After listening to Srexin's words, everyone present fell silent.
Some were moved by the president's sacrifice of himself to protect the world, some felt deceived, and others were bewildered by the sudden disappearance of their greatest support.
Wen Wen shrugged and said, "So, dealing with the Great Sage, we can only rely on the people we have now."
Srexin nodded, "I'm afraid so."
Wen Wen looked around. The strongest person present should be Vice President Srexin.
Then originally, the Judicators included the Black Night Knight, Ishna, Sakuraba Issei, Xun Ying, and the Sand Sea Priest.
The new honorary Judicators included Wen Wen, Kyogoku Kura, and Magical Beast Star.
In total, there were nine Catastrophe-level experts. Wen Wen had some trump cards up his sleeve, and the Hunters Association probably had some reserves, but overall, they were still at a disadvantage against the Great Sage's side.
Srexin nodded and said, "So now, what we must do is prepare for a counterattack. Although it's difficult, we have no other choice."
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Wen Wen knew what he meant by preparation. They were already at an absolute disadvantage, so there was only one way to turn the tables, and that was to be ready before the Great Sage flipped the table and then launch a counteroffensive ahead of the Great Sage.
So their preparation had only two key points; one was secrecy, and the other was speed!
Secrecy demanded thorough deployment before the action, trying not to abandon any critical points.
And "speed" required that once the action began, they must dismantle the Great Sage's vital forces as quickly as possible.
Their greatest advantage now was that the Great Sage did not know their plan or that they had means to discover the Eroders.
Once they acted, this advantage would be exposed, so they had only one chance.
For this one chance, they needed to prepare a lot.
The monsters of the Nest of Destruction, led by those beasts, continued to rampage across the world.
The top echelons of the Hunter Association only briefly gathered on the day Wen Wen presented the plan. All subsequent actions aligned perfectly with the Great Sage's logic of doing everything possible to slaughter the monsters.
The Great Sage watched the monsters being eliminated one by one, feeling increasingly pleased as his plan approached realization.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the Federation, changes were quietly taking place.
In an ancient castle in the Golden Eagle District, with a history of several hundred years.
Chu Wei, draped in a blood-colored robe, sat at the head seat.
Below him stood thirteen True Sequence-level vampires, the patriarchs of the thirteen clans of the Blood Clan.
After Illiyat was captured, that family elected a new patriarch, who also had True Sequence-level strength.
The Blood Clan usually kept a low profile, but they were the largest supernatural creature race in the real world, and their hidden strength was astonishing.
Blood Clans existed all over the world, and there were some dark biological races attached to them.
Each clan had millennia-long legacies; some clan leaders even rotated among three True-order Masters, with one serving as the clan leader while the other two slumbered, rotating every hundred years.
Therefore, the overall strength of the Blood Clan was tremendous. If not for their Deity, the Catastrophe-level Undead expert, Blood Emperor Vlad Gandor, disappearing, their strength wouldn't be inferior to any large-scale secret organization.
But today, these proud Blood Clans were all kneeling on one knee.
They revered not Chu Wei, but the Blood Emperor Vlad residing within Chu Wei's body.
Some time ago, Wen Wen sent Chu Wei to persuade these Blood Clans to surrender.
Upon arrival, he went straight to the core territory of the Blood Clan and spoke fluently to these Old Blood Clans.
Talking about turning away from darkness, living under the sun, how the Blood Clan was no match against the Hunters Association, and how they should live in harmony with humans…
Upon hearing these words, the Blood Clans were enraged. Was this persuasion?
This was obviously provocation!
As a result, the Blood Clans tortured and killed Chu Wei over a hundred times. Because of Chu Wei's zombie constitution, his strength instead grew rapidly through the torture,
Gradually, the Blood Clans realized they could no longer easily kill Chu Wei.
Moreover, this undead constitution aroused the Blood Clans' suspicion. After some tests, they finally discovered Chu Wei's significant connection with the Blood Emperor!
So all the Blood Clans immediately revered Chu Wei as a totem-like figure, placing him on a high pedestal.
At the same time, Blood Clan experts scattered around the world all rushed back, eager to see Chu Wei, this mascot.
However, they were only respectful to Chu Wei; as for Chu Wei's persuasion, it basically went in one ear and out the other.
They only regarded Chu Wei as a mascot, confining him to that seat, and since his arrival, they had a backbone, allowing them to merrily continue their misdeeds.
They couldn't possibly renounce their alliance just because of Chu Wei's words, as every vampire harbored deep hatred for the Hunters Association.
Moreover, they merely suspected Chu Wei's identity, not knowing the Blood Emperor resided within him.
Currently, they were on the Blood Clan's private land, similar to the Qi Ling Mountain Range, a place the Hunters Association wouldn't easily disturb.
The density of Blood Clans here was alarming, with vampires sporting fangs everywhere.
Chu Wei looked helplessly at these fellows below, already contemplating leaving here through the Sanctuary.
The matter of persuasion was beyond him, and since these vampires at least put on enough of an attitude, he couldn't just lash out and hit people.
Suddenly, Chu Wei felt the ground tremble, as if something massive was approaching the Blood Clan's territory.
When the Blood Clans went out to look, they found a beast over a hundred meters tall, covered in spikes, stepping forward slowly, followed by countless monsters from the Nest of Destruction.
A clan leader furrowed his brow, knowing this beast was released by the Great Sage, but why was it attacking their Blood Clan?
He hurriedly used a special tool to contact a liaison from the Truth Society, inquiring why they were being attacked when they were clearly allies.
But all he got in response was static.
At this point, there was no longer a single sane person in the entire Truth Society, and the Great Sage no longer needed to maintain relations with these secret organizations.
He had safely passed the most dangerous period, and hereafter, this planet would only have his enemies, not his allies.
The Blood Clan, an ally in name only, could be regarded as nonexistent, since all monsters, except for the Dragon of the End Gallant, were uncontrollable by the Great Sage.