Da Gan National Policy! Jiang Bei's Fury!

The civil and military officials all held their breath, their eyes fixed tightly on Cao Xuan as they waited for what he would say next.

Xiao Pojun and Lei Tao were the same, their fingers silently clenching within their sleeves.

"Gentlemen!"

The next moment, Cao Xuan spoke, instantly drawing everyone's attention. "The matter for which I have gathered you all today concerns the fate of Da Gan and the survival of the realm! I believe everyone present has already felt it deeply. In recent years, natural disasters and calamities have struck throughout Da Gan without cease—floods, droughts, locust plagues, one after another. The people have been impoverished, the treasury drained, and we have reached the point where expenditures exceed revenues. On top of that, demons run rampant and the barbarians raid our borders. The Yun Tian River region in the southwest, in particular, has become a grave threat to our dynasty!"

He deliberately paused, his tone growing heavier. "That beast beneath the Yun Tian River—the Abyssal Dragon Lord! Its time for Dragon Transformation is within the next two days! This has been revealed by the heavens and cannot be changed! Once it completes its Dragon Transformation, a true dragon will descend upon the world. It will overturn rivers and seas, shatter mountains and split the earth, its power reaching the heavens!"

"And as you all know, what is even more despairing is that this brute is not alone. Around the Yun Tian River where it has entrenched itself, several super demon veins have joined forces with it, with dozens of Demon Saints protecting it! Such a lineup, such ferocious might..."

Cao Xuan forced a pained expression onto his face. His voice suddenly rose as he cried mournfully, "Can you imagine it? How can the Heavenly Army Division alone possibly withstand