Chapter 1262: The Situation
"Boss, we hit them too hard last time. Even the masters behind them want to enter the fray personally."
Inside the Penguin Merchant Guild's virtual space, Zhang Zuolin held his teacup and spoke with a sigh.
The other great powers had their main attention tied up by the shifting situation in Europe.
Otherwise, more than just these two countries would have stepped in openly to apply pressure!
Mao Xiong and Japan had never been on good terms to begin with, but the loss of over a hundred Intruders last time seemed to have truly hurt them. This time, they had actually appeared in tacit unison.
It seemed the pressure they had been given was a little too great.
"It's fine. They're probably wary of the Dragon Soul right now. With pressure at this level, they still can't reach the point of trusting each other."
Xu Yue did not pay much attention to it. He had shown restraint when he acted, hadn't he? It was not enough to make several sides sincerely cooperate and set aside all their differences.
After all, most of the proxy legions consisted of China's native Reincarnators. Under the Qing Court's integration, they could still cooperate reasonably well.
The main bodies entering the fray themselves?
Qing, Japan, and Mao Xiong could not fully trust one another.
Those three were potential rivals in the first place. Their alliance existed only because they currently shared a common target.
Still, even a temporary alliance brought enormous pressure upon Beiyang.
Two great powers entering the field in person was not a threat that proxy legions could compare to!
If they had not been fighting across borders, Japan alone would have beaten Beiyang black and blue back then.
Fortunately, while external pressure had risen, the independent Reincarnators within