645: undercurrent

Alvos’s words made the Blood Clan Great Lords present look a bit awkward.

The losses of the participants in the World Contention, looking at them now, indeed made it hard not to suspect that Edward, who proposed this rule, was an undercover agent sent by the Blue Star Human Race.

But unfortunately, this rule was unanimously approved by them, receiving the consent of every single one of them.

Moreover, saying that Edward was an undercover agent sent by the Blue Star Human Race was even more nonsensical.

The Bloodline flowing through Edward’s body was among the most noble, even among the Blood Clan Great Lords present.

He had not only perfectly developed his Bloodline but also obtained a drop of essence Blood from the progenitor.

If judged by Bloodline alone, among the remaining seven Blood Clan Great Lords, only the Lord of the Cappadocian Clan could compare to him.

“Alvos, it’s useless to say these things now.”

“When we made the decision and finalized this rule, you also agreed, so there’s no reason to vent your anger on Edward now.”

“After all, if we can provide convenience to participants in the World Contention, the Blue Star Human Race can do the same.”

Seeing that Alvos’s anger had not subsided, Vickers had no choice but to persuade him:

“Besides, our current losses are great, but the Blue Star Human Race’s are also considerable.”

“Can these be compared?”

Hearing Vickers’s words, the anger on Alvos’s face intensified.

The resources and time spent by both sides to cultivate a Rank Six were completely incomparable.

The current losses for the Blood Clan would take at least a hundred years to recover.

In contrast, the Blue Star Human Race would at most only need twenty years.

Moreover, over a quarter of those participating in the World Contention were members of his Rudolph Clan.

If such losses continued at the Marquis and Duke stages in the future, the Rudolph Clan would face a talent shortage for several hundred years.

“There’s nothing we can do!”

Seeing Alvos’s persistence, Vickers’s expression became somewhat cold.

“Having dealt with the Blue Star Human Race for hundreds of years, you should know that their war potential is not something we can compare to.”

“When we first clashed with the Blue Star Human Race, we failed to completely break their backbone and turn them into our subordinate race, which has laid the groundwork for today’s bitter consequences.”

“What they want to do now, we must stop them.”

“Otherwise…”

“We can still suppress them in terms of high-end power now, but after some time, as long as they narrow the gap with us in high-end power, with their formidable war potential, it will be a devastating threat to our Holy Race.”

Looking at Alvos, Vickers’s tone carried undisguised coldness.

The Blue Star Human Race’s current ability to develop to a point where they can contend with the Blood Clan without falling behind is largely due to the various Blood Clan hindering each other.

And the most significant hindrance came from the Rudolph Clan.

If it weren’t for the Rudolph Clan’s interference back then, Vickers would have long joined forces with the Lord of the Giovanni Clan to divide the Blue Star Human Race, and there would have been no need for these hundreds of years of conflict.

“Vickers, you can’t say that.”

Alvos was a bit embarrassed at this moment, his tone no longer as aggressive as before.

What happened back then was indeed his fault when spoken of now, but from the perspective of that time, there was nothing to criticize about the decision he made.

Everything was for the Clan; how could he allow the Brujah Clan and the Giovanni Clan to greatly increase their strength and step all over his Rudolph Clan…

He just didn’t expect that the Blue Star Human Race, which had just entered the Myriad Heavens Battlefield and was too weak to be worth mentioning at the time, would now develop into a behemoth comparable to the Blood Clan.

“Hmph!”

Vickers snorted coldly, not bothering to dwell on the matter with Alvos anymore.

“Is there any clue as to why Blue Star initiated this conflict?”

“A medium-sized world is not enough for them to put on such a display, even at the cost of initiating an all-out war.”

He withdrew his confrontational Aura with Alvos and turned to look at Aristide, the Lord of the Noseratu Clan.

“There are no clues yet.”

Aristide shrugged, saying with a helpless expression:

“Our spies embedded in Blue Star haven’t obtained any useful information at all.”

“Moreover, they immediately initiated full mobilization, raising the alert Rank directly to the highest.”

“Our people can’t even get close to the cross-border teleportation gates to send back information.”

As the Lord of the Noseratu Clan, Aristide was also the biggest supporter behind the Holy Blood Church, and with the war starting, he was responsible for gathering information about Blue Star.

“Full mobilization?”

Vickers frowned, his expression extremely solemn.

“Blue Star’s ambition this time is definitely huge; a mere medium-sized world is probably not their ultimate goal.”

“This contention will likely have further changes after it ends. Regardless of the outcome, we cannot let our guard down.”

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Blue Star Human Race Army.

“The Blood Clan has suffered considerable losses; it seems Wang Chen is starting to exert his strength in the World Contention.”

In the temporary command post, Yang Daoming felt the continuously rising Aura from the opposing Blood Clan Army, and a cold smile appeared on his face.

Listening to his words, the Nine-Rotation Kings from various countries around him nodded.

“Wang Chen’s strength is evident to all; the outcome of this contention has been determined from the beginning.”

Charles from Bear Country echoed, then said with a solemn tone:

“What lies before us now is, after the World Contention ends, to entangle all of the opposing Blood Clan Army here, preventing them from retreating to defend.”

“At the very least, we must prevent their split forces from affecting our arrangements in the Blood Clan World.”

After he finished speaking, everyone present’s expressions became solemn.

At this moment, the Nine-Rotation King from Eagle Country said in a deep voice:

“That’s true, but the Blood Clan Army numbers 1.2 million, and their strength is similar to ours.”

“And what’s more troublesome is that those three Blood Clan Great Lords, with our current strength, it will be very difficult to entangle them here.”

“Although we can match their power through battle formations, the limitations are too great, and our movements are far less flexible than theirs.”

“With their strength, if they are determined to retreat, we simply cannot stop them.”

Although the method of battle formations could allow the orchestrator to unleash power of a higher Rank, the limitations were also very significant.

When the number of people was small, this limitation was not obvious, but once the number of people forming the battle formation increased, the limitation would increase exponentially.

A Nine-Rotation King who wanted to contend against a Blood Clan Great Lord through a battle formation would have to integrate the strength of ten legions under his command.

One hundred thousand people, maintaining the same pace and output, could still manage when defending, but once they pursued, even the most elite would find it difficult to maintain for long periods.

Not to mention, such a massive battle formation also had ridiculously high demands on the orchestrator.