Zhu Wushi stared at Iron Claw Flying Eagle in shock. He had never imagined that Iron Claw Flying Eagle would be the first to step forward.
Could Iron Claw Flying Eagle have betrayed him?
He could give him anything Cao Zhengchun could, and even what Cao Zhengchun could not, as long as his grand undertaking succeeded. Could Iron Claw Flying Eagle not even understand that?
With Iron Claw Flying Eagle taking the lead and Lin Lang calling them on, a crowd charged into Dragon Guard Manor like wolves and tigers.
Fury blazed within Zhu Wushi, and he immediately wanted to strike.
But if he acted now, he would have to expose his Absorbing Power Divine Skill, and the world would learn that he had slaughtered 108 experts from the Eight Great Sects all those years ago.
The righteous image he had maintained for thirty years would collapse in an instant, and his ascension to the throne would lack legitimacy. The princes across the land would probably raise armies in rebellion.
If Mongol Yuan, Great Sui, Great Liao, or the others struck then, Great Ming could forget unifying the world. It would be fortunate merely to avoid being carved up.
Besides, Suxin was still in Cao Zhengchun's hands. He did not want her killed.
But there was no need for him to act. Dragon Guard Manor was not so easily breached.
Cao Zhengchun looked at Zhu Wushi with a broad smile. "Will you make a move, Divine Marquis?"
He had long wanted to fight Zhu Wushi himself.
Many called Zhu Wushi the greatest expert in Great Ming's court. After all, he had defeated Invincible Urchin Gu Santong back then. Thirty years had passed; who knew how powerful he had become?
But Cao Zhengchun had never agreed. His Heavenly Dipper Child Skill