Then, Let Them Offer Their Loyalty!

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Perhaps a Fourth Order Evil God could only condense a Boundless Divine Crystal about the size of a pillow.

Originally, when Liu Xiongyuan and his two companions had killed Larilo, they had also obtained a crystallized divine body.

Liu Xiongyuan had even deliberately reserved a piece for Qiu Tu, which he stealthily handed over to him the day before yesterday when they met in Xinjie City.

But... it was only about the size of a fist.

Qiu Tu, not knowing how to handle this precious Cataclysmic Material for the time being, stored it in his "Gold-Eating Wallet."

However, he hadn't expected that he would obtain another piece, and such a large one with high quality, so soon.

Thinking this way, Qiu Tu couldn't help but point to the body crystal and ask, "Sister Yueyue... what is this?"

Zhao Ji coldly explained, "This is a Peak Fourth Rank Evil God I just killed."

"The remnants of his death and my scent linger on it."

Zhao Ji's words were always sparse, even making one feel she enjoyed stopping midway.

But Qiu Tu guessed the implied message: It carried the fresh scent of a Peak Fourth Rank Evil God that Zhao Ji had just killed. Other evil gods, no matter how audacious, wouldn't dare to provoke her at such a time!

It was like a tiger using killing intent to deter a pack of wolves!

With this in mind, Qiu Tu's brain swiftly processed that... although it hadn't achieved his most desired effect, it was still pretty good.

At least it had accomplished his purpose for coming.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu couldn't help but recall his entire psychological journey.

In fact, as early as at the office door of Tang Feifei, when he discussed with Qin Shuman how to deal with the evil gods, Qiu Tu realized he was sandwiched between two major forces.

The Sanctuary side thought he was an evil god, ready to deal with him; whereas the evil gods didn't care who he was, they also wanted to target him.

Under such circumstances, he had become a sandwiched cake.

Therefore, he first placated Qin Shuman and Tang Feifei from the Sanctuary side, preventing the Sanctuary from immediately coming after him and buying himself some time.

Next, he had to deal with the evil gods.

Now, his relationship with the evil gods was: he was in the open, the evil gods were in the shadows.

He didn't dare venture into the Boundless Heart Sea to search for the regional center.

Because, at this moment, those several evil gods might be lurking in the shadows, just waiting for him to find the Central Hub's location...

Thus, he had to scare off those evil gods first before he could comfortably seek out the Central Hub!

And for this, he needed the influence of Zhao Ji, the Great Evil God who controlled eight regions of the Boundless Heart Sea!

As long as he could incite her to strike, those evil gods would most likely not dare to engage in direct conflict and would retreat!

Even if he couldn't get her to take action personally, if Qiu Tu could obtain something personally belonging to her or get her scent on him, that should also cause the evil gods to keep their distance!

Qiu Tu didn't need much time; if only those evil gods would withdraw for two to three days, or even... one day! Then he could confidently secure the Central Hub!

And now... with the Boundless Divine Crystal of a Peak Fourth Rank Evil God, tinged with Zhao Ji's scent, he believed those evil gods would be wary for a short time and wouldn't dare follow or make a move against Qiu Tu.

After all... though called "Gods," evil gods still retained the concept of territoriality.

Zhao Ji had previously used her aura to declare Xinjie City as her territory—because everyone was well aware that she was claiming it for her sister, the deterrent was low, so there were some who were not afraid to die trying their luck.

But now, Zhao Ji had once again displayed her power through a bloody method, and those already slightly timid evil gods might well be deterred again, thus becoming hesitant...

And that was Qiu Tu's opportunity!

After running through the whole plan in his mind, Qiu Tu picked up the fist-sized "Boundless Divine Crystal" and sincerely expressed his gratitude to Zhao Ji, "Thank you, Sister Yueyue! With this, I believe we can scare off those petty thieves!"

"And thus, Your Highness can regain your strength once again."

As he spoke the last sentence, Qiu Tu remained vigilant, not wanting to miss any unusual sounds.

Unfortunately, Zhao Ji, hidden in the darkness, did not reveal any oddity.

She merely "hmm"ed.

Qiu Tu: ...

Qiu Tu's brain whirred, and then he continued to probe, "Sister Yueyue, do you have any message for Her Highness?"

Zhao Ji was silent for two seconds, then coldly spit out two words, "No."

Qiu Tu: ...

To be honest, Qiu Tu was not just making conversation for the sake of it.

But his specialty was in deducing people's hearts. The biggest downside of deducing hearts was one must truly understand the person's character and attributes to "model their personality," before starting targeted strategies.

So, only by getting Zhao Ji to talk more, to extract as much information as possible from her speech, to understand her personality could Qiu Tu slowly take down this powerful evil god.

It's just that Zhao Ji clearly harbored a strong wariness against him now, unwilling to speak at all.

So... he had to think of another method.

Thinking this way, after a slight hesitation, Qiu Tu reviewed the entire process of his two encounters with Zhao Ji.

Then, gnashing his teeth, he decided to take a risk.

So, he smiled towards Zhao Ji in the darkness and said, "Your Highness, you still speak so little."

"I remember when I took a bath with Little Lar, she told me that you have always disliked talking."

"Oh, and do you know? She has a mole under her left breast, a cute heart-shaped mole. She also said you..."

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