Level Nine Fixed-Install Soul Guidance Shells: The Cicada, the Mantis, and the Oriole (Continued)

Xu Tianran himself had merely been bait to lure Kong Deming over. In truth, he was of no real use.

The moment Electrolux acted, he used Undead Magic to question Xu Tianran about several key matters.

Fortunately, Xu Tianran was a Titled Douluo, so his soul held out for quite a while. He was able to answer nearly every question asked.

Once the questioning was over, Xu Tianran's body went limp and collapsed.

A crown prince filled with grand ambitions died soundlessly within his own palace.

The reason Wang Dong'er had used Xu Tianran to lure Kong Deming was to deal with the Sun Moon Empire's armies and Soul Engineer Corps.

In truth, she did not care much about so-called legitimacy.

But if even Kong Deming came over to their side, then more than half of the Sun Moon Empire's Rank Nine Soul Engineers would effectively have chosen a side as well.

Among the questions Electrolux had extracted from Xu Tianran's soul were secrets concerning the palace's protective formation.

Even Jing Hongchen was not allowed to know those secrets. Only members of the imperial family, and perhaps Xu Tianran himself, knew them.

Before she could determine whether Kong Deming would truly join them, she had to make preparations first.

Of course, there was another possibility. Kong Deming might sense that Xu Tianran was completely dead, then directly gather a large group of Rank Nine Soul Engineers. After all, there were plenty of imperial family members. If Xu Tianran died, they could simply grab someone else and put him on the throne.

The reason Xu Tianran's father had successfully ascended the throne without much backlash was precisely because he too had been an imperial family member rather than an outsider, and his blood ties to the family had been close.

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