Lu Yang nodded. That fit the logic. He had been wondering why the Temple Organization had approached Jerz instead of Christina. Clearly, the Temple Organization had invested in both sides, but Christina did not want to help Tom. So, obviously, the next great war would depend on whom Christina chose to join forces with.
He called Tu Feng and said, "Focus on investigating Christina's forces in the game. She has many lower gods under her command. Locate those lower gods as quickly as possible. Also, keep constant statistics on the lower gods in all the other major guilds, so we can have detailed data for the next war."
Tu Feng said, "Yes."
The war was basically over. The next stage of the war would take place during summer vacation, and that would be Lu Yang's best chance to eliminate Christina and Jerz. By then, the truce contract between Sanyou Weimen and Rogers would not yet have expired. Even if he only had one month, it would be enough for Lu Yang to wipe out both Christina and Jerz.
He initiated video calls and sent them to Ayala, Li Wenxing, Pa Du, and Hilde.
Light flashed, and the projections of the four appeared before Lu Yang almost simultaneously. Together, they respectfully addressed him, "Boss."
After the great battles against Sanyou Weimen and Tom, the four looked at Lu Yang with nothing but worship and reverence. Relying on his own strength, he had led the Iron Blood Brotherhood from the far northeastern corner of the New Continent all the way into its heartland, capturing more than a thousand cities and consecutively defeating numerous opponents they had once feared just to think about—Piao Renyi, Tianlong, Bu Dengtian, Gaelgar, Black Veil, Olma, Alice, and others. They had completely submitted to Lu Yang, from the