189: Best Actor

"Xiao Sheng, today is the final deadline. Do you still not intend to join us?" William stepped forward to lead the charge.

Holy Sun glared directly at him. "What kind of trash are you? You think you're worthy of being so arrogant?!"

The phantom of the Ape King appeared behind him, ready to strike. At the same time, the mjolnir in Old John's hand, who was beside William, trembled slightly, drawing lightning from the sky as if a thunderbolt would descend at any moment.

But deep within the Spirit Guard Headquarters, a crisp sword chime rang out, instantly silencing the thunder. Even Old John let out a muffled groan.

The blonde girl, the Knight King, who was most sensitive to swords, was the first to show a look of astonishment. "What a powerful sword!"

Old John laughed heartily. "How about it, everyone? I wasn't wrong, was I? Great Xia hides a powerful aid capable of winning, yet they are unwilling to bring it out... Don't you think that's a bit too selfish?"

"Therefore, we in America intend to take the lead in forming an Alliance to gather the powerful means of all nations. Only then can we face the future crisis with more composure."

"And to join the Alliance, one must naturally provide a form of assistance."

"So... Great Xia, which has always presented itself as peaceful and friendly, shouldn't refuse our proposal, right? This is a major global coalition."

Xiao Sheng, who had been patiently introducing the situation to Su Ze via telepathy, suddenly took a step forward and said with a face full of rage, "Bullshit! You're clearly plotting for Great Xia's divine artifact. Since every country has to hand over their trump cards, what have you handed over?"

John smiled and said, "Since this Alliance is spearheaded by America, we have naturally committed our entire nation's strength to it."

Xiao Sheng glared at him and said, "Shameless!"

The blonde girl said indifferently, "We in Great Britain have provided the scabbard of the sword in the stone. It is also a part of a divine artifact and has a powerful protective effect."

Xiao Sheng said with heartache, "Naive!"

The Ice and Snow Princess of Kievan Rus shook her proud assets and said, "We also brought out the divine artifact, the tsars scepter! Anyway, no one can use that thing now, so it's better to hand it over."

The tsars scepter of Kievan Rus can only be used by those with female royal blood, but the Kievan Rus royal family was overthrown long ago.

Yeka's princess title was merely a Beast Tamer rank, so the scepter had long been nothing more than a decoration.

Finally, Xiao Sheng looked at Gaul. "What about you? You in Gaul don't have a divine artifact. What have you brought out?"

The Sun King smiled and said, "We have fully joined the Alliance and follow its command. We ourselves are the greatest sincerity!"

These words made even the indignant Xiao Sheng freeze for a moment before saying, "As expected of you. You really do surrender quickly."

But the Sun King didn't care about this mockery at all.

John continued, "So you've heard the sincerity of the other nations as well. Now it's just down to you."

"Will Great Xia hand over its divine artifact to join the Alliance, or will it merge into the Alliance and follow its orders entirely?"

Xiao Sheng's expression became extremely angry and distorted. Finally, he gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "What if I choose neither?!"

John smiled and said, "Then... I'm afraid we'll have to apologize..."

The momentum of the seven people converged, pressing down like a mountain. Even with Xiao Sheng and Holy Sun standing at the front, Su Ze and the others still felt breathless, showing how much pressure they were facing.

Meanwhile, the xuanyuan yu sword was in a distant standoff with the mjolnir. For the sake of the big picture, it never used its long-accumulated sword energy.

But even so, it made it impossible for mjolnir to obey John's control.

Just as the battle was about to break out.

Xiao Sheng suddenly shouted with a trembling voice, "Wait!"

Then he took a step forward, as if enduring immense humiliation, and said through gritted teeth with resentment, "Great Xia... joins the Alliance..."

This left Su Ze, who was behind him and already knew everything, completely stunned.

Even Holy Sun, who was beside him, was dazed.

If it weren't for his naturally stone-faced expression, he might have been exposed.

John smiled and said, "Wouldn't it have been better if you'd done this earlier? There's no need to hurt our feelings."

"Where is the xuanyuan yu sword? I've been wanting to see the world's number one divine artifact for a long time!"

But Xiao Sheng shook his head and said firmly, "We will not hand over the xuanyuan yu sword!"

John was stunned for a moment and said playfully, "So you choose to follow the Alliance's orders?"

This so-called Alliance was completely controlled by America. Following their orders was even more terrifying than handing over the xuanyuan yu sword!

So Xiao Sheng still shook his head.

At this point, Old John's face also darkened. "Then what do you mean? Are you playing with everyone?!"

Seeing that the time was right, Xiao Sheng took out the purple gold thunder pattern egg from his storage item with a look of great reluctance.

Su Ze's eyes lit up when he saw this. This was what he wanted, and he had only ever seen it with Xiao Sheng.

John was stunned for a moment when he saw the egg, then he seemed to realize something and his expression changed.

Xiao Sheng struck while the iron was hot, saying with a look of indignation, "This is a divine beast egg I obtained by chance. Its value should not be lower than a divine artifact!"

"We will use this as the condition for our joining the Alliance!"

Then, with great reluctance, he handed over the demon beast egg.

The Sun King, seeing this, said, "You say it's a divine beast egg, but is it? I don't believe it!"

John didn't say anything, but simply handed the egg to the Mysterious Figure in Black Robes beside him.

After a moment, he nodded.

Even though he was very unwilling, John now knew that this was indeed a divine beast egg!

Seeing his attitude, the others understood as well.

But John still said, "Even so, a demon beast egg is not enough to replace your country's xuanyuan yu sword, is it?"

However, at this point, the situation had changed.

The two people from Kievan Rus stood on Xiao Sheng's side and said, "I don't think there's a problem. The things everyone has brought out are of roughly the same value."

The Knight King also stepped forward and said, "I also think this is fair."

She then remained neutral.

Even though the Sun King stood with America, it had become a four-versus-four situation with one neutral party. They had lost their advantage.

They could only grit their teeth and agree to Great Xia's entry.