Besiege Wei

Dong Xuanji saw it clearly. To wipe out Xu Yi, the most urgent thing was to cut off his endless stream of support.

And to cut off that support, appeals to loyalty between ruler and subject or the interests of the nation would never be enough to rouse this group of Great Yue elites, whose courage had been scared out of them.

Faking an attack on Xia Zimo was meant to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

Dong Xuanji knew perfectly well that with this fiend's cunning, a crude trick like luring the tiger away would be harder than climbing to the heavens.

But he also knew that this crude scheme was certain to work this time.

Just from the fact that Xu Yi had gone so far as to use a trick to deceive the Zi Wu Protective Formation in order to protect the woman's corpse, one could tell how deeply attached this fiend was to her. Even if all that remained was her corpse, he would never let it be destroyed.

Once he saw through this, the rest of the plan fell into place.

The Golden Armored Giant God split in two.

One half held Xu Yi at bay in front of Xia Zimo's corpse; the other enveloped the Great Yue officials, who had been pressed into service as pitiable laborers, ensuring they could not safely lend Xu Yi their support.

Meanwhile, seeing everyone scatter and flee, Xu Yi did not waste his strength on useless attacks.

Things had come to this. Naturally, he saw through Dong Xuanji's scheme.

He was not worried about losing their support. What frightened him was that without it, the two golden figures would surely merge into one and form the Golden Armored Giant God.

When that happened, with the Golden Armored