High-Level Martial Era - Chapter 520

Chapter 520: Chapter 305: Chi Yen’s Plot! Li Yuan’s Promise_2
 

“Chi Yen Senior.”

“Since we don’t wish to make deadly enemies,” another Beast King, a giant turtle, couldn’t help but say, “why initiate this assassination? Doesn’t this just further provoke them?”

“Because Hei Jing and Qing Yanyu are dead!” The Chi Yen Beast King’s eyes were ice-cold: “Not wanting to start a war doesn’t mean we should always back down.”

“I brought you all here, not just to take revenge.”

“If two powerful Beast Kings die and we show no response… then these civilizations from beyond our domain will think us weak and easy to bully. Even if they withdraw now, they’ll strike back later.”

“Only by making the Seven Star Civilization realize… that we, the Mingxu Beast Clan, are strong and willing to fight to the death, so destroying us would come at an unimaginable cost,” the Chi Yen Beast King slowly said, “will they truly be willing to negotiate with us.”

Peace through war?

All the present Flying Heaven Beast Kings thought of this phrase.

“Chi Yen Senior, are we really going to launch a full-scale assault in ten days?” a Beast King couldn’t help but ask.

“Fool!”

“Do we have to follow through on everything we say?” Chi Yen Beast King scoffed and said, “If they withdraw from our world in ten days, naturally, that would be for the best.”

“Monitor them secretly, if they don’t withdraw, we’ll inform the Seven Star Civilization two days later that my previous ultimatum doesn’t count… the Three Great Beast Emperors have new orders.”

“In short, if both civilizations want to test our bottom line, we must delay, delay until the Three Great Beast Emperors leave the Divine Land,” Chi Yen Beast King said.

All the Beast Kings nodded in agreement.

…

Deep within Ming Mountain, the abode of the Heavenly Serpent Beast Emperor.

Inside the palace in the middle of the lake.

“So you’re saying you actually lost this battle?” Hei Guang Beast King looked at the Chi Yen Beast King in the projection.

“That human Martial Artist is terrifyingly strong,” Chi Yen Beast King said in a low voice.

“Hmm.” Hei Guang Beast King nodded and said, “A Flying Heaven Beast King, following our orders, has made contact with the ‘Tianliang Civilization.’ According to the information they provided… this gun-wielding human Martial Artist should be the top genius ‘Spirit Gun’ of the Seven Star Civilization.”

“Spirit Gun?” Chi Yen Beast King muttered to himself.

He noted down this name.

“How many Second Rank Lives like this are there in the Seven Star Civilization?” Chi Yen Beast King pressed.

“The Tianliang Civilization refuses to disclose that information,” Hei Guang Beast King shook his head and said, “They only say that the Seven Star Civilization is far stronger than them, and if we want to protect the Mingxu Star Realm, there’s only one option… to unite with them. If we don’t drive out the Seven Star Civilization, our Mingxu Star Realm will sooner or later get annihilated by them.”

“Unite?”

Chi Yen Beast King snorted, “If I’m not mistaken, they want us to send in the Beast Kings to attack, and then they’ll just give us some treasures and weapons, at most they might provide some Star Techniques.”

“Right.” Hei Guang Beast King nodded.

“From the current signs, the Seven Star Civilization is stronger and poses a greater threat,” Chi Yen Beast King said. “But if we engage in an all-out brawl with the Seven Star Civilization, the losses would be too great, and the Tianliang Civilization, seizing the opportunity, would turn around and wipe us out.”

“Neither civilization is trustworthy.”

“What do the Beast Emperors say?” Chi Yen Beast King then asked.

“The Three Great Beast Emperors have been tracking that human Martial Artist known as ‘Yu Jinghe’ in the Divine Land,” Hei Guang Beast King said. “But the Divine Land is vast, and they have not caught up… It will still take a long time before the Three Great Beast Emperors come out.”

“After all, compared to occupying some territories from the two human civilizations, the Divine Land is more important.”

Chi Yen Beast King nodded slightly.

“Chi Yen, what are your thoughts?” Hei Guang Beast King looked at him.

“In my opinion, it would be for the best if both human forces withdrew in accordance with the final ultimatum,” Chi Yen Beast King said. “But most likely, they won’t pull back.”

“Thus, it’s better to tempt them to keep fighting each other than to fight to the death and possibly force them to join hands against us.”

“Their main bases, I remember, are only about two thousand kilometers apart… Let’s inform them both at the same time that we will grant them the territory within a ten-thousand-kilometer radius of that region,” Chi Yen Beast King said earnestly. “I, the Mingxu Star Realm, will cede that territory, allowing them to proliferate greatly and to mine the resources within that domain.”

“Granting territory?” Hei Guang Beast King was stunned; this was unexpected to him.

A ten-thousand-kilometer territory is less than one-tenth of the Mingxu Star Realm and isn’t very significant.

“With such a plan, as long as they’re not fools, they’ll certainly notice something amiss,” Hei Guang Beast King couldn’t help but say. “Won’t they join forces to attack us?”

“So what if they do notice? This is an overt scheme,” Chi Yen Beast King shook his head and said. “Do you think, the Seven Star Civilization, the Tianliang Civilization, can trust each other? They are the real sworn enemies.”

“Normally,”

“Neither civilization would prefer to occupy our world than to let the other gain an advantage.”

Chi Yen Beast King slowly said, “The key is, although our Mingxu Beast Clan is weak… within our world, we have the advantage.”

Hei Guang Beast King nodded unconsciously.

The Mingxu Beast Clan was like a hedgehog with treasures, facing two fierce tigers…

Both tigers wanted to devour the hedgehog and take its treasures, but feared getting injured by the hedgehog’s spines, thereby giving the other tiger an advantage.

Not wanting to be attacked by both tigers, the hedgehog only wanted to throw out part of its treasures, prompting the tigers to fight each other first.

“If we really give up such a large territory, wouldn’t that be inviting the wolf into the house?” Hei Guang Beast King was still worried. “They will establish even more large bases.”

“That will depend on the Three Great Beast Emperors,” Chi Yen Beast King shook his head and said. “If one of the Beast Emperors can break through to become a Demigod… there’s no need to be concerned about these threats. No matter how strong the two civilizations are, they won’t be able to do anything about it.”

“If our Mingxu Beast Clan can’t give birth to a Demigod…” Chi Yen Beast King fell silent for a long while before saying, “sooner or later, we will be completely devoured.”

“Furthermore,”

“Currently, the world passage only allows Second Rank Life to enter and leave. If it gets upgraded again to allow Third Order Life to pass through… and if we still haven’t birthed a Demigod by then, aside from submission, we’ll have no second path to survival.”