"Wait, if the Holy Marshal knew it was dangerous, why didn't he warn Shadow True Lord?" Only a fool would ask that. The smarter ones kept their mouths shut.
Why? Because Shadow True Lord was arrogant and unruly! He had even acted carelessly in front of the Holy Marshal...
Did he really think a leader would like someone like that? It was easy enough to find a pit and let him fall in!
And now that fool had asked his question. How was the Holy Marshal supposed to answer?
Was he supposed to say outright, "He showed me no respect, so I deliberately set him up"?
Wouldn't that make him seem petty?
Even punishing the fool on the spot would be awkward. That, too, would make him seem petty.
For a moment, the Holy Marshal could not say a word.
This was when a dutiful lackey stepped forward to spare his leader the embarrassment. The first to flatter him said, "The Holy Marshal has his reasons. He must have sent Shadow True Lord to draw their attention..."
"Precisely," the Holy Marshal said coldly. "Unless we send five or six True Immortals to strike together, an assassination is unlikely to kill Tang Changsheng. In that case, we'll settle this in open battle.
"This time, I will not only kill Tang Changsheng but destroy the Xian'an Court outright. Let's see what the Eastern Flower Heavenly Court has left to rely on to hold back the tide of the Human Way!"
He gave an order: "Notify King Pingtian. Tell him to take Flying Goose Pass at any cost and wipe out the Xian'an Court!"
A chill ran through everyone, and they obeyed in unison.
As the leader of the Purple Dusk Demons' operations in the Eastern Glory World, the Holy Marshal might have