Today's third update: Chapter 3247! 3/4!
Yet what chilled the Nine Spirits Lion Saint to the bone most was that this godlike move had been laid out by Xu Kun nineteen years ago!
Back then, he had been nothing more than a fledgling youngster, yet he had already been capable of stirring the winds and clouds among the myriad races and influencing a great royal race's century-long plans!
Terrifying... truly terrifying!
The Tiger Fiend Race had merely been advancing and carrying out the exquisite path of the game that this peerless strategist had long ago mapped out.
And the player whom the myriad races had once confirmed to be "dead" had never truly left the board.
Over nineteen years of changing times, after making that earth-shattering move, he must have envisioned the subsequent steps as well—steps even more exquisite and far-reaching.
"Though many within the lion race refuse to admit it aloud, they all know in their hearts that, given the lion race's current state, we simply cannot stop the Tiger Fiend Race from reclaiming its status as a royal race."
The Nine Spirits Lion Saint's voice carried a trace of sorrow. "As for that, the lion race's upper echelons... have no effective means of punishment or resistance."
His words revealed a deep sense of helplessness. "Even if that day truly comes, the Tiger Fiend Race will certainly settle the old scores of the Tiger Slaying Alliance. Our lion race... will likely only be able to feed the tiger with our own flesh, paying a grievous price in exchange for survival..."
Yes, once the Tiger Fiend Race, having endured humiliation and hardship for nineteen years, reclaimed the status of a royal race from the Royal Lion Race, a reckoning against their former "enemies" would be nearly unavoidable.
Then, faced