What!!!
The five elders, suppressed to the ground by the boundless might, were unable to move, but their ears were not deaf. They struggled to lift their heads, looking at Liu Lang, who was like a deity, their eyes filled with fear or rage, a deep crimson.
How could this be! How could the Ten Directions Empire have a subordinate general at the Quasi-Emperor realm! How could they have thirty million Monarch realm soldiers!
Their hearts roared in madness.
Even Xue Shen, the sole ancestor of the Snow Clan, felt the same.
In her heart, the Ten Directions Empire might be powerful, but they were, after all, beings from the Tenth Universe. No matter how strong, could they be stronger than beings from the First Starfield? Whether it was their starting point, resources, connections, etc., no matter how she looked at it, the Demon Butterfly seemed to completely overpower Ye Yun!
Moreover, this Quasi-Emperor before them was clearly a wanderer, how could he be a military lord of the Ten Directions Empire! And even the lord of the Eighth Group Army!
She desperately wanted to ask, even more so to explain, but she found that under the suppression of Liu Lang and the thirty million Monarchs' aura, she could not speak at all. Even her divine sense was jointly suppressed by these unsportsmanlike fellows.
"Brother Xue Hen! I apologize, but these two elders of yours have a bit too much screen time. However, I think a few words from these two elders were quite reasonable."
Liu Lang looked at the stunned Xue Hen and couldn't help but laugh. At this moment, his true essence was like a lid, covering the area for tens of thousands of miles around the ice palace.
Boundless yellow true essence flowed like grains of sand in the void.
"This is the Law of Flowing Sand and the Law of Thick Earth, and both are at the Perfected realm! And the Law of Gravity is at the Great Accomplishment realm!"
Xue Shen used all her strength to resist kneeling under Liu Lang's might, but she felt that her ancient body was cracking more and more under the suppression of this law.
If this continued, her body would disintegrate before long.
"So, you are His Majesty's man! Xue Hen of the Snow Clan pays his respects to the Military Lord!" Xue Hen finally snapped out of his daze.
"Pays respects to the Military Lord!"
Following Xue Hen's bow, countless members of the Snow Clan knelt down.
"Haha, Brother Xue Hen, you will definitely regret this bow of yours when you remember it yourself today." Liu Lang laughed heartily as he saw Xue Hen bow to him.
"Officially, the Military Lord is the commander of an army, personally appointed by His Majesty. Privately, in this situation today, you have indirectly saved me and ten billion of my people, making you my benefactor. Furthermore, the cultivator world has always been ruled by the law of the jungle, and the strong lead the way! No matter how you look at it, Xue Hen's bow is reasonable and justifiable."
"Listening to you, it seems to make sense! Alright, what I said earlier, I believe what those two elders said has a lot of merit, so, Brother Xue Hen, you don't mind if I kill a few hundred million of your people, do you?"
Liu Lang pointed at the five elders and Xue Shen, then at the densely packed Snow Clan soldiers prostrating at their feet.
This…
Liu Lang's words immediately stunned Xue Hen and everyone else. This guy, could he be…
What do you mean 'don't mind'? I damn well mind!
Although the Snow Plains, the birthplace of the Snow Clan, was an entire planet, the birth of each Snow Clan member required tens of thousands of years of precipitation. On average, only a little over a million Snow Clan members were born each year. To produce hundreds of millions of Snow Clan members would require centuries to recover!
"This, Military Lord, can you show mercy?" Xue Hen was ultimately soft-hearted and could not bear to see a large number of his people slaughtered before him.
"Brother Xue Hen, as cultivators, you cannot have womanly benevolence. They have already gone this far. Moreover, when I arrived, His Majesty already said that he wished to see a united Snow Clan, a Snow Clan that could be wielded as easily as an arm!"
"This…"
Liu Lang's words left Xue Hen in a difficult position. What was a united Snow Clan, and what was a Snow Clan that could be wielded as easily as an arm? To put it bluntly, it meant eliminating all dissenters within the Snow Clan!
"Don't, don't kill me, I surrender, I surrender! I am willing to give up my position as Great Elder and follow Xue Hen as my leader…" Beside them, the young and handsome Bing Yi could no longer bear the oppressive atmosphere. He was very worried that Xue Hen would agree, and then he would die.
"I agree as well, Xue Hen, we are kinsmen, you cannot stand by and watch us die, Xue Hen." Xue Shuang also spoke.
The five elders all begged for mercy, playing every possible card, even resorting to ridiculous appeals to kinship.
"Fine, fine! From now on, this old woman will no longer concern herself with clan affairs. From now on, Xue Hen will be the Snow Lord of my Snow Clan! The Elder Council is hereby dissolved!" Xue Shen's face changed several times, and she finally sighed and turned to walk towards the Snow Plains.
"Oh, old hag, I haven't agreed yet, you dare to try and leave?" Liu Lang looked at Xue Shen and sneered coldly.
With Xue Shen's cultivation at the peak of the Extreme Realm, the Quasi-Emperor's might should not have made her immobile. However, her age was too great, and under Liu Lang's pressure, the dark cracks on her body became more and more numerous and obvious. She was utterly incapable of resisting Liu Lang.
She was also afraid.
Liu Lang looked at the silent Xue Shen and nodded with satisfaction.
At this moment, within a radius of ten thousand miles, all the Snow Clan members held their breath, looking at Xue Hen with various expressions, because Xue Hen's words at this moment could determine their life and death, and could determine the future development of the entire Snow Clan.
Unbeknownst to them, Xue Hen's mind was not here at all, but had entered the game, and he was communicating with Yue Di.
One minute…
Two minutes…
Xue Hen finally raised his head.
"Have the identity verification been completed?" Liu Lang looked at him and smiled, as if Xue Hen was verifying his own identity.
"Confirmed. I will obey His Majesty's orders. However, I do not wish to be stained with too much of my people's blood. I hope Military Lord Liu can handle it." At this moment, Xue Hen's entire being swept away the previous gloom, exuding a resolute aura.
After experiencing this incident, he had truly understood the rules of this world. Sometimes, your concessions did not bring understanding, but rather emboldened others to push further.
His Majesty was right, dissenters, kill!
"Good!"
Liu Lang waved his hand, and the sky was immediately filled with golden light. A faint golden dragon descended from the sky, carrying boundless majesty. It swept its gaze across the surroundings, and then, under everyone's gaze, transformed into a golden scroll, falling into Liu Lang's hands.
"Snow Clan! Xue Hen, receive the imperial decree…"
The sound waves shook the heavens, sweeping across the entire starfield!