"Don't try to resist. It's useless."
Shangguan Yuanhao looked at Zhou Lin coldly and said, "I taught you everything you know. You can't resist me."
Zhou Lin took a deep look at Shangguan Yuanhao and asked, "What do you want?"
"I don't want anything. As long as you become partners with Ying 'er and help her advance to the Nascent Soul Stage, I will let you and your father go after everything is done. However, if you don't want to cooperate with me, I will have to use force against you!"
Shangguan Yuanhao did not think that Zhou Lin and Zhou Meng could escape from his control. He had been planning in the Sky City for many years. Even if he did not stop Zhou Lin and Zhou Meng today, they would not be able to escape from the Sky City. If it were not for the fact that he wanted Zhou Lin to cooperate with his plan, he would not have wasted his breath on Zhou Lin.
When Zhou Lin heard what Shangguan Yuanhao said, she looked at him coldly and asked, "You were waiting for this day when you took me in as your disciple, right? You never treated me as your disciple from the beginning. Instead, you treated me as Si Tuying's cauldron!"
Shangguan Yuanhao looked at Zhou Lin and said, "Don't you think it's too late for you to think of this now?"
"Leader, you …"
Zhou Meng looked at Shangguan Yuanhao in shock. He did not expect Shangguan Yuanhao to take Zhou Lin in as his disciple for this day.
"Zhou Meng, I really treated you as a friend. However, your performance today has disappointed me. You did not show any support for me in the meeting room. After that, you even ran away with your daughter. I am heartbroken that you have treated our friendship for so many years like this."
Shangguan Yuanhao sighed. He seemed to be heartbroken for Zhou Meng's actions. He did not think that there was anything wrong with him at all.
"Father, you have finally seen this person's true colors!"
Zhou Lin gritted her teeth and said, "He approached us with an ulterior motive. It was all premeditated!"
"I'm sorry. As your father, I have implicated you."
Tears streamed down Zhou Meng's face as he regretted his actions. If he had seen Shangguan Yuanhao's true colors earlier, he would not have allowed such a thing to happen!
"Alright, I've already said everything that needs to be said. You just have to stay here quietly and cooperate with my plan. I guarantee that I'll let you all leave after Ying 'er reaches the Nascent Soul stage. I can swear on that." Shangguan Yuanhao looked at Zhou Lin. "I think you should know how to choose, right?"
"As long as I cooperate with you, you're willing to let us go after the deed is done?"
Zhou Lin didn't quite believe Shangguan Yuanhao's words. Even though Shangguan Yuanhao had said that he could swear an oath, she still didn't believe him.
"Of course, but in order to prevent you from going back on your word, I need to take your father away. At that time, if you are not willing to cooperate with me, then I will have to make a move on your father. But don't worry, for the sake of our many years of brotherhood, I will not take his life."
Shangguan Yuanhao's words were simple, but to Zhou Lin and Zhou Meng, it sounded like the howling of a devil!
"Linlin, don't listen to him!
He wants to use me to threaten you. When the time comes, even if we cooperate with his plan, he will not let us go! "Zhou Meng said angrily." If you ask him to swear an oath now, do you think he will dare to? "
Hearing Zhou Meng's words, Shangguan Yuanhao's eyes flashed. He sighed again and said, "Zhou Meng, don't we even have this basic trust between us?"
"Shangguan Yuanhao, as long as you swear an oath now, I will cooperate with you. If you are not willing to swear an oath, then I would rather die than let your plan succeed!"
Although Zhou Lin did not know what Shangguan Yuanhao's plan was, she could guess that this plan would only work if Si Tuying reached the Nascent Soul stage. As long as she grasped this point, she believed that Shangguan Yuanhao would not dare to do anything to them before Si Tuying reached the Nascent Soul stage.
"Alright, I can swear an oath."
Shangguan Yuanhao looked deeply into Zhou Lin's eyes. "I swear that as long as you cooperate with me and help Si Tuying reach the Nascent Soul stage, I will not hurt you and your father. I will also let you and your father leave Sky City. If I break this oath, may I be struck by lightning."
Hearing Shangguan Yuanhao's oath, Zhou Meng and Zhou Lin's expressions changed. Now that Shangguan Yuanhao had sworn an oath, they no longer had any reason to ask him to do anything. Although there were some loopholes in the oath, they believed that this was the best that Shangguan Yuanhao could do.
"Now that I have sworn an oath, you don't have any other requests, right?"
Shangguan Yuanhao looked at Zhou Lin. "Don't worry, I will take good care of your father during this period of time. I will not let him suffer."
As he spoke, Shangguan Yuanhao pointed at Zhou Meng. Zhou Meng froze and floated to Shangguan Yuanhao's side.
"Stay here obediently. I will send someone to pick you up tomorrow morning. I will teach you what to do then."
After speaking, Shangguan Yuanhao led Zhou Meng out of the training room. Zhou Lin looked at Shangguan Yuanhao and Zhou Meng as they left. She could not help but feel helpless.
…
In the sky above Star Dragon City.
The sky was slightly bright. The Star Dragon Federation had split into three groups to attack Zerg's fleet. It seemed like they had the upper hand, but in reality, both sides were evenly matched. The Star Dragon Federation could not defeat Zerg's fleet, and Zerg's fleet did not retaliate either.
"Something is not right."
Wang Tianyuan looked at the map of the battlefield and frowned. Zerg's reaction was completely different from what he had expected.
"Indeed, something is not right. Zerg's reaction is too strange."
Song Zhi frowned and said, "In the past few confrontations, Zerg has always liked to take the lead. But now, Zerg is not coming out. It seems like he wants to fight a protracted battle with us. This is not Zerg's style."
"Could it be that Zerg does not want to fight us head-on and wants to use up our ammunition?"
Lu Xun thought for a moment and said, "Maybe they want to minimize their losses and take us down with a small price."
Wang Tianyuan and Song Zhi agreed with Lu Xun's words. They did not have a lot of ammunition left. If they continued to fight like this, they would run out of ammunition very quickly. By then, they would lose their firepower to suppress Zerg. If Zerg came out to fight them again, they would have a huge advantage. The situation would become very unfavorable for them.
Just as Wang Tianyuan and the other two were discussing this matter, a figure suddenly rushed over and said in an extremely anxious tone, "General, the surveillance department just found an abnormal spatial fluctuation in the sky above Star Dragon City. We suspect that it has something to do with Zerg!"