Published: February 11, 2025
The reason for the gamble was that at this moment, the royal clan leader was feeling somewhat anxious.
Or rather, he believed that his side could win, but he was also afraid of any unforeseen circumstances.
Deep down, he had realized that he had underestimated the situation; the tricky nature of the boss from Cloud Summit Villa was beyond his expectations.
In order to ensure victory, he decided to take a gamble on who would kill whom first.
He waved his arms repeatedly, causing a significant amount of black mist in the air to begin to converge here, while some of the black mist from the warriors also split off.
This was very similar to the earlier situation when the Black Fire Long Knife was used.
The clan leader had made up his mind to unleash the strongest attack ability of his team to cut through the current chaotic situation in one fell swoop.
If he could use his attack to kill these guys from Cloud Summit, including Ye Zhongming, then victory would naturally be his.
Even if he couldn't kill Ye Zhongming directly, as long as he could inflict enough damage on the puppets, it would quickly tilt the advantage of the battle in their favor.
As long as... he could guarantee that he wouldn't be killed by Ye Zhongming while releasing his attack.
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In the meeting room of the entertainment area, while the royal clan leader was making a desperate effort, the three stewards were faced with a choice.
A choice concerning the outcome of this battle.
Everything stemmed from a question posed by Elder Ouyang.
He said, “If Cloud Summit wins, will it be beneficial for us?”
Even though Tong Steward and Water Steward both wanted to collaborate with Cloud Summit, in the current situation, if Cloud Summit really did win, it would mean that the five rings society would lose one 'ring,' and the structure would no longer be intact, resulting in a significant loss of power.
This was certainly not favorable for the five rings society.
However, a statement from Water Steward made this issue no longer one-sided.
She said, “If the royal clan wins, will it be beneficial for us?”
The previous question was considered from the perspective of the entire five rings society, but this question was considered from the viewpoint of individual interests.
Even though Elder Ouyang loved the five rings society, there was no doubt that he loved himself more, and at the moment, he couldn't see any benefits for himself if Cloud Summit won.
“We have already broken the rules; if Cloud Summit wins and the news spreads, it would deal a significant blow to our future business.”
Elder Ouyang's tone was very calm, as if what he was saying did not favor either side, but merely stated the facts.
“Even though the battle hasn't ended yet, look, there are already people moving in their direction; the commotion over there is too great. Even if the battle ends before they arrive, neither side will have time to clear the battlefield and will leave traces, so the news of the spatial anomaly should be impossible to keep under wraps.”
Water Steward and Tong Steward nodded, knowing that Elder Ouyang was speaking the truth, and they needed to start cleaning up this matter.
“Even if the royal clan wins, we will still face this problem. But as I said, if the royal clan wins, aside from gaining a companion who is constantly expanding their confidence and vying for power, we won’t gain anything else. But if Cloud Summit wins, what we might gain is the friendship of a superpower.”
On the issue of Cloud Summit Villa, she had always been a firm supporter of cooperation.
“But the integrity of the five rings society is also very important.” Elder Ouyang squinted and said, “Since you, Tong Steward, have opened the spatial anomaly, you should actually be more decisive and also participate in this battle, using overwhelming power to crush these three from Cloud Summit. That way, we wouldn’t have ended up in the current situation where people might discover the spatial anomaly.”