Chapter 2437: The Child of Destiny Forced to Work
He Ye was anxious to the point of heartburn. Why was this thing so unresponsive to reason?
"*ahem~* What I mean is, Jiangnan is guilty of every evil imaginable. It's bad enough that he stirs up trouble outside, but now that he's entered the Chuangjie Daxu, he's gone and massacred Sequence contestants from all sides!"
"Several group armies have already fallen victim. It's only a matter of time before it's your turn. Isn't that a huge threat to all the contestants?"
"As the Child of Destiny, beautiful and wise, admired and loved by many, shouldn't you step up and stop Jiangnan's evil deeds?"
"I know Jiangnan is strong, but you are the Goddess of Fortune, blessed by the world! He definitely won't be able to do anything to you!"
Upon hearing this, the Triumph Group Army immediately panicked. Send us after Jiangnan? This guy definitely didn't have any good intentions!
If the big clans didn't want to mess with him, why should we?
Everyone was about to speak, but Zhong Xu's icy gaze swept over them, and the entire hall fell into dead silence.
Qing Ke just tilted her head, listening to He Ye's words. She pulled a banana out of her backpack, peeled it, and stuffed it into her mouth.
"So?"
He Ye's eyes widened. "So what?"
"You think about it! Jiangnan's reputation in the Starry Sky is enormous. Everyone knows his name as a Calamity. He even has the title of the strongest below Star Devourer!"
"On the other hand, you, as the Child of Destiny favored by the world, the Goddess of Fortune—barely anyone knows your name. And right now, the Cosmos Grand Hunt is being watched by the entire Starry Sky!"
"If you can defeat Jiangnan and knock him out of the competition, the whole Starry Sky will see your magnificent figure and bow before you!"
"Those races that Jiangnan has harmed will be immensely grateful to you. Your name, Qing Ke, will spread across the Starry Sky. Upholding justice, defeating the devil—isn't that exactly what the Child of Destiny should do?"
Qing Ke looked at He Ye like he was an idiot, finishing the banana in two or three bites.
"Hey—you don't seriously think I'm one of those naive sweethearts, some rookie pushover, who will stupidly lead the group army to hassle Jiangnan just because you say a few nice words, do you?"
"I treat you sincerely, so why are you treating me like a fool? Do I look that clueless, that easy to trick?"
He Ye: *sweatdrop*
Qing Ke rolled her eyes at He Ye.
"If no one else wants to mess with Jiangnan, why should I be the stupid one sticking my neck out?"
"What's the use of fame? Jiangnan is a bad guy, causing chaos in the Starry Sky, but it hasn't landed on my head. Why should I care? Am I bored out of my mind?"
"You want to use my good luck to make me cause trouble for Jiangnan, then achieve some shady goal of yours, right? Weren't you just saying you wanted to wipe us out? Who's the real bad guy here?"
"Besides... I don't really want to deal with Jiangnan."
With that, she turned her head away, looking a bit impatient.
She just felt a certain instinctive resistance, so Qing Ke didn't really want to have anything to do with Jiangnan.
Qing Tian's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but give Qing Ke a thumbs up.
Their Saintess was no mere lucky vase.
He Ye gritted his teeth. If soft persuasion wouldn't work, then he'd have to resort to hard tactics.
"Let me be blunt. You don't have the right to refuse. Maybe your luck is good enough that even the big clans will keep tripping over their own feet when facing you."
"But with your luck alone, how many people can you protect? Does every single one of the hundred-plus million in the Triumph Group Army have equally excellent luck like you?"
"Maybe my Angel Clan can't take you down, but what if the Bose Race makes a move?"
At this moment, a huge commotion erupted in the Triumph Group Army, with murmurs breaking out everywhere.
Qing Ke said discontentedly, "What do you mean? If I don't go after Jiangnan, you'll attack the Triumph Group Army instead?"
He Ye let out a sinister laugh. "You know what I mean. Under absolute power, even good luck can only protect yourself."
"If the Bose Race acts, can the Triumph Group Army last half an hour? If you get eliminated now, do you even have enough points to rank?"
"I only need you to get Jiangnan eliminated. It's that simple."
"There aren't many on his side. If you take it seriously, there's no way you can't do it. I'll give you three minutes to consider."
"If you refuse, the Triumph Group Army will be the next target of the Bose Race's purge. It doesn't matter which group army they harvest—it can be others, or it can be you."
Even Qing Ke's expression darkened.
If she didn't go after Jiangnan, the Triumph Group Army would be wiped out immediately, everyone eliminated.
If she did go after Jiangnan, at least there was a sliver of hope.
Zhong Xu just stood to the side, coldly watching everyone, not expressing an opinion, not saying a word.
At this point, the people of the Triumph Group Army couldn't sit still anymore. Their faces turned ugly.
"Dammit! What's going on? This is just our luck, isn't it? We teamed up with the Star Farming Clan to soak up some divine aura, and now we're forced to go after Jiangnan?"
"Star Farming Clan, give us an explanation! Our clan paid a huge price to team up with you! What's the meaning of this? You need to guarantee our safety!"
"If we don't go after Jiangnan, we get attacked by the Bose Race immediately? Can we still back out now?"
The previously lively atmosphere vanished instantly. The leaders of the various races looked at Qing Tian with ugly expressions.
If it weren't for Qing Ke being here, they wouldn't have been targeted, and this unlucky situation of being forced to attack Jiangnan wouldn't have happened.
They couldn't tell if this was lucky or unlucky.
Qing Tian was also in a difficult spot. Backing out now was definitely too late, or they'd be wiped out by the Bose Race.
The Star Farming Clan had indeed taken their money. Even with Qing Ke around, they didn't have the hard power to win against the Starry Sky's overlord.
There was simply no choice! They were forced to send the Triumph Army to fight Jiangnan.
Qing Ke turned to look at Qing Tian, who scratched his head in embarrassment.
He Ye pressed the advantage. "As long as Jiangnan is eliminated, we guarantee that the Triumph Group Army will survive until the end of the brutal battle phase. You'll earn enough points, and then you can leave."
"We can even bring in half-dead group armies for you to feed on. But if you refuse, immediate clearance is just the first step."
"As for the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle and the Final Peak War... hehehe. Don't forget—who calls the shots in this Starry Sky now? It's not Jiangnan. It's the Bose Race, the Sacred Law Council!"
"Everyone—you don't want this matter to send your clan rankings plummeting, do you?"
At this moment, the leaders of all the races in the Triumph Group Army were grinding their teeth. Not just the Cosmos Grand Hunt—if they refused, they'd get shafted even after it ended, right?
Tch—
Going after Jiangnan versus defying the will of the Starry Sky overlord... the former still had a chance, the latter was a dead end.
Qing Ke was silent for a long time, seeming very angry. Her cheeks puffed up round.
"So as long as I get Jiangnan eliminated, you won't come after us anymore, right?"
He Ye rubbed his hands together with a smirk.
"Exactly! That should be the simplest thing for you, shouldn't it? We cooperate happily, my friend~"
As he spoke, he reached out his hand.
Qing Ke stuffed her little hoe back into her tool bag and glared hatefully at He Ye and Zhong Xu.
"I'm not your friend. Hmph—people like you definitely won't have a good ending. Just you wait! Pfft~"
With that, she clenched her little fists, puffed up with anger, and turned to walk away.
For some reason, He Ye inexplicably felt a chill run down his spine. He shuddered violently, and even Zhong Xu got goosebumps all over her Bose Body.
He Ye wiped the sweat from his forehead. She was just saying that, right? It couldn't be real, could it?
"Don't forget—if you break the agreement, it won't just be immediate elimination."
Qing Ke didn't look back. "You don't need to remind me. If I say I'll do it, I'll do it. As for you lot, watch out for karma, alright?"
He Ye snorted. Karma? As long as they cleared out the human team, what did karma matter?
Seeing He Ye and Zhong Xu leave, the people of the Triumph Army immediately gathered around Qing Ke.
"What now? Are we really going to go after Jiangnan? That bastard He Ye doesn't do anything human, does he?"
"That's Jiangnan, known as the Starry Sky Calamity! We've all seen the videos of his Black Hole Devouring Star. Even if the Sacred Law Council has restricted him, his Dimensional Reduction Strike isn't something we can handle, is it?"
Clearly, the Triumph Group Army had no confidence in the mission to attack Jiangnan.
Qing Tian gritted his teeth. "What else can we do? If we don't go, we face the Bose Race's harvest."
"Innocent! Zhong Xu! Ten thousand unyielding Lvzhe Bose Bodies, the Starry Sky overlord—can we withstand that?"
At this mention, everyone covered their foreheads. That's even more hopeless!
Qing Ke took a deep breath.
"Don't be afraid! Let's go. Think positively—even if we don't go after Jiangnan, he'll come for our group army sooner or later."
"Don't worry. With me around, we'll get through this safely! For the sake of continuing the competition and not getting eliminated immediately, we'll have to do Jiangnan wrong."
Even though Jiangnan hadn't provoked her, Qing Ke had no choice. On the battlefield, who was right and who was wrong? It was all for the sake of their own races.
One Jiangnan was still easier to deal with than directly facing the Bose Body purge.
All eyes of the Triumph Group Army were fixed on Qing Ke. Along the way, everyone had witnessed the power of the Child of Destiny.
Maybe she could really produce some unexpected effect against Jiangnan?
Since there was no choice, they had to go all out and get this Jiangnan roadblock eliminated.
"Let's go! Set out! Attack Jiangnan!"
...
In another Starry Sky battlefield, Freya and Kuper were cooperating with Mi Ye and the others, wielding the Realm of Life and Death, furiously attacking a small group army.
The dead army under their control had already exceeded 100,000. As long as the bodies weren't destroyed, they couldn't be killed, and they could use most of their combat strength from when they were alive.
The group army was on the verge of being obliterated.
Looking into the Realm of Life and Death, a purple-haired woman in a nightgown was straddling a branch of the World Tree, fast asleep.
The group army was so angry they were spitting blood. In such an intense and thrilling battlefield, there was a human contestant sleeping on the job?
Just how unserious could they be?
The enemy's willpower collapsed. They might as well just kill some allies to earn points and call it a day.
Just then, Zi Yuan jerked awake. She sat up on the tree branch and rubbed her sleepy eyes.
"Not done yet?"
She looked at the time on her watch.
Freya asked excitedly, "How is it? Has the map refreshed? This group army is almost done. We need to pick the next target quickly!"
Zi Yuan nodded repeatedly, then her expression turned serious.
"It did refresh. But I dreamed of the smell of conspiracy. Conspiracy, oh~"