Chapter 693: Chapter 383: The Great Wind Emperor Rushes to the Front Lines

In fact, intersellar world Shen Yu’s confidence naturally had its reasons.

With this whole series of preparations, there was basically no segment in the entire plan that was likely to go wrong.

Especially the first step, which was originally extremely complicated—how to safely enter the treasure vault.

That incarnation of intersellar world Shen Yu, by virtue of his own status, already had the right to go into the treasure vault and choose one treasure.

The Great Wind Emperor could not pinpoint exactly which Marquis had a problem, and it was impossible for him to halt the original welfare benefits just because of suspicion; he could even less imagine that the Association would dare aim its target at his treasure vault.

After all, under normal circumstances, the difficulty of plundering the treasure vault was in no way inferior to fighting him head‑on.

But obviously, the Association did not fall within the scope of "normal circumstances."

Thus, when the plan was being executed, intersellar world Shen Yu merely needed to confirm what kind of resource he wanted, and with that, he effortlessly obtained the qualification to enter the treasure vault.

And by the time the formal preparations for entering the treasure vault began, intersellar world Shen Yu had already followed the predetermined procedures and completed all the early preparations.

This included wearing the Marquis’ full ceremonial dress, donning the jewelry symbolizing his status, and launching a grand sacrifice-to-heaven ceremony to express gratitude to the great Holy Emperor.

These might all look like mere formalities, but in this kind of feudal civilization, the loyalty of the entire civilization to the Emperor, from top to bottom, was precisely built up bit by bit through such formalities.

In non‑emergency situations, the entire process usually took several days.

It was itself also an opportunity for subjects to demonstrate their loyalty.

And it was precisely during this time of going through the motions that the Association also began to prepare tasks on other fronts.

Among them, the most important one was to draw the Emperor away!

Yet, this instead was the simplest task of all.

Because there was already a ready‑made target right there.

That was the Resource World that had been taken back under control by the Great Wind Empire.

All of the Shen Yus channeled their Power through the passages formed along the Celestial Dao Tree into the Gray Mist Space, pouring it into Main Body Shen Yu.

Of course, this step was officially declared internally as "spending Association Points to request the support of stronger Association members."

In one breath, they brought out a powerhouse whose strength was incomparably formidable, almost on par with the Great Wind Emperor.

In Extraordinary wars, exchanging pieces was basic operation; no matter what level of Extraordinary powerhouse, they all needed to exchange pieces.

Because some powerhouses could, by themselves alone, crush everything.

Only Extraordinary powerhouses of the same tier were qualified to defeat, or even just to pin down, the other side.

So, after Main Body Shen Yu had gathered such terrifying strength, whether the Great Wind Emperor was willing or not, he had no choice but to make a move.

Otherwise, the Great Wind Empire would inevitably suffer defeat after defeat on the front lines.

And it was precisely when Main Body Shen Yu, carrying unstoppable power, charged into the Resource World that the Great Wind Emperor finally left his throne.

This Emperor, who had, with his own power alone, led his entire civilization from insignificance to overlooking the world and stepping into the All Heavens—no one knew how many struggles he had gone through—had actually sensed a certain level of scheming from the very first moment the enemy sent a top‑tier powerhouse deep into the Resource World.

After all, such an obvious "piece‑for‑piece" maneuver was bound to have a purpose.

But even if he had sensed something, the Great Wind Emperor also knew perfectly well that he had to act.

In order to hold the Resource World, the current Resource World was heavily garrisoned; just in terms of Marquises, there were more than ten.

These ten, when facing ordinary powerhouses, were indeed an incomparably formidable force, but when facing Main Body Shen Yu, who at this moment had gathered the power of all Shen Yus into one body, they were still far from enough.

If he did not act, few of these ten would be able to escape.

This was the kind of strategic pressure a top‑tier Extraordinary powerhouse exerted.

As for the possible existence of a trap?

Although he was well aware of how troublesome the enemy was, the Great Wind Emperor still had confidence in his own ability to adapt.

And it just so happened that he could take this opportunity to properly understand what kind of existences these enemies actually were.

For an Extraordinary Influence, what could be seen from the high levels was far more than what could be seen from other tiers.

However, when this Great Wind Emperor finally met Main Body Shen Yu face to face, he felt a kind of indescribable awe.

It was not because Shen Yu possessed any overwhelming majesty.

In fact, it was exactly the opposite.

Precisely because he could not see much of the majesty belonging to a Powerful People from Main Body Shen Yu at all!

The other party was without question a Powerful People, but he was definitely not the kind of ruler who could calm everything with one word and have all things decided by himself.

What did this imply?

It implied that with such strength, there was a very high possibility that he was not the strongest within his own faction!

"We may not have to choose war." The Great Wind Emperor slowly spoke, saying his first sentence in this direct exchange with a powerful existence from the opposing camp.

But this sentence, unexpectedly, directly exposed his weakness.

Because it very clearly revealed an intention to seek peace talks.

In war, no matter the scale or level, the side that first seeks peace talks is almost equivalent to the loser.

Of course, given the Great Wind Emperor’s status, this degree of exposing weakness would in no way affect his prestige; more likely, it was merely a probe, meant to make up for the Great Wind Empire’s lack of intelligence.

Yet Main Body Shen Yu had little interest in communicating with him.