The leaders of the various beast clans, who had been chatting pleasantly with Xu Kun, now showed traces of anger on their faces.
Three-Faced Lion Lord maintained the last shred of decorum, his tone growing colder. "Worthy brother, we sat here discussing matters with you. We had intended to befriend you and temporarily halt the tiger-slaying operation, but who would have thought..."
"Our wholehearted sincerity was repaid with your feigned cooperation while secretly making other arrangements!"
Xu Kun froze for a moment, instantly realizing that they had misunderstood.
But the misunderstanding was understandable.
Hundreds of millions of Phoenix Captive Army soldiers had suddenly appeared behind the Tiger Slaying Alliance. Their arrival had been ghostly and without warning.
To ordinary people, it naturally looked like they had used some secret method to sneak behind the allied army. And to accomplish that, sufficient time for deployment would have been necessary.
Xu Kun had set up this banquet under the guise of negotiations, then used the stalemate between both sides as an excuse to strike, catching everyone completely off guard.
How could they not suspect that he had been stringing them along all this time, merely buying time while waiting for powerful experts to position the Phoenix Captive Army?
Heavens above, this was a huge misunderstanding!
With Feng Lan's power, this Phoenix Captive Army had indeed appeared as Elite Troops. But Xu Kun, who had orchestrated it all, had never intended to stall for time. Whenever he wished, he could remove the Disorder Wind concealing the army from sight.
The Phoenix Captive Army and Xu Kun had arrived at the same time. It was simply that no one had noticed.
Its appearance now was merely Xu Kun's decision to suppress them by force after seeing that neither side was willing to yield.
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