Know Yourself and Your Enemy

Fanyu Royal City, the City Lord's Manor.

Long Ju, Ji Bu, Meng Tian, Wang Ben, Han Xin, and the other ministers of the Huan Kingdom had gathered in Fanyu Royal City. Apart from the governors of the other five commanderies, almost every minister was present. Vast quantities of provisions and other supplies poured from the Teleportation Formation like a tide, then were transported to the military camps.

"This is a product of the enemy's civilization?"

The ministers gathered outside the council hall of the City Lord's Manor, gazing up at the terrifying giant bird that blotted out the sky and sun. Wang Ben turned to Tian Dan in disbelief and asked.

"Yes! This is a trophy His Majesty seized from the enemy leader and then fused with," Chancellor Tian Dan replied.

The details of the Huan King personally leading the Forbidden Guard into battle had already been recounted. The purpose was to familiarize the ministers with the enemy's methods of warfare and fighting style, or at least prepare them mentally, so they did have some understanding.

"That looks like the legendary Kunpeng, not a Rift-Splitting Mad Lion!" Wang Ben asked in puzzlement.

"A trophy from killing the Mad Lion King. You know what a trophy is, don't you? His Majesty is an Otherworlder, so he received additional rewards, including a Sky Beast Kunpeng!" Tian Dan replied, sounding as though he only half understood it himself.

"Oh!"

Wang Ben also knew something about Otherworlders. He gave a casual acknowledgment, then continued, his expression grave and his face full of worry:

"Killing the Mad Lion King while he was trapped in a formation still required His Majesty, the Evil Consort, and the four Dharma Kings to join forces. And he was only one of the five Beast Kings... supposedly only the fourth-ranked