It not only weakened the nations' ability to respond to Moth to Fire's challenge, but also added many uncertainties to this struggle for power.
With the covert support of these factions, the traditional powers had not even formally launched their carefully planned crackdown on Moth to Fire before they were stunned to discover that Moth to Fire seemed able to foresee the future, having discerned their intentions in advance and prepared thorough countermeasures.
More than that, with the cooperation of these factions, the Poison Pupa Unit's blade stabbed again and again into the weakest links of these traditional powers.
While the Poison Pupa Unit's operations gave the traditional powers a brutally bloody taste of pain, they also made the internal contradictions within those nations increasingly acute.
They were all old rivals in the political arena. Who didn't know the other inside out?
These seasoned politicians all understood that Moth to Fire's astonishing speed of response and precision strikes could only mean there were traitors at work behind the scenes.
However, although they knew perfectly well who the traitors were, amid the current tense and fierce confrontation, the traditional powers had no choice but to suppress their anger in order to avoid igniting internal conflict and triggering a full-scale civil war. They could not take decisive, hard-line measures against those factions that had bet on Moth to Fire.
This predicament undoubtedly made the traditional powers' already difficult situation even worse.
In such straits, only the Mu Continent, relying on its deep industrial foundation and outstanding technological strength, could still stand on equal footing with Moth to Fire and barely maintain a balance.
The other traditional powers, meanwhile, had been completely pushed onto the back foot in this confrontation.
The combination of Flame-Chaser Warriors and Floating Battleships became Moth to Fire's unbeatable