Chapter 75: Battle for the throne reaches its climax


    Still gasping for breath, Bai Shen didn''t even dare look upwards.


    Nodding his head while looking at the floor with eyes filled with fear, Bai Shen made a not that he''d take care of Yailing once he became the King.


    "Feel free tomand Sun Hai as you see fit. But don''t even think abouting back alive, if you don''t obtain the throne."


    "Also, don''t waste time with stupid nnings and such. You''ll never be able to beat Bai Zhen that way. Justunch a full frontal attack, and kill him as soon as possible."


    Struggling to his feet, Bai Shen once again nodded and didn''t reply.


    Seeing this, Guo Tian who was originally feeling nervous sighed from relief over the fact that his decision to support the crown prince wasn''t a bad one.


    Having finished doing what she was told to, Yailing left the room leaving Bai Shen, Guo Tian, and Sun Hai alone.


    Coughing for a while until his breathing finally stabilized, Bai Shen said, "Let''s first find about where Bai Zhen is, and kill him."


    Bai Zhen on the other hand after having just heard about the ''marriage'' between his sister and Cao Song, didn''t even have enough tone to feel happy before learning of the King suddenly dying.


    Cursing his luck for not having enough time to prepare, and feeling that Yailing was probably behind what happened to the King, Bai Zhen tried to find out where Cao Hai was.


    It took him around an hour so to figure out about where Cao Hai was, but that turned out to be useless because General Cao Hai came to find him on his own.


    "General Cao Hai! Thank God you''re here! We need to quicklye up with a n before Bai Shen takes the initiative."


    Nodding his head Cao Hai said, "I agree with you, Prince Bai Zhen. However, I''ve heard that Sun Hai, and Guo Tian are already organizing their armies, and are getting ready to attack."


    Frowning hard from hearing those words Bai Zhen felt that even after obtaining Cao Hai''s support, his situation still hadn''t changed in the slightest.


    Why?


    Even though he was so smart, why wasn''t even a single thing going his way?!


    "General, if Bai Shenunches an attack with both the armies, what do you think our chances at winning are?"


    Thinking for a while, Cao Hai said, "I cannot guarantee that we will win, but I can hold them back and give you an opportunity to fight Bai Shen on your own, and kill him."


    "Once you do that, there will no longer be a need for us to fight their army."


    Nodding his head since this suggestion seemed quite eptable, and the only idea which gave him a chance at winning, Bai Zhen said, "Let''s go with your n General Cao Hai. I can take care of that Bai Shen."


    Not saying anything else, Cao Hai left to prepare the soldiers under him, while Bai Long had a smirk from how the two princes were so easy to manipte.


    After all, since he made the two of them believe they were in a desperate situation, the suggestions he gave them were quickly epted.


    Not that you could me either of the Prince, since none of them had even been in a situation which made them so nervous and willing to do anything for the victory.


    Even if it meant that they had to fight the other prince by themselves, and risk their life to take the other one down.


    ...


    On the other side, Bai Long made Sun Hai tell Bai Shen that even with his and Guo Tian''s armybined, they wouldn''t be able to defeat Sun Hai''s army.


    And the same way he told Bai Zhen, Bai Long managed to use Sun Hai and convince Bai Shen that the only chance they had to win was for Bai Shen himself to y Bai Zhen while the armies from both the sides hold each other back.


    Simr to Bai Zhen, Bai Shen who had a lot of pressure on him due to the way Yailing suddenly acted and threatened him, immediately epted Sun Hai''s idea and confidently dered that he could easily take care of Bai Zhen as long as no one interfered.


    ...


    By now a hugemotion was happening inside the Bai Kingdom.


    The King''s sudden death was the firstmotion which caused the whole capital city to go into a panic.


    Next, once news of the two princes going to fight had spread out, the panic turned into nervousness. And every single citizen in the streets rushed back inside their homes and decided to not step out until they were sure it was safe.


    As for the spies from the other kingdoms, they werepletely in shock and didn''t know what to do.


    They were tasked to inform when the Bai Kingdom''s king passed away, so that the neighbouring kingdoms couldunch an attack right in the middle of the civil war which is destined to take ce.


    But now that the two princes were going to fight it out immediately, no matter how fast the information they managed to send out reached their home kingdom, the fight would''ve long been over, and one of the princes would''ve been crowned as the King already.


    Bai Long, on the other hand, who made this all happen, had no such emotions at all.


    Since everything was going just like he wanted, in the very same pace, and he had control over the strongest followers of both the sides, what else did he have to worry about?


    All he needed to do was sit back and enjoy the show.


    Literally, he only needed to sit back and enjoy the show without even moving a single muscle.


    However, since that wouldn''t be much fun, Bai Long after deciding on where to make the two princes fight each other, sat on the ce which had the highest altitude and gave him a proper view over everything he needed.


    Now all hecked was popcorn, but Bai Long was sure he could make do without it.


    "It''s showtime."