Chapter 965 - Killing Two Birds With One Stone (1/2)

Chapter 965: Killing Two Birds With One Stone

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Saipan Port.

In the dead of the night, many ghostly figures appeared from the sea and appeared on the shore with their whole bodies wet. As the smoke in the air gradually converged, more than a dozen experts from the Celestial Wizard clan gathered together. Injuries were apparent on their bodies, and some of them were even dying, falling to the ground when they appeared next to their companions.

Miserable and distressed were the perfect words to describe their condition!

The hand of Astraeus Soloch that held the staff was slightly trembling, yet his billowing killing intent emitted out, making the surrounding temperature to drop a few degrees. He was like a human that had turned into an ice sculpture. The death of Maz and Zalegly Soloch, the two elders of his Celestial Wizard clan, in the previous battle was a very heavy loss to them.

It was not like the Celestial Wizard Clan never lost members; many of them had died over the centuries due to battles against experts from the Pyramid organization or the League of Archcrusaders, but losing so heavily to this degree was a first. Added with the Wznieść and Wykres Brothers, his clan just lost four Elders as well as dozens of elites.

“Grand Elder.” With a ferocious and sorrowful expression on his face and black fog lingering around his body, Zalegly Soloch clenched his fists as he said in a heavy voice, “My brother is dead and so are many elites of our clan. The blood vendetta is due and must be avenged. Please give me the Sacred Fruit of Darkness and a few months of time. I want to command the warriors of Bloodspirit Hall’s regiment to thoroughly eliminate the enemies!”

“Do you think I don’t want revenge?” Astraeus Soloch angrily glared at him and furiously said, “You know that the enemy is too strong and they’re allied with the Whole Unitary Sect. There’s no way we can completely eradicate them unless we mobilize all the power our clan has!”

The response made Zalegly’s breath halt for a beat, as it reminded him the power possessed by the enemy as well as those horrifying magic spells and arts. He was suddenly unable to speak. The Grand Elder, Astraeus, was much more powerful than him, and he also realized that he couldn’t surpass the Grand Elder’s realm even though he took the Sacred Fruit of Darkness. Regardless of his effort to lead the Bloodspirit Hall’s warriors, it was impossible to completely eradicate the enemy; it was more likely to return in a corpse bag.

But he wouldn’t be a man if he didn’t exact revenge!

His blood brother, as well as many elites of his clan, had been killed. Must he just let it go and forget his revenge? Absolutely not!

Eyes gleaming with chilling light, Astraeus gazed towards the south distant sea covered by the night. Then he said in a heavy voice, “The blood of our clansmen must and will be paid by them, but we need to plan well. Though we may be able to exterminate all of our enemies by stubbornly facing them head-on with force, it’s very likely that our clan will also suffer heavy casualties. We’ll return back to the clan first and discuss it with our Patriarch.”

Using strategy?

Zalegly looked vacant for a moment before his eyes lit up and he said in a deep voice, “I think I have an idea about that, Grand Elder.”

“You do?” Astraeus looked confused and asked, “What is it?”

“Since we cannot have revenge using force against force ourselves, then how about using third party’s assistance and lure the parties to weed out the trouble?” said Zalegly. “We know that the three largest organizations—the Pyramid, the League of Archcrusaders, and the Stygian Club—have been competing in fierce fights for various resources. Although we are affiliated with the Stygian Club, our people are still independent, so we don’t need to participate in their affairs unless the organization is facing a life-and-death crisis. If we were to spread rumors that there are buried treasures in that sea area, I’m sure those three organizations will send their people to investigate it. As long as those people are still in that region, they will clash with them. By then, we can become the third party who will reap the fruit without much effort after the people from these three organizations fight with those people.”

“That’s a great idea!” Astraeus’s eyes lit up and he clapped. “We’ll have a chance to take advantage of the situation once all the parties have been mutually damaged. If it’s the case the Stygian Club has suffered a big loss and asks our assistance, we can push the boat along with the current, thus creating a good chance to slaughter those enemies once we return back to this area again!”

Zalegly repeatedly nodded and said, “I concur about that. But the most important thing is that as long as the Stygian Club requests our clan’s assistance, we must demand a lot of benefits in exchange. That way, we can make up for all the losses even if we must get into battles again, thus killing two birds with one stone!”

The idea was much to Astraeus’s approval, and he nodded with satisfaction. Saying in a deep voice, “It’s a feasible and good plan, yet we must carry it out in secret. Let us return to our clan first to discuss it with the Patriarch and other elders. We’ll spread the rumors afterward and then watch the tigers fight with each other”

“Alright. We shall go back.”

Zalegly nodded and looked at the rest.

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Nine Dragons Island.

Tang Xiu spent half a day to restore his Primal Chaos power. He faintly sensed that his power seemed to have increased even after such huge consumption. Therefore, he directly took out the Demon Stone and began absorbing the energy inside it until it was fully absorbed.

‘That planet has grown bigger.’

With a satisfied face, Tang Xiu jumped off the bed and went to the bathroom to take a shower. After changing to a new set of clean clothes, he then headed straight to the northeastern part of the island.

A barrack had been built there. In fact, one barrack had been built in the Northeast, Northwest and Southeast parts of the island after the reconstruction, each of which could house 20,000 soldiers. There was also another barrack built in the center area of the island, but it was much smaller and could only accommodate 1,000 soldiers.