Today's fourth update: Chapter 3056! 4/4!
What happened afterward left Gui Zhi, who had chosen to withdraw under Xuan Bai's persuasion, breaking out in a cold sweat. He secretly rejoiced that he had made an incomparably wise decision!
Xuan Bai's surrender with his troops was merely the terrifying beginning.
Immediately afterward, on the sixth, seventh, and eighth battlefields, the commanders leading the Tortoise Army all made the same choice as Xuan Bai—turning against their side before the battle and collectively surrendering to the Huang Race!
After secretly investigating through numerous channels, Gui Zhi finally confirmed a fact that sent chills down his spine: the experiences of those three Tortoise Army commanders were nearly identical to Xuan Bai's. All of them were internal Black Tortoise Race factions that had suffered brutal persecution under the late Si Prince, their families destroyed and loved ones killed.
Si Prince, Si Prince... You brought this upon yourself. You deserved to die! But even in death, the debts of sin you left behind are shaking the foundations of our Black Tortoise Race! Gui Zhi cried out soundlessly in his heart.
Before he had even received any censure from his race, the earth-shattering surrenders that erupted one after another across those three battlefields, along with the terrifying result of the Huang Army sweeping through and capturing three cities in ten days, had already struck the entire Black Tortoise Royal Court like a massive earthquake!
Many sordid old affairs and injustices that had once been forcibly suppressed and covered up rose like sediment from the depths, instantly exposed beneath the full light of day.
The focus of every conflict and the target of every accusation now pointed with absolute clarity at the dead culprit—Si Prince!
This left even the Eight Wise Kings, who held the highest authority