Today's third update: Chapter 3459! 3/4!
These four simple words brought an impact and subsequent developments that completely departed from the Royal Lion Race's planned script!
If Xu Caiyi truly died, the Desolate Race, as the "murderer," would certainly become the target of universal condemnation, doomed beyond redemption.
But the question was—could the Royal Lion Race, which had personally pushed Xu Caiyi into this pit of fire and planned everything behind the scenes, truly escape responsibility?
Would the Dragon Race, Phoenix Race, and human race, in their fury, only cling to the Desolate Race while sparing the Royal Lion Race, the obvious "mastermind behind the scenes"?
When news that the canine race battlefield had "fallen" and Xu Caiyi's "fate was unknown" reached the Royal Lion Race's ancestral land like a thunderclap, the clan was not filled with delight at the success of its scheme. Instead, it fell into unbelievable shock, followed by cold terror!
"That Desolate Lord... that Desolate Race! Are they lunatics?! Do they not know where Xiao Caiyi comes from?! Do they not know what Xu Buwan represents?!"
A Royal Lion Race elder lost his composure and roared during the emergency meeting, his voice filled with furious disbelief at the situation spiraling out of control.
Indeed, any ruler with even a shred of reason left, when faced with identities like Xu Caiyi's and Xu Buwan's, would most likely feel apprehension, negotiate, or compromise. Even in the worst-case scenario, they should have sought control rather than slaughter.
To kill her outright?
That was practically the same as declaring war on the Dragon Race, Phoenix Race, and human race all at once. It was suicide!
The Royal Lion Race realized that they might have gone too far.
What they had originally wanted to ignite was a controllable bonfire, one