Chapter 510

Chapter 510: Duke Farah’s Win-Win Situation

“Did the Spirit Heart Tribe surrender completely?”

“The Black Tiger Tribe has become this powerful?”

“It’s not the Black Tiger Tribe itself that has become this powerful; it’s the Nika tribe of the Black Tiger Tribe.”

“The Nika tribe, dominating only the blood-colored planet, has the strength to defeat the joint forces of the Swift Tribe and the Spirit Heart Tribe, even forcing the Spirit Heart Tribe to surrender entirely.”

“If given time for the Nika tribe to unify the entire Black Tiger Tribe and gain more resources and treasures as well as strong fighters, the strength of the Black Tiger Tribe would be unimaginable…”

“The Black Tiger Tribe is now likely the most capable of defeating the Undying Race and unifying the entire Tianling Star Cluster!”

“Right now, it seems most likely, but the early bird gets the worm—the Undying Race will not allow the Black Tiger Tribe to expand and grow so rapidly.”

“The Nika tribe is still too impatient. If they swallow other races so quickly, they will definitely face decisively suppressing action from the Undying Race!”

“Don’t look at how the elite army of the Undying Race in the Tianling Star Cluster has been drawn away, as most strong fighters have not been sent to the Undying Star System for the internal war.”

“If the Undying Race strikes to suppress the Nika tribe, the Nika tribe will simply not be able to withstand it!”

“Regardless, we should speed up our development.”

As the news of the Spirit Heart Tribe’s complete surrender spread, all major tribes within the Tianling Star Cluster were in an uproar.

No one expected that the first to conquer other tribes and successfully expand would be the Black Tiger Tribe, which had been suppressed to the point of being disorganized.

Moreover, it was only one tribe within the Black Tiger Tribe.

This astonished the various races immensely.

The rulers of the tribes thus held an emergency meeting to discuss the impact of this event.

However, the conclusion drawn was that the Undying Race would never allow the Nika tribe to expand uncontrollably and would definitely strike back decisively.

As a result, the major tribes remained silent, and none of the races decided to seek a partnership with the Nika tribe.

After all, the Undying Race was the strongest enemy of all major tribes in the Tianling Star Cluster.

Unless the Nika tribe could withstand an attack from the Undying Race, seeking an alliance so soon would likely lead to their demise alongside the Nika tribe.

Taking advantage of the Undying Race’s focus on the Black Tiger Tribe, it was most important to develop and strengthen their overall strength.

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“The Nika tribe forced the Spirit Heart Tribe to surrender completely?”

In the vast blood pool, Duke Farah found it hard to believe the truth of this news.

It had only been a few thousand years since the Undying Race abandoned its rule over the Tianling Star Cluster.

The rise of these tribes had been anticipated by him long ago.

He had dispatched many strong fighters to secretly create conflicts for these rising tribes or to assassinate their high-ranking leaders, thereby curbing their rise.

According to his estimates, at this stage, no tribe could swallow others, nor would any tribe dare to try.

Yet, unexpectedly, this situation had arisen.

Moreover, this party was merely a tribe within the Black Tiger Tribe.

“Could it be that they are using the power of that migrating race?”

Duke Farah felt puzzled.

A few months ago, he had sent Marquises Moses to investigate the situation of the Nika tribe.

He learned that the rise of the Nika tribe in a short term was not due to the chief’s talent and strength, but rather their alliance with a migrating race from the Celestial Spirit System that specializes in long-range attack ability.

However, looking at the current situation, this race skilled in long-range attack seemed even stronger than the results Marquises Moses had discovered.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to force the Spirit Heart Tribe to surrender without a fight.

"A race that merely escaped from the Angelic Galaxy is so powerful? This is truly self-destructive!"

"However, this is also a good thing!"

An idea sparked in Duke Farah’s mind.

Whether it was the Undying King or Duke Bolai, both had been pressing him lately to take a side.

The Undying Star System was on the brink of a decisive battle.

But this did not align with his interests.

As the ruler of the Tianling Star Cluster, his strength ranked among the top of the dukes.

Although he did not have the qualification to rebel directly like Duke Bolai, he could still maintain his own interests.

The best way for him was to remain neutral, waiting until the outcome between the Undying King and Duke Bolai was clear, before formally choosing to side with the winner.

In doing so, although he wouldn’t share in any glory, he could ensure the stability of the Undying Race, as neither the Undying King nor Duke Bolai would take any action against him after their victory. They might even send troops to help him reunify the entire Tianling Star Cluster.

The rise of the Nika tribe actually provided him with an excuse to buy some time.

He decided to give the order to send troops to eliminate the Nika tribe.

By using the extermination of the Nika tribe as a pretense, he could continue to stall the pressure from the Undying King and Duke Bolai, keeping his neutral stance.

Mobilizing troops would take time, and organizing his army would also require time.

Once the army set out, if they encountered any troubles, he could further delay their movements.

With no absolute certainty of success, he could adopt a strategy of surrounding them without attacking, which would also significantly prolong the time.

He could drag things out until the Undying King and Duke Bolai decided the outcome.

Duke Farah felt that his plan was absolutely perfect.

Of course, while delaying time, he could not let the Nika tribe continue to develop.

The Tianling Star Cluster was his stronghold.

Once the Undying King and Duke Bolai settled their battle, it would be his moment to march forth and reunify the whole Tianling Star Cluster.

During this process, he would never allow any tribe to grow strong and become a major trouble for his future plans of unification.

The order to mobilize troops was merely to find a reason to avoid choosing sides, not a true extermination of the Nika tribe.

He could send strong fighters to secretly assassinate the powerful members of the Nika tribe.

For thousands of years, he had used this method to suppress the development and rise of various tribes within the Tianling Star Cluster.

Using it against the Nika tribe would surely be just as effective.

“Calculating this, I actually owe thanks to the Nika tribe. They were able to force a tribe to surrender without a fight solely based on one tribe’s strength; that’s quite a significant threat.”

“Even if the Undying King and Duke Bolai know I am deliberately stalling for time, at least on the surface, my actions are justifiable.”

Having thought this through, Duke Farah no longer hesitated. He immediately took out his communication stone to contact his strong subordinates, arranging for them to head to the blood-colored planet or Colin Planet to assassinate the high-ranking members of the Nika tribe.

His only request was not to kill the chief of the Nika tribe and to make sure the frequency of assassinations was not too high.

If the chief of the Nika tribe were killed, the entire Nika tribe would inevitably fall into disarray.

Moreover, if the assassination frequency was too fast, it would easily cause panic within the Nika tribe, leading to their fragmentation.

What Duke Farah wanted was to both suppress the development speed of the Nika tribe and use them to buy time.

In this way, he could truly achieve a win-win situation.