The next second—

"Fuck, that's awesome!"

Members of the Council exclaimed one after another.

So the Leader had traveled billions of miles to Bovalia to strike at the Ten Saints Association!

Who said the Leader was incapable? Just look, with one move, didn't he just dig out the hiding place of the Ten Saints Association and even wiped out everyone in that stronghold?

You have to realize that this is something not even the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations have managed to do.

To achieve what the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations couldn't with just one move, admirable, the Leader is admirable!

To dare to wipe out all members of the Ten Saints Association with one move, completely tearing off the mask of pretense with the Ten Saints Association, tough, the Leader is tough!

After admiring their leader, the Council members felt a wave of fear.

Holy shit, such a violent and vicious organization as the Ten Saints Association was actually hiding in Bovalia. Thank goodness the Leader made a decisive strike and killed these thugs, otherwise, once these thugs launched an attack, they would have been dead for sure.

Thinking of this, the Council members were all overflowing with gratitude toward the Leader.

Just then, one of them suddenly said, "Do you think it's possible that the Leader might actually come out on top in this civil war? Look, the Leader might not be as incompetent as the rumors outside say, and once the news of what's happened here spreads, the public's perception of the Leader will definitely change drastically."

The person next to him shook his head. "Who knows, don't look now, but Lister is being beaten back, but who knows when he might suddenly turn defeat into victory and wipe out Nellis."

"That's true, but whether the Leader ends up laughing last or not, it can't hurt us to help spread the word about what happened here. If the Leader laughs last, we'll be the meritorious servants, and if the Leader loses, what's wrong with us propagating the fight against the Ten Saints Association?"

"Won't that anger the Ten Saints Association?"

"You don't think they're already pissed off?"

Indeed.

The group came to a decision, organized various materials, let the AI write an article praising the Leader, and sent it straight out.

Ten Saints Association + Leader. When these two keywords came together, they immediately ignited the entire opinion circles of the Edge World.

"What, the Ten Saints Association?"

"Has he gone mad? At this time, he dares to provoke the Ten Saints Association."

"Leader, is this really your true plan?"

Soon after, the Leader also received the news, learned through officials from the Tem Civilization who came to praise his bravery.

Inside the Leader Mansion, listening to the words of praise, the whole person was numb.

For an instant, his brain went blank, forgetting who he was, where he was, and what he was supposed to do.

When he suddenly emerged from that blankness like a drowning person, the first thought that came to his mind was—

Crap!

The plan to get rid of Bai Fu and increase his Reputation had failed, which was a big blow to him, but he could endure it and move on, especially since Bai Fu didn't know it was his setup. Next, he could continue to set up more scenarios.

But this...

This was no ordinary blow; it was almost like being hammered to death with one strike!

The Leader was confident, but no matter how confident he was, he dare not challenge the Ten Saints Association.

The Ten Saints Association had two Super Supremes, although both were merely Ordinary Super Supremes, they were definitely not something he, a Dominator, could afford to provoke.

"With this happening, that group of maniacs will definitely not let me go; being targeted by them, how can I vie for the grand position within the Tem Civilization later on!"

The Leader was going crazy.

Such a curse!

If he could do it over, he definitely wouldn't mess with Bai Fu in the short term.

But alas, regretting it now was useless.

In the face of the officials who came to congratulate him, the Leader could only force a smile on his face.

Explain? There was no way to explain. If he said it was just an accident, that he didn't mean to target the Ten Saints Association at all, the Reputation he just built would immediately plummet, and the next time he targeted the Honorable Force, the effect would be greatly diminished because of this incident.

Damn it!

The Leader's mentality was about to explode.

It was with great difficulty that he saw everyone off, then immediately found the Commander of the Honorable Force.

"You know what I'm talking about."

The Commander of the Honorable Force was sweating profusely, "I've already cleaned house once; if there's a next time, you won't need to say anything, Leader, I'll bring you my head myself!"

To be honest, the Leader really wanted to butcher this unreliable guy, the Commander of the Honorable Force.

But he couldn't; if he really did that, the morale of Honorable Force's people would be scattered.

"Should I seek help from the Rebirth Empire?"

The Leader didn't want to go.

The Rebirth Empire was willing to support him initially because they saw his plan was bold and had high returns if successful.

Now if he suddenly ran to seek help from Rebirth Empire, his image in the eyes of Rebirth Empire would plummet.

The Ten Saints Association is your own doing, and now you want us to send people to protect you?

"Just endure, wait and see if the situation really turns bad."

The Leader's waiting brought the retaliation of the Ten Saints Association.

The Saint, who dared to attack the [Radiant], seeing the Leader frequently appearing in the news and receiving countless praises, could not help but want to send the Leader to the afterlife.

"Since our existence is already exposed, let's use the Leader's death to tell the Three Major Cosmic Civilizations we're back!"

A gang of strongmen charged out, launching attacks on all the Leader's confidants.

...

"Fuck, that's badass, one shot directly killed a Catastrophe Level!"