Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf Chapter 1884: 1052: Late Stage of the Tenth Heaven, Concealing One's Edge
Previously on Devouring Evolution: I Reborn as an Arctic Wolf...
Even when at the identical level, assimilating just one requires an incredibly lengthy period of effort and integration.
As a result, despite rumors claiming that numerous taboo entities have perished, nobody has the audacity to stir up the karma tied to them.
Su Lin shares this caution!
Typical taboo beings are already outrageously powerful and otherworldly, not to mention entities like the Peng Emperor, capable of rattling entire stellar domains!
With this perspective in mind, Su Lin ultimately viewed summoning a god by borrowing power solely as a last-resort option, with no plans to attempt it.
After a few additional moments, once he had fully stabilized his recently advanced cultivation, Su Lin used a mere thought to call forth the Shadow Army Group, Shadow Unit One, along with a group of elite undercover operatives and scouts from the Information Center.
In the interim, he had become aware that conflicts had already ignited beyond the Sky Wolf System!
Boosted by the Void Abyss Mayfly Clan’s injection of more than 300,000 ancestor-grade forces, the whole Western Starry Sky—spearheaded by the four primary stellar systems—had declared war on the Wolf Pack Civilization!
Intense clashes had broken out between them and the Undead Army Group plus the Wandering Army Group!
Because of the Three-Eye Alliance's targeted harassment, the Trading City in the Northern Starry Sky saw its recently increased visitor numbers drop by no less than thirty percent.
All this intelligence flowed into Su Lin’s awareness too, and he compiled it to grasp the full picture.
“Report! Wolf Lord! Our latest investigations reveal that the Three-Eye Alliance has sent killers to lurk near Wangshu Trading City, targeting solitary merchants and slaying them, which has scared off countless exotic beasts and factions from conducting business there, resulting in a sharp plunge in foot traffic to Wangshu Trading City!”
The Ghost Firefly, based in the Southern Territory Mountains, delivered her update.
Ghost Firefly had attained Upper War King rank, and back on Earth, she shone with exceptional talent—a formidable exotic beast who kept a low profile yet possessed immense strength.
Currently, she stood at the Late Stage of the Nine Heavens and ranked as a prime seed with the promise of reaching Peak Heavenly Venerate someday.
The Wolf Lord’s face showed no shift: “What’s the Sand Fox doing about it?”
“Commander Sand Fox has tasked the Hundred-Change Dragon with commanding a squad of crack troops to waylay guests heading to Sunshine Trading City, securing bounties from hunts and bolstering our supplies!”
Ghost Firefly replied with deference, pressing on.
This marked her initial stint at the central hub, awaiting the Wolf Lord’s commands; though she struck with icy precision on external battlefields, confronting the Wolf Lord filled her with an unspoken awe.
“Dispatch a communication and a Space-Time Altar to the Sand Fox, ordering them to decree that significant patrons arriving at Wangshu Trading City get a 900-billion-mile warp via the Space-Time Altar, cutting off any chasers. Right now, don’t shy from costs—we need to forge our name, or this fresh Trading City is doomed to collapse!”
Su Lin nodded inwardly at Sand Fox’s retaliation, yet understood that simple reprisals would doom the budding Trading City.
Should that occur, the whole Wangshu Zone would sink into a barren economic void, starved of faith and commerce.
That would squander the Wolf Pack Civilization’s scheme to swiftly hoard resources via the Trading City and prey on rival exotic beasts and powers!
Ghost Firefly nodded swiftly and added: “Wolf Lord, how do we define a major client by trade value?”
“Those dealing in a million blood stones or star stones qualify, and even lesser ones over a hundred thousand get complimentary protection for a hundred billion miles!”
“Got it! I’ll pass this on right away!”
Having absorbed the Wolf Lord’s divine directive, Ghost Firefly departed the spot without hesitation.
Next, updates poured in from Shadow Unit One, the Information Center’s infiltrators, and frontline scouts.
In the Western Starry Sky, the Hundred Stars Alliance kept pouring reinforcements toward the cosmic frontiers, steadily pushing into regions that once formed the Sea of Star Sand—now claimed by the Wolf Pack Civilization.
They inched perilously close to the Sea of Star Sand!
This spurred Su Lin to relay a regulatory edict to the Sea of Star Sand via Shadow Unit One, while brushing aside other matters!
On the face of it, the Sea of Star Sand and the seven or eight light-years stretching westward all fell under the Wolf Pack Civilization’s domain.
Yet the Wolf Lord had stationed no troops or tributary outposts to hold them.
Truth be told, an Illusion God dwelled there, commanding a mighty force that even the Wolf Lord and the Wolf Pack Civilization’s core units wouldn’t dare belittle!
Therefore, he trusted the Illusion God to handle the Western Starry Sky’s conflicts!
Furthermore,
The Void Abyss Mayfly Clan from the East launched repeated strikes on the Wolf Pack Civilization’s fresh holdings, intent on seizing them to forge new banqueting realms for their Taotie feasts!
Faced with such threats, Su Lin pondered deeply before unleashing a robust human legion, geared to the teeth, from Direct Lineage One to bolster the Undead Army Group.
This human force carried an array of retired armaments from the Wolf Pack’s innovation labs.
Examples included Super Ionic Cannons, Rule Beams, Ballistic Missiles, Eighth-Generation Fighter Jets, and advanced carbon-block heavy tanks.
Though these arms fell short for true cosmic warfare, Su Lin deployed them to leverage their raw firepower in scouring the invasive new breed, the Void Abyss Mayfly Clan, that sought to breach defenses relentlessly!
For frequently, these Insect Clan newcomers slipping past barriers could upend the entire battlefront.
United in swarms, arrayed in formations, and piercing lines, they siphoned off vast troops.
The Undying Cockroach Army Group had shattered countless defenses with ease using this very ploy.
Particularly since every Star Sky Insect Clan boasted distinct abilities, rendering these fresh variants invaluable in key moments.
As Su Lin absorbed dispatches from every front, he rolled out tailored countermeasures in sequence.
Yet every plan revolved around a single core tenet!
Namely, to dodge direct confrontations wherever feasible and mask their true might!
Fortify defenses, stockpile supplies, and bide time to seize victory!
The Wolf Pack Civilization desperately required an extended phase to restore vigor and amplify strength, all while the Fortune assets inside the Sky Wolf System remained unplumbed.
Hence, entanglement in prolonged strife was unaffordable for the Wolf Pack Civilization!
Surrendering certain cosmic zones for now proves tolerable!
After all, true dominion over the stars demands unyielding power!
Besides, the Red Sun Empire—a Level 5 Peak Overlord—looms in the North; if they can weather storms, why couldn’t a fledgling Wolf Pack Civilization, merely a New Star Dominator, hold firm?
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Positioned in front of Meng Hu, Su Lin regarded him as though beholding a frigid, soulless husk, his features devoid of any sentiment.
A suffocating wave of peril instantly cloaked the Invincible Fierce Tiger’s form, forcing the already gasping Meng Hu to draw in a sharp, icy breath that felt like doom closing in. He sensed himself as mere prey on the White Wolf’s block, ripe for the blade—a dread that almost crumbled his resolve. The Invincible Fierce Tiger couldn’t grasp why the White Wolf refrained from ending him outright, instead hauling him from the frozen wastes to the Land of Adventure; this dread of the unforeseen flooded Meng Hu’s core, but in his frail condition, resistance proved impossible amid the rising terror and alarm. Powerless in the White Wolf’s domain, the Land of Adventure.
Su Lin eyed the Meng Hu standing there, his stare cool and detached, akin to an overlord appraising a captured thrall.
“Awooo——” With a low howl, Su Lin signaled the nearby Wolf Clan to haul away the barely alive, pallid Siberian Tiger and secure him tightly.
The adjacent Wolf Clan moved with haste, several of them teaming up to pull Meng Hu off. As his injuries dragged over the terrain—already suppurating—they wept new crimson streams. A slender crimson streak trailed from beneath Su Lin’s paws, winding ceaselessly beyond the cavern.
Staring at that crimson path, Su Lin’s gaze stayed serene and undisturbed, like the depths of an ageless well.
Regarding the leftover Variant Species Flesh, Su Lin prepared to begin doling out rewards, an event the entire Wolf Clan anticipated with fervor, since sustenance outranked all else for them.