Xiao Zhan knew that convincing a coward to take a risk was a difficult task.
But he must persuade him.
"I’ll ask you one question, do you think I’ll die if I go on a surprise attack?"
Huang Duohuan answered without even half a second’s hesitation.
"Then why do you think I would go on a suicide mission?" Xiao Zhan asked again.
Huang Duohuan suddenly found himself at a loss for words.
Yeah, if Xiao Zhan wasn’t confident about the plan, why would he go on a suicide mission?
Volunteering to die meant Xiao Zhan must be extremely confident.
And he believed he would not die!
Another worry was, if Xiao Zhan wasn’t really going for a surprise attack, but merely using him as a decoy to get himself killed, it wouldn’t make much sense for Xiao Zhan.
His opponent would just be one man short, he would still have to face more than a dozen others. There wasn’t much difference between sixteen and fifteen.
So Huang Duohuan believed that Xiao Zhan probably wasn’t simply out to get him killed.
At least he wanted to achieve a certain goal before doing so.
"You have three minutes to think about it. Fortune favors the bold. If you play it safe here waiting for an opportunity, I doubt you’ll succeed."
Xiao Zhan gave him time to think and kept silent.
Huang Duohuan lowered his head and pondered seriously.
Three minutes later, Huang Duohuan made up his mind, "Fine, I’ll take this risk with you!"
Xiao Zhan patted his shoulder, "Not with me, but for yourself."
After speaking, Xiao Zhan briefly laid out his plan, "We’ll split up later; you show yourself first to distract one of them. Once you’ve drawn him away, leave the rest to me."
"How much time will you need?"
Huang Duohuan, resolute, didn’t fuss over anything else but focused on the most pressing issue.
"How long can you lead him away?"
"How long do you need?"
Quite the sharp tone.
"This isn’t something you can drag out, one minute is enough."
Huang Duohuan looked surprised, "You can take down a Seventh Grade Sovereign in a minute? Are you kidding me?"
"Do I look like I’m joking?"
"Not really." Huang Duohuan shook his head, but his expression was still puzzled, "But one minute, isn’t that a bit too... extreme?"
Xiao Zhan chuckled lightly, "It’s not me who will make the move, someone else will. Besides, for some people, a minute is already quite long, isn’t it?" Googlᴇ search novᴇlfire.net
Saying the latter half, Xiao Zhan’s inexplicable smile roamed over Huang Duohuan.
Huang Duohuan’s face flushed with embarrassment, thankful that his blush wasn’t visible at night, "Damn, how did he know?"
"Alright, let’s get moving, now’s the best opportunity. If you come back alive, I’ll teach you how to hold out longer!"
"Get lost, I’m tough as hell. Don’t believe me? Get a normal person to plank for a minute, and then you’ll see if a minute is long or not."
With those words, Huang Duohuan, not wanting to dwell on the subject, hurriedly slithered away.
Xiao Zhan watched his retreating figure and sneered coldly, proceeding according to his own plan.
Over here, Huang Duohuan quickly reached a safe, deserted place.
He was with his two wives, telling one of them, "This place is very safe, hide here."
"Do we really have to do this? Isn’t the risk too high? If we just cultivate slowly, we can break through too," the woman expressed her worries.
Huang Duohuan shook his head, "Fortune favors the bold. Slow cultivation, who knows how long that would take. Rest assured, I have a clear understanding, there won’t be any problems."
Having said that, Huang Duohuan left with the other woman.
His talent was Dual Tasking, allowing him to switch between contract targets back and forth, but also, he had an unofficial skill –– he could instantly appear in front of the contract target when switching.
As long as it wasn’t over a certain distance.
He often used this trick for looting amid chaos or landing a surprise attack from behind. Others either couldn’t detect him, or even if they did, they couldn’t catch up with him.
Xiao Zhan knew about this trick of his, which is why he got him to attract attention.
After separating from Huang Duohuan, Xiao Zhan approached Tang Kun.
Tang Kun, alert as ever in his perception.
Xiao Zhan emerged from the darkness.
Seeing it was them, Tang Kun relaxed his mind a bit, "It’s you guys, what do you want with me? I advise you to head back early, preserve the Ye Family’s lineage rather than throwing your lives away in vain tomorrow."
He also knew of Ye Wudi’s death.
Xiao Zhan didn’t care about his tone, "I could indeed save my own life if I went back, but if you stay here, aren’t you just sending yours away in vain?"
Xiao Zhan got straight to the point, "I want to form an alliance with you."
Hearing that, he hadn’t spoken yet when others from the big families who came to help mocked them first.
"Ally, with you? With what right? Because of your good looks?"
Xiao Zhan ignored these people; he could easily silence them if he wanted.
He focused only on Tang Kun, "Right now, there are only three Seventh Grades here –– you, Sirram, and Sars. Tomorrow, when the Holy Snow Lotus blooms, they will definitely team up first. Can you handle them by yourself?"
Tang Kun didn’t speak, for this was also something he was pondering over.
For this struggle over the Seventh Grade Holy Medicine, the Federation had too much on its plate to lend aid. And of their big families, the others seemed quite indifferent to this matter.
Only the Tang Family had sent a Seventh Grade.
But now, facing two Seventh Grades, in a one against two scenario, Tang Kun didn’t have the upper hand.
"How do you want to ally?"
"I know Sars’ weakness. As long as you strike at his weak point, I can guarantee to take him down within half a minute!"
That statement made the atmosphere go dead silent in an instant, even those who were mocking Xiao Zhan inhaled sharply.
Their gazes turned towards Xiao Zhan, trembling immensely.
Tang Kun was equally moved; he didn’t expect Xiao Zhan to make such an audacious statement.
"Was it Liu Xin who told you?"
Tang Kun knew Liu Xin, the vice president of the Mulan Guild they had met several times before.
Tang Kun uttered softly and then said, "Just knowing the weakness isn’t enough to kill a Seventh Grade Sovereign in half a minute, is it?"
Xiao Zhan was indeed confident, otherwise, he wouldn’t have come here, "I know that no matter how much I say, it is useless. I’ll create an opportunity for you later; I will tell you the weak point, and you can choose whether to strike or not. You also know whether you should make the move."