Beast Taming: Invincible Breeder

Chapter 527 - 512: Three Strategies—Lower, Middle, and Upper

Lv Shi, the Divine Wood Elf disguised as a Desolate Elf.

Through eavesdropping, Li Cunxu figured out why Lv Shi was disguising herself as a Desolate Elf to attack him.

The reason was simple: she wanted to provoke Li Cunxu’s apathy and hostility towards the Desolate Elves.

"It seems like the Divine Wood Elves want me to take action against the Desolate Elves? Why? What’s their purpose?" Li Cunxu was utterly puzzled.

Unfortunately, Lv Shi didn’t know much either; her actions were entirely following the commands of the Elf Queen.

Li Cunxu felt he lacked crucial information and couldn’t analyze the Elf Queen’s motives.

After careful consideration, Li Cunxu decided to hold off on taking action, to figure things out clearly before taking the next step. Otherwise, he might unwittingly step into a trap set by others.

"How can I figure out the Elf Queen’s purpose? It’s a conundrum."

As a strong being of imperial level, Li Cunxu had no chance of eavesdropping on the conversations of such a powerhouse as the Elf Queen.

Soon, Li Cunxu thought of a strategy; he targeted the Elf Queen’s two handmaidens.

The handmaidens stayed by the Elf Queen’s side all the time; whatever was on the Elf Queen’s mind, they would surely know.

Moreover, the level of these two handmaidens was only that of Kings, which Li Cunxu could handle.

Li Cunxun decided not to eavesdrop, as that would be useless; the handmaidens were with the Elf Queen all the time, leaving no opportunity for Li Cunxu to eavesdrop on their conversations.

Li Cunxu chose dream infiltration.

Little Mengdie could pull them into the Eternal Dream Realm crafted with care, allowing the Emperor-level Elf Queen to remain entirely unaware.

The path of dreams is an obscure branch of the spirit realm; those not involved in it could not detect anything at all.

In the dream, Little Mengdie, through dream suggestions, crafted a scenario together with the two handmaidens, playing out the aftermath of Li Cunxu killing the Desolate Elves.

In their dream, Li Cunxu killed many Desolate Elves but also suffered many injuries. Ultimately, Li Cunxu successfully exchanged for the Life Source Fruit, and then the two handmaidens, under the Elf Queen’s hint, divulged to the Emperor-level Queen of Desolation that Li Cunxu had the Life Source Fruit.

The Queen of Desolation expended all of Li Cunxu’s trump cards, finally killing Li Cunxu and seizing the Life Source Fruit.

Then, the Elf Queen made a striking appearance, snatching the Life Source Fruit back from the hands of the Queen of Desolation.

Li Cunxu focused all his attention on the final piece of the dream, the conversation between the two handmaidens.

The first handmaiden watched as the Elf Queen placed the Life Source Fruit back into her ring and quipped, "This guy’s end was exactly the same as the last person’s."

Li Cunxu suddenly realized that’s why the details in the two handmaidens’ dream scenario were so complete—they had a precedent for reference.

The second handmaiden followed up by saying, "Those foolish humans don’t understand that from the moment they set foot in the Elf Divine Court, their fate was sealed. Her Majesty, the Queen, will not let a single one of them go."

The first handmaiden added, "Indeed we can’t let them go; if they leave and bring news of the Elf Divine Court outside, peace will never come to the Divine Court."

Upon hearing this, Li Cunxu understood the full scope of the situation.

The Elf Queen feared someone leaving and revealing information about the Elf Divine Court to the outside world, disturbing its tranquility. Thus, she would kill anyone who entered.

Her concerns weren’t baseless; even just the Life Tree was enough to cause emperors to take action and launch a large-scale snatch.

Furthermore, a problem had arisen with the Life Tree, crucial for elf survival, spawning the natural enemy of the Divine Wood Elves, the Desolate Elves, causing her considerable trouble. Therefore, she couldn’t allow any outsiders to create more chaos.

Moreover, the Elf Queen was incredibly smart and cunning, guiding him to become enemies with the Desolate Elves, using them to kill him and deplete his resources.

"How should I resolve this?"

After considering for a long time, Li Cunxu thought of a somewhat feasible solution.

According to the Elf Queen’s original plan, exchange for the Life Source Fruit and leave immediately before facing the Queen of Desolation.

But this plan had two problems.

First, his purpose in this trip was not for the Life Source Fruit; it was to find the opportunity to evolve his talent into the Fertile Divine Kingdom.

Currently, he hadn’t seen even the faintest sign of a talent evolution opportunity.

Second, he didn’t know the way out.

The stone door with the carved wheat spikes through which he entered was a one-way passage that allowed entry but not exit.

Although there were unresolved issues with this plan, Li Cunxu tested the feasibility of the plan.

If feasible, it could be executed as a backup plan.

The testing method was simple: simulate this approach in the shared dream of the two handmaidens.

After watching the simulation process, which made Li Cunxu frown, he didn’t want to be at odds with the Elf Queen, but now it seemed he might have no choice but to become her enemy.

This independent world had only one exit, and it was under the control of the Elf Queen.

From the handmaidens’ dream, he learned that the exit lay beneath the Elf Queen’s throne.

Draw the Elf Queen away? Enter the exit by the opportunity?

Not feasible either.

The Elf Queen seemed afraid of being led away and letting people out, having set up a wood-linked magic array at the exit.

The wood-linked magic array is connected to the Elf Queen’s life; unless the Elf Queen dies, it will continue executing unless forcibly breached by someone stronger than an Emperor-level to open the magic array.

As dawn broke, Little Mengdie sent the handmaidens’ consciousness out of the Eternal Dream Realm and erased the memory of their dream.

An enormous leaf-bed saw the handmaidens awaken almost simultaneously.

The first handmaiden rubbed her temples, "Last night, I think I dreamt of you."

The second handmaiden exclaimed, "I can’t exactly remember what I dreamt about, but I also felt like I dreamt of you. So, what did you dream of last night?"

The first handmaiden chuckled, "I forgot, never mind, it’s just a dream, nothing to recall. Come on, it’s getting late, let’s wash up quickly, we have to attend to Her Majesty the Queen shortly."

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Li Cunxu discussed escape strategies with the smartest member of his team, Little White Spider.

Little White Spider took out a feather fan, speaking as if Zhuge Zhixing were reincarnated.

"This matter is easily managed, Master Jiang, I have devised top, middle, and bottom strategies for you to safely leave."

Li Cunxu said, "Start with the bottom strategy."

"The bottom strategy is to use the old president’s life-saving jade; it definitely can resolve this crisis."

"Indeed the bottom strategy, since the life-saving jade is the last of the last resort cards. Better not to use it unless necessary," Li Cunxu asked, "What about the middle strategy?"

Little White Spider replied, "The middle strategy is to unite and ally; the enemy of my enemy is my friend; the enemies of the Divine Wood Elves are the Desolate Elves. We can join forces with the Queen of Desolation to deal with the Elf Queen."

Li Cunxu said, "This plan has high feasibility and is worth trying."

"And the final top strategy?"

Little White Spider said, "Try the middle strategy first; if it doesn’t work, use the top strategy. Although my top strategy can solve the problem, it would make the Elf Queen and Queen of Desolation become your mortal enemies, Master Jiang."

"Oh?"

Li Cunxu was rather curious about what Little White Spider’s top strategy could possibly be.