The Enemy Retreats, Setting Out Once More

The moment Shi Yan saw the Azure Scale Tribe Saint, all his previous doubts were instantly resolved.

No wonder this attack had been so precise. No wonder they had been able to infiltrate the heart of the flying ship. It all stemmed from the Azure Scale Tribe, who had once controlled the Virtual God Tower!

Then the appearance of the Space-Eating Branch at the very beginning was easy enough to understand. It was a treasure fashioned from a branch of the Virtual Sky Tree; it was hardly strange for the Azure Scale Tribe to possess one.

It was clear that even after the Azure Scale Tribe had been driven from power, the treasures they had taken with them were still beyond counting.

Combining it with everything he knew, the logic behind the Azure Scale Tribe's frequent activities gradually came into focus.

The Azure Scale Tribe must have sensed that the great calamity of heaven and earth was approaching as well!

Since ancient times, the period before a great calamity had always been chaotic and lawless. To preserve oneself under such circumstances, one needed formidable strength.

Unfortunately, after leaving the Virtual God Tower, the Azure Scale Tribe was like a tiger without fangs. Added to the wealth they had plundered from the Virtual God Tower over the years, they had practically become an enormous slab of fat meat.

Therefore, if the Azure Scale Tribe wanted to preserve both itself and that immense fortune, it had to attach itself to the strong.

Among the human race's five great powers, the only ones worthy of the Azure Scale Tribe's attachment were those five. They could not return to the Virtual God Tower, so Nether God Mountain, second only to the Virtual God Tower in strength, was their best choice.

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