At this moment, Lu Jun and the others were fully prepared and about to set off.
Di Yue seemed to have thought of something. Uncertainty flickered in her crimson eyes as she asked:
"Lu Jun, for this operation... do I need to go with you?"
She was worried that she might become a burden.
Upon hearing that, Lu Jun answered without the slightest hesitation:
"You have to come with us. You absolutely cannot stay behind alone."
His tone was extremely serious.
"If we leave you behind by yourself, I really don't dare imagine the consequences."
"That Goddess of Beauty is determined to get you. Once our main force leaves, she'll definitely do everything she can to come and abduct you."
Imagining that scenario, he furrowed his brow tightly.
"At that point, not only would we have to face the descent of a God King, but we'd also have to divide our attention to rescue you. We'd be attacked from both sides. That would practically raise the difficulty to hell mode."
"Hehe..."
Di Yue smiled sheepishly at his words, but a trace of sweetness rose in her heart because of how much he valued her.
Still, she did not quite understand. Tilting her head, she asked:
"But... I still don't understand. Why do they... why does that Goddess of Beauty want me so badly? Other than being a little luckier than most people, I don't seem to have anything special about me..."
"Probably because the Goddess of Beauty has some flaw of her own, or because whatever she is plotting urgently requires someone blessed with immense fortune like you to make up for it or accomplish it," Lu Jun guessed.
The moment he thought of the tangled, even exploitative relationship between Tang Wutong and the Emperor Beast in the original story,