Today's fourth update: Chapter 2976! 4/4!
The atmosphere in the hall was grim and murderous. The Turtle Kings stood silent as cicadas in winter, not even daring to breathe.
Only Xuan Shiba, sitting in the corner, still looked absent-minded and drowsy, as though the towering fury around him had nothing to do with him. Over the past eighteen years, he seemed to have entered some kind of "standby" state, becoming a completely marginalized, transparent figure among the Black Tortoise Kings.
The Turtle King in charge of intelligence stepped forward and reported through gritted teeth, "E-Eighth Master, please calm your anger! According to investigations from multiple sources, the Wilds Clan did indeed originate from the barbaric wilderness, and Blue Star holds no ancestral foundation of theirs. Their rise has been mysterious, but so far, apart from their past dealings with the cat clan, a subsidiary race of the Tiger Fiend Race, followed by their public declaration of a break, no substantial deep ties with any other race have been discovered..."
"A break?" Before the Eight Wise Kings could speak, the Eighth Sage King's Consort, who had long been unable to restrain herself, abruptly rose to her feet. Her shrill voice was like a poisoned ice spike. "Then flatten that lowly cat clan first! Bury them with my son!"
"Th-this... Sister-in-law, please calm down!" Another Turtle King hurriedly spoke, his expression troubled. "Though the cat clan is weak, it remains a subsidiary race protected by the Tiger Fiend Race. Moreover, they have publicly severed ties with the Wilds Clan. Our race... truly has no justification for action! If we rashly send troops against them, we may draw criticism..."
"No justification? Criticism?" The Eighth Sage King's Consort laughed in extreme fury. Terrifying baleful energy radiated from her body, crushing the