The Bodyguard King’s CEO Wife Chapter 1790: Gaining the Upper Hand by Acting Later

"I think the same, Doris destroyed the War God Temple and the Netherworld Palace, killing so many of our brothers. This enmity, we must avenge." Nightmare said firmly. They are all people of character and believe in avenging grievances when the time is right. Doris killed many of them. Although Nightmare has just become the Netherworld King and gained everyone’s support, other Main Gods might not support him. Although Nightmare is powerful, he is still far inferior to Ye Shikai. Not only the Main Gods, but even the experts on the Dark List might not be convinced.

Since ancient times, new leaders need to "kill" to establish their authority. Now Nightmare has no prestige or influence, and since Doris destroyed the War God Temple, the Sea King Palace’s power has been at its peak. If he can kill her, firstly, he can avenge his fallen brothers, and secondly, Nightmare will gain prestige, and everyone will have more faith in him.

"And Aphrodite, that woman caused the deaths of so many of us. We let her escape by luck once, leading to this great disaster," Wang Kai added. "This time, we mustn’t let her go."

"You’re right, neither of these women are easy to deal with; they must be dealt with to eliminate future troubles."

Nightmare had already decided that he must eliminate these two, but now, the power of the Three Temples has been suppressed, and there are not many subordinates left. Since he wants to contend with Doris, he cannot do without everyone’s help.

"Let’s go down the mountain first and gather all the old departments."

Kunlun Mountain, on the other side.

The remaining dozens of families finally made it over the snowy mountain. They forced their way through. The number of Snow Demons posed a significant threat, but with a master like Zheng Li holding the line, although all the families lost some people, they finally made it through.

"I didn’t expect these Snow Demons to be so troublesome. The gusts of wind caused by flapping their wings made it nearly impossible to move," Ji Tao couldn’t help but exclaim. His martial arts are somewhat similar to Tai Chi, drawing strength from strength and winning by skill, but even so, he felt an enormous pressure while crossing this snowy land, proving the power of these Snow Demons.

"But thankfully, we still made it," Ji Qian nodded in agreement. Zheng Li is proficient in array formations, combining the power of several families to form a Big Formation that blocked the Snow Demons. Especially the five allied families dared not slack off. They are now "allies" and will suffer losses during the division of treasures if they don’t put forth their best effort.

"Yes, since that’s the case, let’s hurry up the mountain," Ji Tao suggested.

"No rush, Brother Ji; we lost many people. Let’s wait a bit," Zheng Li proposed. The Five-Family Alliance was his idea, so naturally, he is the Alliance Hierarch. With him saying so, the remaining four families had no objections, and after all, numerous injured was a fact.

However, besides the Five-Family Alliance, there were seven or eight other families present, unwilling to heed Zheng Li’s words. They insisted on going up the mountain immediately. They were already near the top of Kunlun Mountain, almost within reach of the Secret Realm. Whoever went first could be the first to arrive. Zheng Li’s move to halt the four families indeed puzzled some impatient Family Heads.

Half an hour later.

"Family Head Zheng, why did you stop us? The Tang Family from Chang’an and the Wang Family from Yanjing set out immediately without hesitation, trying to be the first mover. If we delay further, they will reach the Secret Realm ahead of us," the five Family Heads gathered in the main tent to discuss matters. One of the Family Heads asked Zheng Li.

"Everyone, is this what you all think?" Zheng Li countered.

The other Family Heads remained silent, obviously defaulting to agreement. They wanted to be the first mover, but since Zheng Li didn’t allow them to go, they felt embarrassed to go ahead first because they were now an alliance.

"Ladies and gentlemen, every family here has lost hundreds, even several hundred people. Do you think the Kunlun Secret Realm is without defenses?" Zheng Li asked back.

"Family Head Zheng, do you mean... let those people go up first and test the situation?" Ji Tao immediately realized it. On further thought, it indeed seemed so. The Kunlun Secret Realm is of utmost importance and couldn’t allow easy entry. There might be something even more frightening, likely impossible to enter so easily.

"Since there is danger ahead, why should we five families take the lead? Just follow a kilometer behind them and advance slowly."

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"Kai, listen to me."

"Kai."

"Can you stop following me?" Ye Shikai turned around and said. Ever since he left, Chen Yuxin had been following him, which was really annoying.

"Wherever you go, I’ll follow. You won’t shake me off," Chen Yuxin said resolutely. Neither of them could break away from the other, so they continued toward the mountain top. At this rate, after resting for a night, they should reach the top by early morning.

"Master, someone is following us," at this time, Limei came forward to report.

"Who are they, coming so fast?" Chen Yuxin was a bit surprised. After all, they took a shortcut with no obstacles on the way. Perhaps the family’s quarrel during the day wasted a lot of time, allowing the following families to catch up.

"Looks like I don’t have time to argue with you anymore," Ye Shikai said flatly. Families had already caught up behind him, and he couldn’t allow them to overtake him. There’s no resting tonight; they must move on overnight.

"Notify everyone to move forward at full speed and shake them off as quickly as possible," Chen Yuxin ordered.

"Yes."

Ye Shikai didn’t say much. His goal was clear, to go to the Kunlun Secret Realm, find the power to travel through time and space, and then return to the Qin Dynasty. As for the coming families, he didn’t care at all. If these families blocked him, he wouldn’t hesitate to clear them all.

On the other side.

"Reporting to the Family Head, we found traces of a camp and many footprints on the snow in front," a member of the Tang Family hastily reported to Tang Can.

"What? Are you sure you didn’t make a mistake? How could there be traces when we are the family in the lead?" Tang Can was surprised upon hearing it and immediately asked.

"No mistake, they left many traces. The campsite hasn’t been cleaned up too well either; it seems they just left not long ago."

"Ever since crossing the Heavenly Chasm, all families have practically acted together. No family was said to secretly set off, so how could anyone be ahead of us?"