Chapter 443

Chapter 443: The Headache of Duke Farah

Tianling Star Cluster.

On a certain life planet.

In a massive blood pool, waves of blood surged.

The blood pool measured over thirty meters in length and width, and was about ten meters deep.

Inside, the blood consisted of various full-level fierce beasts and blood from the strongest members of various tribes.

At the bottom of the blood pool, Duke Farah was cultivating.

He was the nominal ruler of the Tianling Star Cluster.

He was one of the strongest and most well-known dukes of the Undying Race.

Powerful energy continually surged into his body from the blood pool.

While cultivating, he also pondered an important issue.

Positioning!

The Undying Race was not short of rebels, and many among them were at the duke level.

However, this time was clearly different.

This time, the rebel was the Duke Bolai.

The title of Duke is granted only to those who make significant contributions to the Undying Race.

Duke Bolai had rumoredly reached the level of the strongest member after acquiring tremendous fortune, and his power was said to surpass even that of the Undying King, who was also a strongest member.

The emergence of two strongest members in the Undying Race should symbolize their rise.

However, Duke Bolai was ambitious and desired to become the new Undying King. Coupled with the oppression he faced from the Undying King, he brazenly instigated a rebellion.

Over the course of a thousand years, his influence had grown to a level that could balance against the Undying King.

Throughout this millennium, Duke Farah had maintained his neutrality.

He was qualified to do so.

As the ruler appointed by the Undying Race in the Tianling Star Cluster, he was one of the few dukes with real power in the Undying Race.

Both the Undying King and Duke Bolai sought to win him over.

Over the years, he had quietly observed the unfolding situation.

When the Undying King asked for his assistance against the rebellion, he sent troops for support.

When Duke Bolai sought his allegiance, he also offered resources and treasures.

In this manner, he offended neither side for the time being.

He planned to formally take a side only when one party gained absolute advantage to support the stronger faction.

By doing so, he could gain notable achievements by backing the powerful.

At the very least, regardless of whether it was the Undying King or Duke Bolai, after their victory, neither would dare to encroach upon his power within the Tianling Star Cluster.

But this rebellion had dragged on for too long.

The Undying Star System was in chaos, severely weakening the entire Undying Race.

The most significant impact was that various tribes in the Tianling Star Cluster continued to rebel against the rule of the Undying Race.

Additionally, after consistently sending troops and resources to support the Undying King and Duke Bolai, he initially managed to suppress the major tribes in the Tianling Star Cluster. However, as time went on, he began to struggle.

Hundreds of years ago, he had completely given up on suppression and had even taken back the Undying forces sent to rule the major planets.

He had retreated completely to over a thousand life planets settled by the Undying Race.

Now, he only relied on traitors within the tribes to gather information, ensuring that no powerful members arose among them.

He waited for the Undying King and Duke Bolai to determine the outcome of their conflict. Once stability returned to the Undying Race, he could apply for a large army again to sweep through the tribes.

Unfortunately, after waiting so long, he had not seen the Undying King and Duke Bolai settle their score.

Instead, he received a new order from the Undying King.

The order demanded that he send several of his marquises to battle.

Marquises were already top-tier combat power among the Undying Race.

If he were to send them into battle, it would indicate his support for the Undying King.

The Undying King issuing a direct command for marquises to join the fight subtly pressured him to declare his stance.

There was no doubt that the Undying King was beginning to falter.

He had no choice but to take the risk and force him to choose a side.

Duke Farah was in a painful dilemma.

At this point, he was actually leaning towards Duke Bolai.

However, he did not wish to declare his position so early.

Although Duke Bolai held the advantage, that advantage did not exceed a seventy percent chance of victory.

The odds were at best only around seventy percent.

While the advantage was evident, uncertainties still lingered.

As far as he knew, Duke Bolai seemed to have reached an agreement with the human federation, and there were indications of large battleships from the human federation being involved in several large-scale wars.

But who could tell if the Undying King had any hidden cards or agreements with other tribes?

After learning that the human federation had found powerful allies in the Tree-Dwelling Tribe outside the star cluster, the various tribes also sent out large warships and large transport ships through different means to search for powerful races in other star regions.

Anything was possible.

“Lord Duke!”

Just as Duke Farah was lost in thought, the communication stone inside the Space Stone began to tremble slightly.

He took it out and saw that it was a message from the Intelligence Organization.

They sent updates once a month.

The Intelligence Organization gathered information on the movements and major events of various tribes through undercover agents arranged among them and submitted it to him.

With this information, he could understand the situations of the various tribes in the Tianling Star Cluster and strategically suppress any rising tribes, preventing the emergence of a faction capable of unifying the Tianling Star Cluster, thus safeguarding his plans for future reunification of the entire star cluster.

He temporarily set aside the headache of whether to choose a side and which side to choose. He focused his Perception Ability into the communication stone to check the information provided by the Intelligence Organization.

"Black Tiger Tribe…"

In the past month, no major events had erupted among the various tribes in the Tianling Star Cluster. Just some minor issues that barely caught his attention.

The only noteworthy point was the Black Tiger Tribe.

The Black Tiger Tribe, which once had powerful warriors at level 140, had always been a target for the oppression of the Undying Race.

Under continuous suppression, the Black Tiger Tribe had completely sunk into despair, with its internal structure falling apart and being occupied by surrounding tribes.

It had even become a resource depot for the Swift Tribe.

The data on the Black Tiger Tribe had not appeared in the reports from the Intelligence Organization for hundreds of years.

It was only a year ago, when the Swift Tribe suffered an attack from a Black Tiger pirate group, and that pirate group caused significant panic and chaos on the life planets controlled by the Swift Tribe, that Duke Farah paid attention.

However, he regarded it as a minor issue.

But today, he once again received information that a medium-sized tribe on the blood-colored planet of the Black Tiger Tribe had conquered several large tribes in a short period. He finally began to take it seriously.

According to the data, a tribe that had originally only been a medium-sized tribe on the blood-colored planet had defeated and conquered several large tribes with its strong high-end combatants and the long-range attack ability of an unknown race, prompting these large tribes to surrender one after the other.

"Could it be that the Black Tiger Tribe has produced a remarkably gifted strong warrior?"

Duke Farah frowned slightly.

"And this unknown race, from the description, seems a bit like humanity?"

"The problem is, how could humanity possibly reach the Tianling Star Cluster? And even participate directly in the wars among the Black Tiger Tribe? If they were to join the battle, it should be with warships."

"Could it be that…"

Duke Farah imagined Yi Chen.

But after some thought, he shook his head.

Even assuming the Great Flame Kingdom had suddenly vanished alongside Yi Chen, they would not have become strong enough to this extent.

Furthermore, Yi Chen should be hiding in the Milky Way, finding ways to bypass the human federation and connect with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

There was no meaning in coming to the Tianling Star Cluster.

Yet if not for the sudden disappearance of Yi Chen and the Great Flame Kingdom, he couldn’t think of any other explanation.

After ruling the Tianling Star Cluster for so many years, he was very clear about the mysterious races that existed within it.