Chapter 1420: Anxiously Worried Qin Longyun

"I seem to have underestimated myself and overestimated those god-tier beast tamers!"

Hearing Su Yang's words, General Yang, who had just regained consciousness from outside, suddenly felt a strong urge to go out for a walk.

But Yang Hao could say nothing in return.

After all, this was the result of direct combat!

The outcome of the battle was that Su Yang, using only one beast companion, drove back the Emperor of Qingluan Nation—the god-tier beast tamer Qin Longyun.

As for Xue Li's boasting, Yang Hao did not believe it.

First, Su Yang had repeatedly created miracles; all of us federal generals had developed a superstitious faith in him.

No matter what miracle Su Yang created, we would believe it first.

No matter how "arrogant" his words sounded—even if they seemed utterly unrealistic—the federal generals would still believe at least half of them!

For instance, this time, most of the federal high command believed Su Yang, thinking he might enable the Huaxia Federation to possess top-tier combat power capable of confronting Qingluan Nation within two years…

If anyone else had said that, they would have been utterly torn apart.

But because Su Yang said it, the federal high command all clung to hope.

Because Su Yang had never let the Federation down.

Second, there was Xue Li.

This beast companion had a violent, cruel, and murderous nature; apart from Su Yang and those close to him, she ignored everyone else, her pride towering to the heavens.

But everyone who had interacted with her knew that the proud Xue Li could not speak.

Xia Na's gaze toward Su Yang was filled with stars.

Her admiration was about to overflow.

Xia Na asked excitedly: "General Su, since we can now handle Qin Longyun, does that mean the Huaxia Federation is safe? Does that mean we no longer have to hide, and can fight them head-on?"

Hearing Xia Na's words, Su Yang smiled, then shook his head.

"Not yet!"

"Why?"

Su Yang smiled: "Our enemy may not be just Qingluan Nation!"

"What do you mean?"

Xia Na didn't understand.

"Marshal Xu mentioned to me—he believes Qingluan Nation's early arrival on Shuilan Star is indeed a major threat to the Huaxia Federation! But our enemy may not be just Qingluan Nation; it may include all surrounding nations!" Su Yang said softly, "I agree with his view!"

Xia Na asked in confusion: "Why? If Shuilan Star appeared in Qingluan Nation, shouldn't we only affect Qingluan Nation?"

"The people of the Beast Tamer World look down on us, people of small worlds; they don't recognize us. They first see us as prey, as walking wealth—any opportunity, and they'll all rush to plunder," Su Yang explained. "Our arrival in Qingluan Nation will inevitably seize and influence its territory; Qingluan Nation will certainly list us as an enemy nation. Once conflict breaks out between the two, chaos will erupt—and nearby nations and factions will likely rise up to take advantage…"

Su Yang looked at Xia Na and asked: "Who do you think the surrounding nations and factions hate the most?"

"Us?"

Xia Na pointed at herself.

"Yes!"

Su Yang nodded seriously.

"Qingluan Nation is a powerful country; surrounding nations are either close to Qingluan Nation or close to Shenfeng Nation—but none are close to us, because we are outsiders!" Su Yang said to Yang Hao. "Qingluan Nation will never like us; Shenfeng Nation will never like us either. In language, customs, systems, culture, ideology—we are utterly alien to this world… We must prepare ourselves to be hated by every nearby nation."

"I see…"

Xia Na was somewhat confused.

She hadn't read much; she had spent years among the lower classes, and her perspective was never broad.

Even after becoming a federal general, her perspective had improved considerably, but she still didn't see far enough.

She understood even less deeply the conflicts between nations and between civilizations.

After all, in the past three hundred years, the Huaxia Federation had only once engaged in a brief but extremely fierce conflict with an island nation!

Only the federal high command, and those in the Strategy Bureau and General Staff, studied these seemingly dull and useless pieces of knowledge.

"When considering matters, always start from the worst-case scenario. To deal with this situation, we must hide as long as possible—ideally until Shuilan Star arrives in the Beast Tamer World!" Su Yang whispered. "The more days the Federation has to prepare, the greater our chance of victory, and the fewer casualties we'll suffer."

Standing beside him, Yang Hao also said: "General Su's words are truly mature and prudent!"

"Spending all day with you old men, I feel like I've turned into an old man myself!"

Yang Hao cleared his throat and corrected: "That's called prudence!"

As for "old man," Yang Hao didn't dare refute it.

He looked like a middle-aged man, but he was already over eighty… in front of Su Yang, he truly was an old man.

As for Qin Longyun, after being driven away by the Hellblood Vine Flower, he grew angrier and angrier, more and more resentful.

He came to the battlefield where the Phoenix Feather Legion had been annihilated, staring at the nearly flattened ground, at the piled layers of skeletons and armor, and thought again of Feng Yu—the woman he deeply loved—and his heart ached with unbearable grief!

Besides mourning Feng Yu's death, he also grieved the annihilation of the Phoenix Feather Legion.

On the Beast Tamer Continent, forming a elite legion was extremely difficult!

It required tens of thousands of outstanding beast tamers, massive resources, generations of effort, and years upon years of combat!

On the Beast Tamer Continent, there's a saying: "A century cannot forge a legion."

The Phoenix Feather Legion had already existed since the founding of Qingluan Nation, even before the Bai Long Nation fell!

Losing such an elite legion—how could Qin Longyun not suffer?

Qin Longyun gritted his teeth and spat out a few words:

"Bai Long Society—we'll see who wins!"

Yet for now, Qin Longyun realized he seemed to have no way at all to deal with the mysterious beast tamer of the Bai Long Society!

Even he, the strongest in Qingluan Nation, couldn't defeat them—who else in Qingluan Nation could?

Moreover, Shenfeng Nation still protected the remnants of the Bai Long Society.

He frowned, looking deeply worried.

Qin Longyun sensed the crisis!

The Qingluan Kingdom and the Shenfeng Kingdom were sworn enemies.

A thousand years ago, the Qin clan had seized the moment when the Bai Long Kingdom's Emperor had just passed away, the Crown Prince was still young, powerful ministers held sway, and authority was in chaos. They bought off the Feng clan, used the Empress as an inside agent, and under the banner of "clearing the Emperor's side," stormed Bai Long City in a single strike, slaughtered the imperial clan, occupied the capital, and established the Qingluan Kingdom, swiftly bringing most of the Bai Long Kingdom's territory under their control.

Seeing this opportunity, the Shenfeng Kingdom raised the banner of "restoring the Bai Long Kingdom," sent troops into the Qingluan Kingdom, and the two sides fought bitterly for years. In the end, both suffered grievously, and the grudge was sealed!

After the Bai Long Society was severely wounded, the Shenfeng Kingdom sheltered many of its members.