Chapter 533

Chapter 533: Preventing Future Problems

“Since that’s the case, I will await your good news!”

Duke Farah felt a bit heartbroken.

Yet, he still forced a smile.

He knew that the Nika Tribe had now unified the entire Black Tiger Tribe.

The Black Tiger Tribe had two to three hundred chiefs at the level of one hundred twenty.

If the assassination team targeted these large tribe chiefs, he would have to offer massive rewards in resources and treasures.

To maintain neutrality, he needed to send troops to support the Undying King while also providing endless resources and treasures to Duke Bolai.

Although he had made up for some losses by exploiting the resources of his subordinates, the Marquises and Counts, he had still lost a great deal of resources and treasures himself.

Now, thinking about handing out a large amount of resources and treasures as rewards for the assassination team made him feel completely drained.

However, he had to do it.

He sensed that he could not allow the Nika Tribe to develop at such a rapid pace any longer.

There must be secrets hidden within the Nika Tribe that he was not aware of.

Otherwise, the speed of their growth and expansion could not possibly be so astonishing.

His greatest interest was to represent the Undying Race and rule the entire Tianling Star Cluster.

This was also his core interest.

To protect his core interest, he had already suffered significant losses and was willing to endure even more.

“Rest assured, my lord duke!”

Marquises Hippo’s tone was a bit more excited.

Of course, it was all an act.

No matter what conditions Duke Farah offered, he would continue to maintain a delay strategy.

“Then it’s settled!”

Duke Farah ended the call.

He placed the communication stone back into the Space Stone and let out a sigh of relief.

After reviewing everything carefully, his mood improved considerably.

In his estimation, even if the assassination team sought to maximize their profits and went to other planets to hunt down the chiefs of the large Black Tiger Tribe,

These chiefs were now also strong fighters of the Nika Tribe and belonged to the high-ranking group.

Killing one or two would surely not have a significant impact on the Nika Tribe.

But greed could never be satisfied.

The assassination team would not just stop after killing one or two.

As the numbers increased, the Nika Tribe would undoubtedly pursue and hunt down the assassination team.

At that point, both sides would inevitably escalate their conflict, leading to a fiercer battle.

Even if he did not urge them any further, the assassination team would surely put all their efforts into killing the high-ranking members of the Nika Tribe, significantly weakening their top strength and possibly causing the Nika Tribe to collapse completely.

The remaining problem would be the other rising races in the Tianling Star Cluster.

These races, unlike the Nika Tribe, could not conquer other races on their own.

However, the rapid rise of the Nika Tribe would inevitably disturb the various tribes in the Celestial Spirit System.

The slightly rising races might be stimulated by this and begin secretly forming alliances.

The emerging races could also band together and start to devour the surrounding smaller races, just like the Nika Tribe, using these conquered weak races to boost their overall strength.

After thinking it over, Duke Farah gritted his teeth.

He decided to take the same approach with the rising races as he did with the Nika Tribe—targeting their high-ranking members for assassination with high rewards.

However, he would only temporarily focus on assassinating the high-ranking members of those races that were rising and preparing to start alliances for expansion.

In this way, he could achieve the effect of "killing the chicken to scare the monkey" without having to spend too many resources and treasures.

Having thought everything through, Duke Farah finally felt settled and began contacting the leader of the Intelligence Organization to inform him to speed up the collection of information about the various tribes and the latest developments.

Although the leader of the Intelligence Organization was one of his most trusted subordinates, to avoid this subordinate also playing a double game, he had to offer generous rewards to the entire organization.

As long as they could gather important information, the relevant personnel would receive good rewards.

…

Duke Farah’s worries were clearly not unfounded.

As the news of the Nika Tribe’s powerful conquest of the Swift Tribe spread, all the major races in the Tianling Star Cluster became restless.

Those races that had already started to rise felt like they had found the best direction for development.

The smaller races were figuring out how to ensure their own safety.

Especially the races around the regions controlled by the Great Flame Empire felt uneasy, each worrying about becoming the next target of the Nika Tribe’s invasion.

The strongest members of each tribe, after contacting each other, decided to use special treasures to hold an emergency meeting.

In the Cangyu Tribe.

In the center of a spacious platform, a communication stone was placed.

Below the communication stone was a sky-blue gem.

The leader of the Cangyu Tribe sat at the edge of the platform, deep in thought.

Suddenly, the communication stone vibrated.

With a thought, he infused two streams of energy into the communication stone and the gem below it.

The communication stone was activated.

The sky-blue gem then burst forth with blue light, enveloping the entire communication stone.

Soon, a figure appeared at the edge of the platform.

It was the leader of the Extreme Fire Tribe.

The two exchanged polite words before falling silent.

The leader of the Extreme Fire Tribe took a seat at the edge of the platform.

Before long, the communication stone vibrated again.

The leader of the Cangyu Tribe once more injected two streams of energy into the communication stone and the sky-blue gem.

In the blink of an eye, the figure of the Emperor of the Flying Wolf Tribe appeared at the edge of the platform.

Then came a third, fourth, fifth…

More and more figures emerged at the edge of the platform.

The common trait among these figures was that they were all the strongest members and rulers of their respective tribes.

Next, all their tribes controlled territories surrounding the Great Flame Empire.

With more than ten minutes to spare before the scheduled time, all the strongest members arrived early.

Including the leader of the Cangyu Tribe, there were a total of sixteen strong members from various tribes.

They had all agreed to gather together to discuss strategies.

“Since everyone is here, let’s get started early!”

The treasure used to gather the strongest members of the tribes was provided by the Cangyu Tribe.

However, the true initiator and organizer was the leader of the Giant Ant Tribe, who, upon seeing all the strong members gathered, naturally took on the role of host.

The fifteen strong members nodded in agreement.

The reason the leader of the Giant Ant Tribe could organize this meeting was that the strength and influence of the Giant Ant Tribe were among the top in the sixteen tribes.

However, the leader of the Giant Ant Tribe could only act as a facilitator and could not become the true leader.

The reason was simple.

Although the Giant Ant Tribe ranked high among the sixteen tribes, it was not powerful enough to command the others.

This was also why the leader of the Giant Ant Tribe initiated the secret meeting under the pretext of discussing how to resist the invasion of the Nika Tribe rather than to form alliances.

There is a significant difference between the two.

The former faces almost no resistance in terms of the overall direction, only minor disagreements in details.

In contrast, the latter faces enormous resistance, with various tribes having significant concerns, and it is even possible that not as many strong members would participate.

The most crucial point is that the Giant Ant Tribe lacks the charisma and deterrent power to rally so many tribes.