Today's third update: Chapter 3471! 3/4!
"However..." Xu Kun shifted the subject, his tone carrying a hint of apparent "concession," while in truth concealing his real intentions within it.
"I can guarantee everyone that while these two 'distinguished guests' remain in the Wild Race, they will not suffer the slightest mistreatment. I—the Lord of the Wild Race—will personally guide and teach them until... the very moment this entire Millennium Period of the War of the Myriad Races finally settles and draws to a close!"
"Personally teach them? Until the war ends?!"
Upon hearing this, the Dragon Race Half-Saint laughed in extreme anger. Golden flames surged wildly in his dragon eyes. "Lord Huang! This isn't a plea for peace. This is blatant coercion! Naked coercion!"
"Coercion?" Xu Kun snorted coldly, his gaze flashing like lightning as it pierced through the air. The Dragon Race Half-Saint immediately felt as if needles had stabbed into his soul. His aura faltered instinctively, and he failed to roar out the rest of his words at once.
"If I truly wished to coerce you, I could name any price I wanted right now and force you into signing a humiliating treaty! But I have said it already—this is not coercion."
His voice suddenly rose, carrying an undeniable forcefulness and frankness as it echoed across the battlefield:
"This is a plea for peace! A plea for a fair chance for the hundreds of millions of my Wild Race people to survive and keep fighting!"
"My Wild Race can refrain from doing such despicable things as holding hostages and forcing a race to retreat and compromise in a holy war! My demand is simple, and it is fair—"
He slowly raised one finger, enunciating each word as though branding them into law:
"Grant my Wild Race a