116: Unreserved trust and cooperation

It is you who will assist me, not I who will assist you.

These words made Lin Qianqian, who was in the distance, gasp.

No one had ever dared to use such a commanding tone with Xiao Yuwei, the "Ice Phoenix"!

Xiao Yuwei's expression grew colder and colder, and the surrounding temperature seemed to drop a few more degrees.

"Listen, I don't have the patience to chat with you here."

"Lei Jingyu's strength has already reached the Peak Grandmaster level, and this trip he has brought four Grandmaster-level Family retainers from the Lei Family."

"And the Western Martial Alliance Association is basically all supporters of the Lei Family."

"In other words—"

"The two of us will be facing at least ten Grandmasters!"

As members of the Four Great Families, Xiao Yuwei had met Lei Jingyu a few times.

Although she was confident she could defeat him, she would also be injured and even pay a considerable price.

As for the remaining nine Grandmasters... she did not believe Su Lei could handle them alone.

Under pressure from the Lei Family, the Federation reluctantly made concessions, allowing Lei Jingyu to take up the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Western Military Region.

The situation had become extremely critical.

Once he truly controlled the Military Region, combined with the power of the Martial Alliance Association... the two of them would have no chance of winning!

However, Su Lei merely smiled slightly.

"Lei Jingyu? He is already a cripple."

"If I wish, I can kill him at any time!"

Xiao Yuwei's eyes narrowed slightly, and a hint of imperceptible surprise flashed in her eyes.

—She didn't believe it.

Although Lei Jingyu's strength was not as great as hers, with the Lei Family's ancestral Cultivation Technique, "Lei Shi Body Forging," he was still a top-tier existence among Grandmasters. Not to mention, he also had four Grandmaster-level Family retainers, carefully cultivated by the Lei Family, all of whom were battle-hardened veterans.

How could Su Lei win?

Even if, for the sake of argument, he did set some trick or trap and luckily defeated Lei Jingyu, how could the Lei Family let it go?

How could that behemoth, which had dominated the eastern part of the Federation for hundreds of years, tolerate its direct heir being humiliated?

Even more absurd... if Lei Jingyu had truly been defeated, how could the Lei Family dare to risk a complete break with the Federation by continuing to push for the appointment of the Western Military Region Commander?

It didn't make sense.

Her red lips were pursed, and the suspicion in her ice-blue eyes grew stronger.

As if seeing through her thoughts, Su Lei suddenly chuckled softly: "It seems Executive Officer Xiao needs to confirm it with her own eyes."

"There's an interesting surveillance video in the command center that might answer your questions."

Xiao Yuwei's face was cold, and her military boots crunched on the still-melting frost as she followed him to the command center building next to the airport.

Su Lei walked to the holographic projector and gently swiped his finger across the control panel.

"Buzz—"

A quietblue light lit up in the center of the room, and the three-dimensional image of the life pod slowly rotated.

Lei Jingyu in the pod was only left with his upper body, purple lightning patterns covered his pale skin, and dozens of catheters connected to his spine and head like a spider web.

His eyes were hollow and silent.

"This is impossible..."

Xiao Yuwei's fingertips unconsciously dug into her palm.

As a top Mental Energy Master, she knew too well what this meant—

This was not simple mental control, but rather completely destroying the opponent's consciousness and then implanting a new Mental Imprint in their Sea of Consciousness.

Even she could never achieve this level!

She suddenly remembered the golden lightning flickering in Su Lei's eyes, and that inexplicable sense of familiarity finally had an answer.

A terrifying thought suddenly popped into her mind.

"You... obtained Lei Shi Body Forging?"

Su Lei turned around and looked at her calmly, "That's right."

The command center fell into dead silence, with only the faint hum of the holographic projector.

Xiao Yuwei didn't know what to say.

She had already prepared for the worst.

Find Su Lei to gather intelligence and, by the way, recruit him.

Set up an ambush, defeat Lei Jingyu at the cost of minor injuries, and drive the Lei Family's forces out of the West... This was the optimal solution in her plan.

But this man in front of her had directly turned the Lei Family's second young master into a living Puppet!

"Do you know what you're doing?"

Xiao Yuwei's voice, uncharacteristically, lost its usual coldness, carrying a hint of imperceptible tremor.

"If Lei Mietian notices..."

Su Lei walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking into the distance with his hands behind his back.

"Will your Xiao Family sit idly by and watch the Lei Family annex the West?"

Xiao Yuwei slowly said: "The Clan Chief and the Elders... are all in seclusion."

"If not for that..."

These words were spoken very softly, but they carried an indescribable complex emotion.

If not for that, how could the Lei Family be so arrogant?

Xiao Yuwei was silent for a moment, then softly said: "Since things have come to this, do you have a plan?"

Su Lei said indifferently: "Wait."

"Wait?"

"Wait for what? Wait for Lei Mietian to come knocking on the door himself?"

Xiao Yuwei frowned, suddenly taking a step forward.

"Haven't you seen the situation clearly? We are on the same boat now!"

Su Lei slowly turned around and met her gaze.

His gaze was almost tangible, causing the hairs on the back of Xiao Yuwei's neck to involuntarily stand on end.

"I can tell you everything, but the premise is..."

"I want to enter your Sea of Consciousness."

Xiao Yuwei's pupils constricted, and her entire body instantly tensed up.

"Presumptuous!"

An ice-blue Protective Aura erupted, and the entire command room instantly turned into an ice cave.

Several ice blades pointed directly at Su Lei's throat.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Su Lei neither dodged nor retreated, looking at her calmly, letting the ice blades press against his skin.

"You also said it, we are on the same boat now."

"Harming you is equivalent to harming myself."

"In exchange, the benefits you will receive will be unimaginable..."

As soon as his voice fell, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and a Mental Energy fluctuation suddenly shot towards Xiao Yuwei.

She instinctively tried to defend, but froze the moment she made contact.

What was contained in that Mental Energy fluctuation was not an attack, but a massive stream of information!

Xiao Yuwei cautiously extended a wisp of Mental Energy to make contact with it,

The next second, her entire body trembled violently as if struck by lightning.

"This is..."

"Lei Shi Body Forging?!"

She knew too well the value of this S-rank Cultivation Technique.

Even with the Xiao Family's heritage, such a Cultivation Technique was enough to be considered a Family treasure.

And now, Su Lei had given it to her so easily?

Xiao Yuwei's chest rose and fell violently, and the look in her eyes as she gazed at Su Lei completely changed—

Shock, suspicion, vigilance, and a hint of imperceptible... desire.

Su Lei returned a smile, "How about it? Can you trust me now?"

Xiao Yuwei's fingertips unconsciously stroked her temples, which were faintly hot—

That was the Sea of Consciousness's instinctive reaction to being pulled by powerful Mental Energy.

After a long silence, she took a deep breath.

"If you dare to play tricks..."

"You will make my life worse than death." Su Lei finished her sentence, a faint curve on his lips, "I know."

The next moment, the office transformed into a white world of ice and snow.

Cold air condensed into tiny ice crystals, drifting in the void.

In the distance were towering, endless glaciers.

This was the materialization of her Mental Energy—cold, pure, as if to freeze everything.

Golden lightning suddenly split the sky!

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