The three peak races were holding similar Genius Tournaments at the same time?
Lin Yi was immediately startled.
This absolutely could not be a coincidence!
When it came to a race's survival and competition—especially among the three titans, who had waged war against one another and harbored generations of hatred for countless ages—any large-scale action that was highly coordinated and followed a similar pattern must conceal a strategic scheme tied to the fundamental interests of their races.
This was no longer competition. It was a tacit understanding of sorts?
Or were they being driven by some higher-level rule or need?
In an instant, a fragment of memory he had nearly forgotten became crystal clear, like a seashell washed ashore by the waves of the Star Sea.
It had happened not long ago, in the Star Shatterer Belt theater. When he had fought to the death against those three Kunmo Race prodigies, one of them had let out a resentful, resolute growl before using that bizarre secret technique that burned their race's blood essence to forcibly raise their Realm: "You've forced us to use the means we prepared for that Secret Realm."
The battle had been fierce, and he had had no time to think about it. He had assumed they were referring to a trump card prepared for some unknown perilous place or important mission.
Now, with the information Sister Qian Huan had revealed about the Secret Realm and the three races holding their Genius Tournaments simultaneously, those words were like the last—and most crucial—piece in a scattered star chart. In an instant, they connected all the loose clues perfectly.
The secret technique those top Kunmo Race prodigies had prepared at any cost was almost certainly meant for the place behind the Shi Race's version of the Genius Tournament. No,