Chapter 2752: Wind and Clouds Rising

In the morning, the sun was bright. Under this bright sunshine, 500,000 Wolf Cavalry had assembled outside the New Moon Fortress, ready to set off for the Aier Great Forest at any time.

The great army had been assembled for half an hour. Orc Hero Worpol, as the vanguard unit, had yet to receive the order to march, which made him full of anxiety and even somewhat irritable.

Because this morning, the Chaos Legion's main defensive line in the rear had a problem. The Dwarf race and the Barbarians, like madmen this morning, launched an attack on their main defensive line. The losses of their main defensive line were extremely heavy, but those two parties didn't fare much better either.

What was surprising was that after the Dwarf party and the Barbarian troops completed a round of all-out attack, they immediately retreated. After they withdrew from the frontline war zone, they both retreated to Dongze, which was the Eastern Territory.

The three parties—the Dwarf race, the Barbarians, and the Lizard race—at this time showed an attitude that they would no longer participate in the frontline war. This round of all-out attack was their last battle.

What was even more astonishing was that just at seven o'clock this morning, the three parties—the Dwarf race, the Barbarians, and the Lizard race—all announced to the outside world that they were withdrawing from the Six-Race Alliance. The Six-Race Alliance had become the Three-Race Alliance.

This round of somewhat abrupt all-out attack, as well as the news of the three races withdrawing from the alliance, made some sensitive people realize that something big was about to happen on the Canglong Continent.

The reason Su Xiao didn't let the great army move out was because, an hour ago, a few special "guests" came to the New Moon Fortress.

These people were escorted into the fortress by the Wolf Cavalry and were almost slaughtered by the Wolf Cavalry on the way. Fortunately, Bahar stopped it in time.

They were not a diplomatic mission from the Elf race, but diplomats from the Duoyin Empire, as well as two accompanying soldiers.

It could be said that the current Southern War Zone was Su Xiao's territory. As long as troops from the Six-Race Alliance entered this war zone, they would soon be surrounded and suppressed by the Wolf Cavalry.

Inside the stone building where Su Xiao lived, the aroma of black tea drifted. A female soldier was holding a teapot, pouring tea for Su Xiao and a smiling middle-aged man.

"Great Overlord Bai Ye, don't be polite. This is a specialty of the Mipo Manor, produced only once every five years, the best of the best."

The diplomat named Difuton made a gesture of invitation, then picked up the black tea cup in front of him, took a light sip, and his eyebrows relaxed.

Su Xiao glanced at the black tea cup in front of him, then looked at the diplomat opposite. That Duoyin would send someone was something he hadn't expected. By reason and logic, the Duoyin Empire shouldn't intervene now.

"Between our two sides, there are too many, too many misunderstandings, years of war, differences in races, conflicts in culture. But, Great Commander Bai Ye, we Duoyin people and Gray Orcs both have two eyes, two ears, one mouth. The staple food of the commoners on both sides is grain, and both know how to farm and harvest. Actually... there is no essential difference between Duoyin people and Gray Orcs. Don't you agree?"

Diplomat Difuton put down the tea cup and exhaled hot air from his mouth.

"..."

Su Xiao was somewhat unclear about the attitude of the Duoyin Empire. Listening to this diplomat's tone, it sounded very much like he was here to negotiate peace.

"The reason for war is nothing more than the resources of this continent not being enough for ten races to distribute. The Elf race occupies the Southern Territory, the Ice-Born occupy the Northern Territory, and my country Duoyin is sandwiched in the middle. This is what a terrible situation it is."

Diplomat Difuton sighed long. Listening to his tone, it was as if Duoyin would be invaded by the Elf race and the Ice-Born at any time.

"Suppose... I am talking about a supposition, please don't misunderstand, suppose Duoyin possessed the Central and Northern Territories, while the Chaos Legion occupied most of the Southern and Western Territories, wouldn't this represent that the Canglong Continent would usher in rare peace? Resources determine everything."

Diplomat Difuton drew a circular shape on the table with his finger and continued to say:

"Of course, this is just my personal fantasy. The Aier Great Forest belongs to the Elf race, but then again, this forest doesn't represent the entire Southern Territory. That is a remote place. Besides trees and gems, there is nothing worth envying. The Southern War Zone we are in occupies most of the territory of the Southern Territory. This, plus the Western Territory, its land area is already one-third of the continent."

Diplomat Difuton drew on the circular shape on the table, separating one-third of it, which represented the entire Western Territory and most of the Southern Territory.

"Great Overlord Bai Ye, how about this territory that occupies one-third of the continent? The land here is fertile, and there is a river that spans the entire map. Decades later, the population of the Chaos Legion could be several times, or even more than ten times, what it is now."

Hearing these, Su Xiao understood the purpose of Diplomat Difuton coming here. The Duoyin Empire had already run out of patience. It was clearly prepared to unite with him to attack the Polar Ice Overlord of the Northern Territory.

Of course, this had a prerequisite, which was to first deal with the Elf race in the Aier Great Forest. At least, beat the Elf race until they were down. As for the Aier Great Forest, besides the Elf race treating it as a treasure, other parties didn't think highly of it.

Trees were indeed resources, that was true, but if one wanted to develop, large areas of flat and fertile land were the foundation of development, at least for Duoyin people and Gray Orcs.

Don't look at the Gray Orcs' appearance being as they pleased, but they could grow crops in the Western Territory where the temperature was below zero, and their farming level was stronger than that of Duoyin people.

"The Ice-Born of the Northern Territory are essentially different from us. They are some strong 'beasts'. They... they make the Northern Territory frozen all year round. Haven't you discovered? After the mount wolves left the Northern Territory, they had no discomfort and quickly adapted to the temperature and climate of the Southern Territory. This is not because of their strong bodies, but because their ancestors were not living in cold zones."

"It is the Ice-Born that make the Northern Territory cold, and now, those 'beasts' who call themselves Ice-Born have already accumulated strength. You breached the 'Wall of Atad' a few days ago. It was you... who angered them. At this very moment, Duoyin's great army is already located at the border line of the Northern Territory. We are going to war with the Northern Territory!"

Difuton revealed a piece of heavy news. Before Duoyin and the Northern Territory completely turned against each other, this news was an absolute secret. The Duoyin Empire was going to war with the Northern Territory.

From the beginning, Su Xiao had discovered that the Polar Ice Overlord of the Northern Territory claimed to be one of the three major forces, but from the situation in the war zone, the Northern Territory was not strong, which was very inconsistent with common sense.

When Su Xiao attacked the Ice Hoof Fortress, the Gray Orc troops died 60,000 people. That was the most miserable battle in history. One had to know, this was a Gray Orc great army with the War Overlord buff. The combat power of the Ice-Born warriors could be imagined.

Even so, the Northern Territory's performance on the frontline was still not strong. Now it seemed that they were also accumulating strength, and even now, they could wrestle with the Duoyin Empire.

The three major forces—Duoyin, the Northern Territory, and the Elf race. The first two were genuinely powerful. The last Elf race appeared relatively strong, but when it came to hard battles, they were often beaten until they were whining.

This was actually the reason Su Xiao came to beat the Elf race. The troop strength in his hands was not much. Of course, he had to find the easiest one to beat first, so as to accumulate the secondary titles needed for the War Overlord.

At present, the Chaos Legion's general trend was gone. Population determined many things. More importantly, the two things Su Xiao did made the Northern Territory and Duoyin completely turn against each other.

One was that Su Xiao slashed and shattered the "Wall of Atad" with a few blades. For the Northern Territory, that was a natural barrier, a barrier blocking Duoyin.

Back then, Su Xiao led troops into the Northern Territory, and the Northern Territory didn't fear him at all, and didn't even care much. The foundation was there. Hundreds of thousands of Gray Orcs were simply not enough to shake the Northern Territory. But after Su Xiao shattered the "Wall of Atad," the Northern Territory was enraged.

The second was that Su Xiao beat the Elf race very miserably. Among the three major forces, the Elf race previously played a balancing role, allowing Duoyin and the Northern Territory, which were accumulating troops, to barely coexist peacefully.

At this time, the Elf race was not enough to maintain this balance. The two behemoths, Duoyin and the Northern Territory, which had already developed, began to show their claws and fangs.

The Northern Territory had always known about Duoyin's ambition, but what the outside world didn't know was that the Northern Territory had already grown stronger quietly. The fear of Duoyin all along was fake.

"Great Overlord Bai Ye, please consider it."

Diplomat Difuton sat opposite Su Xiao with a smile. The address changed from Great Overlord to "Lord." This was a private talk. Difuton didn't worry that the address issue would cause damage to the Duoyin Empire's face.

Just as Difuton was full of smiles, waiting for Su Xiao's reply, a female Wolf Cavalry walked over quickly. It could be said that among the female Orc soldiers, this female Orc definitely had a good figure and outstanding appearance.

As for the shortcomings, she was relatively violent. Two days ago, she beat a suitor to half-death with her bare hands, and then was hung on the city wall by Su Xiao's people for a night. If it weren't for Worpol's pleading, this female Orc soldier would have been dealt with by Amu according to military law, and her head would have been chopped off with a Dragon Heart Axe.

"Lord, there are three Ice-Born who want to see you."

The female Wolf Cavalry spoke in a low voice, then stood behind Su Xiao, those light red eyes looking at Difuton very unkindly.

"Oh?"

A smile appeared on Su Xiao's face. Things were more interesting than expected. Duoyin and the Northern Territory had turned against each other, and he, who controlled the Wolf Cavalry Legion, had become the target of both sides' wooing.

Before long, an Ice-Born with a single horn on its head and transparent tentacle-like whiskers on its chin walked into the room. Behind him followed two Ice-Born girls with pointed ears and fluff on their ears.

"Respected Great Overlord Bai Ye, I am Ice-Born Simon. It is my honor to receive your personal reception."

Ice-Born Simon bowed slightly. His hand lifted, and the Ice-Born girl behind him handed over an ice box.

"Nice to meet you. This is a meeting gift for you. Please don't refuse. Allow me to say more. This is just a meeting gift. Compared to the gifts afterward, this is nothing. Our Northern Territory's ruler, the Polar Ice Overlord, is very generous and won't be like a certain King, letting the envoy come to see you empty-handed."

Ice-Born Simon placed the ice box on the table in front of Su Xiao. He turned his gaze to look at Diplomat Difuton, who was sitting opposite Su Xiao, and his expression immediately turned cold.

Both were diplomats, and their purpose for coming here was exactly the same: to temporarily unite with Su Xiao. How strong the Wolf Cavalry Legion was could be seen from the "bruised and swollen" Elf race.

Su Xiao's finger pointed at the ice box on the table, and a prompt appeared.

【You have obtained Ice Heart (Holy Spirit-grade equipment).】 ===== CHAPTER 2753 =====