The others all looked at Wang Qing. Though Xu Le's abilities were indeed astonishing and worthy of respect, wasn't he taking this a little too far?
Last time, he had still been ready to fight Xu Le to the death. Though things had shown signs of easing toward the end, his behavior now was pure bootlicking.
No, a man chasing a woman was a simp. Wang Qing could only be called a slurp-happy hound.
Xu Le scanned his surroundings. There were no newcomers, and everyone from last time was present.
That meant no one had died during this Red Moon Calamity. That was good.
Though he was a mole here, he really did have a strong chance of taking direct control of this place, because unlike the Dark Mother Tree's gathering, there was no overwhelmingly powerful figure like Chi Xiao here.
Without an absolute powerhouse, his influence could expand almost without limit.
After all, Wang Shu and Gan were both his people. Though Wang Qing was a first-rate turncoat, he could barely be counted as being on the same side for now.
It looked like 4v4, but the actual situation was 4v1v1v1v1.
I have the advantage.
As Xu Le looked at the others, their gazes were mostly focused on him too.
Their eyes were full of anticipation, and the stronger they were, the more intense that anticipation became.
Clearly, because of the intensity of the Red Moon Calamity, they had all reaped excellent rewards last night.
Since they were all deliberately or otherwise letting him preside, then...
"Since everyone's here, let's begin. Who wants to go first?"
Xu Le walked quite naturally to the center of the Mother Tree. Looking at the dazzling Gundo Mother Tree before him, he recalled what Yan Luo had told him earlier.
The Gundo Mother