Chapter 565

Chapter 565: The Attention of the Tribes

Upon receiving the news that the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes had been formed for a decisive battle, the Senior Military Officials of the Great Flame Empire secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the involvement of the Undying Race caused a delay in the formation of the Alliance, they ultimately succeeded in coming together.

Now, they just needed to wait for the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes to complete their mobilization.

As a result, the Great Flame Empire’s army slowed down their attacks on the Flying Wolf Tribe’s stronghold.

The elite army also began to withdraw from the stronghold of the Flying Wolf Tribe.

The Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes remained calm in response.

To the strongest members of the sixteen tribes, it was clear that the Great Flame Empire was struggling to break through the defense line of the Flying Wolf Tribe after a prolonged siege, unwilling to suffer heavy losses in a direct assault.

Upon learning about the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes, they decided to leverage their own strengths for a direct confrontation.

Although this move would face a larger opposing army, it did not require them to first overcome the formidable defense line of the Flying Wolf Tribe’s stronghold.

Thus, it seemed more prudent to engage in battle with the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes.

The sixteen tribes eagerly welcomed this development.

It felt as though both sides reached an understanding, as the Great Flame Empire’s army continued to withdraw from the life planet of the Flying Wolf Tribe.

Meanwhile, the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes, utilizing the flying treasures provided by the Cangyu Tribe, gathered on a life planet belonging to the Poxin Tribe.

The inhabitants of this life planet were being relocated to other planets.

Days passed by.

As the news spread, all the various tribes in the Tianling Star Cluster were thrown into a state of excitement.

The rapid expansion of the Great Flame Empire showed the rising tribes how to speed up their own growth.

These rapidly rising tribes began to secretly plan how to adopt a strategy similar to the Great Flame Empire, focusing on "fighting to sustain fighting," abandoning the conquest of other tribes’ resources and instead converting them to strengthen their own power.

The news of the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes provided hope for smaller tribes to preserve themselves.

If they could not win in battle, forming alliances was undoubtedly their best option.

The rapidly rising tribes also saw the hope for faster expansion.

They could unite through continuous alliances and strong partnerships to quickly sweep across the entire Tianling Star Cluster.

Once they defeated the Undying Race and unified the entire Tianling Star Cluster, they could then determine the outcome among their allies.

All tribes closely monitored the movements of the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes and the Undying Race.

Joining forces or forming alliances to resist strong enemies was a method that all tribes had considered for a long time.

The reason this had not materialized was that, although the Undying Race had temporarily abandoned suppressing the various tribes of the Tianling Star Cluster due to a lack of manpower, they remained the undisputed strongest race in the Tianling Star Cluster.

The Undying Race would not tolerate the existence of alliances.

The tribe that makes the first move would face decisive suppression from the Undying Race.

If the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes could block the attacks of the Great Flame Empire while also withstanding the suppression from the Undying Race,

the dynamics of the Tianling Star Cluster would surely undergo a dramatic transformation.

Various alliances emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

Surprisingly, the Undying Race remained relatively calm.

They showed almost no reaction.

Duke Farah found himself in a tough position.

The alliance of the sixteen tribes was definitely not good news for the Undying Race.

However, it was fortunate that the alliance was focused on fighting the army of the Great Flame Empire.

If both sides suffered heavy losses, that would be highly beneficial.

The Undying Race could sit back and reap the benefits, decisively suppressing both sides one by one.

If the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes won, Duke Farah would also find himself in a difficult place.

In that case, all he would need to do is to suppress the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes.

If the Great Flame Empire won, it would be troublesome.

Without resolving the issue of the Great Flame Empire’s assassination teams, the Undying Race had no absolute confidence to suppress the army of the Great Flame Empire.

Therefore, Duke Farah hoped the battle between the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes and the Great Flame Empire would result in both sides being severely weakened.

Alternatively, he would prefer the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes to achieve a complete victory, defeating the Great Flame Empire decisively.

Duke Farah needed to wait for the results of this battle before he could make new plans and adjustments.

Both the Undying Race and the various tribes of the Tianling Star Cluster believed that this battle could drag on for a long time.

After all, it was a showdown between tens of billions of elite fighters.

Moreover, both the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes and the Great Flame Empire had support from life planets, with the former backed by two to three hundred life planets continuously providing resources and reinforcements.

The latter also had over fifty life planets offering resources and reinforcements.

A battle that lasted several years was not surprising at all.

What no one knew was that neither the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes nor the Great Flame Empire planned to engage in a protracted war.

The strongest members of the sixteen tribes and the Senior Military Officials of the Great Flame Empire had both resolved to determine the outcome in one decisive battle.

Who would prevail depended on who was stronger.

As the various tribes kept a close watch and the intelligence organizations sent in numerous spies, half a month slipped by.

Almost as if they had agreed, the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes completed the mobilization of nearly four billion elite fighters.

The Great Flame Empire also withdrew its twenty-five billion soldiers from the life planet of the Flying Wolf Tribe, vanishing without a trace.

A day later, fifteen space vessels appeared in the outer space of the life planet where the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes was gathered.

One by one, flying treasures flew out from the space vessels, continuously clearing the surveillance network and sentinels of the Alliance.

The space vessels then advanced along the cleared routes toward the life planet.

Reports of dark agents and sentinels being killed came in, and the members of the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes were not frightened but instead felt joyous.

They understood that the Great Flame Empire’s army was rushing toward this planet, utilizing their swift means of troop transport.

The active assault by the Great Flame Empire’s army was indeed great news for the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes.

If the Great Flame Empire army did not advance towards them, the Alliance would have to take the initiative, which would consume a lot of time and come with the risk of being ambushed along the way.

Even with proper defense, the likely outcome would be a battle in space with the army of the Great Flame Empire.

The elite fighters of the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes only ranked between eighty and over ninety levels.

While they could fend off space radiation for a short time, they could not sustain a long battle.

If they were to engage in a large-scale war to determine the outcome, even if they crushed the army of the Great Flame Empire, many elite fighters would surely perish from prolonged exposure to space radiation.

This was also why the Alliance sought a life planet to gather their forces, aiming to lure the Great Flame Empire into launching an attack.

Reality matched their expectations; the Great Flame Empire could not resolve the issue of prolonged space combat either and chose to attack.

As commands from the command center were issued continuously, the troops of the Alliance began to gather and adjust.

In the outer space, after the fifteen space vessels entered the atmosphere, they all came to a halt.

Countless flying treasures flew out from them.

Once all the flying treasures left the space vessels, the fifteen space vessels returned to outer space.

Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of flying treasures quickly assembled below.

When all the flying treasures landed, countless soldiers from various tribes poured out, swiftly forming formations to confront the Alliance of the Sixteen Tribes from afar.