Today's third update: Chapter 3079! 3/4!
The Eight Wise Kings were deeply lost in the fog of the hexagram: "A wine cup and two bamboo baskets, using earthenware, making the pact through the window—in the end, there is no blame." He repeatedly mulled over phrases such as "Simplest Utensils," "Unconventional Channels," "Utmost Sincerity," and "Communication and Alliance," yet remained utterly baffled, unable to find a way in.
Just as he wandered helplessly within the royal court, reports from the front came flying in like snowflakes.
This time, they no longer brought the dreadful news of the Guards' destruction, but the strategic deployment made by the allied commander-in-chief She Tu Renekton and the Lord of the Mongoose Race, who could monitor the entire battlefield through the race lord's God's Perspective by taking advantage of the mongoose race's home-field terrain, in response to the Huang Army splitting into three routes.
Holding the intelligence report, the Eight Wise Kings were nearly driven mad by the deaths of the Black Tortoise Seven Constellation Guards and his inability to understand the later lines of the hexagram, yet he still forced himself to patiently read the entire deployment report.
The dullness in his eyes gradually gave way to light at the sight of this battle report.
The deaths of the Black Tortoise Seven Constellation Guards had not been meaningless. Nor had they merely worn down a few Huang Race experts on the tactical level. Strategically, their immense sacrifice had bought the Tri-Race Allied Forces precious time to regroup after the Huang Army entered the mongoose race battlefield, allowing Renekton and the Lord of the Mongoose Race to demonstrate their value as the core commanders of the alliance.
Though Renekton lacked brilliant schemes and a broad strategic vision, his solid foundation as a famed crocodile race