An Eye for an Eye, Blood for Blood

The news of Demon Saint Valley's fall soon reached the Giant Spirit Eagle Clan's conference table.

It was not that the Nine-tailed Fox Clan did not want to keep it under wraps.

Rather, Lu Yuan believed there was no need to.

As the Nine-tailed Fox Clan's clan land, Demon Saint Valley was the place most suited to their growth. Since they had reclaimed it, there was no way they would let it go again. Therefore, even if they tried to hide it, they could hide it for a while but not forever. The Nine-tailed Fox Clan was bound to clash head-on with the Giant Spirit Eagle Clan eventually. Even with Trade-Base Tactics, the Nine-tailed Fox Clan could not afford to play that game. Besides, this was Giant Spirit Eagle Clan territory, where the Giant Spirit Eagle Clan held the home-field advantage.

Never underestimate home-field advantage.

Taken literally, home-field advantage seemed almost negligible in war. The strong determined morale, and situations like athletes performing poorly in away games did not apply. However, home-field advantage in the extraordinary world meant something else—the Giant Spirit Eagles, as the masters of this region, controlled all the large and small affiliated races here. In other words, the Giant Spirit Eagle Clan could be regarded as the emperor of this small region, with countless capable troops and generals under its command to send against the Nine-tailed Fox Clan.

This meant the Giant Spirit Eagle Clan was far less simple than it appeared, and the Nine-tailed Fox Clan's enemies were not limited to the Giant Spirit Eagle Clan alone.

The key issue was the lack of strategic depth.

Demon Saint Valley's location was extremely unfavorable.

Of course, Demon Saint Valley itself could not be blamed. Its territory was not small. As a region that had existed within