83: Chapter 83 Not qualified!

Between heaven and earth.

The thick, inseparable scent of blood, like a viscous liquid, shrouded the entire Imperial City.

On the ground.

The originally dense, mountain-covering army of the Black Fiend Realm had vanished.

In its place was a striking dark red and scattered broken limbs...

In just a few short hours.

The millions of soldiers in the Black Fiend Realm army.

All of them had been reduced to ashes!

Inside the Qin Palace below.

There was utter silence.

Everyone’s face was pale, their minds shaken to the core.

They didn't even dare to breathe heavily; the intense smell of blood and the aura of death in the air made their hearts tremble with fear.

Even though they knew those powerful Divine Martial Guards had come to save them.

However.

After witnessing that merciless slaughter, which felt like divine punishment, a sense of fear stemming from the difference in life level and absolute power had been deeply branded into the depths of their Souls.

This had nothing to do with good or evil.

It was purely the instinctive trembling of an ant looking up at a Dragon.

As Martial Artists.

They had all killed people, even many people!

But.

Killing a few, or dozens, is not the same as killing tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands!

Seeing tens of millions of people slaughtered to the last, that bone-deep sense of fear was something very few could endure.

The Qin Palace's already crumbling guardian Formation.

At the moment the two sides clashed.

It was nearly shattered by the terrifying shockwaves of the battle.

Fortunately, the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty noticed in time and immediately ordered the Formation to be shut down.

Otherwise.

The Formation that had protected their Dynasty for thousands of years would likely have been completely ruined by now!

Just as the survivors of Tianlan World were trembling in fear.

Those dozens of figures exuding terrifying auras.

At this moment.

All descended from the Void Realm.

In an instant.

The air in the entire palace square seemed to freeze.

Thump...

Thump...

Thump...

The footsteps were very light.

But.

They were like heavy hammers, striking directly at everyone's hearts.

Led by Ye Tian.

The members of the Divine Martial Guard lined up behind him in order.

The Divine Martial Guard uniforms they wore were still as good as new, as if the slaughter just now hadn't stained them with a single speck of dust.

But the terrifying aura around them that had not yet fully subsided, and the killing intent condensed to the extreme, made all the high-level officials of the Tianlan World feel a wave of suffocation!

The gazes of Ye Tian and the others.

Were filled with indifference.

It was as if they were looking at weeds by the roadside, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.

That indifference that viewed all things as straw dogs was more chilling than any fierce gaze.

Emperor Qin Wu took a deep breath.

He suppressed the urge to kneel; he knew that at this moment, he had to represent the Tianlan World and give a response.

He took a step forward.

He first gave a respectful bow to Ye Tian and the others before speaking.

“Emperor Qin Wu, the monarch of the Qin Dynasty of the Tianlan World, along with all the survivors of my Tianlan World, bows in gratitude for the life-saving grace of you Seniors!”

“The Seniors’ Divine Might saved us from the brink of destruction. This kindness and virtue will never be forgotten by Tianlan!”

He lowered his posture significantly.

He even used honorifics like 'Senior' and 'bows in gratitude,' placing himself and the entire Tianlan World in the dust.

However.

Ye Tian's response directly extinguished the trace of luck and fantasy in Emperor Qin Wu's heart.

Ye Tian’s gaze didn't even linger on Emperor Qin Wu's face for long, his tone as flat as if he were stating a trivial, matter-of-fact thing.

“From this moment on!”

“Tianlan World shall submit to my Tianxuan Dynasty.”

“Do you have any objections?”

Upon hearing this, Emperor Qin Wu.

Instantly lost all color in his face, and his body swayed imperceptibly.

The others were the same.

All were stunned by Ye Tian's words!

“Submit... to the Tianxuan Dynasty?”

Could it be... these terrifying beings weren't reinforcements brought by the Crown Prince and the others?

But... another group of conquerors?

This thought appeared in everyone's mind in an instant.

The wild joy and hope that had just risen were instantly replaced by boundless despair.

Just out of the wolf's den, and into the tiger's mouth?

And.

The power of this 'tiger' was countless times more terrifying than that 'wolf'!

Emperor Qin Wu's throat was dry.

He wanted to ask.

He wanted to ask clearly just what kind of sacred entity this Tianxuan Dynasty was!

He wanted to ask why they had to submit, and what kind of situation they would be in after submitting...

But under that calm gaze that contained supreme majesty and could decide their life or death in a single thought, all the questions were blocked in his throat, and he couldn't utter a single word.

Objection?

What objection could there be?

Did they dare?

Did they have the qualification?

Looking at the blood mist that had not yet completely dispersed, feeling the aura of the group in front of them which was many times more terrifying than the Demon Generals of the Black Fiend Realm, and thinking of the tens of millions of demon soldiers that had turned to ashes in just a few short hours...

Did they dare to have an objection?

Their Tianlan World.

Did it have any other choice?

Emperor Qin Wu's lips trembled, and finally, under countless gazes that were either despairing or terrified, this monarch who once ruled a world slowly bent his knees.

“Tianlan World... Qin Dynasty... is... is willing to submit to the Tianxuan Dynasty.”

Just as the atmosphere on the scene was suppressed to the extreme.

Everyone.

Was preparing to kneel and show their submission.

“Wait...”

An old voice, containing a certain unwillingness and testing, rang out abruptly.

Everyone looked over in astonishment.

They saw that the one speaking was an old man with white hair and beard and a withered face.

It was none other than.

One of the only two remaining Celestial Realm Old Ancestors of the Qin Dynasty!

At this moment.

He stood out tremblingly, his cloudy old eyes looking at Ye Tian and the others, a hint of fluke and unwillingness hidden deep in his eyes.

In his view.

Perhaps he could use this 'submission' to fight for some better conditions for the Tianlan World, even if it was just a shred of guarantee or respect...

He stepped forward a few paces, first solemnly cupping his hands toward Ye Tian and the others, and then spoke tentatively.

“Distinguished Envoys, I am Qin Lie, an Elder of the Qin Clan. My Tianlan World has suffered a great disaster, and we have received your righteous help; this kindness will be remembered forever.”

“But the matter of submission... concerns the future of billions of living beings. I make bold to ask, how will the Tianxuan Dynasty treat the people of my Tianlan after accepting us?”

“What position will the people of my Tianlan World hold? And I...”

In his words.

There was a sense of 'discussion,' as if he still wanted to maintain a final shred of dignity, or rather, wanted to test the bottom line and magnanimity of this Tianxuan Dynasty.

However.

Before his words were finished.

Ye Tian had already acted directly.

He casually raised his right hand and lightly pointed his index finger in the direction of the other party.

The movement was casual and effortless.

Like flicking a speck of dust off a sleeve.

“Noisy.”

Accompanied by these two faint words.

“Bang—!”

A muffled sound, not exactly deafening but clearly reaching into everyone's Soul, suddenly exploded!

There was no earth-shaking energy eruption.

Nor was there any dazzling light.

Everyone only saw.

The Dynasty Old Ancestor who was just cupping his hands and maintaining a speaking posture, his entire body, under Ye Tian's finger across the air, like a fragile pottery figurine struck by an invisible giant hammer, without any warning...

Exploded!

“Letting you submit to the Imperial Dynasty is giving you a chance to survive; it is a notification.”

“It is not a negotiation with you.”

“You!”

“Do not yet have the qualification to negotiate conditions...”