At the thought of this, quite a few God Realm Experts present frowned deeply, silently berating themselves.
It had to be said that the First Generation God Realm Experts who had fought their way out of the Sea of Corpses and Blood had basically upheld classical moral values.
Even an overbearing, aggressive old-timer like Shen Yuanbao still cared somewhat about saving face.
To seize a greater share for their own Super Enterprises when the spoils were divided after the war, they had all wanted to lead from the front and personally finish off the Monster Mastermind.
After all, the rule in Transcendent circles was that whoever made the greater contribution possessed more of a voice and a greater right to distribution.
Who would have thought that the Beast Tide outside the Mist Hidden Forbidden Zone would keep collapsing, as though Monster Civilization had already been weakened to the utmost limit.
Yet the Monster Mastermind had been far tougher than they had imagined.
By the time the God Realm Experts realized this was not an easy battle where they could beat a dog that had fallen into the water, and that both sides were very likely to suffer ruinous losses, they had already been left in an awkward position, unable to advance or retreat.
They had no choice but to grit their teeth and carry this brutal battle—one that killed a thousand enemies at the cost of eight hundred of their own—to the bitter end.
In the end, the Monster Mastermind had indeed been slain by them.
But they had also lost—or at least temporarily lost—the absolute military force with which they controlled Dragon City.
To the point that petty scoundrels like the Blue Alliance now dared to strut about and stir up trouble.
"Only now did I realize that this