The Bodyguard King’s CEO Wife Chapter 1878: Plot Within a Plot

"There are still many things you don’t know." Ye Shikai said with a smug smile, continuing to charge forward, his knife and sword moving at an incredible speed, his body swift as the wind, like a shadow or a phantom. Doris could only defend herself, retreating continuously. In the past, when Ye Shikai used the Netherworld Blade, he would be counterattacked by the killing aura inside it, triggering the Demon Addiction within him, driving him into madness. But this time, he no longer needed to worry. During his time in the Secret Realm of Kunlun, the stone door absorbed most of his energy, including that of the Demon Addiction, and by sheer coincidence, it ended up ’curing’ his Demon Addiction.

Thus, Ye Shikai used the Netherworld Blade once again, without needing to worry about the Demon Addiction issue. Now, he wielded the Netherworld Blade with ease, and combined with You Xi’s sword edge, in this world today, aside from those reclusive masters, there were likely few who could match him.

"It seems you really don’t know what’s good for you." Doris murmured something under her breath, and suddenly, Ye Shikai felt a surge of powerful energy emanating from her.

Not good.

A warning signal flashed through Ye Shikai’s mind, and he instinctively took two steps back. Almost at the same time, Doris’s trident thrust forward. Having gained some distance, Ye Shikai narrowly dodged it.

It was obvious that Doris’s power had suddenly increased significantly, likely related to the ’incantation’ she was muttering. In the past half year, the strength of the Three Temples had been rising, Ye Shikai’s power was increasing, and Doris had not been idle either. She had been progressing all along, potentially even surpassing Ye Shikai.

"Doris’s inner strength has increased a lot, be careful." The blade spirit quickly warned.

"What’s happening?" Ye Shikai asked.

"She probably used some kind of incantation. In the Main God Realm, there are many forbidden techniques hidden. These forbidden techniques are too malicious and inflict severe harm on the user, but as a ’reward’, once you use such a forbidden technique, you gain tremendous power, at least in the short term. I suspect Doris used one of them."

"Doris has already anticipated a battle with you in the future, so during this time, she must have been searching for forbidden techniques to enhance her strength. She might have other tricks up her sleeve, so be very careful."

"Don’t worry. Even if a forbidden technique is used, I have ways to deal with it." From a certain perspective, isn’t Demon Addiction also a kind of forbidden technique? It’s just that its side effects are quite severe. Ye Shikai dared not act recklessly and could only choose to play it safe. With Doris’s energy growing stronger, the trident’s power was fully unleashed, preventing anyone from approaching. However, Doris’s moves also revealed flaws, and it seemed she was struggling to control these energies for the time being.

"Sir, we’ve walked into an ambush and suffered significant losses. We must retreat quickly, or it will be too dangerous." Nightmare reminded, and Ye Shikai nodded. They had been bombarded by gunboats and ambushed by hidden enemies, suffering considerable losses.

"Everyone, hear my order, retreat into the forest, now." Ye Shikai shouted, and everyone began to retreat towards the forest.

"Chase them, don’t let a single one escape." Doris seemed to grow manic, yelling loudly, and her subordinates pursued aggressively.

"Hades, you won’t escape."

"Oh, then come and try chasing us." Ye Shikai took out two grenades from his Storage Ring and threw them directly.

Bang, bang.

"Go, quickly."

"Chase."

Ye Shikai and Nightmare led a team of Hidden Guards, staying at the back of the formation to cover for everyone. Doris’s people pursued relentlessly. They ducked into the forest, avoiding the gunboat bombardment, but at least several thousand people were still chasing them from behind.

"Emily, you lead the people to retreat first." Ye Shikai commanded.

"Alright."

The two factions, with one group running ahead and the other chasing behind, managed to cover five or six kilometers at a stretch.

"Everyone, stop." Ye Shikai suddenly called out, and hundreds abruptly halted, turning around suddenly. The thousands chasing them were puzzled and stopped momentarily. At this point, they suddenly realized that most of the chased targets were the elite of the Netherworld Palace, while the members of allied organizations had already ’fled’.

"Hades, look carefully; no one is willing to follow you anymore." Doris sneered coldly.

"Is that so, Doris? Did you really think I would come unprepared? You went through all this trouble, setting up such a grand trap, yet haven’t you wondered why I deliberately walked into it?" Ye Shikai clapped his hands. Doris suddenly felt a chill down her spine. The surroundings were eerily silent. The number of chasing targets had been dwindling, and she simply thought some had escaped. Now it seemed that wasn’t the case.

"You’re too competitive, losing even the basic sense of reason." Ye Shikai suddenly pulled out a flare gun and fired a shot into the sky.

Whoosh... Bang.

Kill, kill, kill.

Kill, kill.

In an instant, thousands of elite troops, long prepared, charged in from three sides, surrounding Doris and her group.

"Not good, retreat immediately." Doris instantly realized the danger and wanted to escape, but her escape route had already been cut off by a group, led by Ji Qian, accompanied by the Demoness, Ghost, and others. The subordinates were the White Mist Army and the elite of the Netherworld Palace and Moon God Temple. They were the backbone of the Three Temples.

"Moonlight Formation."

"Doris, do you still want to run?" Ji Qian already set up an array, with so many people under his command. The retreat route was completely blocked.

"Moon God, I didn’t expect you to be waiting for me here."

"Doris, do you still want to resist?" Ye Shikai waved his hand, and his mercenary group had already brought up the previously set-up heavy machine guns and cannons. These heavy weapons were powerful but inconvenient to carry, so they had naturally been lying in ambush here for a while.

"Emily, how dare you betray me." Doris shouted angrily. Standing next to Ye Shikai, Emily trembled, her expression complicated.

Ye Shikai placed his hand on her back, signaling Emily to retreat. Indeed, he had initially let Emily and Soul Destroyer ’take the lead’. Doris did extend an olive branch to Emily, and she had indeed accepted. The result, of course, was that Soul Destroyer discovered it. Ye Shikai planned to play along, letting Emily reveal false information to Doris. Additionally, to make Doris completely believe, he personally led a team here, putting on a ’ruse of suffering’, while the elite of the Three Temples were all set in the woods in advance to be the ’mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind’, aiming to annihilate Doris’s forces in one fell swoop.