The Bodyguard King’s CEO Wife Chapter 1880: Signs of Movement

After the celebration banquet ended, Emily hurried back to rest as well. As for the Three Temples, she only dared to keep a respectful distance. If the Three Temples wanted to wipe her out, she had no power to fight back; she couldn’t even take ten moves from Ye Shikai. But she also had to rely on the strength of the Three Temples to keep her own Main God seat. As for why she chose to accept the "olive branch" Doris offered back then, it should still be because she didn’t believe in the Three Temples’ strength. This was South America, the Sea King Palace’s territory. The Three Temples might have a lot of people, but they were made up of many forces and might not be completely united within. In addition, Doris’s overwhelming power was something Emily feared as well. Because of this matter, just now at the drinking table, she was even careful with every breath, afraid Ye Shikai would blame her for it.

"Emily’s stance is unstable. Not long ago, she defected to Doris, and now she’s defected to us. But what happens later is hard to say." Ji Qian continued, "Someone like that, why don’t you just get rid of her?"

"Don’t overthink it. Emily’s shaky stance has to do with her own situation. As a Main God, it’s impossible to stay uninvolved, but she’s hesitant and doesn’t know who to choose. Once she chooses wrong, it’s a death sentence."

"Besides, even though she’s a bit of a fence-sitter, she doesn’t have much ambition. She’s occupying the Sun God’s position; that’s still better than letting some ambitious person take it, right? As long as the strength of our Three Temples doesn’t weaken, she has no reason to turn on us." Ye Shikai seemed to already have a plan for handling Emily, which was why he had been so courteous to her at the celebration banquet just now, not caring at all that she had ’betrayed’ them once.

"Anyway, you should still keep an eye on her. At critical moments, she’s not reliable." Ji Qian reminded him.

"Don’t worry. Once we win this battle, I’ll take care of it myself."

The next day.

"My lord, our people have already found out. Doris has taken her trusted subordinates back to the Sea King Palace and is still gathering new forces. Looks like she wants to have a decisive battle with us at the Sea King Palace." Nightmare reported.

"I already expected that. She wouldn’t just give up like this. We also took quite a hit this time. The manpower we can still use is only about sixty percent of what we had. If we just charge straight into the Sea King Palace like this, even if we win, I’m afraid everyone will be spent." Ye Shikai sighed softly. Mutual destruction wasn’t the outcome he wanted; that would be trading a big loss for a small gain. Plus, those organizations that had come to form an alliance had also suffered heavy casualties. They were already starting to complain, saying they came to ally with him, and before they even got to win a fight, they’d thrown all their people into the meat grinder—how was that acceptable?

What made Ye Shikai hesitate most was still Aphrodite, who hadn’t shown herself yet. The Beauty Goddess Temple might not have many combatants, but her insidious cunning was her best weapon. With the Three Temples and the Sea King Palace fighting so fiercely, how could she not know? Since she knew, why hadn’t she appeared? Based on Ye Shikai’s understanding of Aphrodite, either she wouldn’t show up at all, but once she did, she would definitely cause trouble for the Three Temples.

"Old Ye, we finally caught Doris off guard and inflicted heavy casualties. If we don’t seize the moment and press the attack now, once she regains her footing, it’ll be hard for us. Don’t forget, this is the Sea King Palace’s turf."

"What you’re saying makes sense, but given the current situation, we still can’t rush it. How about this: we camp here for two days. Wait for the reinforcements to arrive, then send the wounded away. After we’ve recovered, we move out again." Ye Shikai wanted to use these two days to restore the Three Temples’ essence. On the other hand, to respond to all changes by remaining unchanged. If they held their position for two days, Aphrodite should make a move. Once all sides were out in the open, things would be much easier to handle.

"Alright then. I’ll go tell the brothers so they don’t let their guard down."

Ye Shikai didn’t dare relax for a second. With Aphrodite still completely quiet, his heart was constantly on edge. What exactly was this woman plotting? Also, he had gotten intel from Ghost that there was no movement at the Beauty Goddess Temple, everything was business as usual.

"The two days are almost up. The follow-up reinforcements have also arrived. In just one day, over a dozen leaders of various factions have already come to ask me when we’re departing. What are you still hesitating about?" Ji Qian suddenly said by his ear.

"Nothing. I just think...it’s still not the right time."

"I’m guessing you’re waiting for news about Aphrodite, right?" Ji Qian suddenly said.

"You’re not wrong. If she doesn’t show up, I don’t have full confidence." Ye Shikai didn’t lie. This was the final showdown between the two sides: either a sure victory or a crushing defeat, so he couldn’t allow the slightest carelessness.

"Maybe Aphrodite is exploiting that mindset of yours. As long as she doesn’t appear, you won’t launch the offensive. That way, she can deliberately stall you and buy the Sea King Palace time to breathe."

"Then let’s do this: we stick to the plan. Once the two days are up, we depart on time, whether Aphrodite makes a move or not."

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Two days later.

Everyone set out according to the original plan. Their camp was still some distance from the Sea King Palace, and they had to proceed on foot.

"My lord, we’re now less than five kilometers from the Sea King Palace." After walking for about three hours, Ye Shikai could already faintly make out the outline of the Sea King Palace in the distance.

"Everyone, today is the final battle. Whether we can win depends on all of you."

"Victory!"

"Victory!"

"Good. Right now Doris is inside the Sea King Palace. If we throw everything we have at them, we’ll definitely defeat them."

"Reporting to all my lords, Doris is gathering her forces and heading our way." At this moment, the scouts up front returned with their report.

"Didn’t expect they’d dare come out to face us head-on." Ye Shikai had never imagined Doris was actually organizing a counterattack. Two days ago she lost eighty percent of her people, and now she still dared to move out.

"How many do they have?" Ye Shikai asked back.

"From what we can see now, there should be more than two thousand people, mostly manpower from various organizations, with some mercenaries and assassins mixed in. They all look like temporary reinforcements."

"So it’s just some patched-together reinforcements. Not worth fearing." Ye Shikai nodded. If he was right, Doris definitely wasn’t going to perish together with the Sea King Palace. When it came down to the final critical moment, she would definitely choose to slip away in the chaos and use everyone else as cannon fodder. As long as she got away, there would always be a day for her to rise again.

"Nightmare."

"Here."

"Take a team and lie in ambush near the Sea King Palace. If Doris tries to escape, pursue and kill her immediately."