As King Jiaye fumed over the Maha Clan's full-scale invasion, the Xushiki projection standing beside him remained as steady as a mountain.
"Xushiki! Was this part of your plan too? Those Maha beasts have already come knocking, and this was part of your scheme as well?"
King Jiaye roared furiously.
At any other time, even if the Maha Clan had invaded, he would only have laughed and applauded before being the first to charge in and slaughter the Maha enemy forces.
But this was King Zhenruo's critical moment.
The Maha invasion would undoubtedly bring enormous uncertainty. How could he not be anxious?
Yet Xushiki readily admitted it. "Yes!"
"?!!"
King Jiaye and Natsume felt almost exactly the same, both unable to believe it.
Not long ago, they had still secretly admired Xushiki's awareness of the bigger picture.
And now they discovered that he had silently sold out their entire race?
No wonder the Maha Clan had learned the new coordinates. No wonder the sentries outside had not reacted.
He had leaked the coordinates and blocked every warning!
Only Xushiki could have done that!
"I leaked the coordinates and blocked the warnings. I was the one who lured the Maha army here."
"Why?!!"
"Didn't I tell you before? Naturally, it was to awaken the Progenitor ahead of time."
"You mean..."
Upon hearing this, King Jiaye suddenly understood.
He was no fool. He understood quite a lot, and he had not spent all those years as an Otsutsuki king for nothing.
Combined with Xushiki's earlier hints, he understood that this was not betrayal.
It was deliberate. Xushiki had deliberately leaked the information to the Maha Clan so that they would lead an army here to attack.
As long as they invaded the [Shiki Origin Realm], as long as they engaged in a