Chapter 506

Chapter 506: The Response of the Swift Tribe

"What? The Spirit Heart Tribe has surrendered entirely? How is that possible?"

On Xueyi Planet, the home planet of the Swift Tribe.

Within the grand palace, as the high-ranking leaders and powerful beings of the Swift Tribe received the order and gathered at the imperial palace for a meeting, Swift Emperor’s words left them dumbfounded.

"Your Majesty, is this news accurate?"

One High-ranking Leader of the Swift Tribe couldn’t help but question, "No matter what, the Spirit Heart Tribe wouldn’t just surrender completely. After all, the Undying Race has ruled over the entire Tianling Star Cluster for over a million years."

"They all know how painful that is."

"Even though the Nika Tribe belongs to our native races in the Tianling Star Cluster, they have also accepted the rule of foreign races, so it wouldn’t be too different from the rule of the Undying Race."

"Even if the Spirit Heart Tribe doesn’t want to perish, if they were forced to surrender, they would have made such a significant decision only after suffering heavy losses among their strong fighters and elite army."

"If they had even a small chance to resist, they wouldn’t so easily choose total surrender."

"Indeed! Moreover, the Spirit Heart Tribe signed an alliance pact with us. If they surrender to the Nika Tribe, what will happen if the Nika Tribe attacks our Swift Tribe?"

"As a tribe under domination, facing such a war, they would certainly become cannon fodder. The Spirit Heart Tribe couldn’t possibly refuse to send troops. Wouldn’t that mean they are betraying our alliance pact? This would provoke the laws of heaven against them."

Despite hearing the news from Swift Emperor himself, the high-ranking leaders and powerful beings of the Swift Tribe still found it hard to believe the news was true.

The Spirit Heart Tribe’s surrender without a fight was simply too bizarre.

If they were defeated by the Nika Tribe’s forces, the Swift Tribe wouldn’t have received any news.

Logically, the Spirit Heart Tribe should have sought help from the Swift Tribe when attacked by the Nika Tribe’s army.

"It’s certain that the Spirit Heart Tribe has indeed surrendered completely."

Swift Emperor said helplessly, "This information comes from all our insiders within the Spirit Heart Tribe. One insider might spread false information, but all insiders cannot simultaneously spread false news."

"As for how the Nika Tribe forced the Spirit Heart Tribe into total surrender, we currently know that the Nika Tribe’s army suddenly appeared at the Spirit Heart Tribe’s stronghold, quickly destroying the first line of defense with an overwhelming and rapid attack."

The high-ranking leaders and powerful beings of the Swift Tribe fell silent.

As Swift Emperor had said, no matter how the Nika Tribe managed to achieve this, the Swift Tribe’s insiders in the Spirit Heart Tribe could not have all transmitted false information at once.

"The key point now is that after the Nika Tribe forced the Spirit Heart Tribe to surrender, their overall strength will surely see a tremendous boost."

Swift Emperor sighed, "Originally, the Black Tiger Tribe pirate group posed a huge threat to our Swift Tribe. Now, with the conquest of the Spirit Heart Tribe, their powerful beings and elite army will join the ranks, making the threat to our Swift Tribe unimaginable."

"Even more terrifying is that the Nika Tribe currently only rules over the blood-colored planet. Once the Nika Tribe unifies the entire Black Tiger Tribe, the number of strong beings and elite army they have will swell to a level we cannot possibly resist."

The high-ranking leaders and powerful beings of the Swift Tribe all looked grim and felt despondent.

They believed Swift Emperor was mistaken.

What truly made the Nika Tribe frightening was that the Black Tiger Tribe pirate group could actually strengthen their power.

A few years ago, the Black Tiger Tribe pirate group could only attack some Level 100 strong fighters from the Swift Tribe and their treasure vaults.

Facing Noble, they could only retreat and escape.

Several years later, the Black Tiger Tribe pirate group was able to launch direct attacks on the Swift Tribe’s stronghold. Even with a level 120 Noble stationed there, they could still breach the treasure vault and empty it out in one fell swoop.

They could even kill or capture a level 120 Noble.

With the army of the Nika Tribe pressing in, the Black Tiger Tribe pirate group handled the attacks and harassment. What did the Swift Tribe have to resist?

Other tribes might still seek help from their friendly tribes and have a chance to receive assistance.

But the Swift Tribe could not do that.

As a notorious pirate race in the Tianling Star Cluster, the Swift Tribe had a terrible reputation and no friendly tribes.

The only reason they could ally with the Spirit Heart Tribe was that they offered enormous benefits to them.

With the Spirit Heart Tribe as a cautionary tale, even if the Swift Tribe offered amazing conditions, surrounding tribes would not dare offend the Black Tiger Tribe, nor would they send troops to help the Swift Tribe.

"Perhaps we can only seek peace with the Nika Tribe!"

A Noble of the Swift Tribe spoke helplessly.

This remark immediately made Swift Emperor and several high-ranking leaders of the Swift Tribe smile bitterly.

Seek peace? What would they use to negotiate?

The Spirit Heart Tribe was merely an ally of the Swift Tribe. The Nika Tribe had not given the Spirit Heart Tribe a chance to negotiate; instead, they directly forced the Spirit Heart Tribe to surrender completely.

They certainly wouldn’t agree to let the hostile Swift Tribe negotiate.

Even if they surrendered entirely like the Spirit Heart Tribe, the high-ranking leaders of the Nika Tribe would need to consider it.

On the other hand, they would definitely not agree to a total surrender.

That would brand them on the Swift Tribe’s shame pillar.

In fact, to encourage their tribe members to strive for improvement and vigorously seize resources from other races, the Swift Tribe held a humiliation event every hundred years.

The event involved recounting and condemning the crimes of the emperor and high-ranking leaders who had once surrendered entirely to the Undying Race, reminding tribe members to feel shame and courage.

For the high-ranking leaders of the Swift Tribe to lead their tribe into surrendering to the Black Tiger Tribe, whose strength could not compare to that of the Undying Race, accepting their rule would be an utter slap in the face.

In the future, there would be no reminiscing about past hardships, only public scorn.

They would rather die fighting than make such a choice.

Moreover, there was no guarantee they would even die in battle.

If they truly could not win, they could migrate entirely to other life planets.

They could even leave the Tianling Star Cluster and migrate to other star clusters for development.

After all, the Swift Tribe’s flying treasure was quite good in terms of speed among the various tribes.

With the Swift Tribe’s talent for plunder, using war to sustain war, they could gather resources needed to migrate and develop in other star clusters.

"If we can’t reach a settlement, then let’s prepare for war while also planning our escape!" one Noble suggested.

Swift Emperor and the high-ranking leaders of the Swift Tribe all nodded.

This was the outcome they could accept.

"According to information from our insiders within the Spirit Heart Tribe, the army of the Black Tiger Tribe suddenly appeared around the stronghold of the Spirit Heart Tribe."

Having established the main direction, Swift Emperor spoke, "No matter how the army of the Black Tiger Tribe managed to do this, we must always be ready to respond to such a situation."

"All strong fighters and elite armies from the life planets must be secretly assembled. First, we can prepare our retreat, and second, we can attempt to launch a combined attack from the inside and outside to crush the army of the Black Tiger Tribe!"

The high-ranking leaders and powerful beings all lit up with excitement.

This truly was a case of killing two birds with one stone, efficiently preparing for both war and establishing an escape route.