Chapter 20 - Chapter 20: Harvest of Power

The darkened halls of Viper Manor were quiet, but tension hung in the air like poison ready to strike. Chen Fong had begun to execute his plan. Every step was calculated, every move designed to destabilize the balance of power within the Viper Clan. His alliance with Xun Bai, the Spectral Sage, was still tenuous, but the arrangement was proving useful. With the Sage's help, Chen Fong had subtly pushed the male Viper Heads into making rash decisions, baiting them into conflicts they weren't prepared to handle.