Yes, under Gold's orders, Cronus had to return as a mole.
Although he had told Gold that he would be suspected when he came back, Gold didn't care, he just wanted Cronus to come back as a mole.
As a slave, Cronus had no choice but to run back and risk being discovered.
He was already mentally prepared to be exposed, but when he saw Xu Cheng believing in him so easily, Cronus breathed a sigh of relief and was also a little surprised.
Is this guy trying to pull off a trick, or does he really just believe in himself?
Xu Cheng did not explain why he wanted to let Cronus go, and directly exposed the problem.
He looked around and asked, "Everyone, what should we do next?"
The gods were silent. Today's ambush was the only chance to defeat Gold. Since it had failed, there would be no second chance.
What's more, a saint has also been resurrected. Even with the wisdom of the gods, he doesn't know what to do next.
"Then let's all disperse first."
When no one said anything, Xu Cheng said, "You are all tired from today's battle. Go down and have a good rest and wait until tomorrow."
The danger was imminent, and it seemed inappropriate to rest now, but Xu Cheng's calmness still affected the mood of the gods.
After the meeting, Efdi left the Winter Palace alone and went for a walk in the virgin forest created by Xu Cheng.
She stood among the flowers full of bright flowers, breathing the fresh air and thinking about what to do next.
Suddenly, she seemed to notice something and turned her head to look back.
"Come out."
Xu Cheng walked out of the trunk of a big tree where two people were hugging each other and explained: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not specifically following you."
If this were a little fairy, a stalker would be born.
"I didn't misunderstand."
Everdi smiled slightly and asked curiously: "Is something wrong?"
Xu Cheng asked: "You and Cronus have been married for many years, and you know his character very well. I want to ask you, if he successfully escapes from Gold, will he come back?"
Efdi thought for a moment and concluded: "No, if he successfully escapes from Gold, he will definitely find a place to hide and see the situation instead of coming back to us immediately."
With Cronus' cowardice, if he successfully escapes, he will definitely hide incognito and see if Xu Cheng and others will be annihilated by the cooperation of Gold and Saint.
It won't happen again unless it's absolutely safe.
Everdi had been wondering whether Cronus had surrendered the gold, but after answering Xu Cheng's question, she became even more sure.
She looked at Xu Cheng and said: "Since you also think that Cronus has surrendered the gold, why didn't you just expose him in front of everyone?"
Xu Cheng asked back: "Is there any evidence?"
Everdi's eyes were downcast, and she was right. Although she was sure that there was something wrong with Cronus, there was no conclusive evidence.
Although Cronus was indeed a coward who abandoned everyone and ran away, he could not forcefully conclude that the other party had surrendered the gold without evidence.
Their group is united because of the pressure of gold and saints. They must pay attention to fairness and justice, otherwise it will easily cause internal rifts.
Since there is no evidence to expose Cronus, Everdi also guessed what Xu Cheng came to see her for: "Do you want me to inform others privately to be careful of Cronus?"
Xu Cheng nodded, worthy of being a goddess of beauty and wisdom, he understood what he meant immediately.
On the surface, no one has any evidence to convict Cronus, but privately, they can reach a consensus to guard against him, and it is most appropriate for Ephdi to do this.
"You keep busy, I'll go back first."
Seeing that Everdy understood what he meant, Xu Cheng had no intention of staying and was ready to reintegrate into the tree trunk and leave.
What can I do on my own?
Everdi felt that what this man said was quite interesting. When she saw that he was about to enter the tree trunk, she suddenly said: "Wait a minute."
Xu Cheng stopped and asked, "What's the matter?"
Everdi didn't say a word, but walked directly towards him.
The distance between the two suddenly shortened, and they were almost face to face.
Xu Cheng quickly cheered up. Efdi was wearing a veil on her face and couldn't see clearly, but her eyes were extremely tempting. Even if Xu Cheng had honed his willpower for hundreds of years in the gate of hell, he still couldn't see clearly. I had to concentrate so as not to be tempted by her.
According to legend, Ephedi is the most beautiful of all gods. She is so beautiful that other gods cannot resist her charm and has many suitors.
For this reason, she had to wear a veil to cover her appearance and avoid embarrassment to other gods.
Cronus fell in love with Efdi at first sight when he saw her face with her veil off.
Xu Cheng resisted her temptation and said helplessly: "Is this necessary?"
He had already noticed that Cronus was entering the forest, and Ephdi's behavior could be guessed.
"You asked me to help, then help me now."
Everdi gently approached Xu Cheng's face and breathed into his ear.
From a distance, Cronus, who had followed his wife's footsteps and rushed here, also saw this scene. From his perspective, he could see Xu Cheng and Everdi standing almost face to face, with their faces touching each other intimately. Together, they seemed to be whispering something.
In an instant, Cronus's eyes turned red with anger.
"thank you."
Everdi gently pushed Xu Cheng away. Xu Cheng was not unhappy at being treated as a spear user. It would be nice to be able to disgust Cronus.
His whole body blended into the tree trunk and disappeared.
Boom!
There was a loud noise, and after Xu Cheng disappeared, Cronus fell from the sky and knocked down the big tree heavily.
His eyes were as red as an angry bull, and he stared at Efdi: "What were you doing with him just now?"
Everdi glanced at him, her charming eyes showing no trace of her disgust: "Does what I do with him have anything to do with you?"
Cronus was panting like an ox and growled: "I am your husband!"
Everdi sneered, "I have never seen a husband who abandoned his wife twice in a row and ran away alone."
Cronus choked immediately.
Everdi continued to stimulate him: "And compared to you, Xu Cheng is more like a god of war. He is more powerful, braver, and more manly than you, isn't he?"
She gently touched her plump chest with her hand and whispered: "Such an outstanding man, even I am a little moved!"
These words, countless years ago, were Ephedi's words to express her affection to Cronus.
Now it's being used on another man.
Cronus' head buzzed, and his fists clenched tightly.
He knew very well that there could be nothing between Xu Cheng and Efdi, and his wife did this deliberately just to make him angry.
But this kind of behavior is exactly an insult to his dignity.
He couldn't help but taunt: "Did the goddess who represents chastity start to seduce men one day?"
Beauty, wisdom, chastity, these are the beautiful words represented by Ephidi.
"It's just a title imposed on me by humans. Isn't the God of War, who represents bravery, also a coward?"
Everdi responded tit-for-tat and continued to taunt: "I am planning to seduce Xu Cheng. Years of loneliness have made me hide my desire. My legs weaken when I see him. But do you dare to trouble him? You even dare to Wait until he leaves before showing up, you coward.”
"enough!"
Seeing his chaste wife saying such shameless words, Cronus suddenly roared and slapped Ephdi on the face.
Everdi did not dodge, but stood motionless, staring at him coldly.
Cronus's slap finally stopped a few centimeters away from Everdi's face, and could no longer hit her.
Although his wife has been ridiculing him and sarcastic, he still loves his wife deeply in his heart and is unwilling to hurt her at all.
Finally, Cronus withdrew his hand and turned away dejectedly.
Everdi stared at his back, her eyes showing undisguised disappointment. If Cronus hit her, he would at least still have the courage to maintain a man's dignity.
As a result, not only did he not dare to trouble Xu Cheng, he didn't even dare to hit himself. After surrendering the gold, his courage seemed to become even less.
How could such a shameless coward be her husband? !
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On the other side, Xu Cheng returned to the Winter Palace and came to Elizabeth's study.
Elizabeth and Amaterasu were already waiting here, and there was no one else.
Seeing Xu Cheng coming back, Amaterasu sniffed his nose subconsciously, and seemed to smell something. An expression that was either teasing or sarcastic appeared on his face: "At this time, I am still in the mood to pick up girls, and she is also a wife!"
Xu Cheng ignored her and turned to look at Elizabeth: "I have asked Everdy to inform others privately to be on guard against Cronus."
"Are you calling each other's names so intimately?"
Amaterasu said something broken again, and found that Xu Cheng and Elizabeth were staring at her with unkind eyes, curled her lips, and never mentioned the matter again.
"It's time for an internal meeting."
Xu Cheng sat across from them: "What should we do next? Tell us what you think."
"Before you come back, Amaterasu and I have discussed this."
"Besides surrendering and hiding, we now have a third option," Elizabeth said.
Xu Cheng had actually guessed: "Looking for the whereabouts of the Valkyrie and the Shadow Goddess?"
Elizabeth nodded: "That's right."
The Shadow Goddess once had a brief confrontation with Gold without losing, and was finally defeated by the Great Lord himself. This means that her strength will not be weaker than Gold, otherwise there would be no need for the Great Lord to personally take action.
The Valkyrie once won the Chosen War, ended the troubled times, and finally stabbed the Saint in the back. She might be stronger than the Saint.
Now that Gold and Saint are still alive and kicking, Valkyrie and Shadow Goddess may not die.
As long as their whereabouts are found, together with Xu Cheng and the gods, they may be able to defeat the two powerful enemies of Gold and Saint.
Before the siege of Gold, Xu Cheng and Elizabeth actually considered this matter. At that time, they felt that it would be too difficult to find these two goddesses, so they did not discuss it further.
Now I have to do this, there is no other way to go.
After a brief discussion, the three made a joint decision.
Qiu Gongyue is looking for the whereabouts of the Shadow Goddess, and Xu Cheng will assist her to complete the matter faster.
Elizabeth went to look for traces of the Valkyrie, while Amaterasu took other gods to collect as many World Tree fragments as possible, delaying Gold and Saints from gathering the complete World Tree.
Of course, it doesn't matter if they can't find it. The most important thing is to protect the few fragments they got before.
Without these fragments, the World Tree cannot be restored.
In addition, there is another very important thing, that is, Xu Cheng must complete the Trinity as soon as possible and become a true god.
Although his current strength is a little stronger than that of Gold and Saint, that is because his body became a god. This is all his power and cannot be enhanced in a short time.
The gold is different from the saints. They have just been resurrected and are in a weak state. Their strength will continue to recover until they surpass the gods.
Time is on their side, and the longer it takes, Xu Cheng's advantage will turn into a disadvantage.
Now, Xu Cheng's three elements of power, divine heart, and soul are complete, but he still doesn't know how to complete the trinity.
Elizabeth and Amaterasu cannot give an accurate answer to this question, because they are both born gods and have never experienced such a thing.
"I can only tell you that you may need an opportunity."
Elizabeth told him: "As for what this opportunity is, you can only wait for you to find it yourself."
"Opportunity?"
Xu Cheng hated this vague statement, but he had no way to force Elizabeth to explain to him.
Time was of the essence and once the decision was made, the gods parted in the Winter Palace.
Only Xu Cheng, Elizabeth, and Amaterasu knew about the search for the Valkyrie and the Shadow Goddess. They did not tell the other gods, but asked them to cooperate with Amaterasu to search for the fragments of the World Tree and at the same time search for the other old gods. Increase the strength of your own camp.
After leaving Eastern Europe, Xu Cheng did not rush to Guangming Mountain, but returned to Japan immediately and found Hoshizaki Yukina and Nagumo Asuka.
Of course, he did not come back to relax, but asked Hoshizaki Yukina and Nagumo Asuka to use stand-ins to work on his behalf during this period, while he hid in Amaterasu's secret realm of Takamagahara to live.
Although with the status of gold and saint, they should disdain to surround and suppress relatives and friends like Xu Cheng who don't have much power, but they are not afraid of ten thousand, so they are safer to hide in the secret realm.
Anyway, the time to decide the winner between him and these two powerful enemies shouldn't take too long.
Hoshizaki Yukina and Nagumo Asuka also realized the risks hidden behind Xu Cheng's request, but they did not want to stop it. Not causing trouble to Xu Cheng was the greatest help.
However, Hoshizaki Yukina and Nagumo Asuka also had requests, hoping that Xu Cheng could stay with them for one more night.
Of course Xu Cheng would not refuse such a request.
That night, Hoshizaki Yukina and Nagumo Asuka joined forces to show their true skills and engage in a round-robin battle against Xu Cheng, as if they were going to squeeze him into pieces.
It's a pity that Xu Cheng, who became a god in body, is no longer what he used to be. He easily kills them and makes them lose their armor and defeat them.
After settling them, Xu Cheng left Japan and went straight to Guangming Mountain.
(End of chapter)
