"Snow Lord?!"
Whether it was the Snow God or the other five great elders, they all raised their eyebrows at this appellation, clearly disliking it very much.
"Weren't you told to hide? Why are you all here!" Xue Hen cursed angrily as he saw the Xue clan appearing in groups within the ice palace.
In less than fifteen minutes, the entire crystal-clear ice palace was surrounded by densely packed Xue clan members.
"What are you doing! Besieging the ice palace, are you trying to rebel?!" The clan members, their presence filling the air with white ice, were even more enraged than Xue Hen.
"Two months ago, the First Elder proposed peace talks. The moment the Third Elder entered the domain gate, we already predicted this day. What we didn't expect was that the Elder Council, which controls my 32 billion Xue clan, would be such a spineless bunch!"
"Every day, you use the endless resources we provide, and when faced with strong enemies, you don't know how to maneuver, only how to fawn! Are you blind? Don't you see the suffering of the people in the territories under the Futian Empire?"
"Since the Elder Council is so incompetent, what's wrong with us rebelling?!"
The sound waves rolled out for thousands of miles, and many more Xue clan members were still rushing towards them.
The ten billion Xue clan members who had entered the New Mortal Continent were the absolute elite of the Xue clan, as the threshold for entering the New Mortal Continent was clearly set.
"Rebellion, rebellion! Order my Fourth Legion to annihilate these traitors with full force!"
The Second Elder had been wavering between peace talks and war. Upon seeing Liu Lang, he had made up his mind. Now, hearing these people wanting to overthrow the Elder Council, he was instantly filled with rage!
The Elder Council was the highest organ of power for the entire Xue clan. It could be said that each of them had gained endless cultivation resources and benefits from their status as elders, so they all possessed powerful armies.
Eighty percent of the income submitted by these ten billion Xue clan members, besides what the elders themselves used, was almost entirely used to train their own armies!
"Elders, you want them dead, yet you won't let them resist. You cannot be so shameless!" Xue Hen said coldly, by now having retreated a hundred meters away.
"Right or wrong is no longer important. What matters is whether our Xue clan can continue to exist in this universe." The Snow God looked at Xue Hen, a hint of coldness in her eyes.
Because in her divine sense, a vast and suffocating energy seemed to be awakening in the snowfield. Snowflakes flew backward above the snowfield, and millions of soldiers flashed towards them.
The overwhelming aura made even the Snow God, a peak-level expert, feel a sense of dread.
Thirty million monarchs plus a quasi-emperor! With such strength, even if all three billion of her clan members attacked together, they would not be enough to kill them.
At this moment, the ice palace was a convergence of forces. In addition to the Xue clan members who had entered the New Mortal Continent, the various legions under the five great elders were also rushing towards this place at the fastest speed.
"Heh heh, since that's the case, I understand your attitude. Then you can all stay here."
Liu Lang laughed heartily. The boundless pressure emanating from his body instantly covered the entire area. Countless Xue clan members in the void lost their footing and fell like rain onto the ice-paved ground, creating white holes and kicking up ice shards.
Out of hundreds of millions of Xue clan members, none were spared except for the Snow God, who could barely hold on.
"Sir, sir, it's Bing Bai. Didn't General Wol and I agree on something before?" At this moment, Bing Bai, lying on the ground, was terrified. He hadn't expected this sir to be so indiscriminate.
"Oh, what did he promise you?" Liu Lang looked at him with a cold smile.
"He promised me that as long as I handed over the ten billion clan members on the New Mortal Continent, my Ice Snow Star Domain would still be managed by our Xue clan, and he would recommend me for officialdom."
Officialdom?
Let alone Liu Lang, even the others were stunned. They hadn't expected this fellow to be so ambitious. However, he didn't seem to understand how a general of the Fifth or Sixth Legion could have the authority to recommend someone for officialdom.
In terms of strength, Bing Bai was only at the peak of the Monarch realm. In terms of clan power, the Xue clan was merely a dominant force in the Fifth Universe. In the preceding universes, there were hundreds or thousands of races far stronger than the Xue clan. They didn't dare to ask for official positions from Emperor Futian, let alone him?
"Alas, I truly doubt how the Xue clan has survived in this universe for so long." Liu Lang no longer looked at Bing Bai but glanced mockingly at the Snow God.
The Snow God was also full of embarrassment. In the tens of thousands of years that had passed, she naturally didn't believe such deceitful words, but all she wanted was the continuation of the Xue clan.
The arrival of countless more Xue clan members merely served to make the human wall of people lying on the ground in this vast ice palace even higher.
Boom…
Infinite aura covered the entire planet. Squadrons of black-armored soldiers appeared above the ice palace. Their majestic aura directly vaporized the falling snowflakes, creating mist.
On the entire planet, all the Xue clan members stared blankly upwards at the armored soldiers on the sacred mountain where the ice palace was located. Countless divine senses spread across the planet.
"Greetings, Lord Commander!" The roar shook the heavens, and even the Ice Snow Sacred Mountain crumbled slightly from this shout.
Monarchs! So many monarchs! How could there be so many monarchs!
The Xue clan members, who were originally suppressed by Liu Lang, were still in a daze and were then terrified by the large group of soldiers that appeared. Many Xue clan members even stopped resisting the pressure with their true essence and simply gave up.
Under such combat power, what difference did it make whether they resisted or not? They would all die.
Liu Lang retracted his oppressive aura, but none of the Xue clan members in the entire ice palace dared to stand up, except for Xue Hen, because they were afraid that if they stood up, they would die too quickly.
"Those among you who have entered the New Mortal Continent, stand up!" As Liu Lang spoke, the space became extremely oppressive. However, for a long time, only a few people stood up. After a minute, a Xue clan member stood up amidst curses. He simply couldn't bear the oppressive atmosphere anymore.
They all felt that this sir was about to start killing to establish his authority!
"Damn it, I'll stand up if you tell me to. I'll be a hero again in eighteen years, which is much better than living like a pig or a dog!"
"That's right, damn it. I must have been blind to have served these six cowards who are afraid of death!"
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One by one, Xue clan members stood up, their mouths never stopping their curses.
"Those among you who are just here to watch the excitement, or are Xue clan members not under the command of the elders, stand up!"
As Liu Lang spoke, more and more Xue clan members stood up. At this moment, the five elders and the Snow God, who were still lying on the ground, clearly felt something unusual. However, the pressure on them remained, and they were unable to get up.
After fifteen minutes, the aura of the thirty million monarch soldiers intensified. Those still lying on the ground remained so, clearly feeling the pressure on them becoming even more terrifying. As for those who had already stood up, they were surprisingly relaxed.
"Very good. First, allow me to introduce myself. I am Liu Lang, the commander of the Eighth Army Group under Emperor Shifang. I have been ordered to come and assist Brother Xue Hen in resolving internal strife and external threats!"