangzuo expert can, after I enter Yuanfu, trace the void's marks through the Great Dao and locate the Yuanfu Space."

Xu Xiaoshou thought of Ye Xiaotian.

That day, Lei Shuangxing had taken Luo Leilei and crushed the teleportation jade stone, vanishing right before their eyes.

Yet, that terrifying white-haired Dao Tong had struck through the void fragments, even without knowing the exact destination.

If Xu Xiaoshou hadn't seen that scene, he wouldn't have imagined Wangzuo could be so powerful.

But now, he had to consider it carefully.

"Was it because Ye Xiaotian has spatial attributes that he could do all that? Could other ordinary Wangzuos do the same?"

"Perhaps this question can only be tested once Xin Gugu returns!"

Xu Xiaoshou made his decision.

There was a fundamental difference between being proactive and reactive.

As someone with severe laziness, if it weren't for threats to his own life, even knowing there were enemies around, Xu Xiaoshou figured he'd still stay put and let the storms rage.

But once he put his mind to it...

It was like how he had dealt with Feng Kong and Shao Yi in the outer courtyard, or the long-distance tug-of-war with the Gray Fog Man at Tianxuan Gate.

No matter how vast the gap in their levels, Xu Xiaoshou would make his enemies realize that he wasn't an easy target to squash.

Just as Cen Qiaofu had exclaimed back then.

This guy was like a lazy hedgehog.

Docile when still, but if you suddenly bumped into it—if you weren't made of steel, you'd instantly get a face full of blood.

"It's still not enough..."

After all, he was facing a Wangzuo, and even with a nearly perfect hand of cards, Xu Xiaoshou didn't dare slack off.

To ensure absolutely no mishaps, he sent his spiritual sense into Yuanfu and glanced at that red interface that had appeared just a few days ago.

"Come on, Zhang Taiying."

"Let me see whether your life is tougher, or if my Xu Xiaoshou's cheats have run out!"