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Chapter 678

I Like Killing People in My Dreams [Star-Rank Up]

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"Just one Gu Chi."

Tao Yan said, "One Gu Chi wouldn't amount to much, but he's working for Shen Youli now, and he seems to be her trusted aide."

The woman understood. "You're wary of Shen Youli?"

She had never met Shen Tang, but she had heard of her more than once.

Qiu Cheng had gone around asking the Dragon Slaying Bureau's Alliance Army for help in attacking Shen Tang, and Tao Yan had been tempted to join in. But his territory didn't border Shen Tang's, and even if he sent troops to support the attack and they won, he wouldn't get much out of it. He hadn't stepped forward, but Qian Yong had—and ended up kicking an iron plate. That only made Tao Yan more grateful he hadn't rashly gotten involved.

He admitted it frankly. "How could I not be wary? First, Shen Youli rejected Qian Yong; then she wiped out Qiu Cheng. She's brought thirty thousand elite troops to this gathering, and Gu Chi has a grudge against me. Who knows when he might use Shen Youli to move against us... In a situation like this, we have to strike first. But openly making a move against Gu Chi won't be easy. If we can't do it openly, we can only act in secret."

Once Gu Chi was gone, Shen Tang would no longer be a threat.

The woman didn't think much of it.

"He's just a man..."

She didn't think it would be hard to make Gu Chi lower his guard.

Most men in the world were much the same: confident and conceited to the bone. The sense of achievement from possessing a woman's body was nothing compared to winning her entire heart. The former only proved a man was strong, while the latter proved he was

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