Baffling Them

It turned out that the strategy of casting a wide net had been exactly right.

Gu Jinlai had never thought his spiel was particularly brilliant, or that it could trick one Divine King after another.

But...

Once he had persuaded enough Divine Kings, there would always be some who believed pies might fall from the sky—who thought a resource-rich world just happened to be waiting for its destined master—or who failed to recognize themselves and blindly overestimated their own abilities, ultimately choosing to step into the trap of Longxiang Realm.

Nearly thirty percent of the Divine Kings had even brought along another Divine King as a bonus. Out of caution and a desire to control the situation, they had brought others with them to bypass him and attack Longxiang Realm.

Thus, by the time Gu Jinlai was suspected by the Divine Emperor Leize and summoned for a conversation, dozens of Divine Kings and divine beings had already fallen at his hands.

"Yuanmiao, aren't you going to give me an explanation?"

Leize stared coldly at Gu Jinlai, his gaze brimming with pressure.

"An explanation? What explanation do I owe you?"

Gu Jinlai remained completely unafraid, looking as though he feared neither Heaven nor Earth.

"You know perfectly well what explanation I want. Tell me about Divine King Xuanjin..."

Leize paused, then continued, "And Divine King Chiye and Divine King Chiye—why did the three of them fall? You know perfectly well, don't you?"

"I was wondering what you wanted to say."

Gu Jinlai sounded somewhat impatient. "I don't know about Divine King Chiyue. Perhaps he deserved to die, or perhaps he offended someone he could not afford to offend. But Divine King Chiye and Divine King Xuanjin? I killed them! I admit it!"

"Since you admit it, you'd better give me