Inuyama He's weary gaze fell upon Amon's lava-like Golden Eyes, and a flicker of understanding passed through his mind.
So that was it—He Xiaomeng was not as relaxed as he appeared. Igniting the Golden Eyes was a sign of a Hybrid's bloodline boiling and their mind becoming intensely focused. In a real battle, it not only served as intimidation but also proved that one was fighting at full strength—he had finally gotten serious.
Minamoto Chisaki noticed it as well, but an even more bitter wave rose in his heart—had he truly given everything he had and still lacked even the qualifications to make his opponent take him seriously?
Amon had not ignited his Golden Eyes when fighting him!
Despair, like an icy tide, quietly washed over the hearts of every core figure of the Eight Clans of the Serpent present.
Faced with an opponent so unfathomable, one who had nearly crushed them all by himself, any fighting spirit rapidly crumbled away.
Patriarch Tachibana Masamune's plan might have been excellent, but they had failed to stop even the enemy's first wave of attacks. What right did they have to sit at the negotiating table?
After decades of effort, the Eight Clans of the Serpent had finally begun to establish their independence. Were they about to fall under the Secret Party's control once more? After exposing the secret of the White King bloodline, their situation might even become worse than before.
No, that wasn't right!
A name, like a Core Flame in the darkness, suddenly sprang into the minds of several clan heads—
Uesugi Erii!
Neither Minamoto Chisaki nor Inuyama He was the family's strongest combatant. Their true strongest—and most dangerous—weapon was the reclusive Uesugi Clan Head, "Tsukuyomi."
Her Spirit Word—sequence number 111, called Judgment!
Apart from the Dragon Kings' exclusive Spirit