269: Faction Hegemony

He knew very well that there were countless powerful Spirit Beasts cultivating in the oceans of Blue Star, many of whom might have already transformed from Xuan Beasts into Spirit Beasts.

Any one of these powerhouses could beat these three Martial Kings to a pulp and send them fleeing in disarray.

Yet, these three insisted on going to their territory to show off and provoke them.

If a Spirit Beast were truly enraged, the situation for these three powerful countries would likely become very dire, and it would also implicate other Human Race countries…

“Long Yuan?” Qi Huaiyi, seeing Long Yuan lost in thought, called out softly again.

Long Yuan snapped back to reality, nodded, and said, “Senior Tong is right, we just need to wait and see, but…”

“But what?”

“Blue Star is probably entering a tumultuous period!” Long Yuan sighed softly.

Seeing Long Yuan looking so worried, Tong Xueqin couldn't help but find it amusing, as she felt this expression seemed a bit out of place on a young man.

So, she smiled brightly and said, “Long Yuan, we don’t need to worry about anything.

When the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up.

The Great Ming Empire’s higher-ups are very capable; perhaps we already possess the combat power of a Martial King!”

Long Yuan nodded and said, “You’re right about that; it’s not surprising for the Great Ming Empire to have Martial King powerhouses.

However, what I just said was that Blue Star would enter a tumultuous period, not just our Great Ming Empire.”

“Oh? Aren’t the Martial King powerhouses from those few countries displaying their might to pressure our Great Ming Empire?

If our Great Ming Empire doesn’t respond, they might cause trouble for us later, right?” Tong Xueqin said.

“This is just looking at the matter from the perspective of our Great Ming Empire.

In fact, there are hundreds of large and small countries on Blue Star, as well as vast stretches of unclaimed land.

The display of force by these three Martial Kings is for the entire planet.

It’s just that when our Great Ming Empire views this issue from its own perspective, it feels like they are targeting us.

But whether that’s truly the case remains to be seen.

Of course, the War Bear Country’s Martial King’s display of power certainly has a significant objective of pressuring our Great Ming Empire…” Long Yuan analyzed.

“Ah, this…” Tong Xueqin was speechless upon hearing this, suddenly feeling that Long Yuan made a lot of sense.

Yes, everyone on Blue Star could see the videos of those three Martial Kings; why would the Great Ming Empire feel that they were pressuring the Great Ming Empire?

Perhaps they didn’t mean that at all…

Tong Fenglai and Qi Huaiyi exchanged glances, their faces also showing surprise.

Long Yuan’s perspective was truly unique…

Qi Huaiyi couldn't help but ask, “Long Yuan, if they’re not pressuring the Great Ming Empire, then what is their intention in doing this?”

Long Yuan smiled and said, “The information we receive may have been artificially processed, so there are inevitably some errors, omissions, and biases.

Guesses based on this are difficult to get to the truth.

But if we only look at the current mainstream information, it’s actually just an upgraded version of a full-star competition…”

“Full-star competition? You mean they are vying for hegemony on Blue Star?”

“Exactly!

More precisely, initially, the War Bear Country wanted to be the hegemon!

Because it was the first to announce that its country possessed Martial King powerhouses.

From what I understand, the War Bear Country is extremely obsessed with expanding its territory.

They are also currently the country with the largest land area on Blue Star, almost three times that of our Great Ming Empire!

But even so, the War Bear Country is still not satisfied and is constantly waging wars, continuously encroaching and annexing surrounding areas.

For them, it seems that any day without new territory acquired is a wasted day.

Therefore, when Martial King-level powerhouses appeared in their country, this ambition was rapidly ignited.

They announced this news to seize the high ground of Blue Star’s military power and to create momentum for their next step of expansion, but…”

“But what?” Qi Huaiyi asked anxiously.

“What the War Bear Country didn’t expect was that the Snow Eagle Country and the Flying Lion Country actually already had Martial King powerhouses, but they were more low-key and didn’t have the same eagerness to expand as the War Bear Country.

So, they kept it a secret.

But after the War Bear Country announced this news, to curb the War Bear Country’s ambition, they also announced the same news shortly after.

Thus, a new situation of Blue Star hegemony was formed.

Originally, there might have been ten countries vying for supremacy, but now these three countries have suddenly broken through and become a three-country struggle for hegemony!” Long Yuan said.

“Three-country struggle for hegemony? Then won’t our Great Ming Empire fall behind? What should we do?” Qi Huaiyi asked.

“This is just a new situation of open competition.

If this trend continues, it is very likely to form three camps, with each camp centered around one of the powerful countries, plus several or a dozen other countries.

The battles between camps will definitely be more intense and Advanced than before, and the Great Ming Empire will probably be drawn into it sooner or later!

But the waters on Blue Star are very deep, just as Sister Xueqin said earlier, perhaps our Great Ming Empire’s high-level officials already have Martial King-level powerhouses.

So, whether the Great Ming Empire will fall behind in the future is not yet decided.

Perhaps the Great Ming Empire can also form its own camp and join this new hegemonic struggle.

I believe that if those three countries are not foolish, they won’t naively think they can easily crush the Great Ming Empire…” Long Yuan analyzed.

“Oh…”

“Camp battles?” Tong Fenglai was extremely shocked to hear this.

If Long Yuan’s words came true, then the battles between countries on Blue Star in the future would become incomparably brutal, and wouldn’t his Tong Family’s Medicinal Pill business have an even broader prospect?

He thought of profit, while Qi Huaiyi and Tong Xueqin thought of the bloody battles to come and the fate of countless ordinary people, and for a moment, their faces turned pale, and their hearts were stirred…

Long Yuan saw the three of them change color at his words, and he found it amusing.

His tone shifted as he said, “Actually, this is just one of my analytical deductions.

Whether it will truly evolve into a situation of camp hegemony still depends on another variable!”

“Oh? There’s still a variable?!” Qi Huaiyi’s heart jolted, and he quickly asked.

“Exactly!

In fact, I believe many people overlooked this variable after hearing this news, and the influence of this variable is immeasurable!” Long Yuan said solemnly.

Tong Fenglai couldn't help but be surprised.

Although he had tried his best to convince himself not to view Long Yuan as a middle school student, through their recent discussion and Long Yuan’s analysis, he felt that he might have still underestimated Long Yuan.

Perhaps Long Yuan truly saw some problems, otherwise, he wouldn’t have proposed such a novel idea as camp hegemony; in fact, this was the first time he had ever heard anyone say such a thing.

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